, crowd learning of Hands-on engaged Liquid Piston Engine research learning Experiment for theAcademic ClassroomCourses Machining Software Data and user feedback for scaling- Experience with industryServing both Research and Development up of project relevant skillsEducation and through Classroom UseResearch Department of Energy Projects that might also be related Real world projects, Sponsored Capstone to research, industry engagement course credits, IP, job Design for R&D projects with industry
key to multidisciplinary engineeringpractice? A physical model of a design concept, based on simplifying assumptions (whichchange as the project progresses and one learns better what effects matter more than others), iscreated. This is an approximation of the real system and a hierarchy of models is possibledepending on the reason for modeling (see Figure 2). Laws of nature (e.g., Newton’s Laws,Maxwell’s Equations) are applied to the model, along with component model equations, togenerate the equations of motion for the multidisciplinary engineering system. These equations– nonlinear and coupled – are solved with Simulink, SimMechanics, SimHydraulics, LabVIEW,etc. to predict how the model will behave when various inputs – desired and
for three years. The course, which has been designed and taught by an engineeringprofessor, is part of the College of Liberal Arts’ Senior Capstone program and is offered tostudents from any college in the university. The course structure encourages students to viewcontemporary issues from an organizational, personal and technical perspective. The presence ofboth engineering students and liberal arts students in the same class allows students to shareknowledge and break down stereotypes as they study accomplishments in the fields ofengineering and science.Introduction The practice of engineering is not conducted in a vacuum. Engineering accomplishmentsaffect society and, conversely society affects what engineers can accomplish. As
intelligent engineering tasks such asdecision making, problem-solving, and machine learning. New educational modules developedfor the Fall 2021 semester include (1) genetic algorithms for design optimization; (2)classification via machine learning; (3) convolutional neural network and its application forimage processing; (4) signal analyses and fault diagnosis; and (5) reinforcement learning formotion planning. Each module consists of concept explanation, algorithm delivery, real-worldapplication, and python sample codes. The modules can be used as the reference for students incourse projects (not limited to ME:4150) and capstone projects.A project on image-based ship classification was added to the course. Students were required todownload pictures
port, through which most of the commerce (export and import) of the country passes. INSTITUTIONAL MILESTONES Founded on October 29th 1958 Start of academic activities 1960´sBID/ESPOL I PROJECT(1972 – 1982) BID/ESPOL II PROJECT (1983 – 1992) • Improvement of existing laboratories. 1970´s • • Technical Programs (3 years programs) started
Paper ID #36536Using High Impact Practices to Broaden UndergraduateParticipation in Computer Systems ResearchMargaret O'neil Ellis Margaret currently serves as an Associate Professor of Practice of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is focused on instructing and designing curriculum for CS2104 Problem Solving in Computer Science and CS2114 Software Design and Data Structures and works with undergraduate research students on the Computer Systems Genome project(https://csgenome.org/). Margaret began teaching at Virginia Tech in 2013 and enjoys integrating her various professional
Education. He was named NETI Faculty Fellow for 2013-2014, and the Herbert F. Alter Chair of Engineering (Ohio Northern University) in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, engineering in K-12, introducing entrepreneur- ship into engineering, and international service and engineering. He has written texts in design, general engineering and digital electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Gaining Industry Experience Exposure During a Pandemic Introducing Engineering Students to IndustryIntroductionThere is a growing need for engineering
., et al., A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America. Journal of Engineering Education, 1995. 84(2): p. 165-174.2. Dutson, A.J., et al., A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses. Journal of Engineering Education, 1997. 86(1): p. 17-28.3. Puthenpurackal, A., C. Cruz-Neira, and P.A. Molian. Laser Training in Virtual Environment to Improve Safety. in 17th International Conferences on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics. 1998. Orlando, Florida.4. Stefanich, L. and C. Cruz-Neira. Virtual Surgical Simulator for the Lower Limbs. in 36th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium. 1999.5. Tretter, S.A., Communication System Design Using
