Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Dulaski PE, Northeastern University

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Civil Engineering

“real-world” project, others continue to offer a traditional project that falls under therubric of “textbook” problems. Although there may be sound, legitimate support for offering a“textbook” capstone, including the magnitude of work involved for instructors, using a real-world project offers tremendous benefit.In order to ensure that the students’ capstone experience is true-to-life, and emulates consultingfirms, the transportation capstone program in the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering (CEE) at Northeastern University (NU) has created a program that benefits thestudents and the surrounding communities. The 14 week semester emulates a major project in aconsulting firm with project requirements, deliverables, and community

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; Hamid Shahrestani, Florida International University, BME; Michael Edward Brown, Florida International University; James Dennis Byrne, Florida International University

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Biomedical

design experience based on theknowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineeringstandards and multiple realistic constraints”. It allows students to develop their managementskills while learning design and product development. Students apply what they have learned inthe previous years, develop their communication skills, as well as their interpersonal and projectmanagement skills towards design and product development. The capstone design courseprepares students for successful and productive professional careers. Teams must be composedof members with skills needed to successfully complete the project. For complex problems theseskills often require knowledge from disciplines outside of their own, and

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Mechanical Engineering

he led efforts in advancing both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department including the improvement of the senior capstone design project course sequence by providing students with real-world professional experience through the establishment of strong multidisciplinary and international collaborations. Dr. Shih’s research interests are in the areas of unsteady aerodynamics, separated flow control, aero-acoustics, and optical diagnostic techniques. In recent years, Dr. Shih is responsible for the establishment of the Aeropropulsion, Mechatronics and Energy (AME) Center to build a coalition of multidisciplinary researchers in these three fields. He currently serves as the Director of the AME Center

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic University; Zvi S Roth

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Electrical and Computer

Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Zhuang@fau.eduAbstractWe report on a multi-year project to use engineering capstone designs to aid elderly and personswith disabilities; and to enhance undergraduate engineering education through multidisciplinarycollaboration and hands-on experience. In their capstone project, students utilize and adaptavailable technologies to create devices to assist persons with disabilities from the users’perspective. To this end, at the first course of the Engineering Design sequence, students are firstreferred to healthcare facilities and local schools that host students with learning disabilities inorder to gather information

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 23.941.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 On Teaching Capstone Design: The Role of Practitioners in the ClassroomAbstract: Teaching civil engineering design through senior projects or capstone design courses,with industry involvement and support, has increased in recent years. The general trend towardincreasing the design component in engineering curricula is part of an effort to better preparegraduates for engineering practice. While some design projects are still of the “made up” typecarried out by individual students, the vast majority of projects today deal with “real-worldproblems” and are usually conducted by student teams. The paper begins first

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"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based learning.Prof. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 23.32.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Comparison of Peer Evaluation Methods in Capstone DesignAbstractThe final chemical engineering capstone design course at our university consists of a semester-long project where students work in predetermined groups. The emphasis of the experience is toallow students to develop and explore their engineering creativity while at the same timecultivate the importance

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

Mentoring Team Conflicts in Capstone Design: Problems and SolutionsIntroductionTeaming is ubiquitous in design education, yet many project mentors have little or no formaltraining in teamwork or in mentoring teams, and have learned primarily through experience. As aresult, issues associated with teaching teamwork or addressing team dynamics are oftenchallenging for design faculty. Most capstone projects involve multi-person teams, andteamwork is often considered a critical outcome in design courses, but in a recent nationalsurvey, fewer than 50% of capstone faculty responding included instruction in teamwork as akey course component 1. Moreover, as the results from a recent Capstone Design Conferenceindicate, faculty

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Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Gloria A. Murphy, NASA; Lisa D. May, NASA Headquarters

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Systems Engineering

concrete examples. The course exposes students to various techniques ingetting the systems engineering job done, such as concept of operations, requirementsdevelopment, trade studies and decision analysis, failure modes effects analysis, andcost/schedule modeling. The order of the some 24 different topics follows, to some extent, thesystem life cycle of development, with system formulation topics at the beginning and systemimplementation topics later. Page 23.203.3The second effort originated from NASA’s sponsorship of engineering faculty ideas forchallenging capstone design projects. One of the winning proposals came from AuburnUniversity’s Drs

