Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Billy L. Clark, The Citadel; Robert Hudson Imhoff IV; Luiz Dos Reis

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #23351Water Tunnel Design: A Senior Capstone Project to Promote Hands-on Learn-ing in FluidsDr. Nathan John Washuta, The Citadel Dr. Nathan Washuta is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Maryland – College Park. His primary research interests include Hydrodynamics, Turbulence, and Experimental Methods.Dr. Jason Howison, The Citadel Jason Howison is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The Citadel. His research areas include computational fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Microsoft Teams, Deep Learning, and Classroom Flipping

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #32997Microsoft Teams Utilization for Group Function in Maritime-FocusedMechanical Design CapstoneDr. Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College Dr. Kidd completed his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 2011, 2013, and 2015 respectively. He worked at the Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics at UF from 2009 to 2015 researching the use autonomous ground vehicles including ATVs, a Toyota Highlander, and a tracked loader. He has taught at SUNY Maritime College since 2015 running the capstone design sequence for mechanical engineers. His research interests include additive

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Mays, The Citadel; Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Robert Dullanty, ATM; Kelly Rutkowski, Applied Technology and Management

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Ocean and Marine

, design, and detailing. Where applicable, thestandard references other national standards such as ACI 3186 and AASHTO LRFD BridgeDesign Specifications7.Structural Capstone Class at The CitadelAll civil engineering students at The Citadel are required to take a capstone course in one of fourareas of their choice: • Structural Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Subdivisions • Transportation (Evening Students Only)All students that take the structural engineering capstone class are required to develop plans,specifications, and a concise set of calculations for a group building and an individual project oftheir choice. Given the lead author’s vast design experiences with buildings, bridges, and pierand wharf type structures

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

graduating from 4-year ET program must complete some type of capstone designproject. It is of utmost that the project selected is not any project, but rather one thatsimultaneously enhances the learning experience of students, prepares the graduating ones forthe real world, increases freshmen retention and strengthens relationships between universitiesand industries. The key to making the most out of capstone design projects is to carefully selectones that will accomplish all of the above. After completing a 4-year Engineering Technologyprogram, most students are proficient in the principles they studied in the classroom. Whetherrecent graduates are able to apply these principles to various situations upon entering “the realworld” is another story

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

graduating from 4-year engineering or engineering technology program mustcomplete some type of capstone design project in order to graduate. It is of utmost that theproject selected is not any project, but rather one that simultaneously enhances the learningexperience of students, prepares the graduating ones for the real world, increases freshmenretention and strengthens relationships between universities and industries. The key to makingthe most out of capstone design projects is to carefully select ones that will accomplish all of theabove. After completing a 4-year engineering program, most students are proficient in theprinciples they studied in the classroom. Whether recent graduates are able to apply theseprinciples to various situations upon

Conference Session

Best Paper, Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University

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Ocean and Marine

communityengagement projects, have gained popularity for their documented ability to improvecommunication and collaboration skills, while challenging the students to apply their engineeringknowledge in a real-world setting [6], [7], [8], [9]. While the ability to travel for inter-universitydesign competitions and meet face-to-face with community partners are challenged by thecurrent pandemic, creative measures are being employed such as virtual competitions and onlinecollaboration.Inside the classroom, the same challenges exist to implementing successful experiential learningactivities, especially when those classrooms are remote or hybrid. Project-based learning (PBL)is frequently employed in first-year survey courses as well as senior capstone courses, for

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Miranda II, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

project provides alearning curve in which has been used to accelerate opportunities into such studies for rapidprofessional future development. The project goal is to prepare the student for successful capstone senior design inresearch, testing and management port ions of both the project and professional developmentprocess. Nonetheless, the essence of this paper is to communicate the intricate progression thathas resulted from the intended educational involvement. Our objective was to design a fully autonomous surface utility vehicle (ASUV) that runson a time based mission using dead reckoning navigation via an electronic compass. Therequirements of the design procurement was to ensure that it is cost effective, simple to deploy

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Ocean and Marine

Education, Vol.10(2), pp. 184-199, 2009.6. P.C. Blumenfeld, E. Soloway, R.W. Marx, J.S. Krajcik, M. Guzdial, and A. Palinscar, Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning, Educ. Psychologist, Vol. 26, 1991, pp. 369-398.7. R.G. Belu, A Project-based Power Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas (CD Proceedings).8. R. Belu, Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate EngineeringTechnology Curriculum, 2011 ASEEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CDProceedings).9. ABET, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs”, ABET, Inc., 2010.10. R.M

