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DEED Technical Session 3 Capstone Design

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines; Joel Bach, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines

Powered by www.slayte.com The Design Firm Model as Applied to Capstone DesignAs the culminating experience in an engineering program, capstone design provides students a glimpseinto real-world design. Yet, real-world problems are complicated and dynamic. How, then, can we pushthe boundaries of successful capstone design programs to encapsulate an experience that more directlymimics the complexities and diversities that exist in professional practice? We propose a model forcapstone design that more closely approximates professional engineering practice with students workingon multiple projects, each on a distinct timeline and each with a different team of participants. TheHuman Centered Design Studio (HCDS) at the Colorado School

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Capstone Courses in a New ABET Accredited Electrical Engineering ProgramAbstractThe purpose of capstone design project courses is to provide graduating senior students theopportunity to demonstrate understanding of the concepts they have learned during their studies.As with many computer science and engineering programs, students of the electrical engineeringprogram at Utah Valley University (UVU) conclude their degree programs with a two-semestercapstone design experience. The intent is for students to utilize competencies developed in thefirst three years of the curriculum in the solution of a complex design problem.This paper

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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Shashi S. Marikunte, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Saravanan Gurupackiam, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

through Inter-Disciplinary Capstone Design ProjectShashi S. Marikunte, Ph.D., P.E.Penn State HarrisburgSaravanan Gurupackiam, Ph.D., P.E.Penn State HarrisburgAbstractIn many universities, capstone project is associated with an advanced course, which focus on theexpertise in one concentration area. This limits student learning of interdependency of otherdisciplines within the major for problem solving. At our program, we formulated a creative wayto use the traditional course offering yet provide an opportunity for students to work on an inter-disciplinary project in civil engineering. Students from three concentration areas within civilengineering (structures, construction, and transportation) were offered an

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 2: Long-Term Institutional Outcome Evaluations and Capstone Innovations

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Mackay, University of Toronto; Hamid Timorabadi, University of Toronto

Paper ID #36648Improving Capstone Outcomes: Changes to Deliverables andAccommodating Remote LearningAlexander James Mackay Alexander Mackay received a B.Eng degree in electrical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2017. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the University of Toronto, where he received a M.A.Sc. degree in 2020. His research interests include engineering design projects and their implementation, phased array feed structures, leaky-wave antennas and radar imaging systems.Hamid S Timorabadi (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream) Hamid

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Equity and Ethics in Engineering-II

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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James Gordon Walker, Seattle Pacific University, College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering Department; Gina Howe P.E., Seattle Pacific University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University

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Conference Submission, Diversity

faculty can best facilitate student learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Interdisciplinary engineering capstone course sequence designed for career preparationAbstractThe engineering senior design year-long capstone course sequence at Seattle Pacific University(SPU) is designed to mimic a high technology incubator and involves students working ininterdisciplinary, diverse teams to implement a design project while developing professionalskills. This paper will describe the course sequence including the design process, teamingguidance, project ideation, professional skills development; and grading/assessment

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2004 GSW

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor; Paul Ruchhoeft

4334 capstone design course, required of all students in the Departmentsand Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. This paper describes thechallenges and the specific problems encountered and the changes, i.e., solutions, thathave been implemented. The capstone design course that existed in 1998 had beenessentially unchanged since 1981. The Pre-Existing CourseThe pre-existing course was a one-semester, 3-hour credit course that was offered everyfall and every spring on an alternating day-night schedule by a single instructor. Teamsof four students were assigned (through a bidding process) a project. About 80% of theprojects were provided and sponsored by local industry and a majority of them

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

2022 ASE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36137 Individual Capstone Assessment Using Z-Scores M. Austin Creasy* Purdue University mcreasy@purdue.edu L. Eric Stacy Purdue UniversityAbstractCapstone courses and the associated projects are the culminating learning experiencefor many engineering programs. Students are placed in teams with an assigned projectthat simulates working in an industrial setting. Grading individual students within theseteams can be challenging for an instructor because many of the course deliverables arethe

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 2: Long-Term Institutional Outcome Evaluations and Capstone Innovations

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjeevi Chitikeshi; Shirshak Dhali, Old Dominion University; Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

], but ECE students rarely take these courses from technology departments. A survey ofthe courses offered in the ECE curriculum by the four year universities in Virginia list no coursesin PLC based control. However, there are numerous reports on innovative approached to teachPLC in engineering technology programs [11-12]. To offset these missing skills in ECEgraduates, a capstone project as a pilot course was introduced in this work. The PLC basedcontrol can effectively be taught in a hands-on laboratory setting which is the focus of this paper.. Hardware and software integration using PLCs, and active lab-based learning is more effectivein these types of courses for engineering students [13], [14].Use of industrial robots in manufacturing

