Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

Education Objectives and Program Outcomes through systematic andprogressive learning 1,3 . The contribution of each course in the curriculum to theaccomplishment of the program outcomes is mapped in Table 4. The contribution of eachindividual course to different Program Outcomes is assessed through: (1) the StudentCourse Assessment Survey, and (2) the Faculty Course Outcomes Assessment (“Closingthe Loop”) Report. These two assessment tools together with assessment from the SeniorExit Survey, and the contribution of the Capstone Design Project II report constitute theInternal Assessment of the Program Outcomes. Four other tools, the Employer Survey,the Alumni Survey, Departmental Industrial Cluster Input and the Capstone Design OralPresentation

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

project evolved and demonstrated effective social interactions, breaking into well definedroles. The contrasting performance of the other two groups is also discussed. The use ofreflection tools in the form of experimental journals and design meetings appeared to be effectivein keeping students from “video-game” mode. Assessment based improvements of the VirtualCVD laboratory are identified.IntroductionCapstone courses in which students have an opportunity to practice engineering are an importantaspect of undergraduate engineering curriculum. In the last 20 years, capstone courses have beenintegrated into engineering curricula nationwide in response to ABET accreditation requirementsand feedback from industry. Specific ABET guidelines are the

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Wayne Kibbe, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

22.5%Final Presentation of Project by Participant 10.0% Total 100%Capstone ShowcaseIn September of 2005, the Northeast Network STEM Fellows Capstone Showcase washeld to provide an opportunity for all of the STEM Fellows Teams to present the plansthey had developed to promote greater student interest in STEM careers as well as toadvance STEM teaching and learning at the local level. The final plans developed by the11 STEM Fellows who participated in the Embedded Computer Systems & Photonicsreflected the positive influence that this professional development course had on themand how they would implement their new knowledge into their district.Demographics of

Conference Session

Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Estimating CET 462 Construction Scheduling CET 458 Construction Administration (capstone)To better understand how the innovation center examples are employed, brief discussions ofimplemented exercises will illustrate.CET 221 is a sophomore course that introduces students to the equipment and techniques used inconstruction projects. It provides students with an overview of heavy civil and commercialbuilding techniques. Two basic exercises using the innovation center are assigned in this class.Students self select teams of up to 4 students to develop a written overview of how they wouldbuild that aspect of the project. Students are given ½ size .pdf files of the plan set for use. Thereare no stated guidelines other than how would you

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

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Aerospace

students can and do receive this type of educational experience through acompetitive capstone design project, it is arguably better that this is not the first time they areexposed to integrating and applying the material covered in an aeronautical engineering coursesequence. This paper details how to make use of an inexpensive hands-on glider design projectthat can be integrated across a short undergraduate aeronautical engineering course sequenceeffectively educating students on the practical application of aircraft design. Through theindividual design and construction of multiple balsa wood gliders over a two course sequence,each student can apply and correlate the various aspects of aircraft design with tangible,measureable results better

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston - Downtown; Amy Heilig, Dlubal Software, Inc.

that performs the structural analysis and designof structures. The agreement allows our undergraduate students to be exposed to professional andadvanced software that is used for courses in structural analysis, structural dynamics, and thecomprehensive capstone design course. The full version of the software allows the study of structureswith different complexity without restriction due to their size, type of loads or design requirements.The projects presented in this paper are examples of a successful technology transfer from industry touniversity using professional software. The active support of Dlubal Software, Inc. allowed studentsto correctly apply the software capabilities. Projects of this nature require interaction between student

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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First-Year Programs

various research projects. She’s also the founder and advisor of the first ASEE student chapter in Puerto Rico. Her primary research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in en- gineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations. She also works in the development and evaluation of various engineering curriculum and courses at UPRM applying the outcome-based educa- tional framework.Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Nayda G. Santiago is professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) where she teaches the Capstone Course in Computer Engineer- ing. She received an BS

Conference Session

M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Rachel L. Bragg, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

engineeringstudents in an introduction to engineering course reveals that transfer can be enhanced throughstrategies such as writing-specific feedback and writing focused class activities, thus helpingthese students to see a clearer connection between their first-year composition courses and thewriting they are tasked with in their discipline.This project started as a result of the authors being asked to join an assessment committee todevelop a plan for assessing writing across all programs at West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology. The initial plan for cross-curricular assessment includes English faculty assessingwriting from first-year composition courses and senior capstone courses from a variety ofprograms. This assessment will be used to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mase

