projects into two design courses at Mines and assessthe ways in which HCD protocols, which included significant stakeholder engagementcomponents, impacted students’ understandings of sustainable development and their perceptionsof their roles in sustainable development initiatives. One of the selected courses was, Projects forPeople, and the other was the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) SeniorDesign Capstone course. The courses were chosen because of their focus on applying HCDprotocols, as well as the instructors’ willingness to participate in the project. Also, both of thecourses are required for students enrolled in the Humanitarian Engineering (HE) minor. The HEprogram, home to the HE minor, began at Mines in 2006 with the
analyze circuits.The first assessment involved Test #5, which was based on a group analysis of an assigned activefilter. The target benchmark was that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test.The resultant measurement was that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% on Test#5.The second assessment involved Test #6, which was the capstone design project module. Thetarget benchmark was again that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test. Theresultant measurement demonstrated that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% onTest 6.Even though the intended benchmarks were met, indicating achievement of a minimum level ofcompetency acquisition by students, the reflective summary approach by faculty
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, implementation, instrumentation, future work, theeducational experience of an international capstone, and lessons learned are also presented. Keywords: Atmospheric Water Generators, Water Scarcity, psychrometrics, Water, HeatExchangers, Instrumentation, Drinking Water, Irrigation Water, Geothermal Heat Exchanger,Underground Temperature Distribution. International Capstone Projects.1. Introduction The issue of water scarcity is a persistent problem affecting people worldwide despiterevolutionary accomplishments in clean water generation. It is estimated that four billion peopleexperience water scarcity at least one month per year [1]. While a few technologies likedesalination, reverse osmosis, and refrigeration dehumidifiers are used effectively
Science, Fracture Mechanics, Process-Structure-Property Relationships, Finite Element Stress Analysis Modeling & Failure Analysis, ASME BPV Code Sec VIII Div. 1 & 2, API 579/ASME FFS-1 Code, Materials Testing and Engineering Education. Professionally registered engineer in the State of Texas (PE).Dr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design program and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her
professional network, courses, capstone design projects, and research. We describe thesemechanisms and respective activities to date in Table 1. Table 1: Engineering Exchange for Social Justice (ExSJ) Mechanisms and Activities.Mechanism Description Activities to Date Thematic gatherings on a specified issue like Hosted 2 community forums to bringCommunity “waste”, where community groups, non- various community and universityForums profits, engineers and other professionals, stakeholders together around the theme of faculty, and students are brought together to waste reduction. One was held on campus exchange
reflections is analyzed elsewhere but shows that overwhelmingly students felt a sense of vulnerability during the simulation which could have influenced their chosen design solution. Design Quality Rubric: Each final project was evaluated by two researchers using a design quality rubric, as described by Sobek and Jain [14]. The assessment rubric was developed to evaluate the outcome quality of engineering design capstone projects. The rubric is designed to be objective so only the prototype quality is assessed. For the present study, the satisfaction of the end user was not considered because there was
stronger research component and span the breadth of the semester withperiodic update presentations being required.SPIRIT Program - Vertically Integrated PBLThe degree programs in the host department include a series of project-based learning (PBL)courses. The PBL component incorporates open-ended problem solving and project managementto broaden student involvement in practical scenarios and to prepare students for the challengesof their senior capstone project and professional practice. The PBL sequence consists of fivecourses, each with expanding levels of autonomy in the execution of class projects.These courses are: ENGR 199 (freshman year), ENGR 200 (sophomore year), ENGR 350(junior year), and ENGR 400/450 (first and second semesters of senior
from the CMCET 691 Senior Projects course, students are required toproduce time and cost estimates then track their adherence to the proposed schedule and budget.The majority of capstone style courses in construction management programs provide thestudents with a given program, typically including a client provided design and budget. Thevariance comes when students need to mock-up prototypes of joints and assemblies in addition tothe full scale production of the project. Students working on the Transitional Disaster Sheltercompetition learned to develop a secondary budget for mock-ups that ran concurrent with themain shelter construction and schedule the mock-ups to allow time for design changes based onthe results of those mock
agencies, national labs, and non-profits. We have established a purpose-built model to accel- erate Cincinnati as a talent hub and beacon for innovation–in years, not decades.Josefine Fleetwood, Oregon State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual Internships: Accelerating Opportunity Through Disruption Abstract Experiential learning programs like internships and capstone projects are high-impact practices that allow engineering students to build a professional network, apply technical skills in a real-world context, and
