Academic Versus Industrial Senior Design Projects Michael A. Rother Department of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota-Duluth For the past seven years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University ofMinnesota-Duluth has used industrially supplied projects in its senior capstone design sequence.The change was implemented from academic to industrial projects as a result of an ABETrecommendation to increase the multidisciplinary experiences of the students. By ABETdefinition, an industrially supplied project is considered multidisciplinary. The department doesnot charge companies for the student
and Design Requirements. Students work in teams of 3 throughout the semester.Various software tools are used and the final design is presented to the class. Each team mustproduce a detailed set of engineering drawings as well as a final design report. The designproject is extremely valuable in teaching the importance of team project organization and timing,as well as tolerancing, manufacturing techniques, fits and producing detailed engineeringdrawings. Finally, the design project supported the ABET Student Outcome 5 and 7: Ability tofunction effectively on a team, and Ability to acquire new knowledge. These outcomes areassessed with an in-class survey and results reported.1. IntroductionThe use of design projects (or capstone projects) is an
depend on the kinds of questions instructors ask, the use of supportivefeedback, and their attention to issues of content versus formatting and editing concerns.The one-page letter report assignment provides a balanced time and length for students to write.However, this type of written assignment mainly emphasizes narrative writing with fewerfocuses on preparations of figures, tables, equations, and reference citation. Therefore,department-level efforts in the engineering major should be made to allow students to practice allaspects of technical writing in the curriculum from first-year courses to the senior capstonedesign project. Because the survey results from this study show that almost no one in thislaboratory course visited the university
and applying the latest educational research to improve the teaching – learning dynamics giving Dr. Bellido extensive experience using eval- uation to improve learning strategies from primary to graduate school. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Applying Complexity Theory and Project-Based Learning to Project Designs of Complex Computing SystemsIntroduction In capstone courses, students solve real world problems using teamwork, their engineeringskillset acquired through their curricular and co-curricular experiences, and management andplanning. Faculty try to predict the impact of student technical and non-technical
Session 6-4 Innovative Design-Build Approach to Project-Based Learning Susan M. Bogus Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico Kerry J. Howe Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractAll undergraduates in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico must takea senior capstone course in the last semester before graduation. The
corporations and operated her own communications consulting firm.Dr. Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re- source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. He is an active member of ASME and ASEE and has been a member of the Capstone Design Conference organizing com
Paper ID #35101Automating Project Team Formation with Heterogeneous Project Preferencesand Skill Mix ConstraintsMr. Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University Mr. Donndelinger joined Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science as a Clinical Associate Professor after 23 years of experience in the automotive and cutting tool industries. During his 16 years as a Senior Researcher at General Motors’ Global Research and Development Center, Mr. Donndelinger served as Principal Investigator on 18 industry-university collaborative projects focusing primarily on conducting interdisciplinary design feasibility
Capstone Design [5,6]. The use of entrepreneurial mindset can bemapped to ABET student outcomes and enhance learning with what are known as the 3C’s –Curiosity, (making) Connections, and Creating Value [1,7].In an effort to enhance Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculum, faculty at a mid-AtlanticUniversity developed a project for use in undergraduate engineering courses. The purpose ofthis paper is to 1) describe the development and implementation of a project for use inundergraduate Statics and Dynamics courses, 2) describe the engineering skillset andentrepreneurial mindset outcomes for the students, 3) provide student and faculty feedback, and4) offer recommendations for improvement and adaptation.MethodsFaculty developed a project based with
degree of complexity in design, the use of simulation enablesengineering students the ability to develop solutions for the system requirements. However, thiscan become problematic to adequately provide a realistic environment for teaching the design ofrobotics systems. In recent years, with the coordination between Cal Poly Pomona and BoysRepublic, we have developed Project Ponderosa. Project Ponderosa provides Cal Poly Pomonaengineering students the opportunity to design various robotics, and automation systems that willbe operated and maintained by Boys Republic students for Christmas Wreath Production at theirfacility. This project constitutes the college student’s senior capstone project providing themwith real-world experiences to prepare
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mathematics undergraduates.Dr. Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Investigating Impact of Disruption to Biological and Agricultural Engineering Senior Design Capstone Courses due to COVID-19AbstractSenior Capstone Design is a culminating course of the undergraduate engineering curriculumwhich gives students the opportunity to work in teams on designing a solution to real-worldproblems submitted and mentored by industrial and research project sponsors. In Biological andAgricultural Engineering disciplines, these projects can involve tasks such as field datacollection, laboratory experiments or fabrication of
