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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Colleen Symansky; Hudson Jackson; Kassim Tarhini

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Preparing Civil Engineers for Construction Project Management Colleen Symansky, Hudson Jackson, and Kassim Tarhini United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTAbstractPart of the Civil Engineering Program graduation requirements at the United States Coast GuardAcademy includes the successful completion of a two-sequence construction projectmanagement study. This sequence consists of a Construction Project Management (CPM) courseand a Civil Engineering Design (CED) Capstone course. The CPM course provides anintroduction to the management practices of the construction industry, specifically focusing onhow projects are

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

wereencouraged to continue to work together in the College of Engineering Senior Design I andSenior Design II courses with the intent of them being able to commercialize the design.Part of the faculty effort was to build and promote a culture of innovation among engineeringstudents; therefore as a follow up from the course offering in the spring 2013 the facultysupported two projects during their capstone senior design courses for the fall 2013-spring 2014semesters with a strong plan for commercialization of the product. These students weremotivated, self-driven and excited about their projects and the possibility of launching a businesssuccessfully by using our program, and taking advantage of the resources available to them fromour University’s Office

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

James R. Rowland

continuous improvement for ABET Student Outcome(d). The two-semester senior capstone course that follows this course provides other teamingexperiences; the controls project described in this paper serves to precondition students forteaming principles one year earlier in their curriculum. An up-to-date survey of dynamic teamingresults is presented, followed by a description of team improvements in these term projects overthe past decade. Lessons learned since two earlier IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education (FIE)conference papers by the author in 2001 and 2002 are described with a focus on continuousimprovement. Important aspects of the teaming experience are initial formations of the teams,interactions between team members on their selection of

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel A. Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

-credit course the core class in the processtrack (one of two major tracks) taken by all students in the major. This class is a prerequisite forother classes, such as Software Process & Product Quality and Trends in Software DevelopmentProcess. Methodologies and processes taught in this class are also a required implementation inthe Senior Project capstone which immediately precedes graduation. The department understandsthat a strong foundation in this area is a vital part of students’ future success and the reputation ofthe college.Software Engineering majors typically take this course in their third year, and it often directlyproceeds or follows students’ required one-year cooperative internship (co-op). For manystudents, this time period

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

impact.Constructivist theories of learning also recognize that learning is a social activity6. This meansthat the laboratory instruction and project-based design courses can be identified as opportunitiesto improve students’ ability to work in teams, as well as their communication skills. As a result,many civil engineering programs now incorporate many of these dimensions in their designclasses, ranging from cornerstone to capstone design courses7.IllustrationsThe civil and environmental engineering department has implemented project (cooperativelearning) based exercises in the CE 3801 Environmental Engineering Laboratory course (juniorlevel civil engineering course). In this course, student groups (three to four) were formed tofacilitate team-based

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Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and men- toring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond. Page 26.852.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 How Did We End up Together? Evaluating Capstone Project Success as a Function of Team and Project Formation Methods and

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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Engineering Management

, communication and project managementskills that many say are missing from the traditional engineering education (Felder, Vest,etc). Authors like Sheppard, et. al. advocate for modifying the engineering classroom toallow ways these skills can be taught.Success in business is determined by the technical skills within the organization.However, success of a business is also based on those employees having anunderstanding of what the business really needs. Technical professionals need to be betterattuned to customer needs and stakeholders’ perspectives, in order to align technicalprogress with business strategy. Such real world understanding is missing fromtraditional engineering education. Many say that the Capstone Design experience issupposed to be where

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bryan K. Allen; Gordon W. Romney

1 Agile Capstone Integration of Free, Disparate Cloud Services Produced a Prototype Application that Tracks Airborne Wildfire Firefighting Resources Bryan K. Allen and Gordon W. Romney School of Engineering and Computing National University, San Diego, CAAbstractA prototype application designed to leverage state-of-the art cloud computing technologies wasdeveloped as a capstone project for U.S. Defense Support to a Civilian Authority mission. Theoutcome of this paper demonstrates the Agile development and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Harley Hartman; Anthony Derosa; Seth Klepper; Eduardo Rayner; Justin Stahl; Hansong Li

