Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention in ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

open to various other student populations on anoptional basis but will be mandatory for ELITE students:Enhanced Capstone ExperiencesAll Engineering Technology students are required to take a senior project course for theircapstone experience during the fall semester of their senior year. This course focuses on theprinciples and design methodology required to solve a significant design problem in a teamcontext. The project encompasses determining customer requirements, exploring and choosingdesign alternatives, scheduling, and project management. Significant milestones are the project'sconceptual, preliminary, and critical design reviews, which require written and oralpresentations. Often these projects are supported by local industry and they

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher G. Braun

Session 1532 Hardware Homework using a Student Data Acquisition System Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesOverview A project developed by a student team under close guidance of a faculty memberis underway to build a very affordable yet highly functional data acquisition system. Ourplan is to introduce this system to our students in the Engineering Division's six week longSummer Field Session for students between their Sophomore and Junior year. Eachstudent would buy and build their own data acquisition system. In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Chester Wilmot, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

self-confidence in achieving the anticipated learning outcomes. Ultimately this data will be triangulated with data from the rubrics and focus group interviews with students. 4. Collect baseline assessment data before implementation of the new program (using revised rubric and survey results) for written, oral, and visual communications in sophomore design courses and senior capstone design courses.FINAL OUTCOMESAnticipated results from the project fall into four categories: ≠ Development of new teaching materials and learning strategies: This project will upgrade the CPR web-based software to include oral and visual communication components, while also developing new teaching assignments

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Accounting; Financial Accounting; CostAccounting; Eng. Accounting; Financial Management; Managerial FinanceB. EconomicsTypical Course Names: Eng. Economics; Macro or Micro or Managerial Economics4. Project Related CoursesA. Project ManagementTypical Course Name: Project ManagementB. CapstoneTypical Course Names: Capstone; Special Projects Page 11.102.3Major Functional Definitions; Sub Fields; Typical Course Names – cont.5. Functional CoursesA. Functional Technical ManagementTypical Course Names: Operations Management; Quality Management;Engineering Management; R&D Management; Marketing ManagementB. Functional Business ManagementTypical Course Names: Marketing

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a variety of design objectives toensure long term sustainability of products and processes. Design for Environment (DfE), orecodesign [7,8] aims to reduce the environmental impact in the life cycle of a product byenhancing its design objectives. It may also aim to reduce resource consumption, in terms ofmaterial, energy, and pollution prevention. Other concepts, such as Design for Disassembly(DfD) and Design for Recycling (DfR) practices [9,10,11], would also allow the productdesigner to have a substantial positive impact on the environmental aspects of a product’slifecycle.This paper presents an approach to the use of energy efficiency in product design in junior andsenior level curriculums and capstone design projects. Because of the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

curricular innovation to produce ECE graduates that can work in anenvironment that may rely on outsourcing a portion of its operations, and also make theknowledge base of these graduates stronger in areas that are not likely to be outsourced,or perhaps should not be outsourced for security reasons or for physical and logisticalconstraints. IntroductionThis paper focuses on changing the electrical and computer engineering (ECE)curriculum in response to outsourcing. The assumption is that outsourcing of certain ECEfunctions will continue in the short term and may perhaps strengthen to include moredesign related ECE projects [10]. Outsourcing of several technical responsibilities to theFar East is not only an

Conference Session

Materials

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Professor and Research Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He served as a Technical Advisor for the senior design project at UNLV. He teaches CAD, cap- stone design, and solid mechanics courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has been involved with the capstone design program at TU since his tenure in 2008. His course design projects are sponsored by industry and government laboratory which include GM, JOHN DEERE, AFRL, and NUCOR. He is the Lead-Faculty Contact for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) at TU. Page

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo; Arif Sirinterlikci

an NSF (National ScienceFoundation) proposal based on the same approach utilizing animatronics for a grades 7-12project4. It is a weekend program complemented by a summer capstone experience. Even thoughthe program was not funded, it allowed authors to develop a better course plan to be reflectedupon two levels, college and secondary education. Since then the authors has gained recognitionand partners leading to funding of two small projects by Ohio Northern University and a majorsummer program for gifted and talented secondary school students by Ohio Department ofEducation. A three-day summer camp was also designed and successfully executed withparticipation of four local middle school students from the gifted and talented program

