Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Changing How We Teach: Flipping, Project-Based Learning, and More!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Retherford, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah Mobley, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Brad McCoy, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy

3). All students were in their Junior or Senior year. The survey was deployed prior to final grades inthe subject semester and then again within the first month of the subsequent semester. The request toparticipate was presented to the students no more than four times total. All students agreed to a standardconsent form prior to completing the survey, no signature was required. The subject group of students waspulled from a variety of classes all of which utilize a project-centered curriculum. Each courserepresented integrates the course project in a different style and the course grade, course lessons, andprofessor emphasis on the technical and professional skills vary.At USMA CE493/494 is a year-long capstone design course. The course is

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

Session 3515 Client-Based Projects for Every Senior – A Mark of Excellence for Any Program Ronald W. Welch, Allen C. Estes United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a unique senior project capstone course used successfully by the ABET-Accredited Civil Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy (USMA) to greatlyenhance the academic program. The three general project classifications available within thissenior project course are service-based (i.e., USMA, the Army, local community), competition-based (i.e., steel

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bradley A. Hyatt

secondary approach was to create andimplement surveys that indirectly assess the industry’s participation. Both of these methodsprovided meaningful feedback for the students’ performance and ultimately for programmaticstudent outcomes.IntroductionThe benefit of involving industry members in engineering education has been well documentedover the past several decades. Specifically, contemporary academic literature supports the use ofindustry sponsorship of senior design projects, also known as “capstone” projects (Smith, 2009).Industry sponsorship can take many forms, but most of the time this primarily entails industrymembers working with and/or reviewing the work of the students (O’Brien et.al., 2003). Thisprovides an outstanding mechanism for

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Michael Gordon Browne, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Biomedical Engineering; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois Chicago

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

. The first aim of this pipeline is to enhance senior design (SD) projectpreparedness by 1) introducing a new physical prototyping course to develop and practiceessential fabrications skills, and 2) revising CIP to better validate needs for the new pipeline’slongitudinal process. The second aim is to leverage interdisciplinary collaboration to enhancemedtech device design by 1) using CIP as a catalyst to identify and validate needs for use as SDprojects and 2) continuing longitudinal development beyond SD with medical student innovatorsfrom our four-year cocurricular Innovation Medicine (IMED) program for medical students.Transitioning projects from CIP to SD, by students with training in prototyping, and then tomedical capstone has substantial

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the Aerospace Systems and Technology Track, with particularemphasis on the Microsystems Engineering and Technology for the Future Exploration of OuterSpace Regions (METEOR) family of projects will be used as a case example to illustrate theprocess.IntroductionProject-based “capstone” design has become an integral component of the undergraduateengineering experience. As noted by Dym, et al.1, this has been the standard academic responseto address the need to produce engineering graduates able to practice in industry. TheMultidisciplinary Senior Design (MSD) program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)arose from departmental capstone design experiences within Mechanical, Industrial, andElectrical Engineering2. Since its inception

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

and graduating, respectively, undergraduate engineering students thusact as bookend design experiences. The Cornerstone curricula serve multifaceted purposesincluding providing students with what is likely their first open-ended design and long-termproblem-solving challenge as well as transitioning incoming traditional engineering studentsfrom secondary college preparatory coursework to engineering coursework at the post-secondarylevel, not to mention satisfying various curriculum content-related and pedagogical objectives.The Capstone activities provide students with an opportunity to apply their coursework fromtheir program of study and experiences through their college careers in a final project often in thefield and involving industry

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grace Lynn Baldwin; Sarah Larose, Purdue University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

research program. Some of thestudents were introduced to Agricultural & Biological Engineering (ABE) projects through thispartnership opportunity. These students were paired with an ABE faculty member in theirresearch area to conduct their initial project in a university setting. RS students were thenallowed to direct a project of their choosing within the Multi-disciplinary Engineering ResearchFellowship (MERF). The MERF opportunity provided students with a self-directed project tohelp prepare them for their senior capstone project within their discipline. Students were requiredto document their projects and formally write-up their experimental results. The LSAMP andMERF projects provided valuable experiential components to the RS students

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Mike Stine Jr.; Douglas Brian Forbes, Lockheed Martin; Benjamin Cohen; Ryan Buckley

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Manufacturing

courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. Mike Stine JrMr. Douglas Brian Forbes, Lockheed MartinMr. Benjamin Cohen,Ryan Buckley c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Personal Blind Spot Information SystemIntroductionIn recent years there has been a big push to get students into the STEM fields. However, what seems to belacking in this academic push is the hands-on side of it. Engineering simply just is not about equations, butactually design and developing as well as fabricating a physical

