Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Louis Benhart, Purdue University; Clark A. Cory Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rabita Rajkarnikar, Purdue University ; Cirilo I. Rangel, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Construction Engineering

. Cy currently teaches Construction Capstone, Concrete Construction, and Construction Project Adminis- tration courses at Purdue. In addition to teaching, Cy is the school’s Industry Projects Coordinator. In this role Cy works with industry partners to secure and house an e library of construction project related documents which faculty uses for course instruction in its new project based curriculum.Mr. Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Mark Shaurette has a MS in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. He is currently an associate professor at Purdue University, was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, and has work experience that

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Emad Y Tanbour, Eastern Michigan University; Suleiman A. Ashur, Eastern Michigan University; Ann Blakeslee, Eastern Michigan University

addition, students produce areport when they finish their co-op or internship assignments.The incorporation of project-based learning into engineering education has been found to be oneof the most impactful approaches for developing and applying skills to help students becomeindependent and proficient engineers [20] [22]. A project-based, hands-on approach teachesstudents to think critically and work independently. Because of this, and because of the emphasisplaced on writing reports in these courses, the capstone course seemed ideally suited for thewriting-intensive designation. Additionally, the writing assigned in the capstone course followsthe five steps to successful writing listed in the Handbook of Technical Writing: 1 Preparation, 2

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear

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Design in Engineering Education

77 cards, with each heuristic represented on a single card with examples.For this study, Design Heuristics were incorporated into a year-long mechanical engineering Page 24.544.2capstone design course, and students had open access to the 77 Cards representing DesignHeuristics for the entire year of their projects. Formal training was implemented in the capstonedesign course as a strategy to introduce concept generation and the 77 Design Heuristic cards.Our work explores the use of the 77 Design Heuristic cards by the capstone design teams,including their reactions to these strategies and how they, and their advisors, believed thesestrategies

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

. Readings and activities meant to explore thescope of industrial engineering knowledge were followed up with a project assignment toidentify industrial engineering opportunities in a work context. Then readings and activities tounderstand specific engineering practitioner dimensions (e.g., lifelong learning, professionalism,and ethics were followed up with a second project assignment to relate these dimensions to thework context and projects identified. The remainder of the term was spent focusing on thecompletion of the projects and the preparation for the final exam.Evaluation Approach:The complementary capstone experience, “Professional Practice Issues in IndustrialEngineering,” was taught in the spring of 2000 to an enrollment of twenty-one

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

Australia and New Zealand to identify how capstone courses areimplemented outside the United States and what strategies can be shared across countries. As intheir United States counterpart, the 2015 Australia and New Zealand surveys includedquantitative, categorical, and open-ended questions on capstone course information, pedagogy,evaluation, faculty, students, projects and teams, expenses and funding, sponsors, and respondentexperience and opinion. This paper presents highlights of the resulting data by country, drawingcomparisons where possible across countries: Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.Overall, the essence of capstone design courses in the three countries is quite similar; there arevariations in implementation details, but

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annie Abell, Ohio State University; Dan Wisniewski, The Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

upon completing the two-semester capstone sequence. Next, the instructors identifiedlearning outcomes, which describe what the students would be expected to know or formally do.This effort was followed by identifying assessment techniques and filling in the course's content.Key aspects of the design mindset which were infused in this new course included: beinginquisitive and open, being empathetic to others’ needs, being accepting of ambiguity,questioning critically, and a proclivity to taking purposeful action.The two instructors involved in this redesign both have experience in the industry of productdesign and development, and aimed to structure the course and project path to reflect many ofthe practices that designers and engineers might

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

in the paper. The rationale for the tiger team was the observation overmany years of a capstone class that as projects are functionally decomposed and subsystemsassigned to individual students, a not insignificant fraction of students become “stuck” at somepoint in time – the concept of “stuckness” is further derived in the full paper. The result is that ifdelays accumulate on critical parts of the project, teams often struggle to get the project back ontrack and end up with a cascading series of missed deadlines. The rationale for the tiger team isto help teams identify when parts of the project are getting behind schedule and to haveadditional, short-term help available.In the initial implementation described here, the tiger team was two