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr, Texas A&M University; David Anthony Cervantes; Justin Raymond Comer; Brielle Roxanne De Anda; Landon James Ledbetter, Oncor Electric Delivery; Andres Fly; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University; Grace E Tsai, Texas A&M University

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Ocean and Marine

paper, a small-scaleunderwater robot developed for underwater archaeological applications through an EngineeringTechnology Capstone project is presented. This underwater vehicle can measure temperature,pH, dissolved oxygen, pressure, and salinity levels. Moreover, it can collect water samples forfurther lab testing during the conservation process.I. IntroductionNautical archaeologists explore waters around the world to survey for wrecks and artifacts.When worthy sites are discovered, they dive in them and proceed to extract the artifacts. Divinginto unfamiliar conditions introduces potential risks especially if environmental factors gounchecked, and currently no method to conveniently track the chemical composition of the waterin dive sites

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Buchholz, University of Iowa; Pablo M. Carrica, University of Iowa; Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa

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Ocean and Marine

Required courses • ME:5160 Intermediate fluid mechanics • ME:4175 Computational naval hydrodynamics • ME:4176 Experimental naval hydrodynamics Limited electives (students must complete one from each of the following categories): • Full-year capstone design elective (one semester is required for all students) OR one semester of supervised independent study, each focused on an approved Naval Hydrodynamics project • An approved introductory numerical methods course General electives • Students must complete one additional course from a selection of related courses including topics such as linear systems and dynamics, control systems and theory, and additional continuum mechanics and fluids

Conference Session

Best Paper, Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Buchholz, University of Iowa; Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa; Venanzio Cichella, University of Iowa; Casey Harwood, University of Iowa; Shaoping Xiao, University of Iowa; Pablo M. Carrica, University of Iowa

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Ocean and Marine

credits (6 courses), according to the formula described in Table 1.Required elements of a student’s plan of study include courses in naval hydrodynamics, controland autonomous systems, and an approved capstone project on a naval science & technologytopic, which can be either a full-year senior design elective (which also satisfies the ABETcapstone design experience requirement) or a single-semester independent investigation with afaculty advisor.Curriculum and facilitiesThe primary certificate courses are listed in Table 1, and are arranged into the categories of navalhydrodynamics courses, control & autonomous systems courses, and capstone courses. Courselearning objectives focus on technical knowledge associated with the subject as well

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

areas: 1)capstone design projects for undergraduate seniors, 2) summer internships for undergraduates, 3)graduate education, 4) outreach to high school and undergraduate students, 5) specific programenhancements, and 5) career placement efforts.3.1. Capstone Design Projects for Undergraduate SeniorsAs part of the undergraduate ocean engineering program at FAU, senior year students take a twosemester capstone design course where they are tasked with designing an operational system thatthey take from concept development through engineering design, through building of the systemto at-sea testing. The projects are group activities involving teams of students who are tasked toproduce a design that meets a set of pre-specified metrics. The senior

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Wood, Florida Tech; Brian Howell, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

EDUCATION AND TRAININGAbstractCombining teaching, research, and engagement has always been a goal of EngineeringTechnology faculty. Finding “real world” applications which can be implemented at theundergraduate level has always proved challenging as well. One method of achieving thisis to define an application area which can be managed by responsible faculty and whichcan be broken into small enough tasks to be suitable for completion by succeeding yearsof undergraduate students in their capstone design activity.At Western Carolina University and Florida Institute of Technology, a project has beenundertaken which is achieving many of these goals. The Kamikaze AutonomousUnderwater Vehicle (AUV) is currently under continuous

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Habitat Design Challenge: Teaching Engineering Design in a Multidisciplinary Role-Play ScenarioAbstractWithin the ocean engineering program at the U.S. Naval Academy, formal design instruction isprovided in our introductory design course, EN461, a precursor to capstone design. A usefulinstructional module towards this purpose is the Hex-Oid Habitat Design Challenge that providesstudents with a multidisciplinary design-team experience involving multiple phases of the designprocess and an opportunity to refine technical communication skills both within and external tothe design team. Working in teams of 4-6, each team member is assigned a distinct role, e.g.,Architect, Buoyancy Engineer, Foundation Engineer, etc., and each is

