Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Jamiel Trimble; Thomas Boronkay

Session #3649 Portable Video Intubation Stylet Thomas G. Boronkay, Janak Dave, Jamiel Trimble University of CincinnatiStudents working toward the Baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at theUniversity of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Build & Test” Capstone designproject. Some of these projects are geared to meet the needs of the local community.Intubation is a procedure by which an endotracheal tube is inserted into the trachea of a patientwho requires assistance in breathing. It is a blind procedure that relies on imperfect, indirectmethods

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

José L. Torres; Vijendra Agarwal

grantsawarded to faculty and its own long-standing program of summer research fellowships. In thepast 6 years, the outcomes of these programs have been showcased in an annual UndergraduateResearch Conference. This paper discusses the details of this program, its impact onengineering and technology undergraduates and the outlook for the future.IntroductionWenzel (as cited by Merkel1) states in “Undergraduate Research: A Capstone LearningExperience” that CUR( the Council on Undergraduate Research) faculty and administratorshave defined undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by anundergraduate student that makes an original, intellectual, or creative contribution to thediscipline.”The involvement of undergraduates in research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

school STEM teachers. Working with universityfaculty and graduate students, these teachers will develop learning modules on ethical issuesrelated to their courses. The snapshot will also identify gaps and guide the creation of targetedinterventions that will be used in second-, third-, and fourth-year engineering courses.This data-driven project uses a mixed-methods approach to generate a better understanding of theimpact of ethics interventions at various points in a student's academic development by developingand using a set of instruments to measure cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects of ethicalcompetency and self-efficacy. To that end, a second snapshot will be taken by testing andsurveying engineering students in their capstone

Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

communicatingeffectively and efficiently. Much work has been done to investigate the effect of interventions inupperclassmen capstone courses (see bibliography). Additionally, courses which integratewriting and project design instruction are becoming increasingly common6,8 . Thisinterdisciplinary combination has the potential to give students an experience in technical writingand engineering design closer to that practiced outside of an academic setting8 .For this paper, the researchers examined the effect of instructional interventions on earlyengineering students, primarily freshmen and sophomores. The course in question is ENGR 14:Introduction to Solid Mechanics. This is a prerequisite course for many higher level engineeringclasses which combines

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E Canney, Seattle University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

impacts are not primary learning goals for the course Graduate-level course 34 Senior capstone design 28 First year introductory course that include ethics among other topics 24 First year design-focused course that includes ethics among other learning 21 goals Professional issues course (any level; e.g. project management, 14 communications) Other 14 Full course

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Best in DEED

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Francisca Fils-Aime, Loyola University, Chicago; Nancy Lynn Raschke Deichstetter DNP, RN, CEN, CHSE, Loyola University, Chicago; Joanne O'Grady Dunderdale DNP, RN , Loyola University, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

first-year design projects [40],but project implementation differs between institutions. At LUC, each student group solves aproblem their first semester for a campus sponsor. The first-year design project is administeredas a first step towards LUC’s industry-sponsored, two-semester capstone project that studentscomplete during senior year. This first-year situative learning experience provides meaningfulpractice in solving a design problem, which is a fundamental engineering professional practice[15].As with StRIP survey results, Empathy survey results should be interpreted with caution. Only21/51 students completed the pre-Empathy survey at week 14, and no student completed thepost-Empathy survey at week 23. Pre-Empathy survey responses were

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nhut Tan Ho

A Framework for Improving Learning and Retention in a Diverse Student Population Dr. Nhut Tan Ho Department of Mechanical Engineering California State University, Northridge AbstractMeeting the projected U.S. engineering workforce needs for increased representation ofunderrepresented minorities will be challenging due to the poor retention and academicperformance of too many minority engineering students. As a response, this psaper describes anapproach built upon an innovative undergraduate education initiative pioneered by MIT calledConceive-Design

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Lidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in engineering capstonecourses as they form teams, seek professional positions in the workplace, and/or make decisionsto continue on to graduate school during their last year of undergraduate studies. Further, understanding persistence of Latinx is particularly imperative given that they arethe nation’s largest minority group and among its fastest growing populations [3]. As such, thisresearch project will contribute to the national conversation on broadening participation ofLatinx. The site of this research investigation is “Border University” (BU), which serves alargely Mexican-origin population in a region of Texas with one of the lowest median incomes[4]. In particular, we focus on the senior capstone course where students work in