. Bradley and Brian J. Thomas,“Student-Aimed Appropriate Technology Engineering Projects in Kenya,” Proceedingsof the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Southern University and A&MCollege, TX.4. Dubinsky, Yael and Ort Hazzan, “The Role of a Project-Based Capstone Course,”ICSE'05, May 15-21, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.5. Kimble-Thom, M. A. and Brian J. Thom, “Academic and Industrial Perspectives onCapstone Course Content and the Accompanying Metrics,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Session F4D, October 19 – 22, 2005, Indianapolis, IN.6. Bruhn, Russel and Judy Camp, “Creating Corporate World Experience in CapstoneCourses,” 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Session T2G, October 20– 23, 2004, Savannah
lectures described above, the students are giventwo writing assignments, the first on process hazards and the second on a HAZOPs analysis.The students are directed to use their chemical process from their ongoing senior design projectas the subject for these two writing assignments. In the case of the HAZOP, the students areencouraged to work with their design group to develop a HAZOP chart, but they are required towrite their essay individually. The students are also required to incorporate the technicalmaterial developed from these writing assignments into their capstone design project final report.The prompts for these two writing assignments are given below [7]:Process hazards “Prepare a 500-word project memorandum that presents your
Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Aaron has served in the military for 23 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s primary areas of research are engineering education, the behavior of steel structures, and blast. Aaron mentors students by serving as an advisor for capstone projects and through service as an Officer
primary areas of research are engineering education, the behavior of steel structures, and blast. Aaron mentors students by serving as an advisor for capstone projects and through service as an Officer Representative for Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Basketball. His passion for teaching and developing tomorrow’s leaders resulted in his selection in 2009 for the American Society of Civil Engineers New Fac- ulty Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni Award for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Project Based Learning in a COVID Environment
program and workforce developmentduring the first year of implementation were published in 2019 ASEE conference proceedings.Here, we present the results of the first- and second-year efforts involving the implementation ofthe program (Phase II). Accounts involving students, both scholarship recipients and others, whohave engaged in capstone projects related to the nuclear power industry are also discussed. Thefindings of the first- and second-year assessments on student outreach and educational goals areshared. We provide an update on the status of the program, and summarize lessons learned as aguide for other programs in support of nuclear workforce development.II. IntroductionWorkforce development in nuclear related energies is more
Industrially Supplied Design Projects at the University of Minnesota-Duluth Michael A. Rother Department of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota-Duluth For the past three years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University ofMinnesota-Duluth has used industrially supplied projects in its senior capstone design sequence.The change was implemented from academic to industrial projects as a result of an ABETrecommendation to increase the multidisciplinary experiences of the students. By ABETdefinition, an industrially supplied project is considered
hands-on experiences in engineering education has been recognized fordecades. Yet creating and running an effective hands-on experience, especially in the thermalsciences is challenging. This paper will outline a project that asks students to design, build, andtest a heat exchanger. In addition to being hands-on, the project incorporates two high-impacteducational practices. First, the project is collaborative as groups of 4-5 students work ondesigning their heat exchangers. Second, the project serves a sort of “capstone project” for thethermal science classes by integrating topics from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heattransfer. While attempts to incorporate designing, building, and testing of heat exchangers as partof a mechanical
. These projects comprise a significant portion of the engineeringcurriculum at the college, and students at the college have reported in exit surveys that theseprojects have had significant impact on the formation of their engineering identity.The initial hypothesis of this paper was that positive team experiences, facilitated by similar goalorientations among team members, contribute to increased performance in team projects andenhanced engineering identity. To examine this hypothesis, ten semi-structured interviews wereadministered to seven students in two courses. The courses were a first-year introduction toengineering design and a third-year, industry-sponsored capstone project class. Students in theintroductory course were interviewed
dramatically differentdisciplines to work together and come up with new ideas that would otherwise not be possible.Semester-by-semester ProgressThe project commenced in the spring of 2017. CBH and MET students and faculty from SUNYPoly visited CABVI and listened to a series of staff presentations on potential projects. This ledto several different capstone projects, one of which was the braille block project. The firstcapstone group produced braille tiles and a scrabble board with square braille blocks [6]. Asshown in Figure 1, the initial designs were laid out using AutoCAD, and the final models weredesigned using SolidWorks. Figure 1. Braille tile and scrabble board prototypes [6]CBH and MET students met weekly to share design
