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2019 CIEC

Authors

Joseph Morgan; Jay Porter

Session ETD 545 Issues Associated with Capstone Courses and Growing and Expanding Engineering Technology Programs Joseph Morgan and Jay Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, College Station, TXAbstractTen years ago, the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M Universitytransformed their senior design course into a two-semester capstone design sequence basedaround a rigorous, real-world product design challenge. The projects undertaken by the studentswere almost all industry-sponsored

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University; Jeff Wood, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #34139Engagement in Practice: Creating an Enduring Partnership in a MechanicalEngineering Capstone CourseMs. Shoshanah Cohen, Stanford University Shoshanah Cohen is the Director of Community Engaged Learning for Engineering and Lecturer in Me- chanical Engineering at Stanford University. She has more than 20 years of industry experience managing complex supply chain projects; her teaching focuses on experiential project-based operations courses. Shoshanah is actively engaged in local community organizations focused on public education and services for underserved students. She is a passionate advocate for girls in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; M K Parfitt

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Architectural Engineering. Here at Penn StateUniversity, architectural engineering (AE) encompasses: Mechanical HVAC Design, Lighting/electricalDesign, Structural Design and Construction Engineering and Management.The pinnacle of the program is the yearlong capstone with inherent multidisciplinary aspects to it. Withan industry interface, the capstone is critical to enrich the student experience in complex building designthrough simulating the project to be “more real world” than traditional capstones. This capstonedistinguishes itself by the level of relatively independent work done by the student teams (vs. teaching bythe faculty), heavy industry practitioner interactions, mentoring roles of the faculty and lastly, utilizingreal industry projects

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

produce a total of15 fully functioning products. This was a good approach to the course when the students were amix of MET and applied technology students. When the ME degree was added to the program in2010, the course shifted more to a research and development focus than production. It requiresone single functioning prototype instead of 15, and has ME and MET students working togethersince a separate capstone course was created for the applied technology students. This hasdefinitely increased the complexity of the projects and made it easier to reach out to assist localindustry. In order to successfully complete these projects, students must spend a lot of time onresearch and design before they begin building their working prototype. This was

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Session: Make-it!

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Brey C. Caraway, Texas A&M University ; Jorge I. Roa, Texas A&M University; Alejandro X. Trejos, Texas A&M University; Pauline Davila, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

facultyadvisors. This team started their capstone as usual. However, in the middle of the first semesterof the capstone (Spring 2020), the team has experienced imposed restrictions due to COVID-19.Restrictions due to COVID-19 were still active in the second semester (Fall 2020). The teamcould complete the capstone project in Fall 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, thepowder compaction system is introduced. The details of the block diagrams and fabricatedprototype device are presented. Testing and verifications are shown, and the capstone evaluationis presented.I. Introduction A powder compaction system can be useful to various manufacturing technologies, such aspowder metallurgy [1] and additive manufacturing [2-5]. In powder metallurgy, a

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Behbood Ben Zoghi P.E., Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

specific, its aid in instructional and course design. The METM program curriculum offers courses that focus on Project Management,Strategic Planning and Management, Financial Resource Management, etc., that are included inthe Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBOK)[3]. At the conclusion of theMETM program, students must research, design, and showcase a real-world project that requirescomprehensive application of the knowledge they have learned throughout the program, in orderto bring significant impact to the stakeholders of their chosen organizations. The Capstone course spans over two semesters, Fall (Capstone I) and Spring (CapstoneII); it was first offered in 2019, and in 2023, the fifth student cohort started their

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Clark Shaver; Crayton Caldwell; Jim Lookadoo

engineering design problem. The objectives of most capstone courses areprimarily design and design implementation. Additional objectives are typically included.Common objectives include teamwork, professionalism, decision making, and communication.Most capstone course structures make these objectives a natural part of the course [1-2]. Forinstance, communication, both written and oral is often an inherent aspect of the course.Programs may also include additional, non-traditional objectives to the course [3]. For instance,many capstone courses focus on interdisciplinary team aspects to help students adapt to workingwith colleagues from differing backgrounds. An intertwined aspect of capstone objectives is thesource from which the capstone projects are

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Christos Christodoulatos, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Leslie R Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sandra V. Furnbach P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology; Vikki Hazelwood, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE); Bruce McNair, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Thomas G. Lechler, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

published in the leading technology manage- ment journals and he has published four books. His research has received several awards. In 1999 at the Rent 13 Conference in London he received the best Paper Award. In 2010 he received the PMI Project Management Journal Paper of the Year Award. He has received several research grants from NSF and from other funding organizations. From 2003-2005 he was appointed NASA research fellow in project management. Page 26.81.3 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015  A Pilot for Integrating Capstone Design with a Two-Semester

