existing machine to determine thereasonableness of the calculations. This approach “conditionalizes” knowledge and providesstudents with an intermediate design experience before undertaking a major machine designexperience in their capstone course. Furthermore, based on the “backwards design” planningframework for designing courses, the paper suggests that the project should be approachedgradually – in phases – from the first day of class, and extending throughout the semester, toprovide quality feedback to students throughout the entire process, thus increasing the potentialof achieving expertise. The phases were also synchronized with the material presented in class,and with the exams, to further strengthen the knowledge acquired by the students
to the sponsors and the engineering faculty.Almost all of the capstone design projects have been done with technical professionals and staffsin industry rather than in a classroom setting. The local companies provide real world problemsand vital issues important to them and are customers for the Senior Design students, similar tothe concept found in Lamancusa’s The Learning Factory1. The only two exceptions were madefor seniors to build testing equipment to be used for instructional purposes at the School ofEngineering and the school sponsored the projects, as discussed in the next section.Students use theoretical and practical problem solving skills to begin the process of componentsynthesis and system design in the context of real-world
manufacturing analysis as a capstone design project. Fortheir project, they developed the design of a flexible work cell that could be used to produce themodular units for multiple houses that would make up the MAGIC village. The work cell wouldallow rapid production and assembly but still leave some degree of customization options, to beselected by the residents.The construction site of the house in the middle of campus was easily accessed during and priorto construction; this allowed the students more opportunities than they would have been for atypical building project. A Soil Mechanics class took advantage of this by taking soil samplesthat were analyzed using the same techniques included in the laboratory portion of the class, butwith a tangible
for Engineering Education, 2012 Integration of System Thinking, Engineering Reasoning and Decision Making Skills in Design of Thermal Systems CourseAbstract Design of thermal system is in essence a Capstone design class for thermal andenergy systems. One of the major difficulties encountered by instructors in theseCapstone design courses is that many senior students do not have adequate preparation inapplying design skills such as critical thinking, engineering reasoning, and decisionmaking to successfully complete their design project. In this paper, the process ofintegrating system thinking, engineering reasoning and decision making skills intoDesign of Thermal Systems course is
bigger picture [18]. It can be hard to convey why aparticular design choice was made, especially if there are multiple feasible options. A visual wayto connect product requirements, user requirements, and system design is an important tool thatcan help [14-16].3) Breaking down and integration of subsystem: Many ECE capstone design projects involveinterdisciplinary work, e.g., electrical engineering, mechanical design, and softwaredevelopment. Students may have difficulty breaking the system down into logical and workablesubsystems and showing how their work integrates across these aspects and how differentcomponents interact within the overall system in the overall design. A hypothesis is that a wellthought high level system architecture that
credits (6 courses), according to the formula described in Table 1.Required elements of a student’s plan of study include courses in naval hydrodynamics, controland autonomous systems, and an approved capstone project on a naval science & technologytopic, which can be either a full-year senior design elective (which also satisfies the ABETcapstone design experience requirement) or a single-semester independent investigation with afaculty advisor.Curriculum and facilitiesThe primary certificate courses are listed in Table 1, and are arranged into the categories of navalhydrodynamics courses, control & autonomous systems courses, and capstone courses. Courselearning objectives focus on technical knowledge associated with the subject as well
?” Once again, let’s resist the temptation of trying the answer the questions, and note thatwhen students become seniors and prepare to graduate, they must take capstone design coursesand do senior projects. This looks like a last opportunity but a major opportunity for students toget in depth in the use of codes and standards. This certainly sounds like the “major designexperience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework and incorporatingappropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints” required by ABET. But thequestions remain relevant even up to this point: “Do students use in depth codes and standards intheir capstone design or senior projects?” There may not be an absolute yes or no to the
in red. The points with maximum deviation between model andmeasurement have been circled.The distance between these two points was also measured as the hose was positioned. As can beseen from the figure, the maximum deviation was found to be 5.5mm or 0.21 inches, which wasconsidered adequate based on the methodology and level of accuracy carried out during theprocedure.The students made several attempts to transfer the model directly into CAD software1,5 usingIGES, STEP, and Parasolid formats. Version mismatches, other incompatibilities, and,ultimately, time prevented this from happening.ConclusionsThis project has been a wonderful experience for the students in the Capstone Design course.They have worked on real-life situation, where many
contact hours)mini-design project based on a BME capstone senior design project in which each team workedto develop a “smart” gown which could replace traditional hospital gowns and measurephysiological signals (heart rate and respiration). Day 1 consisted of introducing participants toBME, brainstorming ideas for obtaining signals and implementing into a gown (sketchdocumented) and equipment overview. Day 2 involved building, design iteration, andverification testing; it also included gown assembly and planning for a scientific style poster.Day 3 began with an introduction to giving a professional presentation and continued withdeveloping the poster; the day concluded with participants presenting their posters and solutionsto their
