”FRIEND”: A Cyber-Physical System for Traffic Flow Related Information aggrEgatioN and Dissemination. In 2009, he was awarded a prize for Excellence in Scholarship at The College of William and Mary’s 8th An- nual Graduate Research Symposium. He has more than 20 publications including journal/conference papers, book chapters, and posters. He also serves as a reviewer in several journals and conferences. http://educ.jmu.edu/˜eltawass/ c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Methodology and Experience of Facilitating International Capstone Projects for Multidisciplinary Fields: Costa Rica Internet of Things (IoT) Case StudyIntroductionThis paper
earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering in 1983, a master’s degree in Business Administration in 2003, and a master’s degree in Building Construction in 2011, all from Auburn University. Mr. Bugg is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a certified DBIA Design-Build Professional, and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC).Dr. Wesley Collins, Auburn University Wesley Collins is an assistant professor in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn Univer- sity. Dr. Collins completed his PhD in Construction Management at Arizona State University in 2015, and was awarded the Outstanding CII Graduate
sustainability, is crucial to work in today’s society and profession. The capstonecourse is an ideal platform for students to engage in a real world construction project proceduresand structural design processes while focusing on the increasing demand of sustainability to theclient.Penn State Harrisburg’s Structural Design & Construction Engineering Technology (SDCET) programoffers two different capstone courses. One course focuses on Structural Design, while the other capstonecourse relates to Construction Management. Student teams from both courses work together on the designand construction of a building structure. Typically, the building structure is a project provided by a localstructural engineering or construction management firm. By working
over three semesters, as opposed to thecollege’s traditional two-semester curriculum. The integrated approach used collaborationbetween one semester of Engineering Design Methods (EDM) and two-semesters of the SeniorDesign Project (SDP). The integrated approach, modeled on the engineering design spine withroots in freshman courses, involved both the EDM and SDP cohorts. The interclass involvementincludes participation in design review presentations, senior-to-junior mentorship, and multiclassworkshops. Student feedback through periodic surveys and interviews provided insight into thestudents’ progress and learning outcomes. This paper reports on efforts that would help anintegrated Capstone Design curriculum succeed. The Department’s surveys
Session ETD 325 Design, Prototype, & Build: The Engineering Technology Capstone Experience Mr. Bill Hemphill Engineering, Engineering Technology & Surveying ETSU College of Business & Technology East Tennessee State UniversityASEE Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) Session #ETD 325—Best Practices for Engineering Technology Capstone Projects St. Antonio, TX Feb. 7, 2018 Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration
Paper ID #21693Literature Review and Methods Paper: Identifying Influencers That Con-tribute to Transformative Learning in an Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing Undergraduate Capstone Design Project and Selecting Action ResearchMethods to Frame a StudyDr. Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University Rachael Cate: Dr. Rachael Cate received her MA in rhetoric and composition from Oregon State Univer- sity in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Research from Oregon State University in 2016. She joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University as a member of the
Paper ID #24057From Technology Elaboration Toward Application Innovation: An Instruc-tional Transformation in a Project-oriented Capstone Course of DynamicControl SystemsMr. Kuan-Yu Chou, National Chiao Tung University Kuan-Yu Chou received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2010. M.S. degree in computer science and information engineering from National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan in 2012. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Institute of Electrical Control Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. His research interests include
Paper ID #23744Development of a Design Division for an Industry: A Capstone Project in aMaster’s of Engineering Management ProgramDr. Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University Dr Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan – Siva is a Srilankan by birth and a citizen of the United Kingdom. His experience in Sri-lanka started with an year’s post-graduate apprenticeship in the manufacturing shops of the Government Railway and nine years in the Cement Industry. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from University of Srilanka, and obtained his Masters from the University of Aston and PhD from City University of London
Paper ID #22315The Write Background Makes a Difference: What Research and WritingSkills can Predict about Capstone Project SuccessDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She is Director of the Galante Engineering Busi- ness Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of
nature of the teams were such that each student neededto provide specific skills in order to complete the project. After completion of the course,the authors noted that a key concern was that the civil engineering students did notparticipate as much as the students from the other disciplines.Another potential issue with multidisciplinary capstone design involving civil andenvironmental engineers is the scale of the infrastructure design projects that arecommon in these disciplines. Frank et al.5 described a multidisciplinary capstone seniordesign project program at Florida State University. Their multidisciplinary programincludes mechanical, electrical and computer, and industrial and manufacturingengineering. The authors report that the program