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2005 GSW

Authors

Pete Hylton

Session F2D3 Technical Risk Management As the Connectivity in a Capstone Design Course Pete Hylton Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University / Purdue University at Indianapolis AbstractMany high-tech industries have recently begun to institute Technical Risk Management(TRM) as a part of major design efforts. The US Department of Defense has startedrequiring that TRM procedures be defined in proposals and that all major reviews

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

advisors. Students werepaired with industry partners and unique individuals in the industry were identified in variousengineering departments to work directly with the students. Three industries, United AlloyCorporation, ENERCON and Clorox Corp. sponsored three senior design projects. Project titlesare listed in Table 1:Table 1: Inter-disciplinary Senior Design Project Titles No. Project Title Project#1 University and United Alloy Corporation Robotic Pick and Place Project Project#2 ENERCON Station Vacuum Pump Replacement Project#3 Clorox Corp. Bottle Sorter 2. Literature ReviewInter-disciplinary senior design capstone projects offer engineering students an opportunity toapply skills they have learned throughout

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Jonathan Alan Meckley, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

additionalwriting support to students in multiple courses and provide a bridge for them to connect writingconcepts learned in composition courses and their technical reports.WATTS was developed in a junior-level circuit analysis course, where students were completingthe same lab and writing individual reports. This paper focuses on a senior capstone course thatutilizes concepts taught in previous courses to prepare students to complete an independent teamresearch or design project. Projects are unique, usually based on the needs of an industrialsponsor, and are completed over three consecutive semesters. Each semester, teams write areport based on their activities during that semester, with a comprehensive report in the finalsemester.The multi-semester

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2 - Community Engagement without Frontiers

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Hunt, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Matthew Williamson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Paper ID #37503Engagement in Practice: A model for community partnershipin an infrastructure capstone courseGeorge A Hunt Dr. George Hunt is an environmental and water resources engineer and Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Nebraska.Matthew Williamson (Assistant Professor of Practice) Dr. Matt Williamson is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Dr. Williamson's teaching interests include team-based learning, student inclusion and retention, and engaged project-based learning. Prior to joining the

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University; John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 2: A deeper dive into Trends and OpportunitiesThere are currently 25 ABET accredited Architectural Engineering (AE) programs in the UnitedStates that offer degrees closely associated with the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction(AEC) industry. AE programs are sparse and unique compared to civil engineering, constructionmanagement, and architecture programs, and must be adaptable to the AEC industry to remaincurrent with leading industry practices. To remain relevant to industry, AE programs regularlyevolve their senior capstone project experience, incorporating new methods and

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Emad Y Tanbour, Eastern Michigan University; Suleiman A. Ashur, Eastern Michigan University; Ann Blakeslee, Eastern Michigan University

addition, students produce areport when they finish their co-op or internship assignments.The incorporation of project-based learning into engineering education has been found to be oneof the most impactful approaches for developing and applying skills to help students becomeindependent and proficient engineers [20] [22]. A project-based, hands-on approach teachesstudents to think critically and work independently. Because of this, and because of the emphasisplaced on writing reports in these courses, the capstone course seemed ideally suited for thewriting-intensive designation. Additionally, the writing assigned in the capstone course followsthe five steps to successful writing listed in the Handbook of Technical Writing: 1 Preparation, 2

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida; Elizabeth Meier, University of Florida

for engineering students where theyideally put into practice all the knowledge and skills they have learned throughout theircurriculum. This study collects data from students in the IPPD program, which offers a two-semester team-based multidisciplinary capstone design course where they work on a project incollaboration with faculty and industry sponsors, thus providing an opportunity to applyleadership skills in ways not possible with traditionally taught courses [19]. On these teams,students organize themselves into course defined roles related to team tasks such as team leader,meeting facilitator and finance coordinator. Students are encouraged to swap these roles so thateach member can experience their preferred roles. Therefore, the

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2004 GSW

Authors

Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

andWriting Center are implementing plans that are effecting university-wide curricularchange. The Interaction between the Writing Center and Cullen College of EngineeringSenior Capstone DesignThe capstone design course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at theUniversity of Houston has been around since the early 1960’s. In the mid-80’s theDepartment of Industrial Engineering (IE) joined the course so that project teams werecomposed of both ME and IE students, but the relative sizes of the Departments (annualgraduations rates of about 60 BSME and 10 to15 BSIE) and the nature of the projects(mostly ME in nature with only a few in IE) prevented an interdisciplinary experience forall design teams. Six years

