Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

 team  could  be  tasked  to  design  a  new  activity  for  a  spring  carnival  at  a  local  school.    These  situation  are  all  open-­‐ended  and  would  require  non-­‐trivial  problem  formulation.    In  contrast,  none  of  the  prior  studies  nor  the  current  work  presented  in  this  paper    use  the  word  “engineering  design”  to  refer  to  very  constrained  design  optimization-­‐ Page 26.1510.2type  projects.  In  an  ethnographic  study  of  a  third  year  mechanical  engineering  design  class  at  Georgia  Tech,  Wendy  Newstetter  embedded  herself  in  a  design

Conference Session

Student Learning Assessment Methods

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #29856Integrate Manufacturing related Materials and Quality Control Standardsinto Master Level Engineering EducationDr. Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Hua Li, an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University- Kingsville, is interested in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, sustainability assessment, and engineering education. Dr. Li has served as P.I. and Co-P.I. in different projects funded by NSF, DOEd, DHS, and HP, totaling more than 2.5 million dollars.Prof. Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville Dr. Kai Jin is a Professor of

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Alex Friess; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

. Collaborative research projects in the Americas i. Thesis and dissertations ii. Industry and government driven research projects3. Multinational Projects a. Capstone and design projects (course and student competition related) b. Service learning projects i. Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)7 ii. Engineering Without Borders (EWB)8 iii. Engineering for a Sustainable World (ESW)9Any initiative independent of its size and nature should be evaluated to obtain information,assess its impact and identify opportunities for improvement. In analyzing the global educationinitiatives described in the above, it is found an ample variety of programs and tasks that havebeen

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University; E. Zimmers, Lehigh University

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Liberal Education

334 would be technicalelectives, and IE 382 and IE 281 would be free electives.IE 281 (Leadership Project) will be implemented using resources/projects from the EnterpriseSystems Center (ESC). ESC is a center at Lehigh University committed to enriching students’education while working to make its clients in industry more efficient and increasinglycompetitive. ESC has provided senior projects for IE and I&SE students for many years. Theleadership project course will allow them to facilitate interaction between their companies and abroader range of students on projects that might not be acceptable for senior capstone design, butstill provide leadership practice and value to the company.Comparing the themes in the Engineering Leadership

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Salessawi Ferede Yitbarek, Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology; Albert Edward Sweets Jr., iSTEMS; Farzad Moazzami, Morgan State University

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International

AAiT used the new equipment to allow its senior (5th year )students to work on their capstone design projects in groups of 3 to 5 students. The studentsindicated that the availability of the new technology allowed them to expand the application oftheir projects and tackle more advanced topics. Some of the special features of the MS-IOBoardthat were exploited by the students are listed below. It should be noted that most of the featuresof the MS-IOBoard listed below that were exploited by the students are not available using otherequipment in the ECE laboratories. Clamp activated Switch Project: the students used the spectrum analyzer function of the MS- IOBoard to analyze the clap waveforms picked up by an electrets microphone. It

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Fouad; Tarek Rizk; Fouad Fouad

deliberations, a required undergraduate course(CE 497 – Engineered Construction) was implemented and added to the undergraduate civilengineering curriculum at UAB. The course is team taught by faculty with expertise inconstruction and experienced construction professionals. In addition to the coverage of varioustopics, the course includes presentations by experts in the field of design and construction as wellas field trips to major construction projects in Alabama. The course is considered a pre- or co-requisite to the capstone senior design project (CE 499) since the topics covered in the course areessential to the understanding of the overall process of project planning, design, andconstruction.The introduction of a construction focus in the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

integration of design and project development, a project isrequired in each course. The ME program strongly encourage teamwork on a class project forcourses in the major. This allows students to develop a design portfolio starting from thefreshman year [3]. Project training continues through their capstone design course. The projectsassigned to students are often combined with on-going faculty externally funded research. Thisaspect of program keeps the students in touch with leading-edge technology and current researchactivities in the real world. At the end of the course the student are expected to learn at a level ofanalysis and synthesis, i.e. beyond repetition

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees

products or outputs. Suchevidence will allow you to refine the tool to ensure that it is being used as intended and willeliminate the need to second guess that question when you analyze the evidence to decide if thetool is working and why it is working. Table 3. Possible sources of evidence considered by workshop participants related to the goals for Task 1  in the case study (Appendix) were:    • Pre‐ and post‐tests as evidence of improvement in achieving learning outcomes for the  engineering science courses.    • Written reports for mini‐projects in engineering science classes that includes description of their  problem solving methodology/approach to document understanding of the process.  • In capstone design