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian S. Mitchell

added and removed since the inception of the course.For example, linear regression was covered the first year, but was removed in subsequent yearssince essentially the same material is covered in Stoichiometry. Experimental design wasintroduced, including factorial analysis, but was removed in 1996 to make room for moreengineering economics and an expansion of the design project. One-hour lectures on safety andengineering ethics are also incorporated as time allows. The majority of the class, however, isdevoted to the five areas described above. Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences byMendenhall and Sincich1 is currently the textbook for this course.Descriptive statistics, probability fundamentals and probability distributions are covered

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Maria Oden, Rice University; Amber Lee Muscarello; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

delivering the lecture content ofthe design process using videos and other media, class time is freed up for concrete progress on ateam’s specific project with support of faculty.The first goal of this project is to create educational materials to transfer the delivery of contentregarding the design process to an out-of-class environment and to develop in-class activelearning modules that clarify, elaborate, and expand on critical design process topics. Thesematerials will be widely available for others to use.Currently, limited research exists on the impact of the flipped classroom model in engineering,mathematics, or science courses at the university level. Thus, the second goal of this project is toanswer the engineering education research

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University; Eric M. Wetzel, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

discipline-specific tasks within their team. 3. Other Disciplines & Industry: CM or Architecture students collaborating with other disciplines and/or industry representatives.Table 2: Qualitative Analysis of Student Experience and Assessment Instruments Used Domain Dimensions/ Supporting Details Researcher Factor Notes Instruments 1. Summative 1. Test (no further details) (3A); reflection after team 1N Arch that assessment project (10A); capstone (8A), final project (5A,N); final involves CM 2. Formative reviews from industry

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, California State University, Northridge; J. Michael Kabo, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

gain and sharpen skills such as: understanding requirement documents, defininggoals, synthesis, design evaluation, making decision, teamwork, written communication, oralcommunication, conduct patent search, creativity, innovation, perform in-depth mechanicalanalysis, problem solving, and machine design. Since the implementation of this approach,capstone project instructors have noticed significant improvement in the ability of studentssynthesize and analyze, and most importantly, the practice of design.Results and discussionTo evaluate the effectiveness of the aforementioned pedagogical approach, a self-perceptionanonymous short survey that consisted of 13 questions was administrated online to previousstudents enrolled in this redesigned

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

doing software engineering design or testingsoftware someone else coded3. An HCI course is typically an optional course, although a fewcomputer science programs are making it mandatory. As the user interface becomes morecentral to applications, some kind of integration between these two disciplines becomes moreimportant18.SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND HCI IN THE CLASSROOMUndergraduate students at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi must complete a seniorcapstone course which requires the application of software engineering principles to develop asystem for a real community client4. Almost all of these capstone projects have had significantinteractive components. Some students also incorporate the optional HCI course into theiracademic programs

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Foundations of Design Theory

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sourojit Ghosh, University of Washington; Sarah Marie Coppola, University of Washington; Arpita Bhattacharya, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

needs. Students work on a long term project for which they conduct research andinformation gathering, design ideation, prototyping, testing, and design communication anddissemination [9]. These courses are often offered early in the undergraduate program asCornerstone courses (e.g., [10]) or at the end as a Capstone course (e.g., [11], [12]). Engineeringdesign education operates through a constructivist model of learning [13], and the principle thatstudents learn best by doing design [14].  Design instruction is typically delivered in a flipped orstudio model, through collaborative group or parallel individual work sessions [15]–[17]. User-centered design courses may provide more hands-on experiential learning, but theydo not inherently

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Christine Duong, University of Waterloo; Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Gregory Litster, University of Waterloo; Jordan Nickel, University of Waterloo; Aaron Dai, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #33745Evaluating Peer-led Feedback in Asynchronous Design Critiques: AQuestion-centered ApproachDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a continuing lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Water- loo. Her research falls in the areas of design cognition, and design teaching and learning. She regularly teaches capstone design project courses in the Management Engineering program.Ms. Christine Duong, University of Waterloo Christine Duong is a third year student at the University of Waterloo in the Life Science Psychology program.Ms. Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Sean Clancey

implemented in an effort to determine whether the curriculum meets educationalobjectives set forth by ABET EC2000 as well as program criteria set forth by the AIChE. Theseare the eight tools: (1) a department “skills test” administered to graduating seniors who volunteerto take the test; (2) internal and external reviews of plant design reports and AIChE senior designprojects; (3) an exit interview of graduating seniors, conducted by the department head, regardingtheir views of the curriculum; (4) a survey, conducted by the College of Engineering, of alumnitwo and five years after graduation; (5) portfolio of written material in capstone andcommunications classes; (6) internal and external review of oral presentations in capstone courses;(7) student

Conference Session

Technical Session V

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference Sessions

Paper ID #24441Work In Progress: Synthesizing design challenges to improve student effec-tiveness in first year engineering design coursesJames R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology James R. McCusker is an Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of interdisciplinary design courses that range from introductory to capstone courses.Prof. Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor Carpenter is an Assistant Professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. In 2012, he

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

seesuch projects as extremely valuable to student learning. Some of the more germanereasons are (1) an opportunity to reflect on the course materials and apply the knowledgelearned, (2) experience to improve independent learning skills, (3) a chance to solveopen-ended design problems, encouraging students to use their imaginations, and (4) anopportunity to exercise both software and hardware skills. The overall experiencesupports and enhances the students’ probability of success in their senior capstone designcourse.ConclusionIn this paper, we presented a case study of a student project, the Tetris game, in a secondmicrocontroller/microprocessor course at the US Air Force Academy. The projectprovided the student with ample opportunities to

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Applications

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Kathy Kasley, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor, Pamela Phillips, Professor, Joseph LaSalle, BSEE, Joe Bracha, BSEE, and Ashok Kavadapu. BSEE College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityIntroductionThe key contribution is that two frameworks are described in this paper for an undergraduatecapstone course. The capstone project is the Compressed Air Controller Tire Inflation System(C.A.C.T.I.S.). The project’s intent is to design a system reducing the amount of time and effortinvolved in achieving proper vehicle tire inflation. The CACTIS uses a convenient touch screendisplay and a rugged air distribution box such that multiple tires can be inflated simultaneously.This project serves as another example in

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

instructors of each major’s seniordesign capstone project began holding multi-disciplinary “Engineering Ethics Lunches”.Students and faculty form small groups during scheduled lunches to discuss specificethical topics related to the engineering profession. The discussions are based uponassigned readings and suggested talking points developed jointly by the faculty.Afterwards, the students are required to submit essays reviewing their discussions andanswering an ethical question based upon the topic.Now in its fourth semester, the multi-disciplinary ethics lunches have receivedoverwhelmingly positive feedback from both the instructors and students. This paperwill discuss the format of the multi-disciplinary ethics discussions, the type of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao; Gregory J. Koshurba

Session Design of a Universal Robot End-effector for Straight-line Pick-up Motion Gene Y. Liao Gregory J. Koshurba Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a capstone design project in developing an end-effector for robotic arm thatis capable of grasping objects of varying sizes. The design parameters are as follows. Thecenter point of end-effector should remain as close as possible to the same location, i.e. astraight-line path, over the range of gripper motion. The selected size and shape of the graspedobject are

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Science, Fracture Mechanics, Process-Structure-Property Relationships, Finite Element Stress Analysis Modeling & Failure Analysis, ASME BPV Code Sec VIII Div. 1 & 2, API 579/ASME FFS-1 Code, Materials Testing and Engineering Education. Professionally registered engineer in the State of Texas (PE).Dr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design program and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia; David Chen, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

aspects of the design process, including iterativebrainstorming, hands-on prototyping & fabrication, CAD, materials, machining, assembly, andbasic microcontroller design. Seniors then complete a yearlong capstone sequence in which theypursue a client-mentored project and apply the skills they have developed in the prior courseswithin the curriculum [2]. All projects in the introductory design skills course and the vastmajority of projects in the capstone are client-sponsored, pre-identified problems or need areasthat the client pitched to potential teams, such that students who take these core design coursestypically do not have the opportunity to identify clinical or patient-centered needs as part of thecourse structure. However, a growing

