Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Design Lab and enhancing the experience for students working on engineering design projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Capstone to Drive Continuous Improvement in the CurriculumAbstractCapstone is intended to be a proving ground for students to demonstrate that they are preparedfor professional practice. Accordingly, this paper addresses the problem of how capstone canprovide feedback and thereby continuously make improvements to the engineering curriculum.A progressive model for hierarchically prioritizing student outcomes and mapping them to directmetrics related to the curriculum is presented as a mechanism for generating feedback. Themodel is used to highlight areas of

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

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

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

2022 ASE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36137 Individual Capstone Assessment Using Z-Scores M. Austin Creasy* Purdue University mcreasy@purdue.edu L. Eric Stacy Purdue UniversityAbstractCapstone courses and the associated projects are the culminating learning experiencefor many engineering programs. Students are placed in teams with an assigned projectthat simulates working in an industrial setting. Grading individual students within theseteams can be challenging for an instructor because many of the course deliverables arethe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

education to prepare engineeringgraduates for the competitive global market place1, 2. Among capabilities cited as deficient instudent preparation are professional skills and abilities to innovate technical products in thecontext of business conditions3, 4. Oftentimes, these topics are not given appropriate attention inengineering programs.Important professional skill development is often assigned to capstone engineering designcourses. These courses are the culminating experiences for undergraduate engineering students,and they often incorporate client-driven design projects that have significant professionalchallenges. Surveys of capstone design instructors, however, indicate that instructional focus andassessment of student learning vary greatly

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16272Integration of General Education into the Senior Capstone Class in Engineer-ingDr. Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University Dr. Backer been a faculty at SJSU since 1990 and held positions as an assistant professor, associate professor, professor, department chair, and director. Since coming to San Jose State University in 1990, I have been involved in the General Education program. Currently, Dr. Backer serves as the PI for two SJSU grants: the AANAPISI grant and the Title III Strengthening grant both from the U.S. Department of Education.Dr. Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University Dr

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Ruegsegger, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #9730Work in Progress: International BME Capstone and Summer Design Expe-rienceProf. Mark A. Ruegsegger, The Ohio State University Mark Ruegsegger is currently an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engi- neering at Ohio State University. He has a curricular focus on the Senior Design capstone course, which includes multi-disciplinary teams of BME, Mechanical Engineering, Occupational & Physical Therapy, and other Medical and Engineering disciplines. Each project team builds a device that provides assis- tance to those with disabilities, or projects with other clinical or

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

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); James Lucas Daly

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

satisfactory answer can be found. Using data from periodic nationwidecapstone surveys, combined with observation and review of capstone design literature, we thenexplore whether these concepts may be typical of all Capstone Design courses. During Fall 2022,students in a large multidisciplinary engineering capstone program were asked to completeperiodic written reflections in support of proposed concepts 1 and 2, in order to explore whetherwritten reflection may support student progress through these thresholds. Four times over thesemester, students reflected on their individual project work as part of a team, and two to threetimes over the semester, teams reflected on what they learned from early-stage prototypes. Thispaper presents our rationale for

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, Erebus Labs; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

work looks at the impact of authentic value- added capstone projects on student’s soft skills by comparing results of a multi-year collaboration survey given to multiple senior capstone teams. The observed trends suggest that projects with community impact (irrespective of size or geographic constraint) foster increased communication, participation, and ultimately collaboration.Introduction There is a worldwide push to engage and develop K-12 student interest in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines1. Some STEM collegiate programs,such as civil and mechanical engineering, seem to have a plethora of incoming and returningstudents.Why?Buildingblocks