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mirit Shamir; Stacy Hutchinson, Kansas State University; Gaea Hock; Ryan Hansen, Kansas State University; Jonathan Aguilar, Kansas State University; Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University; Prathap Parameswaran, Kansas State University; Matthew Sanderson; Rebecca Cors; Melanie Derby, Kansas State University

challenges of creating resilient food, energy, and water (FEW) systems in ruralcommunities. Resilience/sustainability problems are complex and often require professionals withdifferent expertise and backgrounds to work as a team to generate an emergent solution; thus, aninterdisciplinary curriculum provides students with the skills needed to work in an interdisciplinaryenvironment.The NRT Capstone Course is a project-based, cross-listed course that has been developed and co-taught by faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, and Arts and Sciences at ouruniversity. The NRT Capstone curriculum builds on knowledge students gained from aprerequisite interdisciplinary course about system thinking, called Integrated FEW Systems. In

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Leicht, Pennsylvania State University; Ziyi Wang, Pennsylvania State University

team model. The resultingpilot model captures a transitional process, with some team and some individualized elements that attemptsto balance the benefits of both, while minimizing the challenges of each.Keywords: Capstone, Stakeholder analysis, Team effectiveness, individualized learning,Introduction In Watkins’ [1] review of ABET, the structure and content of design projects is not addressed ormandated. Instead, ABET [2] requires students complete a “major design experience” that is intended toprepare students for professional practice. The most common course in engineering programs that providesthis major design experience is the capstone course [3]. Capstone courses typically simulate a challengingdesign experience similar to the

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Vewiser J Turner Jr P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

engineering practices inindustries. This paper gives a unique and effective way of teaching capstone senior design courses inelectrical and computer engineering at PVAMU for underrepresented students. This paper alsodocuments a process where ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)outcomes can be implemented to enhance students learning. The influence instructors’ experiencesthrough the combinations of industry and academia play a major and important factor to map theABET student outcomes and how the projects are evaluated. Other underrepresented universitiesmay benefit from the lessons learned of this work. IntroductionIt’s understandable that for any undergraduate engineering student

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Mirit Shamir; Stacy Hutchinson; Gaea Hock; Ryan Hansen; Jonathan Aguilar; Nathan Hendricks; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Rebecca Cors; Melanie M. Derby

, interdisciplinary teamproject, interdisciplinary curriculumAbstractInterdisciplinary research training is a critical aspect of the graduate students’ experience, andmay have an impact on their professional lives. Interdisciplinary research is also important forthe United States’ economic and technological competitiveness. This paper describes theimplementation of a new two-credit interdisciplinary capstone course for teams of graduatestudents from different STEM disciplines working on interdisciplinary research projects at thenexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (FEWS), and the experience gained with it. Thiscapstone is required for the Rural Resource Resiliency NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) at ouruniversity. The traineeship focuses on engineering and

Conference Session

LEAD Technical Session 1: Fostering Leadership Identity Development and DEI in Engineering Students and Professionals

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

faculty to assess leadership development. As many capstone courses have a goalof transitioning students from an educational setting to an industry one [11][12], leadership iswell-situated as an outcome of this course. Of the varying departments who teach capstonedesign, mechanical engineering has a tradition of having students work on projects identified byindustry or community project sponsors, creating an authentic learning experience that is idealfor development of leadership skills [13].BackgroundUniversity students gain leadership skills through a myriad of experiences from pre-college andthroughout their college curricular and extracurricular involvement [14][15]. In a largequantitative study, Schell et al. found three college experiences

Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkat Allada, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Clair Kueny, Missouri University of Science and Technology

the local community on the opioid crisis facing rural America.Interdisciplinary communication methods used by student teams to engage various communitystakeholders and the project sponsors are discussed. The challenges and lessons learnedassociated with connecting a large community project across three semesters in two differentdepartments with different learning objectives are discussed.IntroductionA senior design project course is designed to satisfy Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) engineering design criteria. ABET Criterion 5 on Curriculum describes theintegration of content as follows: “ The Integration of Content: Baccalaureate degree curriculamust provide a capstone or integrating experience that develops

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2005 GSW

Authors

Clay Naito

structural engineering path acompanion course could be developed as part of a senior level capstone project. This coursecould use the design and analysis skills developed over the student’s academic career to designand build a structure. This could range from a pedestrian bridge to tensegrity domes. Thepossibilities are open to student’s imagination and determination. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education References1. Ressler, S. J, “Designing and Building File-Folder Bridges: A Problem-Based Introduction

