Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Redfern, Duke University; A. Leyf Peirce Starling, North Carolina State University; Claudia K Gunsch, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

campers, and $120/day forday campers with need-based scholarships available, and the proposed camp experience structuremay be adapted to fit other financial settings. We incorporate engaging field trips, immersiveactivities, hands-on lessons, emphasized involvement in research and technology, and groundedeach activity in current research at Duke University. Throughout the camp sessions, there ismentoring from current undergraduate and graduate students and exposure to a college lifestyle.The experience culminates in a team capstone project that demonstrates the students’ ability todefine a novel problem and pose a novel solution based on what they have learned through thecamp experience. This summer camp model suggests moving away from the

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

Indian Female Female Diversity of Contact 27,40 25,75 Relative Appreciation 24,70 26,13 Emotional Comfort 11,50 9,13Table 3. (M-GUDS)-S subscales by gender for Russia and India.The results of GVOTM studies were compared to the results of the same surveys withengineering students from USA, Poland and Germany. The results are shown in Table 4.Global villagers reveal the highest commitment to diverse social and cultural activities. Highscores are also demonstrated by International Capstone Project participants

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian Poblete Rivera, University of Texas at Dallas

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

led electrospinning to find applications in variousbiomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery [1, 2]. However, severalparameters can greatly affect the production quality of fibers, such as concentration of the polymersolution, voltage, feed rate, and ambient conditions [3]. Controlling the manufacturing ofelectrospun fibers presented a unique engineering problem that could integrate concepts frommultiple bioengineering courses including biomechanics, circuits, computer aided design (CAD),thermodynamics, and biomaterials into a single engineering design project with real-worldapplications. This project served as the basis for a new junior-level design course that will betterprepare students for their senior capstone

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Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ronald Krahe, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

descriptionsof those parts or assemblies. The ability of increased knowledge of solid modeling has becomecrucial to the success of ECET students.The new Solid Modeling course exposes ECET students to creating 3D models, creating 2Ddrawings of components, and 3D assemblies.This paper will discuss the development of a solid modeling course for ECET students. It willinclude the following information: discussion on the need for the course (i.e. driving factors),course objectives, course content, and the student’s capstone project in the course and studentcomments about the course.Background and Desired Outcomes of the CourseThe development of the course started with meetings between the MET and ECET departmentrepresentatives (i.e. the authors of this paper

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Victoria Schuele; Ronald Edwards; Don Gillich; Andrew Kovanen; Brian Moretti

Educational Applications of Pyroelectric Acceleration Victoria Schuele1, Ronald Edwards1, Don Gillich1, Andrew Kovanen1, Brian Moretti1 1 Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996AbstractIn order to graduate the United States Military Academy (USMA) with an undergraduate degreein nuclear engineering or physics, each cadet must complete a capstone project. They also havethe option of completing an independent study to graduate with honors or further their futureeducational opportunities. The Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Center (NSERC), aDefense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) office, sponsors these projects, providing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei Zhang, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Amy B Chan Hilton, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

web resources andpresented to the local community through outreach activities.  To provide students with the opportunity to participate in a more in-depth and hands-onnanotechnology learning experience, we had a pilot effort to sponsor senior design during theNanoCORE II project phase. This capstone project was consistent with ABET requirements andwas implemented in conjunction with the yearlong Capstone Senior Design course in the relateddepartments. This senior design team is a multidisciplinary team with three students fromIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and two students from Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE). The team was co-mentored by faculty from these two departments, who alsoare principal investigators in the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

parts for a Capstone Project. Activity Level BehaviorStatements were derived from the “student ability to perform.”Effectiveness of teaching and learningA study was made for one course entitled “Machine Tool and Fixtures Design” a senior level course withthe following emphasis. The following broad or general list summarizes the learning objectives of thecourse.1. Learning and Using the IDEAS software• Part Modeling• Modifying Parts• Constrains and Constraint Networks• Surface Modeling Techniques• Team work in modeling Page 5.165.62. Application using IDEAS software• Design Application• Drafting Application

