Paper ID #33977Assessing the Sustainability Components of Engineering Capstone ProjectsDr. Leslie R. Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology Leslie Brunell, PhD, PE is a Teaching Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. She coordinates both the civil and multidisciplinary engineering senior design projects. These projects are the culmination of the undergraduate engineering experience. Students design an innovative solution to a complex problem. She has recruited professional sponsors who mentor the civil engineering design projects. The projects expose the civil engineering students to real world design problems. The
Paper ID #32322Curriculum Element: Economic Analysis Group Project Using VoiceThreadKellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science and Technology Kellie Grasman serves as an instructor in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She holds graduate degrees in engineering and business admin- istration from the University of Michigan, and began teaching in 2001 after spending several years in industry positions. She was named the 2011-2012 Robert B. Koplar Professor of Engineering Manage- ment for her achievements in online learning. She serves as an eMentor for the
11 Hands-On 1"' Engineering Desi~n Projects at N.D.S.U. P. C. Pfister Professor of Mechanical Engineering North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota 58105 Five years ago the curriculum in Mechanical Engineering at NorthDakota State University was long on theory courses and short on ex-perimental or professional learning. At least, this was the consen-sus of the E.C.P.D. reaccreditation team which gave us the incentiveto ultimately organize a 10 quarter-credit hour design program span-ning the last five quarters (1~ 1, 3, 3, 2 credits sequentially) ofthe undergraduate curriculum. This
Project Cam-A-Rok, Engaging Mechanical Engineering FreshmanWilliam C. FarrowMechanical Engineering Department, Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 N Broadway,Milwaukee, WI 53202IntroductionThis paper documents the implementation of many of the leading concepts into a successfulfreshman design course. There are many different forms that a freshman introductoryengineering design course can take, and many examples shared through publication that describewhat has worked. The experience outlined combines benefits of both a team-centric as well asan individual centric course. It contains both project driven aspects as well as short termhomework style assignments. And the course completes the design work through both a
Paper ID #32609A Cross-disciplinary Investigation of Project Team FunctioningProf. Margaret Garnett Smallwood, University of Texas at Dallas Margaret Garnett Smallwood is an associate professor of practice in business communications in the Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. She teaches undergraduate business communication courses and an MBA communication course. Margaret earned her MBA from UTD in 2010, and completed her Master’s in Communication Studies from Sam Houston State University in 2020. She previously worked in public relations, journalism, and corporate communications for major
Paper ID #33159A Model Passive Solar Home Student Design ProjectDr. Matt Aldeman, Illinois State University Matthew Aldeman is an Assistant Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at the Illinois State University Center for Renewable Energy for over five years. Previously, he worked at General Electric as a wind site manager at the Grand Ridge and Rail Splitter wind projects. Matt’s experience also includes service in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear propulsion officer
Paper ID #33795A Tool for Informing Community-Engaged ProjectsCamille Velarde, University of New MexicoDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National
1 Code Hardening: Development of a Reverse Software Engineering Project Cynthia C. Fry, Zachary Steudel Department of Computer Science Baylor University AbstractIn CSI 2334, “Introduction to Computer Systems,” we introduce a group project to the studentswhose purpose is to simulate a team project on the job. Group projects are used very frequently toprovide a similar learning environment which capitalizes on the benefits of peer-to-peer instruction,or cooperative learning. In this group project, students
Psychologist, Executive Director of Boys Republic since 2010, with organization since 1993. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Project Ponderosa – Bridging Robot Simulation with Design Dr. Scott Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768 and Dr. Chris Burns, Boys Republic, Chino Hills, CA 91709AbstractThe application of robotics in industry continues to be an increasing area of growth. Thisrequires an increased awareness in fidelity of design to better understand the relationships withinthe system. To achieve a higher
Paper ID #35160A Bluetooth Speaker Project for High School OutreachProf. Gene L. Harding P.E., Purdue University (PPI) GENE L. HARDING is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught since 2003. He has three years of industrial experience with Agilent Technologies, 28 years of combined active and reserve service in the United States Air Force, holds an MSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and is a licensed professional engineer.Mr. Taylor Andrew Hansen, Purdue Alumni Taylor Hansen is a DIY loudspeaker speaker designer. His many designs have
K-12 Engineering Education Projects at the National Academies ASEE Deans Public Policy Colloquium Feb. 6, 2018 Washington, D.C. Greg Pearson, NAENATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING BOARD ON SCIENCE EDUCATION Projects of Potential Interest • Educator Capacity Building in K-12 Engineering • Science Investigations and Engineering Design Experiences in Grades 6-12NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING BOARD ON SCIENCE EDUCATION Educator Capacity Building: Rationale for the Study• Demand for engineering-literate PreK-12 educators is growing (e.g., NGSS, AP Engineering, integrated STEM initiatives)• The number of educators prepared