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Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manish Paliwal, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com MAPPING OF ABET REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSAbstractABET's most current set of required Outcomes is highly logical and comprehensive (Criterion:3). In most cases, however, mapping all of these requirements in the earlier courses may poseconsiderable challenges to Engineering educators. The authors suggest that capstone projectsmay serve as highly viable candidates for alleviating the above concern. However, this shouldnot be treated as an arbitrary process. It is necessary first to lay a solid foundation for thesuccessful implementation of Senior Projects. The authors propose a promising and

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Quintero, San Francisco State University; Silverio Lopez; Nicolas Perticari Pesci

Texas at Dallas. He joined San Francisco State University in Fall 2018 as an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering for the School of Engineering. His research focuses on 1) designing lightweight, low-cost wearable robotic systems for people of disability and 2) developing novel control schemes that provide individuals with human-like motion using wearable robotics as part of their active daily living. Mechatronics and robotics education is another primary research focus he has been involved in to enhance project-based curriculum with evidence-based strategies to train the next generation of diverse engineers in this field. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Nathan Hedgecock; Skylar Franz, United States Military Academy; Mark Sallot, United States Military Academy; Morgan Ernst, United States Military Academy

, analysis of the bridge’s criteria for meeting stakeholder requirements, andimproved efficiency of the team through design, fabrication of their bridge for the AISC SteelBridge competition.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDThe United States Military Academy has participated in the American Institute of SteelConstruction (AISC) and American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) annual Steel BridgeCompetition (SSBC) for more than 30 years. A 30-year legacy carries with it an abundance oflessons learned and allows for incremental improvements to be made from one year to the next.The West Point Steel Bridge Team is comprised of students that are taking part in thecompetition as a capstone project and has historically only included civil engineering students.One

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bart Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald Ulseth; Michael Raich, Itasca Community College

BELL program, and he continues to be an active participant in engineering education research; specifically, project-based learning and professional competency development. Prior to joining the engineering faculty at Itasca, Bart worked as an engineer with John Deere and the Whirlpool Corporation. Bart and his wife, Jessica, have four children—Emma, Andy, Mathew, and Gavin. Together, they enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, time at the cabin, youth sports, and the family-farming operation.Ronald Ulseth (Director)Michael Raich (President) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Multi-Decade Response to

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 3 Capstone Design

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Friess, University of Maine; Justin Lapp, University of Maine; Andrew Goupee

, and to provide closure in the form of a culminating experience.Capstone courses display a great variety of instructional practices [6], [7] however there is littleliterature on the effect of these practices [6], [8] on student learning and faculty workload.Faculty workload in a course like capstone can become very high due to the frequent individualinteractions needed with the teams [8], [9]. The amount and nature of the instructor-studentinteractions varies, but always relies on periodic meetings to supervise and mentor student teamprogress. During these meetings, typically feedback and advice are given on the technicalaspects of their project, project management, and teamwork dynamics. It is critical that theinstructor be able to support

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session: Pedogogy and Training

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University; Samantha Carlowicz; Justin Fantroy, Saint Louis University; haochen rong, Saint Louis University; Claire Schuessler, Saint Louis University

their degree on thesuccess of their final capstone projects (specialization). Within some engineering programs, adisconnect can occur when the specialized interests of the student do not align well with therequired or offered course material. This paper identifies some areas where students had gaps intheir knowledge and experiences, as well as what they had to do to fill in those gaps. Themethods used to gather the reflections included a survey of alumni as well as expanded casestudies provided by the authors. The findings suggest that required course-tracks are lackinghands-on engineering experiences such as learning about manufacturing or the use of specializedsoftware programs. Further, some course-tracks focus on particular topics in

Conference Session

Remediation and Curricular Changes to Improve Student Learning and Outcomes

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Girish Upreti; Denise Bauer; Jie Zhou

capstone course and provide engineering design and mathe-matic problem-solving experiences so that students are able to identify potential project topicsand create client contacts earlier in the process as well as connect additional course content di-rectly to the projects. Since the new capstone sequence was approved by both departments onlyrecently, it will be a few years before the implementation of the sequence, which allows us tocollect and analyze more qualitative data in the current capstone courses before finalizing thejoint capstone sequence. In the future, qualitative data will be collected from the joint capstonesequence to compare students’ experiences in the classroom as well as their career preparation.IntroductionA capstone course