Exploring Collaborative Research and Development Opportunities, between Two Universities, for a Capstone Electromechanical Engineering Technology Course for a Microprocessor Controlled Hand Opening Assistive Device (HOAD)Edward M. Land, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Marcus, Penn State University and JHUVisiting Faculty member; Harley Hartman, Penn State University; Capstone Project TeamStudents, Penn State University, Anthony Derosa, Seth Klepper, Eduardo Rayner, Justin Stahl;Collaborating Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Hansong LiAbstractTo cooperatively and synergistically develop a purpose-built, Hand-Opening, Assistive Device,enabling a stroke victim or other neurologically injured

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryndol A. Sones, United States Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

that makes easy the assessment of the some of the trickier ABET Student Outcomes to measureIntroduction This paper describes a one-year nuclear engineering capstone designcourse that is rich in assessment data to evaluate student achievement in severalABET (previously known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology) Student Outcomes (SOs). Efforts in the course begin about sixmonths prior to its start by engaging students with a course overview, generalguidance about design project options, and a requirement for students to provideprofessors with their topical interest areas. Over the summer, professors work toalign student interests with faculty capabilities and with possible external projectclients. Students are

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Biomedical

students’ development of effectivecommunication skills along with technical skill development. The senior capstone report oftenplays an instrumental role in this development, since it comprises both the final assessment ofstudent communication performance and also students’ most significant opportunity for activelearning of in-discipline communication skills. Peer review has been proposed as an ideal meansto provide students with much-needed feedback toward this communication learning. Peerreview also has the potential to increase students’ interpersonal communication skills andmetacognition, provided that the review activity is structured to encourage constructivecontributions and reflection[1]. The goal of this work-in-progress project is to

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kevin R. Anderson; Clifford M. Stover

47 Teaching Machine Design Using HILTI Machine Tools Industry/University Collaborative Project Kevin R. Anderson, Clifford M. Stover, Polytechnic University, Pomona, CAAbstractThis paper presents the results of a case-study using a local industry sponsored research projectat an undergraduate based polytechnic university to support capstone design experientiallearning. The case study from HILTI Machine Tools demonstrates how engineeringcompanies can realize cost effective research and development by mentoring and sponsoringan engineering

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Biological & Agricultural

Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP. Page 26.710.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Expanding Applicability of Senior Projects: Portable EGCC (Environmental Growth and Cloning Chamber) for GreenhousesNowadays it has become a common practice to do senior design projects or capstone projectsunder the sponsorship of an industrial entity, or a technical business/agency, where students willbe performing technical activities closely related to their specific engineering field. A wonderfulopportunity for the students to realize the reach

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Making in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

provide students with multiple opportunitiesto experience a realistic design challenges before their Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) mandated capstone design-build project.1,2 The literature shows the Page 26.202.2importance, effectiveness and student enthusiasm for real-world design projects performed aspart of capstone design experiences.3-5 However, creating exciting, customer driven andrelevant design experiences for classes other than the capstone design classes has provenchallenging.In the past the authors have struggled to integrate customer driven design and build projects intoexisting courses. When a working

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Justice Boisselle, Oral Roberts University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

using SolidWorks, and ANSYS Fluent software was used by a third studentwho was not on the senior capstone team to simulate the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.IntroductionThis project involved the design, building and testing of a Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilityapparatus by undergraduate engineering students. The laboratory will enable students toconduct visualizations of the waves that develop due to the instability.The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is a classical problem originally studied by Helmholtz 1and Kelvin2. The mechanism causing the instability has been studied in detail by Lamb3,Bachelor4, Drazin and Reid5, Chandrasekahr6, Craik7, and many others. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability can appear at the interface of two fluid layers flowing with

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Brad Joseph Johnson, Rowan University

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Computing & Information Technology

. He is the president of the Rowan University Chapter of AIChE and a member of Tau Beta Pi. He was the recipient of AIChE Delaware Valley Section’s 2014 Outstanding Sophomore of the Year award and is a three-time Black Box Cooperation Yost Scholar of Excellence. In the future, he intends to pursue a PhD in Chemical Engineering and become a professor. Page 26.20.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Cloud-based Tool for Assigning Students to ProjectsAs a part of the overall engineering curriculum, senior capstone projects provide the necessaryopportunity for

