Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens; David Burnette, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1998, and has five years of experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer at General Electric Aircraft Engines.David Burnette, Ohio University David Burnette was both an undergraduate student who participated in the OU ME Sr. capstone design project, and an OU ME graduate student who helped compile the student comments and complete the literature search for this study. He is currently an employee of the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Page 13.1349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 USING PERFORMANCE REVIEWS IN CAPSTONE

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel U. Enemuoh; José Carrillo; Jong Beom Lee; Scott Norr

Multi-Disciplinary Capstone Design and Implementation of Orbital Debris Removal System Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Jose Carrillo, Jong Beom Lee Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812 Scott Norr Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812AbstractThe goal of this multidisciplinary capstone design project is to promote and sustain undergraduateresearch at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) through a fundamental

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

other factors. Two additional criteria,Passion for Technology and Clearly Communicates, also rated as relevant and important. Fourcriteria, Inspires Collaboration and Leadership Project Management Skills and Experience, werelower rated.4. ME310 Student Profile ME310 is a capstone course that has been taught at Stanford University since 1967. Theyear-long course is a mechanical engineering master’s-level sequence in which student teamswork on complex engineering projects sponsored by industry partners. Student teams completethe design process from defining design requirements to constructing functional prototypes thatare ready for consumer testing and technical evaluation.8 Students come to the course having earned undergraduate

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Gloria A. Murphy, NASA; Lisa D. May, NASA Headquarters

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

concrete examples. The course exposes students to various techniques ingetting the systems engineering job done, such as concept of operations, requirementsdevelopment, trade studies and decision analysis, failure modes effects analysis, andcost/schedule modeling. The order of the some 24 different topics follows, to some extent, thesystem life cycle of development, with system formulation topics at the beginning and systemimplementation topics later. Page 23.203.3The second effort originated from NASA’s sponsorship of engineering faculty ideas forchallenging capstone design projects. One of the winning proposals came from AuburnUniversity’s Drs

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

several years while developing andteaching the HVAC curricula in the Architectural Engineering program. We emphasize theimportance of how such disciplines as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer andelectricity together create a successful curriculum. In addition, we describe briefly the history ofthe architectural engineering curriculum at University of Wyoming, the capstone design HVACproject, and the HVAC design process.Most importantly, project methodology will be discussed, beginning with system selection (fancoil, VAV (Variable Air Volume) terminal box, under floor air distribution system, displacementventilation and beam system), heating and cooling load estimation, systems sizing, airflowdistribution, commissioning and

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Abbott, University of Missouri; Katie Grantham Lough, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

instructors in theireffort to effectively teach this concept.The goal of the educational tool, component functional templates, is to not only aid classroominstructors in presenting the concept of functional modeling to students in a timely manner, butwill also aid the students through modern visual and interactive learning techniques that promoteproper form and assisted development. Ultimately, the templates will only be a first step, muchlike training wheels, in the process of learning how to functional model and will be an invaluabletool for the novice user with more in-depth engineering design problems to tackle.2.0 BackgroundThe educational foundation on which this project is based is the active learning process, whilethe primary method of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

capstone engineering design courses 2. Define an assessment structure that measures achievement of targeted outcomes in the context of capstone engineering design projects 3. Present assessment instruments and bases for scoring used in team-based design projects 4. Propose an approach for measuring reflective practice in team-based design projectsOutcomes and Performance CriteriaThe Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium recentlyreported four areas of performance for learning and solution development in capstoneengineering design courses. [22-24] In this paper, the four areas have been revised to alignclosely with learner development and solution development needed in a rapidly changing

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1448: ASSESSMENT OF ABET 3 A-K IN AN OPEN-ENDED CAPSTONE?Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler Ronald W. Welch is Professor and Chair for the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. Until Jan 2007, Dr. Welch was at the United States Military Academy (USMA) where he held numerous leadership positions within the Civil Engineering Program and the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Ron Welch received a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from USMA in 1982 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana IL in 1990 and 1999

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University Hazleton

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

focus on alternative energy and power generation. Thisprogram had its first graduates in 2014. Since then, we have undergone a continual growthprocess for Capstone Design, consisting of efforts to better integrate real-world projects that havea strong alternative energy focus and that can prepare graduates to work in the renewable energysector. In the 2022/2023 school year, capstone faculty became aware of the US Department ofEnergy Solar District Cup [7], [8] competition and went through a process to integrate thiscompetition into the program's Capstone Design. Several challenges were encountered during theprocess, leading to the goal of this paper: to share an overview of faculty experiences integratingthis competition into Capstone Design

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Larson; Melanie Landry; Donal Collins

Session 2793 Development of a Crawfish Processing Machine in a Capstone Design Course Michael Larson, Donal Collins, Melanie Landry Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tulane University, LA 70118AbstractThis paper describes how an entrepreneurial focus can be brought to a capstone designcourse in mechanical engineering. During the 2000-2001 academic year, seniorundergraduates in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tulane University weredivided into teams to prototype, test, refine and manufacture a new product under thedirection of faculty and graduate students who created the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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

Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Griffin, Georgia Tech; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

skills has beenintegrated into the Stewart School of ISyE at Georgia Tech Capstone Design course since2002[15]. The course involves student teams working on real-life design projects with for-profitcorporations, non-profits, health care organizations and government agencies. Students give sixpresentations during the course. The proposal presentation, interim presentation, and finalpresentation are each given to the Faculty Committee and class and to the client.ApproachThe presentation instruction is unique in its stress on information about communication collecteddirectly from people in the workforce: practicing industrial engineers, managers, and seniorexecutives of organizations employing many IEs. The interview process is described in

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Prepare the Final Draft of the END: Capstone Report Document Design, and Submit on LMS Analysis, and Documentation Process Figure 3: Overview of the Design, Analysis, and Documentation Process.3. This part of the project included 30% of the entire project’s grade, while the other 70% belongs to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William W. Tsai, California State University, Maritime Academy; Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

University of California, Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering.Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy Amber Janssen is a senior assistant librarian at California State University, Maritime Academy (CSUM). Her research background is in the instruction and assessment of information fluency in undergraduate education. Prior to CSUM, Ms. Janssen was a technical editor for the Research & Development office of Tetra Tech, Inc. Ms. Janssen earned her MLIS from San Jose State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Reinforcing Information Fluency: Instruction Collaboration in Senior Capstone Laboratory CourseAbstractThis paper

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Unicersidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

into 5 categories of analysis that arerelated to the five steps that are part of the effective creative process proposed byCsikszentmihalyi5: 1) Finding problems (preparation), 2) Gathering and reflecting oninformation (incubation), 3) Problem exploration (insight), 4) Generating and evaluating ideas(evaluation), and 5) Implementation (elaboration).Creativity assessment was also based on the Consensual Assessment Technique9 (CAT), which isconstructed on the idea that the best measure of creativity regardless of what is being evaluated,is the assessment by experts in that field. Therefore, a group of twenty experts in Food Science,Technology, and Engineering fields were invited to evaluate capstone course final projects anddeveloped food

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

-based classroom practitioners at the University of Idaho Page 13.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF A CAPSTONE COURSE TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM OUTCOMESAbstractA capstone is the top and last stone in a building. Similarly, a capstone course is usually the peakand last experience for students in a higher education program. Depending on the discipline andinstitution capstone courses may take the form of group projects, senior seminars, research, orany other activity that successfully integrates and synthesizes what students have learned throughthe academic program

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; Matthew Glucksberg, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Fewstudents had taken any additional design courses before their capstone course. In the capstone,they were learning further aspects of the design process, and were organized into teams to workon different problems posed by actual clients. None of the teams were working on KMCphototherapy. Students were not informed about our conception of the stages of modeling. Theyperformed the activities for our study as regular activities for the course, for which they receivedcredit. They were informed that their work on these activities would be helpful to their owndesign project and that they would also be analyzed as part of a research project.Implementation StrategyIteration 1: This phase was designed to assess student ideas of what constitutes modeling

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Timothy M. Cameron, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

on culminating learning in the academicmajor, and more than 70% require a major project or presentation.1 While a capstone course wasoriginally viewed as the "finishing touch" to provide students with the needed information orskills before graduation2,3, another view was developed considering a capstone course as anopportunity for students to demonstrate that they have achieved the goals for learning establishedby their educational institution and major department.4 Through careful examination of bothviews it is clear that the original view may lead to focusing on knowledge exchange and skillsdevelopment with no performance measures and the second view may cause no extra meaningfulknowledge and skills to be developed in the course.5

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narges Balouchestani-Asli, University of Toronto; Matthew Kiprop Greenacre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry; Kamran Behdinan, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring Innovation, Psychological Safety, Communication and Knowledge Application in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Design CourseAbstractIn recent years, engineering schools have been inspired by accreditation bodies to incorporatemultidisciplinary teaming in their curricula, and hence engineering schools have started to offermultidisciplinary capstone design courses. These courses give senior engineering studentsindustry/client based projects in order to prepare them for today’s diverse educational andprofessional work place. In contrast to monodisciplinary capstones, multidisciplinary capstonescreate a diverse team of students from

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathan Kralick P.E., United States Military Academy; Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Engineering EducationAbstractPersonas are fictional archetypal consumers that aid designers and engineers in more effectivelycreating products with a human interface. As more products shift from strict utilitarian functionto meeting additional physical and psychological needs, designers and engineers must implementemotional design in more domains. Learning to employ personas to explore elements ofemotional design is beneficial in an academic course and capstone project as these personasallow students to consider engineering requirements from the perspective of Donald Norman’sthree aspects of emotional design: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. In this paper, we presentan approach to evaluate the efficacy of using abbreviated personas, which are

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

and electronic imaging. She is a member of ASEE, SWE, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. Page 23.944.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 One Last Tool for Their Toolbox: Preparing Students for Capstone DesignIntroduction:In many electrical engineering programs, students are required to demonstrate the success oftheir capstone design project by building and testing a prototype. Depending on the nature andcomplexity of the design specifications, the final product may be a composite of analog anddigital, hardware and software, discrete

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederic-Charles Krynen, Stanford University; Carl E. Wieman

