Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

various courses with nospecific framework likely had limited effect. Studies have shown that going about teachingethics in this manner likely results in teaching “microethics”8 which lacks the broader context ofhow ethics impacts society as a whole.It is also noted that senior engineering students that are taking their capstone course are verybusy. The engineering capstone in our program is typical of other institutions in that it requires alarge time commitment from the students. They have projects to complete, numerous reports towrite, and presentations to prepare. It is likely that taking this ethics examination is not a highpriority in their list of things to complete so it may not be given the serious attempt that wewould hope from these

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

the vehicle. There is no explanation of how to integratestakeholder-related requirements and considerations throughout the design process. In addition,the texts do not describe how students can or should consider the purpose of the design asviewed by the stakeholders in the operational context, but instead may cause students toimplicitly see the stakeholder as the source of constraints and costs, limiting the design’s abilityto achieve the maximum technical performance highlighted in the text. Page 23.1219.4Design ProjectAn important aspect of the capstone course is the design project. In contrast to product design orother capstone courses

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

‘- Engineering Ethics/Legal Areas Considerations (6%) Page 22.461.4 Project Thesis or Capstone Capstone Masters Project or Seminar (28%) Project (94%)GRCSE builds on the work summarized in Table 1, and earlier efforts for developing a referencecurriculum for systems engineering5,11-15 completed by current GRCSE authors as well as othermembers of the systems engineering academic community.Systems Engineering Knowledge Areas and TopicsThe SEBoK builds on earlier efforts for developing an integrated body of knowledge for

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Richard Scruggs, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

senior-level students with an opportunity tolearn more about innovation and entrepreneurship. In their final year of undergraduatestudy, groups of three to four students come together as new start up companies thatcomplete the two-semester capstone design requirements by transitioning from an Idea toa fully functional Prototype (I2P). Most of these projects are now externally sponsoredby companies that are trying to increase their design bandwidth, jumpstart a new productidea, or in some cases become more involved with students to develop a better pipelinefor new hires. Intellectual property developed by these student companies is transferredto the Texas A&M System Office of Technology Commercialization that manages thelicensing of the IP to

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Lahidji, Eastern Michigan University; Jianhua Wang, Eastern Michigan University; Walter Tucker, Eastern Michigan University

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International

. Page 12.1176.3In the university setting, it is a common practice to provide the capstone course tosenior students. Senior students will work on the project by applying all the keyknowledge learned during the course of university study. Traditionally inEngineering Technology, the capstone course will provide students an opportunityto combine all knowledge and technology together to implement a real worldproject. Most of our students have never had a chance to address topics onoutsourcing prior to this. In this newly developed capstone course, we provide forstudents a systematic, total management and methodology of outsourcing, insteadof partial, or special field outsourcing management. It is the first time a capstonecourse has been used in

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kyle Joseph Wheelhouse, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

temperature,light, and vibration.Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. To ensure thatstudent projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators mustcontinually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum. Thefield of wireless sensor networks is growing rapidly, and there is increasing interest in providingundergraduate students with a foundation in the area. It is crucial that the emerging field ofwireless sensor networks be integrated into the undergraduate computer science and engineeringcurricula. This paper presents the details of two WSN projects that our undergraduate computerengineering students have done in their senior capstone

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad W. Jassim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

DynamicsLaboratory; Senior: Capstone Design Project) have been revised to utilize a common designprocess, reporting guidelines, drawing standards, ideation methods, and Innovation Studio.This paper outlines the hands-on integrated design sequence development over time, andhighlights changes made to each of the courses. Assessment of student work in the seniorcapstone course over the years of interest suggests that students are becoming moreproficient in aspects of real-world hands-on design projects and that their ability to workeffectively as a team is improving. Retention is also found to increase over the period ofinterest. Challenges to implementation such as financial resources to support the facilitiesand fabrication materials, qualified teaching

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Duff

A Massively Large Student Modeling Assignment (MLSMA) Dr. Jon M. Duff Information and Management Technology Arizona State University Abstract Most curricula in engineering and technology find a “capstone project” to be highly beneficial in preparing soon-to-be-graduated majors. One consideration that confounds a successful capstone project is matching a task of sufficient significance with realistic expectations of student success. Students may possess the requisite skills but a project that tests those skills may be difficult to identify. But more likely