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kaylee A Dunnigan, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Amy Dunford, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #30836From Cornerstone to Capstone: Students’ Design Thinking and ProblemSolvingKaylee A Dunnigan, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Kaylee Dunnigan is a fourth-year undergraduate student working towards her B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. They are the head of research and development for the Introduction to Engineering and Design at Tandon. In this position they de- velop semester long design projects for students, hands-on labs, as well as mentor students throughout these projects. They have worked previously at Sandia National Labs Advanced Materials Labs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University; Gretchen A. Mosher, Iowa State University; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University ; Tejas Dhadphale Ph.D., Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

diversity, quality, and rigorthe characteristics necessary to serve a 21st-century nation and world. Capstone projects arewidely acknowledged as important components in engineering, engineering technology, design,and business undergraduate education.2,6,15Much has been written on the topic, particularly on capstone courses in engineering.6, 17 Someresearchers have focused on capstone programming and structure.13, 17, 18 Others haveemphasized multidisciplinary collaborations.10, 19, 20 A smaller amount of research has addressedthe assessment of student knowledge patterns in multidisciplinary environments.4, 21, 22 However,little research has examined the role of faculty and their beliefs on the success factors, as well as,time commitments for

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Adrezin; Michael Nowak; Donald Leone

advisor, each student sought a laboratory in his/her area ofinterest. The research is structured as two course equivalents (100 hours each). “BiomedicalEngineering Capstone Research I” was designed to immerse the student in a wide range oflaboratory functions. “Biomedical Engineering Capstone Research II” is designed to give thestudent in-depth experience by functioning as an engineer on a project, either ongoing in thelaboratory or being developed.Grading of each course is via written and oral reports, as well as laboratory supervisor input.The first course requires the writing of a report on the experience, while the second requires aformal research paper in the style of journal articles.The experience from these courses has been excellent for

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

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, Ohio State University; Bashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, Ohio State University; Kaycee Ash, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. She joined the research team in December of 2015 and is currently working on assessing motivation in academia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Providing Student and Faculty Feedback from Motivation Assessments in Capstone CoursesAbstractStudent motivation in capstone design courses is assessed in six capstone project courses at sixdiverse institutions in the 2017-2018 academic year. This assessment follows a similarassessment study at a large public university in six unique capstone courses. Reliability andvalidity analysis during the first year contributed to upgrades to the assessment tools currentlybeing implemented. Qualitative feedback from student and

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3881: CAPSTONE DESIGN: INSIGHTS FROM AN INTERNA-TIONAL COLLABORATIVE STUDENT TEAMProf. James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where his teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. Over the last nine years, he has taught or co-taught capstone design. For eight of those years, he has been in charge of recruiting external clients and coordinating projects for capstone design.Dr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 25.285.1 c American

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

Session 3425 The Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Experience at Union College Prof. Nicholas Krouglicof Union College Department of Mechanical Engineering Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractDesign of Mechanical Systems (MER-144) is a project-oriented course that provides a capstonedesign experience for the mechanics area of the mechanical engineering curriculum at UnionCollege. Choosing an appropriate design project for this course, one that integrates all of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Team-Based and Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Chinwe Tait, Kettering University; Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Johns Hopkins University, Laboratory for Computational Se ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integration of Capstone Class and Student Competition Design TeamsAbstractMany student competition design teams, such as SAE Collegiate Design Series teams, ASMEdesign project teams, and others, feature interesting and challenging projects. These projects areoften open-ended and require use of material from multiple engineering classes and disciplines,which suit them in many ways for capstone projects in senior design classes. In this paper, a teamof faculty who have been involved with student competition design teams and have taughtcapstone classes analyze the student experiences with capstones and

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 2: Long-Term Institutional Outcome Evaluations and Capstone Innovations

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjeevi Chitikeshi; Shirshak Dhali, Old Dominion University; Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

], but ECE students rarely take these courses from technology departments. A survey ofthe courses offered in the ECE curriculum by the four year universities in Virginia list no coursesin PLC based control. However, there are numerous reports on innovative approached to teachPLC in engineering technology programs [11-12]. To offset these missing skills in ECEgraduates, a capstone project as a pilot course was introduced in this work. The PLC basedcontrol can effectively be taught in a hands-on laboratory setting which is the focus of this paper.. Hardware and software integration using PLCs, and active lab-based learning is more effectivein these types of courses for engineering students [13], [14].Use of industrial robots in manufacturing

