Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gang Liu, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

in-class intervention, misconceptions, novices and experts, and metacognition. Address: 106F Fisher Hall Division of Physical and Computa- tional Sciences University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Bradford, PA 16701 Office: 814-362-7571 Email: gliu@pitt.edu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Capstone Projects: A Dynamic Balance Between Undergraduate Engineering Curricula and Industrial Needs Gang Liu Division of Physical and Computational Sciences, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

David S Greenburg, The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Tyler Miner; Susan Kahn Huntington

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36526Applying Agile Business Solutions as a Graduate Capstone ProjectDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel David Greenburg is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service in the United States Marine Corps in a variety of command and staff and leadership positions. Upon completion of active military service, he was a program manager in industry for seventeen years until he joined the faculty at The Citadel. His research interests include modeling project

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Peter W. Pachowicz, George Mason University; Monson Hayes; Andre Z. Manitius, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

was Chair of the department from 1998 to 2014. He was also Chair of the Department of Information Sciences and Technology from 2016 to 2020. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects Peter W. Pachowicz, Monson H. Hayes, and Andre Manitius Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030AbstractIt has been twenty years since capstone projects became team projects and evolved from a simpleformat to the current challenging endeavor for our

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36614Students’ Preference for a Capstone Design Project: An Examination ofthe Impact of Accidental CompetenciesDr. Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Dr. Felix Ewere is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at North Carolina State University and Instructor of the Aerospace Engineering Capstone Senior Design courses. Engineering research interests are in the science and technology at the intersection of aerodynamics, structural mechanics, energy, and smart materials. Recent works have focused on exploit- ing aeroelastic instabilities on

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dan D Nale PE

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

. The report should be prepared in a business letter format. Keepthe letter brief but be sure to use an appropriate writing style and include all analyses in anattachment.Locate a spot in your house that you believe to be wasting energy and determine if you can © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferencedevelop an economic project to reduce the waste. Be sure to consider the following: What is thecurrent process? How much is the current energy usage? Why is it inefficient? What should beinstalled or replaced, and how much energy will it use? How much would it cost to purchase andinstall the proposed equipment? How much are the maintenance costs

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Patrick J Martin, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph Adams Shelton, Virginia State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

allows cross-institution and interdisciplinarycollaboration on novel design projects and 2) to build students’ technical and collaboration skillsthat will be useful for careers at the intersection of cybersecurity and autonomous systems.Students learned core cybersecurity concepts using closed-ended assignments and expanded theirresearch and design skills with an open-ended design project. Throughout this process, theylearned how to collaborate with other teammates through modern collaboration tools, such asGithub, Google Drive, and Discord. Our student survey indicates that this pilot program achievedits goals and indicates that future iterations should refine the program’s structure and processes.Keywordsexperiential learning, capstone

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36578Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration ClassDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Chau Tran is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NC State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for Vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and Vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University in 1998

Conference Session

Gamification

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Engineering student? Tune in for capstone day interviews with graduating seniors on teams High Rollers, PIT, and Glide Walkers. o 2022 Capstone Design To learn more about the projects described here and our capstone design program, check out the Department of Mechanical Engineering's Capstone Brochure and Annual Report at: https://mechanical.gmu.edu/connections/senior-design- capstone. • Target audience: college students o Mason ties to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) In this episode hear from Jazzmin Robinson, Mason alum and student leader, on her pathway to a Navy civilian career, along

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Space Race: A Voyage to the Moon Board Game for K5-K8 Students Undergraduate Students: Alex Barrineau, Walker Nunes, Raj Patel, Jordan Winter Faculty Sponsor/Mentor: Ramana Pidaparti College of Engineering, University of Georgia AbstractThere is a growing need to increase diverse students within STEM fields, especially in aerospace due to theopportunities and careers in the near future. The goal of this senior capstone design project is to design anddevelop a space themed board game to attract young minds and provide them with an early

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Suren Jayasuriya, Arizona State University; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Kimberlee Ann Swisher, Arizona State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Pittsburgh in 2012. His research interests are in computational imaging and photography, computer vision and graphics, sen- sors, and education.Dr. Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia Ramana Pidaparti, is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UGA. Dr. Pidaparti received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette. He has taught pre- viously at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Purdue University campus in Indianapolis (IUPUI). He has taught several courses in design, mechanics of materials, optimization, and directed many in- terdisciplinary projects related to design. Dr. Pidaparti’s research interests are in the broad areas of multi-disciplinary

Conference Session

Graduate School

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Tech University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

as ReverseLogistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain. Two of the surveyed SCM programs ask students tomeet face-to-face through a few interactive on-campus sessions during the semester or aresidency weekend orientation program when the student joins the degree.InsightsHalf of the 20 surveyed programs (4 ISE and 6 SCM) don’t have a thesis or a capstone projectrequirement for graduation and some of the other 10 programs have the thesis/capstone projectrequirement optional. For full time professionals who prefer online programs for their graduatestudies, waiving the thesis/project requirement toward the end of the program is convenient.However, this may cause missing an important hand-on learning experience where the studentcan practice using the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Liling Huang, George Mason University; Matthew Gardner

