Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Leonard Anderson; Aslah K Alshaiea

sub-disciplines (Intradisciplinary) as well as with professionals from other fields(Interdisciplinary). One of the learning outcomes of the two-course capstone design sequence atWentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts is an intradisciplinary team designexperience.In the first course of the capstone design sequence (CIVE4000), teams of five students developand initiate the design of their original project with each project covering five different civilengineering sub-disciplines. Each student on the team is responsible for one of the technicalareas of their project. During the laboratory sessions, the students must work together with thedifferent civil engineering disciplines on their team as well as meeting with the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Christopher A. Mattson, Brigham Young University; Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Young UniversityGregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the External Relations and Intern Coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering de- partment in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at BYU. He works directly with industry each year to recruit more than 30 funded Capstone projects and provides project management, team development, and coaching support to each of these project teams and faculty coaches. In ad- dition, he continues to focus on increasing international project opportunities for students and faculty. His research and teaching interests include globalization, project management, leadership, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, faculty can encounter difficulty ensuring individualgrades reflect the quantity and value of individual work and not just the collective grade of thegroup. This paper outlines the various steps the mechanical engineering faculty took to provide amore standardized, objective, fair grading process in the capstone course. These steps includeuse of a non-numeric rubric for grading briefings, graded peer reviews, a more objective rubricfor grading written documents, and the use of course directors to standardize the grading process.Introduction The mechanical engineering curriculum at the United States Military Academy (USMA)includes a capstone design project as a culminating experience that draws on fundamentalengineering concepts students have

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Technology Departments at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College since 1989. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 2008. Page 15.320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Controlling a Power Supply via the Internet Provides a Capstone Design Experience In Topics of Applied DesignAbstractThis paper focuses on using an off-the shelf Programmable Power Supply Kit to illustrate theconcepts required in successfully completing a junior level capstone project. The capstoneProgrammable Power Supply Project is structured to support course goals and

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abby M Kelly, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Roger Michael Hoy, University of Nebraska; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Angela Kaye Pannier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Richard R. Stowell P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

of a “Rapid Design Challenge” in a Cross-Disciplinary Senior Capstone Course and Evaluation of Device Performance Abby M. Kelly, Austin Lammers, David D. Jones, Richard Stowell, Roger Hoy, Evan Curtis, Angela K. Pannier Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThe senior capstone experience within the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln is a two-semester, two-course sequence intended to give seniorstudents realistic design experience, working with real projects, real clients, faculty consultants,and teammates to produce a deliverable that meets the client’s needs. Students

Conference Session

Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Isabella Stuopis, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Melissa R. Mazan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reasoning used by five differentmembers of a mechanical engineering capstone design team as they partnered with a veterinarianto design a device for horse lung functioning assessment. Technology for veterinary medicinecan be a rich and engaging context for undergraduate design projects. Veterinary technologiesoffer an appropriate level of complexity and provide a new viewpoint on science concepts thatare part of the mechanical engineering canon [7], [8]. Moreover, because veterinarians have bothvery real technological needs and deep STEM knowledge to help mentor students, they can beideal capstone design clients.This case study looks specifically at one fourth-year undergraduate engineering team whosecapstone design client was a professor of

Conference Session

Using technology in engineering ethics education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Pauline Wade, Texas A&M University; Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

Education & Innovation at Texas A&M. Her education research interests are in active learning, inclusive teaching, inclusive teaching, project-based learning, and communities of practice.Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University College of Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Student-Led Ethics Deep Dive, Discussion, and Content Generation Ethics Assignment in Computer Science & Engineering CapstoneAbstractAs senior capstone design represents the culmination of the knowledge and understanding gainedthroughout the four-year degree program, it has significant prominence in ensuring that wegraduate ethical and professional engineers. We implemented a

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University; Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Eric Steven Hall, North Carolina State University; Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

mathematics undergraduates.Dr. Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Investigating Impact of Disruption to Biological and Agricultural Engineering Senior Design Capstone Courses due to COVID-19AbstractSenior Capstone Design is a culminating course of the undergraduate engineering curriculumwhich gives students the opportunity to work in teams on designing a solution to real-worldproblems submitted and mentored by industrial and research project sponsors. In Biological andAgricultural Engineering disciplines, these projects can involve tasks such as field datacollection, laboratory experiments or fabrication of

