year students participate in culminatingpracticed leadership experiences in senior design/capstone project courses. Figure 2 illustratesthe integrated leadership development approach utilized.Figure 2 - Leadership Development at Brigham Young UniversityThe transition to experiential learning has been a gradual process. The Foundations of GlobalLeadership course has evolved in recent years from a more typical lecture-based course to anexperiential leadership development course. In recent years the course has included manypositive experiential learning activities including: student discussions, student-led activities,team-based projects, and opportunities for effective feedback. Even with these improvements thecourse has had its challenges
information sources do students rely on most when developing user requirements and engineering specifications? Why do students choose particular information or information sources during front-end design?ParticipantsThe study tracked six design teams as they developed user requirements and engineeringspecifications for their senior capstone design projects. Each design team had four students. Fourteams consisted exclusively of mechanical engineering students and two teams each had onebiomedical engineering student in addition to the mechanical engineering students. All studentswere enrolled in the same capstone design course. The design teams focused on the design ofglobal health technologies for low-income settings (i.e., diagnostic
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and system integration and risk management. He is the director of the Dynamics Environment Simulation (DES) Laboratory and the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Laboratory. He is the supervisor of the capstone senior design project team on the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) which has competed in the international competition in the last three years. During his tenure, he has the privilege of developing 3 new undergraduate and 6 new graduate courses in the areas related to computational methods and design.Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University Xiaoxiao Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Old Dominion University. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational psychology from George Mason
MSOE’s TRIO Student Support Services program. He is developing a liquid-nitrogen-fueled vehicle with a group of fellow undergraduates for his capstone senior design project, and he is co-founder of Milwaukee Cryonetic Motors, Inc. a sustainable transportation start-up company working to commercialize this novel vehicle technology.Mr. Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering Justin Collins is a junior in the mechanical engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He has distinguished himself both as a scholar and as a member of the student community through his classroom performance and involvement in extracurricular activities. Justin has been on the Dean’s List with High Honors
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collaborations. Coming to understand (scholarship of merit) and promotingthe efficacy of project-based learning and design thinking (scholarship of impact)22 are theexpected results of this project. Page 24.902.9References1. Todd, RH, SP Magleby, CD Sorensen, BR Swan & DK Anthony (1995). A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 165- 174.2. Newstetter, Wendy C, Eastman, Charles E, McCracken & W Michael (2001). Bringing Design Knowing and Learning Together. In Design Knowing and Learning: Cognition in Design Education.3. Lande M and Leifer L (2009). Work In Progress
service-learning capstone is torture for them. They are not interested in health projects. Some change regarding this would be good. Students should be allowed to choose other projects with other professors, and do things according to ABET.”This faculty was opposed service-learning and felt it should not be mandatory for students.Rather it should be optional and students should be given the choice to work on projects thatinterest them.No Longer Teaching the Course: All of the faculty members stated they no longer teach thecourse in which they had implemented S-L. For example, one faculty states: “I was asked to incorporate it [service-learning]. I don’t teach that course anymore.”Another faculty states: “The main
has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Mr. Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at GT and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has conducted
. Incertain departments, such as the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, students canalso elect to take EPICS for capstone design if they are working on a project related to thatengineering discipline (e.g., electrical engineering students designing a robotic arm). Page 24.916.6Currently, there are around 30 teams in EPICS, each having a different theme. Within each teamthere might also be multiple projects, and each project is assigned one project partner from theorganization. Sometimes a single individual is the primary point of contact for all projects, whilein other instances there are multiple contacts. Students work on the projects
success of the classtransformation, there has been indication of utilizing the industry projects to create a template forothers to use in their classes. More research is being conducted to create a structure for otheracademic institutions to use this methodology. IntroductionThe Construction Contracts Administration (CCA) class is a capstone class in constructionmanagement programs approved by the American Council of Construction Education (ACCE)accreditation. Construction contracts are the mechanism whereby construction contractors,owners who buy construction services, and suppliers of materials interface. The lack ofunderstanding a construction contract can be detrimental in the field, so this class is
