Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Ferrar, Temple University; Dustyn Roberts P.E., Temple University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

corresponding means of assessment. We plan to submit a full paper in a year with more details on our progress towards these outcomes. Acknowledgments This work was made possible in part by a Faculty Grant from VentureWell to the authors. The authors would also like to acknowledge the rest of the senior design teaching team (AP, BT, RR, JG) and our college’s administration for the ongoing support. References[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17–28, Jan. 1997.[2] “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2019 – 2020 | ABET.” [Online]. Available

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

47th ASC Annual International Conference Proceedings, 2011.[35] N. Hotaling, B. B. Fasse, L. F. Bost, C. D. Hermann, and C. R. Forest, “A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Course,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 630–656, 2012.[36] J. Straub, R. Marsh, and D. Whalen, Small Spacecraft Development Project-Based Learning. New York, NY: Springer, 2017.[37] J. Straub, R. Marsh, and D. Whalen, “Initial Results of the First NSF-Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates on Small Satellite Software,” AIAA/USU Conf. Small Satell., 2015.[38] J. Straub, “Initial results from the first national survey of student outcomes from small satellite

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April K. Andreas, McLennan Community College; Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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Two Year College Division

creating a Connect Four game with AI that played against the user.Dynamics. Our Dynamics course is as much of a Capstone course as anything for McLennanEngineering. The embedded project for this class is for students to design a Rube Goldbergmachine. Rather than the typical high-school version of this project, potentially involving a lotof dominos and maybe an exploding potato, students must meet specific design goals todemonstrate certain types of motion studied within the class. There are requirements about set-up time and success rate of the machine. (Anyone who has attempted such a machine willrecognize the challenge in having a five-minute reset time and an 80% successful completionrate.) Students must build the machines in a CAD program and

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

the problem on hand.As we can see from how learning takes place in this initiative, there is a great balancebetween learning and service in this activity (Figure 2). The focus of working on theproject definitely is on service learning.Figure 2: What is Service Learning (Furco 2000)The three dimensions of service learning are 1. Curricular Content 2. Service 3. Social IssueThis project experience serves as a capstone project for the students. Students are able to Page 26.1367.4apply their curricular content and develop practical knowledge. For example, one of theprojects involves developing a sound maintenance plan for the wastewater plant

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Shuchisnigdha Deb, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Capstone Course Designs Used in Industrial Engineering Programs. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference.21. Cannon, A., Strawderman, L., & Heiselt, A. (2014). Service-Learning in the Industrial Engineering Classroom. Proceedings of the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Montreal.22. Cannon, A., Strawderman, L., & Heiselt, A. (2014). Connecting Students to the Community through Ergonomics Projects. Proceedings of the HFES 2014 International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

register and can be calculated using integer division and the modulusoperator. The Verilog code for doing this is shown here:Student Final ProjectThe final project is the capstone for this class. Table III is a list of all video game projects in2017. Table IV shows whether the lab assignments and student projects have a focus on gamingfrom 2015 to 2017. Each project group was formed by students and had between one to threestudents per group. Students can choose their project with a gaming focus or a project of otherfocus using the Basys-3 board. Table V shows the number of student projects with a gamingfocus and other design focus, as well as the project evaluation outcome.Table III List of video game projects in digital system design course in

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

networking laboratory (CNL)1. Built around a 24-nodedistributed Beowulf2,3 supercomputer, the main goal of CNL is to enhance the understanding ofparallel computing principles in key courses of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(BS-CS) degree, the two-year Associate in Applied Science in Computer Information Systems(AAS-CIS), and the four-year Bachelor of Applied Technology in Computer InformationSystems Technology (BAT-CIST).The strategy has been to use this supercomputer as the main instrument to infuse concepts andprinciples into targeted courses by creating a set of laboratory modules and capstone projects.Such project framework in CS education is strongly emphasized in the ACM/IEEE-CS curriculamodel4. CNL has aided in motivating the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Steele

. Page 6.221.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationV. Background and Overview of CS 398 (Advanced Senior Project)The senior project represents the capstone design course of the Computer and InformationScience (CIS) curriculum. The senior project provides an opportunity for students to apply theknowledge and skills gained in other courses as they synthesize a solution to a significant,realistic problem, plan and manage a software development project and implement the solutionusing state of the art methodologies, techniques and tools. Senior projects are carried out on ateam basis (individual projects are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; John C. Lusth, University of Alabama; Sushma Kotru, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees