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

at SUNY-Binghamton offered its owndiscipline- specific capstone design course. (Figure 1) At the direction of the dean inSeptember 2000, a committee consisting of all department chairs, undergraduate programdirectors, and the associate dean for administration was established. This committee metregularly over the course of the academic year and recommended that a pilot multi-disciplinary capstone project sequence be developed and offered beginning in fall 2001. Page 9.932.1The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and the Department of Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference A System Engineering Approach for Implementing An Electrical or Computer Engineering Master’s Capstone Course John M. Santiago, Jr., Ph.D. and Jing Guo, D.Eng. Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering Colorado Springs, COAbstractThe paper presents how an electrical or computer engineering Master’s capstone courseincorporates system engineering concepts. The project in the capstone course attempts toprovide a balance among technical merit, system-level thinking, and improved communicationskills. The student has an opportunity to integrate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

lecturer, butrather serve as a coach or a guide that assists students in completing a longer-term project” (p. 1).17 Page 26.990.5Many of the similarities between entrepreneurship education and Capstone design emerge fromthe fact that historically, Capstone design courses have been modeled around the needs ofIndustry and the desire to provide real-world experience for students, to better prepare them toenter the workforce.18 Faculty teaching Capstone design view the course as a means for studentsto apply what they have learned throughout their undergraduate career through an open-endeddesign project in an environment that simulates the real world

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 13.375.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design, Build and Test: An Approach for a Capstone Design Course in Engineering TechnologyAbstractUndergraduate engineering technology students traditionally take a capstone or senior designcourse during their last semester which involves the design of an engineering system that has areal application. Senior design projects usually focus on specific design aspects includingequipment sizing, cost analysis, and material selection; however, many senior design courses donot give students the opportunity to apply hands-on skills or produce a real physical prototype.Furthermore, few engineering technology courses provide the opportunity to approach

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

whendealing with documentation. This is especially true of any technical professional who isinvolved with projects that must be designed for a competitive bidding process.The simple structure must also be flexible. Just as projects undertaken by practicingengineers can differ in scope and focus, multidisciplinary capstone projects vary indiscipline specific content. The system must be able to accommodate projects withdeliverables that are real and full size, to models of large systems and even softwarebased simulations of control system design.The basic document list required in the subject capstone program also allows projects toexpand their documentation where necessary or desirable. For example, a project thatdelivers a prototype mechanical device

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University; C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University

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Design in Engineering Education

developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Senior Design Day: Multidiscipline and Multidepartment Capstone Presentation EventAbstractSenior Design or "Capstone" projects are one of the most important

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruturaj Soman, Florida A&M University/Florida State University ; Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

the modern engineering world, traditional in-class teachingmethods may need to be modified to adequately prepare students to be competent in today’sindustry. Therefore, there is an increased emphasis in providing design experience throughintegrated project-based learning throughout the engineering curriculum. In this paper, we willpresent our recent efforts at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Florida Agriculturaland Mechanical University-Florida State University College of Engineering (FAMU-FSU COE)to develop a coordinated and integrated three-semester course sequence to the capstone experience.The broad aim is to introduce the overall design process through project planning, management,and product development with an emphasis

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanna M. W. Bailey, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, however, Table 3 clearly illustrates the tendency for students in the samemajor to cluster together even though they were in a multidisciplinary setting. This tendencywas a significant challenge throughout the JESS program. Four of the nine teams in the senior-design cohorts contained students from only one major, but the 2016-2017 cohort requiresadditional explanation to be completely understood.A capstone project for architectural engineering (AE) majors predicates the design of a building,as AE students specialize in the various aspects of building design. AE programs are generallyconsidered multidisciplinary as they encompass structural engineering, electrical engineering,mechanical engineering, and construction management components; as such