themes in engineering have focused on sustainability, entrepreneurship, designthinking, internationalization and social justice (Murphy et al., 2009; Tranquillo 2013;Tranquillo 2017; UNESCO 2010). As improved health care intersects all of these trends,biomedical engineers are well suited to take on leadership roles. In parallel, pedagogicaltrends have moved toward design challenges, wicked problems, project-based learningand engagement with live case studies (Blumenfeld et al. 1991; Prince 2004; Omenn2006; Bell, 2010; Beaurey 2010; Mote et al, 2016). Biomedical engineering faculty havein fact led the way in developing many of these learning opportunities (Tranquillo andCavanagh 2009; Gimm 2011; Abby et al., 2013; Dolan 2013).This paper outlines
communication instruction to students as they progress through the senior capstone project and develop relationships with project stakeholders in industry. She also supports engineering communication program development, research, and implementation. Her Ph.D. research interests include social justice pedagogies; promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education; service learning; program design and leadership; and qualitative research.Jacob Field, Oregon State UniversitySierra Kai Sverdrup, Oregon State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Report on a Student Community of Practice Program's Impact on Career Preparednessand Sense of Belonging Among Underserved
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project allowed students to work on topics of personalinterest, with many choosing their senior design capstone projects, while others focused onindependent research. Students were encouraged to propose real-world physical problems ofinterest, and then develop both two-dimensional models and simplified three-dimensionalrepresentations, focusing on either structural or thermal aspects.Questions 14 to 21 explore the impact of teamwork on learning. Approximately 73% of studentsdisagreed or strongly disagreed with the idea of removing the development of teamwork skillsthrough team projects from the course. Additionally, only about 24.3% of students agreed that theyshould be allowed to work individually on all projects, rather than just one. These
higher enrollments in subsequent years. Secondly, itwould offer our students a chance to work on a real-world engineering design problem thatwould make a lasting impact on the community. Along with the transport course, the potentialwould exist for students to complete their capstone design project by continuing their work onthe evaporator. For the syrup-making program, the main benefit would be an evaporator withimproved efficiency and/or safety, making the syrup production process easier and more flexible.They would also gain some insight into how the engineering field views the world, andpotentially increase their technical and scientific literacy. This could help to improve otheraspects of production not specifically addressed by the student
ifthey were hiring students for the summer and if not, provided a research project that could be ofinterest to the student. The LSAMP program provided potential support network contacts anddemonstrated the organization and flow of work within a modern research laboratory. Thesophomore seminar concentrated on communication skills and career selection.During the summer before their junior year, students typically conducted their own researchproject in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Fellowship (MERF). The MERF experiencewas crafted to resemble the capstone experience included in most STEM majors and provide aforeshadowing of the same project management and people skills necessary to be successful inindustry [18] [19]. The junior seminar
removing low and cross loading items [1], we identified six latentdimensions covered by 18 items: individual consequentiality, shared consequentiality, learningas consequentiality, constrainedness, shared tentativeness / ill-structuredness, and individualtentativeness / ill-structuredness.Introduction and research purposeUndergraduate engineering programs have increasingly incorporated design projects, not just asfirst-year and capstone experiences, but in core courses as a spine [2-5]. However, there aremany decisions to make in developing a design project and for those who lack the resources thatare sometimes invested in capstone experiences, many limitations. For instance, design projectsmay include clients and specific context, or they may be
in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the National
cannot start with a load [7]. To facilitate switching between these conditions, the system developed by C. Qian et al.measured SOC and load power [7]. The study developed a control system that used various loopsto control fuel cell current, charge current of battery, SOC of battery, input current, and busvoltage. The feasibility of the study’s control system and voltage bus performance was proven bycreating a simulation model in PSIM software. The capstone group intends to model the batterymanagement system and the active control system through Simulink. This study gave oneapproach to how a power switching system for a FCHEV could be controlled [7]. A conceptfrom this approach that could be used for the FCHEV capstone project is to break
the College of Arts and Sciences. Over the course of this grant, he advised over 500 individual calculus students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a co-PI of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he teaches the capstone course) and is on the leadership committee for an NSF IUSE grant to transform STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Ms. Manopriya Devisetty Subramanyam
Engineering and Computer Science, theOffice of Undergraduate Studies at Sacramento State, and by NSF grant (DUE # 2235774).IntroductionEngineering curricula characteristically have long and highly regimented chains of pre-requisitecourses called ‘critical paths’, that span the entire curriculum from students’ freshmen year tosenior-year capstone projects. Critical-path courses can create significant obstacles to graduationas a single DFW (grade of D, F, or withdrawal) grade in any course can impede a student'sability to graduate on time. Reducing course fail rates along the critical path significantly reducesthe students’ time to degree. Furthermore, research shows that students exposed to engineeringdesign [1] and research experiences [2] have a
meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors (Student Outcome 2) an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts (Student Outcome 4)It is common practice for undergraduate engineering programs to use the senior capstone projectto assess the abilities of students to meet these ABET student outcomes [7]. Considering the mid-twentieth century definition of engineering as “applied science”, capstone projects are a logicalplace for students to
best be met by exploiting multidisciplinaryapproaches. Our Senior Capstone Design Course has been established to demonstrate the valueand ingenuity which can be derived from cooperative design efforts among traditionalengineering disciplines.The projects for the senior design program are suggested by the faculty, industry, and academicundergraduate research through engineering grant contests. The requirements are that the projectbe open-ended, multidisciplinary, and have non-engineering constraints (e.g., economic,environmental, aesthetic). The students are given a choice of 10 to 15 projects (depending uponclass enrollment) and write a proposal stating their top choice. The senior design faculty teamassigns two to three students to each
participated on a subsystem team andshadowed the project manager to prepare herself for the role she wanted in her senior year. Atthe end of her junior year, just before the competition, Alice took over some managerialresponsibilities when the previous project manager proved inept. She began actively recruitingmajors from discipline A to assure that the team would have a sufficient number of seniors fromdiscipline A in her senior year to be able to use CTA as a capstone experience. In the end, theleadership of CTA was populated by Alice’s close friends from discipline A.CTA leadership positions in Alice’s senior year were settled in the back room. Alice successfullynegotiated for the project manager position by convincing her male competitor for the
low-tech automated controlsystems, and PBL small group discussions during the weekly group meetings. There are fivesuch courses at our institution – ENGR 199 (freshman level), ENGR 200 (sophomore level),ENGR 350 (junior level), and ENGR 400/450 (senior level capstone). In the SPIRIT meetings,ENGR 199 participants were paired with ENGR 350 participants, while ENGR 200 participantswere paired with ENGR 400/450 participants. However, group work and project managementdiscussions involved participants from each grade level. Groups were asked to record theminutes of their discussions and respond to several pre-prepared discussion prompts.During the semester-long projects, ENGR 350 participants were required to deliver an alphaprototype and to
) are previously developed ground rules systemsrepeatable in lower-division undergraduate engineering courses that perform group work? 2)does student team cohesion improve when team-specific ground rules are established prior toperforming group projects? The system was applied to a large undergraduate group engineeringproject that focused on a design-build-test application of bioengineering principles usingcomputer-aided-design. The sophomore level biomedical engineering course provided 21 teamsof 5-6 students with a student contract that established which particular ground rules areacceptable given the team’s culture. Students were encouraged to use their ground rules and teamcontract throughout the course’s group project to improve team
participated in hands-on workshops, class workand independent projects since its inception.In conjunction with establishing the PIDS, the required first-year drawing course was modified toinclude design projects scoped at a district hospital. The projects selected were a traction systemfor femoral fractures and a manual cast-cutting device. With the curricular modifications, allfirst-year students completed several steps in the engineering design process and createddimensioned drawings as well as low-fidelity prototypes of their design solutions in the PIDS.The final-year capstone design courses in mechanical and electrical engineering have also beentransformed to emphasize prototyping. Final-year students with access to the PIDS completedmore steps
heavily integrated into the classroom piece whichwould be not be replicable in our project as we had no classroom piece to use to grade such. “Inengineering, there are many examples of service-learning programs ranging from freshmanintroductory courses to senior capstone courses. Despite their successes, an area that theengineering education community has yet to fully develop is the reflection component of service-learning.”3 We have made a conscious choice to keep the project housed outside the bounds of a forcredit course due to student feedback which will be specifically discussed in the results section.RESULTS The exhibits that have been created over the years have varied greatly in design and have grown in depthand complexity over that
and enhancing the thermophysical properties of synthetic oils. This was the first demonstra- tion of the work ever done in this field and resulted in broad environmental and cost benefits, especially in energy storage and heat transfer applications. She has more than three years of experience teaching ther- mofluidic, mechanical design, and solid and structure courses and supervising senior capstone projects collaborating with industries such as Saint-Gobain, Klein Tools, and Parker. She also has served in lead- ership roles at the Society of Women Engineers and STEM advisory task force to represent diversity and inclusion and improve student success and retention for underrepresented students
sustainability b. Evaluate a product/ engineering system’s environmental impacts using Life Cycle Assessment c. Design/ redesign a product/ engineering system to using the engineering principles to improve environmental impactsThe achievement of these goals was assessed through students’ self-evaluations and analysis ofstudents’ coursework. In addition, the objectives are also planned to be assessed throughstudents’ capstone senior projects. But at the time of creation of this work-in-progress paper, thestudents who took this course have not worked on their senior project yet, as a result, this part ofthe assessment is planned to be conducted once the students worked on their senior projects. Toextend and complete this work-in-progress, it