-semester EngineeringStudents and its Implementation in a Large Introduction to Engineering Course,” ASEEConference Proceedings, pp. 10135-10139, 2004.4M. Grimheden, “From Capstone Courses to Cornerstone Projects: Transferring Experience fromDesign Engineering Final Year Students to First Year Students,” ASEE Conference Proceedings,AC 2007-1582, 2007. Page 22.401.85 S. Ekwaro-Osire, J. J. Mendias III, and P. Orono, “Using Design Notebooks to Map Creativityduring Team Activities,” Proc. FIE Conference, 2009.6 H. Hassan, “Creativity and Innovation for Electrical and Computer Engineering Research,”Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, 2004.7 A. J. Wilkinson, R

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Claudia María Zea Restrepo P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan Guillermo Lalinde-Pulido, Universidad EAFIT; Alberto Rodriguez P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Natalia Andrea Bueno Pizarro, Universidad EAFIT

Tagged Topics

Curriculum Development

teachingstrategies, planning, assessment and evaluation, to seek new avenues of educationalexperimentation that may give better results in their work and to encourage the creation of newcontents or adapting existing contents to the current needs in their area of expertise.Some of the innovation projects formulated by instructors of the School of Engineering are:(1) identifying learning difficulties in the course of statics, (2) transformation of the automaticcontrol course by the development of skills, (3) development of capstone projects in productionengineering and systems engineering (computer science), and (4) the identification of how thecourse of graphic expression can develop better skills for engineers in their creative process,among others.The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Sung-Hwan Joo, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

sequence.Dr. Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University Dr. Pung has interests in Composites, Product Design and Manufacturing. He is currently coordinating the Cornerstone and Capstone course sequences at Grand Valley State University.Dr. Sung-Hwan Joo, Grand Valley State University Dr. Sung-Hwan Joo earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 2006. He has served as an assistant professor at Grand Valley State University since 2008. His research areas are CAD, Design Optimzation, FEA. Page 23.1341.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using the ASME

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roshina Babu, University of Utah; Praveen A, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University Kerala

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, like civil engineering, are undergoing atremendous transformation with the emergence of newer technological solutions. The majority ofthese solutions require operational convergence, placing a heavy demand on the academiclearning process to ensure that graduates possess the skill transferability required at theworkplace. This study examines the transferability of design skills in undergraduate civilengineering students through a longitudinal study conducted at the Kerala TechnologicalUniversity. In particular, the study analyzes the impact of freshmen Design and Engineeringcourse on the transferability skills demonstrated by the same group of students in a senior-yearGroup Project course in the civil engineering program. The findings show that

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

number of concentration courses,which provide depth in the particular subject. But there is also significant overlap among thetracks to ensure breadth. Prerequisite chains are streamlined to create minor concentrations forstudents from other engineering disciplines, and also to facilitate students taking courses out ofthe standard sequence (in certain cases). The curricula for these tracks are shown in Tables 1, 2and 3, respectively.Students can complete all required courses, except for senior capstone design projects, by the endof third year. The degree requirements include a sufficient number of technical elective creditsto permit students to minor in another discipline, or to specialize further. There is also flexibilityin the nature of the

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caleb DeValve, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 22.904.12References[1] Malik Q, Koehler MJ, Mishra P, Buch N, Shanblatt M, Pierce SJ, 2010. Understanding student attitudes in a freshman design sequence. International Journal of Engineering Education; 26(5): 1179-1191[2] Farrell S, Hesketh RP, Newell JA, Slater CS, 2001. Introducing freshmen to reverse engineering and design through investigation of the brewing process. International Journal of Engineering Education; 17(6): 588-592[3] Al-Rizzo H, Mohan S, Reed M, Kinley D, Hemphill Z, Finley C, Pope A, Osborn D, Crolley W, 2010. Directional-based cellular e-commerce: undergraduate systems engineering capstone design project. International Journal of Engineering Education; 26(5): 1285-1304.[4] Hines PD

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Adam Weaver, Baylor University; Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University

West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2 IntroductionIn undergraduate Engineering Design Courses, students universally must address a technicalchallenge and develop an adequate solution that is suitable to address the project technical, schedule,and budget requirements. In concert with that technical development process, our institution’sstudents are also introduced to the professional development techniques often employed by industryto holistically look at an individual’s performance using 360-degree feedback where perspectivesfrom a manager/supervisor are used in