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Heidenreich; Dr. Eugene Silgalis; Nicholas Akinkuoye

conference presentation is tofocus on how engineering class projects and those required in a capstone course can beeffectively used in continuous quality program improvements, and also used to documentstudent learning, as well as used as outcome assessment tools. (Formative and SummativeAssessment)Assessing Program OutcomesAssessment starts from the standpoint of institutional goals, statement of purposes orcollege mission statements. These statements are generally stated in a broad sense toinclude such entities as: character and citizenship to be exhibited by graduates. Departmental, division goals are always a subset of the institutional missionstatements and goals. They however should be expressed in discrete quantifiable terms.Program

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Huggins; Winfred K Anakwa; Gary Dempsey

program at BradleyUniversity. Use of the mini-project to increase the design content in our curriculum has been in place forten years. The results have been used successfully to implement course, laboratory, and curriculummodifications. The paper will discuss the small products developed, curriculum modifications, projectdevelopment time and costs, and how the mini-project will be used in the new Engineering Criteria2000 accreditation process.I. IntroductionThe six-week senior mini-project is a small but vital component of our Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) undergraduate laboratory sequence at Bradley University. The laboratory programconsists of a five semester sequence of independent lab courses culminating in a capstone designproject

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sponsored by industry, and two projects were service-learning projectswith external customers. Each industry project sponsor provided a donation to the college andalso provided funding for all of the necessary materials for the project. The donations were usedto help fund the course, which included student travel to the sponsor site and funding for theservice-based projects.Students were provided a dedicated laboratory space in which they could work on and store theirprojects. Figure 1 shows students working on two of the projects, the robotic mower and thespin bike power meter. All sponsors of the projects were very satisfied with the final products.Two of the projects are being continued on as projects for capstone design courses, and two

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Reuben F. Burch V, Kansas State University; Hugh R. Medal, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

solving is an important skill for engineers. Among the most common waysthat open-ended problem solving is incorporated in the curriculum is through capstone designexperiences. Although ubiquitous in undergraduate degree programs2,8, capstone design has alsobeen included in master’s degree programs, sometimes in place of the thesis4 or as a non-thesisoption for students on an industry-oriented career track6. Typically these capstone experiencesintegrate technical skills from multiple classes, and in some cases, they span multiple semesters.The literature on undergraduate capstone design offers insight into important factors for asuccessful industry-based project2. Attributes of effective client projects include the involvementof a company liaison

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robin K. Burk

crafting similar project-basedlearning courses.IntroductionThe role of capstone projects is well-established in many engineering programs1. Capstone projectcourses have “evolved over the years from ‘made up’ projects devised by faculty to industry-sponsoredprojects where companies provide ‘real’ problems, along with expertise and financial support.”2 Suchprojects may be especially rich in opportunities for students to integrate a variety of curricular materialboth within their discipline and across disciplines.3In lieu of industry-sponsored projects, capstone courses at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) are oftenexecuted on behalf of Army, Defense or other federal agency clients, thereby providing students withopportunities to integrate both their

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 9 - Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; George Ricco, University of Indianapolis; David Olawale, University of Indianapolis; Md Rashedul Sarker, University of Indianapolis

-Engineering Design Lab VII and ENGR 498-Engineering Design Lab VIII) where they work inmultidisciplinary teams on open-ended projects from external clients or design and fabricatecomplex systems to meet the requirements of regional and national competitions. The knowledgeand experience from earlier courses are applied to develop solutions that meet set requirementsand constraints while considering public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural,social, environmental, and economic factors. The key phases of a DesignSpine capstone projectinclude identifying constraints, creating and analyzing design alternatives, fabricating and testingthe designs, optimizing the designs, and completing a final prototype. Additionally, the courseshave

Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

sources and sinks for projects at the institution. These include thecapstone design courses that are an integral part of each departmental curriculum, the seniorproject and thesis requirements for students, and the individual interests and efforts of bothstudents and faculty. In the current nascent stage of the PBLI there are a range of activitiesacross the spectrum of departments. Unit requirements for the capstone design experience rangefrom 4 to 9 quarter units, senior projects are occasionally integrated with capstone design, butmany are stand-alone classes or individual study experiences. Single student experiences are thenorm, with a few departments offering “interdisciplinary” experiences. Projects range frominstructor selected activities

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Danyang Li; Qiao Zhen; Albert Gordon; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Marcos Turquetti; Mohammad N. Amin

away from their physicians, are at risk when it comes totheir health. This system will enable them and their physicians a daily look at their vital signswithout having to leave their home or office. A prototype of this system was designed,developed, and tested by students under the guidance of faculty members. This project wasanalyzed on how it fulfilled the program objectives. Students made a formal presentation to theFaculty Judging Panel for official approval of this capstone project and the project was approvedfor the degree requirement. The final report and the presentation were graded and it was ensuredthat they covered and reinforced the academic objectives and met the Program LearningOutcomes (PLOs).IntroductionThe Master of Science in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

• Electrical • SoftwareThe entire system must be decomposed into a number of smaller subsystems, and prioritizedwith respect to completion date. All three types of engineering students, including mechanicaland/or aerospace, electrical and/or computer, and electrical, computer, and/or software, shouldbe assigned subsystems with a relatively equitable contribution to the overall system. Figure 2depicts a fairly simply organization chart for the multidisciplinary engineering team, whichincludes a project manager to oversee the systems engineering process, faculty mentors, graduateresearch assistants (GRAs), undergraduate research assistants (URAs), and capstone designstudents (generally senior-level undergraduates). The science advisor (or multiple

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hrushikesh Godbole, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Shun Takai, Northern Illinois University; Marcos Esterman Jr., Rochester Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, engineering and operations. His research interests include systems engineering, product design process and knowledge management in development teams.Dr. Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary projects. She is active in the national Capstone Design Community, and received her BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University and her MS and PhD from Purdue University.Dr. Shun Takai, Northern Illinois UniversityMarcos Esterman Jr

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; William Johnson, University of Utah; Fred Montague, University of Utah; Arrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Jim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Rachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

real world use.” ̇ “This course was much like the capstone course in that it was to solve real world problems.” ̇ “The course did not cover several issues addressed in the capstone course, for example: ethics, finance, and drafting.” ̇ “Design courses focus on understanding the mechanics while working on a project requires higher thinking to understand the context those mechanics and their applicability to the project. A good analogy for the differences would be a toolbox. Design classes focus on what is in the toolbox while working on a project focuses on selecting the right tool for the job.” ̇ “The capstone class is required and individual roles are assigned. For many students, it is

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danielle Marie Fredette, Cedarville University; Nathan Jessurun, University of Florida

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Software Engineering Division

basics ofsoftware engineering, and how they do or do not make use of that material in their projects, withthe intent to improve our course for future years. Specific items to evaluate over the next cycle ofthe course are also identified.As noted by the author of [1], senior capstone design work is a valuable part of an engineeringcurriculum, giving many students their first experience working on a team to complete a largeproject on a relatively long time scale. However, many students, especially those with lesstechnical experience from internships or co-ops, come into senior design with weaknesses. Theseweaknesses might include unfamiliarity with how to plan for and manage constraints such as timeand money, discomfort with being dependent on

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Madara Ogot

preliminary data.1.0 IntroductionThe current criteria for ABET accreditation1 state that “engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates have: …an ability to design a system, component, or processto meet desired needs,” and “an ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams….” Becauseengineering design in industry is a team activity, the integration of design into engineeringcurricula is generally done through the use of design teams. In many cases, this integrationalso uses industry-sponsored design projects.Most of the industry-sponsored design project applications are at the capstone design level,and many examples of these are documented in the literature 2-9. Capstone design courses areused to ease the transition from the education

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

activities.Included in the development are content-rich multimedia modules that combine animation,graphics, text, and sound to enhance student learning (37).Sooner City unifies the curriculum by promoting horizontal and vertical integration, so studentslearn a holistic systems approach to engineering projects, rather than taking isolated courses thatappear as independent entities. Sooner City also provides a framework for multidisciplinary inte-gration.Sooner City essentially turns the engineering curriculum into a four-year design experience.Consequently, when students enroll in the traditional senior “capstone” course, they are betterprepared to handle complex, multidisciplinary projects involving other engineers (mechanical,electrical, and industrial) and

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Christopher Joseph Gioia; Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University

development and project iterations. This work presents the initial details ofthe project, faculty observations, and future data collection tools for project-based pedagogicalresearch. The goal of the research is to use this project to identify when students self-identify asengineers and what events contribute to their perceived identities. Self-reflections and designcompetence surveys will be collected from the sophomore and junior students participating inthis project and as seniors when they complete their capstone design course starting in Spring2024.KeywordsSelf-efficacy, Project-based Design, Design Project, Mechanical EngineeringNomenclatureSRU—Slippery Rock UniversityME – Mechanical EngineeringPBL – Project-based learningDBL – Design-based

