Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot

activity9. In the senior capstone course, taken by threedepartments10 (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, andMechanical Engineering) in which students are forced to form groups with representationfrom at least two departments, about 65% of the course grade is determined by asemester-long project provided by local industry or the faculty. (Generally each grouphas a different project.)The ethnicity data for all students are presented in Table 1. Four ethnic groups (as selfreported) are recognized: Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian (east and south), African American,and Other (Middle Easterner, Pacific Islander and American Indian). The first columnprovides the distribution (per cent) of each ethnic group in the classes; the second

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryony DuPont, Oregon State University; Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USAOptimal team selection in introductory and capstone mechanical design courses is vital to thesuccess of the project, and, as such, many studies have been conducted to determine themeans of generating ideal design teams. This work seeks to employ multiple areas of designteam theory, including the use of Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) for personalityassessment and the capability for students to be placed in teams with respect to certaincourse-specific constraints, including project preference and teaming constraints, in order toautomate the optimization of design team selection. Various test cases are shown that indicatethe weighted multi-objective Mixed-Integer Linear Programming approach can

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Albright P.E., University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

that finding such an appropriate balancebetween depth and breadth of education, especially one with complementary aspects, is anongoing challenge. The balance point is not stagnant, but varies from time-to-time and place-to-place depending on societal needs and technological developments.The focus of this paper is to summarize our curricular changes, with their rationale, beginningwith the ones that apply to all of our School's curricula. The major changes include reinstituting acommon first-year of study to aid students in selecting a major, enhancing the capstone designsequence to encourage and facilitate more multi-disciplinary projects, and designating ninesemester hours of existing credits as "professional electives" that can be, for

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

craft. The goals are to foster interdisciplinary student collaboration and to providestudents with the opportunity to learn and apply the hands-on skills promoted by the Makerculture. Each semester, a different Maker is selected through an application process. The Makerleads a small group of students through a series of hands-on fabrication workshops during thesemester. When the project is complete, the program culminates in a capstone event that sharesthe project with the larger University community.The MIR executive committee, which consists of 6-8 undergraduate students, leads andadministers the program with faculty support. The committee issues the Call for Proposals forboth Makers and student participants; conducts interviews and reference

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, 2019 Work In Progress: Best Practices in Teaching a Chemical Process Design Two-course Sequence at a Minority Serving UniversityIntroductionStudents complete their capstone design experience in the Chemical Process Design II and IIIsequence of courses in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), aHispanic-serving institution (HSI). Three principle objectives of this process design coursesequence are to instruct students in the development of a complete chemical process usingprocess simulators as a primary tool, to complete this project in a team-oriented environment,and to communicate effectively with their peers and instructors. These three principle objectivesare directly related to the ABET student

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

fossil fuels.The rapid expansion of electric vehicles has created a growing demand for engineers withexpertise in this field. There is a recognized need for a large, well-trained workforce capable ofconducting research and development projects in electric vehicle technology. However, thedesign and implementation of electric vehicles are not yet well represented in mostundergraduate academic programs.To better prepare our electrical and computer engineering students for careers in this evolvingindustry, we encourage them to select capstone projects related to electric vehicles. This paperpresents two representative electric vehicle-oriented capstone projects undertaken by students inthese two programs, showcasing their efforts to gain hands-on

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Younker; Ann McKenna

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

calculation or series of calculations, plotting experimental data and finding line ofbest fit, or modeling). Of the cases where students did not show evidence for a design decision,we noted the lack of evidence.The reports analyzed in this study come from three different courses. The first of which is asenior capstone design course in Biomedical Engineering (BME). Students in this course areevaluated on initial and midterm presentations and reports on progress in addition to the finalreport and presentation. The final report must showcase a single product concept and include asummary of the market, technical feasibility, and analysis of the challenges to development,manufacture, and delivery of product. Projects in this course ranged from the

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

while the social dimension is underemphasized5.The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE)Department opted to integrate appropriate sustainability concepts into the existing coursecurriculum in addition to having sustainability course taught at the sophomore level. Integratingthese concepts within the curriculum provided a better appreciation of the holistic nature ofsustainability in civil engineering applications. However, we found that many students stillstruggled to incorporate social sustainability in their capstone project designs. Therefore, thegoal of this paper is to discuss how we created and implemented a community engagementengineering module for our Codes and Regulations course with