learning styles. As the studentsbecome more comfortable with group work, the amount of structure imposed can be reduced.For example, the four-year design sequence at Trinity begins in the first year with a verystructured project, with the instructor and the class working on a portion of the design sequencetogether. Sophomore and junior design emphasize small group projects of 2-5 students, witheach group completing the same designs. By the senior year, the capstone design project hassmall interdisciplinary groups of 4-5 students selecting their own projects, setting their owngoals, and evaluating how well they have achieved them. Regardless of the instructor-imposedstructure, clear guidelines for group projects, along with pre-specified rules for
humanistic orientation directly relevant toengineering students’ intellectual development and professional identity formation.For the purposes of this paper, the authors wish to highlight the impact that early Making asCritical Inquiry initiatives have had when integrated into the late stages of the Programs inDesign and Innovation at Rensselaer. Both humanistic inquiry and making activities have longbeen a part of PDI; however, these two have not yet been theorized as complementary, norexplicitly taught and assigned as a synthesized series of making projects or activities. Over thepast three semesters, Making as Critical Inquiry has been iterated into our STS Senior Projectcourse, a requirement for all PDI students at Rensselaer. While the Capstone
, based on theirobservations of what is being done in colleges and universities with ASCE student groups today,and not based on a dreamed of future vision.Recommendation 3 of the NAE committee should be heavily considered in every program. Atour own institution, we conduct a fairly common civil engineering capstone experience, whereall of the seniors work on the same project. Being members of a combined civil and mechanicalengineering department, we also have seen for years the successful mechanical engineeringcapstone experience where the seniors are broken into groups to work on different projects. Bothof these activities satisfy the ABET Professional Component (criteria 4) in 2006-2007 andcriteria 5 in 2007-2008. Many of the projects that are
laboratory technicians with respect to machining while working ontheir senior capstone projects. However, the ME403 syllabus was already so full that it wasdifficult to find time for more machining instruction without eliminating or reducing other veryimportant subject matter.The initial part of the solution was gaining approval to add a lab hour to the course. Thisallowed the course director to add seven additional mandatory hours of instruction to the courseand it ensured that students’ schedules would be set up so that they would be free during the hourfollowing class even on days without a second hour of mandatory instruction. This improved theability of students to stay after class to ask questions and work on assignments and it allowed
for assessing student application on sustainability topics in engineering and includesquestions on the cognitive levels achieved, linkage between sustainability pillars (environmental,economic, social), quantitative versus qualitative incorporation of sustainability, and thesustainability topics students may have been exposed to during their undergraduate engineeringcareer18,21. The TUES 2 research team is in the process of publishing results from the applicationof the expanded version of this rubric on students’ senior design capstone and sustainableengineering course projects. The results will be used to inform student learning across acurriculum that integrates sustainability via stand-alone course, module, or blended methods.Table 1
(management oftechnical organizations, organizational behavior) at the forefront of EM. This is closely followedby the other classical management, note management – not engineering management, areas ofstrategy and marketing and our industrial engineering roots (OR/simulation, production planningand control).Several additional items were gleamed from this study; 1. Eight of the 28 programs had an experience requirement. This requirement was almost Page 12.647.6 uniformly distributed at 2, 3, and 5 years. 2. Only one program seemed to require a thesis – the ABET accredited one. 3. Capstone projects were common but not universal for
EDUCATION AND TRAININGAbstractCombining teaching, research, and engagement has always been a goal of EngineeringTechnology faculty. Finding “real world” applications which can be implemented at theundergraduate level has always proved challenging as well. One method of achieving thisis to define an application area which can be managed by responsible faculty and whichcan be broken into small enough tasks to be suitable for completion by succeeding yearsof undergraduate students in their capstone design activity.At Western Carolina University and Florida Institute of Technology, a project has beenundertaken which is achieving many of these goals. The Kamikaze AutonomousUnderwater Vehicle (AUV) is currently under continuous