., “Teaching Design Through Group Industrial Projects,” Inter. J. of Mechanical EngineeringEducation, V. 21, No. 3, 1993, p. 2978 Todd, R. H., Sorensen, C. D., and Magleby, S. P., “Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy IndustrialCustomers,” J. of Engineering Education, vol. 82 no. 2, 1993, p. 929 Shigley, J. E. and Mischke, C. R., Mechanical Engineering Design, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.,New York, NY, 198910 Boresi, A. P., Schmidt, R. J., and Sidebottom, O. M., Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Fifth Edition, Wiley,New York, NY, 199311 Cook, R. D. and Young, W. C., Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, NY,198512 Ugural, A. C. and Fenster, S. K., Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Third

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas E. Hirt

the pump can significantly affect their design.IntroductionOne of the best ways for students to learn new material is to have them work on limited, butmeaningful, open-ended design projects. To be worthwhile, a project should incorporate severalaspects of the lecture material so that students can integrate many of these concepts in anactivity. Also, contrary to a capstone design experience, a project should be able to be completedin a week or two so that the students do not get consumed by the project and fall behind in thecourse (i.e., lecturing is still continuing while they work on their project and the lecturing may beon new material that could be unrelated to the project).Projects of this type have been used successfully in our

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

research is also one of the objectives of AerosPACE. With the popularityand interest in massive open online courses (MOOCs) and flipped classes, some evidencesuggests such methods may not be as effective as presumed [2] [3]. The AerosPACE course hasbeen developed to enable research on engineering teaching and learning in a unique multi-disciplinary, multi-university environment.In this paper the academic year 2013-2014 AerosPACE senior capstone project, where threemulti-university teams of students collaborated with Industry to design, build, and fly a UAVcapable of monitoring farmland to improve crop yield, is presented. The scope of the studentproject is defined by one semester completed at the time of submission of draft paper. Someresults

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University; Tasneem Pervez; Nasra Al-Maskari, Sultan Qaboos University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

engineers are not inherently creative. By drawing parallels between the engineeringdesign process and creative thought, it is argued that creativity is fundamental to solving complex modernproblems. The paper highlights the work of E. Paul Torrance, a pioneer in creativity research, whosetheories underscore that creativity can be taught and cultivated in students. Compatible educationalframeworks are then reviewed briefly. Drawing upon their experience of teaching courses such as CreativeDesign and Capstone Design, the authors present strategies to foster creativity within engineering curricula.These include collaborative reasoning, project-based learning, and the use of creative thinking tools likebrainstorming and ideation notebooks. Many

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

projects we have chosen arereduced degree-of-freedom systems with very specific and quantifiable performance objectives.There still remain many areas of optimization, yet these optimizations relate more to parameterselection and detail design, rather than conceptual changes. We do not intend to minimize theimportance of conceptual design, but rather have specifically chosen to have students focus intheir first senior design effort on a challenge where the concept generation component of theproject has already been determined. The second set of projects is truly open-ended and similarto traditional capstone design courses.The working baseline approach emphasizes analysis, but is distinct from experimental lab coursewhere students conduct a set of

Conference Session

Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Chemical Division

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Elizabeth Lindley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Bethan Owen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

generallydo not gain experience in open-ended design or entrepreneurial innovation – skills which may behighly valued by future employers or graduate schools, and even in upper-level project-basedcourses such as capstone design.Biofabrication Lab is an upper-level elective laboratory course offering students hands-onexperience in advanced cell culture, computer aided design, additive manufacturing, andprototyping related to translational bioengineering. Quantitative Physiology Lab is a requiredlaboratory course in which third-year bioengineering students conduct experiments to measureand model human physiological systems, while gaining experience in data analysis andpresentation. To expand the breadth of knowledge and experience gained by students, a

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication must be thoughtfully designed tohelp readers make meaning of data. Such visual design for readers requires our students tobecome metacognitive of their own experience as consumers of visual communication. Yet oftenengineering students are not prompted to think about or design visual data communication untilthey must present their own data, typically as part of a senior capstone project. Our students’ lackof experience leaves them without a solid foundation for critical thought about figures, and thuswith scant preparation to learn from the experience of creating and refining them. If capstonesare to be an opportunity to learn about visual communication rather than simply perform it,students are in need of a swift means to gain perspective

