Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner; Edward Lumsdaine

as the capstone course taught to on-campus students.This constraint represented a major challenge, not only because the distance-learning studentshad different educational backgrounds and experience levels, but because the content had to bedelivered in one semester (e.g., Spring 2004), whereas the on-campus students had two semesters(e.g., Spring 2004 and Fall 2004) to complete their projects. Other challenging differencesincluded project selection, team formation, team project monitoring and final course assessment.The instructional team also faced the challenges of integrating their teaching approaches andstreamlining the topics and reading materials required of all students, while placing an increasedemphasis on creative thinking and the

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

 and working with them to complete a project using the technology will hopefully give a better and longer lasting impression of the technology, STEM fields, and the college.  Method:   The author teaches design and introduction courses for all of the engineering majors, the CAD program, Advanced Manufacturing, Photonics and some Computer Science courses. The chassis project will focus on the Capstone Design Project course in the Spring 2016 term for associate degree students, the high school students who attend the college in the summer for early college credit, and the Introduction to Engineering and Design students in Fall 2016 term.  In all of the design experiences some CAD training is required. Students are given the assignment to design

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Berry; Gregory L. Ferguson

* economic considerations* modern communication technology Course Implementation The course, as implemented, is roughly equivalent to the senior capstone design project, but it requires aproduct be manufactured which is not always the case with the capstone project. Since this is an electivecourse, students taking this class have a second design project that is in addition to the required Capstone designproject. The students are given a short problem statement with a limited amount of background informationabout the hypothetical project company they are employed by. From the problem statement, they formulate thefunctional and/or needs requirement(s) which leads to generating a statement of work. In the industrial worldthis forms

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

on the Monte Carlo simulation. Because of the difficulty of teaching andimplementing the Monte Carlo simulation, probabilistic risk analysis has not been widely used inthe industry, although it is more desirable. This paper developed an interactive probabilistic riskanalysis tool called RISK (Real-time Interactive Simulation Kit) that makes the Monte Carlosimulation of project risks unprecedentedly easy. RISK was tested in a capstone class at theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio Result showed that RISK is an effective tool in teaching riskanalysis for construction engineering and management. It is also expected to improve theutilization of the probabilistic risk analysis in the industry by providing graduates with

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Charles J Camarda, NASA

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

appropriately, a capstone program will be unable to evaluate them. Agroup of program leaders thus identified for each ABET criterion (see Table 2 for sample, andAppendix A for full table) and each KSA (see Appendix B) how AerosPACE and ICED align tothe regulatory requirements. For this purpose criteria were evaluated at the capstone course level,considering both semesters of each project (AerosPACE and ICED) as one. Table 2 shows justone example how both programs not only provide an opportunity to work in multidisciplinaryteams, but also provide robust evaluation thereof through the means of an online interactionplatform. Page 26.646.7

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Jennifer Howcroft, University of Waterloo; Sean Rose, University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

0 3 Unsure 3 4 2 2 Probably Yes 10 18 12 15 Definitely Yes 19 4 19 11 Prefer Not to 0 0 0 0 AnswerFig. 2. Student perceptions of the preparatory workshop as important to attend.Fig. 3. Student perceptions of the preparatory workshop as a good use of their time.This change in student perceptions may be due to the nature of the biomedical engineeringundergraduate capstone project being a 3-term project. Some fourth-year biomedical engineeringstudent participants had

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

) · Describe role of ethics in students’ capstone capstone design project design report 2.2 CE Codes and Regulations Course at Rose-HulmanAt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the CE Codes and Regulations course was initiallyincluded in the undergraduate curriculum to complement technical courses by teaching codeawareness and execution. Historically, students were introduced to major building codes, theAmericans with Disabilities Act, zoning regulations, construction techniques, indoor air qualityand moisture problems, environmental regulations, wind loading, seismic design category, firerating, and site development including feasibility and environmental site

