Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael W. Jennings; Jamal A. Ghorieshi

. The Vibrations and Dynamics course—offered in the third year ofthe mechanical engineering program at Wilkes University—was drastically revised fromthe traditional lecture, homework and paper design project. These changes include:developing, designing, prototype construction, data acquisition and processing, andtesting along with oral presentation and demonstration. The main goal is for students tolearn and practice engineering in a manner that is a continuing habit. In this process,students learn: (i) What is in a machine shop? (ii) what tools are necessary? (iii) how tocome up with practical and useful solutions? (iv) decision making and generatingalternatives in the light of incomplete and often contradictory conditions. (v) illustrateand

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Marsico

coverage. This material was offered in the third course of the industrialengineering technology sequence. That is classical cart before the horse mentality; create aproduct and then discuss the theory. Because of the lack of equipment students were taken tofacilities that showcased a particular manufacturing process.The production design course focused on four projects to highlight and discuss the requiredcourse content. The class was divided into groups of two and given a project which would berequired to be completed within four weeks. The four projects were: • turret lathe, • automatic screw machine, • jigs/fixture design, and • die design.Concurrent with each assignment, manufacturing sites were

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore; Jian Huei Choo, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore; Eng Keng Soh, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, National University of Singapore; Yee-Sien Ng; Ming Po Tham, National University of SIngapore

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Biomedical

conception to implementation. In the course of his work, he dealt with various stakeholders including the multi-disciplinary project team members, the industry partners, the Users and external vendors. In the EDIC, he teaches and supervises undergraduate engineering students who engage in multidisciplinary projects. Eng Keng has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Nanyang Tech- nological University, and a Master of Science (Management of Technology) from National University of Singapore.Dr. Yee-Sien Ng Yee-Sien is currently the Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the National

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

James Kribs

graduate research assistants. These types of projects have been developedin the sciences, and specifically biology and chemistry undergraduate programs (Ballen et al.,2017; Corwin & La, 2014). These courses are used as an alternative to conventional laboratorycourse with fixed objectives and predetermined results. The intent is to show undergraduatestudents how higher-level research is completed, without the standard “training wheels”.Students observe new unique outcomes, and get experience in a laboratory environment,including common practices within the field of study, as well as teamwork and collaborationwhile conducting research with unknown results (Ballen et al., 2017; Corwin & La, 2014).These types of projects have expanded into the

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Troy Harding

collected through the use ofwritten reports and surveys. The author discusses what was learned about the impact onstudents’ attitudes, learning and quality of work. Challenges are also described, as well asrecommendations for enhancements.IntroductionComputer programming has traditionally been a solo activity. Even in teams of softwaredevelopers, the planning of the project may be done together, but the actually coding is typicallydone individually. In recent years the growing popularity of the extreme programming softwaredevelopment approach has brought attention to pair programming.1,2 Pair programming iswhere two programmers work together at one computer. They continuously collaborate ondesigning, coding, and testing the program. The person in

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raymond Addabbo

mfiles, operations with matrices, graphing functions, logical and relational operators, controlloops and variable assignments. Each concept is motivated by a specific example frommathematics or physics. Students are given projects and are graded on the functionality ofthe program and the programming style. The students are given a midterm based on thesebasics.The second half of the course is used for project work. Students are divided into groups oftwo or three and given a project based on their interest. The expectation is that studentswill collaborate and use techniques learned in the first part of the course. Descriptions ofseveral projects and an example of a final group project are given below with comments.3 Projects a. Introduction to

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ricky Whittington; Guangming Chen

Parametric Cost Estimation for NASA’s Space Technology- 5 Micro-Satellite Mission Ricky Whittington, Graduate Student Guangming Chen, Associate Professor Morgan State University Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Information Engineering Baltimore, MD 21251Abstract Morgan State University (MSU) Industrial, Manufacturing, and Information EngineeringDepartment has collaborated with the Space Technology 5 (ST-5) Project Team of the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Goddard Space Flight Center in an effort tostudy the expenditures of creating

