Paper ID #17267Fostering Professional Practice Skills in a Redesigned Materials Science Coursefor Engineering StudentsDr. R. Danner Friend, Norwich University Danner Friend received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is cur- rently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Norwich University. He teaches a variety of different undergraduate engineering courses including Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Mechan- ical Engineering Tools, and he enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace-related research projects. He has recently been focusing on course and curriculum
. Prior to joining QUEST, Jessica was the Graduate Assistant in Columbia University’s Office of Student Engagement.Ms. Amanda Yard, University of Maryland, College Park Amanda Yard is a graduating senior from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Busi- ness. She is receiving a major in Supply Chain Management and a minor in Spanish Language and Cultures. She will be working for PepsiCo as an Integrated Supply Chain Associate in Schaumburg, IL. Amanda has been a member of the QUEST Honors Program since Spring 2013 where she has served as a mentor, as well as on the capstone project scoping team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Impact of
interests in- clude creativity and innovation in learning and teaching, Design based learning, Cloud learning & located learning and engineering education innovation. His education philosophy is founded on the Project Ori- ented Design Based Learning (PODBL) approach at Deakin University.Dr. Riyadh Ibrahim Al-Ameri, Deakin University Al-Ameri is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and chartered Structural Engineer. Since 2010, Al-Ameri is appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Deakin University. He have more than 25 years of mixed academic and industrial experience and involved significantly with academia, research, construction industry and consultations. He received his BSc in
themselves and by the world. Web page development can be an effective way tocommunicate and to share their projects with classmates and the public. In addition, it is a greatway to get the students excited about writing project descriptions with enhanced visuals. Weincorporated web publication within the freshmen class for this study; however, it can and shouldbe used in other classes including senior capstone projects. We suggest that web publication beincorporated as an additional communication tool for all engineering students.Bibliography:[1] Leonard D. The web, the millennium, and the digital evolution of distance education. Technical CommunicationQuarterly, Special Issue: Technical Communication, Distance Learning, and the World Wide Web
was ready earlier), even more substantive improvementsmight be made.And in fact, we saw students introduce those further improvements inspired by the usabilitytesting after the summer was over. One of us teaches an engineering capstone design course, andone of our summer students is a member of that course (taking place during the regular academicyear). The carry-over student is part of a capstone design project team that continues to workwith our non-profit client on refinements to the design developed over the summer. The posterfound below shows the team’s current thoughts about the design. Figure 5: Poster from 2015-2016 capstone design team that continues to work on the projectLooking under “Design limitations” on the left-hand side of
metrics related topics are inadequately covered across the entire population of suggested courses given current standards (i.e. low population mean defined as µ): µ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 = 3.2 and µ 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 = 3.32. The sample of common SE courses from the list of all courses also has inadequate coverage of the critical topics required for long-term successful SE efforts. A conservative tabulation of the courses suggests that only 6 out of the list of 28 suggested courses are standard SE course offerings in most universities – namely, Introduction to Software Engineering and Computing, Software Engineering Capstone Project, Software Engineering and Computing II, Software Engineering and Computing III
operational envelope of components such asa heat exchanger or systems such as a gas turbine. The objective of the paper is to evaluateeffectiveness and efficacy of modeling and simulations projects that are being used in twocourses: Design of Thermal Systems and Energy Engineering. Both direct method of assessment,performance indicators for student learning outcomes, and an indirect method of assessment,student survey, are used to determine effectiveness and efficacy of modeling and simulationsprojects.Introduction Modeling and simulation exercises are an important component of engineering education.Jaluria states in his book1 that modeling is one of the most crucial elements in the design andoptimization of thermal systems. In thermal and energy
a moreindependent, industry-like environment than a traditional classroom style.Project Location The project took place at MSU’s new Software Factory2. MSU’s Software Factory ismodeled after University of Helsinki’s laboratory of the same name3, and aims to collaborate anddeliver products to industry partners1. In turn, this creates a platform for students to experiencesoftware development in an authentic industry environment with real-world projects, problems,and deadlines. Previously, the Software Factory had only hosted teams of senior university levelstudents as an interdisciplinary capstone course. The physical environment of the SoftwareFactory made it an obvious choice to provide the students with a pleasant and
