A web-based survey collaborative deployed near the end of the information behavior of academic year following a undergraduateSaleh [18] 2011 Canada 42 n/a project that took 8 months engineering students project for a final year working on a course- capstone design course. based engineering project
programming aspect of CMM using the PC-DMS software is thoroughly covered. Theoutcome of the training program is to enable the students to fully operate the CMM withadherence to safety standards. Also, students should able to program the CMM using the PC-DMS software for inspecting a range of moderately complex industrial components.The students who have successfully completed the CMM training has the option to choose theirsenior design projects in the field of coordinate metrology and CMM.Senior Design Project on CMMThe senior design projects that surrounds the use of CMM reinforces the training that they havereceived on CMM and PC-DMS programming. One of the recent senior projects on CMM ispresented in the following sections.Development of
implementing a comprehensiveproblem-based learning exercise. This paper is to share the open-ended industrial engineeringstudent project with others in the engineering education field. It chronicles the project’s design aswell as feedback from the instructor and students.The student project assignment is affectionately called “The Cookie Project” which is inspiredby a real-life example from a previous capstone project. A local gourmet ice cream company hasbuilt a cookie production plant next to their ice cream plant. This cookie plant makes homemadestyle cookies that are transported next door to be made into signature ice cream sandwiches.These tasty treats are sold at the retail ice cream shops, mostly as take home goodies.Students taking the course
collected across both focal groups as participants engaged in teamwork and project development. Artifacts Artifacts included participant timelines, course syllabi, and all documents associated with the capstone course. Questionnaires Demographic questionnaires were conducted in order to solicit information about participants’ language and schooling backgrounds.Data were analyzed through an iterative process that involved multiple stages. For the purposesof this paper, we focused on the interview data, which was cross-checked with the
teaching and learning.Dr. Maria Jane Evans, Penn State BrandywineDr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engi- neering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in col- laboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and in the Latin American
funded by Navy research and development (ONR Award N00014-18-1-2682) that also involved undergraduate students’ capstone projects, which lead to meet navalcurrent & future workforce development needs. All the Lidar sensors are in the price range of$1,000 to $5,000 depending on its power, speed, and detecting distance. Without the externalsupports of this project, it is impossible to bring this portable sensor platform designs into theclassroom for teaching and learning. This paper introduces a portable smart sensing platform where the TI Tiva MCU is ableto communication with the URG-04LX-UG01 Lidar through the VDIP1 USB host controller.The focus of this paper is the design of portable interface enabling data exchange between MCUand
this grant, he advised over 500 individual calculus students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a co-PI of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he teaches the capstone course) and is on the leadership committee for an NSF IUSE grant to transform STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Dr. James Franklin Wysong Jr, Hillsborough Community College Dr. James Wysong has
used in allcore course in the non-traditional degree plan.Some flexibility is also provided in the traditional program to allow students to customize theirdegree based on their interests. In doing so, nine semester credit hours are available as electives.However, these electives must come from a predetermined list. Project-based learning is alsoimplemented later in the upper-level course of the degree plan in capstone style courses.Recognition – To build a sense of relatedness and recognition as an engineer for students, thenon-traditional department intentionally seeks to create a sense of community within thedepartment and help students see a connection between their engineering education and theworld around them. Projects and course work
control systems, disease dynamics, and improving pre-requisite knowledge retention. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Using videos for improvement in knowledge of prerequisite materialAbstractThis work in progress paper outlines a project aimed at increasing the mastery of prerequisitematerial in mechanical engineering (ME) courses. One reason for the failure in an engineeringcourse is a weak foundation of the students' prerequisite knowledge. Although students havecompleted the prerequisite courses, they may not have mastered or cannot recall the necessarysubject matter. Even though most instructors spend at least a week of the semester on review ofprerequisite
of UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies & Performing Arts department, helping coordinate academic projects and special events, and later as a program representative, managing domestic and international custom-designed sem- inar programs. For several years during his tenure at UCLA Extension, Mark also served as a co-instructor for the capstone online class ”The Business of Hollywood,” which employed a unique role-playing ele- ment to explore strategies of film financing and negotiation. Before joining UCLA Extension, Mark was a development executive at an independent feature film production company, Echo Lake Productions. He has also worked as a freelance script analyst for Silver Pictures. Mark holds a BA
rankings and one second-place rankings from its peer assessors. At theother end of the chart, someone who received all last-place rankings has the shortest compositebar. The service can also display self-assessment rankings on the same scale as peer-assessmentrankings.6. Team formationDesign projects are frequently assigned in courses (often capstone courses) where a limitednumber of student teams can pick each project topic. While many criteria can be used to formteams, one of the most important is that students are assigned topics that they have an interest in,and background for, a specific topic. The problem involves both aggregating students into teamsand assigning teams to topics. The design space is very large, and an optimal solution