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University

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Systems Engineering

graduate level, has over 50 publications, is co-author of one book, and has done consulting for industry in Mexico and the US. He can be reached at Karim.Muci@sdsmt.edu.Dr. Laura Ochs Pottmeyer, Carnegie Mellon University Laura Pottmeyer is a Data Science Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation. She consults with faculty members and graduate students on implementing educational research projects. She assists with study design, data collection, and data analysis. Laura’s training includes a Ph.D. in Science Education and M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia, where she studied the impact of engineering design integrated

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; James Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

PN DN [4] Timothy J. Kriewall and Kristen Mekemson, "Instilling the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Engineering Undergraduates", J. T-4 Environmental 19 22 27 20 8 Engineering Entrepreneurship, vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2010), pp. 5-19. S-3 Environmental 5 10 26 36 17 Online: http://www.jeenonline.com/Vol1/Num1/Vol1No1P1.pdf [5] John K. Estell, Kenneth J. Reid and Jed Marquart, “Addressing Third-These results indicate that many students are able to World Poverty in First-Year Capstone Projects,” American

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin; Lynda K. Gonzales, University of Texas, Austin; Erin Dolan, University of Texas, Austin; Kathryn E. Flowers, Texas 4000 for Cancer; Courtney Becker, Texas 4000 for Cancer; Laura Suggs, University of Texas, Austin; Mia K. Markey, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

Paper ID #15347Work in Progress: Enhancing the Undergraduate Research Experience throughPartnership with a Non-profit OrganizationMs. Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engi- neering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.Lynda K. Gonzales, University of Texas, AustinDr. Erin Dolan, University of Texas, AustinKathryn E. Flowers, Texas 4000

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Madler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Phillip Anz-Meador, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

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Aerospace

or full-time undergraduate students in Prescott. The topic of spacedebris was introduced in these classes and it was found that this field can serve as a veryelaborate example pool for applied orbital mechanics, mission planning, spacecraft design (busand payload), remote sensing and space surveillance, and classes in a traditional liberal artscurriculum such as history, policy, and law.Projects like the analysis of satellite fragmentations, interactive web based flux directionalitycalculations, and the long term effects of perturbations on a satellite’s orbit are a few exampleson how this important topic can be included in a university curriculum. Undergraduate studentshave been integrated into research projects in addition to the classes

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

capture the knowledge and train the next generation of Chief Engineers. JACME2T provides training for its member companies by sharing internal resources and also by commissioning academic presenters to develop and deliver new course material. Topics are usually focused into 1 or 2-day courses which may then be combined as certificates. A certificate typically requires about 100 hours of class time. In the past 3 years, JACME2T has delivered more than 250 Project Management and 70 Software Engineering certificates. The challenge from the Board was to develop a Chief Engineer Certificate as the first step in the path to a long-term solution. Solution methodology New JACME2T programs are defined and commissioned by Learning and Competency

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joey Parker

mechanical engineering students to PLCs is described in thispaper. This module is an updated version of the material presented in an earlier paper 8.Examples of the lab setup, student exercises, and follow-on senior design projects are provided.A website is available that contains these items with additional supplemental materials 9. Keyaspects of the instrumentation course that contains this PLC module are described next.Course OrganizationThe topics covered in the first instrumentation course, ME 360 – Instrumentation and ControlComponents, are listed in Table 1. A detailed listing of course objectives can be found on the UAmechanical engineering department's website (www.me.ua.edu). This course has existed in thisform for the past three years. At

Conference Session

International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Western Carolina University; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy DUPE Ivanov

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International

relative mixture of lecture/lab is approximately the same in both programs and the distinction between contact and credit is not a factor for this high level comparison. 2) A masters program in a typical American system is approximately 30 hours with a significant portion of the program covered by a thesis if required. The Russian system also requires a thesis with almost twice the number of course hours (66 vs. 30). 3) In both the older specialist degree and the new bachelor degree, the Russian system requires a project in industry (the equivalent of a short COOP in the American system), plus the equivalent of a significant senior capstone project. The result is an emphasis on practical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yuyu Hsiao, University of New Mexico