Conference Session

Microsoft Teams, Deep Learning, and Classroom Flipping

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College; Alexandru Belu

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Ocean and Marine

. 1, pp. 87–96, Feb. 2011.24. H. Jackson, K. Tarhini, B. Maggi and N. Rumsey, “Improving Students Understanding of Engineering ConceptsThrough Projects Based Learning,” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 1-6, 2012. 25. R. Belu, “Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate EngineeringTechnology Curriculum”, 2011 ASEEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CD).26. G. Verbic, C. Keerthisighe, and A.C. Chapman, “A Project-based Cooperative Approach to TeachingSustainable Energy Systems”, IEEE Trans. Educ., Vol. 60(3), pp. 221-228, 2017.27. A.P.S. Meliopoulos, and G.J. Cokkinides, "Role of laboratory education in power engineering: is the virtuallaboratory feasible? III. Virtual

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Edward Paquette, US Coast Guard; Thomas Robert Cogley; Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Aaron Peder Dahlen, USCG; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

capstone project in ElectricalEngineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. In this project three students are asked to applylessons learned through three previous years’ academic experience to an autonomous floatingvessel, for the purposes of modeling and real-time heading control. Consistent with the maritimefocus of the U. S. Coast Guard, students construct a four by eight foot barge propelled by sixcommercial Minn Kota trolling motors, in order to study real time heading control algorithmssuch as those which might be encountered on typical Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU’s).Controlling a smaller scale model platform provides students an opportunity to perform systemidentification and control, and allow students opportunities to expand

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Ricardo R Lopez P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Ernesto Luis Diaz MEM, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council

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Ocean and Marine

conferences. Among thecourses some of the most relevant are:Civil Engineering Capstone Course: Example Seven Coastal Comprehensive Urban Developmentproposed projects with real constraints were assigned to senior civil engineering students to develop(analyzed and designed) multidisciplinary solutions during two consecutive semesters with theparticipation of a total of 88 undergraduate students, five faculties, five graduate students, and theparticipation of various guest speakers and lecturers on coastal engineering, resilient design andsustainability topics. The proposed sites are exposed to multi-hazards, namely: earthquakes;tsunamis; riverine and urban floods; coastal floods caused by storm surge, waves, tides, and winterocean swells; soil

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

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Ocean and Marine

VT to beentirely available online. In this paper the authors present their implementation strategies,successes, and weaknesses in delivering the graduate-level curriculum online, with specificdiscussion of the pros and cons of synchronous and asynchronous lecture formats. The authorsalso describe different formulations of a single, on-campus, capstone experience required of alldistance-learning students with emphasis upon strategies that lead to greatest student success.Quantitative student perceptions of eLearning in the OE curriculum are presented.1.0 History of the Online Ocean Engineering Program at Virginia TechThe roots of this distance-learning program go back to a request from officials at Newport NewsShipbuilding (now Northrup

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Engineering Division: Best Paper Technical Session

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #28786An Open-Source Autonomous Vessel for Maritime ResearchDr. Robert Kidd, State University of New York, Maritime College Dr. Kidd completed his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 2011, 2013, and 2015 respectively. He worked at the Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics at UF from 2009 to 2015 researching the use autonomous ground vehicles including ATVs, a Toyota Highlander, and a tracked loader. He has taught at SUNY Maritime College since 2015 running the capstone design sequence for mechanical engineers. His research interests include additive manufacturing, fault-tolerant control

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Simpson Jr., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Raymond S. McCord, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

. These are advanced courses where knowledge of basic undergraduatematerial is required as a prerequisite. The capstone course for the program is a one year designstudio where students working in small teams to design a ship. The yearlong design includes acomprehensive structural design and analysis of the project ship.In the structural course sequence, students take general and advanced structural analysis (i.e.,structural mechanics, plates and shells) before taking the Ship Structural Analysis and Design(SSSAD) course. The SSAD course covers the complexity of ship structures: longitudinalstrength and hull primary stresses, design limit states including plate bending, column and panelbuckling, panel ultimate strength and plastic analysis. Matrix