Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Valerie Vanessa Bracho Perez, Florida International University; Anilegna Nuñez Abreu, Florida International University; Ameen Anwar Khan, Florida International University; Luis Enrique Guardia, Florida International University; Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering design practice [9], [10], [11], indicating that there is a need to furtherunderstand what factors influence engineering students’ perceptions of design skills.Additionally, there is a gap between what engineering students and practicing engineers believeengineering work, design, and practice to be, demonstrating a need to understand therepresentations students have of engineering, design, and engineering practice [5].The study presented in this paper is part of a larger project exploring the overall studentexperience within a redesigned senior design mechanical engineering capstone course at a large,public, Minority Serving Institution (MSI). This study highlights students’ perceptions of theskills developed, and courses taken throughout

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nathan Miner, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Jennifer S. Shane, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Katherine Madson, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33122Engineers as Effective Team Players: Evaluating Teamwork Skills in aFlipped Project Management for Civil Engineers CourseNathan Miner, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Jennifer S. Shane, Iowa State University

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

expertise; manage and lead projects; understand basic businessprinciples needed in small and large companies; and ideate when there are not alreadyestablished explicit design specifications.As a curriculum, most Mechanical Engineering programs by necessity are discipline focused,without much flexibility. Curricular changes typically involve a long process and significantjustification. There are also a number of required foundational courses such as math, physics,and mechanics that are followed by the obligatory ME-focused courses such as thermodynamics,fluids, dynamics, labs, and design courses. The sheer breadth of required courses significantlyconstrains the time available to explore other critical skills. These curricula are additionallyshaped

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2008 GSW

Authors

Laura J. Suggs; James Tunnell; Kenneth Diller; Richard Crawford

Session 15-2 Implementing Redesign in the BME Senior Capstone Experience Laura J. Suggs, James Tunnell, Kenneth Diller Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Richard Crawford Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin AbstractThe Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program at UT Austin graduated the first ABET-accredited class of

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Eric Anderson R.A., Farmingdale State College

REMOTE 1 Teaching Construction Management Capstone as a Remote Course Eric E. Anderson Farmingdale State College – SUNY Department of Architecture and Construction ManagementTEACHING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE REMOTE 2 Abstract The capstone project course for Construction Management Engineering Technologystudents (CON496), has been taught by guiding students to demonstrate integration of the variousskills for drawing management and plan reading, technical calculations, materials selection, andproject management (scope of work, estimating, risk management and

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2003 GSW

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

created a new course number ECE4334 and joined the existing INDE/MECE 4334 capstone design course, required of allstudents in the Departments and Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.This paper describes the changes that have occurred in the new combined courseECE/INDE/MECE 4334, the interdisciplinary capstone course for three departments andprovides a description of projects from spring, 2002. IntroductionThe capstone design course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at theUniversity of Houston has proven to be one of the Department’s most successful courses.In one form or other it has been around since the early 1960’s. It has existed (untilrecently), more or less, in its present

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2008 GSW

Authors

Mohamad H. Ahmadian

• Analyzing and evaluating arguments, interpretations or beliefs • Synthesizing subject-matter insights and knowledge The Capstone CourseThe course enables students to: (1) complete two projects based on their field of interest, (2)prepare an effective written technical report, (3) plan and produce presentation materials whichmost effectively communicate the intended message for their technical oral presentation, and (4)apply concepts and practices of their field of experience to develop and effectively present their Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Michael "Mick" Peterson, University of Kentucky

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

therealization of the design. Parts are ordered and prototypes are manufactured. For the 2019-2020academic year, all the actualization of the projects happened simultaneously with the global shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven months of design work suddenly had to pivot intoprojects and deliverables that could be completed remotely without access to much of the tools,equipment, and resources typically used by teams. This transition was much easier for someprojects than others.Upon completion of the Spring 2020 semester, the instructors reflected upon the outcome of thecourse and acknowledged several positive and negative aspects and used those to guide changesimplemented on the next iteration of the capstone course. This practice seemed to

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Jovany Avila, University of the Incarnate Word; Tristan Brouwer, University of the Incarnate Word; Nick Julian Castillo IV; Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

