Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

design class was created as a result of our ABET visit andfeedback in 1994. The capstone design class, at that time, was discipline-specific and with anarrow design context (i.e., a structure, foundation, water system, etc.) and failed to comply withthe CE program criteria. The department embraced the ABET feedback as a means to improvethe curriculum and student preparation for professional practice.The selected instructional strategy was to evolve a curriculum that develops young engineers Page 15.1300.3through more hands-on experiences with real world projects. The scope and depth of the course

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lessa Kay Grunenfelder, University of Southern California

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Materials Division (MATS)

. Past studies havedemonstrated the benefits of junior-level project work in preparing engineering students forchallenging capstone design courses [13]. Using a materials course as a vehicle to teach theAshby method and EduPack software to students prior to senior design is particularly effective.Many students who took the MASC 310 course went on to use EduPack as a tool in their seniordesign work.ConclusionTwo years of successful implementation of the redesign project described here, for both onlineand in-person courses, showcases the feasibility of a project-based approach for introductorymaterials science. It is important to note, however, that while the project drove student learningto an extent, the core content presented in previous exam

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Solar

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jan T. Lugowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Achieving these skills requires modernized teaching methodsthat engage students in open-ended assignments where students encounter uncertain data thatforces them to question the results of technical computations. These are some of the key reasonsfor a large energy transformation project underway in an Engineering Technology program. Thetransformation project crosses traditional course boundaries by highlighting similar energyconversion processes that occur in many different disciplines. As one example of the progress sofar, undergraduate students in a thermodynamics course assisted with the installation of an 8 kWsolar photovoltaic array on the roof of a campus building. More importantly, a web-basedgraphic interface was created so that future

Conference Session

Innovation & Assessment in the delivery of IT/IET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Andrew Oxendine, Elizabeth City State University; Chelsey Daniels, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, collecting and analyzing data, and generating a report. However, in this lab project,students had to design the system, integrate and wire the electrical and mechanical components,test, troubleshoot, and analyze the system. The project can be used either in a manufacturinglaboratory or in a Capstone Project for assessing student learning. It is also a useful method tomeasure educational outcomes through an effective assessment program to improve programcurriculum, course content, and instructional delivery.II. MethodologyThe objective of this project was to design and construct a fully automated labeling system foreducational purposes. Several steps were necessary to accomplish the project.Step one: Identify necessary components with appropriate

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; James Huff, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7121An Assessment Approach to Project-Based Service LearningMs. Antonette T. Cummings, Purdue University Antonette Cummings is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.James Huff, Purdue University James L. Huff is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University as well as the assistant education administrator for EPICS. He earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Harding University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is currently on an academic

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University and Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

• ASCII and BCD conversion • Microchip C18 programming • Data transfer • Testing PIC I/O ports • Interfacing an LCD to PIC • PIC serial port programming • ADC programming in the PIC • Interfacing a sensor to PIC • Event counter programmingIn the EET program, every senior student needs to take EET 4914 Senior Design Project beforethey graduate. This capstone experience will give the students a chance to put what they havelearned in EET program into practice. It starts with need analysis, literature review, designproposal, simulation, prototyping, testing, trouble shooting, etc. And it finishes with a finalworking “product”, nicely assembled and packaged. The students are given the freedom tochoose their own projects

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

Session 1313 A Project-Based, Spiral Curriculum for Chemical Engineering William M. Clark, David DiBiasio, and Anthony G. Dixon Chemical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute AbstractWe developed a project-based, spiral curriculum for the chemical engineering sophomoreyear. The spiral curriculum is a complete restructuring of the traditional curriculum, andemphasizes repetition and integration of topics with increasing complexity throughout theyear. It is designed to increase motivation for learning and retention of basic skills andconcepts. The new curriculum features multimedia

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon E. Freckleton

Session 2563 Sources of Industrial Projects for DFMA Course Jon E. Freckleton Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractIt has been our experience in both the Capstone Senior Design course and the Design forManufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) course that students are far more interested in working on“real” projects. The problem is finding industrial support for about 100 projects per year. Thispaper will consider the various sources we have used. RIT works on the quarter system; DFMA isa four credit hour course; the project represents 25%-40% of the grade.BackgroundThe