Conference Session

Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Beth Lin Hartmann, Iowa State University; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; George A Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #30528Civil Engineering Capstone Inventory: Standards of Practice & The ASCEBody of KnowledgeDr. Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford also manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate civil & environmental engineering seniors.Dr

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

]. 2 With a city-wide emphasis on sustainability, RMU has decided to do its part in educating ourfuture workforce to increase their environmental knowledge and awareness. Through thedevelopment of a new minor in Alternative Energy and Sustainability and in addition to existingeducational and outreach programs, RMU is doing its part to meet the objectives of the studentsand their future employers. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the capstone course for theAlternative Energy and Sustainability Minor, describing the first time that the course was taughtin the Spring of 2013, the research projects that were conducted, the project outcomes, and thecourse teaching outcomes.II. Alternative Energy and Sustainability MinorThe Alternative

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Beyerlein; Dan Gerbus; Edwin Odom

five years. The exercise is based on Goldratt’s theory ofconstraints and serves as a barometer of student preparation and team development in our year-long capstone design course. Results are presented in a graphical “prerequisites tree” that guidescourse sequencing. Prerequisite Trees were found to be quite similar from year to year. Items atthe bottom of the tree, requiring initial attention, are not technical and are not generally project-dependent. These items tend to be personal and inter-personal issues, including self-learningskills, well-founded self-confidence, appreciation for diverse skill sets, and strong oral/writtencommunication. The process of developing a classwide Prerequisites Tree during the first weekof class underscores

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

Team, a select group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at NU. In addition, she serves as a Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has been the recipient of over 15 awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include Capstone Design and Lab Pedagogy.Prof. Hugh L

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Michael Rust, Western New Engalnd College; Diane Testa, Western New England College; Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College

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Biomedical

simulation, internships and cooperative education, guest speakers,guest instructors, field trips, bioethics instruction and problem-centered instruction.5 AtBucknell, a four course sequence over the Junior and Senior Years was implemented in order tointroduce students to such skills as regulatory issues, teamwork, environmental impacts, formaldecision making, computer-aided design, machining, rapid prototyping, cell culture andstatistical analysis.4 Importantly these skills are taught and practiced prior to embarking on thesenior capstone design project.4 At the University of Virginia professional skills such as jobsearching, interviewing, written and oral communication, ethics, negotiation skills, leadership,intellectual property and

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida; Elizabeth Meier, University of Florida

for engineering students where theyideally put into practice all the knowledge and skills they have learned throughout theircurriculum. This study collects data from students in the IPPD program, which offers a two-semester team-based multidisciplinary capstone design course where they work on a project incollaboration with faculty and industry sponsors, thus providing an opportunity to applyleadership skills in ways not possible with traditionally taught courses [19]. On these teams,students organize themselves into course defined roles related to team tasks such as team leader,meeting facilitator and finance coordinator. Students are encouraged to swap these roles so thateach member can experience their preferred roles. Therefore, the

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Bower; Timothy Mays

attitude and personality driven, a significant component involves the appropriateunderstanding and expectations of members representing other engineering disciplines that workon the same design project. The Citadel in Charleston, SC is a military college with traditionalcivil and electrical engineering programs. Traditionally, ocean and marine engineering subjectcontent has only been introduced in a few classes as related to faculty experience. During theirfinal semester, students select and take one of four Capstone courses that include (1) structural,(2) environmental, (3) transportation, and (4) site development. Students in these courses worktogether on multidisciplinary teams to design roadways, subdivisions, buildings, bridges, and awater

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Daniel Sherwin P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

curriculum previouslyand will serve them well as they enter the workforce as practicing engineers.The literature includes several studies on both online and capstone courses, but few are focusedon online capstone courses and make improvements in a short timeframe based on studentfeedback within an environment like the COVID-19 pandemic. Many authors discuss the processused to deliver a capstone course [5], align the capstone course with ABET criteria [6], andpropose alternative approaches to implement capstone courses [7]. Haslam and Beck [8] studiedthe preparedness for students to work in teams during capstone projects and recommendedinstruction to close the gaps of their findings. However, the authors did not address the challengeof navigating