Paper ID #35077Senior Capstone Project Raven: Study of an Autonomous System Design forPower Line Inspection Based on the Quanser QDrone PlatformMr. Jovany Avila, University of the Incarnate Word Jovany Avila is an undergrad at the University of the Incantate Word studying Mechatronic Engineering, graduating in December 2020. He works in the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Lab as the lead Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) researcher and pilot. He is responsible for producing an indoor model of an autonomous UAS to conduct powerline and utilities pole inspections for real world applications. His future interests are to

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2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Miguel A. Ramos; Enrique Barbieri

variables varied slightly. However, the effectiveness of assessments in spring2007 was tenuous. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the results aswell as outlining next steps in the assessment process for the course. IntroductionThe intent of the Computer Engineering Technology capstone course (ELET 4308) is toprovide students with a dynamic learning environment that simulates industryexpectations (e.g. deadlines and production of deliverables). The assessment andevaluation structure of the course encourages active participation and exposes students toall phases of the project development life cycle. Technical depth of the subject, teamwork, planning, scope, student commitment and successful

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Patrick Sours, Ohio State University; Michael J. Hagenberger, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Capstone course sequence was created to meet the increasing student demand for projectswith a humanitarian engineering context and to develop the global competencies required for studentsto successfully complete these projects. The demand was created due to the number of OSU studentspursing a Humanitarian Engineering Minor and/or the Global Option distinction. Students in theseprograms are required to participate in a capstone design experience that involves a global orhumanitarian focus.This paper will: 1. outline the Global Capstone course sequence development process, 2. describe the structure and learning outcomes of the Global Capstone course, 3. reflect on the challenges associated with managing a program focused on complex real

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2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel A Ramos; Mayuri Mahajan; Vishal Naik; Aditya Gupta

Session 15-1 How the Capstone Class Students Perceive Their Knowledge Base?Farrokh Attarzadeh, Enrique Barbieri, Miguel A. Ramos, Mayuri Mahajan, Vishal Naik, Aditya Gupta Engineering Technology Department University of Houston AbstractThe Capstone Course is a 5-credit Research and Development course covering all aspectsof project development and implementation, entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity,team-work, and communication. The philosophy behind the course is to provide trainingand real-world, small-scale project experience

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Approach of Integrating Subject Matter Experts into Capstone Design Course Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Ph.D. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812, USA Correspondence: eenemuoh@d.umn.edu; Tel.: +1218-726-7686AbstractThis paper discusses an approach of integrating subject matter experts in teaching capstoneengineering design course. The approach requires the engineering student design teams to find atleast five subject matter experts in the field of the defined project. The subject matter experts arecommitted to serve in the

Conference Session

STEM Issues

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

their freshmen through junioracademic years is expected to form a strong foundation for the senior capstone project (animplicit goal of most courses within the MET degree program). At the capstone level,students undertake a relatively unstructured, broadly-defined, real-world problem.Progressing from project-based to problem-based learning is facilitated throughcompletion of the carousel project in dynamics.12 Scaffolded problem and projectlearning experiences such as the carousel project increase depth of student understanding,build students’ confidence in their technical knowledge, and prepare them for moresubstantial subsequent problem solving. Table 3: Rate of Achievement of CLOO SuccessCLOO

Conference Session

Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Eastern Michigan University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education

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Design in Engineering Education

product development, vehicle integra- tion, design optimization, lean design, integrated design and manufacturing, and theoretical and applied mechanics, Dr. El-Sayed has over thirty years of industrial, teaching, and research experience, several patents granted, and over a hundred publications in his fields of expertise. He is an award-winning edu- cator, especially in the areas of engineering capstone project courses and online education. Through his teaching and advising he has contributed to the education of hundreds of engineers now engaged in the field of automotive engineering and product development. He is an ABET Commissioner, Team Chair (TC), Program Evaluator (PEV), and IDEAL Scholar. Dr. El-Sayed has also

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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James Righter, The Citadel; David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel

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Design in Engineering Education

toreturn to QFD throughout their projects in order to learn this cascading process. This paper willassess the use of QFD during the later stages of a Capstone project to amplify the voice of thecustomer and emphasize quality control.Mechanical Engineering students at The Citadel are historically required to develop a house ofquality as part of an assignment generating requirements and constraints. In the beginning of thecapstone project, students are introduced to the structured process of defining the customer’srequirements and the process for transforming them into specific product designs. Students arerequired to establish the voice of the customer (VOC) into the design of their capstone project bycreating, deploying, and analyzing a survey

