Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Iris B. Burnham, Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3326: INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM FOR ENGINEERING INHIGH SCHOOL (ICE-HS): STATUS UPDATEDr. Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Shamsnaz S. Virani, Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley, earned her Ph.D.in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Alabama, Huntsville. She also holds a M.S. in human factors engineering from Wright State University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from The University of Pune, India. Prior to joining Penn State, Virani worked with the Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems at the University of Texas, El Paso. She was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the

Conference Session

Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amber L. Doiron, University of Vermont; Jason H.T. Bates, University of Vermont; Ryan S. McGinnis, University of Vermont; Juan Jose Uriarte, University of Vermont; Niccolo M. Fiorentino, University of Vermont; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Rachael A Oldinski

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Biomedical Engineering

the field ofBME where advancements are often made at the interface of materials, electrical, mechanical,and medical knowledge. Moreover, today’s biomedical engineers must be capable problem-solvers who are comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams within the design process.Traditional educational approaches, which leverage standard lecture-style dissemination of siloedinformation with limited hands-on project and design experience, are not sufficiently preparingour graduates for success in the interdisciplinary, project-focused world [1]. At UVM,foundational technical content is currently taught across the departments of MechanicalEngineering, Civil Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. In the new curriculum, these topicswill be

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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College Industry Partnerships

industry sponsored projects as learning tools inthe curriculum. While most researchers agree that these projects provide excellent learningexperiences, some believe that methods such as case studies are a much better choice overallthan industry sponsored projects because they are less work and do not have the uncertaintiesthat can be associated with industry sponsored projects1. Students in the ManufacturingEngineering Technology (MNET) and Operations Management (OM) programs at South DakotaState University have been engaged in industry sponsored projects for several years. Students,faculty, and industry sponsors have benefited from the experiences associated with these industrysponsored projects. In this study, the authors have more closely

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian West

, the teamwork skills shall be handled via laboratory experimentsand projects in Digital Logic, Discrete Electronic Devices, Integrated Circuits, Signals andSystems, and Electrical Power. At least one formal report shall be required in the last 4aforementioned classes, and a PowerPoint presentation shall be required in Electrical Power.In conclusionProgram changes, such as the USI change from ET to BSE, are fraught with difficulties. Someoneonce said that an opportunity is a difficulty turned inside out. This transition has allowed USIengineering faculty to correct some problems that had developed over the years, such as coursesequence problems. This change also “shook up” the curriculum - pruning the program enhancesthe experience for the

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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College-Industry Partnerships

, ≠ include “uncertainty” and its implications in engineering analysis courses, Page 15.999.5 ≠ consider offering technical electives, in this domain, and let “uncertainty” be a central theme, ≠ make use of modern computational tools to support probabilistic thinking.Such curriculum changes may fall short of meeting set goals without adequate research aimed atcontinued improvements in probabilistic and statistical thinking for civil engineering in generaland the design component in particular.3) Estimation: A main challenge of a project design is the number of variables and theirinteractions during the design process. Often, the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-108: A LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSE WITH EMPHASIS ONEMBEDDED CONTROLChiu Choi, University of North Florida Page 15.48.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Linear Control Systems Course with Emphasis on Embedded Control Chiu H. Choi Department of Electrical Engineering University of North FloridaAbstractThis paper describes the embedded control courseware and its benefits in our linear controlsystems course. The embedded control courseware consists of a set of lab experiments thatteaches the students how to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Miroslav Velev

Session 1532 Integrating Formal Verification into an Advanced Computer Architecture Course Miroslav N. Velev mvelev@ece.gatech.edu School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, U.S.A. Abstract. The paper presents a sequence of three projects on design and formal verification of pipelined and superscalar processors. The projects were integrated—by means of lectures and pre- paratory homework exercises

Conference Session

Civil, Electrical, and Eng Tech

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Rebekah L Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Tanjina Afrin, Virginia Military Institute

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

during the student's 3rd year of college and are each aprerequisite for a CE Design Elective Course. The listed design courses were chosen becausethey were taught in the required years for students graduating in 2020 and 2021. SAT math,verbal, and combined data were brought over from the Ramniceanu et al data.3 VMI assignsgrades on a discrete scale of A, B, C, D, or F, which were incorporated as 400, 300, 200, 100, or0 in this analysis. Additionally, only the passing attempt of each course was used in the analyses.Only cognitive data were included in this study, similar to Ramniceanu et al.3The analysis for this study was limited to courses taught in the CE or Mathematics department atVMI. The CE curriculum at VMI requires a minimum grade of "C

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

, security, and preservation. • SP4 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities (3): Computer usage policies and enforcement mechanisms. • SP5 Risks and Liabilities of Computer Based Systems (2): Implications of software complexity, and risk assessment and management. • SP7 Privacy and Civil Liberties: Study of computer based threats to privacy. • SE6 Software Validation (3): Validation and testing of software systems. • SE8 Software Project Management (3): Risk analysis and software quality assurance.This list clearly indicates the taskforce’s resolve to use security in CC2001 as a recurring themeacross the curriculum, much in the same way that concepts such as layers of abstraction,efficiency, and complexity are

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher David Leblanc, University of New Hampshire; Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire; Christopher Dundorf, 2KR Systems

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Engineering Technology

budget and casing intoa commercial product that could be manufactured at a competitive price point. The projectprovided students a significant technical challenge, was funded, supported faculty scholarship,and helped a small company successfully launch a new commercial product.IntroductionUNH-ET Capstone Project ProgramThe University of New Hampshire Engineering Technology (UNH-ET) capstone project coursehas several educational purposes. ETAC of ABET requires that student objectives be specifiedand assessment data be collected periodically. The senior capstone project can be major sourceof data for this process. Objectives are measured and assessed through grading/evaluatingstudent work on projects by faculty, project sponsors, and volunteer

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

Page 7.32.4  2002, American Society for Engineering Education4 Proposed Program4.1 OverviewThe long-term goal of the curriculum project described in this paper is to introduce a newprogram in Embedded Systems Engineering as shown in Figure 1. The long-term goal of thecurriculum project described in this paper is to introduce a new program in Embedded SystemsEngineering as shown in Figure 1. The first step in achieving the ultimate goal of a full-fledgedprogram in Embedded Systems Engineering is to successfully design a concentration track inEmbedded Systems under the umbrella of the existing core of Computer Engineering. Thisconcentration track relies upon three established premises. Namely, the use of an

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Deborah Morrow, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

understanding.When introducing lifelong learning skills into the engineering curriculum at Grand Valley StateUniversity, there were multiple considerations. How should lifelong learning skills be defined bythis program? What courses and assignments already embody these concepts and skills in someway, implicitly or explicitly? What existing programs, courses, or assignments could be revisedor augmented to introduce lifelong learning skills more explicitly and measurably? At what pointin the curriculum should lifelong learning skills be introduced, and how often?This paper reports on a work in progress where ABET program outcome „i‟ is introduced in afirst-year course through the use of an independent research project, focusing on the ability toseek out and

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junkun Ma, Sam Houston State University; Case Dakota Born

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Engineering Technology

communication channel is effective, the best strategies for both design andmanufacturing, as well as marketing, can be achieved. Finally, pairing ET students with businessstudents on a two semesters basis as the capstone design project courses were initially designedcreates logistic issues since many related business courses are single semester based. Currentpractice is to involve primarily ET students and business students on a case-by-case scenario.Further discussion, experiments, or even curriculum development from both sides may benecessary in order to achieve the ultimate goal of systematically incorporating students frommulti-disciplines into one team for product development representing real-world practice.Next stepA great product from the

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas; Raj Rao, University of Arkansas; Loren Hedgecock; Kaitlin Hall

success in the workforce, with apotentially more significant impact on the national economy and societal benefits. With guidancefrom the study results, semester-long projects that employ the EML concepts willbe incorporated into our institution's core curriculum of Biomedical Engineering.1. IntroductionOver the past two decades, increased global competition, autonomation, and the progression oftechnology caused new challenges for engineering institutions, specifically in adapting to theevolving field of STEM and educating engineering students accordingly [1]–[4]. When hiringengineering graduates, firms seek engineers with sound knowledge of engineering fundamentalswhile also emphasizing the importance of creativity and innovation [5]. Although

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Farhad Ameri, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

multidisciplinary designteams composed of students from different disciplines including Mechanical, Manufacturing,Environmental, and Electrical Engineering Technology based on the nature of each project. Itshould be noted that this course was developed from the outset based upon usingmultidisciplinary teams and, therefore, there is no prior experience available to compare theseexperiences to working with single discipline senior design teams in the Department ofEngineering Technology.Since manufacturing knowledge is the common thread that goes through all ET specializations,the design teams are expected to create high-quality functional prototypes at the end. Theprojects are solicited from external sponsors who can act as both potential customers for

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #18543A Pilot Program in Opem-Ended Problem Solving and Project ManagementDr. Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University Dr. Paul Yanik is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University. His research interests include human-robot interactions, assistive devices, pattern recognition, machine learning, and engineering education.Dr. Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University Chip Ferguson is the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology and Professor of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University.Prof. Sudhir Kaul, Western

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Broderick, Central Connecticut State University

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Engineering Technology

positioning: multisensor systems and cooperative localization,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 10–18, 2011.[13] M. Rasul, J. Lawson, R. Jarman, R. Hadgraft, P. Howard, F. Martin, C. Kestell, F. Anwar, A. Stojcevski, A. Henderson et al., “Good practice guidelines for curriculum, supervision and assessment of final year engineering projects and aqf8 learning outcomes,” in AAEE 2014: Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference. Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 2014, pp. 1–2.[14] C. Rose, J. Britt, J. Allen, and D. Bevly, “An integrated vehicle navigation system utilizing lane-detection and lateral position estimation systems in difficult environments

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Abdel-Mohti P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary capstone experience, such as The Ohio State University,12University of Florida,13,14 Carnegie Mellon,15 and Cal. Polytechnic SLO,16 but list a department-or major-specific course as the standard capstone experience. Marquette University has a one-semester Senior Design Project course cross-listed in four departments (e.g. BIEN 499817),though projects are still primarily identified with a particular discipline.18 The Colorado Schoolof Mines (CSM) originally piloted a multidisciplinary capstone option in the early 1990s whichspanned eight engineering disciplines.19 CSM now lists a common two-semester capstonecourse for all civil, electrical, environmental, and mechanical engineering undergrads,20 whichcovers four of the eleven engineering

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Renato Carlson; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

understand this process. It is an adaptation of aStyblinski et ali.’s study16. The orientated graph shown in Figure 3 represents a feedbackamplifier. Variables x1, x2, x3 and x4 represent electrical signals. K1, A, K2 and D are gaincoefficients, and β is the feedback coefficient. Figure 3 – Oriented graph of a feedback amplifier.In qualitative terms, we can explain its performance in this way: an input signal at node 1 (x1)is partiality transmitted through D to node 2 (output), compounding part of signal x4. Anotherpart is amplified by K1 and A and arrives at node 3 (signal x3). In this node, part is amplifiedby K2 and transmitted until node 4 (output), and part is retransmitted (feedback) to node 2across β, returning to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

James C. Wood

technology) to solve problems. Figure 1 shows the contrast between theisolated discipline educational model and integrated use of knowledge on the job. Curriculum Model Industrial Model First Year Second Year Fall Spring Fall Spring Te ch tics nic Math Math ET Maj 3 ET Maj 6 m a al the Sk Ma Communication ills Eng Eng ET Maj 4 ET

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali M. Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University; Reda M Abdulaal P.E., King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department; Abdelfattah Y. Soliman, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering; Faisal I. Iskanderani, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

curricula use projects as the structuring principle of the entire curriculum,with subject-oriented courses eliminated or reduced to a minimum and related to a certain project.Students work in small groups with a project team of instructors who are advisers and consultants.Projects are undertaken throughout the length of the course and vary in duration from a few weeks upto a whole year. Mills and Treagust7 notice that a completely project-organized curriculum does notyet exist, and the closest are programs where projects and project-related courses make up 75% of theprogram, as at Aalborg University in Denmark.Perrenet et al22 compare problem based and project based learning. They noted that the similaritiesbetween the two strategies are that they