resources. 3. Establish a robust network of pre-professional and career development activities, including seminar series, workplace tours, directed internships, and senior capstone projects. These activities are designed to bridge classroom learning with professional environments, equipping students with the skills and experiences needed to thrive as STEM professionals.Key Activities and InnovationsReducing barriers to education with financial support: Financial barriers are among the mostsignificant obstacles for LIAT students [2], and ACCESS directly addresses this challenge byawarding up to $10,000 annually per student. This funding alleviates the financial burden oftuition, fees, and related expenses, enabling scholars to
Paper ID #20403Guiding Principles and Pedagogical Tools for an Introductory Software De-velopment CourseDr. Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University Mark Hoffman is a professor of computer science at Quinnipiac University. He joined the University in 2001 following a career in industry and has taught a wide variety of courses including data structures, computer architecture and organization, software development, and the senior capstone project. His re- search interests include communication and critical thinking skills in computer science education, and the impact of technology on work/home boundary management. He received
Engineering Technology(ENGT) program. According to the program description, engineering technology educationemphasizes primarily on the applied aspects of science and product improvement, industrialpractices, and engineering operational functions. A capstone two-semester senior project course isa part of the engineering technology curriculum. This course provides the students with anopportunity to address and experience the critical problems faced in the day-to-day life of anengineer in an advanced manufacturing industry. One such problem is to measure friction and wearrate between materials to improve the performance of mechanical machinery used in industrialapplications.The aim of this senior design project is to design and fabricate a working
project management andcommunication, particularly communicating outside of engineering. Overall, the sophomorestended to report similar numbers of team members with each professional skill as the seniors.Whereas the seniors could clearly distinguish between the professional skill areas, thesophomores were not adept at this.To understand the impact of the team asset-mapping activity, we compared the sophomores’scores on items from a peer evaluation conducted twice during the semester. Early in thesemester, students tended to report some difficulty managing conflicts related to team tasks, butby the end of the semester, significantly fewer teams did so.We also describe an asset-based modification we made to the teams in the senior capstone
, compensator design for continuous-time and discrete-time systems, analog or digital filter design, and hybrid power system design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Efficiency Analysis of a Hybrid Solar System DesignAbstractThere are multiple parameters to study when measuring the performance and efficiency ofPhotovoltaic solar cells. This paper is a part of one-year capstone project results forundergraduate students in Electrical Engineering major. This capstone project focuses onmaximizing the efficiency of a 100-Watt, 12V solar panel and studying its implementation in ahybrid power source system. Solar cell efficiency can be checked by measuring the poweroutput, voltage-current
development processes in thestudied Design and Development of Food Products and Processes capstone course2-5.Assessment of creativity was grounded on the Consensual Assessment Technique6 (CAT), whichis based on the idea that the best measure of creativity regardless of what is being evaluated, isthe assessment by experts in that field. Therefore, a group of experts in the FE field were invitedto evaluate capstone course final projects and developed food products by means of the CreativeThinking VALUE Rubric, which is made up of a set of attributes that are common to creativethinking across disciplines1, 7. Possible performance levels were entitled capstone or exemplar(value of 4), milestones (values of 3 or 2), and benchmark (value of 1). Instructor
professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities
bear on a givenmulti-discipline problem, the faculty decided that the grading rubric should be adjusted toensure that each outcome to include professional outcomes is being assessed within thecapstone course.21,22,23,24 There were over 17,000 search results for capstones being usedto provide direct results.25 Each capstone project requires coverage of the seventraditional sub-disciplines of civil engineering. Therefore, the capstone course is biggerthan one faculty to assess properly, so each faculty member assesses portions of the Page 22.1294.7submissions that fall into their areas of expertise. The entire faculty team has beeninvolved in the
-listed as appropriate. Additionally, non-engineering coursesinvolving entrepreneurial skills will be identified and offered within the engineeringcurriculum as electives.Strategy 3: Multidiscipline capstone enterprisesThe entrepreneur minded engineer or scientist of the 21st century will be required tounderstand many disciplines to succeed, and a multidisciplinary capstone enterprise at theUniversity will provide a first experience to develop that understanding. Beginning in the2006-2007 academic year capstone projects will emphasize the collaboration ofengineering, management, and science students.Strategy 4: Promoting and funding student venturesStudent venture capital grants have existed at the University since the 2003-2004academic year on a
includingexperiencing, thinking, acting, and reflecting. Through a recursive engagement withexperiencing and thinking coupled with reflection and active experimentation, learnersexperience an ideal and balanced learning process [3]. Application of Kolb’s ELT and learningcycle is not uncommon in engineering, especially in the design of capstone courses. Forexample, Jassim [4] used Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to guide the design of capstonedesign projects in mechanical engineering. Potisuk [5] also used Kolb’s guidance to design atwo-semester capstone sequence in electrical and computer engineering.Informed by the work of Kolb and many others, the National Society of Experiential Education(NSEE) proposes eight principles of good practice for all
definitions: Identifying requirements, Develop Preliminary Design, DevelopDetailed Design, and Final System Design. The updated phase definitions were created toprovide more structure for the student teams and better capture what the school’s design processwas in practice rather than in theory.This paper will present the original and revised project phases and the review of the designprocess. This process should be of interest to programs with capstone experiences and other teamdesign project courses.BackgroundEngineering is a field that consistently updates with ongoing technological advancements. Theemployers of engineering graduates demand technical knowledge and other professional skills[1]; communication skills, teamwork, multidisciplinary work