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University; Kathleen Carmichael, Northwestern University; Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Elise Gruneisen, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

exclusion from high-profile team roles [5-9].Recent research indicates that first-year, team-based design courses represent a uniqueopportunity to address such disparities and providing early collaborative learning experiencessupports the success of students from underrepresented groups in engineering [10-13]. Whilelectures and readings may provide teams with basic tools for team and project management,these correlate team success with the creation of a high-quality final design [14]. Such tools mayinadvertently cue students to distribute work according to stereotypical social roles in the beliefthat by having team members “play to their strengths,” they are doing what is best for the team[15]. Such task distribution may limit new learning across

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, SMU Lyle School of Engineering; Andrew N Quicksall

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, her research spans education and practice, working on the integration of community research into project based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping, global sustainable urbanism, design and creativity.Dr. Andrew N Quicksall c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Deep Observation: Geo-Spatial Mapping as a Strategy for Site-Engagement and Problem-DesignAbstractWhile project-based learning powerfully brings students into real world economic andenvironmental contexts, a subject-oriented approach to such work means that they are often ableto remain aloof from real stakeholder engagement and participation, even when working on alocal site [1]. Given

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Meg Keeley M.D.; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

choose one of their own identified problemsfor their Capstone project, and to identify clinician collaborators for every problem they report.We will also be requiring Scholars to more closely with the BME faculty in crafting case studies,and will enact measures to ensure timely completion of deliverables. We are still consideringwhether any training is needed for the medical student mentors.Literature cited[1] J. Ackerman and R. Schaar, “Clinical Observational Design Experience: A Large Design Oriented Clinical Immersion Course Based In Emergency Departments,” VentureWell, 2016.[2] S. Sood, M. Short, R. Hirsh, J. Kadlowec, and T. Merrill, “Biodesign through Clinical Immersion,” 2015. [Online]. Available: http://venturewell.org/open/wp

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

intermediate-level courses with engineering design elements.INTRODUCTION engineer makes a multitude of choices in process configurations, units, and materials, and economicIn most undergraduate Chemical Engineering factors are central in these decisions (Hazelberg,curricula, engineering economics is covered in the 1994). Economic considerations likewise guide thesenior-level capstone design course which is operation of an existing process.project-based and involves the design of a chemicalplant. The early modules of the course include Very often, these choices are guided by rules of(Peters and Timmerhaus, 1991

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

one-semester capstone class. These half-courses allow students to exploreembedded system interfacing or higher-level embedded concepts while planning andinvestigating ideas for their capstone project.Our objective in this presentation is to give other educators working with courses in EmbeddedComputing a description of our laboratory experiments that have been shown to provide studentswith a contextual basis for the relevance of the in-lab experience1. We will describe theseexperiments in a high level way and show how they build on earlier BYOE presentation materialfrom the University of Virginia. In showing how we structured these experimental courses, alongwith the actual experiments, we provide insight on how individual institutions may

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

A Low-Cost Approach to Teaching Transmission Line Fundamentals and Impedance Matching David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstract:As part of a NSF-funded Project, Portland Community College has developed a series of low-cost experiments to teach transmission line fundamentals and impedance matching techniques.Using a MFJ-259B SWR Analyzer, experimental exercises to measure reflections coefficients,standing wave ratios, and input impedance have been developed and used in the teachinglaboratory. With the addition of a matching unit and simulated load, impedance matchingexercises can also be implemented. These laboratory exercises

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Ernst Eder

Session 1625 THEORY OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS -- UNIFYING THEME FOR DESIGN W. Ernst Eder Royal Military College of CanadaAbstractCourses in an engineering program are mostly taught in isolation. Designing, the unifyingexperience of engineering education, is treated a "an art", without guidance about procedure. Asingle "capstone" course attempts to unify the curriculum, which is almost impossible toachieve. A formal structure can help to unify the experience by showing the relationshipsamong parts of engineering knowledge.A suitable formal structure to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

related to sustainability for graduate and undergraduate students [9]. Withinthe courses across all departments, product design and life cycle assessment (LCA) werecommonly covered and focused on the use of tools like LCA to look at complex systems and werefound primarily in product design and capstone design courses [9]. While LCA was highly rankedin terms of importance and dominance in the courses, Materials and Materials flow were rankedin the lower third of sustainability topics [9]. As these programs were developed, literature waspublished for toolkits [10], student learning goals and learning environments [11], and calls forsocial centering of sustainability education [12]. In 2000, ABET moved to a student outcomes-based assessment that