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anneliese Watt; Jeff Froyd; Julia Williams

communication. The purpose ofassigning students to a capstone design project is to give them the opportunity to developtheir skills in the context of a situated learning experience. As such, we expect studentsto achieve a specific set of learning outcomes that are not customarily required in thetraditional engineering classroom. This paper identifies learning outcomes in both designand writing, then associates strategies from each field as methods to improve studentlearning. Borrowing strategies across disciplinary boundaries, this paper providesvaluable insights for faculty in both engineering and technical communication who areinterested in expanding the repertoire of strategies they use to teach design andcommunication.IntroductionEngineering design

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Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Facciol, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Jason Foster, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

methodologies and expectations within specific engineeringdisciplines is an important first step in developing a curriculum that enables engineers to workacross those disciplines. An instrument that supports the analysis of a Faculty’s progressiontowards this end is a valuable addition to the engineering design educator’s toolbox.Introduction and MotivationThe goal of this project was to design an instrument to assess the student perception ofengineering design and how it evolves through courses and over time. The instrument design wasinformed by examining four capstone design courses from across the Faculty of Applied Scienceand Engineering at the University of Toronto; more specifically, from the disciplines ofChemical, Electrical & Computer

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

Abstract The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arizona State University has deployed a novel infrastructure for a concentration track in embedded systems that combines important aspects of academic content with the latest in research and industrial practices. The concentration track emphasizes fundamental issues such as the balance between hardware and software and the respective trade-offs of building embedded systems. It is realized through the use of formal course work and hands-on experience that is channeled through a capstone project implemented as internships.1 IntroductionRapid proliferation of embedded systems in a wide range of consumer and

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #15682Work in Progress:Enhancing Student Leadership Competencies through Re-flectionDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne G. Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Wash- ington. She earned a BS in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Genetics at Duke University. Dr. Hendricks’ teaching interests at the University of Washington include develop- ing and teaching introductory and honors courses in bioengineering, tissue and protein engineering lab courses, and capstone projects. She is committed to creating

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

these humanitarian engineeringprograms is that this may be a way to improve retention of women within engineering.Humanitarian courses, including humanitarian engineering senior design capstones and service-learning study abroad programs, have higher enrollment of women than their traditionalcounterparts. Analyzing the motivations of participants in these programs reveals that womengravitate towards projects that allow them to become a “global professional” and “make adifference” while men want to “make a difference” by working on “exciting immersive real-world projects.” Thus, women seem to prefer projects that make a difference to other peoplewhile men choose work that they personally find to be exciting. However, within the existingresearch

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Gutierrez-Bucheli, Monash University; Alan Reid, Monash University; Gillian Kidman, Monash University; Julia Lamborn, P.E., Monash University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

) highlyinfluence the adoption of educational responses towards sustainability in the civil engineeringcurriculum. The accreditation requirements ensure that sustainability is addressed in specificdiscipline-based units, and to a greater extent, in the capstone unit. Barriers, however, occur inboth cases because sustainability considerations are not scaffolded. The cross-case analysisalso shows that while project-based environments were the most common type of educationalresponses implemented to strengthen students’ sustainability-based knowledge and skills,findings suggested projects do not always encourage the same complexity of problems and,consequently, do not generate the same level of learning outcomes. Results also reveal thathidden-curriculum

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Zhiyuan Yu; Jiawei Gong, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

Jiawei Gong yuz29@miamioh.edu jzg317@psu.edu Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Miami University, Middletown, OH 45011 Penn State University, Erie, PA 16510 Abstract This research presents analysis of a quick return linkage mechanism utilizing computationalsoftware Mathcad and Inventor. It is implemented as a class project to enhance MechanicalEngineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology students’ understanding of linkagemechanism in courses Dynamics and Machine Dynamics. The objectives of the project are toteach (1) kinematic and kinetic analysis of linkage mechanism (2

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Systemsand is part of the four-year Control and Instrumentation Technology program at the University ofHouston Downtown (UHD) in Houston, Texas. Continuing development of the electrical powersystems course includes the knowledge and application of LabVIEW software for various virtualexercises and projects. Included in the class are many actual electrical power control projects thatrange from the initial studies of the basics of electrical power systems and LabVIEW to the finaladvanced capstone project design.Many of the class students work in industry in various related professions. Also, the classstudents have varied technical experience level and background of academics. The proceedingtwo elements make the class both challenging and interesting to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa A. Riedle; Jill M. Clough

