Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

unfamiliar withePortfolios and was somewhat incredulous that the ePortfolio in conjunction with the requiredinternship (or undergraduate research) and senior capstone seminar could provide an adequatecapstone experience for the ET students. The lack of a capstone experience was cited as aweakness, and no mention of the recently implemented capstone ePortfolio was made in thepreliminary report. If such unfamiliarity with and resistance to use of the ePortfolio is commonin the ET community in general and amongst TAC of ABET evaluators in particular, thenprograms may be well advised to retain a traditional senior project in conjunction with acapstone ePortfolio.SummaryInternal funding was obtained from a UD Center for Educational Effectiveness grant

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Joshua D. Neeley, Utah Valley University; Nile Edward Brewer; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: Database Design, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, and Machine Learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Haptics in AviationAbstractThe purpose of a capstone design project course is to provide graduating senior students theopportunity to demonstrate understanding of the concepts they have learned during their studies.As with many computer science and engineering programs, students of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Wagoner, Binghamton University; David Klotzkin, Binghamton University; E. White, Jr., Binghamton University

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NSF Grantees

, and junior levels followed by a comprehensive capstone course inmicrofabrication at the senior level. In this paper, we describe the specific microfabricationmodules being developed and their method of implementation.Introduction Microfabrication, the processes for fabricating structures at length scales below severalmicrons, is critical to many branches of science and engineering. It is heavily used to fabricateelectron devices, integrated circuits, accelerometers, lasers, and miniature microphones and isbecoming more prevalent in the biological sciences. Since microfabrication is such a broad andmultidisciplinary activity, the conventional approach of presenting this topic in a single course inone department seems inappropriate. Many

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

two dimensional mechanisms analysis problems.The mechanisms course is a prerequisite of the senior design capstone course. The elements ofthe design course process include but are not limited to: establishment of objectives, synthesis ofideas, and mechanical analysis of the selected components of the project. Real-world constraintssuch as economical and societal factors, marketability, ergonomics, safety, aesthetics, and ethicsare also an integral part of this capstone course. A major requirement of all senior designprojects is that each final report and oral presentation clearly demonstrates practical applicationsof concepts and methods learned in other engineering technology courses. The course projectreports and final oral presentations

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Vian, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

processes and integral, discrete, and shrink/expansion fastener systems. 45% 70%ConclusionsThis project-based instructional approach corresponds to XXXXX University’soverarching goals for its undergraduate programs for engineering technology students.The knowledge and experience gained through student completion of various teamprojects during their freshmen through junior academic years is expected to form a strongfoundation for the senior capstone project (an implicit goal of most courses within theengineering curricula). At the capstone level, students undertake an often unstructured,broadly-defined, real-world problem. Many of these capstone projects entail solvingmanufacturing process issues for production

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Bruce R. Babin, Kansas State University, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Emily Dringenberg, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

each of these issues, literature wasreviewed to develop a curriculum-wide solution.Course integration has been shown to promote student engagement2. Project based scenarios areoften used to connect course concepts that are individually important for the students tounderstand. Previous works demonstrating this include studies of vertical integration frameworkfor capstone design projects by Hardin and Sullivan4, an investigation of the importance ofintegration of engineering curricula by Froyd and Ohland2, and the use of a spiral learningcurriculum in the first two years of mechanical engineering by Roemer and Bamberg5. Researchof hands on learning has been shown to increase student retention6. Diverse courses such asmechanical design and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

include a patent search using the online service of United States PatentOffice. In a paper delivered at the 2010 ASEEE Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, the valueof understanding the patent search process and the entrepreneurial mindset was presented1. It wasfocused on senior capstone projects and the creation of entrepreneurial teams. Studentexperiences and outcomes were documented through individual interviews and assessment tools. Page 22.1235.2The constraints and challenges of developing a product, engineering it and preparing it formarket were presented. Real world entrepreneurial learning experiences are linked to eachstudent team as

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Nan Yao, Beihang University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

successful inengaging students in an active learning process while increasing teamwork and improvingcommunication skills. In addition to integrating project based experiences throughout all fouryears, most engineering programs culminate in a major design experience [4]. In most cases, thisexperience takes the form of a sequence of two 3 credit hour courses at the senior level. Theexperience provides students an opportunity to apply most if not all of their engineeringknowledge to the design and build of a physical system that, in most cases, has real-worldapplication relevance [5]. The capstone experience is highly valuable, but due to limited time, forobvious reasons, it has some limitations including insufficient time for closing the loop