spring semester of 2018,although an on-line version had been available for several semesters prior. Students in theflipped classroom attended a weekly two-hour session on campus where they would have accessto an instructor to answer questions about material presented in the videos, work problems andoffer hands-on learning[11].To facilitate the hands-on learning, each student was required to purchase an Arduino kit[12].The students throughout the course of the semester built the circuits described in the kit’stutorials. At the end of the semester, the students were required to complete a project based onthe Arduino. As a result, they became acquainted with micro-controller hardware and software,as well as, many different peripherals such as LEDs
amount of research on the use of design-based principles to enrichengineering education in the form of design projects, design competitions, and capstone courses.Makerspaces are environments in which design takes place, yet, the body of knowledge availableon the role of makerspaces in engineering education as locations to increase technology andengineering literacy seems limited.It is the purpose of this paper to present a preliminary partial literature review of some relevantprior work on the role of makerspaces in engineering education. This review explores a selectfew works on makerspaces within engineering education and synthesizes the findings such asmajor agreements and debates within the research area. As an introductory literature review
studentproject posters are highlighted. Figure 3. Representative student posters proposing future R&D of their designed interventions.Assessment and EvaluationOver the four offerings of this cornerstone seminar, we have made adjustments to the courseschedule, reading list and assignments, class activities, and project pace. We now highlightsome of those features of the course’s evolution, as well as course assessment.This is a cornerstone, not a capstone, experience: there are no prerequisites, no expectationsof a priori knowledge, and no assumptions made regarding students’ anticipated fields ofstudy after this first-semester seminar. The course is designed for students from allbackgrounds, with the paired goals of empowerment and humility
to grade senior-capstone projects. [16] Jones and Abdallah haveventured into the area of performance indicators as a means to pinpoint more specific outcomesin a course. [17] Nayak et. al. has worked to compose rubrics that look to bridge the gap betweenthe course-outcomes in a laboratory setting to program-outcomes outlined by their department ofComputer Science and Engineering. [18] For Knecht, Moskal and Pavelich, their focus wascentralized around measuring and tracking growth in the design program at the Colorado Schoolof Mines. [19] In a study by Dancz, Plumblee II et al, civil engineering students were assessedduring their ‘Grand Challenge Sustainable Entrepreneurship Projects.’ [20] As evidenced by theabove, there is significant
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A Long-Term Study of Software Product and Process Metrics in an Embedded Systems Design CourseIn response to input from advisory employers, market demands, and academic studies [1], manycomputer engineering programs have increased focus on embedded computer systems.Embedded systems form a rich application through which computer engineering education canbe made relevant. Embedded computer systems are a timely subject that is immediately useful tostudents in their senior capstone design projects. Furthermore, a large number of our computerengineering graduates currently use or design embedded computer systems in their jobs.A team-based progressive embedded systems
Hospital, Royal Oak, and was a research associate in radiology, nuclear medicine, and bio- mechanics at Wayne State University. Ken has taught at Lawrence Tech evening programs as an adjunct instructor since 1965. His senior projects class, where students generate project ideas, research, design, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #24614manufacture, and assess the market for inventive products is the capstone course. Cook also has enjoyeda long side career in magic finding his hobby very useful in teaching. A highlight for his students eachyear is the two-hour magic performance he offers as a
conferences. Among thecourses some of the most relevant are:Civil Engineering Capstone Course: Example Seven Coastal Comprehensive Urban Developmentproposed projects with real constraints were assigned to senior civil engineering students to develop(analyzed and designed) multidisciplinary solutions during two consecutive semesters with theparticipation of a total of 88 undergraduate students, five faculties, five graduate students, and theparticipation of various guest speakers and lecturers on coastal engineering, resilient design andsustainability topics. The proposed sites are exposed to multi-hazards, namely: earthquakes;tsunamis; riverine and urban floods; coastal floods caused by storm surge, waves, tides, and winterocean swells; soil
a temporary marina dock ramp, allowing the temporary bridge to be returned toits proper use. This cadet-led project required geotechnical, hydrologic, and structuralengineering analyses and design prior to construction of the bridge, as well as the application ofconstruction engineering and management principles and methods throughout the planning andconstruction process. The cadet team followed Forest Service design parameters, includingmaking the bridge both wide enough and strong enough to accommodate ATVs for search andrescue missions. The bridge was also designed to accommodate the approximately 30,000 annualhikers on the popular McCullough Gulch trail. Cadets designed and analyzed the bridge duringthe academic year and constructed the
NGOs and Civil Society. Meanwhile, he and his wife Stacey continue to work with Heart to Honduras at a distance.Patrick John Sours, Ohio State University Patrick is a graduate student in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Patrick received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University with a minor in Humanitarian Engineering. Patrick’s graduate research focus is international development through engineering. His main research project is Maji Marwa: A Sustainable and Resilient Community Project. Patrick has been involved with Humanitar- ian Engineering projects at Ohio State for the past seven years. He has worked on project in Guatemala, Honduras, India and Tanzania
, fabrication, and use of a bench-scale hybrid automotive powertrain.Although not a competition per se, students in this project were immersed in a hands-onengineering project and developed a test stand for use by subsequent students.Senior capstone projects are a natural fit for these types of projects, as the courses attempt tobring together all the fundamental learning into one design exercise. Earlier experiences are alsorelated to this work and provide a proving ground and student recruitment tool for senior projectselection. Such work is performed by Singh Chawla and Leonhardt [5] who describe a projectthat links junior and senior work to the optimization of an FSAE chassis. Previous experimentalwork in the context of a junior-level
excellence. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered Learning and BiomimicryIntroductionMakerspaces, innovation labs, and creativity spaces are gaining traction in K-12 schools andcommunity centers. This exploratory project, Making Inspired by Nature , brings together the artof making, the disciplined practices of design thinking, and the creative practices of biomimicryto engage preservice teachers and children in building innovative solutions to real worldproblems. To achieve this, this project is (a) building and evaluating digital resources andhands-on activities for engaging elementary children in
programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and also serves as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He is also a founding member and serves as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions through a standardized rite-of-passage ceremony. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Partnering to Develop Educational Software Applications: A Four-Year Retrospective StudyIntroductionSeveral years ago, a project
thechallenge were chosen to be interdisciplinary to bring the students to a realistic mindsetand learn skills that are normally needed in addressing real life challenges.Our curriculum for the bachelor of science degree embodies several classes that studentswork in as a group with a client. Also, there are other courses where students may workas individuals on complex projects. Some students work on capstone thesis that mayrequire certain sophistication that match research conducted in faculty labs; see Figure (1)for examples. What distinguishes the cases we are addressing here is the diversity of thegroup, coming from international universities and the short time to achieve the goals forthe project, thus introducing elements of urgency and
impact of professionaldevelopment and her role in it. Part of what I think my role is in senior design is to help students transition from being students to being professionals. So toward that end I like to bring in a lot of not just professional level project experience that they would have like open-ended problems and clients that ask for one thing and want another.Although the formal curriculum in capstone design was changed so that professional issues andethics were moved to a separate course, the instructor explained the value of implicitlyintegrating these topics to support students’ professional development and preparation. “Thehabits and dispositions of thought and conduct, the things we come to care about, are shaped byour
practiceSeveral engineers specifically sought out this course since it provided an opportunity to doproject-based learning. April, who was the only female engineer in the course, purposelyenrolled since she wanted to do more projects instead of “theoretical stuff.” She had beendisappointed with the lack of hands-on projects in her engineering program and did not want towait until her capstone to develop project-based experience. Working in an art-based projectprovided her an opportunity to shift her focus from function to aesthetics. In addition, working inthe art space allowed engineers to do projects that they could not do in a traditional engineerspace, such as casting a molding, which were deemed as too messy for the engineering building.Humanizing
adjunct associate professor in the Technology, Engineering, and Design department at NC State and earned her doctorate in Technology, Engineering, and Design in the College of Education at NC State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Evaluation of collaborative REU exploring the energy spectrum from body-heat harvesting to smart grid technologyEngaging in research is one of the few and critical project-based learning experiences of theundergraduate engineering career. Typical students are rarely exposed to authentic applicationsof engineering design, research, and/or multidisciplinary content until the capstone course at theend of their undergraduate curriculum
service-learning can be offered as part of students’ senior (capstone) design projects, when the NAE GCSPis not available to the students. Service-learning can facilitate the integration of applied research into the real-worldapplications [13]-[28]. This paper promotes research-informed service-learning approach inproject-based service-learning by integrating research into service-learning through education. Inthis paper, examples of research-informed practice for university graduate and undergraduateprojects are given, and service-learning is discussed as a powerful tool in education. The paperfurther discusses case studies of research-informed service-learning as a complementary approachto project-based curriculum and educational activities
Paper ID #25353Bringing Graphs Alive in Structural DynamicsJames M. Thompson, Carnegie Mellon University Jim Thompson is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment at Carnegie Mellon University. He teaches primarily undergraduate courses, from the first year In- troduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering course to the senior capstone Civil and Environmental Engineering Design course. Jim’s experience and expertise is in structural engineering, and primarily focused on buildings. He has worked as a structural engineer in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, and worked on projects
networking courses, elective courses focusing on SDR technology itself, asan enabling technology in senior capstone or research projects, and as a demonstration andmotivational tool supplementing existing courses or laboratories.This paper presents an introductory physical-layer analog and digital communication systemscourse which has been designed to use modern SDR hardware and supporting software tools asan integral part of the course. Because the course prerequisites include only signals and systemsanalysis, Fourier Transform theory, and probability, it is a true first course in communicationsystems. Course topics include fundamental topics such as amplitude and angle modulation aswell as modern communication topics such as orthogonal frequency