Session 2326 Starting in Reverse Dr. Lisa A. Riedle, Dr. Jill M. Clough University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleReverse engineering, a group project utilized in the utilized in the University of Wisconsin -Platteville's freshman engineering courses. Three years ago the college of engineeringimplemented a freshman engineering course. There were a variety of objectives: retention,getting them involved in the college of engineering as freshmen, group projects, oral and writtencommunication skills, and design experience.The first year the course was taught

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Gally, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

freshmen course in the introduction to design and the senior capstone design courses.Also, the positioning of this course in the sophomore year allows for the use of more advancedconcepts than can realistically be expected for freshman while providing an introduction to theconcepts and analysis methods the students will learn as juniors. The use of CAD tools in thedesign reinforces the computer skills the students need later, particularly in capstone design, andprovides a motivation for our students who are excited by aerospace vehicles.The content of the course provides for a parallel development of CAD skills with theintroduction of aerospace vehicle concepts and analysis tools. The course includes an experiencein both spacecraft design

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

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Graduate Studies

capstone writing project course inplace of the directed project requirement. This gives students both the time and the structure tocomplete the research and writing component of their degree. The Capstone Writing Courserequires students to submit their writing to a construction management related journal.As a part of this change, the Graduate Committee also eliminated the use of the three persondirected project advisory committee. To support the new journal paper requirement, each studentworks with a single faculty advisor who has an appropriate background to guide the research.This change simplifies the meeting coordination that is complicated by the geographic distancebetween the students and faculty. No change in program status was required

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Lalley P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Umesh A. Korde, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

plans, completedrawings and proper tolerancing.Future plans include facilitating increased student machine time in the DFM lab as well as thedevelopment of a junior level course including a more significant product development andlarger scale laboratory work focused on sustainable energy. This is expected to build on thecurrent series and feed directly into the senior capstone design course.The curriculum changes outlined in this paper had multiple goals: • Encourage innovation by challenging students with globally significant projects. • Facilitate innovation through design rigor and an iterative review process. • Develop design for manufacturing skills early in the students’ academic career to be honed with subsequent

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

currently producedwithin the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department includes automatic control,computers, communication, robotics, and environmental systems. These areas are incontrast to the more traditional Systems Engineering topics such as optimization,economics, behavioral science, and decision-making. USNA Systems Engineeringmajors must also complete a significant capstone design project during their senior year.Our senior students choose their own topic for this project and produce a complete design Page 9.1147.1document during the fall semester. They then build, test, and present their project duringthe spring semester. With this mix of

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud; Hadi Alasti; Maurizio Manzo; T. Sean Tavares; Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips

industrial roboticequipment.Development of the walking-beam conveyer and the Geneva mechanism was undertaken by twostudents as senior capstone projects in academic year 2019-2020 [5], [6]. Initially it wasenvisioned that the students would at least begin parts fabrication in the latter part of springsemester 2020. However, when the university pivoted to remote operation in March due toCOVID-19, the scope of work was refocused to concentrate on more detailed CAD modeling.Sample images of the CAD models produced by the students are shown in Fig. 7.Fig. 7. Sample views from CAD models resulting from student senior capstone projects; left:walking beam conveyor, right: Geneva mechanism.In fall 2020, fabrication was begun in the UNH ET program’s machine

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7162Spectra of Learning Through Service ProgramsDr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor and associate chair for Undergraduate Education in the De- partment of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She began integrating service-learning projects into her senior capstone design course for environmental engineering in 2001.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson is a associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, but also director of Michi- gan Tech’s

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal; Mark Vaccari; Thomas DeAgostino; Carter Stokeld; Courtney Baukal

problems needs to betaught to students so they will be properly prepared when they enter the workforce. While theymay be exposed to this type of problem in their capstone projects, they usually encounter verylittle of it in their core engineering classes. These ill-defined problems may also be solved usinga variety of methods, to arrive at differing answers that still reinforce one another.Where possible, teachers should give some open-ended assignments where there may be multipleacceptable solutions (Baukal 2017). Students need to determine appropriate boundary conditionsand material properties for these “fuzzy” problems. Students must then defend their ownsolutions as is typically required in industry. This teaches them that many “real” problems