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; M. Kevin Parfitt, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

during a yearlong capstone experience by adoptingtechnology as the binding medium. Here, this paper will discuss what software can support thenon-technical calculation aspects of a team, how software can be leveraged to promoteintegration and how to tie software into assignments. When collaboration, communication andmanagement technology is adopted, this study found that student teams are capable ofestablishing a cohesive and integrated design solutions. This capstone experience was scoped inthe context of buildings being used for projects; yet, results presented should be easily translatedto other infrastructure-based projects in Civil Engineering (CE).Keywords: Software, Capstone, Design Process, Communication, Collaboration

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Francis Peloubet; Eakalak Khan; G. Padmanabhan

system until 1992. The capstone course was offered inthe first two years since its inception as a 2-quarter, 3-credit course in the senior year. In the firstquarter, students worked on preparing a proposal and presenting it. In the second quarter 167students carried out the design and presented their final product. Andersen1 reported the detailsand experience with this course two years after it was established. In this course, a designproject was carefully selected to encompass many of the areas within civil engineering as well asother socioeconomic issues. Definition of the project was purposely left as openǦended aspossible to encourage the students' imagination and ingenuity. Each faculty

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert C. Knox; Robert W. Nairn

, civic organization or environmental authority. The practitioner(s) proposesa specific project with relevant work efforts that will complement their real-world assignmentsand can be completed by undergraduate environmental science and engineering capstonestudents. Faculty members work with the practitioner to refine the proposed capstone project tomeet the educational objectives of the capstone course. These mutually beneficial relationshipsresult in positive “community engagement” which is an increasingly important factor touted byuniversities. The positive community engagement aspect of capstone projects is especiallyimportant to state-funded universities for student recruiting, promoting programs to non-localalumni and for interacting with

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Caroline Clay, Arizona State University; Johannah Daschil; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

- sity. Dr. Nagel joined James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. Nagel teaches and performs research related to engineering design. Specifically, through research, Nagel explores how design interventions commonly used to teach design influence stu- dent learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Qualitative Differences in Learning Processes and Skill Development Across Engineering Capstone TeamsAbstractThis work in progress paper presents a study that follows four engineering capstone teams overthe course of their two-year projects. Students on four

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2008 GSW

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

roles and responsibilities. IntroductionThe role of a teaching assistant in a capstone class cannot be overlooked. He or she has avery important role as well as carries many responsibilities towards the functioning of thelab. The teaching assistant acts as a bridge between students and the instructor. The TA istheir first point of contact with the instructor as well as the technology. This paperdescribes all the aspects of a TA of a capstone course from the recruiting process to hiswork and responsibilities in the senior project lab [1, 2, 3]. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque

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2011 North Midwest Section

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Byron Garry

(l) - (p). ABET requires at least oneevaluation of each student outcome at some point in the program, preferably toward the end ofthe curriculum. We have chosen to do most this evaluation in the Project Management/Capstonetwo-semester course sequence. In the first semester, students learn the theory and basic practicesof project management, and also define, plan and begin their capstone project. In the secondsemester they complete their group project. Mo of he og am lea ning o come a ea e ed ing di ec mea e f om e idence of den ojec o k, i h a fe a e mencoming from the studen o inion of hei o n og e , an indi ec mea e. Wha e a econcerned with is how to evaluate the direct evidence of student work, that i , g ading he den

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University; Jeff Wood, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #34139Engagement in Practice: Creating an Enduring Partnership in a MechanicalEngineering Capstone CourseMs. Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University Shoshanah Cohen is the Director of Community Engaged Learning for Engineering and Lecturer in Me- chanical Engineering at Stanford University. She has more than 20 years of industry experience managing complex supply chain projects; her teaching focuses on experiential project-based operations courses. Shoshanah is actively engaged in local community organizations focused on public education and services for underserved students. She is a passionate advocate for girls in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Session: Make-it!

