Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright@2003, American Society for Engineering EducationGeneral Course Characteristics are: 1) instructor coordinated independent study, 2) few readingassignments, much reference work expected, 3) fundamental knowledge of problem solving andskill is prerequisite, 4) professional looking end-product and presentation expected, 5) team(s) ofstudents work on a complex project, 6) instructor is a general resource person, and specialistswill need to be consulted, and 7) distance learning using WebCT® course management engine.The Industrial ProjectsUsing WebCT ®, the students are divided randomly into teams of two or three students. Eachteam will research and develop a design problem

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Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC

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Construction

Prof. Eng. in Indiana. Prof. Sener was awarded numerous teaching awards including the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1993 and the IUPUI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994 and several TERA awards.David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC Dave Kieser., Principal Planner , Kieser Consulting, LLC, M.S. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University and M.PL. Environmental Planning, Indiana University . Mr. Kieser has over eighteen (18) years of experience in the project management, planning and design of capital improvement projects for municipal clients in Illinois and Indiana. More specifically Mr. Kieser's experience includes innovative financing

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

predictive microbial growth/death mod- els for food safety risk assessment. Every fall, he teaches a large sophomore-level class on engineering properties of biological materials, which consists of both lectures and laboratory sessions with an enroll- ment of more than 70 students. Every spring, he teaches a junior-level course on principles of bioprocess engineering which has an enrollment of about 25 students. Page 25.511.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Electronic Student Homework Management Systems for Continuous Improvement and Program

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Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, & Curriculum Design Technical Session 2

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Paper ID #24891Work in Progress: Bridging the gap between accommodations letters andemerging classroom practicesDr. Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alisha Sarang-Sieminski is an Associate Professor of bioengineering and the director of SCOPE at Olin College of Engineering. Their work focuses on low-tech design to maximize mobility and amplifying under-represented voices within engineering.Adva WaranyuwatEmily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringDr. Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Dr. Wood is a distinguished researcher in the fields of both water and

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar

Construction Management students.Key Words: Statics, Construction Management, Design.Introduction:Statics is an important subject in many Engineering and Engineering Technologydisciplines especially Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering Technology, andArchitectural Engineering fields. Construction Management graduates dealextensively with architects to construct structures which are designed by civilengineers. Statics is a fundamental and required course in Civil and ArchitecturalEngineering curricula. Many Construction Management programs require Staticsin their curriculum for various reasons including accreditation requirements.The author has taught Statics to Engineering students for ten years at Penn StateUniversity. Simultaneously, he also

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Mettler, South Dakota State University; Robert Fourney, South Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #20201Modifications to a Senior Capstone Program to Improve Project Manage-ment and Design-Cycle Pedagogies and Enhance Student LearningMr. Cory Mettler, South Dakota State University Cory Mettler has been an Electrical Engineering instructor at South Dakota State University since 2005. During much of that time, he was employed in industry and was acting as an adjunct for the University. He developed and managed a microelectronics division for an R&D firm who specialized in Nondestructive Testing analysis. He also was employed as the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for a consulting firm who specialized in

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck

and to other fields’content.2 Project management techniques can help enable multidisciplinary group projects, in anorganized way, to enhance the learning experience for students3 Consequently, many facultyhave decided to incorporate project management or multidisciplinary teams to augment design intheir engineering or engineering technology programs.Project Management CoursesIt has been found4 that project managers need to have the following skills, in decreasing order ofimportance: communications, organization, team building, leadership, coping and technologicalexpertise. To help develop these skills, many engineering programs have implemented projectmanagement courses. For instance, a dual-track project management and engineering design

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

sequence, describes the project in the context of the learning experience, providesan assessment of the educational innovation, and suggests future modifications of the concept.The current capstone experience will also be described briefly. Overall, the first capstoneexperience was quite successful: a highly motivating project, a cohesive team of students, and aproduct that is being used nationally to advance space technology.IntroductionMost engineering programs include senior design capstone courses because they provideopportunities for upper-level undergraduate students to apply what they have learned to real-world problems. 1-3 The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has broadened thescope of a capstone design course to provide

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

use in designing team training programs. Performance & Instruction, 31(2), 33-37. Page 9.23.11 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”BIANEY C. RUIZ-ULLOA is a doctoral candidate in Industrial Management Systems Engineering at the Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln. She holds a M.S. degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received a M.B.A. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the NationalUniversity of Tachira

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester

adaptation of a distance-learningcomputer system (WebCT Vista). The logistics of the team assignments, kit issue,student teaching assistants and computing/laptop management are addressed in thispaper. Specific issues of using a distance-learning system for an on-campus, team-orientedclass are also addressed.IntroductionThe College of Engineering and Natural Sciences (CENS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) isrenovating the way it recruits, educates and graduates engineering students. NAU is the smallest ofthree Arizona universities offering undergraduate engineering education programs. While the largerUniversity of Arizona and Arizona State University (ASU) enrollments have increased since 1998,NAU Engineering enrollments in engineering has

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Mike Simard PE, Villanova University