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie R. Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Civil Engineering

, Hoboken, NJ 07030; e-mail: lbrunell@stevens.eduAbstractWhile completing their senior year Capstone Design project, Civil Engineering undergraduatestudents are required to evaluate engineering solutions to real world design problems. Studentswork with professional mentors to develop solutions to relevant real-world issues. They areencouraged to develop innovative designs which meet all regulatory standards and designobjectives. The Capstone coordinator works closely with the professional mentors to ensure thateach design project meets ABET criteria as well as the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK).Recent changes to ABET criteria, and proposed changes to the ASCE BOK both focus onsustainability. They emphasize the need for students to gain an

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

has shown, the Millennial student does not respond to traditional instructionaltechniques as past experience might indicate. This readjustment must also be made by employersin general and by first line managers in particular.Assessing the experience that students had with an interdisciplinary capstone senior designcourse provides valuable insight into workforce expectations and areas for management styleadaptation to maximize retention of technical staff. This work details and evaluates the responsesreceived from students taking an anonymous survey of their experiences working with technicalcontacts associated with sponsored design projects. This body of knowledge is important forfaculty in capstone design programs to understand, and more

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

model and evaluate within the limits of the course. Thus, faculty must assist studentsin selecting those key criteria that will become the focus for the development and assessment ofalternatives. Available time, student background, and applicable resources impact the selection ofthe key design criteria. Since the capstone program integrates the principles, concepts, andtechniques explored in earlier courses, we try to limit the amount of new techniques students willhave to learn to model and evaluate selected criteria. Otherwise, students invariably ask thequestion, “Why did I have to take all those other courses?” Faculty, in consultation with the students and the client, direct the focus of the project at thisstage. Using the House of

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

A Capstone Course Integrating Student Leadership Development  and Community­Based Service Learning    Jeffrey Birou, Alistar Erickson­Ludwig, Mira Olson, Kevin Scoles, Drexel University  The Paul Peck Scholars Program in Drexel University’s College of Engineering provides a curriculum framework that helps develop students’ skills in leadership, management, communication and mentorship. The capstone course of this three­year sequence is an engineering service­learning project, where students must address the needs of a community partner by dovetailing their engineering coursework and internship backgrounds with the skills gained through the Peck Scholars program, in

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Frederick Berry; Anne Lucietto; Andrew Scott

Session ETD 5225 Engineering Technology Students: Do they approach capstone courses differently than other students? Anne M. Lucietto1, Andrew Scott2 and Frederick Berry1 Purdue University1/Western Carolina University2Using data collected from students in engineering technology, engineering, and other areas suchas computer science a comparison of student reactions to the capstone course are coded andsorted. Using content analysis methods, the researchers compare and contrast the variousstudent groups and their reactions to assigned capstone projects. They are also able to assessstudent

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

Helps Engineering Technologists Hit the Job Market!IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the “laboratory/design based problemsolving learning environment” that has been developed with financial and technicalassistance from local industries. The discussion will also identify how the “need” for thistype of project based curriculum became obvious. Four prerequisite courses are brieflydescribed before focusing on the project based capstone course. These four coursesprovide the students with the technical skill sets needed to succeed in the senior levelcapstone course. Accomplishments and outcomes from the student perspective, theUniversity perspective, and the industry perspective will also be shared.Our advancing world

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Walton Pichette, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Walter Bryzik, Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Ming-Chia D. Lai, Wayne State University; Yun Seon Kim, Wayne State University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2011-1270: INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TRAIN-ING MODULES INTO CAPSTONE COURSES ACROSS COLLEGE OFENGINEERING DEPARTMENTSDean Walton Pichette, Wayne State University DEAN PICHETTE Senior Lecturer Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering TEACHING INTERESTS Systems Engineering, Project/Program Management, Engineering Economics & Lifecycle Costing, Introduction to Design PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION 1995 MS Electronics and Computer Control Systems. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1990 MBA Business Administration, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1972 BS Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007 Present Wayne State University