Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Tony Okafor; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

Session Number: 2563 AN INTEGRATED AND DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT FOR A MANUFACTURING CAPSTONE COURSE Frank Liou, Venkat Allada, Ming Leu, Rajiv Mishra, Anthony OKAFOR University of Missouri-Rolla and Ashok Agrawal St. Louis Community College - Florissant ValleyAbstractPresented in the paper is an interdisciplinary capstone design project course with thesupport of distributed and integrated manufacturing processes. This project courseprovides students with the experience of integrating the technical knowledge they havelearned from

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

currently oversees two multidisciplinary service-learning programs: the Access by Design project that has capstone students design devices for people with dis- abilities to participate in adapted physical activity and Organic Twittering that merges social media with sustainability.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control and engineering education.Dr. Brian P. Self, California

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benito Flores, Universidad de Monterrey

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

applying it as a change agent.Students had to produce an integrating final project in one semester (around 18 weeks), andboth students and instructors pointed out that, at the end of the whole degree program,students were not ready to undertake a high caliber project which incorporated much learning,skills, and professional attitudes.Responding to that problem, the university introduced a Capstone Course in systemsengineering in the mid 1980s. It came in the next to last semester of the program, just beforethe student thesis and graduation. Lasting 17 weeks, the course required students to developan intervention for improvement in an administrative system, aimed at integrating andapplying methods and skills learned along the way. Thus students

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-2313: THE BENEFITS OF TRANSPARENCY IN MANAGINGSOFTWARE CAPSTONE PROJECTSKevin Gary, Arizona State UniversityHarry Koehnemann, Arizona State University Page 15.1207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Benefits of Transparency in Managing Software Engineering Capstone ProjectsAbstractThis paper describes the impact of an agile process support environment in helping facultymanage software engineering capstone projects and the learning outcomes associated with thecapstone experience. Software engineering capstone projects are notoriously time-consuming tomanage for faculty mentors. Team projects often fall behind due to the

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Phillip A. Sanger, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Engineering and Technology’s programs, a full two-semester twocourse senior capstone project sequence in the B.S. degree has been established and gearedtoward new product development. The capstone course sequence is multi-disciplinary where allthree curricula, engineering technology, electrical and computer engineering technology andelectrical engineering, are combined into one class. All projects must address new problems sothat it will draw the students out of their comfort zone consistent with the department’s goal ofproducing graduates capable of self directed learning. The text chosen for the two coursesequence is entitled Winning at New Products9. The first capstone course in the sequence is a 3hour credit course, comprised of a 2 hour lecture

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

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Engineering Technology

Page 24.927.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NASA Wireless Smart Plug: A Successful ESET Capstone Design ProjectAbstract – NASA has been interested in technology development for deep space exploration, and one avenue of developingthese technologies is via the eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. In 2013, NASA’s Deep SpaceHabitat (DSH) project was in need of sensors that could monitor the power consumption of various devices in the habitatwith added capability to control the power to these devices for load shedding in emergency situations. Texas A&MUniversity’s Electronic Systems Engineering Technology Program

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Abdel-Mohti P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Ph.D. from The university of Akron. His research interest are in the area of embedded computing of real-time image processing techniques. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress: Merging Departmental Capstone Courses into a Single College-Wide CourseAbstractAll three engineering departments at Ohio Northern University, a small, private comprehensiveuniversity, have long required that students complete a capstone design project. Until this year,however, each department managed the course independently, resulting in substantial variationin requirements, course outcomes, schedules, and expectations. Over the past ten years, thecollege, which comprises a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Steve Blair, University of Utah; Peter Rogers, Ohio State University; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 25.284.3serve as a web resource for capstone faculty to provide centralized access to effective tools andpractices developed by teachers and researchers across the country, beginning with tools tofacilitate the development of students' communication skills, as discussed below.Design of the Hub: Requirements and SpecificationsOverall GoalsThe CDHub is being designed to serve the needs of a variety of constituents, including • Professors and instructors of capstone design courses • Faculty advisers/coaches for student capstone design teams • Industrial and external sponsors/liaisons for capstone design projects • Students participating in capstone design projects/teams • Academic staff who support capstone design

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #6306A Multidisciplinary Capstone Project Experience in a Small Liberal Arts Col-lege Setting: The Hybrid Solar TrackerDr. Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College Page 23.72.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Multidisciplinary Capstone Project Experience in a Small Liberal Arts College Setting: The Hybrid Solar TrackerAbstractOver the past two decades, the overall scope and expectations for capstone projects inundergraduate engineering project has evolved. There has been an increased