Villanova UniversityAbstractProject management has become a standard practice in the fields of engineering,construction, and information technology, greatly reducing the number of failed projects.While fundamental technical content takes up the bulk of the typical undergraduateengineering curriculum, the capstone design project is an excellent opportunity to teachproject management principles through a project-based learning experience. While mostprograms include project management topics in capstone lectures few programs activelypromote applied project management. A few institutions have taken a more formal approachby creating dedicated project management courses or incorporating substantial projectmanagement materials in an existing course

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Darby; Jane Fraser

proficiency,while maintaining technical knowledge and adding business knowledge. We then discusshow the AIM program has been designed to respond to those needs in the automotiveindustry. We finally discuss articulation problems with this model.We distinguish throughout the paper between technical knowledge and technicalproficiency. By “technical knowledge” we mean fundamental, theory-basedunderstanding and by “technical proficiency” we mean the ability to perform skill basedtechnical tasks.What businesses wantFor some technical jobs, businesses would accept reduced technical proficiency in newgraduates in return for more business education. Since our program is AutomotiveIndustry Management, we begin by discussing the needs of the automotive industry

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

onlyconsidered the students' performance in the design elective courses taken by the class of 2020 and2021 (the bold courses). The authors hope the findings from this study will be beneficial to increasethe rate of on-time graduation for civil engineers and assist in the scheduling of design courseofferings. Table 1 – Elective courses offered to cadets graduating in 2020 and 2021 in VMI's Civil Engineering Program (underlined courses identify the courses taken by both classes, bold courses are design electives) Water Environmental Structural Geotechnical Transportation Resources Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering

Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George D Ford, Mississippi State University; Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; Mohsen Garshasby, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

assessments than are “Create” or “Analyze”learning objectives which often must be assessed in project or essay assignments. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section ConferenceFor ACCE and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditedtechnology programs, project-based courses are a necessity to acquire the skill of learning how tolearn. Engineering, engineering technology and construction management post-secondaryeducational programs are designed to reduce the learning curves of graduates who enter industry.Industry will train these technologists the required, detailed professional skills to perform theirtechnical specialties, but

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

Session 2003-1393 Teaching Engineering Design – One University’s Program Patrick L. Walter, Ph. D. Engineering Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TXabstractThis paper describes the design process as taught at Texas Christian University (TCU). Theintent of the design course is to develop student engineers capable of a seamless transition toindustry. Success in industry is primarily based on three criteria: (1) schedule – did the projectget completed on time, (2) cost – did the project get completed within budget, and (3)performance – did the delivered product(s) satisfy the customer? The

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 1: Program-level innovations in design, delivery, and assessment

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laramie Vance Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Huiran Jin, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohammad Rabie

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Paper ID #39246Exploiting Digital Learning Management System (LMS) Capabilities forEffective Program Assessment of Competency-based EducationDr. Laramie Vance Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Laramie Potts is an associate professor in the School of Applied Engineering & Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He serves as the program coordinator of the Surveying Engineering Technology (SET) program at NJIT. He has been working as an educator, consultant, and researcher in geodetic scienceDr. Huiran Jin, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Huiran Jin is an Assistant Professor in the

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Lachance; Ronald Welch

this exercise. Many of the students said they did not consider starting with these key engineering fundamentals because they were just playing with toys. Most realized towards the end of the design stage that these skills are essential and used them to repair structural problem areas.V. SUMMARY Student feedback emphasized the need for formally taught and continuously developedcommunication skills in engineering programs. The K’NEX Project Management exerciseallows faculty or event coordinators to demonstrate to their students the importance of clear,concise communication of ideas without a large investment of student time or resources. It isrecommended that this exercise be implemented in a design course prior to

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

engineering, becoming grounded in professional ethics,  computer-based calculation -- growing comfortable with statistics and estimation, using analytical reasoning, taking and recording proper measurements, becoming familiar with a computer-aided-design tool, programming using a text-based language, and  design -- working with a team, using sound judgment in a laboratory environment, communicating ideas clearly including writing technically.Retention data, in particular the attitudes of students who leave engineering majors, reveal thatthe structure of engineering majors and the culture of engineering courses are more responsiblefor attrition than personal inadequacy or aptitude for other disciplines or the appeal of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Debartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wade Lee Robison

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #22376Risk Management and Ethics in Capstone DesignDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete a 2-semester design and build project. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade Lee Robison c American Society for

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University Allen C. Estes is a professor and Head for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Poly- technic State University in San Luis Obispo. Until Jan. 2007, Estes was the Director of the Civil En- gineering Program at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Estes received a B.S. degree from USMA in 1978, M.S. degrees in structural engineering and in construction management from Stanford University in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1997.Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University Jill Nelson is an Assistant Professor for the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11983Leadership, Management, and Diversity: Missed Opportunities within Stu-dent Design Competition TeamsDr. Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma Dr. Susan E. Walden is the founding Director of the Research Institute for STEM Education (RISE) and an associate research professor in the Dean’s office of the College of Engineering (CoE). She is also a founding member of the Sooner Engineering Education (SEED) Center.Ms. Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma Cindy E. Foor is the Associate Director/Research Associate for the Research Institute for STEM Ed- ucation (RISE) at the University of Oklahoma. Her

