Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

projects, graduate research, three master’s theses and invaluablecommunity exposure for STEM education. In addition to research opportunities, the work withJagBot resulted in the development of a 400-level senior elective engineering class in LabViewand provided justification for University funding of a laboratory based on National Instrumentsdata acquisition systems. This paper describes the design process and the contribution of thestudents to the final JagBot design.2. IntroductionRobots, as much as any other advance in science, epitomize progress. Robots have starred inmotion pictures, are routinely used in industry, and, although they have not become integratedinto society as fast as imagined by science fiction writers, they have been

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

,Verification and software reviews and testing, user interface testing and 42Validation evaluation, problem analysis and reportingSoftware Evolution Evolution processes and activities 10Software Process Process concepts and implementation 13 Software quality concepts and culture, standards andSoftware Quality 16 processes, process and product assurance Management concepts, project planning and control,Software personnel and organization issues, software configuration 19Management

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

for supersonic hydrogen airliners from basic aerodynamics knowledge.The process identified numerous gaps in the comprehension of the students from their courses. Page 22.146.2The integration challenge of this project enabled iterative refinement of their understanding. Theconcepts and analysis approaches taught at each level are seen to have become useful only whensubjected to integrated use through several iterations. The paper also demonstrated a process toshow how some certainty can be achieved in developing an ambitious advanced concept throughthe notion of a “figure of merit”.A multi-level process was laid out, to explore a high-risk

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rebecca Dobbs, Rochester Institute of Technology; Changfeng Ge, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-2313: THE BENEFITS OF TRANSPARENCY IN MANAGINGSOFTWARE CAPSTONE PROJECTSKevin Gary, Arizona State UniversityHarry Koehnemann, Arizona State University Page 15.1207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Benefits of Transparency in Managing Software Engineering Capstone ProjectsAbstractThis paper describes the impact of an agile process support environment in helping facultymanage software engineering capstone projects and the learning outcomes associated with thecapstone experience. Software engineering capstone projects are notoriously time-consuming tomanage for faculty mentors. Team projects often fall behind due to the

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Long, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

where a key aspect of the education we provide may prove irrelevant inthe near future? This paper studies the issue of outsourcing in the software engineeringeducational environment as a required component of a software engineering project.The first aspect presented is the outsourcing of a capstone project for the Bachelor of Science inSoftware Engineering Technology program to a developer or development team in an emergingeconomy. An operational process is presented showing how this was done to bring outsourcingas a viable activity for student projects. The second aspect examines application of the developedframework for outsourcing as a key component of developing large scale software systems. Thejunior project sequence is used as a test

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

Lighting Energy Efficiency - Visibility Effectivity Correlation Marvin C. Abrams, R. Frank Smith, Ian Lewin, Jack Melnyk Cal Poly Pomona Univ./ Cal Poly Pomona Univ./ Lighting Sciences, Inc./Southern California Edison CorpAbstractThis paper describes an example of augmenting classroom lecture and experiments with anactual engineering job-related experience. The impetus is to fulfill a student’s need to see howtheir academic education is relevant to industry practice. Students from the ECE DepartmentCourses Introduction to Illumination and Lighting Control/Design were offered the opportunityto participate in an applied research project sponsored by the Southern California Edison

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dawson Plummer; Sheldon Jeter

cell utilizing the ideal fuel mixture is connected to a model electricvehicle to race against fellow students. The more advanced students will also exploreimproving the current collectors during their yearlong senior capstone projects. Page 10.954.4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copy right @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” The work at West Point is part of a much larger overall effort. Recent advances in fuel celltechnology and the decline in cell construction cost, have prompted studies in improvingefficiency of fuel

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tyson McCall; Corinne Ransberger; Steve Hsiung

the process of designing application programs startsfrom the individual module development through extensive testing, verification, andmodification. Applying these developed modules in a useful manner requires the links andintegrations that lead to the practical project implementation. Frequently, in students’ seniorproject designs and faculty’s research plans, the microprocessor/microcontroller resourcesbecome scarce or cause conflicts during the modules’ integration stage. To accommodate the shortfall of the resources and resolve any conflict state, severalchoices must be considered, such as the need to revise or totally rework the module, or apply themodule with additional circuit design. This article presents a proven concept that