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shruti Misra, Unviersity of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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College Industry Partnerships

pervasiveness of capstoneprograms that partner with external sponsors to provide a “real-world” design experience tostudents. In this vein, the industry-sponsored Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship(ENGINE) capstone program was established at the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at a large research university in the US. ENGINE is designed to provide a holisticand professional engineering experience to students in an educational setting, where studentteams work on a six-month long project under the guidance of an industry and a faculty mentor.The program is overseen by a course instructor and teaching assistants who manage the coursestructure and expectations.This study compares student experiences in ENGINE during remote

Conference Session

Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lina Zheng, Tsinghua University; Dexin Hu, Tianjin University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

make current efforts and practices more visible and accessible,including by identifying accredited programs, different formats and approaches tried, and types of capstonedesign experiences. Three phases of review were conducted with emphasis on multidisciplinary programs,multidisciplinary approaches, and multidisciplinary capstone, separately. The results reveal an increasing trendin the development of multidisciplinary engineering programs, the significant role of capstone projects infacilitating multidisciplinary engineering education, including integrated and real-world trends inmultidisciplinary capstone experiences. In addition, there are gaps in the literature that required more insightsregarding non-accredited programs, student outcomes

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-748: IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE IN A CAPSTONE DESIGNCOURSE USING THE JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AND ELECTRONIC PEEREVALUATIONAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State UniversityChristine Co, Oklahoma State UniversityBear Turner, Oklahoma State University Page 12.864.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Improving Team Performance in a Capstone Design Course using the Jigsaw Technique and Electronic Peer EvaluationIntroductionMost engineering departments use capstone design courses to give student teams theopportunity to design, build, and test a complex project. The advantages of capstoneprograms are numerous. Such courses expose students to many of the realistic

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University; Jasmine Cherelle Washington; Steven Howell Sims, Hopewell Designs, Inc.; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, mechanicals, as well as programs and project management. Since graduation, Jasmine has been working in a technical program management position at a company in Atlanta, GA that specializes in the use of ultrasonic technologies.Mr. Steven Howell SimsDr. Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Mobile Telepresence Robot: a Case Study for Assessment of Capstone Design CourseAbstractThis paper presents the assessment scheme used to evaluate that learning outcomes are met in thecapstone design course for an undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering program. Included aresample rubrics used to evaluate the design-build-test model

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Todd; Spencer Magleby

andsafety for the sponsoring institution. Issues such as these inevitably draw the attention ofadministration requiring explanation and justification.Many capstone courses utilize design and build projects sponsored by industry5,6. Whileproviding valuable interaction for students, the involvement of sponsors brings more issues todeal with along with a new group of interested parties.We will refer to each of the interested parties and individuals as stakeholders. When consideringthe design and organization of a capstone program, the institution should carefully consider thevalues of their stakeholders along with the educational objectives that they wish to accomplish.The design of the program influences both the scope of stakeholders and which of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University

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Software Engineering Division

students in this opportunistically structured program, hackathonspresent a potentially familiar environment though shorter in duration. The projects developed ineach capstone and hackathons will allow for an exploration into a selection of skillsets softwareengineers bring to hackathons, and the processes used in their projects both consciously andunconsciously.This work will inspire a series of research following knowledge transfer within hackathons asmore domains such as engineering, math, science, and art join the event and shape developmentprocesses. Though motivational studies on hackathons are thorough, considering how thesemotivations play into the projects developed at hackathons may lend to a deeper understandingof student experiences

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold F. Johnson

Session 2522 Capstone Design via Distance Education A DESIGN Partnership Including Industry and Higher Education Arnold F. Johnson University of North DakotaAbstractA unique capstone design course was offered by the University of North Dakota (UND) to distanceeducation students at their industry work sites using company based projects and industry mentors for thefirst time in the fall of 1996; the course was offered again in the fall of 1997. The structure of thecapstone design course, the university-industry partnership, the selection and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, University of Colorado Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches Senior Design and thermo-fluids courses. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student preparation for engineering practice – incorporating industry and alumni interactions into curricular and co-curricular activities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Managers and Engineers: Impact of Defined Roles on Shared Leadership in Capstone DesignAbstractThe aim of this study is to learn how the assignment of project roles in engineering capstonedesign teams influences leadership skills such as accountability, communicating a vision,teamwork, role identity, and management, along with a measure of