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #32395Lessons Learned Developing and Running a Virtual, Faculty-Led,International Program on Sustainable Energy in BrazilDr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in the College of Engi- neering. In 2011, she joined Northeastern as a teaching professor in the First Year Engineering program. As part of the First Year Engineering faculty she focusing on curriculum innovations and implementing educational lessons and engineering design projects on sustainability. In 2017, she moved full time into the Chemical Engineering department

Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maria Baklund, University of St. Thomas; MiKyla Jean Harjamaki, Playful Learning Lab; Hannah French; Patrick Roche, University of St. Thomas; Collin John Goldbach, Playful Learning Lab; Cullen Charles Kittams, University of St. Thomas ; Molly Roche, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Damian Kulash Jr., OK Go; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

experts from every branch of engineering, andit was exciting tapping into that knowledge to make it all happen and modify it how we saw fit,”said a senior engineering student from the Playful Learning Lab. Figure 11: The Playful Learning Lab team and engineering consultants collaborating The majority of the lab’s undergraduate engineering team were not seniors, so they hadno experience with the University of St. Thomas Engineering Senior Design capstone prior toworking on the Art in Space project. This contest provided real-life effective preparation andpractice for future professional engineering work. It was difficult for many of the team membersto balance lab work, social life, and academic life, but it was possible. With the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Nina Magpili, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE), Old Dominion University; Zikai Zhou, Old Dominion University; Luis Jose Rodriguez, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering students participating in virtual team projects was used in theanalysis. Results from the analysis are presented suggesting a statistically significant impact ofthe intervention on self-management skills when comparing randomly assigned teams with andwithout the intervention. The intervention is designed to be scalable so that it can be embeddedinto existing project-based courses. Our findings have important implications for thedevelopment of teamwork skills in engineering courses and provide evidence of a successfulstrategy that can be integrated into the existing engineering curriculum.KeywordsVirtual teams, team effectiveness, information and communication technologies, engineeringeducation, collaborative learningIntroductionThe

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

mediated discussions of historical and emerging water engineeringissues and projects in the western United States. Within the context of the case studies, studentswere exposed to philosophical and legal concepts, hydrologic principles, water resourcesengineering design and management techniques, water management modeling and analysis tools,social and behavioral science theories, water law, and more. One unique aspect of the course wasthe use of position papers with random assignment of position that forced students to analyze andargue points from perspectives outside of their discipline and sometimes against their personalbeliefs. The outcomes of the course were assessed through a written survey, informal studentdiscussions, and end-of-course

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla; Shreekanth A Mandayam; Anthony J. Marchese; John L. Schmalzel; John Chen; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

Development taken each semester by every engineering stu- Senior Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Project dent at Rowan University. In the Engineering Clinic, which is based on the medical schoolmodel, students and faculty from all four engineering departments work side-by-side on laboratoryexperiments, design projects, applied research and product development. Table 1 contains an over-view of course content in the 8-semester engineering clinic sequence3. As shown in the table, whileeach clinic course has a specific theme, the underlying concept of engineering design pervadesthroughout. The 4-year, 24-credit Engineering Clinic sequence offers students the opportunity to incre

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the scope of the studio project or the educational discipline, the design studiomodel may only be found in capstone courses. For example, the instrumentation anddevelopment suites found in electrical engineering laboratories can be costly. This fact placesconstraints on the number of laboratory classrooms that are equipped and hence limits the abilityto provide the studio design based model across a broader range of courses in an electricalengineering curriculum. In the past, this may have not been a significant problem as manystudents entering an electrical engineering program had previous hands-on experience.However, this has changed and the latest generation of students entering electrical programs havea wide variety of experiences and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Phillip M. Cormier, SUNY - University at Buffalo; Amy M. Johnson, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #8971Assessment of Product Archaeology as a Framework for Contextualizing En-gineering DesignDr. Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY Kemper Lewis is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo - SUNY. He is the project PI for the collaborative NSF TUES grant, ”Assessment of Product Archaeology as a Framework for Contextualizing Engineering Design”. The project is a collaborative effort between the University at Buffalo - SUNY, Arizona State University, Penn State University, Northwestern University, Bucknell University, and Virginia Tech.Dr. Deborah A. Moore-Russo