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen C. Chou; W. James Wilde; Saeed Moaveni

executedthe project within the constraints of a small program in a rural area. The objective of this paperis to share with colleagues our experience in “teaching” this civil engineering capstone designcourse and our plan to enhance the course further by involving the College of Business.IntroductionThe civil engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) was approved bythe Minnesota State Universities and Colleges in fall 2000. The program graduated its firstclass of civil engineering students in May 2003. One of the objectives during the developmentof the program curriculum was to offer students a realistic major design experience. Therefore,a 2-semester course sequence was included in the last year of the curriculum. The

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlee Walton

Guide, facultyworkshops on effective teaching of communication within the CCE curriculum, and the reviewand modification of several courses and assignments.Introduction:The new curriculum consists of a series of twelve integrated courses beginning in the freshmanyear and ending in the senior year. Some of these courses cover topics that were included in theprevious Civil Engineering (CE) curriculum, such as: § Civil Engineering Projects § Engineering Problems with Computational Laboratory § Graphics for Civil Engineering § Civil Engineering Capstone DesignHowever, the new curriculum places a strong emphasis on the following professional practiceskills: § Leadership Skills § Team Processes in CE Practice § Interpersonal

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg E. West, Ohio State University

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Civil Engineering

programs including civilengineering. As of 2016, civil engineering programs must create opportunities for students to“design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context” in order tobe accredited [1]. This requirement of a design experience has led to the necessity of a seniorlevel design course or capstone within civil engineering programs. Since there are a wide rangeof focuses available within civil engineering, many programs offer transportation engineeringdesign project options as part of the larger civil engineering capstone course. In this section, theneed for design courses is discussed further along with a discussion on the positive outcomes ofan engineering design course and two examples of capstone design

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Geraghty Anne Ellis, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicholas Mulka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

. Capstone design is a culminating course offered toundergraduate students in which they collaborate to design, build, and test engineering solutionsfor real-world problems. The students enrolled in these courses must first solve the problems offorming teams and identifying a course project. This is especially challenging for one-semestercourses because students must form groups in less than a week. The challenge is furtherexacerbated for interdisciplinary capstone design courses. Students must form teams withindividuals studying different majors; in most cases, teammates have never previously met. Atthe end of the semester, teams display and pitch their inventions and marketability to a panel ofjudges, guests, media, and peers while competing for

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Mark W Spong, University of Texas, Dallas

during a panel on multidiscipline capstone projectsMark Spong, ASEE EDI.2016 Mark Spong, ASEE EDI.2016 Moving forward with TUEE 1. Three teams formed to evaluate the recommendations from the ASEE TUEE initiative – Student Professional Practice Council, Faculty PPC, and Strategic Corporate Partners 2. Creating a list of priorities they believe must happen for our ECS students to graduate ready to professionally practice engineering and computer science 1. Problem based learning – a design spine of open ended projects 2. Develop professional skills - from day one on campus and throughout their entire degree plan 3

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

. Page 11.1427.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Vertical Mentoring: Closing the Loop in DesignAbstractTo help students ‘close the loop in design’ – that is, appreciate the importance and depth of theirdesign knowledge through a specific demonstration of this ability beyond their capstone designproject – we have implemented a vertical mentoring scheme in biomedical engineering design.Biomedical engineering seniors in the fourth quarter of the design sequence serve as designmentors to teams of juniors beginning their first quarter of design.In the junior-level course, student teams work on a smaller, common design project to ‘practice’a complete iteration of the design process before they tackle larger, more

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bergquist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

addressing aunique shortcoming that exists in the SE field, and SE Student 1 does not think he would gain thesame amount of engineering insight in a traditional senior capstone project. In addition, SEStudent 1 believes that creating his own deliverables and setting his own schedule has benefitedthe quality of work he has produced and is similar to conditions in industry, which he would notexperience within a senior capstone project.SE Student 2:SE Student 2 believes travelling to Mexico City on a reconnaissance mission and working withexperienced academics and industry professionals has led to better understanding of conceptsfrom SE coursework. This in-field learning experience allowed her to collect source data for themultidisciplinary project