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Instrumentation

very good outcomesduring its first run. By revisiting a previously covered topic, the students get a chance toreinforce their knowledge on the topic and take it to the next level with the new approach. Also,by using the same instrument that they previously designed and built themselves, they arefamiliar with its performance and can quickly apply the enhancements.Since the course ended, I have had many of the senior students meet with me to discuss how theycan incorporate an embedded processor into their capstone design projects. Other students fromthe course have purchased microcontrollers for personal use in their homes and vehicles forvarious sensing and control applications. Some of the projects are very innovative and show thatthey were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Wuerffel, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Dale Will, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

vice-versa) unless theindividual student seeks it out. Anecdotal evidence suggests it is extremely difficult forinterested art students to enroll in engineering courses. Programmatic strictures in both art andengineering can often work against such enrollment special cases.Utilizing projects like senior design or other engineering capstones, the departments within thehumanities can be served by the technical fields, thus increasing the capabilities of thatdepartment. There are benefits to such projects for all participants, from exposing students todifferent ways of thinking, seeing, and communicating, to specific outcomes such as broadeningunderstanding of principles of engineering and design. In engineering practice, the ability towork with

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Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; James D. Goedert, University of Nebraska

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Construction

Architectural Engineering , The PennsylvaniaState University, PARokooei, S., Goedert, J. (2015). Using Simulated Virtual Interactivity in Construction Education, 7th Conference onHigher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.Rokooei, S., Goedert, J., & Fickle, K. (2015). Using a Simulation Model for Project Management Education, 7thConference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.Rokooei, S., Goedert, J., Weerakoon, A. (2014). Simulation as an Effective Tool for Gender Education inConstruction, 6th Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. VA.Szot, J. (2013). The Value and Effectiveness of Project Management Simulation as a Capstone Activity in anExecutive MBA Educational Program

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #11262Summer Industrial Projects Program (SiPP) Drives Engineering TechnologyStudent RetentionProf. Robert J Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Durkin teaches courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology; including the capstone design and independent study projects. He serves as a Faculty Senator and earned the 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has over 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience including; design, project management, and various engineering, research and manufacturing leadership roles. He has been awarded two US patents. He is an alumnus of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Maria Virginia Moncada

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

funding to support the development oftechnologies to enhance the quality of life for rural Nicaraguans based on sustainable businessmodels. The proposed project was to develop a two course sequence for both UNI and Villanovaengineering students. The first course in the sequence was to be focused on providing thecontextual background for students, especially at Villanova University, and orient them towardshow to identify technology-based, entrepreneurial projects suitable for rural Nicaraguans. Thesecond course was to be focused on the development of sustainable business models for the baseof the pyramid customer. In addition, students would prepare a proposal for their capstone designproject in the first semester course and then execute their

Conference Session

Project-Based Experiences in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Architectural

energyefficiency for commercial applications. This paper describes the design and economical aspectsof the project, by including all the aspects, such as labor of replacing the fixture and the ballast,maintenance, and depreciation. This work has been performed within a capstone design course.Most importantly, project methodology will be discussed. Both direct and indirect assessmentshave been performed. The self-assessment section generates indirect assessment data, whichcomplements the traditional direct assessment data.We discuss the capstone design program from students’ point of view, and the experience earnedin design, integration, and also in written and oral communication skills. Methodology used toevaluate the effectiveness of the capstone design

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Project-based Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

is very important to find topics for students’ capstone design projects. This paperpresents an approach which successfully combines external funding resources, faculty expertise,and collaboration resources for a project-based learning environment. In 2010, authorscollaborated in a USDA supported project to establish an agricultural robotics lab and In 2012,authors collaborated in another USDA supported project to establish an intelligent equipment labboth in Prairie View A&M University. The overall objectives of the projects are to establish anagricultural robotics lab and intelligent equipment lab for precision agriculture on Prairie View

