. Additional laboratories described include a Spacecraft AttitudeDynamics and Control Simulator, and a “design, build, and fly” project to be launched in late 2001.Topics in AstronauticsSome topics in aerospace engineering, such as structures, are common to both aeronautics andastronautics, so that related laboratories benefit both parts of the curriculum. There are howeversome space-specific topics that typically have no laboratory component, primarily related to themotion of spacecraft. Satellite motion is a complicated combination of the orbital motion of thesatellite around the earth and the attitude, or pointing, motion of the satellite platform. The overallmotion is affected by gravity, controlled thrusters, material outgassing, motion of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah and he is an Associate Editor at the ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. His research is centered around the security and privacy of cyber-physical systems using tools from control theory, optimization, and machine learning, with applications in power systems resilience.Dr. Hamed Nademi, California State University, San Marcos Dr. Hamed Nademi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at California State University-San Marcos (CSUSM). He worked as PI/Co-PI with industry-sponsored projects granted by New York State together with utility companies focusing on control solutions, autonomous digital power grids and transportation electrification. Dr
providestudents with a basic and fundamental knowledge of mechanical instrumentation and sensors(both in theory and practice), data acquisition systems, and how to process / analyze themeasurements in preparation of both industry, subsequent lab courses, and preliminary / detaildesign (yearlong senior capstone project). The learning outcomes stated in the course syllabusare: 1. Develop a fundamental knowledge of the working principles behind various sensors and transducers, including their response and calibration for static and dynamic responses. 2. Acquire analog signals utilizing benchtop / handheld equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope) and National Instruments* data acquisition (DAQ) hardware with LabVIEW* 3. Conduct, analyze, and
class, in the end they all get veryengaged in the conversations creating a really active learning environment.Building a laboratory like this is challenging. The machinery are not available off-the-shelf. Theyare expensive since industrial-grade components and controllers are used in the design to meet themain goal of the course. Programming software is proprietary, expensive and requires license.The student excitement and feedback about the course have been extremely positive.In parallel to this course, most students are also taking their senior capstone course where somestudents worked on automated machines for their team project. Feedback from the projectsponsors has been very positive indicating that they were able to design custom machines
AC 2007-803: MEASURING STUDENT ABILITY TO WORK ONMULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS: BUILDING AND TESTING A RUBRICCarolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engineering at Montana State University. She works on various curriculum and instruction projects including instructional development for faculty and graduate students, assessment of student learning, and program evaluation. Prior to coming to MSU, Plumb was at the University of Washington, where she directed the Engineering Communication Program. While at the UW, Plumb also worked as an Instructional Development and Assessment Specialist for the School of
social welfare history, and service-learning. Her research interests are guided by two over- arching themes, social work education and the culture of the profession, and generally fall within three domains: professional socialization, educational innovations, and educational outcomes. Some specific projects in which she’s currently engaged explore questions of professional socialization; professional self-care; critical thinking as a process and outcome; social work’s environmental paradigm; and trans- disciplinary educational approaches. She’s currently collaborating with colleagues from engineering to develop trans-disciplinary approaches to education for reflective practice in a global society, and with colleagues
learn Python as their introductory programming languageto move to MATLAB in courses that require it. Use of Python programming in higher-levelengineering classes and project-based courses such as the Senior Capstone class will also bemonitored. This work is intended to guide the faculty in ongoing efforts to raise the level ofdigital literacy of our graduates.References 1. Lahtinen, Essi, Kirsti Ala-Mutka, and Hannu-Matti Järvinen. "A study of the difficulties of novice programmers." Acm sigcse bulletin 37, no. 3 (2005): 14-18. 2. Piteira, Martinha, and Carlos Costa. "Learning computer programming: study of difficulties in learning programming." In Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Information Systems and