Paper ID #22376Risk Management and Ethics in Capstone DesignDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete a 2-semester design and build project. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade Lee Robison c American Society for
. She joined the research team in December of 2015 and is currently working on assessing motivation in academia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Providing Student and Faculty Feedback from Motivation Assessments in Capstone CoursesAbstractStudent motivation in capstone design courses is assessed in six capstone project courses at sixdiverse institutions in the 2017-2018 academic year. This assessment follows a similarassessment study at a large public university in six unique capstone courses. Reliability andvalidity analysis during the first year contributed to upgrades to the assessment tools currentlybeing implemented. Qualitative feedback from student and
Multi-Disciplinary Capstone Design and Implementation of Orbital Debris Removal System Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Jose Carrillo, Jong Beom Lee Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812 Scott Norr Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812AbstractThe goal of this multidisciplinary capstone design project is to promote and sustain undergraduateresearch at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) through a fundamental
University of California, Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering.Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy Amber Janssen is a senior assistant librarian at California State University, Maritime Academy (CSUM). Her research background is in the instruction and assessment of information fluency in undergraduate education. Prior to CSUM, Ms. Janssen was a technical editor for the Research & Development office of Tetra Tech, Inc. Ms. Janssen earned her MLIS from San Jose State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Reinforcing Information Fluency: Instruction Collaboration in Senior Capstone Laboratory CourseAbstractThis paper
, and linearsignals and systems concepts via prerequisite courses. Project experience gained in this courseserves as a stepping-stone for the students taking the semester-long capstone design course thefollowing semester.Student outcomes for the end-of-semester project experienceAfter completing the end-of-semester control system design projects, students will develop theability to: • identify and seek information relevant to problem solution without guidance, • select and design-in appropriate sensors and actuators, • consider and assess multiple methods and approaches to design, • update solution approach based on hardware and software testing, • implement a design solution and prototype functional hardware within time and
; organization, language, delivery, supporting material andcentral message. For each of these assessment areas, the minimum score of 1 represents thebenchmark, scores of 2-3 are milestones with a maximum score of 4 for the capstone, indicatingskill.One difference between the ComET project and the CmET project was the amount of in classinstruction on video editing techniques. The ComET project allotted course laboratory time todiscuss the video portion of the project like lighting, sound, and camera angles. Anotherdifference is the ComET project did not have a paper component (Genereux 2014). However, theCmET course did not allot any time to videography or editing techniques. Classroom discussionwas limited to uploading requirements for YouTube as
. [4]implemented UHF RFID reader to meet the IoT data acquisition requirements. Chunling [5]promoted the application of RFID for logistics and supply chain managements. Developing theIoT using RFID is also discussed in [6]. Sara Amendola et al. presented the use of IoT utilizingRFID in medical health systems. A survey on the applications of RFID to bodycentric systemsand for “gathering information (temperature, humidity, and other gases) about the user’s livingenvironment is investigated” [7]. Design and the future applications of RFID as sensors isthoroughly discussed by Amin Rida et al. [8] The aforementioned IoT topic was chosen by the course advisor as one of the capstone seniordesign projects to familiarize the students with state of the
Architectural Engineering. Here at Penn StateUniversity, architectural engineering (AE) encompasses: Mechanical HVAC Design, Lighting/electricalDesign, Structural Design and Construction Engineering and Management.The pinnacle of the program is the yearlong capstone with inherent multidisciplinary aspects to it. Withan industry interface, the capstone is critical to enrich the student experience in complex building designthrough simulating the project to be “more real world” than traditional capstones. This capstonedistinguishes itself by the level of relatively independent work done by the student teams (vs. teaching bythe faculty), heavy industry practitioner interactions, mentoring roles of the faculty and lastly, utilizingreal industry projects
Paper ID #23976A Four-step Method for Capstone Design Teams to Gather Relevant andWell-defined Product RequirementsDr. Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University Dr. Rachana A Gupta is currently a Teaching Associate professor and Associate Director of ECE Senior Design Program at NCSU. She teaches and mentors several senior design students on industry-sponsored projects (On average 12 / semester) to successful completion of an end product. These projects include all aspects of System Engineering: concept design, product design and design trade-offs, prototyping and testing (circuit design, PCB, mechanical
. Cy currently teaches Construction Capstone, Concrete Construction, and Construction Project Adminis- tration courses at Purdue. In addition to teaching, Cy is the school’s Industry Projects Coordinator. In this role Cy works with industry partners to secure and house an e library of construction project related documents which faculty uses for course instruction in its new project based curriculum.Mr. Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Mark Shaurette has a MS in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. He is currently an associate professor at Purdue University, was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, and has work experience that
developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Senior Design Day: Multidiscipline and Multidepartment Capstone Presentation EventAbstractSenior Design or "Capstone" projects are one of the most important
Session ETD 5225 Engineering Technology Students: Do they approach capstone courses differently than other students? Anne M. Lucietto1, Andrew Scott2 and Frederick Berry1 Purdue University1/Western Carolina University2Using data collected from students in engineering technology, engineering, and other areas suchas computer science a comparison of student reactions to the capstone course are coded andsorted. Using content analysis methods, the researchers compare and contrast the variousstudent groups and their reactions to assigned capstone projects. They are also able to assessstudent
, Competencies, and Trust Measured in Student SurveysAbstractAerospace engineering students at the Florida Institute of Technology are required to complete a3-semester capstone design project. In their junior year students propose topics, form teams, andwrite a proposal for their senior project, then as seniors they complete preliminary and detaileddesign, then fabricate and test their system. Their efforts culminate in a Student DesignShowcase, where industry participants judge the final projects. Many students identify thecapstone design project as the most significant event in their academic career. In this paper wedescribe changes made in the aerospace engineering capstone curriculum during the 2016-2017season and
Jessica Deters is a PhD student at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. She holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and a minor in the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs from the Colorado School of Mines. Jessica is engaging in projects that emphasize the sociotechnical na- ture of engineering with a focus on social justice and diversity. She aims to educate the next generation of engineers to understand and value the social, political, economic, environmental, and human implications of their designs.Mr. Cristian Hernandez c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 New engineers’ first three months: A study of the transition from capstone
accreditationrequirements [7], engineering programs will be working to determine how to incorporateleadership concepts into their curriculum. Experiences that allow students to develop their skillsrelated to self-awareness, teamwork, project management, team development, and mentoring areessential to building leadership abilities and confidence [10]. These types of skills can also belinked to experiences students have through courses, such as capstone design [11].The theoretical framework used in this study to explore participant-reported leadership behaviorsin the context of working with a team is the Competing Values Framework (CVF). The CVFoutlines four different leadership orientations or behaviors: Collaborate, Create, Control, andCompete [12]. Figure 1 shows
Honors Society. In addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $2 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Race, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award
students’ motivation toward design changes between their freshman and senior year,specifically in their cornerstone and capstone design courses.The goal of this study is to determine if motivation is correlated to student performance in designcourses. This study uses longitudinal methods to examine a single cohort of students at thebeginning and the end of their undergraduate tenure at Florida Institute of Technology. The initialobservation is completed at the beginning of the students’ freshman year, during their Introductionto Mechanical Engineering course. This is a design based course, introducing students to the designprocess and culminating with a group design project. The second observation is made in thestudents’ Mechanical Engineering
theirspecific design project (e.g., doctors’ need for new surgical instruments). Using canvases in thisway also offers opportunities for peer learning, enhanced student-instructor interaction and just-in-time teaching. Lastly, we previously stated that canvases are often created by experts to modela real-world system and that capstone students operate somewhere between novice and expert.The process of creating the canvases as students, while not necessarily resulting in “expert”canvases, can help students as they take the next steps in their transition from novice to expertdesigners. Student-created canvases can be implemented in many ways, and we will providesome example cases illustrating how we’ve used student-created canvases in the
1996, respectively. In addition to her current positions she has held various positions at the Naval Research Lab- oratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Breaking Down the Silos with an Integrated Laboratory Experience: Preparing Students for Capstone Design, Part IIIntroduction:In many electrical engineering programs, students are required to demonstrate the success oftheir senior capstone design project by building and testing a prototype of their design.Depending on the nature and complexity of the project, the final prototype may be a blend ofanalog and digital, hardware and
Model Canvas. The Design Canvas classifiesrepresentations by actionable questions on two axes—system development and design choices—which in turn are organized hierarchically by scale. Results of the project and examples ofrepresentations for the current iteration of the Design Canvas are presented along with theDesign Canvas development process.Product, Process and Representations in Capstone Design?Looking at the range of capstone design courses show that there is a wide variation ofapproaches in balancing the importance of design product vs. design process. A 2015 survey [1]indicates that while about three times as many courses emphasize process as do product, themajority of courses seek to balance the result of the capstone experience