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

. IntroductionThe ultimate goal of engineering education is to graduate engineers who can design andimplement solution to existing societal problems. To accomplish this goal, meaningfulengineering design experiences are integrated into the curriculum as early as during the firstyear. In addition to the cornerstone project course such as introduction to engineering design, thefirst two years of the curriculum are devoted primarily to the basic sciences, followed byadvanced courses in the last two years that familiarize the students with discipline specifictechnical contents. To conclude the engineering design learning experience, engineeringundergraduate education has a capstone senior design project course that allow students toimplement design process

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Charles McIntyre

responsibilities that are required for atypical construction project, i.e., construction documents and codes, material estimating, projectscheduling, procurement and delivery, actual construction, inspections, change orders, projectdelivery, demolition, and a final project report. The “revised” course was delivered during the2012 Fall Semester to sixty-five (65) students. Student feedback was extremely positive.IntroductionCurrent research within the engineering disciplines indicates that a first-year (freshman) hands-on course that emphasizes real-world design experiences can increase recruiting and retentionrates and provide the groundwork for future academic “learning” in subsequent coursework.3,8,14Within the engineering disciplines, there exists a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

Raju, Auburn University Dr. P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering and Director, AETAP. He is a PI on three current NSF projects and directs the LITEE and the Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (AETAP). The mission of AETAP is to provide technical assistance and technology transfer to industries and community in the State of Alabama using the resources from Auburn University and other research labs in Alabama. In addition to consulting for the United Nations and several industries, he has developed an excellent team in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering that is successfully conducting research in acoustics, non-destructive evaluation, and vibration. He is the recipient

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. First, we expected to educate, cultivate, and facilitate 7th to 12thgrade science and math teachers by exploring the scientific method of inquiry and the criticalresearch skills that engineers use to solve open-ended real-world problems. Second, it wasexpected that the teachers participating in the RET experience would become role models byapplying their research experiences in their classrooms and with colleagues. Third, the teachers’new skills would enable 7th to 12th grade students to directly link their standards-based educationto events and issues occurring within their community and encourage them to become effectivecitizens in a technology-driven society. This paper describes four aspects to the project; first theresearch projects and

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Michael R. Maughan P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Daniel J. Robertson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Design in Engineering Education

which several of the student authors have been involved. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active , design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Dr. Matthew John Swenson P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow After graduating from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1999, I im- mediately pursued a career in industry, quickly excelling and continuously accepting roles of increasing responsibility. The first five years, I worked at GK Machine, Inc., a small company south of Portland, designing customized agricultural equipment. Next, I worked at Hyster-Yale Material Handling, most re

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC; Carolyn Voter, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #25354Board 15: Introducing Students to Engineering by Helping Them RePictureTheir WorldLynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC Lynn Mayo holds a M.S. in civil engineering from Stanford University and a B.S in civil engineering from Bucknell University. After working for over 30 years as a civil engineer, she became CEO of RePicture Engineering, PBC. RePIcture Engineering is dedicated to increasing interest and diversity in engineering by telling the stories of engineering projects, engineers, and organizations. Through the RePIcture.com site, we are helping students discover careers shaping the future and

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Madeline E. Rasche, California State University, Fullerton, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department; Vishalkumar Jayantibhai Ahir, California State University Fullerton; Iulian Mocanu

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Mechanical Engineering

parallel linkages, cams and gear systemsand robot manipulators, to name a few. During the Fall 2016 semester, new experiences in theform of interactive activities, including research projects were developed and incorporatedwithin the course. These activities were specifically designed to enhance the students’knowledge of how the above-mentioned mechanical systems appear in other domains, such asBiomechanics and Biochemistry with the goal of giving the students the opportunity to not onlycross boundaries, but also integrate and use current knowledge in their own area to solveresearch problems in other disciplines.Results related to the three desired learning outcomes (critical thinking, intellectual maturity,and responsibility for own learning

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University; Girish Rao, SPRINT

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Educational Research and Methods

control vehicles6. Page 11.205.3 Figure 1. Experimental DesignIn the second stage, the experimental group of eight design teams uses the DIST for thesecond design project. Their performance and workload ratings are compared with that of acontrol group of eight design teams, completing the same design problem, without access tothe tool. The results of their performance and workload assessments are correlated with theusage logs from the DIST and the findings are presented.2.1 Stage I: Design Documentation of all TeamsData collection was completed using teams of an introductory required engineering designcourse at The Pennsylvania State University. ED&G 100 is a project-based introduction tothe