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John-David Yoder; Juliet Hurtig

Lessons Learned in Implementing a Multi-disciplinary Senior Design Sequence John-David Yoder and Juliet Hurtig T.J. Smull College of Engineering Ohio Northern UniversityAbstract:During the 2003-4 academic year, the authors advised four student senior capstone teams.Unlike traditional capstone teams at Ohio Northern University, these teams were intentionallychosen to be multi-disciplinary, including students from two departments and a variety ofmajors, and faculty with varying specialties. Two teams worked on a national roboticscompetition, one team for an industry-sponsored project, and one team on

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L Donaldson, California Baptist University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

full time ”Boeing Loaned Executive” from Industry to a University, and a multi-year tenure as an Affiliate Professor at Seattle Pacific University. Mr. Bowie is presently the CEO of a technical entrepreneurial start-up corporation which has sponsored and participated in six Engineering Capstone Projects and two engineering-intern sponsorships at California Baptist University. Don has had three United States’ patents issued plus he was the primary author for three peer-reviewed academic papers which were published and presented at National Conferences. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Senior Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.Dr. Xuping Xu, California Baptist University

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

 Use an exit survey, university wide alumni survey that allows to add CM specific questions, and an employer’s survey  A comprehensive Capstone project provides assessment  Use course assessment tools for evaluating program  Use Building Thesis class and several other survey type measurements  Use individual Capstone projects in which each student must demonstrate his/her proficiency in estimating, scheduling, safety, and project planning  Have own internal tools for assessment  Gather industry feedback and input at different venues, including career fair questionnaire and Capstone presentations to industry and collecting feedback  Exit interview, alumni surveys; input from our

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

 Use an exit survey, university wide alumni survey that allows to add CM specific questions, and an employer’s survey  A comprehensive Capstone project provides assessment  Use course assessment tools for evaluating program  Use Building Thesis class and several other survey type measurements  Use individual Capstone projects in which each student must demonstrate his/her proficiency in estimating, scheduling, safety, and project planning  Have own internal tools for assessment  Gather industry feedback and input at different venues, including career fair questionnaire and Capstone presentations to industry and collecting feedback  Exit interview, alumni surveys; input from our

Collection

2015 EDI

Authors

Ronald Welch

• Infrastructure Assessment Tools for Department of Defense• Jones Beach Water Tower Analysis• Kosciusko's Garden Redesign• Picatinney Arsenal Homeland Security Training Faculty• Low-water Crossing Design along California-Mexico Border• Bloomington IL Homeland Security Training Facility• Roof Support System Design for PV Energy System• Popolopen Creek Footbridge Design• West Point Lower Post Recreation Complex Design• Walden Humane Society Renovation• Constitution Island Timber Bridge design/construction• Motor Pool Timber Bridge design/construction 5 Service Projects at West Point• …Not counting Capstone projects• Multiple groups competing for opportunity• ASCE

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

International

differentprojects for a community in Rwanda over two semesters, earning six credits that could be appliedas technical electives in their respective majors. In year two, twelve students in three teamsworked on a wastewater treatment/reuse design for a community in Sonora, Mexico. In thisformat, students earned 3 to 4 credits for the course, which counted as the capstone designexperience in their curricula. The students self-selected this international project from amongthree project options (the other two were service learning projects within the state) in thecapstone Environmental Engineering design class. Student evaluations of the EDW course arepresented and contrasted against feedback from students who worked on other service learningprojects or a

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

from theoutset of their professional career while simultaneously having immediate value in helping themto manage a research project and capstone design project in their senior year. An integral part ofthis innovation was the development of a web-based project management tool. While the mainobjectives of the new course design were achieved, a number of important lessons were learnedthat would guide the further development and continuous improvement of this course. The mostcritical of these is the need to achieve the optimum balance in the mind of the students betweendoing the project and critically analyzing the processes used to accomplish the work.IntroductionIn most industries, engineering is increasingly managed through projects. As a new