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lightning Talks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John McNeill, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Vinayak Ashok Prabhu, Nanyang Polytechnic; Rajani Shankar; Cherine Meng Fong Tan, Nanyang Polytechnic; Larry Keng tee Seow; Lee Raphael, Nanyang Polytecnic

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

one class meeting orafternoon lab session) or as long as a semester or academic year (as in capstone design). Several of the goldstandard PBL elements (challenging open-ended problem, sustained inquiry, student choice, reflection,revision) require time to play out. How should faculty balance the benefits of an open-ended experiencewith the time-limited nature of constrained academic schedules?2.2 Student Backgrounds and Project Learning Objectives Students have varying prior experiences, capabilities, and needs, and some students will need moreguidance and structure than others. Faculty should consider the level and background of their students togauge the appropriate level of structure for PBL experiences. Faculty also must consider the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects at the institution. These include thecapstone design courses that are an integral part of each departmental curriculum, the seniorproject and thesis requirements for students, and the individual interests and efforts of bothstudents and faculty. In the current nascent stage of the PBLI there are a range of activitiesacross the spectrum of departments. Unit requirements for the capstone design experience rangefrom 4 to 9 quarter units, senior projects are occasionally integrated with capstone design, butmany are stand-alone classes or individual study experiences. Single student experiences are thenorm, with a few departments offering “interdisciplinary” experiences. Projects range frominstructor selected activities across an entire course

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

varied user community, which demonstrates the role and value of communicationand supporting tools, such as discussion forums, version control, and task or defect trackingsystems. Third, students may already be familiar with FOSS as users.Faculty can help students by using a five step “USABL” model in which students use FOSSprojects, study the project as a worked example, add minor enhancements, build largercomponents, and finally leverage FOSS for other purposes. This paper describes experiencesusing FOSS and this approach across a computer science (CS) curriculum and particularly in asophomore-level SE course and in capstone software projects. First, it briefly reviews SE courseand project design, and FOSS. Second, it describes the five step

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

environmentalengineering course required for all Civil Engineering students. Course projects previous to 2004involved a variety of term papers on technical topics sometimes focusing on case studies.Assessment data and informal feedback seemed to indicate that students were not inspired bythese “paper studies” and that there was also a need to enhance student contact with practitionersin the field and to better prepare them for the open-ended, client driven team projects they wouldencounter in their senior capstone design experience. When the staff at the City of GrotonWastewater Treatment Plant approached the Environmental Engineering II teacher aboutdeveloping an educational brochure for the plant, service-learning was eagerly incorporated intothe course. These

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

environmentalengineering course required for all Civil Engineering students. Course projects previous to 2004involved a variety of term papers on technical topics sometimes focusing on case studies.Assessment data and informal feedback seemed to indicate that students were not inspired bythese “paper studies” and that there was also a need to enhance student contact with practitionersin the field and to better prepare them for the open-ended, client driven team projects they wouldencounter in their senior capstone design experience. When the staff at the City of GrotonWastewater Treatment Plant approached the Environmental Engineering II teacher aboutdeveloping an educational brochure for the plant, service-learning was eagerly incorporated intothe course. These

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano-Nieto

the contents and the delivery method in the capstone design courses in our program.This design content in this program is structured along two courses, the Project Proposal course(EET 419) and the Design Project (EET 420) that the students take sequentially in twosemesters. This paper focuses on the approaches introduced in the Project Proposal course (EET419) to increase the level of cooperative learning among the students. The outcome of thiscourse is a technical document that analyzes and describes a project that the students will build inthe next course.The tool that has been chosen to incorporate cooperative learning in this course is an Intranettool, based on First Class™ that is an asynchronous conferencing software. This software

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Russell Woleslagle; Brian Swartz P.E.

therelationship with the community and identified the need. The program. This relationship benefits both parties. Specifically,pastor that he partners with operates a very humble church and the commitment to continue sending student interns to thecommunity center that is seasonally separated from residents Collaboratory provides an opportunity for them to pursueduring high water times in rainy season. Dan Cotton large multi-year projects that could never be possible in thecommunicated his visions for a bridge at this site, and sought out senior capstone model. Furthermore, by mixing class years onthe technical design services offered by the Collaboratory to meet the project