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

each rotation, teams present problem statements based on insights fromtheir primary research and potential design projects to address the identified needs. Participantsmaintain a blog to capture and reflect on their observations, which also allows them to share theirexperience with the other students. Upon completion of the Bioengineering Clinical Immersionprogram, students are well prepared for the senior design capstone course that emphasizesdevelopment of medical devices conceived from validated end-user needs. This paper alsodiscusses implementation challenges and program modifications, including having medicalstudents team with bioengineering students.2. IntroductionEngineering students entering the medical product industry are often

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design projects sponsored by industry, developing the teaching the Engineering Projects in Community Service course, and developing curricular and co-curricular programs at the Engineering Innovation Center

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

petroleumengineering education to keep pace with these changes to keep attracting the brightest students.This is important because petroleum engineering schools need to prepare the future engineeringleaders of the industry. The aim is to equip them with the essential skills and to make them agileand adaptive so they can use their technical background and experiences to attain new skills andtackle challenges whenever needed. Thus, the petroleum engineering (PETE) program at TexasA&M at Qatar (TAMUQ) has implemented different educational tools (integrative andcooperative capstone project, fourth-year comprehensive exam (CE), augmented reality and 3Dvisualization, field trips and laboratory simulators, engineering video games, programming anddata analytics

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

an outsourcing model. Software RequirementsSpecification (SRS) documents created by CST415 students in the Fall may be used as theblueprints for outsourced development teams enrolled in CST316 in the following semester.2.2 Capstone project at Arizona State University TempeThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering on the Tempe Campus of Arizona StateUniversity offers five courses as part of a Software Engineering concentration track:Introduction to Software Engineering (CSE360), Distributed Computing with Java and CORBA(CSE 445), Software Analysis and Design (CSE460), Software Engineering Project I (CSE461),and Software Engineering Project II (CSE462). CSE 360 provides students with their first groupproject within this track in the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Geneva College; David Allen Clark, Geneva College; David W. Shaw, Geneva College; James S. Gidley, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of a SAE Baja team tobe formed and financed was a distant one. But a series of events happened in the 2008/2009academic year that prompted the birth of the college‟s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite ajourney for all involved. We started from scratch with no experience and little resources. Thelearning curve was steep during the first year, and there were crisis moments during the secondyear. And now we are on our journey of a third year.It was set up as a two semester senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realizedthat it was not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team/group dynamics.Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of team work, individualaccountability and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

Session 2147 A Senior Seminar Course for Engineering Technology Outcomes Assessment Mohamad H. Ahmadian Electronics Engineering Technology Eastern New Mexico University Portales NM 88130 Mohamad.Ahmadian@enmu.eduAbstract Traditionally, a capstone course includes projects where students work in teams on a givenproblem. Results are reported to the course instructor when the project assignments are completedat the end of the semester

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

data acquisition in real-time.8) Prepare class presentations that are well researched, grammatically correct and which interpretprinted material relevant to instrumentation design.It was decided to enhance the course with introduction of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)principles. In addition to the existing laboratory exercises that fulfill the objectives of the course, itwas decided to introduce a comprehensive project that would enable the students to apply PLMprinciples to their academic investigations. The application of PLM principles in various phases ofthe project would enable the instructor to simulate an industry environment in the classroom. Forthis reason, it was decided to make the instrumentation course, a capstone course for

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5: Remote, Hands-On Laboratories

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; G. Beate Zimmer, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

students to analyze the instructor’s lab data, this did not provide thestudents with hands-on practical lab skills and experience with the associated equipment. Wedecided to develop a lab kit that students can borrow to work on lab-based assignments off campusto address this issue.Raspberry Pi and IoT AssignmentsA basic IoT learning kit that uses a Raspberry Pi board (or similar basic processor board) alongwith a collection of sensors will be utilized for IoT-based applications and projects as part of thesenior design capstone courses in computer science and electrical engineering at Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville. The initial offering of these assignments will be in two senior designcourses with a total enrollment of about 30-40 students

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M. Conroy, The Ohio State University; Patrick Sours, The Ohio State University; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Rachel Marie Tuttle