body motion, impact, fluid flow, and fluid-solidinteraction.Though certainly not all, a significant percentage of students who complete the required FEAcourse express a strong interest in a continuation course. In addition, the university's industrialpartners, both advisory committee members and Capstone Design Program sponsors, havecommunicated the desire for graduates to have additional competencies in simulation. Finally,students in the senior level Capstone Design course frequently have the opportunity to performadvanced simulation as part of their senior project. A recent example is a project sponsored bythe NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory that focused on their land-based 70m deep space antenna.They wanted to understand the phenomena
undergraduate and graduate students, even the processes of soliciting, administering,and managing industry projects that reinforce academic topics in engineering, technology,manufacturing, project management, lean, financial literacy, and six sigma1,4-11. Additionaltopics that are reinforced include professionalism (through interaction with industry), teamwork,and leadership12. These projects are also assessed as student work to meet the student learningoutcomes13. The results presented in one paper that reviewed student capstone projects indicatedthat first cost (initial cost) is the most significant metric, followed by annual worth, and payback(simple) within the students’ analysis of their engineering design. Of these top three engineeringeconomy
projectthan the teams in the freshman course, indicating the need of a transition to engage students indesign decision making.Project based learning (PBL), which strongly motivates students, is a well-known pedagogicalapproach.6 In PBL, open-ended problems are provided in courses. As there are multiple feasiblesolutions, students need to evaluate each option, make decisions, and deliver a solution. Thisprocess guides students to use their analytical skills to solve real problems. Previous endeavorsinclude incorporating an open-ended project (delivering a prototype at the end of the semester),into a junior level course to prepare students for the capstone project.7 The outcomes showed thatstudents appreciated this experience with positive feedback
mechanical,electrical and optical engineering including statics, AC and DC circuits, and photonics, openingthe students to upper level courses in these disciplines. The capstone sequence begins with a 10week junior design course where a series of small design projects tests their ability to solveproblems in a variety of disciplines. Following the junior design course, the students have a 20week senior design sequence where they design, build and deliver a prototype for an externalclient. Aside from these core components the students gain additional breadth through courses inmath, chemistry, and computer science. This curriculum was designed to include room for atechnical area of focus outside of the engineering physics curriculum through a set
followingresearch question: How and when do students use prototypes to engage with stakeholdersthroughout the design process? This research project was approved by a Midwestern university’sInstitutional Review Board.ParticipantsA total of 16 students from three different engineering capstone design courses were interviewedfor this study. Table 1 shows the distribution of students based on their gender, design course,and prior design experience. All student names were replaced by pseudonyms to ensureanonymity. Less than half of the students had not referenced previous design experience outsideof their capstone design project. Three students had higher education levels, having completed orwere currently in a Master’s Program while three students previously
2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, AC 2012-392015. Trainor, T., McCarthy D., and Kwin M., “From Cornerstone to Capstone: Systems Engineering in the West Point Way”, Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, AC 2010-153116 . Gipson, K.G., Henriques, J.J., and Sequeira, S., “ Development and Implementation of a Cornerstone Course: Engineering Opportunities”, Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, Session 1158017. Vernier, M.A., Wensing, P.M., Morin, C.E., Phillips, A.P., Rice, B., Wegman, K.R. and Hartle C., “Design of a Full-Featured Robot Controller for Use in a First Year Robotics Design Project”, Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
analyze circuits.The first assessment involved Test #5, which was based on a group analysis of an assigned activefilter. The target benchmark was that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test.The resultant measurement was that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% on Test#5.The second assessment involved Test #6, which was the capstone design project module. Thetarget benchmark was again that at least 70% of students would score above 70% on the test. Theresultant measurement demonstrated that 17 out of 17 or 100% of students scored above 70% onTest 6.Even though the intended benchmarks were met, indicating achievement of a minimum level ofcompetency acquisition by students, the reflective summary approach by faculty