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel Ramos

. Bradley and Brian J. Thomas,“Student-Aimed Appropriate Technology Engineering Projects in Kenya,” Proceedingsof the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Southern University and A&MCollege, TX.4. Dubinsky, Yael and Ort Hazzan, “The Role of a Project-Based Capstone Course,”ICSE'05, May 15-21, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.5. Kimble-Thom, M. A. and Brian J. Thom, “Academic and Industrial Perspectives onCapstone Course Content and the Accompanying Metrics,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Session F4D, October 19 – 22, 2005, Indianapolis, IN.6. Bruhn, Russel and Judy Camp, “Creating Corporate World Experience in CapstoneCourses,” 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Session T2G, October 20– 23, 2004, Savannah

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Ho Jo, Illinois State University; Gabrielle Grace Hershey, Illinois State University; Daniel Patrick Gibson

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

. Participation in the Solar District Cup competition offers students unique experiencesdistinct from the typical capstone project. This paper describes the project results and discusseshow this competition opportunity enhances student learning. It documents the unique opportunityfor students to utilize the national competition as their renewable energy capstone, facilitating theexchange of ideas among educators in related fields.2. Solar District Cup and Renewable Energy Capstone Illinois State University's Sustainable and Renewable Energy program mandates senior-level capstone courses for its major students. These capstone projects are intended to providestudents with a synthesizing experience, allowing students to integrate knowledge and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

separate capstone courses for eachdegree program (construction engineering, construction management, and civil engineering).During the Spring Semester of 1998, a single overall departmental capstone course was created.The intent was to provide a true “capstone” experience, where students in each degree programcould combine their skills to achieve the successful completion of a project. The primaryobjective of the capstone experience is to combine all aspects of the planning, design, andconstruction phases of a project into meaningful education experience which mimics “real-world”design and construction practices. Students are required to use all of the knowledge and skillsthat they have acquired throughout their educational experience to develop

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University at Tuscarawas

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

identify the optimum process characteristicsincluding material composition, compression level, curing temperature, the mold design andperformed property measurements on the obtained samples, including the measurement of bulkelectrical conductivity using a four-point probe. The samples obtained demonstratecharacteristics that exceed the requirements of the U.S. Department of Energy. This investigationwas performed by students in the Engineering Technology Department at Kent State Universityat Tuscarawas during a capstone design project class – Engineering Technology Project offeredin the spring semester of 2013. The paper presents as well the development of this course.At the recommendation of the ABET accreditation committee, a new capstone design

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Kathy L. Kasley P.E., Colorado Technical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

engineering approach withalternative implementations of the capstone engineering courses by other colleges anduniversities6-13. Specifically, any capstone projects involving 3D printing and Arduinos todesign a quadcopter are investigated and summarized13-23. The paper also attempts to comparethe student’s prototype with other popular commercially available quadcopters, including somecost comparisons24.Description of the Original Master of Science in Electrical EngineeringUniversity’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineeringprogram offers an in-depth understanding of modernsystems design for emerging and evolving technologies.Students experience design projects in digital, spread-spectrum and space communications, CMOS circuitry andcomputer

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Trine University; Andrea Mitofsky, Trine University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; John Eiler

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary teams during their senior capstone courses. The design module wasintroduced in the fall 2011 semester, and was repeated in fall 2012 and fall 2013. Anassessment, conducted with current and former participants in fall 2013, demonstrates theefficacy of the project.1. INTRODUCTION.The engineering education community has embraced the concept of multidisciplinary designover the past two decades 1-3. This movement reflects a renewed emphasis on design in theengineering curriculum, particularly at the freshman (cornerstone) and senior (capstone) levels 4.The benefit of training engineers to work in multidisciplinary teams is self-evident whenconsidering the integration of mechanical design, electronics, software, human factors andergonomics, and

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

civil engineering design projects. The projects ex- pose the civil engineering students to real world design problems. The students gain first hand experience communicating professionally, developing schedules, meeting deadlines and preparing professional qual- ity reports and presentations. Prof. Brunell is also the director of the Water Resouces graduate program. In addition to Senior Design she teaches Surveying and Water Resources. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020AbstractCivil Engineering Capstone Design requires undergraduate students to work in teams withprofessional mentors to develop solutions to relevant real-world problems. Recent changes toboth ABET Engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College, England