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #39229Engagement in Practice: Better Preparing Students for Community-EngagedEngineering by Restructuring an Academic Program, Minor, and Curricu-lumDr. Kristen M. Conroy, The Ohio State University Dr. Kristen Conroy has a PhD in Biological Engineering from Ohio State University. Her main area of fo- cus is sanitation. She has worked with partner organization, UNiTED, to teach courses where engineering students focus on collaborative projects in Kpando, Ghana. She also teaches the Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Capstone, Energy in Biological Systems, and the Introduction to Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin; Carlos R. Corleto P.E., Texas A&M University

-Rosen, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. MikeWalker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin Possesses a multidisciplinary background in Mechanical Engineering (BS and MS) and cardiovascular physiology (Ph.D.). Currently working as an Instructional Assistant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

Capstone Course.The HCI course provides students with the basis for performing the design work in theircapstone projects. The capstone projects are solicited from the University and local community.Because these are actual projects with non-computer professional users it is important that thestudents understand how to interact, gather data, and design with users who do not have acomputing background.The HCI course is structured around the steps in the Contextual Design approach5: • User interviewing & observation • Data modeling & model consolidation • Brainstorming • Paper prototyping • Usability testingContextual Design relies on ethnographic techniques from anthropology6, 4, 7, 8. Ethnography is amethod of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wickenheiser, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

active learning exercises such as machine dissections [7] and mini-projects [3,6], aswell as semester-long team-based design projects that culminate in a “paper design” or physicalprototype [2,8,9].Substantive, open-ended design projects are frequently used in middle years Machine Designcourses [2,8,9], and there is an entire body of educational research to support and guide thispractice. First, middle years design experiences are an opportunity to orient students towardsmore technically and logistically complex project scopes that serve real-world clients. Theseexperiences are preparation for not only senior capstone, which frequently involves interactingwith external sponsors or end-users [10], but also professional practice. Second, team

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University; Esther Rodriguez-Silva PhD, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

prepared (upon graduation) to take on challenges of the real world.Unlike in traditional learning method, in experiential learning students are involved in hands onreal world problem solving environment. Thus, in experiential learning student learning takesplace based on the experience of the project they work on. Capstone or senior design projects aregreat examples of experiential learning environment. By realizing the need of project-basedlearning, the US government has been encouraging the academic institutions to create suchlearning environment in the STEM disciplines through its funding agencies like National ScienceFoundation (NSF) [1]. This has generated huge interest among the engineering educators onhands-on freshmen engineering programs

Conference Session

Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Luis G. Costa Agosto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Douglas D. Gransberg PhD, PE, Iowa State UIniversity

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

required curriculum in Construction Engineering and Management programs.IntroductionFrom an owner’s perspective, Preconstruction services (PCS) consist of all the work completedon the project from the conception through the contract award. It includes activities such asconceptual design, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, and many other activities until theconstruction contract is awarded. Capstone courses are offered at most Construction Engineeringand Management programs in order to integrate and apply the knowledge gained during astudent’s academic degree. According to Gehrig et al., capstone courses “are usually structuredin a manner that requires student teams to design construction operational plans for realisticprojects” [1

Conference Session

ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

buildingincluding its structural, HVAC and electrical systems. Students also review and deepen theirunderstanding of architecturally related topics including special layout and building codesrequirements.Most importantly, project methodology will be discussed. We discuss the capstone designprogram from students’ point of view, and the experience earned in design, integration, and alsoin written and oral communication skills. Methodology used to evaluate the effectiveness of thecapstone design program in term of learning outcomes is also described.Introduction:The Architectural Engineering Senior Project Capstone Class (AREN 485/486) proposes to usean actual industrial facility as the basis for the senior project. The purpose of the class is toprovide