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

team of first-yearstudents through seniors completing a 7 week design project in chemical engineering where theteams are constructed to enable situated learning (SL). The multi-level experience is an attemptto create a community of practice in which students can interact academically and socially1. Theimpact on the first-year students in the SL teams was compared to collaborative learning (CL)teams where students in a freshmen-only biomedical engineering course are assigned to 3-4person groups and complete a level-appropriate design problem. The purpose of the comparisonwas to determine if the structure of the team yields differences in learned teaming skills as wellas how they learned. Analysis of a Team Characteristics Survey and student

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Session 3649 Assessing the Impact of the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions on Civil Engineering Technology Students Valerie L. Sirianni, Kerin E. Lee, Matt D. LeFevre, James W. Lindholm Abi Aghayere, Maureen Valentine Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe new accreditation criteria (TC2K) of the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABETrequire an assessment of Program Intended Learning Outcomes. Some of the learning outcomesrequired by the “a” through “k” and the Civil criteria of TC2K include leadership skills,teamwork skills, project

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

and teachers to increase and enhance engineering content in K-12 education. In 2004 Mr. Oppliger was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service honoring this outreach work. Before coming to Michigan Tech, Mr. Oppliger taught math and science at the secondary level for 11 years. Before that, he worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the marine construction industry.Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University Page 15.643.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 High School Enterprise: Introducing Engineering Design in a High School Team

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

Construction Management and Engineering. This courseintroduces students to the construction industry primarily though the use of guest speakers.However, there was a need to restructure this course to provide a hands-on “constructionmanagement experience” that mimics actual construction management job functions andresponsibilities in order to prepare students for subsequent coursework and eventualemployment.The basic methodology for this “revised” course used the Tektōn Hotel Plaza Set 6 which is agirder and panel building kit. This kit was used in innovative ways to introduce students to theentire array of construction management functions and responsibilities that are required for atypical construction project, i.e., construction documents and codes

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Bowers, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Kate Fisher; Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

complex engineering design projects. Her scholarship is grounded in notions of learning as a social process, influenced by complexity theories, sociocultural theories, sociolinguistics, and the learning sciences.Ms. Kate FisherProf. Zachary Holman, Arizona State UniversityMathew D. Evans, Arizona State University Mathew D Evans is currently a doctoral candidate at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Fostering Belonging through an Undergraduate Summer Internship: A Community of Practice model for engineering research educationIn the 21st century, it is not sufficient for engineering students to acquire good

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Australia and New Zealand to identify how capstone courses areimplemented outside the United States and what strategies can be shared across countries. As intheir United States counterpart, the 2015 Australia and New Zealand surveys includedquantitative, categorical, and open-ended questions on capstone course information, pedagogy,evaluation, faculty, students, projects and teams, expenses and funding, sponsors, and respondentexperience and opinion. This paper presents highlights of the resulting data by country, drawingcomparisons where possible across countries: Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.Overall, the essence of capstone design courses in the three countries is quite similar; there arevariations in implementation details, but

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Yi Min Huang; Larry McKenzie; Michael Trevisan

Engineering EducationOne aspect of design education now receiving attention is the capstone design experience. Todd etal. in 1995 surveyed capstone engineering courses throughout North America to understand currentpractices in capstone education4. The study found that many engineering programs were usingsenior design/capstone-type courses to help prepare students for engineering practice, and asignificant number of institutions engaged industrial clients to sponsor capstone projects. Inaddition, a number of schools were using undergraduate team based projects, with a few using inter-departmental undergraduate teams from different disciplines. They concluded that this facultyintensive investment was valuable in producing competent engineering

Conference Session

Track 7: Technical Session 7: Grassroots Approach to Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in Engineering

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Ashleigh R. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ellen Wang Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Akshina Sood, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

diverse backgrounds, undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, staff,and/or faculty within the college) to jointly identify a need (e.g., recruitment, mentoring,development, retention, and/or engagement of individuals from underrepresented groups inSTEM, K-12 outreach and STEM pipeline development, integration of IDEA in engineeringeducation, etc.). To address these needs, teams develop a research question, propose andimplement project activities, measure the outcomes, document best practices, and publish theresults. Since 2020, the program has awarded over $565,000 and has provided mentorship tosupport forty-one (41) projects that have engaged over 200 individuals within the college and thelocal community. This paper describes the