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

significant. Because the capstoneexperience is the part of the curriculum that best approximates professional practice, studentoutcome (SO) attainment in that course is particularly relevant to assessing the quality of theoverall degree program. Moreover, a team design project is a natural opportunity for assessingnumerous engineering skills, especially in design and teamwork.In the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program at King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), allseven ABET Student Outcomes are assessed in capstone design because our capstone course isintended to give students experience synthesizing the major engineering abilities for in anauthentic context. This level of assessment is manageable because the course spans two semestersand has

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Skills Development Across the Undergraduate-to-Workforce Transition

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

is no study that explores the change in leadership behaviors among engineering students asthey are transitioning from their senior year to workplaces. Even though CVF has not beenwidely used in identifying leadership behaviors in the engineering education context, throughthis study CVF offers a valuable way to compare different leadership behaviors amongengineering students as they progress into their early careers.MethodologyThe participants in this study are drawn from a larger study of capstone design courses from fourdifferent universities across the United States [25]. There were 62 participants recruited fromCapstone courses from these universities. Sequential mixed methods analysis was carried out inthe larger project. The full data

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, communication and project managementskills that many say are missing from the traditional engineering education (Felder, Vest,etc). Authors like Sheppard, et. al. advocate for modifying the engineering classroom toallow ways these skills can be taught.Success in business is determined by the technical skills within the organization.However, success of a business is also based on those employees having anunderstanding of what the business really needs. Technical professionals need to be betterattuned to customer needs and stakeholders’ perspectives, in order to align technicalprogress with business strategy. Such real world understanding is missing fromtraditional engineering education. Many say that the Capstone Design experience issupposed to be where

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Jeannie S. Stephens, University of Delaware; Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware; Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

within multidisciplinary versus single-disciplinary teams for substantive engineeringdesign projects. There has been much emphasis placed on the benefits of multidisplinaryinstruction and teaming [3-5] with little evidence to support such claims, in part becauseopportunities to directly compare multidisciplinary versus single-disciplinary teamingexperiences are relatively rare. The capstone engineering course, Senior Design, historically has been a 6-credit, onesemester course in fall semester for senior mechanical engineering undergraduates at a mid-sized, research-intensive university [1,2]. For the past three decades, Senior Design has involvedteams of 4-5 students working on one of 15-25 projects sponsored by local industry

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Mays, The Citadel; Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Robert Dullanty, ATM; Kelly Rutkowski, Applied Technology and Management

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

, design, and detailing. Where applicable, thestandard references other national standards such as ACI 3186 and AASHTO LRFD BridgeDesign Specifications7.Structural Capstone Class at The CitadelAll civil engineering students at The Citadel are required to take a capstone course in one of fourareas of their choice: • Structural Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Subdivisions • Transportation (Evening Students Only)All students that take the structural engineering capstone class are required to develop plans,specifications, and a concise set of calculations for a group building and an individual project oftheir choice. Given the lead author’s vast design experiences with buildings, bridges, and pierand wharf type structures

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 10: Empathy and Human-centered Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Okerlund, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; David Wilson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Celine Latulipe, University of Manitoba

significant challenge.This paper presents an approach to capstone course design that explores how Human-CenteredDesign (HCD) mindsets and practices can be foregrounded in a heavily technology-centriclearning experience. We developed a capstone course for undergraduate STEM students thatforegrounds human-centered mindsets in a technical project focused on 3D printing prostheticdevices for a participant with a limb difference.We analyzed data collected from the course to shed light on specific challenges in foregroundinga deep human-centered perspective in technical STEM courses, and we provide guidance foreducators who also seek a similar reorientation. Our analysis consisted of a thematic coding onwritten deliverables and instructor observations from

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Cheadle, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Christian D Torres, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Theodore Zheng Hong Lee, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Corinn Sievwright, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, Madison B.S., Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison, Dec 2023Theodore Zheng Hong Lee, University of Wisconsin, Madison Theodore Zheng Hong Lee is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He is currently a Project Engineer in Alkar Rapidpak.Corinn Sievwright, University of Wisconsin, Madison ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design and Development of a Pneumatic Breadboard and “Sandbox” for Students in Mechanical Engineering Capstone DesignIntroduction Many students entering senior design have never taken a fluid power course or workedwith pneumatic circuits in any way. Most have only taken an introductory