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

ofa “Client Interaction Rubric” as discussed here fulfills this identified need while serving twopurposes: obtaining formative feedback from the clients to help improve students’ clientinteraction skills, and providing students ahead of time with a framework of key criteriaregarding having successful interactions with clients.This paper describes initial efforts to develop a rubric in support of student-client interactions forclient-oriented project-based learning activities. The rubric has been tested in two small, privatecollege environments: a user interface design course at Ohio Northern University taken by bothcomputer engineering and computer science majors, and an engineering capstone design courseat Smith College in Massachusetts. The

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Martin Brooke, Duke University; Philip Ethier, Duke University; Hisham Massoud, Duke University

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Design in Engineering Education

motivation and creative thinkingskills, especially when design is targeted toward realistic projects. In addition, the project focusearly on serves to better prepare students for their capstone design projects in their senior year.1To address the issues of a traditional engineering curriculum, the authors are part of a recentcurriculum redesign in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at DukeUniversity. This redesign is funded by the National Science Foundation and is centered upon thetheme of Integrated Sensing and Information Processing (ISIP).4 The redesigned curriculum hasfocused on real-world problems as a means for the successful training of modern engineers. Thetheme of ISIP has been implemented in the development of the first

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Robert Michael, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University; Mark Keith Kurchena

include: a. Reference [1] presents the design of a low-cost 3D printer using off-the-shelf components. The printer is constructed and then used as a demo for a high school STEM outreach project. b. Reference [2] illustrates how design projects can be used to foster self-directed learning (SDL). This paper details how various course design projects are used to help students gain knowledge of high-level engineering software programs through SDL while satisfying ABET outcome 7 to “acquire new knowledge.” c. References [3 – 6] detail various senior capstone projects whereby groups of students are partnered with industry and faculty to solve large, complex engineering problems. d. Reference

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

10.1357.2found in a standard book on icebreakers. I brought in the Chief Engineer of the MDOT to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationdiscuss engineering ethics with the class. The second part covered basics on scheduling and costestimating. I emphasized that as project managers, engineers need to have a sense of scheduleand cost. Brief class exercises demonstrated how to use standard cost guides such as RS Meansand to develop small schedules using PERT diagrams. The third part consisted of developingproposals that would be used in the spring senior capstone project. The second course that I developed was

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

Session 2003-1240 Teaming Freshmen with Seniors in Design Ann Kenimer, Ronald Lacey Associate Professors, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityIntroductionThe Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University offersdesign-focused courses for freshman and senior engineering students. The senior-level coursesconstitute the curriculum’s capstone design experience. Seniors work in teams of four to five on adesign project suggested by industry clients. Many of these same projects are used in the freshman

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships

with an array of interdisciplinary design courses that range from introductory to capstone courses.Prof. Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology Durga Suresh is an associate professor in the department of computer science and networking and has been teaching at WIT for over fifteen years, including courses in software engineering, databases, archi- tecture, and capstone projects. She has been involved in service-learning projects in urban Boston and has developed CS-outreach-oriented seminar classes in which college juniors and seniors develop and deploy CS curricula to middle school students. She has extensive experience with designing and teaching project based, multidisciplinary courses with collaboration

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

skills of the discipline in the complex andturbulent context of personal, organizational, and community agendas and constraints, and 3) tomaximize the learning that can result to all parties through systematic reflection. The process-orientation of service-learning, combined with the difficulties of linkingtechnical content to the service needs of many community organizations, seems to render thispedagogy especially well-suited to introductory and capstone engineering courses, where there is Page 9.1093.2an emphasis on teamwork, communication, problem-definition, project design, and project “Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Software Engineering Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Alexandria Spradlin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Rogers Bassa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

through the life cycle they better realized what they can and what they cannot deliver. • They thought that they are better prepared to join the work force. • Number of students point to some of the issues associated with the personality conflicts between the team members. The mentors (PI, assigned staff, the two SMEs, and the two graduate students), were pleasantly surprised by what the interns were able to accomplish duding this nine weeks. The level and complexity of the project given to the team was almost close to what is assigned at the capstone project for students pursuing bachelor degree in computing field.REFERENCES[1] Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code), IEC Standard 60529, 2004.[2] A. Cockburn