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

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Electrical and Computer

and electronic imaging. She is a member of ASEE, SWE, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. Page 23.944.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 One Last Tool for Their Toolbox: Preparing Students for Capstone DesignIntroduction:In many electrical engineering programs, students are required to demonstrate the success oftheir capstone design project by building and testing a prototype. Depending on the nature andcomplexity of the design specifications, the final product may be a composite of analog anddigital, hardware and software, discrete

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy F. Wheeler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Design in Engineering Education

) and a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State University (2010). He is course coordinator for the Senior Capstone Design program. He has directed project-based programs for undergraduates with an interest in space-related fields as well as service-learning programs for those interested in community service.Ms. Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 23.540.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Enhancing the quality of senior design projects: The introduction of a coordinated sequence of design courses to

Conference Session

Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Marcus Shaffer, Penn State Architecture; Elisha Clark Halpin, Penn State University, School of Theatre, Dance Program; Amy Dupain Vashaw, Center for the Performing Arts @ Penn State; Dorothy H. Evensen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #7070Integrating Engineering and Arts through Capstone Design: Creative Cam-pus Meets the Learning FactoryProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Timothy W. Simpson is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Penn State with affiliate appointments in Engineering Design and the College of Information Sciences and Technology. As the Director of the Learning Factory, he coordinated 150 industry-sponsored senior design projects each year for over 700 students in the College of Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Product Re- alization Minor. His research

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

]. 2 With a city-wide emphasis on sustainability, RMU has decided to do its part in educating ourfuture workforce to increase their environmental knowledge and awareness. Through thedevelopment of a new minor in Alternative Energy and Sustainability and in addition to existingeducational and outreach programs, RMU is doing its part to meet the objectives of the studentsand their future employers. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the capstone course for theAlternative Energy and Sustainability Minor, describing the first time that the course was taughtin the Spring of 2013, the research projects that were conducted, the project outcomes, and thecourse teaching outcomes.II. Alternative Energy and Sustainability MinorThe Alternative

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

study is to determine whether these skills have been carried over into the twosemester capstone design course. If the earlier course is effective in teaching experimentaldesign and laboratory techniques, this should translate to more sophisticated experimental designand execution in the capstone design course. To determine whether these concepts have beenretained in the capstone design course, design reports were examined to note the instances ofspecific Measurements and Analysis topics in the design projects. Reports were examined forstudent populations that had taken the revised course and were compared to reports for studentswho had taken the original course with two different instructors. Both the number of topicsaddressed and the number of

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Nigel Yu, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students who have very good GPA struggle during senior capstone design. This is duemainly to the lack of system-level integrating experience. When given a real-life project,students have challenges of linking it with what they have learned from different courses inprevious years. “It seems that all the course projects we completed previously in individualcourse have nothing to do with the senior design” said one student.One of the student outcomes evaluated by ABET for engineering programs accreditation is “anability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs…”1. Among the most-favored pedagogical models to help students attaining this ability are integrated curricula2,project-based learning (PBL), problem-based learning, and

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Page 23.469.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Electric Vehicle Circuit and Electrical System Senior Lab ProjectAbstractAs part of a multidisciplinary team, electrical engineering students worked with computer andmechanical engineering students to create a small-scale electric vehicle. The major tasks of theteam were design and performance prediction; fabrication of the vehicle, control circuits, andcomputer data acquisition board; system integration and testing; racing the vehicles against otherteams; and comparing performance data to predictions. This paper will discuss the electricalengineering students’ design efforts for the project. The