levels of interest, a formal course of study leading to anEntrepreneurship Certificate is available. The certificate program requires a minimum of 15semester hours. Students gain knowledge in finance, marketing, and accounting followed by amanagement course in entrepreneurship where the capstone project is a business plan. The following elements are discussed in detail below: the seminar series, the “companyexperience and the Idea Fair, the Certificate, and the leadership of the program.The Seminar Series The Seminar Series is a weekly event that interested students can attend on an ad hoc basisor can take for one hour of class credit. Credit enrollment is currently about 40 students. Weeklyattendance is typically 100 students. This
two-hour information resource workshop for the students. The abilities and attitudes as reported inthe survey are presented and discussed. The workshop developed to address the deficiencies isdetailed. Student and faculty views obtained after instituting the workshop are discussed andrelated to the success of the workshop. Ideas on improving the intervention are also presented.IntroductionThe Department of Manufacturing Engineering at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, requiresstudents in the Department to take its two-semester senior project course. (This course sequencefulfills the University’s capstone requirement and is open to all students at Miami with seniorstanding. It is common for students from the Physics Department majoring in
as:Technical Graphics The Design Process ANSI Standards & ConventionsLinetypes Scales WorkplanesProjections Isometric Pictorials MultiviewsProjection Theory Orthographic Projection View SelectionEdges & Planes Principal Views Auxiliary ViewsLine of Sight Section Views HatchingGeometrics Locations of Features DimensioningA capstone final project is the primary means of melding together the technical aspects of thecourse. The goal
knowing a foreign language. Anna’s work at International Affairs is multifunctional. it comprises interpreting at international conferences run by the University, administration of several international projects, interpreting at negotiations with partners, protocol assistance for international delegations, coordination of business trips of KNRTU management, and etc.Dr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at
the other 80%: engineering hope, Journal for Australasian Engineering Education, 14(1): 1-12.10.Bielefeldt, A.R., B. Amadei and R. Sandekian (2008). Community service attitudes of engi- neering students engaged in service learning projects, American Society for Engineering Edu- cation (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Paper 2008-2430, June 23-25, Pitts- burgh, PA.11.Bielefeldt, A.R., M.M. Dewoolkar, K.M. Caves, B.W. Berdanier, and K.G. Paterson (2011). Diverse Models for Incorporating Service Projects into Engineering Capstone Design Courses. International Journal of Engineering Education. 27(4):1-15.12.American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). (2008). Engineering Data Management System. Available at
universities where innovative andtechnologically up-to-date curricula are provided to educate the next generation of engineers. This paper outlines the inclusion of a course called Computer Aided Engineering (CAE),which would traditionally be offered at the graduate level, into an undergraduate curriculum as atool to educate and train students early-on as industry-ready professionals. A junior-level course,CAE consists of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA),Computer Aided Design (CAD) and optimization. Although students get trained to use CADsoftware as freshmen, they need additional training on analysis and optimization of engineeringsystems prior to capstone design series. This course provides an opportunity to teach
students who complete a dedicated technicalcommunication course report the deliverables from a subsequent capstone course project betterthan students who have not taken a dedicated communication course?Within this, we are interested in assessing differences in how well each group is able to: ● Report deliverables ● Develop technical content into evidence ● Synthesize technical content and evidence into a report ● Use techniques to monitor the process of their writingIn addition we are interested in analyzing the process of our subjects’ writing by understanding: ● What techniques are being used by the different groups? ● What task environments affect the different groups during their writing processes?Currently, the Chemical
(ECET) 7 3 3 4 BMET Elective* 8 3 3 4 BMET Capstone Project/Internship* 8 3 3 4 *Indicates added Biomedical ET course Table 2. EET courses vs. proposed BMET courses. EET BMET Biological Principles I (3) Principles of Chemistry I (3) Introduction to Biomedical ET (3) Survey of Electric Machines (3) *Health Care Safety (3) Signal and Systems Analysis (4) Probability and Statistics I (3) Differential Equations (3
