project estimation, implementation and test are, at best, given verylimited coverage. Therefore, it is not uncommon for students reaching their capstone designproject to possess little, if any, experience with the practical aspects of successful design. Wehave developed a one semester-hour course, El Engr 463, Design Project Techniques, whichaddresses some of the practical aspects of design project planning and implementation that arenot covered in other courses. In this paper, we describe in detail the course topics and methodsused to introduce them. The course is divided into two parts. The first half of the course focusesupon practical hardware considerations. We discuss and demonstrate printed circuit boardfabrication, including board layout
APPROACH FOR BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSAbstractPrimary expectations from a Senior Design Project is defined by ABET with an emphasis onproduct, process, and professionalism. In principle, the requirements for a senior design projectshould include development of student creativity, use of open-ended problems, development anduse of design methodology, formulation of design problems, alternative solutions, and detailedsystem description. Constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, ethics, and socialimpact should also be included.However, it is debated how the process and/or the design product should be assessed, and howthe teams should be formed and function for successful project
-level multidisciplinary capstone course, Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Project (ICDP). Thecourse is open to students from biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, computerengineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and industrial engineering. Whileall engineering students at The Pennsylvania State University complete a capstone design course,most students complete a discipline-specific capstone. An interdisciplinary design course thatmeets ABET criteria for the engineering majors listed above has been developed by Penn Stateto allow students to work on multidisciplinary, innovative design. This course, therefore, servesas an ideal test bed for the introduction of systems engineering into a senior capstone designcourse
AC 2011-1211: SE CAPSTONE: INTEGRATING SYSTEMS ENGINEER-ING FUNDAMENTALS TO ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS: EX-PERIENTIAL AND ACTIVESteven Corns, Missouri University of Science and TechnolotyCihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science & Technology Cihan Dagli is a Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, and Affiliated Profes- sor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Middle East Technical University and a Ph.D. in Applied Operations Research in Large Scale Systems Design and Operation from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, where from 1976 to 1979 he was a British
- Introducing Multidisciplinary Capstone Design to the United States Coast Guard AcademyThe United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is one of five Service Academies educatingand training generations of Military Officers. USCGA offers eight majors including fourengineering majors- Civil, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical and Naval Architectural andMarine Engineering. Each major has traditionally taught its own capstone design course, whichranged from a one-semester paper project to a two-semester project with a functional prototype.Multidisciplinary projects have been rare and collaboration on projects has usually been limitedto having cadets from other majors working as part of design teams, but usually being enrolled ina separate
biotechnology applications.Mr. Rebel Umphlett, BioNetwork Capstone Center Rebel Umphlett is Director, Aseptic Facilities and Operations.Mr. David Hobson Yarley, BioNetwork Capstone Center David Yarley is the Director of BTEC Training and the Validation Academy at the BioNetwork Cap- stone Center. Yarley has 23 years of industrial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry including production management, business development, and project engineering. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering at North Carolina State University and his M.S. degree in chemical engineering at the University of Virginia. Page
Paper ID #28734Are Creative Capstone Design Projects Successful? Relating projectcreativity to course outcomes.Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on lab and design pedagogy.Prof. Andrew Gouldstone, Northeastern University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Are Creative Capstone Design Projects Successful? Relating project creativity to course outcomes.In the past ten years, numerous papers have
2006-279: GREEN ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGH PROJECT-BASEDINDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPSC. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a Professor and Founding Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Rutgers University. His research and teaching interests are in the area of membrane technology where he has applied this to fields such as specialty chemical manufacture, green engineering, bio/pharmaceutical manufacture and food processing. He is the recipient of the 1999 Chester Carlson Award, 1999 and 1998 Joseph J. Martin Award, 1996 George Westinghouse Award, and the 1989 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award.Mariano Savelski, Rowan
Paper ID #7334Delivering the Senior Capstone Project: Comparing Year-Long, Single Semesterand Hybrid ApproachesDr. Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University Kevin Schmaltz has been at Western Kentucky University for ten years, after serving as the Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Lake Superior State University. Before entering the academic world, he was a project engineer for Shell Oil responsible for the design and installation of oil and gas production facilities for offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. He has a combined 23 years of experience as an engineer in industry and in teaching. He teaches a
AC 2012-4239: A MECHATRONICS CAPSTONE PROJECT WITH AN IN-TERDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND AN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERDr. Blair T. Allison, Grove City College Blair T. Allison is professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Grove City College. He teaches courses in engineering design, mechanics of materials, materials science, control systems, and finite element analysis. Areas of research interest include the modeling and control of metal forming processes, manufacturing automation and control, and dimensional control of components and assemblies. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.S.M.E. degree from Carnegie Mellon