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University; John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 2: A deeper dive into Trends and OpportunitiesThere are currently 25 ABET accredited Architectural Engineering (AE) programs in the UnitedStates that offer degrees closely associated with the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction(AEC) industry. AE programs are sparse and unique compared to civil engineering, constructionmanagement, and architecture programs, and must be adaptable to the AEC industry to remaincurrent with leading industry practices. To remain relevant to industry, AE programs regularlyevolve their senior capstone project experience, incorporating new methods and

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

performance. This approach isevaluated versus the previous, a more highly subjective, assessment approach for this course.The paper concludes with a discussion of how this process will be implemented for later years.Introduction:At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach campus, two courses, CEC420/421: Computer System Design Lab and SE 450/451: Software Team Project, comprise thetwo halves of a single year-long capstone course provided by the Department of Computer andSoftware Engineering. There is typically a significantly higher number of software engineeringstudents versus computer engineering students. The course also invites participants from otherdepartments such as human factors in order to encourage a multidisciplinary

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

Session 2793 Early Development of Capstone Design Teams through Graduate Student Mentoring and Team Building Activities Robert Drew, Andrew DuBuisson, Beth Milligan, Jeff Williams, Steven Beyerlein, Edwin Odom, Karl Rink University of Idaho Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstract Capstone design teams at the University of Idaho undertake year-long, industry-sponsoreddesign projects extending from conceptualization through realization of functional prototypes.Team experiences at the U of I have shown that teams that have

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander R. Murphy, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Jim Dewey, Florida Polytechnic University; Karim Elish, Florida Polytechnic University; ONUR TOKER, Florida Polytechnic University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

acceleration, mm-wave radars and communication systems, mm-wave software defined radios, cybersecurity, and attack resilience. He has published more than 100 technical articles and was the PI and co-PI for several funded projects.Prof. Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University Matt Bohm is a Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, where he also serves as the Director of Industry Engagement and Capstone Projects. Since joining in 2016, he has developed the capstone program into a thriving multidisciplinary and industry-connected experience. His research focuses on engineering design, design repositories, and automatic concept generation, with an emphasis on improving design

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Capstone CourseAbstract:This paper presents the opportunities provided by EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge in supporting acapstone design course in computer and software engineering. Students participating in thecourse were responsible for implementing a sub-system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.Being a sponsored competition organized by the Department of Energy, the project providedmany unique learning opportunities for students in the course and those that they interacted withfrom other disciplines. This paper will discuss both the benefits of utilizing such a competitionfor a senior capstone design course as well as some of the challenges faced. The paper concludeswith some recommendations for those considering such a project as a

Collection

2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Anthony DePina; Kevin Burnett; Molly Mariea; Michael Bush; Christina Amendola; William Nowak; Jason Kolodziej

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design: VIA Dynamic Load Simulation On A Journal Bearing Test Rig In 2010, Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment, donated ESH-1 reciprocating compressor to the Rochester Institute of Technologyand has continually sponsored multidisciplinary senior design (MSD) projects. Dr. Jason Kolodziej, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineeringat Rochester Institute of Technology, commissioned the construction of a dynamic journal bearing similarity test rig. The objective of this rig is toreduce the time required to perform seed of fault research of journal bearings. The project was split into a two phase build utilizing twoconsecutive multidisciplinary senior design teams. While the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Joseph E. Urban, Texas Tech University; Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University; Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

assistant, he developed autonomous ground vehicles for operation in Greenland and Antarctica. Page 22.1653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Vertically Integrated Project Teams: Inspiring Student Interest in Computing CareersAbstractThis paper reports on a project, InspireCT, which is focused on undergraduate computingeducation. The central tenet of the project is that computing education will benefit by engagingstudents in hands-on, team-based projects much earlier in their education. The excitement ofstudent teams working on capstone

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #23976A Four-step Method for Capstone Design Teams to Gather Relevant andWell-defined Product RequirementsDr. Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University Dr. Rachana A Gupta is currently a Teaching Associate professor and Associate Director of ECE Senior Design Program at NCSU. She teaches and mentors several senior design students on industry-sponsored projects (On average 12 / semester) to successful completion of an end product. These projects include all aspects of System Engineering: concept design, product design and design trade-offs, prototyping and testing (circuit design, PCB, mechanical

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

Collection

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

Collection

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

Collection

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

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David Baumann; David McDonald

Session 2465 Learning and Practicing The Design Review Process In Senior Capstone Design Classes PAUL DUESING, David Baumann, David McDonald, Morrie Walworth, Robert Andersen Lake Superior State University/Continental TevesAbstractOver the past ten years the School of Engineering and Technology at Lake Superior StateUniversity has developed a strong industrial-based capstone senior design course sequence. Anindustrial company provides a design project, funding, and a company representative for this twosemester-long course sequence. A key element of