in solving ‘real’ worldchallenges, a task that can equip students with technical and soft skills that are necessary in theindustry. Experiential learning experiences such as capstone projects is one way for students togain hands on industry experience as they prepare to enter the industry [3]. Other ways studentscan gain hands on experience is through internships and cooperative programs. Throughcollaborative projects between schools and industry, students learn to: • apply theoretical knowledge to solve practical problems, • communicate effectively with their industry consultants and fellow student team members, • understand financial impacts of problem solutions, • work in teams, • to understand industry demands such
various projects and learn how the disciplines of civil engineering overlap and integrate withother disciplines to solve real-world problems. The firm presents a series of engineering tasks tothe students. Each of the tasks represents a problem focused on one of the civil engineeringconcentrations. Working in teams, the students consult with the firms’ field experts to recognizethe complexities of the problems. They then use their theoretical knowledge to developconceptual solutions. In addition to gains in experiential knowledge, the retreat provides anopportunity for the students to network with the firm’s top engineers and more importantly withtheir fellow classmates. The retreat is a fully funded experience, which offers students
as reflect on progress and achievements for the atto-grid project.IntroductionToday, the global pandemic has affected and impacted professionals and students by hinderingthem from safely working together at an office, facility, or school. Because of this, manyprofessionals must work at home where electricity or internet connectivity issues may be moreprevalent than at their typical office. To address the need for a resilient power source for at-homeoffices, the team developed the atto-grid – a resilient power system that uses distributed powersources to safely and effectively power a typical at-home office load.The team designed the atto-grid for a senior design capstone project that complied withrequirements set by faculty, as well as
pitches just-in-time for theircompetitions. One of the realizations coming from the capstone design experience inentrepreneurship is that students need to be exposed to entrepreneurship principles earlier in theirstudies in order to allow them the opportunity to select an appropriate capstone project and learnthe principles of entrepreneurship in time for the competition.Another popular approach used by the KEEN schools to work entrepreneurship into existingcourses was to use educational modules to introduce appropriate topics. A module typicallycovers one aspect of entrepreneurship (such as intellectual property or idea generation) that ispresented in one or more class periods. Ideally, a module contains a lesson plan and some typeof assessment
maintain strong links with the industrial sector and technology companies. This tripartite approach ensures a theoretically solid education and is deeply rooted in current practice and technological innovation. It is recommended to strengthen partnerships between universities, construction companies, and technology firms to keep students up-to-date and prepared for the labor market demands (P10). Therefore, the following is recommended: ● Partnerships with the industry: Establish collaborations with construction companies and organizations to enable students to gain real-world experience and understand the current needs and challenges of the industry. These partnerships can include internships, capstone projects
impacts (selected from among 18 potentialtopics listed on the survey): professional practice issues, ethical failures, engineering code ofethics, societal impacts of engineering and technology, ethics in design projects, ethical theories,risk and liability, sustainability, safety, and engineering decisions in the face of uncertainty.Among the professional issues courses described on the survey, 23 were undergraduate coursesrequired within civil engineering (and 8 also in environmental engineering). Four were coursesalready identified at institutions that graduate the largest number of civil engineeringundergraduate students (described previously). Online information that was found on theadditional professional issues courses was added to Table 2A
the curriculums of Connections and Identity but these curricula may not be explicitly taught. Capstone projects are used to assess how students integrate all of these curriculums.With such an analysis, it is easy to articulate why the traditional program has failed to serve at-risk populations such as women: By concentrating the Core and Practice up front, this program Page 11.1316.6may discourage or misrepresent the discipline for those, particularly women, who need somesense of Connection to society and Identity to the field.5Recent innovative efforts in engineering education can be understood using the PCM language: By