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

golfball shooter for their capstone project. These students applied their knowledge of CADD, FluidPower, Machine Tool Technology and Dynamics, and successfully completed the project. Thereare numerous application-oriented publications in the area of Engineering Mechanics and wehave cited two of them in this paper.1, 2 We hope our course related hands-on project will inspirethe ET faculty community further and many more interesting projects will be presented at thefuture ASEE conferences.Introduction:Middle Tennessee State University is one of the fastest growing universities in the United States.We have about 28,000 students and our Engineering Technology (ET) is one of the tendepartments in the college of Basic and Applied Sciences. The ET

Conference Session

Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Arvid Andersen; Wayne B. Krause, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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International

reflect the actual needs ofthe student. Students too may not be fully knowledgeable of the design depth requirement attheir home institution. In some instances design projects are not convincingly sufficient to meethome institution requirements. Advanced advising at the home institution is essential butconsidering the many steps and barriers involved in the application process this is oftenoverlooked.One Semester Design Experience. EPS is a semester long design experience. Many capstonedesign requirements in the U.S. are two semesters in length. There is always the question as towhether this one semester experience will count toward the capstone design requirement in theU.S.Academic Calendar Differences. There are significant differences in the U

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

course is one of the main precursors of Senior Design capstone course, having embedded inits curricula, besides seven laboratory activities, a final student-led team project that has the mainoutcome, a working prototype of a thermo-fluid system. The unique character of this courseconsists in being the only exposure that our students will have to heat and mass transferphenomena through laboratory activities enhanced by lectures. Laboratory activities account fortwo thirds of the course, while the classroom-lecture part, only for one third. The materialconveyed primarily, is using hands-on approaches.During this course students will explore experimentally basic thermodynamic relations; they willconduct experiments related to flow of compressible

Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

and examformat, the course covers failure theories, deflection analysis, energy methods, fatigue analysis,gear and shaft design, fastener design, finite element analysis, and system integration. Inaddition, a small scale design project is assigned to students in groups of three to address gooddesign practices including using formal design methodology to evaluate design solutions, properdesign documentation, and teamwork and communication skills. The capstone course is a two-semester sequence that includes the design and construction of a large scale design project with aclass of about twenty students working together. Students are divided into subgroups that workon individual aspects of the complete design. They must work together to keep the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering ; Michael Richard Carlson

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Design in Engineering Education

projects5,6. Engineering projects may be defined by faculty,industry or even students which also might be real-life engineering problems. Iron RangeEngineering (IRE), as a 100% Project-based Learning (PjBL) program, motivates learning byproviding industry-defined /-mentored projects7,8,9. The IRE students complete the first two yearsof their program at the local community colleges and then join the program for their junior andsenior years. The students must enroll and complete four design courses, each three credits,called Design I, Design II, Capstone Design I and Capstone Design II.At IRE junior and senior students (different upperclassman levels) work closely together as ateam on the same design project. In addition, students with different

Conference Session

K-12 and STEM Programs in Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Matt Leonard, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

projectmanagement standards. Texas A&M University partnered with three high schools during thisproject. Undergraduate students at Texas A&M University who were enrolled in a projectmanagement course using project management techniques to complete their capstone designprojects mentored the high school students. The interactions between the undergraduate and highschool students proved beneficial to both parties. Pre- and post- tests in project managementwere designed and conducted in each high school. The data are used to analyze the effectivenessof student learning. Page 23.992.2IntroductionEducation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

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Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Florian Misoc P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Tommy D Ball; Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Cyril B Okhio P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

project design and implementation on atopic of alternative energy application, consisting of: appropriate literature review,investigation of alternative designs, simulations, construction of prototypes or scaledfunctional models, experimental data collection and analysis of results. Each project waspresented, in a power-point format, to an audience comprised of faculty, students, and staff.Each presentation was evaluated, based on content and format, and was used to compute thefinal grade for each student. Since Alternate Energy course is one of the elective courses inthe capstone-courses pool, formal project reports were required from each student andformed part of their final grade.Ten projects were assigned in this course, with two or one