. By the end of 2013, nearly 16,000 users had createdaccounts on the Innovation Portal (Figure 2), thereby generating a large repository of studentdesign work from which research team members are endeavoring to solicit materials forassessment as part of the rubric refinement, validation, and reliability verification process.Figure 2 Distribution of users of the Innovation Portal e-portfolio system. Most of the accounts have been created by high school seniors, reflecting use of the portal as a host site for capstone design projects undertaken by Project Lead the Way students.Refining, validating, and preparing the EDPPSR for useSince the fall of 2011, the research team has drawn together a set of institutional review
Page 24.288.1 http://www.ltu.edu/engineering/experimental biomechanics lab.asp Dr. Meyer directs the Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal to advance ex- perimental biomechanics understanding. He developed and teaches a number of courses in the Biomedical c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10438Engineering program, including; Introduction to Biomechanics, Biomechanics Lab, Tissue Mechanics,Medical Imaging, Orthopedics, BME Best Practices, Intro to BME, and Fundamentals of EngineeringDesign Projects. Recently, the EBL has partnered with ME and EE faculty to
Administration.ECE4021 and 4033 Civil Engineering Senior Design I and IIObviously, a capstone sequence is required of all civil engineering programs but our sequencewas modified to insure redundant BOK2 Outcome coverage at the highest Bloom’s level byintroducing requirements for Outcome 9: Design, Outcome 10: Sustainability, Outcome 13:Project Management, and Outcome 16 Communication. Finally, professional mentors andimproved rubrics were added to the course which assists with direct assessment of BOK2outcomes. Page 24.138.12Figure 3: Breadth and Technical Specialization Coverage Page 24.138.13IV. ABET In
technical versus regulatoryteach electromagnetics (EM), antenna theory and signal considerations that dictate why UHF and not HF signals arepropagation to undergraduate students. The method relies on used for the wireless cellular phone system.hardware design and implementation projects that reinforcethe underlying theory, enable the student to gain practical There is a great deal of interest and work being done to createinsight into the various EM topics, and ultimately provide the a more student friendly EM instructional experience. Selvanstudent with a working knowledge to analyze, problem solve [2] addresses student centered EM instruction; Mukhopadhyayand engineer EM systems. Topics include the basic EM
more successful peers? And what caninstructors and the teams themselves do to mitigate difficulties and avoid complete teambreakdown? To answer these questions, we investigated the engineering teams in a chemicalengineering design capstone course for seniors. We assessed the possibility that the differences,rather than being due to team demographics or GPA discrepancies, were actually due to minutepersonality type differences among team members. We gave students the Myers-Briggs TypeIndicator® (MBTI)1 at the beginning of the course, but did not reveal their types to them so thatthey would not modify their behavior based on that knowledge. Throughout the course, theinstructor kept notes on student interactions during team meetings and
, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainabilityIn keeping with the major design experience required in the capstone sequence EENG 489, 491,the final project report requires student teams to consider their designs within realistic constraintsand any ethical issues with regard to product safety, disposal, regulation, etc. and the outcome ofa global perspective. To foster cross-cultural interactions/global competency students are askedto consider the following questions in analyzing the societal and ethical implications of theirdesign projects: 1. What is the effect of the project on natural resources? 2. What are the raw materials this project would consume? their availability
, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has
industry’ needs • Provide logistical support to collaborators • Encourage talented engineers from local industry who is willing to work with students to become part-time adjunct faculty [7] • Enhance partnerships between faculty members and selected people from industry through senior capstone projects and research projects in selected areas [7] V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSThe relationship of college of engineering at King SaudUniversity with industry has developed over the years to full-fledged partnerships. This paper presented the various aspectsof collaborations which include but not limited to:consultation, research, scholarships and rewards, training andthe formation of industrial advisory committees.The collaboration
manufacturing, communications and informationtechnology, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. While photonicsplays such an important role in enhancing the quality of our lives, higher education programs toprepare technicians to work in this area are few across the country. The existing programs do notproduce a sufficient number of graduates to fill the current and projected industry needs forphotonics technicians in our state and region as well as nationally2. Baker College has startedaddressing this gap by developing and introducing a two-year Photonics and Laser Technologyprogram, the only such program in our state. This initiative has received enthusiastic supportfrom the photonics industry in the state, and is also
projects that combine inquiry and discovery with teaching and service. But it has to happen. (Ellison & Eaton, 2008, p. 8)2The primary goal of Outreach Activities in this context is to provide assistance to local (orregional) organizations/businesses in the form of student semester projects, capstone courseprojects, professional consulting, and/or advisory services to enhance and improve thefunctionality of the organization and to improve its products and services. For faculty memberswho take on the challenge of creating an outreach activity such as those within the categoriesabove, their PTR documentation must ultimately demonstrate a contribution to the discipline,similar to the funded research projects that they may pursue. In