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

fall semester of 1994 the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments atTexas Tech University began a multidisciplinary senior design project laboratory program. Twocourses were established by integrating the Electrical Engineering Department's Senior ProjectLaboratory courses (two 3-semester credit hour courses) with the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment's Design I and II capstone design courses (two 3-semester credit hour courses). TheElectrical Engineering Department has a long history of project laboratories.1-5 The MechanicalEngineering Department has been involved in alternative fueled vehicles for a number of years.Both departments had worked together on a number of special projects and felt the need, as havemany others6-11, for an

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin A. Waters, P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

GIS to perform tasks across various stages in their respective projects,including map creation, site assessment, design, and 3D visualization. Former students applyingGIS in their capstone projects, when there is no requirement to do so, is an encouraging outcomethat speaks to the true benefit of this course model.Assessment of student learning in this course will continue, emphasizing the impact of courseprojects and connection between software skills and engineering concepts. Additionally, courserevisions are continually being considered whether exploring new project sites (IPs and ICPs) orworking with other faculty to better integrate concepts with other CEE courses at Villanova suchas CEE Fundamentals, Project Development, or Capstone

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlyn Clark, University of Notre Dame; Robert E. Choate III, Western Kentucky University; Jimmy Sandusky, Halton Company

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Also, it wasrequired that the tool could correctly verify the systems performance. Before this tool could beconsidered, a flow bench to simulate the air moving device (AMD), measurement and control ofa commercial kitchen ventilation system needed to be designed, built and tested (DBT). The MEProgram at Western Kentucky University has a significant history of incorporating thismethodology into its sophomore, junior and senior capstone design course sequences.3,4Therefore, this project methodology, although extracurricular, was very familiar to student,faculty and industry participants.Work on the Halton research project began in January 2014. During this work, an additionalopportunity presented itself in the form of a Faculty-Undergraduate

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

capstone lab experimentfor the course that would incorporate various experimentation and instrumentation techniquesdeveloped throughout the semester. Moreover, this would create a link between this junior levellab and the thermal-fluids systems senior level lab which consists of similar type experiments.The experiment was developed through a design, build, and test (DBT) extracurricular projectgiven to the ME Program’s thermal-fluids sciences laboratory student worker. Developing thisexperiment as part of an extracurricular student project provided benefits to both the studentworker and the ME Program. The student worker was given an opportunity to develop importantproject management and technical engineering skills culminating in the writing of

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 15: Perspectives on Engineering Careers and Workplaces

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Becka Morgan, Western Oregon University; Heidi J.C. Ellis, Western New England University; Gregory W Hislop, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

work from the periphery to moreactive core participation. Student participation can also be viewed as a form of cognitiveapprenticeship [9] and fits easily with notions of active learning, and problem-based learning[19]. For HFOSS, the community can help provide a support system of experts with a variety ofbackgrounds [28]. In addition, [34] concludes that such collaboration can help reduce theimpact of gender stereotype. 2.1.2 HFOSS in Education. Open source software has been used as a basis for studentsoftware engineering learning since the late 1990’s [31]. A common approach is to utilize aFOSS project as the basis for a capstone project [3, 10]. One obvious way for students toparticipate in a FOSS project is via code contributions

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel A. Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

-credit course the core class in the processtrack (one of two major tracks) taken by all students in the major. This class is a prerequisite forother classes, such as Software Process & Product Quality and Trends in Software DevelopmentProcess. Methodologies and processes taught in this class are also a required implementation inthe Senior Project capstone which immediately precedes graduation. The department understandsthat a strong foundation in this area is a vital part of students’ future success and the reputation ofthe college.Software Engineering majors typically take this course in their third year, and it often directlyproceeds or follows students’ required one-year cooperative internship (co-op). For manystudents, this time period