ASEE-NMWSC2013-0058 Industry and Students Perception of Capstone ProjectsDilpreet S Bajwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sreekala G Bajwa, Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.Email – dilpreet.bajwa@ndsu.edu , sreekala.bajwa@ndsu.eduAbstractCapstone projects are designed to help students learn technical, communication and interpersonalskills that will ultimately provide them with a broad knowledge base required at the start of theirprofessional careers. Engineering capstone experience prepares students to work in a productivemanner in teams. It is expected that the students will learn problems solving
Paper ID #35250Project Management Implementation in a Capstone Design CourseProf. Mike Simard PE, Villanova University Mike is an engineering leader with over 30 years’ experience in start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Mike possesses both a Bachelor and Masters in Mechanical Engineering, as well as an MBA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) and Certified Estimat- ing Professional (CEP). Mike has held senior positions in engineering design, project management and operations in the power generation, biomass conversion and building material industries. He has led a va
Paper ID #35067A Statics and Dynamics Project Infusing Entrepreneurial MindsetDr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University Jennifer Kadlowec is Professor and Program Director of Engineering at Baldwin Wallace University. She previously was on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the Henry M. Rowan of College of Engineer- ing, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ for 20 years. She has been an active member of ASEE since 1998. She joined as a graduate student, after working on an engineering education project and presenting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a faculty member, she regularly
American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Project-Based Learning of Digital Logic Circuit Design Dugwon Seo, Ph.D. and Danny Mangra Queensborough Community College, City University of New York Department of Engineering Technology 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside, NY 11364AbstractDigital Logic Design is a fundamental course in both Computer and Electrical EngineeringTechnology fields and as such it is important for the course to provide students with a goodunderstanding and continuous interest. Project-based learning allows students to gain knowledgeby solving real-world
Paper ID #20953A Project Based Approach To Introduction To EngineeringDr. Rouzbeh Tehrani, Temple University Rouzbeh Tehrani is the graduate coordinator of the civil and environmental engineering department and an assistant professor at Temple University. He also serves as the co-chair of AEESP education committee. He has been involved in teaching and developing labs and teaching materials for several courses such as Introduction to Engineering, science GenEds, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, and Water Quality and Treatment since 2013.Dr. Mohammad F. Kiani, Temple UniversityDr. Evangelia Bellas , Temple
Paper ID #243432018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Telemetry Project For An Introductory Communications Systems CourseDr. Harold R Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood is an IEEE Senior Member with an Amateur Radio Extra Class license (KB3OOM). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989 and joined the faculty of the engineering Department at Messiah College in 1992. Besides teaching Com- munications Systems and other courses, he supervises undergraduate engineering students on credited work in the
through Capstone Engineering ProjectsAbstractCapstone engineering projects are essential to demonstrate engineering graduates’ industry-readiness; however, in a bi-national region, international preparedness is becoming an essentialrequirement for engineering graduates. This paper describes the process of collaborative learningresultant of a cross-border capstone engineering project in an effort to create an undergraduateresearch network towards a cross-border learning environment in the Rio Grande Valley.BackgroundThe Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in southeast Texas and the north east of Tamaulipas, Mexico is aregion known as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas of the world, holding a regionalpopulation of over 3.5
and non-business courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Generating Start-up Relevance in Capstone Projects1. IntroductionAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires students to complete acapstone design experience that prepares them for engineering practice through team-basedprojects incorporating the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work [1]- [4].While capstone course pedagogy differs widely from one program to another, in all cases,students are expected, through the process of completing the capstone project, to understanddesign constraints, such as economic factors, safety, reliability, ethics, and social impact. Inaddition, students are
Session ETD 315 Utilizing Industry Professionals in a Senior Capstone Project Thomas J. Dobrowski, Purdue NorthwestAbstractStarting in the academic year of 2016, two regional campuses of Purdue University unified. Indoing so, degree programs that were the same on each campus had to align themselves to offeridentical courses to allow students to seamlessly move between the two campuses. In general,this did not pose much of a problem for the Construction Engineering and ManagementTechnology (CEMT) degree program as all but two of the courses in the degree program werealready being offered on both campuses.The one course
Session ETD 335 Promoting International Preparedness in Undergraduate Engineering Projects Immanuel A. Edinbarough1, Anabel Pineda-Briseño2, Jesus Alberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez 1, Adriana Olvera1, 1The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) / 2Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico-Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros (TecNM/ITM)AbstractThis paper describes the social-cultural elements of the cross-border collaboration between TheUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) – College of Engineering and ComputerScience (COEC), Department of Manufacturing
AC 2007-2671: PROJECT G: MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK DESIGN ATITS BESTRamzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame Ramzi Bualuan is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and is the Director of the Introduction to Engineering Program.David LeDonne, University of Notre DameSteven Kurtz, University of Notre DameJoseph Blakely, University of Notre DameConstance Slaboch, University of Notre DameAndrew Carter, University of Notre DameElizabeth Barron, University of Notre DamePatrick Essien, University of Notre DameMegan Wysocki, University of Notre DameElizabeth Ferro, University of Notre Dame
AC 2007-1485: UTILIZING PROGRAMMING PROJECTS IN A FRESHMENPROGRAMMING COURSESteven Lehr, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Masters in Aerospace Engineering and Masters in Software Engineering. Associate Professor in Freshmen Progam at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University College of Engineering and software consultant.Christopher Grant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Program Chair for the Freshmen Program Embry Riddle Aeronautical University College of Engineering Page 12.1579.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Utilizing Programming Projects in a Freshmen
AC 2007-1535: LEARN AND SERVE – DESIGN PROJECTS FOR THECOMMUNITYMariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Dr. Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona). Before joining Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Jawaharlal founded and developed APlusStudent.com, Inc., an online supplemental education company focusing on K-12 math. He also served as a faculty at Rowan University, NJ and General Motors Institute (renamed as Kettering University), MI. Dr. Jawaharlal is recognized as an outstanding educator for his innovative and engaging teaching pedagogy.Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic
Effectively Assessing Student Learning Through Project ExperiencesAbstractA goal of Western Kentucky University (WKU) is to engage students during their academiccareers. The Electrical Engineering (EE) Program at WKU defines student engagement throughproject experiences. Many engineering programs use student projects as a means for address amajority of ABET Criteria 3 A-K. This paper will address the effectiveness of projects as ameans of student engagement and meeting ABET Criteria 3 A-K. The National Survey ofStudent Engagement (NSSE) is a popular self-assessment instrument used by many universities.The usefulness of NSSE in assessing ABET Criteria 3 A-K will also be discussed.The ABET assessment data and the NSSE scores
AC 2007-1692: MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVAL FOR PROJECT-BASEDCOURSESPromiti Dutta, Columbia UniversityAlexander Haubold, Columbia University Page 12.1029.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Management and Archival for Project-Based CoursesAbstract:The use of the World Wide Web has become very common as a teaching tool in courses. Itserves as a paperless studio for both instructors and students. The use of this tool helps reducethe cost of a course tremendously for both parties as it reduces paper consumption and the cost oftextbooks. In this paper, we examine the effective usages of database driven web portals for usein a first-year engineering design course
AC 2007-515: CLASS PROJECTS WITH GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES INMATLABMin-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington UniversityEsteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington UniversityClaudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University Page 12.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Class Projects with GUIs in Matlab Min-Sung Koh, Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, and Claudio Talarico School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington 99004 USA Email: {mkoh
AC 2007-778: AN ALGORITHM FOR PROJECT ASSIGNMENT IN CAPSTONEDESIGNTheodor Freiheit, University of CalgaryJulian Wood, University of Calgary Page 12.196.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Algorithm for Project Assignment in Capstone DesignAbstractThis paper presents an algorithm to automate the assignment of students to project teams.Students bid on a limited set of choices of the projects being offered. The algorithm thenattempts to place students into projects such that the overall project assignment solution providesthe highest ‘satisfaction’. Satisfaction is defined by a scoring methodology for assigningstudents to their preferred project. The
AC 2007-1375: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DESIGN PROJECTS FORENGINEERING FRESHMENJennifer Mullin, Virginia TechJinsoo Kim, Korea National University of Education Dr. Jinsoo Kim is a visiting professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech from July 2006 to July 2007. He is a professor in the Department of Technology Education at Korea National University of Education. He is interested in subject-matter education of Technology, Engineering, and Industry. His permanent e-mail address is jskim@knue.ac.krVinod Lohani, Virginia TechJenny Lo, Virginia Tech Page 12.1336.1© American Society for
AC 2008-1522: A PROJECT-BASED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION INENGINEERING EDUCATIONSohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College Dr.Sohail Anwar is currently serving as an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State University Altoona College. He is also serving as the Chair of the EET Advisory Faculty Committee for Excelsior College. Since 1996, he has been an Invited Professor of Electrical Engineering at IUT Bethune, France. Dr. Anwar is also serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Technology and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Pennsylvania Academy of Science.Patrick Favier, IUT Bethune, France Dr.Patrick Favier is currently serving as