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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Paul Blowers; Kim Ogden

possible to integrate the material into the senior capstone course byrethinking the topics in that course and shifting focus slightly. The prior formulation of the capstone course had focused on technology and economic assessment.Students did two team-based projects, one a smaller scope project involving mostly economics of a small sizedchemical facility with few pieces of equipment. A second, more complex, and much more open ended designproject was then completed during the second half of the semester. Students were also involved with learningminimum energy analyses, heat exchanger thermal analysis, and pollution prevention strategies that are traditionallyend-of-pipe treatments. In the combined course that includes sustainability

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

designconsiderations into account.ABET is making increasing demands to integrate projects into engineering curriculum. Studentdesign and analysis projects can improve student learning and cultivate the ability to solveengineering problems. Machine Design and Analysis is a capstone course for the studentsmajoring in mechanical engineering. Student projects and “hands-on” experiences can improvestudent satisfaction and learning. Therefore, it is worthwhile to try new teaching methodologyfor this course to allow students to employ what they have learned and what they are learning; todevelop the skill to tolerate ambiguity that shows up in viewing design and handle uncertainty; todevelop the skill that can simplify the real design problem into an analytic model

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kevin Gary; Harry Koehnemann

The Software Enterprise at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus Kevin Gary, Harry Koehnemann Assistant, Associate Professors Division of Computing Studies, Arizona State University {kgary,harry}@asu.edu, (480)727-1373The Software Enterprise is a multi-year capstone project sequence designed to expose students to practical, “realworld” considerations in software development. By the conclusion of the Enterprise sequence, students have anappreciation for the role of software process, the challenges of software maintenance, the impact of open source, thepros and cons of off-the-shelf

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composition Sustainability into A Chemical in project-oriented Software Engineering Senior Capstone Design Engineering classes Course • Keith Curtis, Training the Renaissance • Christine Pauken, Engineering Engineer of 2025 Perspectives on Biological Systems: A • Jiancheng Liu, et al., Enhancing Course for all Engineering Students Machine Design Course through • Thomas N. Duening, Enterprise Systems Introducing Design and Analysis Innovation & Management (ESIM):A Projects New Engineering Masters

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

) • FSE 598 Contracts and Negotiation in the Extended Enterprise • FSE 598 Intellectual Property Management • FSE 598 Corporate Venturing • FSE 598 Engineering Entrepreneurship • IEE 534 Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis • IEE 561 Production Systems (Factory Physics) • IEE 571 Quality Management • IEE 572 Design of Engineering Experiments • IEE 598 Introduction to Systems EngineeringThis curriculum provides ESIM program participants with flexibility to choose aconcentration in an area that suits their talents and career interests. Each concentrationculminates in a capstone project that students complete based on the needs of theirenterprise and their interests. Capstone projects will be pertinent to their

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Bryan Cooperrider

The Importance of Divergent Thinking in Engineering Design Bryan Cooperrider Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZAbstractWith the emergence of capstone and cornerstone engineering classes in recent years, designplays an increasingly prominent role in engineering education. This paper will focus on theimportance of divergent thinking in the design process. (Divergent thinking is associated withcreativity in that multiple unique solutions are generated for a single problem. In contrast,convergent thinking is a process that identifies a single “correct” answer.) Once divergentthinking is defined, the paper

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Peg Pankowski

skills in a groupenvironment”, now lists the following assessment methods: Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education • “Ethical practices are emphasized throughout the course of study and student actions (academic practices and honesty) are continuously observed and corrected during academic instruction • Students assist in the completion of group projects and receive satisfactory participation grade from peers • Students must display ethical and interpersonal skills during group presentations • Results of individual group assignments and peer comments will be