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #40075Enhancing Effectiveness and Inclusivity of Introductory, Project-BasedME Courses: A Cognitive Psychology ApproachMr. Frederic-Charles Krynen, Stanford University Fred Krynen is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Under the guidance of Professor Carl Wieman, Professor Shima Salehi, and Professor Sheri Sheppard, his research focuses on teaching methods as they apply to introductory university-level mechanical design courses. He is focused on measuring these methods’ impact on performance, retention and on the students’ sense of belonging in the physical space they occupy

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Kisaalita; Thomas Reeves

Session 2660 Capstone Design Experiences Across National and Cultural Borders: Course Development William S. Kisaalita Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department University of Georgia Driftmier Engineering Center Athens, Georgia 30602 E-mail: williamk@engr.uga.eduAbstract It is well recognized that the world is becoming a global village. Today'sundergraduates will occupy workplaces and communities that have been transformed byglobalization

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valerie Vanessa Bracho Perez, Florida International University; Anilegna Nuñez Abreu, Florida International University; Ameen Anwar Khan, Florida International University; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

challenges.Designers are faced with the constant need for reiteration and reframing as they work towardsmeeting the often-evolving constraints and specifications of a project. One of the mostchallenging factors designers must account for is the consideration of stakeholders. Stakeholdersare defined as all individuals who affect and/or are affected by the design and design process [1];hence, they play a major role in contributing to the effectiveness of a design. Stakeholder needs,safety, behaviors, and preferences when interacting with a design will impact whatconsiderations engineers must consider when designing. Overlooking these needs not only canbe detrimental to the overall effectiveness of the final design, but more critically, can haveadverse social

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Theodor Freiheit, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

online discussionbetween team members, and teams were required to use a common electronic submission formatfor these deliverables.Figure 1. A mindmap for a treadle pump designThe paper begins with background on the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering DesignMethodology and Application capstone design course and its relationship to the proposed mini-project. Next, we describe our mini-project and identify how the mindmapping software gave thestudents an overall view of the design process. A comparison of first and fourth year studentdesign thinking as reflected in mindmaps will also be examined by contrasting the capstonedesign mini-project pilot against a first year design course mindmapping pilot project.References1. Buzan, T, B., The Mind

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

consistent, engaging and hands-on experience for first-year students, hoping to excite and inspire them in the first step of their journey. There is a strong team, continuously improving on project-based curriculum for the first-year and beyond. Sudan Freeman is also the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student Definitions of DEI in First-Year Engineering and Capstone DesignLike many universities, Northeastern University has several initiatives to improve diversity,equity, and inclusion (DEI) in its various programs. The authors have received an internal grantto develop the “New Engineering Toolbox”, which will be a resource to help

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, United States Military Academy; Daniel McCarthy, United States Military Academy; Michael Kwinn, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

small scale problem so theybecome comfortable with this engineering design process. The required courses in the majoralign with program educational outcomes and are the methods and formulation courses shown inFigure 2 for the department learning model. These courses also emphasize specific phases of theSDP. For example, SE385 Decision Analysis provides cadets with advanced methods to use inthe Decision Making phase. EM411, Project Management enables cadets to understand how toimplement a systems solution.Systems engineering majors culminate their education in two Capstone Design courses, SE402and SE403, which are listed under the required electives in Figure 5. Cadets use the SDP to workon a new, significant problem with a real client who is

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dan D Nale PE

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

. The report should be prepared in a business letter format. Keepthe letter brief but be sure to use an appropriate writing style and include all analyses in anattachment.Locate a spot in your house that you believe to be wasting energy and determine if you can © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferencedevelop an economic project to reduce the waste. Be sure to consider the following: What is thecurrent process? How much is the current energy usage? Why is it inefficient? What should beinstalled or replaced, and how much energy will it use? How much would it cost to purchase andinstall the proposed equipment? How much are the maintenance costs

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Sandfry, US Air Force Academy; michael bettner, US Air Force Academy; Tim Lawrence, US Air Force Academy; Michael Sobers, US Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, structured approach is a great benefit to the development of complexsystems, both for large aerospace contractors and student projects. Systems engineeringdisciplines help provide the order necessary to the design and production processes. Common tothe aerospace industry, systems engineering processes are often discussed in engineeringcurriculum, but opportunities to participate in these processes are rare. Capstone engineeringcourses, such as the FalconLAUNCH courses, are perhaps the best way to provide a meaningfulexperience in these important disciplines.One of the important systems engineering disciplines is configuration control and managingchanges during the design and manufacturing processes. An example of this is the engineeringchange

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Mines; Andre J. Butler; Laura Lackey; Philip McCreanor

Session 3451 Retooling the Environmental Engineering Laboratory Capstone Experience for ABET 2000 Laura W. Lackey, Richard O. Mines, Philip T. McCreanor, and André J. ButlerMercer University School of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, 1400 Coleman Ave, Macon, GA 31207-0001AbstractThe traditional undergraduate environmental engineering laboratory experience is well designedand provides students with appropriate hands on activities relating to data collection andanalysis. Students learn the appropriate procedures to perform analytical tests on water,wastewater