development of an understanding of the problem from the client’s perspective as wellas an analysis of solution alternatives.Unfortunately, in many cases, the software engineering course is offered late in thecurriculum, typically at the senior level. This makes it difficult for students to apply theknowledge that they have learned effectively on capstone and other academic projects.Students often comment that it would have been “nice to know this” before making thewrong decisions on their capstone projects. Thus, to be successful, components of softwareengineering need to be taught earlier in the undergraduate curriculum. This shifting to anearlier level, however, poses pedagogical issues.This paper describes the metamorphosis of an undergraduate
Page 15.480.3The case study development method is depicted in Figure 1, while the source identification anddevelopment methods are depicted in Figures 2 to 6 below. The case study development methodis described first, and the source material development methods described thereafter.Case sources used by WCDE are: i. Co-op student experiences and work-term reports ii. Capstone design project experiences and reports iii. Master of Engineering (MEng) design project experiences and design case study reports iv. Industry partner direct experiences and interaction with facultyCase Study Development ProcessThe case study development process begins with the intent to develop decision by the casedeveloper, student, faculty member and
critical role in sustaining thenation’s economic prosperity, security, and social well-being, engineering practice will bechallenged to shift from traditional problem solving and design skills toward more innovativesolutions imbedded in a complex array of social, environmental, cultural, and ethical issues”[29].Unfortunately, there has been a lack of attention to innovation in engineering education [7].Except for capstone projects in their senior year, engineering students are basically trained thatthere is one answer to each problem. Homework and exam problems all have a single correctsolution. Besides the fact that many real-world problems do not have a single answer, many real-world problems are not as well-defined as they are in the classroom
for senior design. Micro and Nano Manufacturing, asenior elective and graduate level course was identified as one of the courses though whichABET student outcome 7 could be assessed. This was implemented in the form of assignmentswith different learning strategies: weekly discussion board and midterm project that studentswork on individually and a group presentation on emerging technologies. This paper discussesthe implementation of these assignments and student performance on each of these assignmentsin three sections spread across 2023 and 2024. The weekly discussion and group presentation onemerging technologies focus on the acquire knowledge sub outcome whereas the midtermproject focuses on both the sub outcomes, acquire and apply. The
toaddress a real-world, complex problem. The first term of the course will be at Pitt with thesecond term at UNICAMP. Project topics will be developed in combination withrecommendations from various stakeholders including the Industrial Advisory Board, colleagues Page 12.371.9in industry, the IGERT faculty at all four institutions, and the interests and preliminary researchof the students themselves. Research will be firmly rooted in industrial needs. The problem willbuild upon the combined students’ acquired engineering knowledge and will requirecollaboration to resolve. The capstone courses will reinforce the community-building aspect ofthe IGERT
Paper ID #37433Detecting Dimensions of Significant Learning in Syllabi Using a CourseChange TypologyDorian Bobbett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dorian is a 4th-year chemical engineering undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been involved in Engineering Education Research for 2 years under the supervision of Dr. Grace Panther and Dr. Heidi Diefes-Dux on projects related to faculty development, adaptability, and educa- tional research methods. She will be pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan beginning in the Fall of 2023.Grace Panther, University
experienceencouraging transformative learning. The students explain the purpose, rationale, potential targetpopulation as well as demonstrate their prototype. The summer following the completion of thisintroductory assistive technology course, faculty members in occupational therapy andengineering meet to discuss which projects are best suited for further development.Occupational therapy students who have expressed an interest and whose projects have thepotential for universal design, pitch their AT device to student engineering teams. Thebiomedical engineering students are either in the first semester of their capstone design course orin a product development course. Not all occupational therapy AT projects presented to theengineering design teams are chosen
AC 2009-2227: USE OF RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS BY UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTSStephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas TechPeter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 14.1304.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Use of Research Notebooks by Undergraduate StudentsAbstract Previously, the authors investigated the use of design notebooks as indicators of studentparticipation in team activities. The authors have used design notebooks in freshman designclasses and senior capstone design class. It was demonstrated that design notebooks are a goodindicator of teamwork practices. The motivation of this study is to enhance creativity in designresearch by
Practices Introductory Course Sequence], second-year Design (EPICS), FieldSession (junior year) and Senior Capstone design. An important component of each of these Page 5.632.1courses is the contribution of industrial partners who provide teams with authentic engineeringprojects.The Design StemEngineering companies today assume responsibility for cradle-to-grave engineering of theirprojects. The life cycle for an engineering design project, schematically represented in Figure 1,begins with the conceptualization stage and quickly progresses to an assessment of resources(Resource and Site Characterization, Technology Assessment, and Economic Evaluation
AC 2011-907: ESTABLISHING INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR TIDEE’STEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTSRobert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Dr. Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State Uni- versity.Denny C. Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses