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Bhaskar Sinha; Pradip Dey; Gordon Romney; Mohammad Amin; Debra Bowen

508 Structuring Technical Capstone Projects for Non-Profit and Low-Budget Community Organizations Bhaskar Sinha, Pradip Dey, Gordon Romney, Mohammad Amin, and Debra Bowen National UniversityAbstractStudents in most technical programs work on original capstone projects that integrate andsynthesize concepts and principles that are taught throughout the program. These capstoneprojects or practicums are usually the last course in the program. At our institution, School ofEngineering and Computing (SOEC), National University, many technology

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Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

follow, the same students take the aircraftdesign and begin the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) process. A model of theaircraft is tested in the wind tunnel, modified, and re-tested to verify the effectiveness of the proposedchanges. Feedback from students and industry evaluators overwhelmingly support this aircraft researchand projects-based process for enhanced student comprehension and retention.IntroductionThe students in the three-course sequence gain valuable experience by working in groups both small (2to 3) in the first course and larger (6 to 8) in the capstone courses. The larger groups are task orientedand perform much like the industry model of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). These industry IPTs aresingle

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Andriani Parastiwi; Taufik Taufik

314 Microhydro for Rural Electrification as a Learn-By-Doing and Multidisciplinary Project: Lessons Learned Andriani Parastiwi and Taufik Taufik Polytechnic State of Malang-Indonesia and California Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractAs a polytechnic institution, State Polytechnic of Malang Indonesia (Polinema) strives to fulfillits mission to provide learn-by-doing education to its students through multidisciplinaryexperiences. Many efforts by the administrators and faculty have been implemented toaccomplish this. One

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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

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John Murray; Erin Elder; Ryan Bingham; Glen Longhurst; Desmond Penny

268 The Design and Construction of a Tiny House: Small Is Beautiful John Murray, Erin Elder, Ryan Bingham, Glen Longhurst, and Desmond Penny Southern Utah UniversityAbstractThe Danish scientist and poet, Piet Hein said, “Art is solving problems that cannot be formulatedbefore they have been solved. The shaping of the solution is part of the answer.” Hein’sstatement sets the stage for a senior capstone project involving two Southern Utah University(SUU) students majoring in Integrated Engineering, and justifies their undaunted roving

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Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

Assessment. Review of Educational Research, 2005, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 27-61.17. Gransberg, D.D., Quantifying the Impact of Peer Evaluations on Student Team18. Project Grading. International Journal of Construction Education and Research ,2010, Vol. 6, pp.3-17.19. Gurin, P., Dey, E. L., Hurtado, S., & Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), 330–366.20. Hall, M.I. Motivational Strategies for Enhancing Teamwork. Proceedings, 34th Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, Portland, Maine, 1998, pp. 26-29.21. Hanna, A.S. and Sullivan, K.T. (2005). "Bridging the Gap between Academics and Practice: A Capstone Experience," Journal of

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Kurtis Kredo; Dale Word

-the-art low cost components into a sequence of embedded and digital systems designcourses so as to maximize the learning opportunities provided to students for the resourcesinvested. The resources required, both time and monetary, are minimized in several ways.Low cost, but flexible and current, components are selected, which minimizes costs to theuniversity or student. The investment is further leveraged by using the components in multiplecourses throughout the curriculum and allowing students to maintain possession of thecomponents for independent learning and capstone projects. Integrating the componentsacross multiple courses also simplifies managing replacement parts, if desired. Judiciousselection of components and projects can also

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Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

orcapstone project, where problems are more complex and require more rigorous decision makingas well as communication within a team. Further, the nature of a senior design projects typicallyintroduces aspects of design that are new to students, such as risk, uncertainty, and projectmanagement. A capstone project is generally the most complex experiential assignment in abachelor degree program.Comparison of bachelor and master degree curricula shows that the focus of these experiencesmay gradually shift from practice-oriented projects in undergraduate studies to research-orientedprojects in graduate studies. A bachelor thesis, an option provided in many engineering schools,serves as a smooth transition from practice-based projects to research-based

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Matthew Adle; Justin Bostwick; Kyle Graves; Synjin Hipolito; Yong Gan

11 High Impact Learning Practice through Group Research on Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Nanomaterials Matthew Adle, Justin Bostwick, Kyle Graves, Synjin Hipolito, and Yong Gan California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractHigh impact learning practice refers to enhancing students’ learning through senior capstone design andundergraduate research. A faculty-student team in Department of Mechanical Engineering, College ofEngineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona formed and performed research in theSenior Capstone Design course

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Projects-Based Courses to Validate Practical Engineering Solution Techniques ........... 53Student Learning and Engagement through First Year Programs .................................................................... 61The Study of Gyroscopic Motion through Inquiry-Based Learning Activities ............................................... 69Cyber Education Motivated the Creation of the Virtual Instruction Cloud CLaaS, a New DistanceLearning Modality ................................................................................................................................................................ 81Learning by Doing, a Method to Engage Underrepresented Minority Students Learning ElectricalCircuits

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Jose Valdovinos; Cheng Chen; Abbyanna Davis; Amelito Enriquez; Wenshen Pong

). From the COMETS collaboration stemmed the Capstone Design Project,which provided the opportunity to participate in a year-long senior design project at SanFrancisco State University to four current community college students.The civil engineering student Abbyanna Davis was selected to help on this research through thisinternship the student was able to work with simulations and allowed her to put the knowledgeshe has acquired through her academic pursuits to test, as well as acquire new knowledge such asthe use of MatLab Simulink in order to simulate the fluid viscous dampers and the ability to giveher an experience of upper division course work and research. Three main tasks include inputtingthe data, running simulations and analyzing the

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Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

capstone projects, etc. Some of recent reforms urged nationally such as emphasis inteamwork, communication skills, and interdisciplinary design have been integrated throughoutthe curricula. Furthermore, a close partnership has been developed between LCOE and LylesCenter for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LCIE) to promote entrepreneurial endeavors withinvarious disciplines. Four full time faculty members in Civil Engineering, ConstructionManagement, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, have been awarded thedesignation of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Fellows. The Coleman Fellows are engaged indeveloping either new courses in their disciplines related to entrepreneurship and/or revisingexisting courses to integrate entrepreneurship

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Shervin Zoghi; Eric Liguori; Manoochehr Zoghi; Fariborz Tehrani; The Nguyen

different from what it used to be even four to fiveshort years ago. There are fewer, but riskier and more complex projects. The prevailingdifficulties of last several years have made it extremely challenging to succeed in the globaleconomy. It is anticipated, however, that the global construction output will recover to grow 70percent by 2025 – to $15 trillion.10 In view of aforementioned challenges and globalization, andin light of emerging construction technologies, the Construction Management (CM) Program inthe Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State has recently revamped its curriculum to betterprepare future leaders of the construction industry. Accordingly, the CM program hasincorporated leadership and entrepreneurship development as an

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Mary Cardenas

implement data tablesand graphs into an ELN, and most computers already include software that will produce tablesand graphs.ELNs in Undergraduate EducationThe following section borrows heavily from Cardenas (2014)3. There are a few examples in theliterature regarding ELNs in undergraduate education. Meyer et al described the use of anHTML-based laboratory notebook (design journal) in a capstone digital systems course atPurdue4 . Assessment of the students’ laboratory notebooks showed improvement when twotablet PCs were allocated per team, but the students reported that the HTML format was ahindrance to maintaining their notebooks, and indicated a preference for a commercial ELN Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering