Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Shannon, South Dakota State University; Patrick Lovrien, South Dakota State University; Bret Barnett, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University

skills. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Experiences: Students’ Perspective AbstractIt is common practice for authors to study engineering education projects where authors proposea theoretical framework for a teaching approach, collect and interpret data and students’feedback, and report findings through the prism of their understanding of theory andimplications. The approach taken in this paper is different. This paper is prepared by studentswho participated in a multidisciplinary capstone project, and it

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #8760Integrating Economic Analysis into Capstone DesignDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon is an Associate Professor at East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the under- graduate level. Previously he has held positions of responsibility in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. Positions include project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Man

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

capstone course, and for this course projects are selected to build,or perform significant upgrades on a production machine. The end use of these machines is theeducation laboratory. This simplifies the task for students to define the scope of the project, as they havesome experience in the application.Since the focus of the course is plastic manufacturing systems, projects are machines that incorporatesome manufacturing process, such as injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, or bow molding.Figure 3 illustrates a typical project. The basis for this project was a small injection moldermanufactured by Arburg in the 1970’s. Students were charged with renovating the machine to includeadding modern controls, rebuilding the hydraulic system, adding

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin T. Hagan; Carl D. Latino

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings 1 Most capstone design courses achieve only a few of these desired results. In order for students to learnall of these important skills, the course must have certain characteristics, First, the projects must involve real-world problems; they must be challenging but doable. Second, the projects need to be organized into teams,with good supervision and guidance for each team. Third, and most importantly, there must be a firmperformance requirement. Unless the students are aware that performance, and not just effort (which isdifficult, if not impossible, to quantify), will be the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

interests are vibrations of mechanical systems and planetary gear dynamics. Page 26.324.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Capstone Design Assessment and Student MotivationAbstract This paper presents the ongoing development of student assessment strategies, and howthey affect student motivation and satisfaction, in a mechanical engineering capstone coursesequence. The capstone sequence discussed contains large scale projects consisting of ten totwenty students broken into smaller subgroups with specific tasks. Because the capstonesequence is a requirement for all

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

R. Alan Cheville; Michael S. Thompson

Developing Representations to Scaffold Capstone Design R. Alan Cheville, Michael S. Thompson Bucknell UniversityThis presentation discusses how representations—methods for how ideas are expressed—havebeen incorporated into a capstone design project in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Overthe past several years the authors have been developing methods that effectively represent thedesign process. This work discusses how four different representations were implemented in thefirst semester of a one year capstone design course to allow student teams to self-manage aproject in the second semester. The four representations are: 1) A functional abstraction that

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tristan Ericson; Scott Kiefer

Capstone Design Assessment and Student Motivation Tristan Ericson, Scott Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering type of project is the design and build of a car to complete in Abstract— This paper presents the ongoing the Society of Automotive Engineers Formula Collegiatedevelopment of student assessment strategies, and how they Design Competition (FSAE)2.affect student motivation and satisfaction, in a mechanical While there is some overlap, the first semester of theengineering capstone course sequence. The capstone sequence

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy McGrann

Capstone Design: Sculpture and Structure Roy McGrann, Gary Mackiewicz, Jacquelyn Walsh, Katherine Williams, Jill Griffin/Yvonne Hobbs/and Margaret Crocker Binghamton University / Sculptor /The Discovery CenterAbstract Obtaining funding for senior design projects can be a challenge. This paper presents anexample of a community and university project for which the funding was obtained from acharitable foundation. The project was successfully completed as one of the projects in theinterdisciplinary capstone design course at Binghamton University (SUNY). The Discovery Center, which is a hands-on children’s

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Speakman; Joel Perlin; Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Session 2793 Senior Capstone Design Experience: Hovering Robot Joel P. Perlin, Daniel J. Pack, Barry E. Mullins, and Richard E. Speakman Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, COAbstractThe paper describes the collective experience of a student and three mentors in creating ahovering robot in a year-long senior design project course. We present the tasks involved inidentifying requirements, generating specifications, designing the overall system, implementing thedesign, and testing and integrating subsystems. We consider the system

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

industry sponsored design in the course implementation.A. Introduction:The Capstone experience is an ideal opportunity for Seniors to apply their design skill and tolearn management skills with which to control the design1,2,3 . The learning experience has beenshown to be multiplied by exercising creative alternatives in a structured environment4,5 . TheSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) usesa process to help transition their design perspective from an answer-driven arena to a creative,needs-based, project environment. Industry sponsorship of Capstone projects provides a uniqueopportunity for students to begin working under practicing engineers. We impose designmanagement processes that simulate

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Romero Galvao, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs

Paper ID #36430The Capstone Course – A New ApproachFernando Romero Galvao Prof. Romero has been working globally as a Construction Project and Program Director. The knowledge acquired over his career of more than 30 years, opened doors for him to have an international career in the area of project management working in several countries, including Japan, China, South Korea, Austria, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Suriname, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil. While his professional career permitted him to manage projects covering the full scope of construction and with a value of more than $18.5 billion, he also possesses wide

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Civil Engineering

topics intended to guide students in their senior capstone design project andas they approach their transition from student to young engineers beginning a professionalcareer. Expert practitioners, some of whom are part of the IDS industry advisory team, areinvited to give one-hour seminars on following topics: • Introduction to the IDS Project Selected Page 11.1008.5 • Writing Reports and Giving Presentations • Environmental and Permitting Aspects of the Project Table 1. Suggested Outline for Final Report • Title page with date • Cover letter (from team to client) • Acknowledgements

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. Shay PE, U.S. Military Academy; Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy; David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

encouraged to work on projects, papers,or other academic exercises that require extended periods of deep and sustained thought.The next section describes our capstone design course, followed by an explanation of eachreflection experience in the context of the design process. We then present a quantitative andqualitative summary of the results of these changes. Our conclusions are offered in the finalsection. Appendices contain rubrics of the reflection exercises.Capstone Design Course StructureThe authors have designed and offered a two-semester multidisciplinary engineering designcourse within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at WestPoint. EECS includes three ABET-accredited majors: Electrical Engineering, Computer

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

includes a beta-version of a faculty handbook for ageneral engineering undergraduate program.IntroductionPaliwal and Sepahpour1 suggest that the capstone process causes students to think aboutengineering, technology, society, the world around them and themselves. According to Paretti, etal.2, capstone projects afford engineering students an opportunity to integrate the disparatecomponents of technical knowledge gained in an academic environment where courses arepresented as standalone bodies of knowledge. As a culminating experience, senior capstone is asingular significant experience where students: apply and reinforce the knowledge, skills andabilities (KSAs) learned from course work; enhance communication KSAs; developinterpersonal KSAs

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering from Auburn University. He has authored several book chapters and articles on follower component of leadership and is active in research on the leadership processes. Page 25.610.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Capstone Project Problem StatementsFormulating a project problem statement can be a challenge for the capstone student. A reviewof capstone related literature indicates similar-not identical-approach to design that includevarious concepts of what is a problem statement, their development, evaluation and assessment.The literature focus is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha W. Ostheimer; Elmer Grubbs

Session 3232 Real World Capstone Design Course Elmer Grubbs, Martha W. Ostheimer The University of ArizonaAbstractRecent feedback from industry and our alumni indicates that graduating engineers need betterpreparation in solving open-ended problems, thinking "outside the box", working in teams, andin developing strong communication skills. In response to this feedback, as well as ABETProgram Outcomes Requirements, we redesigned our senior capstone course to include realworld and multidisciplinary technical projects proposed and sponsored by eleven companies

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects in a collaborative environment. Yet, anoverwhelming majority of programs do not provide students with the chance to workcooperatively across disciplinary lines. Those that do typically only allow for interactionbetween groups within the same overarching discipline such as Mechanical or ElectricalEngineering. Ideally, the capstone experience is meant to foreshadow the type of interaction andwork that a student will engage in, easing their transition into the work environment followinggraduation. In industry, engineers are expected to work collaboratively with experts in severaltechnical and non-technical domains. Subsequently, capstone classes are lacking the ability toprepare undergraduate students for membership on the interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

Capstone Course in Construction Management Joseph J. Cecere , Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University/ HarrisburgABSTRACTCapstone courses offered in most construction engineering programs are designed to pull together much of whatthe student has already learned in previous courses. This will enable the student to gain an appreciation of howthe different aspects of a construction project come together. The course is not an in depth study of any onefunction or technical aspect, but rather a synergistic overview of the project

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Bruce K. Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta, Canada; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein, P.E., University of Kentucky; Troy J. Vogel, University of Notre Dame; Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Stephen W. Thiel, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Someinstitutions (20%) have design courses throughout the curriculum in addition to the capstonedesign sequence, but more programs (40%) have design projects within non-design coursesthroughout the curriculum. The course or courses in the capstone design sequence are primarilyoffered only once a year (78%) with a slight edge to the spring semester/winter quarter (80%)over the fall semester/quarter (72%). Most institutions (78%) include instruction in software orprogramming as part of the course(s). The culminating design project is most often a theoreticaldesign (68%) as opposed to one based on experiments (3%) or resulting in a prototype (7%), andmost institutions do not use the AIChE Design Competition problems (70%). Professional skillsare mainly

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 12.419.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Creative Problem Solving in Capstone DesignAbstractThis paper describes the 2006/07 capstone design course at Michigan Technological University,which had 121 students assigned to 24 project teams. The teams were formed based on theHerrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) results, sponsor requirements, student GPA andspecial qualifications. During the first semester, the emphasis of the course was on creativeproblem solving, team building, and learning the 12-step design process with the associateddocumentation and thinking skills. During the second semester, the emphasis shifted to designfor X. Other topics covered were prototyping, optimization and quality