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J Benson P.E., United States Military Academy; Hans J Thomas, United States Military Academy; Shad A Reed, United States Air Force Academy; Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy; Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

courses emerged as one responseto an increasingly positive view of incorporating project-oriented work into undergraduateengineering programs. Kolb’s work is often cited regarding experiential learning as the start ofdiscussions regarding active experimentation7. Along with others, Siddique et. al. mapeducational objectives and learning environment to projects in their assessment of a particularcapstone experience8, with a positive assessment for their articulated outcomes. Generally, theliterature is supportive of capstone experiences3, 8-15, and since these senior projects cansometimes span multiple years, extensive administrative and faculty support is often required. Insome cases, new organizations or project centers within departments or

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Penn State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

textbook by Norton [14]. If one creates a freeaccount on the SKF website, one could generate a technical report of the selected bearing, andthis was also demonstrated in class. It provided additional information that was not in thetextbook and the students had the option of using it for the roller element bearing selection partof their project. A sizable number of students used the vendor website for their project andcreated and submitted the technical report from the vendor. The use of SKF tool was furtherdeveloped and used in the Spring 2019 semester. See appendix A for instructions given in classto use vendor provided bearing selection tool. Anecdotally the students in 2018 and 2019 frommachine design had better comfort in Capstone class when

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Fisher; David Roth; Fredrick Nitterright

courses within the major, have an acceptable G.P.A., and whoare entering their senior year of the baccalaureate Mechanical Engineering Technology program.The summer internships were developed to decrease the demand on faculty advisors of industryrelated senior design projects, and to fulfill the need of industry for completing entry-levelengineering tasks while at the same time enabling them to evaluate a student for full-timeemployment upon graduation. The student in turn receives three academic credits in an industryrelated senior capstone experience, and in certain instances, has an opportunity to graduate asemester early.IntroductionThis past summer concludes the second year of summer internships conducted by students in theMechanical

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-2467: AN EXPERIMENTAL SET UP FOR OPTIMAL DESIGN OF AHUMAN-POWERED HYDRAULIC BICYCLEAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan UniversityPavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan UniversityJorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University Page 14.193.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Experimental Setup for Optimal Design of a Human-Powered Hydraulic BicycleAbstractProduct development competitions through capstone design courses pose both, opportunities andchallenges for graduating seniors in engineering and engineering technology programs. Facultiesof relevant programs recognize the value of industry-sponsored projects for involvement

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

P. K. Mallick

. Page 5.321.1II. Automotive Systems EngineeringThe University of Michigan-Dearborn started the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE)degree program in Automotive Systems Engineering (ASE) in 1996. It is one of the twointerdisciplinary programs that are currently offered in the College of Engineering and ComputerScience. Faculty from three engineering departments, namely mechanical engineering, electricaland computer engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering, participate in theseprograms by offering courses, advising students in their capstone projects or thesis andconducting interdisciplinary research. The director of the interdisciplinary programs, who isalso a faculty member in the college, is responsible for the

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Carlye Lauff; Joanna Weilder-Lewis; Kevin O'Connor; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Mark Rentschler

in a large publicuniversity in the United States, a general engineering freshman cornerstone design course and asenior Mechanical Engineering design capstone course. These were analyzed throughobservations and other ethnographic methods. The third design setting is professionalengineering companies. This setting was analyzed through the research team’s experiencesworking on design teams for multiple companies. Data suggests that engineering education andindustry organizational contexts constitute processes of design differently. These findingschallenge the typical rhetoric that undergraduate education project courses are intended toprovide students with real-world design experiences.IntroductionEngineering design has been defined as a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanko Kranov; Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

points (referred to here as snapshots) were alsoincluded that encouraged effective project management. Students were required to review eachother’s designs, and students in the follow-on capstone course also provided feedback to theteams as their designs progressed. In this work-in-progress paper, details about the coursestructure and materials are presented, learning assessment approaches are discussed, andpreliminary assessment results from the initial offering are described.Introduction and MotivationEvery ABET-accredited engineering program is required to include “a culminating majorengineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineering standards andmultiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skills