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

Session 1347 Managing Senior Design Projects to Maximize Success: The TAT Team J.A. Morgan, G. Wright, J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Introduction The typical engineering technology curriculum culminates in a capstone senior designcourse or sequence. The goal of this course/sequence is to have students demonstrate theirmastery of the concepts they have learned throughout their degree program. While manydifferent approaches to senior design courses exist, most

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

Engineering Education”attacks. The terror effect on a society that has come to rely upon a computer-controlledinfrastructure would be magnified even more. The Norwich University Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department wasfirst granted funds by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the summer of 2003 to developcourse materials to teach future engineers the principles for developing cyber-attack-resistantcritical infrastructure systems. The material developed that summer by the team of students andprofessors consequently found application in the freshman “EE116 Professional Projects” courseas well as the senior “EE411 Microprocessor-based Applications” course. The freshman courseexperience was reported at the 2004 ASEE Annual

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

Session 1347 An Educational and Entertaining Senior Capstone Design Ahmad M. Farhoud Engineering Technology Department University of ToledoAbstractThe renovation of Lucas County’s Winter Wonderland Christmas exhibit presented a uniqueopportunity for students to become involved and use their knowledge to design new displays.The project presented herein represents an ideal learning experience. It was an occasion forstudents to have fun, while demonstrating their technical knowledge. At the same time, studentsexperienced some of

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

, it wasimplemented to change the course and improve performance.First, there was value to the MET program in applying a metric such as RADD as part of acontinuous improvement process. This aspect offered help in identifying areas for improvementin our pre-capstone courses. With the addition of further parameters to the current RADDmetric, we intend to provide data-based feedback that will aid in the modification to pre-requisitecourse outcomes.Second, the RADD metric was used to improve the course itself. Analysis of the courseperformance indicated that a significant shortfall was the ability of students to synthesize andapply their project information and technical skills into a cohesive product design proposal. Forcomparison, the metric was

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

careers.BackgroundEG 1004, Introduction to Engineering and Design, is Polytechnic University's introduction toselected aspects of the history, philosophy, methodology, tools, and contemporary topics inengineering. It includes a weekly lab component that introduces basic engineeringexperimentation and data analysis. Lab reports provide an opportunity for the written assessmentof engineering data and designs. Weekly presentations allow for the oral presentation of thisanalysis. In addition, there is a team design project. Three milestone presentations and a finalwritten proposal and oral presentation are required for the successful completion of thissemester-long project.The course is composed of a weekly three hour lab, a two hour recitation and a one hour

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

. P.O. Box 162993 Orlando, FL 32816-2993 furterer@mail.ucf.eduAbstract:The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of CentralFlorida has incorporated service experiential learning opportunities into the curriculum within aTotal Quality Improvement course. This graduate level course teaches the Six Sigma body ofknowledge, including quality management principles and problem solving tools. It provides just-in-time experiential learning opportunities to reinforce the in-class instruction. This paper willprovide examples of Six Sigma tools applied in the project case studies including Voice of theCustomer, Design of Experiments, and

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

Session 1347 The Administration of Senior Design Projects In a Distance Learning Environment Isaac L. Flory IV, John R. Hackworth Old Dominion UniversityI. AbstractA method for administering a senior level capstone design course in Electrical EngineeringTechnology in a distance learning environment is described. Several avenues are explored thathelp the students successfully conceive, develop, and present their design projects from off-campus locations that are consistent with the requirements placed upon their on-campus peers.Several

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

laboratories have been developedwith financial support from the National Science Foundation. Other web enabled laboratory projects are more ambitious. Bismarck State College has aweb-based laboratory that is one part of an on-line associates program in Power PlantTechnology9. The concept for the “Cyberlab” is even more intriguing. Cyberlab is an Internethub that universities and private enterprise use to offer remote laboratory experiments for a fee10.These web developments suggest that distance education for laboratory-based degree programsis quickly becoming a reality. Table 1 is a brief summary of the web implementation for the remotely accessible energylaboratory at Purdue. It emphasizes that the laboratory encompasses more than

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Session: 1547 Design of a Rain-Based Speed Controller for Automobile Windshield Wiper Motor Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Tom Malaby University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project in our DesignTechnology course and the experience gain by the student involved. The intent of thecourse is to expose students to real world design projects. Students are expected to becreative and innovative in their design projects and utilize a multitude of engineeringdisciplines that