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Bond, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeffery R. Roesler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Arthur R. Schmidt III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, two near-peer mentoring programs are described and implemented in thecontext of a large (200+ students) project-based introduction civil and environmental engineering(CEE) course. They were developed to provide sustainable, effective methods for near-peermentoring that could be implemented on a larger scale. The two near-peer mentoringframeworks, targeted mentoring and general mentoring, were developed based on the followingobjectives: 1. Provide first-year mentees with additional project input and technical writing and presentation feedback. 2. Provide first-year mentees additional information about campus life, the curriculum, and professional opportunities based on the experience of current upper-level students. 3. Create

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Tech; Brenda Brand, Virginia Tech; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

and Dr. Mary Kasarda, a colleague in mechanical engineering, are conducting a study on factors influencing girls' participation in robotics engineering.Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech Eugene Brown is Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is a computational fluid dynamicist with a special interest in computational nano-fluidics. His research is diverse and has ranged from the numerical simulation of fire extinction by water mist to the development of methods for predicting the performance of aircraft propulsion nozzles. For the past two years, he has been the technical advisor to the Virginia Demonstration Project, an ONR funded middle-school focused educational outreach project. His

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Gilbert, Iowa State University; Pam Shill, Iowa State University; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University

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Information Systems

, interface design, human computer interaction, ethics, and graduate life. For theremaining time, students conduct interdisciplinary research projects in groups of three. Eachgroup is mentored by graduate students in the Human Computer Interaction Graduate Programunder the supervision of HCI faculty. The five research projects are presented at an end-of-thesummer campus-wide research symposium in the form of posters, demos, and a five-pageresearch paper. This REU Site benefits from strong institutional support and mechanisms forrecruitment, mentoring and long-term retention that are particularly effective at targetingunderrepresented groups in science and engineering.This analysis offers the reader key insights into building an REU experience that

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

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Electrical and Computer

projects. Additionalworkstations have not been purchased for students in the control theory courses because of costand space constraints. However, incorporating a laboratory feel into these courses would enhancelearning and retention. The design and use of a low-cost virtual control workstation in the firstundergraduate control theory course will be discussed. The virtual workstation was modeledfrom the physical electrical and mechanical parameters of a Quanser Consulting electro-mechanical system.I. Introduction Two control workstations from Quanser Consulting have been used in over adozen student projects in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at BradleyUniversity as well as for faculty research 1. The Quanser Consulting

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Antonio Leija, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Thecourse material developed for this portion of the class will be posted online so that othereducators may use it in their teaching.The second part of this paper discusses some of the projects proposed and completed by students,and any difficulties the students faced along the way. From two weeks into the class, students areasked to form groups of up to four and propose a final project. For their final project, students arerequired to design and build a complete working system of their choice. Their final project isrequired to make use of both the processor running RTOS and at least one custom IP blockrunning on the FPGA.In the final section of this paper I examine student feedback for the course, and comment onsome of the challenges I faced in

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

) are previously developed ground rules systemsrepeatable in lower-division undergraduate engineering courses that perform group work? 2)does student team cohesion improve when team-specific ground rules are established prior toperforming group projects? The system was applied to a large undergraduate group engineeringproject that focused on a design-build-test application of bioengineering principles usingcomputer-aided-design. The sophomore level biomedical engineering course provided 21 teamsof 5-6 students with a student contract that established which particular ground rules areacceptable given the team’s culture. Students were encouraged to use their ground rules and teamcontract throughout the course’s group project to improve team

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Pejman Akbari, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona ; Brad Kevin Thomas, Electro Mechanical Systems Engineering Technology; Christopher John Tait, Cal Poly Pomona; Colby Stark

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

University, Pomona in June 2018. During his senior year at Cal Poly Pomona, CJ contributed to the design and manufacturing of the Radial Wave Engine. After graduation, he worked as a Research Engineer testing the Radial Wave Engine at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. Continuing his career in the Aerospace industry, CJ works as a Design Engineer at HiRel Connectors, Inc.Mr. Colby Stark c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Development of a Novel Engine Test Rig for Research and Educational PurposesAbstractThis paper overviews a senior design project conducted by three undergraduate engineeringstudents at California State Polytechnic