free vibration demonstration, the parametersof the device should be adjustable in vibration demonstration with the moving base.The author worked with his department to create a design project for a senior design team. Theauthor’s engineering school has been operating a well-established capstone design program forsenior students in engineering departments. We used the design education program as a vehicleto implement the educational apparatus. In the one-year course, the author played the role ofclient, and the student team carried out the design task with the allowed budget $2,000. Forpractical use of the device for the vibration course, the device should be deliverable on a cart byone person.III. Design details1. Type of motionMost theoretic
Paper ID #36853Board 323: Integrating Servingness in a Mini-Capstone Project: Resilientand Sustainable Emergency Housing DesignDr. Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Dr. Carla Lopez del Puerto is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez (UPRM).Prof. Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Experienced Faculty with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Design Theory and Methods in Architecture from University of
engineering at the University of San Diego. He is passionate about creating engaging experiences for his students. His work is primarily focused on two ar ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Iterating Eco-Social Justice Learning Experiences Through Community-Partnered Capstone Design ProjectsAbstractCapstone design is a critical culminating experience in the academic trajectory of allundergraduate engineering students. At the University of San Diego, each year a handful ofengineering capstone design teams out of the several dozen across the college work oncommunity-partnered projects. The projects are seeded and nurtured by efforts from a formalizeduniversity initiative, the
2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35927Utilizing a CMM in a Capstone Design Project to Learn Manufacturing Quality Concepts Joseph P. Fuehne* Purdue Polytechnic Columbus jfuehne@purdue.eduAbstractPurdue Polytechnic Columbus employs a two-semester, capstone design project toprovide senior-level students a team-oriented, project experience common tomanufacturing enterprises. The project simulates the interaction between an original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a potential supplier. The OEM is represented by a4-person team from Purdue Polytechnic Columbus (PPC) and the supplier
Paper ID #32640The Effects of COVID-19 on Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone De-signStudent Self-efficacy and ProjectsDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant 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 projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology
Paper ID #32922Fair Senior Capstone Project Teaming Based on Skills, Preferences, andFriend GroupsProf. Zachary Nolan Sunberg, University of Colorado Boulder Zachary Sunberg is an Assistant Professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department. He earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M Uni- versity and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. Before joining the University of Colorado faculty, he served as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. His research is focused on decision making under uncertainty to
jurisdictionalauthorities to establish a $200 million airport infrastructure improvement program, which issolely focused on increasing roadway capacity for a critical area surrounding an internationalairport and associated industrial manufacturing facilities. The transportation improvementprogram includes three new interchanges and a realignment of the primary airport access road.The capstone design project at The Citadel focused on determining an optimal solution for one ofthe new interchange locations. The use of this real-world assignment as a capstone design projectwas enthusiastically supported by the region’s airport authority, local jurisdictions, consultingengineering, and construction community. Students work in teams of 4-5 to develop designsolutions to
that measuredthe heart rate of the infant and humidity in the incubator. Both parameters were processed by anArduino microcontroller and data sent to a personal computer for monitoring. For babymonitoring products in the market most devices capture videos and sound from the infant. Onlysome measure vital signs. For example, TempTraq [17] is a single use, 24-hour temperaturemonitoring patch which sends alerts to the parent's smartphone when the infant has a fever.This graduate capstone project is concerned with developing a real-time health monitoringsystem for infants using a microcontroller as the central processing unit and Wi-fi forcommunication to the parent or caregiver. It however does not include developing a database tostore the data
Project Volta: Senior Capstone Design of a Remote Management System for Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery Storage Robert Carrillo, Ricky Perez, Alex Sanchez, Ray Long, and Okan Caglayan, Ph.D. University of the Incarnate Word Department of Engineering San Antonio, TX, USA Extended AbstractThis paper presents a senior capstone research experience in developing a remote Lithium Polymer(LiPo) battery management system for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). LiPo batteries arerechargeable batteries of lithium-ion technology using a polymer electrolyte instead of a liquidelectrolyte
Paper ID #35252An International Wireless Connectivity Capstone Design Project forElectrical and Computer Engineering StudentsDr. Pritpal ”Pali” Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. He re- ceived a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and 1984, respec- tively. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable energy systems and