program”1.3. RFID Based Assistive Devices in Senior Design Sternberg in their work has stated that the pedagogical purpose of capstone design is to allowthe student an opportunity to experience how the content in the undergraduate curriculum fitstogether to provide a coherent vision of the knowledge necessary to complete a significantengineering project10. The capstone design project provides an opportunity for the student toimplement their skills combining what they have learned from a spectrum of their core classes. Students upon completion of the capstone design project and graduation enter theprofessional workforce where they work in multidisciplinary teams. This requires a goodunderstanding of other disciplines so as to communicate the
AC 2010-476: IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPLEX MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE PROJECT FOR STIMULATING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTDEVELOPMENTRobert Rabb, United States Military AcademyJoseph Hitt, USMARobert Floersheim, US Military Academy Page 15.673.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Implementation of a Complex Multidisciplinary Capstone Project for Stimulating Undergraduate Student DevelopmentAbstractComplex, multidisciplinary capstone projects require multi-faceted teams of faculty and students,representing two or more technical areas of expertise. Engineering education has emphasizedmore multidisciplinary work as graduates are expected to perform on
Washington University Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering Technology Program Department of Engineering & Design c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Optimizing Capstone Team FormationAbstractFor senior capstone teams, team composition is one of the primary factors in student satisfactionand project success. Previous team formation were done manually after students submitted theirtop five choices from the available projects and were time consuming and ineffective. Toimprove team composition and reduce formation time, mixed-integer linear programming isutilized to optimize the team formation process. The presented approach allows control of
preferences. Each design team includes four to five seniors, a faculty coach, the client,and the course instructor. There is no charge for the design projects other than direct costs. Theseyearlong, client-based projects have been the senior design capstone model at Rose-Hulmansince 1988.The four learning objectives for client-based, senior design projects include: (1)problem-based learning (of the civil engineering design process), (2) communication proficiency,(3) team-work skills, and (4) project management orientation. The year-long experience containsmany key elements and deliverables to achieve these learning objectives.In 2005, members of the civil engineering faculty decided it would be beneficial for students toventure into the international
Oxide materials and devices. His current research interests include development of semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures for high efficiency light emitting devices and biosensors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Capstone: Rules of Engagement Afroditi V. Filippas and Ümit Özgür Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284AbstractThe execution of the Capstone project at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School ofEngineering is one of the most intense educational experiences for the student teams and theirinstructors/mentors. For many students, it is the first
professionals and leadersin the AEC industry are in high demand regionally, nationally and internationally. From a globalperspective, AE programs are unique and sparse compared to civil engineering and architectureprograms. In total there are 22 ABET accredited AE programs in the United States that offerdegrees. These programs must be adaptable to the industry to remain current with, and ahead of,leading industry practices. To remain most relevant to industry, AE programs regularly evolvetheir senior capstone project experience. Since the building industry is so diverse, and the AEprograms themselves are often diverse from one another, the composition of capstone coursesacross programs has not been heavily studied in looking for critical trends. Thus
Science Computer Science Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student Undergraduate Student Undergraduate Student Stephany Coffman-Wolph ECCS Department Team AdvisorAbstractThis paper overviews the “Spark of Imagination” senior capstone team’s project which is tocreate interactive and innovative experiences throughout Ohio Northern University’s (ONU) firstfloor of the College of Engineering building. The primary motivation behind this project stemsfrom the client specifically. The client, the Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, wishesthrough these experiences to
Department. Ms. Miller is a PE and a LEED AP. Page 14.660.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Greening the CapstoneAbstractThe Senior Design Project course at George Mason University provides a capstone designexperience that integrates the fundamental knowledge employed by a contemporary civilengineering design team in areas such as land use planning, transportation design, water andsewerage management, grading and storm water design, site analyses and layout, and economic,environmental and regulatory restrictions. In response to the growing need for civil engineerswith a solid foundation in
multi- manages both first year engineering students in the First Year Experience Program and senior capstone students going through the Multidisciplinary Capstone Program. Outside teaching, he is also a graduate research associate (GRA) with a research focus on the aerodynamics of jet engines, jet engine simulators, and jet engine testing facilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Capstone Advisor Valuation of a Multidisciplinary Capstone ProgramIntroductionReal-world engineering projects typically lend themselves to multidisciplinary teams. Industryprojects are multidisciplinary in nature and require interdisciplinary teams and
Design for Homeless (DfH): A capstone experienceAbstractCapstone projects are usually designed to promote critical thinking, problem-solving, andcreativity using the knowledge and skills students acquire in their coursework. This paperpresents the initial findings of a two-semester-long, industry-facilitated, and collaborativecapstone project in Spring and Fall 2018. A team of construction management and interiordesign students at California State University, Fresno was tasked to design and build a temporaryhome prototype for a local homeless shelter to raise awareness of an urgent social and economicissue in the community. The new design aims to create a more comfortable and upliftingenvironment for the homeless. The project provides an