theircurricula, and this travel course can be a technical elective. The other program does not include atechnical elective in its existing curriculum, so this travel course does not count as a majorcourse, but can still count towards the total credits for graduation.To answer the third question, it was agreed that the travel course should be an elective in thePBL course sequence, and a project would be an essential component. The PBL course sequenceranges from freshman seminar to senior capstone projects, and gradually deepens the students’knowledge to carry out practical projects, and prepares our students to succeed in their capstoneprojects as well as engineering jobs in industry after graduation. This travel course aims atincorporating the global
had previously performed an extensive search for areplacement valve plug, but was unsuccessful. While the project’s scope was not appropriate fora senior capstone project, a good fit was found in the introductory 3D constraint-based modelingcourse. Working through an Honor’s Contract, the primary author reverse engineered andprototyped the value plug using precision measuring tools, a 3D modeling software, and thedepartment’s Maker Space.2 Figure 1: Steam Locomotive Valve PlugThe initial step in the process was to acquire precise measurements of the original part’sdimensions using a digital caliper. The primary author investigated precise measurementmethods and was careful to employee these methods when measuring
best be met by exploiting multidisciplinaryapproaches. Our Senior Capstone Design Course has been established to demonstrate the valueand ingenuity which can be derived from cooperative design efforts among traditionalengineering disciplines.The projects for the senior design program are suggested by the faculty, industry, and academicundergraduate research through engineering grant contests. The requirements are that the projectbe open-ended, multidisciplinary, and have non-engineering constraints (e.g., economic,environmental, aesthetic). The students are given a choice of 10 to 15 projects (depending uponclass enrollment) and write a proposal stating their top choice. The senior design faculty teamassigns two to three students to each
havecollected over the years. In addition, we have built in opportunities for students to specify,design, and assess the quality of their own work.The merged requirements and architecture course leads into a two-semester capstone seniorproject. This senior project engages students and external sponsors in an end-to-end,requirements-to-delivery project. Requirements engineering and architecture design are centralto this team-based senior project, and the merged requirements and architecture course givesstudents the system-wide problem-space/solution-space mindset necessary to succeed in theirsenior projects.Course StructureThe merged requirements and architecture course is designed with three main threads that occurin parallel, as Figure 1 shows. We use
S2: 4-Bit Full Adder, Multiplexer and Decoder Logic: Multiplexers, Decoders, H2: TTL Characteristics, Three-state Buffers, Programmable Logic Open-collector Buffers 5 Sequential Logic: Latches, Flip S3: Arithmetic and Logic Unit Flops, Registers, Counters H3: Latches, Flip-flops, Registers and Counters 6 Synchronous Finite State H4: Capstone Design Project Machine (FSM) Design 7 Microprocessor Design S4: The Microprocessor 7.5 Review and Final ExamLecture MaterialsInstead of using the “lecture-capture” approach, lecture videos were recorded from scratch tointroduce course concepts and demonstrate how to apply concepts to solve problems. Thenumber of videos, the total and
implementation response analysis. #4 IIR filter IIR filter implementation and frequency Filter implementation response analysis.Table 4: Summary of existing Lab coursework using the dedicated TMS320C6713DSK boardThe new proposed labs that use the MCU-based platform would facilitate students to attain morecontent and practice DSP topics with more depth and complexity.IV: Senior capstone project improvement goals and assessment measuresThe Electrical Engineering program at Western Washington University is in the process oftransitioning from an ABET-ETAC Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program to anABET-EAC Electrical Engineering (EE) program. All aspects of the curriculum are
construction engineering profession; (2) “CIE 475 – Senior Design Project” – a coresenior-level capstone course where different ethical frameworks and stake-holder model theoriesin professional decision-making are taught. In addition, the graduating students obtain more in-depth and practical insight of the ethical obligations in engineering practice through the casestudies and in-class group discussions; and (3) “CIE 400/600 – Construction Regulations andOrganizational Management” – an undergraduate/graduate-level elective course in which thetheories of ethics are presented to the class and discussed further in terms of the existing differentviewpoints towards ethics in managing an engineering enterprise.INTRODUCTION:The construction engineering