Conference Session

Cognitive Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rongrong Liu; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

various aspects of the PBL activities. We further investigated the factors that wererelated to such advanced thinking patterns. It should be noted that, the formats of PBL activitiesin which students self-reported included their course design or course projects, capstone projects,undergraduate research projects, and some competitive activities (e.g. Innovative Practice Programfor university students, a program that focuses on promoting innovative design and practice amongundergraduate students). By analyses of transcripts, we identified multiple factors, such asguidance from their professors/instructors, collaborations with peers, communications with otherstakeholders and their active collections, and digestion of relevant materials (e.g

Conference Session

Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Willner-Giwerc, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; Isabella Stuopis, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Classroom,” ​LEGO Engineering,​ 2014. [Online]. Available: http://www.legoengineering.com/learning-stem-in-the-classroom/.[6] “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2020 – 2021,” ​abet.org​, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-progr ams-2020-2021/. [Accessed: 21-Jan-2020].[7] B. I. Hyman, “From Capstone to Cornerstone: A New Paradigm for Design Education,” ​Int. J. Eng. Educ.,​ vol. 17, no. 4–5, pp. 416–420, 2001.[8] R. N. Savage, K. C. Chen, and L. Vanasupa, “Integrating Project-based Learning throughout the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum,” vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 15–27, 2007.[9] C. M. Kellett, “A project-based learning

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

method but often they arenot exposed to design methods until their capstone senior project. We have developed aseven-step method that guides students through projects and enables them to achieve theskills we have identified as essential to their success as global engineers. The stepsinclude 1) identifying user’s needs, 2) developing product concepts, 3) translatingperformance requirements from the language of the customer into technical functionalrequirements, 4) brainstorming several conceptual designs and choosing the optimumsolution, 5) developing a detailed design solution, 6) fabricating a prototype and testingto ensure that it meets the performance requirements and 7) determining the commercialfeasibility of the design solution. An example

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

conducted at this university have thus farfocused on students leaving engineering rather than students staying. A finely-focusedsurvey given to participants both before involvement and after involvement with theproject is suggested as a research tool of real value.ConclusionMany institutions offer design courses (such as “capstone”) to students as upper-levelundergraduates. However, the excitement of being part of a real engineering project thatincludes requirements for sustainability, a cost estimate, and a real world application, andthat will (usually) be built or implemented is one that bears repeating outside theclassroom setting. The multidisciplinary IPD adventure is one that gives the student anactual engineering experience while engaging

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

Session 2166 Conveying Instructor Expectations in a Project-centered Course Theresa L. Jones The University of Texas at AustinAbstractInstructor expectations of student behaviors in a teacher-centered course are different from theinstructor expectations in a student-centered course. Many students successful in traditionallecture-based courses are frustrated and anxious when working on open-ended projects becausethey don’t understand what is expected of them. Faculty teaching courses with open-endedprojects may be equally frustrated that their students do not seem to be

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

TechStart is the new business accelerator for the university, opening for business inOctober, 2003. It was formed as a College of Engineering and School of Managementpartnership supporting student, university and community entrepreneurs in the area of hightechnology, and its goal is to develop leaders who can start high tech companies and make themsucceed.Florida TechStart is designed to be the principal portal in and out of the university for all thosewith high tech entrepreneurial interests. Its deliverables and services include: • Networking, workshops and seminars • Synergistic sponsored programs • Student internship, research and placement support • Linkage to entrepreneurial senior capstone design projects • Regional

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William C. Oakes; Ronald Wukasch; Richard Foretek; Jennifer Watia; Jeffery L. Gray; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

been well-documented [1,2]. These experiences should emphasizethe application of the technical skills in the classroom as well as the "softer" skills such ascommunication, working as a team and customer interaction [3-5]. The need for suchexperiences has spawned many innovative approaches to senior capstone design courses [6,7] as Page 5.280.1well as design courses for underclassmen [8-11]. The most common model for these courses hasbeen a one semester experience intended to give the students an intense exposure to the designprocess.The model that guided the creation of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)curriculum was to

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Source Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1054: AN OCEAN ENERGY PROJECT: THE OSCILLATING WATERCOLUMNCraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program for Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He also teaches the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Biomedical

