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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert C. Knox; Robert W. Nairn

across the state, including several far enough awayto require overnight stays for completing field work and delivering final oral presentations toProject Clients. Spreading the capstone projects, and their associated positive communityimpacts, across the state is important for maintaining state-wide university/communityrelationships. A third point to be extracted from Table 4 is the variety of Project Clients. This listincludes: • 9 projects completed for municipalities across the state • 5 projects completed under the direct supervision of state agencies • 3 projects completed for a state electric utility • 2 projects completed for local civic organizations • 2 projects completed for

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

presented to students are both highly valued andrequired by accrediting organizations such as ABET. According to Paretti et. al, capstone designcourses serve as critical preparation, providing students with confidence to learn new things andstrategies for building new knowledge. The courses provide authentic industry experiencesthrough open-ended projects that place students out of their comfort zone. And requiring studentsto seek and connect with subject matter experts supports this notion. Through capstone design,students assimilate the knowledge they have gained in education, and use skills in a setting thatrequires professional attitudes and behaviors. The faculty teaching capstone design can helpprepare students for this self-directed learning

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Amy Reynolds Warren; Kaitlyn Harp; Narmine Ben Aissa; Eric Specking

context of thelarger camp theme so students can understand how math and engineering work in tandem. Thisgives students more confidence to take more math and science courses at their schools [11-12].In addition, the literature shows aligning camp curriculum with state math, science, andengineering standards creates more effective learning and provides teachers the possibility toincorporate these projects into their classrooms to reach more students [10, 12].Another best practice in informal STEM education is to relate content to ideas familiar tostudents outside of their classrooms and within their communities. Many researchers found thatstudent interest in STEM increase when content areas relate in this manner [2, 3, 13, 14].Unfortunately, few