the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott campus in northern Arizona. She earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in so- cial psychology from Texas Christian University and has over 16 years of collegiate teaching experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Giving Students Choice in their Capstone ExperienceAbstractMaintaining motivation over an open-ended senior design or capstone project is an ongoingchallenge. We apply self-determination theory which links intrinsic motivation to competence,relatedness, and autonomy (or choice) to motivation in the classroom. Our goal is to see howchoice or perceived choice affects the outcome of students in capstone. We deployed a
Society for Engineering Education, 2021Capstone Projects Focused on the Evaluation of Existing StructuresAbstractStudents of Structural Analysis and Design Engineering Technology of the University ofHouston Downtown (UHD) are required to develop a capstone project covering the designtheory and concepts developed in their courses. This paper presents the results of capstoneprojects that encompass the evaluation of existing structures, which were designed followingbuilding codes from more than 50 years ago.The projects studied and discussed in this paper are the superstructure of the bridge “Travis St.over Buffalo Bayou”, located in Houston, TX; and the roof of the “Roberto Clemente” coliseum,located in San Juan, PR. Both have been in service since
AC 2007-1534: DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF A NOVEL UAV:CAPSTONE PROJECTJohn Rajadas, Arizona State University PolytechnicAlvin Post, Arizona State UniversityBradley Rogers, Arizona State UniversityRichard Cuprak, Arizona State University Polytechnic Page 12.467.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Novel UAV as a Multi-Year Capstone ProjectAbstractThis paper describes one recent multi-year Capstone project in the Mechanical &Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MMET) Department at Arizona State UniversityPolytechnic. Specifically, the project involves the design, development
Paper ID #1409120 Years of Multidisciplinary Capstone Projects: Design Implementation,and AssessmentJessica Macklin, University of Maryland, College Park Jessica Macklin is the Program Coordinator for the QUEST Honors Program. Jessica received her BA in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park and her MA in Higher and Postsecondary Ed- ucation from Teachers College, Columbia University. Prior to joining QUEST, Jessica was the Graduate Assistant in Columbia University’s Office of Student Engagement.Mrs. Kylie Goodell King, QUEST Honors Program, University of Maryland, College Park Kylie King is Program
Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the ASEE, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida.Mr. Jorge Luis Portillo RodriguezRebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University Electrical engineering technology graduate from Kennesaw State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design Project Austin B. Asgill, Jorge Portillo-Rodriguez, Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez Eric Fernandez, Red Hayes Kennesaw State University – Marietta CampusAbstractManual wire cutting with poorly designed manual
AC 2007-1053: A CAPSTONE ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS PROJECT FORELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY MAJORSDavid Pocock, Oregon Institute of Technology DAVID N. POCOCK is an Associate Professor and is the Curriculum Coordinator and head of the Analog Block of the Electronics Engineering Technology department at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, OR. His main research interests are semiconductor device modeling, infrared focal plane arrays, nuclear radiation effects, and web-based real electronics labs for distance education.Kevin McCullough, Oregon Institute of Technology KEVIN MCCULLOUGH is a Senior at Oregon Institute of Technology in the Electronics Engineering Technology
Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member and program coordinator at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Howard has fourteen years of industrial experience in design and project engineering functions. He received BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech, and his PhD from Marquette University. Howard is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. Page 11.1413.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Using the ASME Professional Practice Curriculum Within an MET Capstone ExperienceAbstract:The Capstone Experience in
research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Mr. Matt Allen Bird, Maxim Integrated ProductsStephen Peck Page 25.818.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integration of Capstone Experience and Externally Funded Faculty ResearchAbstractCapstone projects are important components in undergraduate educational experience. At TexasA&M University, students are required to go through a two-semester design process to developnew products. The capstone projects are typically
Page 25.848.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Introducing Systems Engineering Concepts in a Senior Capstone Design CourseAbstractSenior capstone design projects can often expand in complexity to include systems of systems,particularly in projects involving embedded systems to control a larger system. Principles ofSystems Engineering (SE) can be integrated into the capstone course to help students—who maynot have been exposed previously—manage this increased complexity.This paper presents an evolving framework of essential SE fundamental elements, including thetop-level processes of Requirements Analysis, Functional Analysis and Allocation, Design orSynthesis
Establishing Outcomes for Senior Capstone Projects In Industrial Technology Jon M. Duff, Thomas E. Schildgen Information and Management Technology Arizona State UniversityAbstractAs part of continuous curriculum improvement and outcomes assessment for professionalaccreditation, the Department of Information and Management Technology at Arizona StateUniversity on the Polytechnic Campus determined that a mandatory senior project beestablished. The methodology for validating such a senior project included a descriptive surveyof three constituent groups: students in upper division courses, faculty, and a