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; Raheleh Miralami, Mississippi State University; George D. Ford, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

exploited afterthe COVID-19 pandemic, necessitates collaboration. Thus, teamwork skills should be adequatelypracticed in academic programs. The construction industry has been naturally dependent onteamwork as almost all construction work is performed in teams. This dependency is reflected inconstruction curricula through some team-based courses such as capstone, surveying or othercollaborative classes. In addition, project-based courses tend to accommodate team-basedactivities. A similar situation may exist in engineering programs; however, engineering coursesare traditionally defined based on an instructor-learner relationship. Therefore, defining team-based educational activities depends on the instructor’s approach. The current study

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

) through feedbackand continuous improvement, evolution of the course sequence to meet the changing needs of allstakeholders, while maintaining the integrity of the foundational purpose. ENGR 1201 is an introductory two-semester hour course in which students are assignedto multidisciplinary teams to work on a semester-long conceptual design project whilesimultaneously receiving instruction and assignments in basic computing skills, personaldevelopment, team skills and tools, project planning, creative problem solving, introduction todisciplines, professional practice, and technical presentations. With few exceptions these topicsare related to the semester design project, and exercises are designed to complement the project’sprogress. The

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nannan He; Han-Way Huang

enter the workplace.Third, they have well-documented tutorials and user manual, and even exercises. Theseresources are very helpful for the lecture notes preparation and assignments design. Fourth, thesetools include rich example projects from simple to complex scale. They are very usefulreferences for designing student projects. In order to advocate active learning, pre-labassignments are made in this course. Hands-on learning through class projects is highlyencouraged and will be the basis for instruction in this course. So far, students have developedand completed 3 capstone projects. Students can get long-time benefits from the efforts theymake in “playing with” these tools, especially in terms of improving their work efficiency.Three Input

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

have on the overall system. ABET StudentOutcome (c) specifically refers to, “an ability to design a system, component or process to meetdesired needs…”.Another recent trend in engineering education has been towards an emphasis on experiential,hands-on learning. It is recognized that the practice of engineering requires a mix of skills, manyof which are best learned through experience. In engineering education, this experientiallearning most often takes place in capstone projects and industry internships. It is much lesscommon for core engineering courses like Design of Machine Elements to incorporate a project-based, experiential component. There are machine design courses that contain hands-onlaboratory modules, however these modules tend to

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

John Etringer; Stephen OÍBrien; Austin Updegraff; Timothy Langerhans; Andrew Nadjari; Chan Kim; Aaron Hill; Michael Campbell

members of the West Point Steel Bridge Team arefive undergraduate seniors working to design and build a enrolled in a fall and spring semester course designed tosteel bridge for the annual ASCE Steel Bridge Competition. provide them with an opportunity to apply and synthesizeThe purpose of our group’s research is to discover how their knowledge of structural engineering, constructionmultidisciplinary teams perform in academically management and engineering economics in an open-ended,competitive environments. This project provides a unique realistic, semester-long, capstone design experience. Theopportunity in the field of multidisciplinary collaborative remaining member, a junior, is only enrolled

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

Fig. 1 Photonics Teaching Laboratory (partial view)the main teaching lab, and twoProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Ed ucationare in a more secure project space to support graduate projects and also BS capstone designprojects in photonics. Equipment was donated by industry or purchased using CRCD andUniversity funds. The four tables are also equipped with a suite of test equipment and anetworked PC controlling the instruments.In a typical semester, as many as three classes and several projects will use the laboratory. Thereuse of the tables puts more demands on the teaching assistants, but allows one facility to serve alarge

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mathias J. Sutton; Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap

and have responsibilities that prevent them from attending graduate school in residence full time. - The students’ graduate program is most often financially supported and highly encouraged by their employers. Employers are highly interested in the practical application of the their students’ education to their respective jobs. - The faculty have a clear preference for face-to-face interaction with their graduate students in order to better assess their progress and to ensure a rich dialogue with and among the students and to better direct the capstone research project. - The faculty have mixed feelings about using web-based instructional tools. Many are interested and willing to learn how to

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Petry

baseline information · Determine methods and criteria by which outcomes will be assessed · Articulate level of expected performance · Establish a schedule for assessment · Determine whom you will assess · Determine who will assess · Determine how and with whom results will be shared · Determine how results will inform teaching/learning and decision-making · Decide how your institution will follow up on implementationTo accommodate the requirements of NEASC the University of Hartford utilizes a variety ofassessment mechanisms. These include: Alumni Surveys, Employer Follow-up, Pre & PostTesting, Portfolios, Senior Capstone/Seminar Project, Student Teacher/Field Evaluation, andStandardized