are described and students' competencies are discussed. Finally,the conclusions of our work are summarized, and a short discussion is presented.Online hands-on embedded system project lab designA. ChallengeEngineering Technology students benefit from hands-on laboratory education and take-homeproject. As part of the requirements of the AAS in the EMT capstone hands-on project lab, studentsmust connect the electronics components and devices correctly on the breadboard. Students mustknow how to use basic instrumentation to test and monitor the embedded system, such as to usean oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, and multimeter. The students also need to knowhow to write and debug programs to control electromechanical devices, such
and Treagust [5] suggest that one of the main challenges of PBL in engineeringeducation is to ensure students still develop a strong fundamental understanding of engineeringprinciples in addition to demonstrating higher levels of motivation and better communication andteamwork skills.Ideally PBL experiences must be integrated throughout the undergraduate program, rather than asingle capstone project, in order for learning to be most effective [19],[7]. Furthermore, if theseprojects are providing an integrated contextual environment, the students can also developcommunication, independence, confidence and initiative, and project management skills [19]. Addingcontextual relevance to the project engages the students and makes them feel that the
included in each project home, while the meetings page links allproject progress reports. On the deliverables and links pages are including project deliverablesand the status, as well as useful information and references related to the project.2.2 MRP Implementation in Power Electronics and Capstone Design CoursesPower electronics represents the application of electronic circuits to energy conversion, transferand processing. Study of the characteristics, capabilities and limitations of power semiconductorswitching devices is fully discussed, during the course, as well as the analysis, design andsimulation of common circuit topologies for power conditioning and processing, powerelectronic converters, or switch-mode power supplies. Power electronics
students get amore realistic design experience while local industry gets the engineering support that itneeds to be more competitive. During the Fall 2002 semester, MCHE students from ULLafayette began working on two assembly-line automation projects for MEPoL clients.This paper describes the progress made and the challenges encountered as this transitionfrom design competition to real-world projects has taken place, and focuses on thebenefits of using an extension service as a vehicle for industry-sponsored projects. IntroductionMany engineering departments require a major design project during the senior year.This “Senior Project” is often called a “Capstone Design” experience, because the projectis meant to
Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USAAbstractEGR 4810, 4820, and 4830, are a series of required Project Design Principles and Applications-“Capstone” Senior Project courses. This Senior Project is comprised of multidisciplinary majorswith multiple faculty advisors from Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering. Students taking these courses are highlydependent on on-campus labs and off-campus test sites. However, the COVID-19 restrictionschallenge the academic environment and restrict the students’ ability to access the manufacturingfacilities and to work together. In this paper, we present the design, implementation, andoutcomes of the senior
Paper ID #33788Engagement in Practice: Pedestrian Bridges as EngineeringService-learning ProjectsJay H. Arehart, University of Colorado Boulder Jay Arehart is an Instructor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and has volunteered as the Education Manager for the Engineers in Action Bridge Program since 2017. Jay’s teaching focuses on project-based courses for architectural engineering students including architectural studios and capstone projects.Kathryn Langenfeld, University of MichiganMr. Brenton Kreiger American
Paper ID #32638Implementing Social Justice Projects in Thermal System and MechanicalDesign CoursesDr. Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lauren Cooper earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a research emphasis in Engineering Education from University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Her research interests include project-based learning, student motivation, human-centered design, and the role of empathy in engineering teaching and learning.Dr. Jennifer Mott
. In particular for the robotics, andintelligent systems topics, the reviewed material includes: the MC68HC12 architecture andassembly language, introduction to robotics, sensors for robotic applications, motors and drivers,and fuzzy logic. Several papers and references are given, and students are encouraged to read thematerial, analyze the complicated problem area, and define the final problem statement theywant to solve which means that students are exercising their self-leaning skills. Furthermorestudents have to consider their own detailed project plan according to the overall plan for theworkshop. It is important to have in mind that since this is a capstone design, students should beable to apply the knowledge and skills that they have
Paper ID #33521Team-Teaching a Project-Based First-Year Seminar in PandemicDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University Dr. Jack holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical En- gineering from the University of Western Ontario. He is currently a Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of