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University; Ellen M. Maccarone, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #15871On the Integration of Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues into a Computer Sci-ence Senior Design Capstone ProgramDr. Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University Dr. Bowers is the Chair and an Associate Professor of Computer Science within the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Gonzaga University. He graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from the OGI School of Science and Engineering at OHSU. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD and an Associate Project Scientist at the UC Davis Genome Center prior to joining the faculty at Gonzaga. His research interests are in the

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

first year of integration, these effortsfocused on technical analyses. In the second year of integration, the focus was on enhancedcommunication skills. In the technical analyses, students in a sophomore level Fluid Mechanicscourse worked in teams to analyze the material balance tables and pump sizing specificationsproduced by twenty Capstone Design groups. Each team was responsible for analyzing oneunique design project. Also, in that year students in a junior level Heat Transfer course used thesame design projects to validate the design specifications of heat transfer equipment pertinent toeach project. Assignments were timed such that the sophomore and junior students had justlearned relevant technical information pertaining to these tasks

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with 110 faculty, 1800undergraduates and 1000 graduate students, employs a “lecturer and coordinator” who intervenesin three laboratory courses and a project engineering course.University of Texas at Austin:6 The Department of Mechanical Engineering with 60 faculty andover 1000 undergraduates has employed a senior lecturer (for over ten years) who offers onecourse in engineering communications as an “immediate” prerequisite to the Department’scapstone design course and then intervenes in the capstone design course itself.7Prior to Spring 2003, the UH College of Engineering had few options for their students in termsof technical communications instruction. The English Department at UH periodically

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Labs in Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Shameel Abdulla, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., Texas A&M Univeristy at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #19402Creating a Functional Model of a Jet Engine to Serve as a Testbed for Me-chanical Engineering Students’ Capstone Design WorkMr. Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Laboratory Manager in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, controls and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Sci- ence and Technology (Al Ain

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Oppenheim, California State University Maritime

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

used.The ability to practice GD&T in student engineering drawings, as well as machining assemblieswith GD&T specifications makes a more competent mechanical engineer, who knows how toreduce the total time and budget required to complete a satisfactory design project.IntroductionIn the Fall and Spring semester of their Senior year, the Mechanical Engineering students arerequired to design and fabricate a machine for their capstone projects. A popular machine for theSeniors to design and manufacture is a Stirling Engine. In the Fall semester, each design group isrequired, among others, to create their designs using a Computer Aided Design software andproduce engineering drawings for all of the parts they plan to manufacture. Prior to this

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 9 - Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

developed and ran for 8 years a faculty-led international program to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy and Brazilian Culture. This program educates students on the effects of various energy systems and the challenges of social and environmental justice in developing countries. In 2017, Dr. Pfluger moved into the ChE department where she implemented improvements in the Transport 2 Lab and Capstone courses. She assists Capstone students to develop dynamic design projects that address and help solve real-world, global challenges. Dr. Pfluger has served as the AIChE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor for 10 years and will become chair of the AIChE Student Chapter Committee in November 2021. She is a Mathworks Teaching Fellow and

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; David A. Veshosky, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) Instructor’s Role: In terms of the instructor’s role, the students should be providedguidance throughout each of the three phases of the charrette process. For Phase 1 (Researchand Preparation), information on the project background, timeline, resources, and objectivesshould be provided. During Phase 2 (Charrette), the instructor simply acts as a moderator for thediscussion during the charrette process. For Phase 3 (Plan Implementation), the instructor canprovide technical assistance as necessary. In general though, the capstone experience should Page 25.7.7allow students to complete a design process from start to finish in an attempt to simulate a

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

A Complete Product Design Realization Experience Through Integrating a Computer Integrated Manufacturing Course with an Automotive Capstone Jacqueline El-Sayed, Lucy King, Mohamed El-Sayed Kettering University, Flint, Michigan 48504Abstract Engineering capstone classes are the culmination of a student’s academic experiences. Theobjective is for the student to use much of their engineering knowledge base to design a system orcomponent for a set of design requirements. This usually entails a detailed team project with the designcriteria, product drawings, analysis, parts list, product costs, discussion and conclusions. If the design isfabricated at all, it is done so in a