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

classes, and to what extent it helps students tomeet their objectives and quality of their project work. Since our university operates on a quarteracademic system, each course needs to be completed in just 11 weeks. The number of membersin each group of a capstone is either 3 or 4. One example of the project dealing with anautomated bed clearing mechanism of a 3D printing machine is presented in this paper. A groupof 4 students developed two ideas of this system. The design details of one of these ideas ispresented in this paper. The 3D printer in this example uses Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)process. Many automotive, aerospace and other sectors are focusing on using functional 3Dprinted parts to either reduce the weight or to replace metal

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-2132: CAPSTONES WITH AN INDUSTRY MODELMichael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler Dr. Michael McGinnis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He received his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. His research interests include fire behavior of structures and non-structural materials, nondestructive evaluation and K-12 math and science education.Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler Ronald W. Welch is Professor and Chair for the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. Until Jan 2007

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 1: Adapting to COVID and other Design Challenges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Orser; Tiffany Ling, University of St. Thomas

led a team of engineers in continuously improving and supporting the supply chain and process flow of pressure sensor manufacturing lines. At the University of St Thomas, she teaches Introduction to Engineering and Senior Design. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Enduring Pandemic Impacts on Capstone CourseAbstractThe capstone experience at the University of St Thomas (UST) is a two-semester courseintegrated across four disciplines: mechanical, electrical, computer, and civil engineering. Withinthe course students design, analyze, finalize, and verify a company sponsored project. The resultsof projects are

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Mayer

opportunitiessuch as birdwatching, fishing, and hunting. For better or worse, natural wetlands have also beenused for wastewater discharge. Even so, drainage and filling of wetlands, principally foragricultural use, were common practices 2. Fortunately, increased public awareness of wetlandfunctions and values led to the “no net loss of wetlands” policies of the Bush and ClintonAdministrations. Today, engineers will find it useful and often necessary to include wetlandsrestoration and conservation among project objectives.Accordingly, instruction in wetlands function awareness and design procedures has been intro-duced in the ocean engineering curriculum at the U.S. Naval Academy. Also, capstone designprojects have been initiated which include wetlands

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Todd W Polk, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas

of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re-source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. Upon joining UTD in 2012, he developed the capstone design course sequence in the newly-formed mechanical engineering department and has been responsible for teaching it since. In 2017, he was a recipient of a University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. Robert is an active member of ASEE and the Capstone

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: stephen straits@taylor.eduDr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977.He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he reg- ularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems, Fundamentals of Space Flight Systems, Astronomy, and Sr. Capstone Sequence. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace, sensors, and energy-related research projects. Some of

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Undergraduate Capstone Design: Inductively EnhancedAbstractThe Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy atWest Point, New York requires its graduates to complete an integrative, year-long capstonedesign during their senior year. One of the capstone projects available to the mechanicalengineering students in the department’s aerospace sub-discipline requires the design,construction, testing, and demonstration of a small, highly autonomous Uninhabited AerialVehicle (UAV) for a Department of Defense client. This particular project was added to the listof available capstone options in the fall of 2005

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Norman D. Dennis

. While Jenkins, et.al.,(2002) describe a two-semestersequenced capstone experience that requires the technical work to be performed in the firstsemester, while professional issues are dealt with in the second semester. Farr, 2001 advocatesusing project based design experiences where the student must prepare a real product for a realclient. Still others, (Kolar(2000), Wood et.al.,2001) suggest an integrated and systematicapproach to design which spans the entire four year curriculum. In the Civil Engineeringprogram at the University of Arkansas the culminating design experience prescribed in Criteria 4has been satisfied with a course titled Senior Design, CVEG 4494, a four credit hour, singlesemester course dedicated to a culminating design

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

the results of their work. In an analogousfashion to the capstone design project providing a measure of the students’ ability to perform adesign project, the capstone experimental experience requires that student teams demonstrate theapplication of experimental abilities to set up and analyze less-defined experimental problems.To assist in the organization of course content and its assessment, the following six componentshave been used to define design of experiments 2, 3: 1. Experimental Planning 2. Methods of Measurement 3. Selection of Instrumentation 4. Analysis of Data and Results 5. Uncertainty Analysis

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Capstone Design Courses: Content RecognitionIntroduction:The Capstone Design course at The University of South Florida brings realistic designexperiences into the academic environment. The course is completed in each of the two 15 weeksemesters. The students do all of the design phases: define the project, conceptual design,embodiment design and detail design, plus other experiences, such as report writing, makingdrawings, and presentation skills. In addition, the students read and discuss two engineeringethics case studies, are instructed in Pro-Engineer, and have lectures on several pertinent topics,such as patents and licensing, entrepreneurship, professionalism, and safety. The