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Righter, The Citadel; David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

toreturn to QFD throughout their projects in order to learn this cascading process. This paper willassess the use of QFD during the later stages of a Capstone project to amplify the voice of thecustomer and emphasize quality control.Mechanical Engineering students at The Citadel are historically required to develop a house ofquality as part of an assignment generating requirements and constraints. In the beginning of thecapstone project, students are introduced to the structured process of defining the customer’srequirements and the process for transforming them into specific product designs. Students arerequired to establish the voice of the customer (VOC) into the design of their capstone project bycreating, deploying, and analyzing a survey

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

Engineering 19, 20. Theproposal for the new program included a new course, ECE 491 Senior Project I, whichwas introduced to satisfy two distinct goals: provide a capstone design experience;introduce new material in the area of computer network hardware. The course is notintended to replace a typical course in computer networks, which covers material relatedto network architectures, protocols and performance.The CourseOrganized in a 14-week semester with two 50-minute lectures and one 3-hour laboratoryperiod per week, ECE 491 has several goals: to learn about computer network protocolsand hardware; to work on a design project that must interface properly with other groups;to evaluate the project from ethical and socially responsible points of view; to

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

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; Sarah Oman; James L. Huff, Harding University; Shane A. Brown, P.E., Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

constructs of design activity engagement [4]–[7],motivation [8]–[10] and situated cognition [11]–[14]. Design activity engagement frames thesocial context of our investigation [4] and describes the complex cognitive [7], [15], [16] andsocial processes [2], [17] involved in the design process within a capstone course. Theseprocesses are a result from the structure of capstone courses, within which students engage incomplex open-ended projects and collaborate with student peers as well as professionalengineers sponsors. We further study student’s motivation to engage in design behaviors asrelated to their identity construction [8]–[10]. Finally, we connect students’ understanding ofdesign activity engagement to literature in situated cognition [12

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Pete Hylton

Session F2D3 Technical Risk Management As the Connectivity in a Capstone Design Course Pete Hylton Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University / Purdue University at Indianapolis AbstractMany high-tech industries have recently begun to institute Technical Risk Management(TRM) as a part of major design efforts. The US Department of Defense has startedrequiring that TRM procedures be defined in proposals and that all major reviews

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-156: A CAPSTONE APPROACH TO EXPLORING TEACHEROUTCOMES FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTHoward Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the past thirty years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first-year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology RONALD H

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Benjamin Mount, Washington State University

competence in design4.Design ModelA conceptual model for knowledge and abilities is one of three legs of the Assessment Triangle,used as a basis for knowing what students know1. Therefore, creation of valid assessments forcapstone engineering design courses requires such a model for engineering design. Design modeldevelopment presented here is part of a National Science Foundation project entitled:“Transferable Assessments for Capstone Engineering Design Courses”. Project leadership froma diverse multi-institution and multidisciplinary team offers potential for producing a model thatis transferable across widely varied capstone course environments.Achievement targets in capstone engineering design courses must be stated clearly so thatperformance

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

onbest practices and leading industry trends. To the AEC industry’s leading providers of critical thinkers,creative solution makers and future leaders, AE programs adopt a myriad of teaching strategies. The coreof AE programs revolve around providing a realistic design and construction experience for students thatsimulates industry, with senior capstone projects commonly being the location for such an experience. Upto now, much has been researched on capstone delivery, but often excluded in this research are AE programsdue to the small cohort size, as say compared to mechanical engineering. This paper is the third in a seriesof AE program benchmarking, where the initial paper looked at general formulations, delivery, and projectutilization

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Design Cognition and Self-Perception in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Li, University of Calgary; Poornima Jayasinghe, University of Calgary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, the research ofdesign cognition offers observational studies and develops models to describe human-centereddesign processes. Common topics of design cognition include design fixation [1-7], problem-solution co-evolution [8-11], and design metacognition [12].As a capstone course instructor, the results of design cognition are interesting because they canexplain why students think or behave in certain ways in capstone projects. For example, thephenomenon of problem-solution co-evolution tells us that it is common for designers to usetentative design solutions to improve their understanding of design problems. With this idea, wemay not insist on having a “perfect” problem statement from a design team before they can startproposing design

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