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

Thursday Friday SaturdayMorningAfternoonEveningCheck the boxes if you feel you have relevant experience in this area you can contribute to your designteam that is NOT part of the required curriculum at Bucknell: Electronic design or simulation Electronic fabrication such as soldering or PCB design High level programming languages (C, Python, etc.) Programming microcontrollers Experience with cabling or wiring Project management or leadership experience Machining, 3D printing or other fabrication CAD tools or other simulation software (list): Other Relevant Experience:Check the boxes for project roles you would be interested in: Design Engineer: responsible for one or more

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Stacey Rathbun, George Mason University Television; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith PhD, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty, George Mason University; Richard Wood, George Mason University ; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; James Yang, George Mason University; Erin Williams, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference On the Use of Video in Support of a Maritime Robotics STEM Outreach Program Leigh McCue, Stacey Rathbun, Ali Raz, Daigo Shishika, Cynthia Smith, Adrian Hagarty, Richard Wood, Erin Williams, Cameron Nowzari, James Yang George Mason UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the development of educational videos designed to supplement a kit-basedhands-on STEM program that uses lighter than air vehicles to introduce 9th-12th grade aged learnersto biologically inspired maritime robotics. Under an ONR-supported effort described in1, theresearch team utilized

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session: 2147 Academic Quality Management C. R. Sekhar, O. Farook and Jai. P. Agrawal, E.Bouktache Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University CalumetAbstractThis Paper describes the implementation and outcome results of an Academic QualityManagement (AQM) program and one of the tools used in three of the courses taught in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program at Purdue UniversityCalumet, Hammond, IN. A number of papers have been presented at the ASEE and otherprofessional society meetings on the subject of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gaffar Barakat Gailani, New York City College of Technology; Angran Xiao, New York City College of Technology; Deborah Hecht, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center; Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, The Graduate Center

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Mechanical Engineering

Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, New York City College of Technology. His research interests include Engineering Design, CAD/CAM/CAE, Additive Manufacturing, and Robotics.Dr. Deborah Hecht, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center Deborah Hecht is the Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Education, at the CUNY Graduate Center. CASE is an educational research, evaluation and program development center that focuses on educational innovation particularly in STEM.Ms. Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, The Graduate Center c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Additive Manufacturing for Custom Design and Cost

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Brandon Shuman, MS

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-1532: A MODULAR PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH TOUNDERGRADUATE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSTeodora Rutar, Seattle University Teodora Rutar Shuman is a Paccar Associate Professor at Seattle University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. She pursues research in electro-mechanical systems for sustainable processing of microalgae. email: teodora@seattleu.eduBrandon Shuman, MS Brandon Shuman is a graduate of the UW Mechanical Engineering Baccalaureate and Masters programs. Since then he has been a medical device engineer for 15 years at Boston

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Josh Loukus, Michigan Technological University; Jason Dreyer, Michigan Technological University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-639: FORMING AND MANAGING PROJECT TEAMS IN A LARGECAPSTONE DESIGN COURSEEdward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University Dr. Edward Lumsdaine is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University (MTU) and Special Professor of Business, Institute for Enterprise and Innovation, University of Nottingham (UK). For many years he was management consultant at Ford Motor Company in high-tech education and training. In 1994 he received the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for innovation in engineering education. He has co-authored books on creative problem solving, engineering design, entrepreneurship and innovation. He has work experience in industry, seven

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Whitehurst, Mississippi State University; Nathaniel Hyams, Clemson University; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University; Matthew William Priddy, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36630An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Group Work in a MechanicalEngineering ProgramMs. Elizabeth Whitehurst, Mississippi State University Elizabeth Whitehurst graduated from Mississippi State University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in me- chanical engineering. She now works as a mechanical design engineer in the defense industry, supporting efforts to help protect and propel the capabilities of the warfighter.Nathaniel Hyams, Clemson University Graduated from Mississippi State University and the Bagley College of Engineering in 2021 with a Bach- elors in Biological Engineering. Currently a graduate

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

especially true for recent college graduates joining these firmsas entry-level manufacturing engineers or managers, since there is little or no formal educationor training in CM in university coursework at the present time.Certainly, professional development education programs are available to provide corporatemanagers and operating personnel with an understanding of the benefits of CM and the keysteps in implementing these systems. For example, the Institute of Configuration Management(ICM), established in 1981 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, offers a comprehensivearray of coursework in CM. However, as noted above, within university academicenvironments, there is little or no coverage of CM in the typical baccalaureate-level engineeringor

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

Session 2425 Learning Project Implementation and Management Skills in the Culminating Design Experience Pamela J. Neal, Kenneth J. Soda, Erlind G. Royer Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, CO1. IntroductionThe contemporary undergraduate curriculum of an Electrical Engineering program is packedwith required courses, making it a challenge to complete in four years. By necessity, nearly allof this work is theoretical, supported by laboratory work that is too often limited in scope. Themore practical aspects of