Conference Session

Preparing Future Chemical Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Galatro, University of Toronto; Sourojeet Chakraborty, Johns Hopkins University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

, vertically integrated in different core and optional courses bydesigning standalone solutions (e.g., sizing shell and tube heat exchangers in Heat Transfer), andknowledge-integrative courses (e.g., capstone courses). In a typical capstone project-based course,teams are formed to solve open-ended engineering design problems following the traditionalworkflow of developing process simulations, heat and material balances, process flow diagrams,piping and instrumentation diagrams, safety assessments, and economic analysis [3]. Ideally,projects are linked to industry needs, for which real-world clients interact with students, boostingnon-technical skills required for chemical process design, such as communication andcollaboration. Combining technical and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Zesheng Chen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Software Engineering Division

undergraduate andgraduate levels, as well as student teams involved in Capstone senior design projects. Weexplored Slack in the following three perspectives: (1) sharing information, (2) answeringquestions, (3) collaborating in projects. We conducted analytic study on both the data recordedby Slack and feedback from end-of-semester student surveys. The results show that Slack is anexcellent online tool for improving the communication between students and instructors andamong students working in group projects.The remainder of this paper is structured as follows. We first introduce the context of our study,including different courses in which we have used Slack as a communication tool. We thenintroduce Slack and its related functionalities, and examples

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: engineering design principles, additivemanufacturing processes, energy management and Internet of Things (IoT). This work, togetherwith the partnerships that have been developed between the Colleges of Engineering, Educationand Science, have resulted in a unique capstone design project. The project includes students inthe Electronic Systems (ESET) and the Mechatronics (MXET) programs in the College ofEngineering paired with students in the College of Education and the College of Science. Basedon the identified need for both resources and curriculum, the project team is engaged in thedesign and development of a one-quarter scale, four room “house” that is fully instrumented tobe monitored and controlled remotely as a IoT system. As this resource is

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Alexander Ph.D., California State University - Chico

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #15994Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Innovation for Engineering and Busi-ness Student TeamsDavid G. Alexander Ph.D., California State University - Chico Dr. Alexander’s research interests and areas of expertise are in teaching pedagogy, capstone design, renewable energy systems, thermal sciences, vehicle system modeling and simulation, heat transfer, new product development, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He is PI and adviser of the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016. He is also working on an undergraduate research project modeling solar cells using a thermodynamics approach and

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Lunal Khuon, Drexel University (Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

fundamentals of medical imaging equipment and discusses theprinciples of x-ray, computed tomography, ultrasonic, and magnetic resonance imaging systems.As a BET course, the primary focus is on principles of operation, applications, safety, andquality for the imaging equipment.BET 305 Clinical Lab Equipment, 3 credit hoursThis course describes clinical laboratory instrumentation and automation with emphasis on thedemands of clinicians for diagnostic information. Special attention is given to reliability, ease oftraining, and cost effectiveness.The courses MET 421 Senior Project Design I, MET 422 Senior Project Design II, and MET 423Senior Project Design III capture the ET capstone experience through 3 quarters of senior designthat begin in the fall

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William W. Durgin

, therefore, more like an industrial setting than an academicone. Only two engineers and a technician were involved and only a few high school students -just enough to provide a pool of drivers - were involved. This same model was essentiallyutilized in the second year as well.In the third year, WPI sought to fully utilize its project based educational program by havingsenior engineering students design and fabricate the robot. High school participation wasexpanded to include the Massachusetts Academy of Science and Mathematics, an on-campustwo-year high school. A single faculty member provided leadership and high school facultybegan to become involved. The robot design was divided into three portions, with anundergraduate project team responsible

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. The field is also requiredto correlate with the fields of the faculty, meaning that the faculty must be able to provideguidance within this field. Typically, the ideas are expected to have sprung from student projectsrelated to capstone courses, master thesis projects or student projects in general.Similar courses and programs exist at other universities, but some particularities can be notedhere. The course is currently focused on students within the two specializations (M.Sc.programs) of Mechatronics and Integrated product development, specializations which are opento students mainly from the programs (B.Sc.) of either Mechanical Engineering, IndustrialEngineering and Management or Vehicle Engineering. The course is offered to these