Paper ID #8885Building Assessment and Evaluation Capacity of Engineering Educators ThroughASSESSDr. Jennifer E LeBeau, Washington State University Jennifer LeBeau conducts program and project evaluation through the Learning and Performance Re- search Center and teaches in the Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Science, and Educa- tional/Counseling Psychology. Dr. LeBeau’s primary interests lie in evaluation of projects related to STEM education and student success.Dr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Dr, Denny Davis is Emeritus Professor at Washington State University, after over 25 years of
Paper ID #10496Creating Research Opportunities with Robotics across the UndergraduateSTEM CurriculaDr. Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University Janusz Zalewski, Ph.D., is a professor of computer science and software engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Prior to an academic appointment, he worked for various nuclear research institutions, including the Data Acquisition Group of Superconducting Super Collider and Computer Safety and Re- liability Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and
key functions of complex systems. To date, however,few efforts have been devoted to apply the IDEF0 method to model a design course as a complexsystem. Next, we explain our interpretation of a (good) “design thinking” course with respect tothe four IDEF0 building blocks: input, output, mechanism, and control. The conceptual model isillustrated in Figure 1.Input of a “design thinking” course includes both design methods and design projects. Theformer specifies a particular process (or pattern) of performing design, which the instructor cansystemically teach step-by step. Whereas the latter allows the students to practice the newmethods that they learnt by solving real-world design problems. In some sense, a certain designmethod can be
. However, resources are limited for assessing students’ abilitiesto consider design from a broad perspective and to account for a design’s impact on itsstakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a rubric to assess how students perceiveand integrate stakeholders into the design of a complex system. Following a description of therubric and its development, this paper describes results from the initial application and evaluationof the rubric by a panel of faculty, graduate students, and research scientists, as they used therubric to assess aircraft design projects. This initial evaluation demonstrated the strengths of therubric (particularly with regards to validity) and how the reliability of the ratings among raterswas sensitive to the
industry, consists of all the necessary steps tobring a new or redesigned product to the market. Although the process is practiced in manydifferent ways, depending on, for instance, company size and customer requirements, there aremany common elements. These need to be covered by University teaching to prepare studentsfor jobs in industry. This paper considers how students can be supported to make open, creativeand well informed decisions in several stages of the product development process.A teaching approach suitable for the product development process is described and investigated.The pedagogic context of the approach is project based learning in small student groups withshort regular meetings with an instructor for consultation and supervision
skills. Students learn communication skills, project management skills, analysis, etc. by working on design assignments and projects in this program. More than 400 students are studying in this program. She is writing a textbook and developing an assessment system for this program. She is pursuing her doctoral research in Computer Supported Collaboration Leaning (CSCL) and the Flipped Classroom for the Engineering Design. Prior to this, she also has over 5 years of experiences as a Production Engineer. She designed a jig, production processes and production systems for on-vehicle unit systems. She received the Master of Engineering degree in Information Technology from Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, in 2009
consistentwith the highly contextualized nature of professional engineering expertise [8]. Each of theseapplication activities provides students with opportunities to apply different component skillsfrom their engineering education, in different contexts and to different types ofproblems/situations [9]. Design courses in general and the capstone in particular serve as platforms to facilitate thisintegrative application of basic science and engineering principles on ill structured problems thatrequire students to first apply divergent thinking and then converge to one solution [10]. Eventhough project based design courses are introduced in the curriculum to provide engineeringstudents with “real world” and “hands-on” design experiences to facilitate
level engineering capstone design courses that were cross-listed as a single course, which was open to MBA students24, 25. The purpose of this cross-listed course was to produce business minded future engineers who through the experience of producing marketable products would develop better teamwork skills, adaptable communication skills, be comfortable with business plan development, and be knowledgeable of patents and intellectual property. Student team projects were either assigned or self-generated. The final product of the project was a functional product prototype supported by a written report describing its business and engineering aspects. The project evaluation was based on the intended business and engineering
-rater reliability of the final version of the scoring system, we have collectedscores from raters in three different contexts. The Institutional Review Board approved thisresearch project. Prior to each rating session, permission was obtained from each presenter andrater to use their work in this research. Each of these contexts is representative of a commonsetting where the rubric might be employed.Setting 1 – “Industrial Engineering Session” – In this capstone design context students werepreparing and presenting several presentations to clients and to academic faculty. A mixture ofvideotaped interim and final presentations was used for this session, where 20 presentations wererated by seven TAs who had moderate familiarity with the scoring