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Hasz, Carthage College; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Applications, Business Operations, and Theatre Arts, among others.Students will take courses in this area of interest and apply an engineering mindset to develop ahybrid set of skills and experiences, followed by a semester-long senior thesis project. The BS inEngineering is designed to be ABET accreditable and will provide students with a strongtechnical engineering background through upper-level courses taken the junior and senior yearand a yearlong capstone engineering project.All students also complete the broad college core distribution requirements, maintaining theliberal arts standards of the college. Both programs will be completed within the 130-credit capfor the college. These programs specifically draw on the strengths of the college to

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Development Program (IDP), post B.Arch. The IDP carefully monitorscompetence in basic comprehension of a wide range of practical architectural experiences priorto allowing the junior architect to sit for the licensing exam. Page 14.1126.8ConclusionsWe close by advocating that in upper level interdisciplinary or in capstone projects, that facultyencourage students to explore both ends of the taxonomy. A practical way of ensuring this is tocontinually nurture in the students a sense of appreciation of the context of their work, bothhistorical and contemporary/global, along with guidance in the techniques necessary to achievethese ends. A pedagogically

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

Tagged Divisions

International

the softwareengineering curriculum. This analysis particularly includes examining: • Team projects • Senior student capstone project reports and Master’s degree thesis • Curriculum for software engineering • Student end of course surveyCurriculum Review, Interview, Observations, Evaluation, and Survey StudiesAlthough this study mainly relies on quantity data analysis from observation, evaluationand survey, it is still feasible to review existing curriculum, interview Chinese instructorsfor their valuable personal experience and observe a sample of student’s project workfirst. Personal experience is always easy to obtain and results could be directly used togather findings. Interviewing Chinese instructors to obtain their personal

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Mark Johnson, Purdue University School of ECE; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, where networked computers arereadily available, nor does it occur when all team members are working in the same physicallocation. Our hypothesis is that equipping each project team with wireless Tablet PCs should notonly significantly improve the spontaneity (and regularity) with which the on-line lab notebooksare updated, but also facilitate collaboration among team members working on the design projectat different locations. An HP Technology for Teaching Grant has provided a critical mass ofTablet PCs to test this hypothesis. A description of how the equipment provided is beingutilized, along with a discussion of the preliminary results obtained, is presented in this paper.IntroductionIn most team-oriented capstone design courses, creation

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Walter O. Craig

(Entergy) and a HR representative from theRaytheon company. Members serving on the Industry Advisory Committee have direct input intothe EET curriculum for technology students. Their input is valuable and helped to developcourses that our students needed in the manufacturing environment. One new course developedwith industry input was our new Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) course.5 Anotherrecommendation made by the IAC was to have students become familiar with fundamentals ofthe design process, working on design projects before the senior capstone design course. Designprojects need to be integrated into the curriculum early on. Projects should be small in scope andincrease in design complexity starting from the basic (DC/AC) courses to the

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Brian P. Self; Lynne A. Slivovsky; Kevin Taylor; Sema Alptekin

Copyright © 2007, American Society for EngineeringPast ProjectsComputer Engineering (CPE), Electrical engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), andIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) have all had a great deal of success with servicelearning. CPE has a a two-quarter Capstone Design experience that provides teams of studentswith large, loosely defined projects for real-world customers.In the first year of the capstone, all projects involved Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) andwere designed and implemented for the new RFID Center on campus, a collaborative centerbetween multiple engineering and agriculture disciplines. Example projects include an ActiveTag Design, a Smart Shelf System, and an RFID Entry System. The

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

3) Government Funding versusUniversity Business Operations. Each of these differences will be presented in detail.Project-Based Education The US system of education can be described as a course-based educational program inwhich the students pass a set of required courses and are awarded their bachelor’s degree. Somecourses have pre-requisites, but most courses are separate islands of knowledge. Programsattempt to integrate these separate islands of knowledge with a “Capstone” or “Senior Design”courses, but these are 1 or 2 courses and, out of the total program, they represent a total of 1/6 to1/3 of a single semesters work or 3-5 percent of the total program. These courses may be teamprojects, but often are individual projects. One

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36578Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration ClassDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Chau Tran is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NC State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for Vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and Vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University in 1998