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shama Rajan Iyer, Marymount University; Eric J Bubar, Marymount University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

fromProject DREAM. MU has developed and piloted 1) a two-week, immersive summer program on"Maker-Neering" targeting teaching 3D printing/design, arduino programming and VR design torecruit students into a new engineering program and 2) piloted the first semester of an innovativeyear-long introductory engineering course using low-cost makerspace technologies (including3D printers, arduino, python programming, and virtual-reality) in project-based experiences toimprove foundational engineering skills. We have successfully implemented the two-weeksummer program and the first semester of the year-long introductory engineering course, wherewe have seen students complete miniature capstone projects that address genuine communityneeds including gamifying

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

traditionis a capstone design experience within each program in the senior year. Each program hasevolved its own senior design course over the years to suit its particular curricular needs.Typically projects have been team-based with representation from within the disciplineexclusively.A few years ago, the College of Engineering initiated a program to offer a multi-disciplinarydesign opportunity for the senior design project. The “No Walls” program had students takean engineering design course (ENGR 401) offered through the general engineering programas a substitute for their discipline’s capstone course(s). The faculty coordinator identified theappropriate disciplines as dictated by the project requirements, and recruited students (largelythrough

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamran Iqbal, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Gary T. Anderson, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

student outcome were met, but were within 3% of beingunsatisfactory. Table 1: Assessment instruments used to assess student outcomes Assessment Instrument Student Outcomes Assessed a b c d e f g h i j k Homework Problems x x x x x x x Exams x x x x x Capstone Project Assessment x x Peer Evaluations x Video and Exam x Capstone Reports x x x x x

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Gonzaga University; Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University; Matt Zarecor, Spokane County Stormwater Utility

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

stormwater engineering skills within the current university curriculum. Theproject starts as a capstone design courses where students design a BMP and a BMP monitoringsystem as well as prepare technical documentation consistent with the EPA requirements forstormwater management projects across the country. Future efforts will construct the BMPequipped with a monitoring system, establish a monitoring program, and integrate monitoringactivities into existing related civil engineering courses.This paper presents a case study focused on the first year of the cooperative stormwater project,which provides the basis for assessing the potential benefits of the project to the university, themunicipality, and the students. Assessment of the case study focuses

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Gregory John Kostrzewsky, Cummins, Inc; Lin Xiang Sun, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council, Diversity

, and professional responsibility so they can be successful in theircareers. Few of these elements can be simulated effectively in a traditional academicenvironment and the participation of engineering practitioners becomes critical. Similar to mostengineering programs, we have achieved this through the involvement of our advisory councilmembers in this capacity and this paper presents our experience in developing an academic-industrial partnership over the years. The relationship starts with the integration of theseindustry leaders into our program’s continuous improvement process, including ABETaccreditation assessment, the sponsorship of senior capstone design projects, and othereducational activities. The development of the partnership has

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Terrence Pleasant; Shivani Kundalia; Amanda Nolen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Devesh Ranjan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

solving real-world problems. He directs the operations of the Institute-wide Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, which highlights projects created by over 2000 Georgia Tech seniors graduating students on an annual basis. He serves as the faculty advisor for the student organization of over 100 student volunteers who all train, staff, and manage the operations of Georgia Tech’s Flowers Invention Studio – one of the nation’s premier volunteer student-run makerspace, open to all of the Georgia Tech community. Dr. Jariwala’s research interests are in the field of makerspaces, evidence-based design education, and advanced additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a participant of the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert T. Balmer; Kevin J. Renken

seniorundergraduates entitled Mechanical Engineering Experimentation. This acknowledged(’-s) course is a required,three-credit, first semester, capstone course for all senior mechanical engineering students. The course wasdesigned around the concept of providing our students with a taste of real mechanical engineering bychallenging them with small open-ended projects of industrial origin. The course focuses on defining andsolving problems of engineering value by experimental methods, integrating the necessary fundamentalprinciples learned in previous theoretical-oriented classes. Thus, the course is able to aide the mechanicalengineering student in bridging the gap between the abstractness of academia and the practicality of industry. The majority of

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

particularly is true for seniorcapstone design, where students focus their attention on a single design prompt for up to threeconsecutive semesters. We hypothesized that students possess a natural inclination towards typesof capstone projects, and their choice of a project may impact their motivation levels throughouttheir experience in the design course, which ultimately will impact their performance. Whileeducators have made attempts to influence specific motivational factors to improve studentperformance, the interdependency of motivation factors as they change is unknown. This paperexamines the correlation and the interdependency between student motivation factors. Using theMSLQ questionnaire by Pintrich, we examine five factors of motivation