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

UIC1 include i) Multi-university and Multi-company Collaborations, ii)Single-university and Multi-company Collaborations, iii) Multi-university and Single-companyCollaborations, and iv) Single-university and Single-company Collaborations. Although eachform serves a different purpose and requires a different scale of supporting infrastructure,collaborations on all levels of education and research are beneficial for the ecosystem.Traditionally, U-I partnerships include the following activities: • Classroom Activities: guest lectures by industry representatives, industry supported class projects and capstone projects; • Seminars: joint seminars for faculty, students, industry professionals and leaderships; • Field Visits: tours

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Timothy Aaron Wood P.E., The Citadel

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

list different projects appropriate for first-year engineering students [5, 6,10, 18]. Most are team-based [18]. Many contain an element of competitiveness [6]. Someprojects cleverly integrate skills from different disciplines [5]:  use a (provided) large slingshot to launch a softball to hit a target,  design and build a data scanner to read and execute commands in binary format,  design and implement a microprocessor-based controller to adjust flow into a mixture, or  design and build truss-like structures to meet load and deflection specifications.Some engineering programs “book-end” their curricula by requiring freshmen to complete small-scale versions of senior capstone projects [10]. The authors intend to train

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Vanessa M Barth, George Mason University; Johnnie William Hall IV, Laboratory and Machine Shop Manager

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Capstone Design projects at our machine shop at Innovation Drive located near GMU’s Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, VA. Along with assisting undergraduate students with their class projects, I also help our research professors at Innovation Drive with fabrication of parts or any other needs that may arise for their lab. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference SeaPerch and SeaGlide Camp Implementation Leigh McCue, Vanessa Barth, Johnnie Hall George Mason UniversityAbstractThis paper provides a summary of the activities and format of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George A. Hazelrigg, Mechanical Engineering Department, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

as 500 miles from the site of the pyramid. The base of thepyramid is aligned with the cardinal directions accurate to 0.067 degrees. The Romans built asystem of aqueducts that supported a city of over one million, supplying over 500,000 cubic metersof water daily2. The ancients also designed and built immense ships. The Syracusia3, 180 feet inlength, had a capacity of 1940 passengers and a crew of 200. It featured a library, gymnasium andbathroom, and could carry a cargo of 1,600 to 1,800 tons. These are achievements that modernengineers would be proud to have made.But the engineers of these early projects did not have the science, mathematics, computingcapabilities or machinery to simplify these tasks. Instead, they were trained as

Conference Session

Using Research in Engineering Ed

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Wayne M. Johnson, University of Georgia; Priya T Goeser, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

published 16 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 28 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and given 12 technical presentations on various topics including: additive manufacturing, mechatronics, biomechan- ics, and engineering education. He currently teaches the Engineered Systems In Society, Mechanical Engineering Professional Practice, and Capstone Design I and II courses.Dr. Priya T Goeser, Georgia Southern University Dr. Priya T. Goeser is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus in Savannah. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. Her current research interests ©American Society

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Byron A Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Taylor Chesson, Tennessee Technological University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

-level courses. As a department, we took this to mean that studentsneed to complete their first year not only with competency using the CAD software but also with the self-study skills to renew their CAD capability in later courses without direct instructional intervention.Observations made by faculty mentors and external reviewers during senior capstone projects as well asfaculty feedback from other upper-level courses, also indicate our students lack the skill and confidence touse programming for analysis. Currently, we rely on MATLAB as our ME programming language,introduced in the first-year programming course and again in an upper-level third-year course called MEAnalysis. Student work in other upper-level courses demonstrates a lack of a

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Jay Lalwani, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Aditya Daga, Edison Academy Magnet School

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

, Edison Academy Magnet School Aditya Daga is a Senior in high school at the Edison Academy Magnet School (Formerly Middlesex County Academy for Science Mathematics and Engineering Technologies) and is interested in data sci- ence, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. These interests cultivated after Aditya explored the intersection of statistics and computer science for his capstone project in his AP Statistics class. Aditya hopes to one day be a Data Scientist and leverage his skill sets to make informed business decisions using the vast amount of data available in today’s world. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern

Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough, High Point University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

andprofessional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments,” 1 thecourse is also used to assess both outcome 3, “an ability to communicate effectively with a rangeof audiences,” 1 and outcome 7, “an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, usingappropriate learning strategies.”1 Further, the class includes a team-based project on a topicrelated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so can also be used to demonstrate outcome 5, “ anability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives,” 1 andto address expected changes to Criterion 5 for the 2023-24 accreditation cycle: “a