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

yet to disambiguate the impactof design education from persistence behaviors. For instance, a survey study linked participatingin capstone design to stronger engineering identity, but without accounting for the differencesthat might be due to comparing seniors to students earlier in their educational careers [3].To address this gap, we extend typical models of persistence intentions to examine the effects ofengagement in a core engineering practice—design problem framing—across first-year andsenior students. We conjectured that framing agency—the capacity to make decisionsconsequential to design problem framing [4]—relates to engineering identity and engineeringdesign self-efficacy, which in turn predicts persistence intentions. We sought to

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Matthew R Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon University; Haoyong Lan, Carnegie Mellon University

materials for a design, labels on items or cartons, or searching astandards supplier database. Attendees will work on the problem of finding related standards to agiven engineering scenario. Scenario possibilities include 1) standards information needs for asmall business for innovative piezoelectric products, 2) locating standards related to tissueengineering, and 3) standards need to be gathered for a university research group that exploresmicrogrids. Scenarios have the possibility of appearing contrived unless academic librariansreach out to engineering professors for possibilities that could be explored for engineering designcourses and capstone project courses.IntroductionAt Carnegie Mellon University, information literacy efforts are

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

engineering tools and the ability to integrate knowledge from differentdisciplines.1,2 Undergraduate capstone design experiences are largely developed to provide asetting for the attainment of these skills, and many have demonstrated positive outcomes in theseareas.3,4 However, it remains a challenge to provide students with opportunities to hone theseskills, particularly those based in the highest levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy of synthesis andevaluation, elsewhere in the curriculum. The junior-level undergraduate biomedical engineeringlaboratory module described here attempts to do this by asking students to use three distinctengineering approaches toward a common problem in a multidisciplinary laboratory course.Multidisciplinary Laboratory Course

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Lori Smolleck, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

different paths.The faculty of ENGR 100 felt that the course would benefit from a “capstone” designexperience that was not specific to any particular discipline. This type of project hasbeen successfully implemented at a number of institutions in the past, to great educationalbenefit [3-6]. While each of the “seminars” was expected to have a systematicengineering design experience, the extent to which these were internalized by thestudents as teaching of design and teamwork as opposed to teaching only the major- Page 22.746.2related technical content, was limited. Therefore, the faculty sought to incorporate aproject where use of both teamwork and design

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Ramon Benitez, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ePortfolio; Engineering N/ACapstone taken simultaneously with a capstone design courseDesign Engineering/ Critique & Practice Incorporates all skills learned in the minor in aCapstone Various in Design & Arts team project A pervasive challenge of developing a minor like the IPM is communicating clearlyacross disciplines. Because the IPM core sequence includes courses from three differentcolleges, the faculty teaching these courses have had to work closely to negotiate terminologyand outcomes throughout the minor. One example of this is the term “design,” which can beviewed differently

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

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Minorities in Engineering

summer but for the relationships fostered by this exchange. Some ofthe students are still in touch with their faculty mentors, integrating their research experiencesinto their capstone senior design projects. A senior student from UMES, who worked as asummer exchange student at MSU, is now pursuing graduate work at MSU. Also, if thisprogram were to be extended in the future to some of the community colleges in the state, wewould undoubtedly see some of the best community college students transferring to a four-yeardegree program as a result of a summer internship experience, where they might not have feltmotivated or confident enough to do so otherwise. Recruitment and inclusion of communitycollege students may represent an important step in

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ebenezer Rotimi Ewumi, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

abroad, service-learning, entrepreneurship programs, interdisciplinary courses) do E/CS students engage / not engage in? 2. How do the HIEP participation rates in E / CS students vary as E/CS students’ progress in their programs?To create a historical picture of the E/CS participation, we gathered and analyzed existing NSSEsurvey data to investigate the possible relationships between student demographics, andparticipation in HIEP.Data Analysis / ResultsThe main objective of this study is to examine the extent to which E/CS students participate inHIEP. The NSSE survey results indicate that the E/CS students engage in culminating seniorexperiences such as capstone courses and senior projects and internships or co-op programs

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Jill Cheney, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

subject matter. However, a commonly encountered problem with design groupformation in an academic environment is the decision by the instructor on how to form theteams. Should students be allowed to choose their own groups, or should instructors assign theteams directly? If groups are assigned, how should the students be divided among the teams?This project seeks to provide insight into these questions.ME450, a course which provides a capstone design experience to senior non-engineering majorsat the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is structured around three team-based engineeringdesign projects, or EDPs. Student design teams for these EDPs consist of three to fourindividuals who work toward the common goal of applying the engineering design