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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Community Engagement Division

nature of the integration between the sophomore and senior students is slightly distinct, andis not as interactive as the one discussed above. The sophomore students are required to attendsome of the presentation sessions and group meetings of the senior students (working on theirCapstone projects). They are also required to attend the poster presentation session made by thesenior students at the culmination of their Capstone project. The sophomore students are requiredto write reflection papers to explain their experience and to explain their understanding of theproject. The main rationale behind this interaction is to introduce the sophomores to the open-ended, and often vague, project objectives of the Capstone projects. Furthermore, the

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Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Karen Kenyon, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

. Page 26.628.12References:1. Goldberg, M.R. and Pearlman, J.L. Best Practices for Team-Based Assistive Technology Design Courses. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2013. 41(9): p. 1880-1888.2. Catalano, J. D., P. Wray, and S. Cornelio. Compassion practicum: a capstone design experience at the United States Military Academy. Journal of Engineering Education, 2000. 89(4): p. 471–4743. Enderle, J. D. An overview of the National Science Foundation program on senior design projects to aid persons with disabilities. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2000. 15(4): p. 288–2974. Green, M. G., J. S. Linsey, C. Seepersad , K. Schmidt, and K. L. Wood. Design for Frontier Environments: A Novel Methodology and Results of

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Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Wendell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles Zheng Guan, MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

.     Similarly,  there have been other university­centered efforts in  teaching design  and manufacturing principles  using  electric  vehicles.  The  most  significant  of  these  is  the  Purdue  University  EV  10​Grand  Prix​ ,  which  also  began  in  2010  as   a  class  offering,  but  has  since  expanded  into  a post­secondary  school­focused  league  where  any  school  may  register  a  team  and  vehicle pursuant  to  their  technical  regulations.  The  projects  are  of  much  larger  scale:  full­size  racing go­kart  frames  and  larger  teams  of  student  working  on  vehicles  as  part  of  an  extracurricular activity  or  senior­level  capstone  class.  Purdue’s  evGrandPrix  Reference  Guide  suggests  that

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

, high school students — especially those in underrepresented groups — are unlikely to be adequately prepared for college and have the requisite information for choosing a career, in STEM or other fields. (pp. 62-63)In the design of HA, we chose upper level (3rd and 4th year) university engineering students to bethe role models for several reasons. First, they are in the midst of experiencing the rigors of theirengineering program and have completed a significant number of courses within their majors.All have experience in learning to use the tools and procedures important to their engineeringdisciplines. Second, many have experienced early career elements that extend beyond theclassroom, such as serving on a capstone design team

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering Course Through a Critical Review over its Offerings Orner, K. , Prouty, C. , Naughton, C. , Manser, N. , Verbyla, M. , Trotz, M. and Mihelcic, J.R. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1AbstractThe Sustainable Development Engineering course has evolved over its seven offerings at aresearch university in which interdisciplinary groups of graduate students engage in criticalthinking, problem solving, and collaborate with community partners. Students provide on-siteskilled labor, multi-media presentations, and project proposals for the community; in

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Reuben F. Burch V, Kansas State University; Hugh R. Medal, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

solving is an important skill for engineers. Among the most common waysthat open-ended problem solving is incorporated in the curriculum is through capstone designexperiences. Although ubiquitous in undergraduate degree programs2,8, capstone design has alsobeen included in master’s degree programs, sometimes in place of the thesis4 or as a non-thesisoption for students on an industry-oriented career track6. Typically these capstone experiencesintegrate technical skills from multiple classes, and in some cases, they span multiple semesters.The literature on undergraduate capstone design offers insight into important factors for asuccessful industry-based project2. Attributes of effective client projects include the involvementof a company liaison

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

arose outside of engineering at PhiladelphiaUniversity, and engineering is a relative latecomer participant in these projects. So, instead ofproviding the foundation and organizational underpinning typical in engineering design-and-build projects (like Capstone Senior Design), engineering students at Philadelphia Universityare in the position of having to adapt to the culture and expectations of other disciplines to fullyparticipate. This necessary adaptation for participation creates a unique flavor ofinterdisciplinarity as well as a unique set of challenges for the engineering student participants.These challenges and how they are being overcome are at the focus on this manuscript.Methods and ResultsA key attribute of Nexus Learning based