Applying Scrum Project Management Methods in Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Courses David Lee1 , Carl Wick1 , and Hernan Figueroa2 1 Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University Mar. 15, 2018AbstractThe Biomedical engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at GeorgeWashington University have traditionally used a waterfall project management methodologyfor their two and three semester capstone design courses. We noticed that this approach re-sulted in incomplete senior design projects
Paper ID #17861Assessing Communications and Teamwork Using Peer and Project SponsorFeedback in a Capstone CourseDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s
Technology in 1998, the M.Sc. degree from South Dakota State University in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Capstone Project: A Cloud-based Backend Server for an Automated Bicycle Rental System Thuong Nguyen, Justin Reichner, James Moscola, and Kala Meah Department of Engineering and Computer Science, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PAAbstractAutomated bicycle rental systems have become an increasingly popular form of publictransportation in cities and on campuses. As a senior capstone
Paper ID #12374Vertical Integration of Capstone Projects in Multiple Courses in the Engi-neering Technology ProgramsDr. Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University MORTEZA SADAT-HOSSIENY is currently associate professor and director of Engineering Technology programs at Northern Kentucky University. Dr. Sadat received his B.S.in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University, M.S. Manufacturing Eng. Tech from Murray State Uni- versity and Ph.D. Industrial Technology, Iowa State University. His areas of concentration are CAD, Industrial Automation, Alternative Power Generation Methods and his
civil capstone projectsAbstractProject-based learning pedagogies have been shown to be effective at teaching many of thetechnical and professional skills desired of engineering education programs. They allow studentsto engage in more authentic engineering designs, helping to develop the technical andprofessional skills. This type of approach, however, makes traditional assessment more difficultdue to variability in project content, difficulty, and types of deliverables from team to team.In our engineering program, all seniors engage in year-long, industry sponsored capstoneprojects with the guidance of both faculty mentors and corporate liaisons. These projects aregenerally conceived of and sponsored by local
Paper ID #12365Work in Progress: Providing Diverse Opportunities for Capstone Projects inBiomedical EngineeringDr. Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Mansoor Nasir received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Cincinnati and Ph.D.in Bioengineering from University of California-Berkeley. He worked as a research scientist at US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC before joining Biomedical Engineering department at Lawrence Technological University. He has several publications in the areas of microfluidics, chemical and biolog- ical sensors and MEMS technology. He is also passionate
Session ETD 545 Collaboration on Engineering Technology Capstone Projects with the UNH University Instrumentation Center T. Sean Tavares, Shawn C. Banker, Christopher D. LeBlanc, Jonathan Ferguson, University of New HampshireAbstractCollaboration with partners located in industry and at research centers has been the source ofmany high quality Engineering Technology senior capstone projects. A recent capstone projecthosted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) University Instrumentation Center (UIC)was focused on improving the efficiency of the process involved in producing large scale 3Dprinted
AC 2007-2366: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY: USINGRUBRICS TO ASSESS STUDENT DESIGN REPORTSPatricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology M. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she teaches a variety of design courses, and graphics. Her BS and MS are from the University of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also been an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registered PE.J. Darrell Gibson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
AC 2007-782: INDUSTRIAL CAPSTONE AND DESIGN PROJECTS FORMANUFACTURING AND MECHANICAL ET STUDENTS ALREADYEMPLOYED IN INDUSTRYLawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology Lawrence J. Wolf is a professor of the Oregon Institute of Technology and a distinguished service professor of the Oregon University System. See http://www.etllc.us. After experience in the army and the aircraft, petroleum, and chemical industries, he began his academic career in 1964 as the founding head of the MET program at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. As a research fellow he completed his doctorate in engineering at Washington University and then became an associate professor at the
AC 2008-1219: USING PROGRAMMING PROJECTS IN AN OPERATINGSYSTEMS COURSE AS A CAPSTONE SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGEXPERIENCEScott Schneider, University of Dayton Scott J. Schneider is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University. His areas of interest include software development, embedded systems, and automotive technologies. Page 13.1350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Programming Projects in an Operating Systems Course as a
Paper ID #35701A Capstone Project: Designing an IoT Threat Modeling to PreventCyber-attacksMs. Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University Otily Toutsop is a Ph.D. student with a concentration on secure embedded systems in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Morgan State University. She is also affiliated with the Cybersecu- rity Assurance and Policy (CAP) center. She received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Her research interests focus on IoT Security, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cyber-physical system, software security, home automation systems, and networking security. Her work has