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

thirteen years and has recentlybecome involved in the teaching of the College of Engineering’s capstone design coursewhich is taken by the seniors in three departments (Electrical and Computer, Industrial,and Mechanical Engineering). Both courses are project courses in which students workin teams of four. The students have always (22 years for the sophomore course and atleast 35 years for the senior course) self-selected to form their teams. There are optionsto allowing teams to self-select, but, as noted above, the literature provides little help.Thus this project to identify the characteristics of good and poor team players is the firststep before addressing the more important issue of determining the makeup of a goodteam.MethodologyThe plan was

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heather Howard, Purdue University Library TSS; David A Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Frederick C Berry, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

students as underprepared for the information needs of the workplace. A2023 AAC&U survey of 1,010 executives and hiring managers reported that 70% of respondentsviewed “locating and evaluating information from a variety of sources” as a very important skillfor new hires, but only 54% of respondents reported that students are well-prepared with thisskill [8].To help address student IL skill gaps, engineering librarians have long integrated instruction intocourses to support senior capstone projects and other assignments, which has shown to improvethe quality of students' final projects and increase the number of references cited [9], [10].However, often academic IL instruction is highly focused on supporting the specific courseassignments

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Liu, Purdue University Fort Wayne

topics1. combination of college-level mathematics and sciences (some with laboratory and/or experimental experience) appropriate to the discipline.2. advanced technical and/or science topics appropriate to the program3. a general education component that complements the technical and scientific content of the curriculum and is consistent with the program and institution objectives.4. be prepared for practice in a field of applied or natural sciences through a curriculum culminating in comprehensive projects or experiences based on the cumulative knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work..5 Data Science Curriculum5.1 Data Science Curriculum as a Computing ProgramData Science and similarly name programs

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

up by the students themselves based onguidelines provided by the ESIM program instructors.Finally, each concentration area in the ESIM curriculum includes a capstone experience thatstudents are required to complete. The capstone experience is designed by the student inconsultation with an ESIM faculty member and a sponsor from their employing enterprise.Capstone experiences are designed to be similar in economic or performance impact to projectsconducted by Six Sigma black belt holders. The latter are required to complete a project thathas, at minimum, a $1 million impact on their employing enterprise.The capstone projects for the ESIM concentrations will not have as stringent a requirement as aSix Sigma black belt, but it is intended to be

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

, donation of used equipments, new equipmentgrants, capstone design projects, recruitment, etc. This committee is a valuable asset to a Page 8.633.3 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”program and it creates a great partnership between academia, industry and/orgovernment.Educational objectives should be General, Executable, and Measurable (GEM). Also,these objectives should be flexible, comprehensive, defined and documented. Theyshould be systematically reviewed and updated with inputs from various

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gurdip Singh

analysis of real-time embedded systems, including language and operating system support, schedul- ing, feasibility analysis, fault tolerance, object-oriented design methodology and tools, veri- fication, and validation. Capstone Design Course: This is a project-based course to design and implement a com- plete and comprehensive real-time embedded system. Since this is an multidisciplinary program, we have developed three complementary physicallabs, with one in each participating department. We have also developed a prototype virtual lab tointeractively use our embedded system lab resources over the web. Initial testing conducted to datewith the virtual lab indicates that network bandwidth requirements are quite

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

exposure to problem solving which may entail more than one course topic. Often the onlyexposure that students have to cross-course problems is during capstone projects. It is felt thatthere is a “disconnect” between theory in the course and the reality of implementing classmaterial. Due to this disconnect, students are often struggle to implementing the knowledge infollow-on design courses such as capstone courses1. In reality, the practicing engineer cannotcount on the compartmentalization of material. Projects or designs may require a mixture ofinformation learned from multiple courses. Professors can aid in the preparation of students byassigning projects that expose students to mixed content.The latest ABET criteria suggests the need for