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wei Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a guided open-ended project, beginningpreparation for their senior capstone project.IntroductionThe road bridge is a structure familiar to all students, characterized as a beam, andnormally made from a combination of steel and concrete. The bridge should be verystrong and durable, sustaining variable loads, impacts, vibrations, and surviving its localenvironmental conditions for many years with routine maintenance. Design engineersaddress critical construction aspects such as bridge safety, building cost, structuresustainability, durability, material properties (e.g., tensile strength, Young’s modulus,yield strength, fatigue, creep, thermal expansion), construction processes such aswelding, and geometry. The road bridge can be either

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

Session 3648 Design Class Projects in Fluid Power Jan T. Lugowski Purdue University1. IntroductionClass projects offer many opportunities for students to learn by doing. A design class projectcompleted recently in fluid power area at Purdue University is presented. They provideopportunities for students to solve problems and boost their competency level. The projectpresented in this paper involved design and manufacture of a hydraulic pump by applying a rapidprototyping technology. Examples of solved problems are presented. The project offered

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

game.Most HMC students are simultaneously enrolled in Engineering Clinic, a capstone designexperience that consumes a great deal of time, especially in the final weeks of the semester.VLSI design projects are also notorious for consuming time. Therefore the VLSI project washeavily front-loaded to complete three weeks before the end of the semester. To keep theprojects on schedule, students made written or oral reports at each of the following milestones. 2/25: Preliminary Proposal 3/4: Project Proposal 3/13: Floorplan Complete 3/18-22: HMC Spring Break 3/27: Schematic Review 4/8: Unit Layout Review

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gang Liu, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

in-class intervention, misconceptions, novices and experts, and metacognition. Address: 106F Fisher Hall Division of Physical and Computa- tional Sciences University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Bradford, PA 16701 Office: 814-362-7571 Email: gliu@pitt.edu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Capstone Projects: A Dynamic Balance Between Undergraduate Engineering Curricula and Industrial Needs Gang Liu Division of Physical and Computational Sciences, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

David S Greenburg, The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Tyler Miner; Susan Kahn Huntington

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36526Applying Agile Business Solutions as a Graduate Capstone ProjectDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel David Greenburg is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service in the United States Marine Corps in a variety of command and staff and leadership positions. Upon completion of active military service, he was a program manager in industry for seventeen years until he joined the faculty at The Citadel. His research interests include modeling project

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Peter W. Pachowicz, George Mason University; Monson Hayes; Andre Z. Manitius, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

was Chair of the department from 1998 to 2014. He was also Chair of the Department of Information Sciences and Technology from 2016 to 2020. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects Peter W. Pachowicz, Monson H. Hayes, and Andre Manitius Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030AbstractIt has been twenty years since capstone projects became team projects and evolved from a simpleformat to the current challenging endeavor for our

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2851: IMPACT OF STUDENT SELECTION OF DESIGN PROJECTS ONTEAM PERFORMANCEPeter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisStephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University Page 12.827.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 IMPACT OF STUDENT SELECTION OF DESIGN PROJECTS ON TEAM PERFORMANCEAbstract In the capstone design courses, the instructor can choose among different strategies ofassigning students to project teams. One of these strategies allows the students select the projectthey would like to work on from a list. This sometimes proceeds in an ad-hoc manner. Currently,literature offers limited research that looks at

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-1699: USE OF ASSESSMENT SURVEY TO ASSIGN PROJECT TEAMSAND ROLESPromiti Dutta, Columbia UniversityAlexander Haubold, Columbia University Page 12.1526.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Use of Assessment Survey to Assign Project Teams and RolesAbstract:Effective assignment of teams and distribution of tasks within a group is an arduous task.Successful teams display harmony, successfully completed projects, and effective skill utilizationof all members. Weak teams demonstrate ineffective dynamics, poorly completed projects, andunderutilized team members. We propose a method to assign team members and to delegatemembers with equally weighted

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-758: DESIGN TEAM SKILLS CURRICULUM FOR INTERMEDIATELEVEL PROJECT CLASSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include pedagogy, paradigms

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-1741: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT: A ROBOTIC SYSTEM USINGSTEREOSCOPIC CAMERAS FOR NAVIGATIONAndrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Andrew Willis is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After working in industry for four years, Andrew attended graduate school at Brown University where he obtained a Sc.M. in Applied Mathematics and a Sc.M. in Electrical Engineering completing a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences in 2004. He is a member of the ASEE, IEEE

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Jeffrey Ray, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

wafer to interface with the electrical test equipment. During wafertesting, electrical probes are lowered onto the semiconductor wafer and make electricalconnections to the wafer. This paper presents the design and implementation of a probe stationproject that was carried out as a capstone senior design project in School of Engineering at GrandValley State University. The probe station was designed to have a durable, stable base and a 4inch vacuum-assisted hot chuck as a sample stage. A microscope was integrated to view thewafers and to assist in making the electrical connections. In addition, microprobes with theability to probe the wafers of 25om structure were designed. The project team consisted ofstudents with majors in mechanical and