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Education Conference, S2G-1, Reno, NV (2001)6 Newell, J.A., S.H. Farrell, R.P. Hesketh, and C.S. Slater, “Introducing Emerging Technologies in theCurriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Research Experience,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 35(4), 296 (2001)7 Glennon, Brian, “Development of Cross-Disciplinary Projects In a ChE Undergraduate Curriculum.”Chem. Eng. Ed., 38(4), 296 (2004)8 Schaeiwitz, Joseph A; Turton, Richard, “Life-Long Learning Experiences and Simulating Multi-disciplinary Teamwork Experiences through Unusual Capstone Design Projects”, Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, (2003)9 Bhavnani, Sushil H., and M. Dayne Aldridge, “Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A Bridge betweenCollege

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo Sanchez, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

the likelihood of system failures and their associated effects.Figure 2. PFMEA Steps.AN AVIATION SAFETY COURSE – CAPSTONE PROJECT RELATED TO FMEAThis paper aims to demonstrate how FMEA (specifically, PFMEA) may be taught in an aviationsafety course at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. and how the application of PFMEA inanalyzing HAA operations and accidents may be demonstrated to students. Therefore, within thescope of the prospective aviation safety course, this paper uses the Process Failure Modes andEffects Analysis (PFMEA) as per the SAE AS13004™ [3] standard to identify the risksassociated with HAA operations to demonstrate the PFMEA methodology with a real-worldsituation. Once the students have strengthened their theoretical

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

-lesson basis. Without exception,courses that do not use daily homework use quizzes or homework sets (called special problems) to provide anassessment after each major block of instruction (normally 3 to 5 lessons). All courses administer at least onemid-term examination and all courses except the Capstone design course have a comprehensive final exam.These examinations provide successively broader evaluations of students’ command of civil engineering subjects.All courses which include engineering design content use design projects to assess students’ ability to apply thedesign process in a given subject area (e.g., steel, concrete, drainage systems). These projects also provide ameans of evaluating creativity, communication skills, and the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

andactuators are being developed on a continuing basis, students will be instructed on how to adaptto the use of newly developed devices. The sensors and actuators course includes significanttreatment of new technologies such as MEMS. It also features a capstone project that requiresstudents to engage in self-directed learning about a transducer not discussed in class.(d) Increasing the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering byengaging the freshmen and pre-college populations in hands-on instruction in mechatronics isfacilitated by the introduction of mechatronic-based hands-on projects at the freshman and pre-college levels. The authors have already had considerable success in developing and deliveringmechatronics

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

fix the deficiencies was not effective.While there are introductory level project-based courses in the first year, students do not haveenough technical background to make the projects technically challenging. While they may getsome teamwork experience from such courses, they usually only get very basic, if any, trainingin project management. This is why we decided to introduce our cornerstone courses in thesophomore year.We developed a two-quarter-long course sequence: one focused on design processes and anotheron project implementation [1-6]. We had two overarching goals: 1. Teach students design and project development well before senior Capstone projects. 2. Integrate various strands of electrical and computer engineering through

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solutions; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

issues of environmental factors and tomeet the requirement of Senior/Capstone design project course, students worked in a team todesign, fabricate and test a mobile Robotic System to monitor and map data from theenvironmental sensors in a well-defined trajectory in an academic building. The EnvironmentalMonitoring Robotic System consists of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) supported by theencoders on the Robot base to determine the location of the Robot and a Kinect@ Microsoft Inc.camera to detect objects and obstacles in the trajectory. The proposed systems also consist of theRobot Operating System (ROS) and sensor section for monitoring the environment. The ROSsection is used for mapping and localization of the mobile robot. The navigation

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

. Page 3.175.1Engineering educators across the country have responded to address the competency gaps bymaking changes to the engineering curriculum and the content of courses. A major activity inthis direction has been in the development of capstone senior design projects courses whereissues related to soft skills are addressed6. These courses serve the role of providing students asmooth transition from university to industry.Students are better prepared for the senior projects experience, if they are exposed to the softskills requirements earlier in the curriculum7,8. This could be done in the lab component of thejunior year courses. In these lab courses, an understanding of the industrial environment can beprovided to the students by