Page 24.288.1 http://www.ltu.edu/engineering/experimental biomechanics lab.asp Dr. Meyer directs the Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal to advance ex- perimental biomechanics understanding. He developed and teaches a number of courses in the Biomedical c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10438Engineering program, including; Introduction to Biomechanics, Biomechanics Lab, Tissue Mechanics,Medical Imaging, Orthopedics, BME Best Practices, Intro to BME, and Fundamentals of EngineeringDesign Projects. Recently, the EBL has partnered with ME and EE faculty to
Administration.ECE4021 and 4033 Civil Engineering Senior Design I and IIObviously, a capstone sequence is required of all civil engineering programs but our sequencewas modified to insure redundant BOK2 Outcome coverage at the highest Bloom’s level byintroducing requirements for Outcome 9: Design, Outcome 10: Sustainability, Outcome 13:Project Management, and Outcome 16 Communication. Finally, professional mentors andimproved rubrics were added to the course which assists with direct assessment of BOK2outcomes. Page 24.138.12Figure 3: Breadth and Technical Specialization Coverage Page 24.138.13IV. ABET In
energy devices, fluid dynamics… Capstone eng Senior design design (CDsn) Other leadership, entrepreneurship, business, project Coaching for engineers management, seminar (I3), professional issues (I5) ^ Courses not listed among those that contributed to ethicsFor courses that impacted ethical development, about half of all alumni identified a course withethics in the title. This included three of the exemplar courses (at I1, I2, and I8). Some studentslisted multiple ethics courses. HSS courses were listed by about a third of the alumni asimpacting ethical development, with course titles commonly
our teaching methods, which include real-time signalprocessing laboratories using low-cost DSP processors, and hands-on projects. We will alsopresent a course assessment and outcome, which will include how the students apply their gainedDSP knowledge to their capstone senior projects. Finally, we will address the possibleimprovement of the course content and associated laboratories.I. IntroductionDigital signal processing (DSP) technology and its advancements have continuously impactedthe disciplines of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering technology programs. This isdue to the fact that DSP technology plays a key role in many current applications of electronics,which include digital telephones, cellular phones, digital satellites
Timothy Bretl is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. in Engineering and B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College in 1999, and his M.S. in 2000 and Ph.D. in 2005 both inDr. Elle Wroblewski, University of Illinois at Urbana - ChampaignMichael Lembeck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 WIP: Using a Human-Centered Engineering Design Framework to Develop Learning Progressions in an Aerospace Engineering ProgramIntroductionHuman-centered design (HCD) [1], which offers a promising approach to promote situatedlearning in engineering design projects, and to facilitate
of the freshman year and year-long design projects in the threesubsequent years as outlined in Table 1. These hands-on competitive (years 1-3) or capstone(year 4) design experiences help the students comprehend the practical aspects of theirtheoretical learning and give them an opportunity to creatively apply course material. In years 1-3, the design projects are closely integrated with the course content, and involve “spiraling” ofconcepts in successive semesters and years. Weekly laboratory experiences provide additionalhands-on learning and prepare the students to achieve the various design project milestones.Table 1: Design courses in the four-year Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Year Semester Class
this study: • A writing attitude survey to assess engineering students’ perspectives, reflections, and opinions about writing skills; • A basic writing skills test based on a similar test created by the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications to determine students’ ability to recognize correct grammar, sentence structure and punctuation, • A writing sample assessment rubric and methodology to systematically assess engineering students’ writing samples; • A technical oral presentation assessment rubric, with both individual and group components, to assess senior-level capstone oral presentations.The writing assessment tools were applied to freshmen, juniors, and seniors in the twodepartments. The oral presentation