AC 2009-1020: DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE OF AN INJECTION LOCATIONINDICATOR: A SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT AND MULTIPARTYPARTNERSHIPJason Yao, East Carolina UniversityEdwin Bartlett, East Orthopedics Page 14.413.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design and Prototype of an Injection Location Indicator: A Senior Capstone Project and Multi-Party Partnership ABSTRACTThis paper presents a senior capstone project that was designed to explore the feasibility of using tissueflow impedance to indicate needle location to aid orthopedic injection. Four senior general engineeringstudents designed and developed an
AC 2009-1111: DEVELOPING A WORKABLE CONSTRUCTION-MANAGEMENTTECHNOLOGY SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMAINEPhilip Dunn, University of Maine Page 14.446.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing a Workable Construction Management Technology Senior Capstone Project at the University of MaineAbstractCreating a meaningful capstone experience in a construction education program is often achallenge. Most of these programs do not offer significant design courses or foster creation of aproject from concept through the design cycle to actual construction completion. A capstoneexperience in construction management is best developed
AC 2009-1705: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CAPSTONE PROJECTS IN THECOMPUTER ENGINEERING AREA OF SPECIALIZATION WITHIN THECOMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENTAfsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley UniversityReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University Page 14.527.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Embedded Systems Capstone Projects in the Computer Engineering Area of specialization within the Computer Science DepartmentAbstractThe purpose of a capstone design project is to provide graduating senior students the opportunityto demonstrate understanding of the concepts they have learned during the course of theirstudies. In order to provide our students
. She received her B.S.M.E., Washington State University in 1993 Page 11.737.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Improving Performance and Reducing Professor Workload In a Capstone Design Class using Project Management SoftwareAbstractIn the past ten years, many varieties of Project Management (PM) software have becomeavailable, most notably Microsoft Project. However, such software can be difficult toimplement, requiring dedicated time from an IT professional, and a server that alsorequires maintenance. Further, the instruction burden of delivering software skills tostudents coming into the course adds
2006-599: UTILIZING A CAPSTONE PROJECT AS A CATALYST FORREENGINEERING, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTIONDorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College Dorene Perez, Program Director/Instructor of CAD/CAE at IVCC, was one of the MIMIC project originators. Co-leader of the Tech Prep team, she has been recognized for her pioneering in the development of online courses. She is the PI for NSF grant #0501885 and is participating in an NSF-funded revision of the CAD program at Moraine Valley Community College. Before teaching, she served as a CAD manager in industry.James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College Jim Gibson is the Program Director/Instructor of Electronics at IVCC. He is a past State Director
previously. His research interests include Mixed-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development.Simon CastroOctavio CarrilloRene VillegasChristoph Ruepprich, Texas A&M UniversityProf. Kevin MylesZach Adelman ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Capstone project progress on the floating buoy IoT device development for mosquito research 1 Byul Hur, 1Simon Castro
Paper ID #25209Student Designers’ Interactions with Users in Capstone Design Projects: AComparison Across TeamsMr. Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan Robert P. Loweth is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He earned a B.S. in Engineering Sciences from Yale University (2016), with a double major in East Asian Studies. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Chinese and American Studies, jointly awarded by Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University in China. His current research focuses on how undergraduate engineering students approach front-end design
Comunity Development Department at Fuss & O’Neill. Equipped with a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and Master’s degree in land and real estate management, she plans to focus her professional career on sustainable and human-scaled urban design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Beyond the Capstone: National Competition and Community Engagement in A Timber Bridge Senior ProjectIntroduction A capstone course is an integral part of Civil Engineering (CE) undergraduate education.It requires graduating students to apply knowledge and skills gained from courses in a CEcurriculum in a design that mimics 'real world' projects. The scope and level of detail in
contributions of industry involvement in the capstone design course fromthe perspectives of both students and practitioners. Practitioners have been involved in variousroles, including project mentors for capstone design projects and/or judges for students’ capstonedesign project presentations. Practitioners, through the students, are provided with new ways oflooking at and solving problems. Practitioners, through their involvement, provide valuablefeedback to the faculty and students that enriches the overall experience gained in the capstonedesign course. This feedback helps improve student performance on their projects and providesthem with additional tools to carry forward to their engineering careers. However, there was agap in perception between