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University

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Environmental Engineering

“computer intensive (CI)”. In the ENV programcurriculum, the two senior capstone project courses satisfy the WI and OPO requirements;Hydrology and Air Quality are the two courses that are designated as CI and satisfy thegraduation requirements.Engineering topics that are part of the curriculum are appropriate to the discipline ofenvironmental engineering in many ways. Courses like CADD Laboratory, Engineering ProjectAnalysis, and Professionalism & Ethics, Statics, Strength of Materials, EngineeringThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics support material and concepts in courses such asEnvironmental Engineering Hydraulics, Water Quality, Water and Wastewater Treatment, AirQuality, and Air Pollution Control. Moreover, topics covered in the above

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Rogers

disciplines take a departure course in which theseblocks are introduced. They continue working toward majors in their own departments beforereturning for a design and synthesis course at the senior and graduate student levels. This course,developed at the University of Nevada, Reno, is entitled “Nanotechnology System Design andSynthesis.” It is an integrated microtechnology/ nanotechnology course in which the five blocksare reinforced and expanded upon, drawing on students’ new knowledge in their respectivedisciplines, while at the same time challenging them to apply their knowledge to a real-worldnanotechnology system design. The senior-level course serves as the capstone experience coursefor a newly created nanotechnology minor, and a graduate

Conference Session

Informing the Critical Understanding of Our Users: Using Data to Develop New and Diverse Services

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Ariel Jocelyn Stables-Kennedy, Western University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

A web-based survey collaborative deployed near the end of the information behavior of academic year following a undergraduateSaleh [18] 2011 Canada 42 n/a project that took 8 months engineering students project for a final year working on a course- capstone design course. based engineering project

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tehya Stockman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Claire Elizabeth Kincaid, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Thomas Andrew Heale, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

in authentic cross-disciplinary design projects. While guidance fromprofessors with industry experience and teaching techniques such as project-based and servicelearning are common approaches to supporting student preparation, there is continued need fordesign education to include a focus on the development of skills to support communicationacross disciplinary and team boundaries (e.g., shared language and clarity of narrative). Theseskills, which are frequently thought of as non-engineering work, are as critical to the completionof cross-disciplinary projects as skills associated with conventional engineering design work(i.e., design and technical practices). As a result, a multiple case study was designed to explorethe practices of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Letcher, South Dakota State University; Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; John D. VerSteeg, South Dakota State University; Sarah M. Michna, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

coursefocuses on developing skills in 3d CAD modeling (Solidworks), spreadsheet calculations(Excel), and scientific computations (Matlab). The last new course, “Engineering DesignMethods”, taken in the 4th semester, focuses on design projects specifically formulated to allowthe students to practice new skills gained in courses from the first three semesters. While enoughdata is not yet available to quantify changes in retention rates, anecdotal evidence shows that thestudents retained to the 3rd year are more engaged in coursework and extracurricular activities,more knowledgeable, and, most importantly, have good attitudes and are ready to learn in futurecourses.IntroductionThree years ago, the Mechanical Engineering Department at South Dakota State

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Carpenter Ed.D., CCD - Custom Curriculum Design; Logan Edward Micher, Florida Polytechnic University; Chris Yakymyshyn; Jorge Vargas, Florida Polytechnic University; Christina Drake, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education

. The Wickenden Report5(1930) recommended design projects for sophomores and juniors, and the Grinter Report6 (1955)recommended engineering programs contain both technical (including design) and social(general education, social sciences) goals. Credit hour caps reduced or eliminated courses suchas shop, design and manufacturing technology by the 1960’s. Reconsideration of these changesbegan in earnest by the late 1980’s. For example, a 1997 National Science Foundation reportSystemic Engineering Educational Reform- An Action Agenda7 listed teamwork, project-basedlearning and industry interactions as important areas of emphasis. In addition to the creation ofsenior year capstone design classes, existing freshman introductory classes were modified

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Fevre, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

a two-semester capstone Senior Project course. However, particularly motivated students canpursue additional design and research experiences by seeking out a faculty member andproposing a project, which may consist of either a novel, student-generated concept or a furtherdevelopment of a pre-existing project. These directed research experiences can take place at anypoint during the student’s four years, whether during the academic year or the summer.In this case, the experience itself took place in a seven-week span during the summer between thesophomore and junior year. Funding for the experience was available through the college’ssummer Scholarship and Creative Arts Research Program (SCARP). As mentioned in theIntroduction, both the