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Nathan Maenle, Ohio Northern University; David R Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University

students as the focusof their capstone project. The process ultimately produced by this team employed the originalmachine components to form, cut, and stack the patties, thus preserving the identical pattycharacteristics. The motion and control of the process, however, was entirely modernized. Thissuccessful design was tested and proven, then replicated, and now these machines makethousands of patties each day in each of the chain’s three stores.Though the owner has been quite pleased with the new machine, he expressed interest in addingsome features to help his staff anticipate when key components were degrading and would soonneed replaced. This will ideally enable him to replace these components at a convenient timebefore they cause problems for

Conference Session

CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

inspired by theneeds of creating meaningful hands-on DSP lab experiments in the allotted one term period (tenweeks) and by the goal of improving student success in implementing DSP-based culminatingprojects that meet desired goals within realistic constraints. The benefits of integrating the MCUtools in the DSP course are very promising. It permits more practical DSP laboratories and DSP-based capstone projects that render richer design experiences and makes meeting realistic designconstraints feasible. Furthermore, it provides an integrated laboratory curriculum structurebetween embedded microcontroller and DSP courses which reduces students’ unnecessary effortof learning new tools in different courses. Consequently, students can focus more on

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Capstone haveFigure 9 Students Enjoying Chocolate after successful project been positive. It has been noted that since the inception of this course students are more Page 24.470.9comfortable with the design process, and more readily integrate the concepts required forcompletion. The following is the full complete set of comments from the course evaluations inthe fall 2013 semester. Great class! Very technical and hands-on; a welcome break from other courses that were centered around lecture and homework sets. The workload by the latter half of the

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Buchal

insertingnecessary CDs and clicking “OK”.Due to delays in delivery of the server hardware, SharePoint was not available until a month or sointo the term. After brief orientation with regard to SharePoint administration, the author createdpilot SharePoint webs for student teams in two courses: MME473a – Computer IntegratedManufacturing, and MME 419/499 – Capstone Design Project. Student use of these webs wasoptional, and no training was provided.MME473- Computer Integrated ManufacturingMME473a involves a significant team project, with 38 students working in 11 teams. SharePointwebs were implemented for all teams, and students were encouraged to make use of them. Sixteams made use of their SharePoint webs.MME 419/499 – Capstone Design ProjectsMME 419/499 is a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

process included the Groups in Context: Leadership andParticipation in Decision Making Groups text which provides task roles, social/maintenanceroles, and dysfunctional roles for members of the team,19 the CATME Team-Maker Instrument 20which uses a behavior-based rating system to assess the contributions of team members,21 deBono’s Six Thinking Hats which provides idealistic team behaviors based on individual roles todrive success,22 and Tuckman and Jensen’s “Stages of Small-Group Development Revisited,” 23which is covered by the course text (Dym and Little’s Engineering Design: A Project-basedIntroduction 24). It should be noted that the CATME Team-Maker Instrument is used during thejunior and senior capstone design courses for self and peer

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepika Ganesh, University of Michigan; Carissa Yim, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

is traditionally a term paperwhich frames a renewable energy technology such as thermal energy storage, perovskite solar cells, orfast-charging Li-ion batteries. Students are asked to provide context on alternative solutions along with a 2technical description of the technology and future needs/opportunities. For the purpose of this study,students created their final project on the Gala platform rather than a term paper.While there is some literature that supports the introduction of concepts of sustainability in engineeringclassrooms using design thinking approaches [11], sustainability literacy tests [12], capstone projects[13,14] and

Conference Session

Design and Research in BME

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor R. Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

during the internship, write a finalreport on their capstone project, and deliver a final poster presentation of their capstone project.Rubrics are provided for the students so they understand the expectations for each deliverable.Upon completion of the program, students will be able to 1. Demonstrate broad technical skills 2. Think critically & solve problems 3. Discuss current research 4. Discuss the history, theory, & ethics of stem cell investigation 5. Present and communicate effectively 6. Network with professionals in the fieldInternship MatchingThe centerpiece of this program is the 9-month internship that our students embark on. As such,we worked to develop a formal procedure to facilitate the pairing process to