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C.; Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Tech Engineering Technician with Inovar. He received his BS de- gree in Computer Engineering from Utah Valley University. His research interests include microcontroller programming with real-life applications regarding the medical field and finding reliable, cost efficient re- placements for known and accepted devices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design of a Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless Pulse OximeterAbstractCapstone courses play a crucial role in Computer Engineering (CE) curricula. The principlepurpose of a Capstone project course is to offer a summative opportunity for graduating seniorengineering students to apply their professional skills and knowledge in a single

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Higbee, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Biomedical Engineering

whether intentional, verticalalignment of engineering experiences ultimately better prepares BME undergraduates for theirsenior design capstone projects and their professional pursuits.IntroductionInductive teaching methods have encouraged higher levels of student cognition [1]-[2], improvedstudent teamwork and communication [3], and allowed increased student confidence duringengineering design prototyping [4]. Paired with a resurgence of hands-on learning in theengineering community [5], inductive teaching methods allow instructors to incorporate realproblems that require physical prototype solutions. Our work aims to incorporate one specificinductive teaching method, project based learning (PBL), into sophomore and junior levelBiomedical

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Joe Orczyk, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

often, forbetter or for worse, education is the easiest thing to let go of.”15Comparison to Other Distance Learning ProgramsFour online construction management master's degree programs were endorsed by theAssociated General Contractors of America in 200616. The Department of Building ConstructionManagement is one of these programs. All four of the programs allow students to choosebetween a thesis and a non-thesis academic writing project. One of the four programs also has acoursework only option. Table 2 summarizes the writing requirements for the four programs. Table 2 - Comparison of Capstone Project Requirements for Online AGC Endorsed Construction Management Masters Programs16

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Computing & Information Technology

outcomes.The course description This sophomore level class is required for computer science, computer engineering andinformation systems majors in the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. The classenrollment is between 15-18 students. The class is the pre-requisite for CS 322 System Analysisand Design Methodology course which is prerequisite for CS 461 Senior Project capstone class(capstone series). In order to introduce software engineering processes and skills with respect toindustry standards the class is designed to create a real business world simulation. In the class thestudents are grouped in three membered teams and then one student team is assigned as the clientof another. Hence each group will play the role of developer for

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

12.446.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design and Construction of a Lab-Scale Ground Source Heat PumpAbstractUndergraduate engineering and engineering technology students are in need of rigorous andmulti-faceted hands-on activities to enhance their self-confidence and technical skills. Very fewcourses give students the opportunity to approach practical design and production problems in aholistic manner. Senior design courses or capstone projects frequently give students theopportunity to design complex or multi-component systems in a timely effective manner.However, most capstone design projects are only concerned with the design itself and not withproduction, construction, or

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

LTC Robert Powell

professional responsibilities as student leaders and futurecommissioned officers. Participating agencies gain by having additional personnel to work onengineering projects, and by having the opportunity to expose future Army leaders to theimportant functions performed by their organization. Some AIAD opportunities extend beyondthe summer into the academic year as CAPSTONE projects. These projects continue to allow acadet the opportunity to discover the “real world” applicability of their academic endeavors.This paper explores the uniqueness and nature of our program, its purpose, our process formatching skills with a participating agency and follow-up feedback from cadets. This feedbackis used to assess the viability of the program for future students

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Kracha, University of Colorado Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

undergraduate program at the University of ColoradoBoulder piloted an innovative engineering design course available to students in all engineeringdisciplines (link to course site, including examples of student projects:https://www.colorado.edu/eplus/courses/geen-2400-engineering-projects-community​). The purposeof this course is to provide engineering students with the next step in a sequence of hands-on,team-based, interdisciplinary engineering design courses and create a natural progression between afirst-year projects course and senior capstone course. The University already offers anentrepreneurial design course option for juniors but the second-year of coursework was lacking arelated course option. Based on research around project-based service