Conference Session

Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering Capstone Coure. FIE Conference Proceedings. 2010.25. Estell JK, Reid K, Marquart J. Addressing third world poverty in first-year engineering capstone projects: Initial findings. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. 2010:AC 2010-2197.26. Chambers R. Rural Development: Putting the Last First. London: Longman; 1983.27. Chambers R. Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last. Warwickshire, England: ITDG; 1997.28. Brock K, McGee R, eds. Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy. London: Earthscan; 2002.29. McGregor JA. Researching wellbeing: from concepts to methodology. In: Gough I, McGregor JA, eds. Wellbeing in developing countries: From theory to research. Cambridge: Cambridge

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey Ashworth; Samer Shaghoury

Practical Lecture, Research, and Projects Based Engineering Education Jeffrey Ashworth, Ph.D., and Samer Shaghoury Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott CampusAbstractA lecture, research, and projects based course has stimulated student interest in aircraftaerodynamics, performance, and static stability and overwhelmingly enhanced preparation forthe practical aircraft conceptual/preliminary capstone design course. This unique elective coursetitled “Aircraft Flight Mechanics and Performance” uses learning methods reinforced byapplication techniques to analyze actual aircraft performance. Semester lectures cover threetopics in nearly equal segments

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; James Huff, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7121An Assessment Approach to Project-Based Service LearningMs. Antonette T. Cummings, Purdue University Antonette Cummings is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.James Huff, Purdue University James L. Huff is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University as well as the assistant education administrator for EPICS. He earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Harding University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is currently on an academic

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are given table thatlists various costs such labor rates, use of the lab space, and an overhead rate. Thecreation of the budget is a pre-lab task. A post-lab task that is included in the lab report acost report. The cost report details the actual cost of performing the experiment andcomparing the actual costs with the predicted costs.The lecture-based courses all have at least one design project. Modifications were madeto the current design project to include the components that would typically be found in abusiness setting (for example, cost proposals). Students are required to bid on theproject. Students must submit a final report which includes the cost report – including ananalysis of the bid cost versus the actual cost. The professor

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abby M Kelly, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Roger Michael Hoy, University of Nebraska; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Angela Kaye Pannier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Richard R. Stowell P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

of a “Rapid Design Challenge” in a Cross-Disciplinary Senior Capstone Course and Evaluation of Device Performance Abby M. Kelly, Austin Lammers, David D. Jones, Richard Stowell, Roger Hoy, Evan Curtis, Angela K. Pannier Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThe senior capstone experience within the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln is a two-semester, two-course sequence intended to give seniorstudents realistic design experience, working with real projects, real clients, faculty consultants,and teammates to produce a deliverable that meets the client’s needs. Students

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Design in Engineering Education

comparable courses in the subjects of mechatronics and embeddedsystems given at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. In the capstoneproject described here, students work in teams of about 10 students, over a period of aboutnine months.Six capstone projects are studied; three of these were organized according to scrum [1] andthree according to more formal methods. The six projects involved in total 54 students. Thesix capstone projects were divided into two groups, following two different courses. Studentsof both courses took a course in project management, either prior to the capstone course or inparallel. One of the two project management courses emphasized agile methods, the othermore formal methods. The student teams who followed

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Anthony H. Hawes LCDR, USCG, United States Coast Guard Academy; Royce Warner James Ph.D.; Eric Jonathan Page, United States Coast Guard Academy; Ali M. Reza, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

. Coast Guard Academy Received Ph.D. from University of Wyoming in 1986 and started his academic carrier at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) right after graduation. He was with UWM until recently and since August 2011 is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Dr. Reza’s main research area is in signal and image processing. He has over ninety publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Page 23.1062.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Collaborative Advising of Capstone: a Project in the Development of

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Rafiqul I. Noorani

engages students in the design and manufacturing process of a simpleconsumer product. Similar efforts have been conducted in the past in order to improve studentlearning and engagement. For example, practice-based curricula and physical facilities have beendeveloped specifically to focus on student engagement with the product realization process1.Undergraduate courses for mechanical engineering students that provide students with hands-onexperiences in design and manufacturing have proven beneficial, especially in regards totechnical communication abilities and preparation for completion of their capstone projects2.Integrative approaches to design and manufacturing are typically dealt with in senior electives,capstone projects, or graduate