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering graduate student at UNC Charlotte. He received his BSET in Mechanical Engineering Technology from UNC Charlotte in May 2005. He served as project team leader for the 2005 HPV Challenge. Page 11.116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Senior Design Project Team of Engineering and Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractDuring the senior year, both mechanical engineering (ME) and mechanical engineeringtechnology (MET) students take a two-course sequence in senior design. Each version of thecourse includes a design project and acts as a capstone course for the

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

categories to the work. Unfortunately,the use of professional judgment in this process varies from faculty member to faculty member;as a consequence, one person's "excellent" can be another person's "very good." The lack ofstandard definitions for such terms act as an impedance toward fair and impartial grading ofstudent performance.At its 2002 Faculty Retreat, the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science(ECCS) Department at Ohio Northern University examined the effectiveness of the senior designevaluation process. Senior design at this school is a year-long endeavor, with multiple teams offaculty grading several capstone projects each at the end of each quarter. The differencesbetween the individual graders and between each team

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Susko, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ilan Ben-Yaacov, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tanya Das, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lubella Lenaburg, University of California, Santa Barbara; Francesco Bullo, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

becoupled to the departmental capstone courses to promote quick adoptions of multidisciplinarycapstone projects without sacrificing discipline specific rigor. Two student surveys and one end-of-quarter grading rubric are used to assess the merits of the coupled course design through thefirst quarter of a three quarter capstone series. Results of the surveys show that the SMCCcourse structure resolves student meeting scheduling problems by mandating attendance andretains departmental rigor by having advisors directly assigned in the departmental capstonecourse. We found that highly motivated teams with defined projects thrive with this model butthat industry-defined projects require increased communication for all involved faculty andindustry

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

2006-1676: CAPSTONE DESIGN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT ORPERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE?Richard Goff, Virginia Tech RICHARD M. GOFF Richard Goff is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of the Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is also the Director of the Frith Freshman Engineering Design Laboratory and the Faculty Advisor of the VT Mini-Baja Team. He is actively involved in bringing joy and adventure to the educational process and is the recipient of numerous University teaching awards.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech JANIS P. TERPENNY Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Garrick Louis, University of Virginia; William Scherer, University of Virginia; Michael C. Smith, University of Virginia; K. Preston White, Jr., Jr., University of Virginia; Peter Beling, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

. His research interests include optimization theory and financial engineering. He is the Department's Chair of Undergraduate Studies.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Page 11.191.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Innovative Model for the Administration of Undergraduate Capstone ProjectsAbstractWe discuss the program-level model used in the administration of undergraduate Capstone(senior design) projects in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at Universityof Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in this paper. A unique model at thetime of its inception in 1988, its adoption

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

Session 2425 Two Instruments for Assessing Design Outcomes of Capstone Projects Durward K. Sobek II, Vikas K. Jain Montana State UniversityAbstractA “good” design process is perhaps best defined by its output—good design processes producegood design outcomes. As part of an NSF-funded research effort to better understand studentdesign processes, we developed two assessment instruments to measure the “goodness” of adesign outcome. This paper describes the development and validation of the two instruments,presents the instruments and their

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

Session 2648 Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course Jay R. Porter, Joseph A. Morgan, and Behbood Zoghi Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe public and private sectors are demanding entry-level technical personnel that are well schooled inthe fundamental principles of their respective engineering and technology disciplines. Both of thesegroups are placing a premium on graduates who have had significant design experiences and haveparticipated in a team environment. Finally, these potential employers are

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wesley Francillon, Ph.D., Connectiuct Community College; John Birch, The Birch Group, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2664: INDUSTRY-BASED PROJECTS AND PREPARING ENGI-NEERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCEKaren Wosczyna-Birch and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT College of Technologyand the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Karen Wosczyna-Birch, a national award winning Professor of Chemistry, is the statewide director for Connecticut’s College of Technology, which includes all 12 Connecticut community colleges, six uni- versities and partner high schools including the technical high school system. She is also the executive director of the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a National Science Funded Advanced Technology Center, where she provides leadership for the

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2745: INNOVATIVE SENIOR PROJECT PROGRAM PARTNER-ING UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE PARTNERSEric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems Eric P. Pearson is the Sector Director of Development Programs for the Electronic Systems Sector of Northrop Grumman Corporation. After several years as an organizational Staff Manager and the Antenna Integrated Product Team lead for major radar programs he began the development of Internship, Co-op, New Graduate Engineering rotation and Early Career Leadership Training Programs. Eric carries a pas- sion for assisting soon-to-be and recent university graduates as they develop their technical, professional and leadership skills through their early careers in