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael P.J. Benfield, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Matthew W. Turner, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Design in Engineering Education

product team Figure 1 The IPT Program Strategic MissionThe Senior Design ExperienceFor the past 18 years the capstone course at the undergraduate level in the department ofMechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) was a one-semester long senior designexperience. This design experience has been taught in an integrated product team environmentwith projects that have been supported by the local aerospace community (i.e., NASA or DoD)including involvement from other disciplines such as Electrical Engineering, Marketing, andTechnical Communications. The UAHuntsville Senior Design Experience takes a project based Page

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the college, and (3) with studentsto understand the differences in student experience and between traditional competition and newcapstone projects. We believe that our experiences can provide a guide for other institutions tomanage the transition to service-based capstone projects in their curriculum.1. IntroductionThroughout the United States most engineering programs engage undergraduate students insenior design or capstone projects. These projects are intended to provide engineering students aculminating experience to design, build, and test a system them will exercise the skills learnedover their four year education. Following from the Capstone 2015 survey [1], these projectscover many disciplines, team sizes, and project sources

Conference Session

Assessment-Driven Practices in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Mohammadi, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Destin Heilman

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

perspectives from seemingly unrelated fieldsenhances their creative problem solving skills and enables them to better adapt to complexscenarios.This paper describes a multidisciplinary effort between faculty from the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The project involvedstudents modeling protein folding as a robotic mechanism and studying the problems associatedwith this complex system from multiple perspectives. After providing a brief technicalbackground about the robotics-based approaches to the problem of protein folding/unfolding, thispaper elaborates on the pedagogical elements of the project

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Ewert, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College

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Design in Engineering Education

Provost at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engi- neering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineer- ing education in areas ranging from curricular change to faculty development. He is currently an ABET Program

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute – Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior con- sultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1766: PROJECT-BASED TEACHING OF ENGINEERING DESIGNJoseph Hitt, United States Military AcademyDaisie Boettner, United States Military AcademyStephen Suhr, United States Military AcademyJoel Dillon, United States Military Academy Page 14.987.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Project Based Teaching of Engineering DesignAbstract As a result of major revisions to the mechanical engineering design curriculum, the UnitedStates Military Academy (USMA) has offered the new course, Mechanical Engineering Design,since 2006. This paper describes the evolution of this course and its associated annual courseassessments. In addition, conclusions are

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Boyle, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Environmental Engineering

example, theproject was to fit inside of the existing SEEDPack, a backpack that includes solar panels topower battery chargers and educational tools5. The SEEDPack can provide 1.5 watts from eachof its three solar panels. Additionally, as the project was to be deployed in developing nations, ithad to be reasonably low cost, and could not rely on electrical infrastructure. Only human powerand the SEEDPack solar panels were acceptable sources of energy. The cost of the kit, limited to$1000, had to support not only the initial materials, but also sufficient replacement parts to beused heavily for roughly a year.The Lab was to provide as many different purification methods as possible, in addition toaddressing the many different ways that the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

demonstrated in the context of such a project. These include the ability todesign a system, process or component to meet desired needs and the ability to function on amultidisciplinary team. This paper describes a recent California State University, Northridgesenior design project in which engineering (computer, electrical, and mechanical) and computerscience students work on a multidisciplinary team to design, build, test, and eventually launch aCubeSat carrying a research experiment. The scope of this project has provided an excellentopportunity for computer science students to collaborate with engineering students. In additionto its value as a motivational multidisciplinary project, the project has given students anopportunity to collaborate with

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

CAD drawings of all manufactured parts required for thedesign, calculations supporting the key parameters for the chosen design, as well as othervelocity and acceleration plots which may be applicable to a given project. Students are alsogiven the option of constructing a physical prototype of their design for extra credit. Eachprototype is evaluated for functionality and compliance with design criteria.MotivationDynamics is a difficult subject, assert Jolley et al.1 in discussing their own Lego®-based designproject. It brings together many concepts from math and physics that students have previouslyseen often only in isolation. Further complicating the subject, many of the results and conceptsof Dynamics are non-intuitive. These authors