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

can correctly and confidently specify and use these systemsafter graduation.The strategy to improve students’ ability and confidence with modern computer-basedinstrumentation focused on integrating the use of this equipment into several courses. The targetaudience included all electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing majors in engineering andtechnology. The implementation plan involved introducing students to the use of this equipment Page 3.183.1in fundamentals courses, and then reinforcing its use in advanced courses, independent studies,research projects and a capstone senior projects course sequence.Modern instrumentation equipment was

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Dakota School of Mines and Technology revamped the designcurriculum. The design curriculum consisted of MET 351—Engineering Design I and 352—Engineering Design II for juniors and MET 464—Engineering Design III and MET 465—Engineering Design IV for seniors2. The purpose and objectives of these classes can be Page 15.904.2summarized by the following Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) self-study description3. This is a two-course sequence in Interdisciplinary Senior Capstone Design Project (ISCDP) that involves both lecture and design practice sessions. The course integrates vertically and horizontally

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton

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Community Engagement Division

. Asmy partnership with The Foodbank has grown, our projects are developed using a morecommunity-engaged methodology as shown in Figure 2 [2]. Using this methodology, we stillwork closely with our partners to develop our research questions, but now, our projects focusmore on the co-creation of knowledge as well as social and cultural change.Thus far, students have either participated in the projects as part of a summer research experience(community gardens) or through an Engineering Management master’s capstone project(donation collection and audit scheduling). To successfully complete the capstone project,students are expected to identify a significant problem, locate the necessary data and informationto solve the problem, and utilize the

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

design experienceculminated in a two-semester senior course, which is the capstone design project. The remainderof this paper details how design content was added to the first course in fluid mechanics.3. The Process of Adding Design into the CourseDescription of the course. The first course in fluid mechanics is required of all MechanicalEngineering students. It consists of a lecture and a laboratory. The lecture part is worth threesemester-credit hours and the lab component, one semester-credit hour. The lab session meets forthree consecutive hours, once a week. The program introduced design into the course by assigningopen-ended problems at the beginning of the semester. Students were required to choose a resultor concept of fluid mechanics

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

evaluation of work product. Numerous authorshave outlined the assessment strategy of constructing rubrics for measuring studentachievement of learning outcomes and applying them to portfolios of student work.Other authors have outlined use of rubrics for evaluation and grading of individualassignments and projects. This paper will describe the use of a consolidated rubric forevaluating final reports in the capstone Chemical Plant Design course. Instead of gradingeach report and then having some or all of the reports evaluated through a separateprocess for programmatic assessment purposes, the instructor evaluates the report onceusing the rubric, and the same raw data is used both for grading and for programmaticassessment.BackgroundSince 2000, ABET1

Conference Session

Sustainable Education and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; John Lindberg, Seattle Pacific University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, II, and III in Table 1.)They include a common core of 35 credits that provides a foundation in the liberal arts and anexploratory curriculum that includes 40 credits in the Arts and Humanities (10 credits), SocialSciences (10 credits), Natural Sciences (15 credits, including both biological science andphysical science courses) and Math (5 credits).General Engineering Core RequirementsThe general engineering core requirements are common to all concentrations and includemathematics, chemistry, physics, programming, probability and statistics, circuits, junior leveldesign, internship courses, and the senior design and capstone project. A listing of theserequirements is shown in Table 2 along with related learning outcomes from Table 1. Ten

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 5: Energy and Wind and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

systems to reject heat from therefrigerant to the outdoor air and to help in liquefying the refrigerant as it passes through itstubes. Reducing the surrounding air temperature or the surface temperature for the condenserwould help in eliminating an additional source of heat into the refrigerant and lower thetemperature of air surrounding the condensers which would enhance the air-conditioning systemperformance.A capstone project in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University conducted anexperimental and analytical study to investigate the performance of a 3 ton-refrigerant (TR) air-conditioning unit, installed in a residential house, while shading its condenser. The surfacetemperature of the tubes exiting the condenser were measured