projects or capstone endeavors.While the Self-Study Report will be as inclusive as possible, the visiting team might requestadditional materials beyond the report to ensure compliance. It is the responsibility of theinstitutions to be prepared to quickly fulfill these requests, or better yet, have them preemptivelyprepared for display. ABET suggests possible materials based on each stated harmonized generalcriterion for all commissions [7]. • Criterion 1. Students: Additional transcripts that might be requested by the team, accompanied by supporting cover memoranda, graduation check sheets, and degree audit reports. Additionally, supplementary documentation for any possible course substitutions. • Criterion 2. Program
11 High Impact Learning Practice through Group Research on Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Nanomaterials Matthew Adle, Justin Bostwick, Kyle Graves, Synjin Hipolito, and Yong Gan California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractHigh impact learning practice refers to enhancing students’ learning through senior capstone design andundergraduate research. A faculty-student team in Department of Mechanical Engineering, College ofEngineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona formed and performed research in theSenior Capstone Design course
identified HVAC equipment and architectural measure to mitigate coolingload.Incorporating MEP Systems in BIM Course ModulesTechnological advances in construction engineering and increasing demand in industry for BIMapplication in MEP system is discussed in several research studies [9-10]. BIM is often used byMEP engineers for modeling the MEP systems and coordinate the systems with the structuraldesign of the building. It is also used for building performance analysis during the operationalphase of its life cycle [11]. There have been several attempts to incorporate BIM for MEPsystems into construction engineering courses or capstone projects to assure aligning theeducation with the industry demand [10]. Therefore, this newly launched
business realities into the engineering curriculum. It is anindustry-university partnership that involves multidisciplinary students working on real-lifeindustrially sponsored problems. Since 1995, over 500 sponsored projects have been completedfor 140 companies. The Learning Factory was awarded the 2006 Gordon Prize by the NationalAcademy of Engineering. The Bernard M. Gordon Prize — recognizes innovation inengineering education — "for creating the Learning Factory, where multidisciplinary studentteams develop engineering leadership skills by working with industry to solve real-worldproblems." The energy engineering curriculum was designed to enable students in the program tocarry out their capstone design project through The Pennsylvania
from all engineering disciplines. DEED continues tosupport the Engineering Case Library~ which evolved from the Engineering .Case Program originated atStanford University in 1964. The Sloan Foundation in the 1950’s and 1960’s funded many of the strongest engineering design pro-grams that continue at institutions such as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Drexel University. The SloanFoundation was a founding supporter of six Engineering Design and Design Education Conferences held inalternative years between 1963 and 19734. During the 1960’s and 1970’s many of the local design programspublished compendiums of student senior design projects. A large number of these senior design projects werecollected nationally into the Design Projects
quarter. They wanted toimprove the users’ experience with added features. The remaining seven groups proposedprojects from a variety of areas: one group worked on an project for a third world country, onegroup looked at determining thyroid levels, one group developed a warning system for a facultymember’s research, one group looked at developing a device for physical therapy, one groupworked with an ME Capstone Design group, one group adapted a workout device for athletes,and one group developed a toy for college students.Students were required to write an in-depth proposal for their project. Their writing abilityshowed marked improvement along with their ability to express the social, environmental,economic, and ethical aspects of their
other teams.The junior courses relate to component design. The Senior course, entitled Thermal & FluidSystems Design MX424) deals with thermal component design & process design. The SeniorDesign Project is the capstone design experience typically implemented in small teams with localindustrial sponsors.The sophomore Mechanical Engineering Design (MX280), is somewhat new, however, whencompared to traditional Mechanical Engineering curricula. Note that it fits snugly between theFreshman & Junior years, developing design topics, fully within the skill mix of enteringstudents.Professors Bunnell, Eggert & Tennyson met weekly during the fall of 1996 to design the detailsof the course namely we prepared detailed learning objectives