AC 2009-457: LEARNING ABOUT BLOOD THROUGH A PROPERTY DATABASEPROJECTCraig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program for Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He also teaches the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Poynter, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Swapnil Bansode; Tejesh Charles Dube, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jing Zhang, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

extrusion) design and modeling (http://www.engr.iupui.edu/˜jz29/) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of SAE Student Competition with Project CourseAbstractIn the past, the project courses at our university do not have any metrics to measure their success in a real-worldenvironment. We recently merged a few capstone design teams with the Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE) student competitions. The outcome and benefit of the change are clear. The students are more motivatedand willing to adopt new technologies in their project courses. Through competitions, students learned how tocomplete the project in the context of system. The paper describes the technical details that the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rustin G. Vogt, California State University Sacramento; Gareth W Figgess, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #26931Board 38: Experiential Learning Opportunities through Collaborative ProjectsDr. Rustin G Vogt, California State University Sacramento Rustin Vogt is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Sacramento. Pro- fessor Vogt holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering. His teaching focus is on Materials Selection in Design and Sustainability, Manufacturing, Machine Design, and the capstone senior project course. Professor Vogt was the lead faculty on for the CSU Sacramento State entry into the 2016 SMUD Tiny House Competition and played a supporting

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

impact.Constructivist theories of learning also recognize that learning is a social activity6. This meansthat the laboratory instruction and project-based design courses can be identified as opportunitiesto improve students’ ability to work in teams, as well as their communication skills. As a result,many civil engineering programs now incorporate many of these dimensions in their designclasses, ranging from cornerstone to capstone design courses7.IllustrationsThe civil and environmental engineering department has implemented project (cooperativelearning) based exercises in the CE 3801 Environmental Engineering Laboratory course (juniorlevel civil engineering course). In this course, student groups (three to four) were formed tofacilitate team-based

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Roy Issa; Kenneth R. Leitch; Byungik Chang P.E.

Implementing Sustainability with a Solar Distillation Project Roy Issa1, Kenneth Leitch1 and Byungik Chang2 1 West Texas A&M University/ 2University of New HavenAbstractStudents in the mechanical and civil engineering programs at West Texas A&M University areexposed to sustainability in a wide variety of required courses in thefreshman through seniorlevel coursework. The projects in these courses are carefully selected to provide an in-depthunderstanding of sustainability through analytical and experimental studies. In thermal-fluiddesign, students were asked to build an environmentally friendly and energy efficient systemforthe distillation of

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Product Dissection Sophomore 16-Week Multidisciplinary Design 16-Week Multidisciplinary Design Project—Composition & Rhetoric Project—Public Speaking Junior Product/Process Development or Product/Process Development or Research Research Senior Multidisciplinary Capstone Design/Research ProjectFreshman Clinics expose students to basic engineering skills including problem solving,teamwork fundamentals, engineering measurements and entrepreneurship. Students areintroduced to a variety of activities relevant to engineering measurements5. This is followed inthe second semester by intense study of engineering design

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Joseph Arumala, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

and test PWM board with circuit and supplied servos.At the end of the project, the students made a presentation to a team of five NASAEngineers and Scientists and UMES Faculty. The oral presentation was judged based on aform titled Communication Skills Competencies Evaluation which covered Content(team), Organization (member), Delivery and Effectiveness (member) and Discussion(member). The students performances were judged as a team and as individual membersas indicated. Each segment carried 25 points to give a total of 100 points. The averagescore for this project was 90 which showed the high quality of work done by the students.In addition, a Capstone Design Project Evaluation was done based on the followingcriteria: Open-Ended Problem

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 11.230.4to teach mechanical design and ends in a competition between student built mechatronic Figure 3: The Year One CanSat Class Entrydevices4 . As a result, the students are exposed to basic mechatronic concepts. During thespring term, the students worked on developing design specifications and preliminary designembodiments. The project was then used in the summer session as a senior, capstone designproject. The senior design students did much of the initial prototyping on the project, andseveral remained active in the project through the fall semester. The project also involveda high school student during the summer as part of the NASA sponsored SHARP program.During this first year, the Georgia Tech team competed