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

cost of all components in our system, whichincludes the base unit and four experimental daughter boards, is under $1000 in single unitquantities.11The Remote EE Lab has been a very successful source of capstone projects for our senior students. Itworks as it was intended to work, and we expect to deploy a number of the stations in our EE lab sostudents can work on their EE lab experiments when it is convenient for them. At some point, itwould be quite beneficial to us if Intronix, the manufacturer of the LogicPort logic analyzer, wouldprovide or license a public API so that applications could be better integrated with their excellentlogic analyzer.11 This cost can be reduced even further by using off-shore PCB fabricators and adopting a lower

Conference Session

Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erica M. Comber, Carnegie Mellon University; Elisha Anthony Raeker-Jordan, Carnegie Mellon University; Kalliope Georgette Roberts, Carnegie Mellon University; Melanie Alexis Loppnow, Carnegie Mellon University; Andrew Hudson, Carnegie Mellon University; Wayne Chung, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

addresses healthcare challenges and achieves the following:Objective 1: Leverages curriculum-acquired knowledge of both engineer and ID studentsObjective 2: Mimics the communication dynamic within the medical device industryMaterials and Methods: This year (2019-2020), the capstone course incorporated ID-centeredassignments on behalf of objective 1 and restructured project teams to consist of engineering andindustrial design subteams for objective 2. During the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years,4 and 6 industrial designers enrolled to work with ~50 BME students on 4 and 6 projectsrespectively. Engineering students’ team assignments both academic years were generated usingthe Comprehensive Assessment for Team-Member Effectiveness (CATME) system

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

, and the role ofsenior capstone design in the curriculum is more summative than formative, leaving little roomfor remediation and subsequent improvement. First-year design experiences can providecontext, motivation, and excitement, but first-year students are typically without the technicalbackground to experience a genuine electrical and computer engineering (ECE) design processthat fills an unmet need and addresses all of the tradeoffs between technical and nontechnicalmatters that occur in product design.For over 30 years, the undergraduate engineering programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) have featured a substantial senior capstone design project as one of three degree-requiredproject experiences. While faculty reviews of the

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

and developed ananimatronic polar bear robot shown in Figure 11. The robot successfully competed at the 2003Society of Manufacturing Engineers/Robotics International (SME/RI) event at RochesterInstitute of Technology, earning the 3rd place in the Robot Construction Category. This capstone Figure 1. Animatronic Polar Bear for the 2003 SME/RI Competitioncourse project led to the development of a cross-disciplinary honors course, enrolling art,engineering, technology, and pharmacy students2. Puppetry and mechanism design projects were Page 22.558.2the focus of this 4 hours a week course. Also following the capstone project, the author

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

because they cannot take time away from the paying jobs that are supporting their education.Other possible factors affecting the choices of students could include (2) Students completing their junior year do not want to take time away from their senior- year studies, including their capstone project, and (3) Students completing their senior year do not want to take the risk of pursuing a startup when they could instead obtain a “real” job.And other factors, certainly, may play a role, too. For example, it is possible that that thestudents’ projects, while worthwhile, were not at a level of significance that students felt justifiedfurther effort. The university may not have provided all the elements of the incubate stage of

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Vega, University of Washington, Bothell; John William Bridge P.E., University of Washington, Bothell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

incorporate a material selection design textbook with an associated professional-level software program. Materials selection concepts and methods were interspersed throughoutthe course and integrated into three student-group design projects involving springs, bearings,rotating shafts, and gear elements. This approach resulted in a practical and effective method ofintroducing materials selection into the design process and provided needed skills for the follow-on, senior-level capstone design course. At the end of the class, an easy-to-follow, student-written material selection reference guide (with examples) was produced to provide guidance forfuture classes and students needing a quick overview of the materials selection process and useof the

Collection

2020 PPC

Authors

Michael Cox

…  Investing in STEM education  Inspiring innovation in education, our industry and our workforce  Partnering with universities to build core aerospace engineering competencies through hands-on capstone projects (AerosPACE)  Financing advanced learning solutions for current and future employees (MIT, NSF, others)  Improving equity and diversity through policy and

Conference Session

ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNYIT; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNYIT

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

weekly meetings, more independent projects, most students workingfull-time, and time off for vacation.Although these issues may be valid, the poor performance continued in fall 2012. The mostsuccessful students who graduate in four years typically take the capstone course during springof their senior year, and students who take longer to graduate typically take the course during thesummer or fall. Perhaps these students do not perform well, especially when working on teamsof similar peers. To see how this trend relates to a specific performance measure, Figure 2 showsthe trend for teamwork performance category (a), the ability to communicate within the team.Between spring and the subsequent fall, the number of students scoring 3 or 4 dropped

Conference Session

Student Self-assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Jordan Ford, University of Washington; Heather Dillon, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

design, and inquiry-guided learning. He has supervised undergraduate and master’s student research projects and capstone design teams.Dr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A secure, scalable approach to student-graded homework for self-reflectionAbstractA large body of research shows that deliberate practice is essential to developing expertise in anyskill. The essential

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student Motivation and Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; Jennifer Mullin, UC San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

and spatial visualization skills.Dr. Jennifer Mullin, UC San Diego Jennifer S. Mullin is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Faculty Director of Experience Engineering (E4) in Jacob’s School of Engineering. Her work is focused on engineering education research and curriculum development with an emphasis on creativity, design thinking and project-based pedagogy. She utilizes informed instructional choices through a ”learn-by-doing” approach to enhance and enrich the undergraduate educational experience, specifically at the intersection of engineering design, technical communication and problem-solving. ©American Society for

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ralph I. Stephens

Mechanical Engineering Program.58:086 Mechanical Engineering Design Projects, spring, 2003(instructor: Stephens)This is the senior capstone design course where students as teams of three or four choosedesign projects from those offered by industry, faculty, or students themselves. Matt Furman,James Arkema and two other students chose to design a mechanical tire testing system for useby the Furman racing team. Their end product was to be the actual workable product along withtesting of several race tires. The goal was to be able to measure both normal and lateral racingtire stiffness. Values of stiffness will aid the Furman racing team since these values are normallycompany or team confidential. The project involved significant brainstorming, since

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey James Kado, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, expectation, and relevant knowledge. These areas are important to employers, who seekstudents who have developed these skills, which would efficiently transfer into a real-worldindustrial environment (Pung & Farris, 2011). This information can be vital to an individual,allowing a person to identify an area in which they are deficient, allowing for an avenue of self-improvement (O’Neill et al., 2015). This tool has been utilized at the university level to identifyproblematic teams during Capstone projects, allowing for intervention by project mentors(Beigpourian et al., 2019). CATME is an effective tool utilized in post-secondary education toevaluate team cohesion and effectiveness, utilizing key characteristics sought by industry. Thus,this study

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Freeborn, University of Alabama; Memorie Gosa, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

guiding questions tostructure the sessions; and (iv) including multiple sessions with the same clients over time toobserve changes that may result from the therapies.Capstone Projects: Future iterations of this program will task students with identifying clinicalneeds from their shadowing experiences, propose a possible solution, and encourage them topursue those solutions during their own Capstone Design courses. Capstone design projects areubiquitous in engineering education, aimed at promoting practical and real-world projects duringan undergraduate’s education [7], [8]. The pairing of this shadowing experience with CapstoneDesign is expected to increase student engagement and satisfaction; supported by results fromprevious clinical immersions

Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

flexibility in designing their curriculum. This has allowed for theproposed BMET option to be easily accommodated within the EET program. Page 14.454.3III. The EET-BMET Option Approach to Biomedical InstrumentationRecognizing that in order to provide a rounded education for our students, it was imperative thatthey be exposed to actual biomedical instruments used in the medical field, the curriculumincludes a capstone course that can be satisfied by completing either a capstone project in an area Table 1. ECET courses in the BSBMET degree program option. COURSE NAME SEMEST WEEKLY WEEKL

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Andrea Ferro, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

applied to two case studies. In theeducationally-focused CE case study, a senior capstone design course in environmentalengineering worked on a project defined by a community partner. The rubric did a good jobrevealing where improvements in the project could have been realized and demonstrating that thenon-profit facilitator was instrumental in engaging the community. In the second case study, acommunity sub-contracted an academic partner to explore residential indoor air quality. Theproject was at a higher level of the rubric for most criteria compared to the educationally-focusedcase study. Use of the rubric at the start of a project will open important conversations, therebycontributing to the community and academic partners more fully meeting