engineering design coursewith an embedded capstone design project. In addition to attending weekly 100-minute meetingsto learn about engineering design theory, methods, and tools, students in these courses metoutside of class to work on their capstone projects. The model for this course has previouslybeen published previously [18][19][20]. The following table showcases some of the differencesbetween the section taught using a more traditional lecture-based format and the section using aformat that rewarded adaptive expertise. Lecture-Based Adaptive Expertise- Feature of Course Section Based
Paper ID #14777Wireless Network Security Using Raspberry PiDr. Chafic BouSaba, Guilford College * Joined Guilford College in January 2008 * Serves as Assistant Professor in the Computing Technology and information Systems.Ms. Tiera Kazar, Guilford College I am a current student at Guilford College in the Computing Technology & Information Systems depart- ment. I am working on a Capstone project that will be submitted to the ASEE. The project focuses on Wireless Network Security using a Raspberry Pi.Dr. Will C. Pizio, Guilford College I am currently an Associate Professor of Justice and Policy Studies at Guilford
these courses, project toproject differences might lead to very different learning outcomes for students. For example,capstone design projects that are ill-defined and where stakeholders are easily available forinteraction would provide students much greater opportunity to develop stakeholder interviewingskills than projects that are rigidly defined and where stakeholders are not easily accessible53.Limitations and Future WorkWithin this study we were not able to control for participants’ ability to synthesize theinformation collected and apply it to requirements development. Therefore, we were not able toestablish a causal relationship between a participant’s ability to conduct interviews in line withbest practices and the final quality of his
, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX Available at https://http://www.construction-institute.org/scriptcontent/rtc2008_ac1.pdf. 11 pp. [3] Dancz, C., Ketchman, K., Burke, R., Hottle, T., Parrish, K., Bilec, M., & Landis, A,. (2016). Utilizing Civil Engineering Senior Design Capstone Projects to Evaluate Students Sustainability Education Across Engineering Education. Manuscript submitted for publication [4] Brundiers, K., and Wiek, A. (2011). “Educating Students in Real-world Sustainability Research -- Vision and Implementation.” Innovative Higher Education, 36(2), 107-124. 10.1007/s10755-010-9161-9. [5] Gibson, G. E., & Hamilton, M. R. (1994). Analysis of pre-project planning effort and success variables for
not certainlybe pedestrian in nature.ME for EEs: Mechanical SystemsSuch an ME for EEs course (ENGR3334 Mechanical Systems) has been developed, presented,and assessed by direct and indirect methods for three semesters and contributes to the continuousimprovement of the EE program. The ME for EEs course replaced a requisite three semester hourcourse in statics without a laboratory in the Electrical concentration in our EE program. Thecourse topics and projects in MATLAB, Simulink and SimMechanics provide a reasonable hands-on experience that is directly extended in the course on digital control and the capstone seniordesign project.The ME for EEs course topics and the direct Engineering applications certainly counter the ironicsentiment that
Industrial Engineering at NCSU in 2010 and has since expanded her research in inventory optimization to include engineering education. Her experiences as an engineer have motivated the work done in this study as well as others that aim to improve the success of students entering the global landscape. She teaches the industry-sponsored capstone design course which has led to a second stream of research focused on developing methods to model problem-solving during capstone design.Dr. Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University Dr. Tameshia Ballard Baldwin is a Teaching Assistant Professor working jointly in the College of En- gineering and in the Department of STEM Education within the College of Education at
received 35 responses. The results suggested that 83% of them had included BIM in theircurriculum, and the majority (55%) implemented BIM in one to two courses. Most constructionprograms were teaching BIM for 3D coordination (37%), 4D scheduling (25%), and 5Destimating (20%).Existing ApproachesSince BIM is being implemented gradually, many CM programs have been struggling tounderstand what and how to teach4, 42. The various implementation strategies that CM programshave employed to incorporate BIM into the curricula can be grouped into four categories:standalone courses, cross-discipline courses, capstone/project courses, and integration intoexisting courses.Introducing BIM in standalone courses is an effective approach to quickly cover
. Hole. “Using a Marketplace to Form Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Capstone Project Teams.” Proc. of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 2014.5. K. Shimazu, and Y. Ohkami. “Systems engineering education for inexperienced students by providing hand-on practices.” IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon), 2011, pp. 367- 370.6. W. Bauer, W. Biedermann, B. Helms and M. Maurer, “A student laboratory for Systems Engineering: Teaching Systems Engineering to students without previous SE-knowledeg based on an industry-oriented example,” IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon), 2012, pp. 1-6.7. J. Valasek, and K. Shryock, “Enhancing Systems Engineering Content in Aerospace Courses: Capstone Design and Senior Technical Electives