in improved understanding and exposure to real-life product development practices. Furthermore, AM can unlock the creativity of students byenabling them to produce innovative parts with almost no restrictions on part geometricalcomplexity. Building on students’ interest in drones, Tipker et al. [3] presented freshmanengineering class basic drone electronics kit and asked them to design and build, using AM,suitable drone structure, assemble it, and fly it. In a senior capstone project, Hur et al. [4]demonstrated how students used AM to manufacture metal and plastic propellers for small-scalethrusters for underwater robots. Rios [5], 3D-printed and compared them to their CAD models toillustrate several geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program.Regina Ruane Ph.D., Temple University
-driven component or do not require discipline specific information to bedistributed are organized by sections, such that all three disciplines are present in the same room.Scheduling the multiple sections to run concurrently also allows all the sections to meet togetherin a larger classroom so that outside speakers can reach out to all the students at the same time. Figure 2 also demonstrates the in-class and out of class activities that the students participated infor the revised course. Many of the activities and subsequent homework assignments weredesigned as milestones for successfully completing the semester project. In many ways, thiscourse was designed in a similar fashion as one might design a capstone design course, withmultiple
this context that weenvision the role for Chemical Engineering to be one of significant importance.Until recently, the Chemical Engineering curriculum at the Universidad de los Andes, as well as,all the programs offered in other Universities in Colombia, could be described as traditionalprograms representative of a curriculum style followed internationally and particularly in theUSA, almost invariably based on the concept of unit operations and transport phenomena with aprocess-based design capstone project, and all taught in a classical manner. Such style andcontent had remained in general unchanged since the 70s, as it is the case in many other
projects and buildingparticipants’ confidence as educational researchers. This project was funded based on impactrather than knowledge generation; thus, this paper will report on the impacts of the ProQualInstitute in terms of participants served and evaluated outcomes and project team observations.The key evaluation questions we answered were: 1. To what extent did the project design and implement a high-quality and culturally responsive training program? 2. What knowledge and skills did participants gain because of participation in the ProQual Institute? 3. How could the ProQual Institute be built upon to improve participant outcomes?Background & Conceptual FrameworkThe target audiences for the ProQual Institute were STEM
with the AA program 7. Integrated Learning Experiences Experimental and design projects in the research and capstone courses are typical of those encountered in the aerospace industry. Design problems are chosen to encourage 3 original solutions and applications. Consequently, finding new projects each year is a challenge. 8. Active Learning In lecture-based courses, instructors are using reading quizzes, muddiest-point-in-the- lecture cards, concept tests, personal response systems, turn-to-your-partner discussions, and demonstrations. In laboratory, research, and design courses, instructors use demonstrations, inquiry, projects, problem solving, and experimentation. Course 3 evaluations provide evidence of the
11connection with these communities [28].College: Undergraduate and graduate students In the case of the university stage, I analyzed six articles related to classroominterventions through Capstone Design Projects (CDP) or specific courses for the developmentof solutions aimed to achieve social justice, focused on the lack access to specific products,from a welfare approach to social problems, and its effects on particular products. Theresearchers were, for the most part, engineering instructors in areas such as mechanicalengineering [29], IT Engineering [30], Building Engineering [31] or interdisciplinary groupswhere there are at least one engineer [32] [33] [34], who also looked for fosteringinterdisciplinary teamwork. For this, these
Social Justice Green Engineering 10:00 am LIGHTNING TALKS Innovation Studio Amphitheater (1st floor) STUDENT POSTER SESSION Room Innovation Studio (2nd floor) 10:30 am Engineering Capstones K-12 STEM Outreach DEI / Social Justice Hybrid & Remote Learning Project Based Learning Sustainability12:00 noon AWARDS LUNCH Best Paper and Campus Rep Awards; Campus Center Odeum (2nd floor) Best Student Paper, Poster 1:30 pm ASEE
needed. Page 14.74.5ENGR 471 then sets up Senior Design, a capstone course were a real engineering project with amechatronics emphasis will be sought. Fall Semester – 1st Year Spring Semester – 1st YearENGR 101 – Engineering Orientation ENGR 108 – Introduction to Design (2dh)ENGR 107 – Introduction to Engineering MATH 330 – Calculus IIMATH 230 – Calculus I PHYS 205 – Intermediate Physics ICHEM 261 – General Chemistry ENG 201 – Rhetoric & Composition IENG 101 - Rhetoric & Composition I PED 1XX