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Brey C. Caraway, Texas A&M University ; Jorge I. Roa, Texas A&M University; Alejandro X. Trejos, Texas A&M University; Pauline Davila, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

facultyadvisors. This team started their capstone as usual. However, in the middle of the first semesterof the capstone (Spring 2020), the team has experienced imposed restrictions due to COVID-19.Restrictions due to COVID-19 were still active in the second semester (Fall 2020). The teamcould complete the capstone project in Fall 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, thepowder compaction system is introduced. The details of the block diagrams and fabricatedprototype device are presented. Testing and verifications are shown, and the capstone evaluationis presented.I. Introduction A powder compaction system can be useful to various manufacturing technologies, such aspowder metallurgy [1] and additive manufacturing [2-5]. In powder metallurgy, a

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shruti Misra, Unviersity of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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College Industry Partnerships

pervasiveness of capstoneprograms that partner with external sponsors to provide a “real-world” design experience tostudents. In this vein, the industry-sponsored Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship(ENGINE) capstone program was established at the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at a large research university in the US. ENGINE is designed to provide a holisticand professional engineering experience to students in an educational setting, where studentteams work on a six-month long project under the guidance of an industry and a faculty mentor.The program is overseen by a course instructor and teaching assistants who manage the coursestructure and expectations.This study compares student experiences in ENGINE during remote

Conference Session

Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lina Zheng, Tsinghua University; Dexin Hu, Tianjin University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

make current efforts and practices more visible and accessible,including by identifying accredited programs, different formats and approaches tried, and types of capstonedesign experiences. Three phases of review were conducted with emphasis on multidisciplinary programs,multidisciplinary approaches, and multidisciplinary capstone, separately. The results reveal an increasing trendin the development of multidisciplinary engineering programs, the significant role of capstone projects infacilitating multidisciplinary engineering education, including integrated and real-world trends inmultidisciplinary capstone experiences. In addition, there are gaps in the literature that required more insightsregarding non-accredited programs, student outcomes

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Daniel Sherwin P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

curriculum previouslyand will serve them well as they enter the workforce as practicing engineers.The literature includes several studies on both online and capstone courses, but few are focusedon online capstone courses and make improvements in a short timeframe based on studentfeedback within an environment like the COVID-19 pandemic. Many authors discuss the processused to deliver a capstone course [5], align the capstone course with ABET criteria [6], andpropose alternative approaches to implement capstone courses [7]. Haslam and Beck [8] studiedthe preparedness for students to work in teams during capstone projects and recommendedinstruction to close the gaps of their findings. However, the authors did not address the challengeof navigating

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

suppliers in Asia and Europe. Most recently Robin worked as Senior Director of Project Man-agement for a small bio-tech company, Intrexon, located in the VT Corporate Research Center and hadthe opportunity to introduce manufacturing principles into a highly specialized DNA production facility.Robin joined her alma mater’s faculty in 2015, coordinating and teaching the Capstone Senior Designprogram in Mechanical Engineering. She has also completed her graduate certificate in Engineering Ed-ucation, leading to the development of her research focus area in the student transition from capstone towork. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021It’s a Context Gap, Not a Competency Gap

Conference Session

Microsoft Teams, Deep Learning, and Classroom Flipping

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #32997Microsoft Teams Utilization for Group Function in Maritime-FocusedMechanical Design CapstoneDr. Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College Dr. Kidd completed his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 2011, 2013, and 2015 respectively. He worked at the Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics at UF from 2009 to 2015 researching the use autonomous ground vehicles including ATVs, a Toyota Highlander, and a tracked loader. He has taught at SUNY Maritime College since 2015 running the capstone design sequence for mechanical engineers. His research interests include additive

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Saffeer Muhammad Khan, Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University; Syed Ali Haider, State University of New York at Fredonia

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Electrical and Computer

CS II, may alsoend up taking the same higher-level courses as students that have taken CS I and CS II.We study student performance in the two courses CS I and CS II to investigate the relationshipbetween grades in these two courses and advanced courses such as Object-oriented ProblemSolving, Data Structures, and Capstone Software Engineering course. The analysis of student datahelps us answer the research questions.Software Engineering is an advanced course that utilizes concepts learned in foundation coursesas well as 200- and 300-level courses. Students take up a term project and go through all phasesof software development i.e., Requirement gathering, Design, Development, Testing andDeployment. It is for this reason that we consider