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

knowledge frompast courses at the United States Air Force Academy to design, build, test, and deliver aproject that the instructor assigns to them, which benefits a real-world user. Along theway, the cadets also meet certain milestones, give briefings and demonstrations, andprepare technical reports. The course is geared so that technical and non -technical cadetscan team up to perform meaningful work in an engineering design format. In the midstof a unique and often challenging group dynamics environment, the cadets are challengedto find their own solution to an ill-defined problem, and then actually perform hands onfabrication and testing of their project. Examples of past projects and the performance ofcadets in building those projects will be

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder

Session 1302 Distance Design Collaboration Through an Advanced Interactive Discovery Environment Barry Davidson1, Rachel Davidson2, Geri Gay2, Anthony Ingraffea2, Matthew Miller2, Linda Nozick2, Alan Zehnder2, Ross Sheckler3 and Curtis Rath3 1 Syracuse University / 2Cornell University / 3Dynacs Engineering Inc.Abstract Syracuse and Cornell Universities are collaboratively working on the Advanced InteractiveDiscovery Environment (AIDE) for Engineering Education Project, which integrates andadvances the best

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Descoteaux; Kevin Sutterer

Session 2215 Before Senior Design – Integration of Project-Based Learning in a Multi-Course Structural Engineering Sequence Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E. and Thomas J. Descoteaux, P.E. Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroduction and BackgroundUndergraduate civil engineering design courses should feature a prepared instructor (mentor)facilitating a quality course curriculum to motivate students to use a suite of resources (includingthe mentor) to learn and understand the subject. Some undergraduate civil engineering designclasses are required for all civil engineering students, while

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

multidisciplinary design (9 fields of expertise) and cultivating industrypartnerships. With an annual 25+ project activity, 150+ student and 20+ faculty, many lessonshave been learned and codified in the areas of project recruitment, project scope definition andproject management. Industry praises the program as an outstanding experiential education, withbenefits for students, faculty and industry. Between 1995 and 2001, 133 projects and $2 millionin support were provided by industrial sponsors. Two thirds of the projects each program yearcome from repeat sponsors. Since 1996, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Pratt & Whitney and theUSAF have sponsored 25 aerospace-related projects. Lessons learned in design projectmanagement and funding are explored in the

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harley Hammond; Chih-Ping Yeh

Session 2148 An Industry Based Student Project: Implementing A Machine Vision Systems For Robotic Application Chih-Ping Yeh, Harley Hammond Wayne State University / Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc.AbstractThis paper describes the details of an industrial based student project at Wayne State University.The objective of this project is to implement a machine vision system for a robot to pick upobjects from the conveyer line and place them precisely in the drop-off fixture.1. IntroductionEngineering Technology education emphasizes practical applications and hands-on

Conference Session

CE Projects: International Perspective

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

3320 Modern Concrete Technology 3 F,S ET 3325 3D Computer Modeling, Rend. & Anim. 3 FET 3308 Materials Science 3 F,S ART Fine Arts Course 3 ALL 15 15 Senior HRS SEM HRS SEMET 4323 Technology Seminar 3 F,S ET 4320 Prestressed Concrete 3 SET 4324 Senior Concrete Project 3 F,S ET 4325 Senior Steel Project 3 SENGR 3302 Engineering

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

Engineering EducationMidshipmen. It provides funds for component purchase and construction, travel insupport of testing and integration, coordination with DoD/NASA laboratories oruniversities for collaborative projects, and guides the Midshipmen through the DoDSpace Experiment Review Board (SERB) flight selection process.The satellite development process is a multi-semester effort requiring the contributions ofMidshipmen from several consecutive graduating classes. The process begins in thespring semester with identification of the mission and determination of requirements,followed by development of the conceptual design. Students in subsequent classes takethe satellite through feasibility study, final design, construction, testin g, and

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) degrees in in- dustrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His education and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Dr. Jay R Porter P.E., Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics Program. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University. His areas of interest in research and education include product development, analog/RF electronics

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

ethics of, ASCE2, ASME3, and NSPE4. The authors have investigated the use ofsustainability concepts of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteriaand have applied principles to several undergraduate research projects and in coursework. LEEDis an optional sustainability guideline in private construction and is mandated or encouraged bymany federal, state, and local governments for public construction projects. Learning aboutsustainability will help engineers understand how their creations will interact with and operate ina more complementary manner with the natural world as well as to reduce water, energy, andmaterial usage.Sustainability has been implemented in the engineering curriculum, particularly in courses suchas

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Jeremy Keith Posey Sr.

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007