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

whounderstand and are comfortable with the integration of technologies. An increasedunderstanding of the value of different disciplines will enable the engineering graduate tocollaborate fully in their job after college. At Kettering University, like many other engineering schools, each of the engineeringdepartments provides students with a culminating experience in the senior year. Thisculminating experience is in the form of a Senior Project Design Class also referred to as theCapstone Project. Redesigning the IME Capstone Project was a primary outcome of thisresearch. The collaboration between IME, ME and EE began by attempting to integrate therelationship between the three disciplines into the IME Capstone Course. In an attempt to make

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

course to generate sufficient intellectual excitementto overcome senioritis and be the bridge between baccalaureate education and the ‘real world’.In the authors’ opinion the capstone course is not the culmination of the undergraduateexperience; it is the first pre-licensure experience. Through this process the authors hope that thestudents will reach the sublime state of Civil Engineering Enlightenment-- that ‘Ah-hah’ momentwhen an individual stops thinking and acting like a student and starts thinking and acting like apracticing engineer.Background The ‘perfect capstone project’ is the Holy Grail for many engineering programs.Educators continually seek it and seldom find it, but, when we do, it provides a phenomenalexperience for both

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-2416: INTRODUCING A TWO-SEMESTER RESEARCH COURSE INTHE FRESHMAN YEARWael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Page 14.798.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introducing a Two-Semester Research Course in the Freshman YearAbstractEngineering schools have been using capstone projects to introduce the students to ‘real world’applications and break the barrier between theory and practice. It is usually in the form of a two-semester course where the students use the first semester to develop the soft skills needed for theproject in terms of project management and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

formation sets the foundation for success (or struggle) in capstone design teams. Hence, asignificant body of literature has been dedicated to developing best practices in team formation.Researchers have suggested the consideration of more than a dozen different factors includingethnicity, culture, gender, personality, schedule, academic ability, engineering maturity,motivation level, project preference, prior relationships between team members, and teammember preference. Additional studies have documented the relative advantages anddisadvantages of instructor-based and student-based team selection. Recently, Lane (2011) andPearlstein (2020) developed and implemented hybrid methods that incorporate both student andinstructor perspectives. Both

Conference Session

Work in Progress Papers in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Wilfrido A. Moreno P.E., University of South Florida; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Chris S. Ferekides, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

addressing the demand to prepareengineers ready to grapple with complex global problems and effectively seek nuancedunderstandings in 2030 and beyond.New model for a holistic capstone experienceA decade ago, the Electrical Engineering Department at University of South Florida (USF)had one faculty member advising approximately 80% of the capstone projects. Initial internalevaluation of the capstone design courses and projects showed a disconnect between the twosemesters of the capstone design as well as project management and assessment challenges.In 2012, through a significant departmental-level reform, approximately 40% of the entiredepartment's full-time faculty got involved in capstone design. In the same year, a newcurriculum development

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky; Gunnar Tamm

Wind Power for Developing Nations; Sustainability Meets Junkyard WarsJ. Ledlie Klosky and Gunnar Tamm, West Point, The United States Military Academy Inspiring students to truly take charge and execute ill-defined, real-world capstone projects is a significant challenge. To meet this challenge, it is imperative that the project topic be carefully chosen, as the topic is the genesis of the student’s efforts. This paper asserts that successful project topics should contain three key components: the project must be rigorous but within the student team’s capabilities, the students must feel that the project matters, and the topic must engage the interest of the project mentors

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy Division (EED)

DesignIt has often been the bane of many employers that traditionally trained engineers lackunderstanding in the skills necessary to succeed in business. Often the engineer understands thetechnology, but not how that technology can benefit the business. It is skills like teamwork,communication, project management and financial implications of design, etc. that are missingfrom the traditional engineering education (Felder, Vest, etc). Authors like Sheppard et. al. saysthe classroom should be modified to allow ways these skills can be taught.Around 2010, a movement was started at Stevens to infuse Senior Capstone Design experiencewith necessary skills outside of the major discipline. However, the discipline specific SeniorCapstone Design Advisors