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

), specifically supported five of the 14 outcomes: a, b, e, g, andk. The assessment tools comprised prelab homework, exams, an experimental design project,written reports, oral presentations and team/peer evaluation. The senior capstone design course,taken in addition to ME Lab, accounted for another seven outcomes. It was decided by thefaculty that one or two courses are not sufficient to demonstrate the necessary assessment of theprogram outcomes. There were several outcomes, though, which made more sense to beassessed by a laboratory course. For instance, all accredited engineering programs must have acomponent of experimental design in their curriculum. ABET Criterion 3b states “Engineering

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

al., Technical Drawing, 7th Ed. (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980)9 Dym, op. cit., p. 11110 The percentage of the semester grade that is allocated for this project has changed in the six years the course has been offered. When the course was an elective course (2002-2004) there was an additional Project #4 that was an individual project usually tied to the capstone project that students took at the same time as this course.11 Artobolevsky, Ivan I., Mechanisms in Modern Engineering Design, Vol. II, Lever Mechanisms, Part 1, trans. Nicholas Weinstein (Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1976)12 ME 481 Syllabus, Fall 200713 Toogood, Roger, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Mechanica Tutorial (Structure/Thermal), (SDC Publications

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

al., Technical Drawing, 7th Ed. (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980)9 Dym, op. cit., p. 11110 The percentage of the semester grade that is allocated for this project has changed in the six years the course has been offered. When the course was an elective course (2002-2004) there was an additional Project #4 that was an individual project usually tied to the capstone project that students took at the same time as this course.11 Artobolevsky, Ivan I., Mechanisms in Modern Engineering Design, Vol. II, Lever Mechanisms, Part 1, trans. Nicholas Weinstein (Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1976)12 ME 481 Syllabus, Fall 200713 Toogood, Roger, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Mechanica Tutorial (Structure/Thermal), (SDC Publications

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

al., Technical Drawing, 7th Ed. (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980)9 Dym, op. cit., p. 11110 The percentage of the semester grade that is allocated for this project has changed in the six years the course has been offered. When the course was an elective course (2002-2004) there was an additional Project #4 that was an individual project usually tied to the capstone project that students took at the same time as this course.11 Artobolevsky, Ivan I., Mechanisms in Modern Engineering Design, Vol. II, Lever Mechanisms, Part 1, trans. Nicholas Weinstein (Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1976)12 ME 481 Syllabus, Fall 200713 Toogood, Roger, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Mechanica Tutorial (Structure/Thermal), (SDC Publications

Conference Session

Changing How We Pursue Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Caroline Baillie, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

professional network, courses, capstone design projects, and research. We describe thesemechanisms and respective activities to date in Table 1. Table 1: Engineering Exchange for Social Justice (ExSJ) Mechanisms and Activities.Mechanism Description Activities to Date Thematic gatherings on a specified issue like Hosted 2 community forums to bringCommunity “waste”, where community groups, non- various community and universityForums profits, engineers and other professionals, stakeholders together around the theme of faculty, and students are brought together to waste reduction. One was held on campus exchange

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Mary Frame, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Chad Korach, State University of New York at Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

-based, active learning environmentsfor improvement of student comprehension and engagement.1,2,3 Active-learning requires Page 13.414.2students to be involved in key activities of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. 4 For universitystudents, these activities are most clearly present in the context of directed and independentresearch.5 While certain active-learning activities can (and should) be built into the structure ofwhat would normally be a lecture class (such as group discussions, demonstrations, and groupdesign projects), the level of student engagement supported by a research project would be hardto duplicate in a classroom environment

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Paige Moorzitz, The College of New Jersey; Manuel Alejandro Figueroa, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

  reflections   is   analyzed   elsewhere   but   shows   that  overwhelmingly   students   felt   a   sense   of   vulnerability   during   the   simulation   which   could   have  influenced  their  chosen  design  solution.        Design   Quality   Rubric:   Each   final   project   was   evaluated   by   two   researchers   using   a   design  quality   rubric,   as   described   by   Sobek   and   Jain   [14].   The   assessment   rubric   was   developed   to  evaluate  the  outcome  quality  of  engineering  design  capstone  projects.  The  rubric  is  designed  to  be  objective  so  only  the  prototype  quality  is  assessed.  For  the  present  study,  the  satisfaction  of  the   end   user   was   not   considered   because   there   was