Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Marshall Brain, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in engineering capstone design. The authors implementedthis collaboration model with a pilot project three years ago. This model was slightly modifiedbased on the lessons learned and learning outcomes reported by the participating EEP and ECESD teams. This model brought forth some keen observations and lessons, which the authorshave seen as the first step in forming a comprehensive multi-disciplinary design program. Thepreliminary impact of these steps is that 15 to 20% of the ECE SD program’s design projects aremulti-disciplinary (with 6 to 8 faculty members from several departments as mentors) and aregrowing. This growing multi-disciplinary collaboration has also brought in additional annualfunding. This paper shares the structure, phases

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • Professional – Included for all E majors and covers topics common to disciplines. Currently, ET programs do not have a professional component. • Capstone – An integrating experience of 3 to 6 semester credits and taken in the final year of study in which the student completes an unscripted design project. • Other – A technical communication course sequence focused on written and oral skills taken by all ET majors.Broader Educational ContextThe changes being mandated by NEASC are part of a much larger policy initiative that isnational in scope. Most, if not all regional accreditation boards are undertaking similar efforts intheir respective areas of authority. Over the last decade, concern over the quality of highereducation

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Yost

makes senseto bring this multidisciplinary area into focus in UDM’s undergraduate and graduate engineeringprograms.To this end, the students in the author’s section of a first year introductory engineering coursecompleted a mini-capstone project that required them to build and program a robot to move sandfrom one location to another. This project is described in Section 3.2. General Course DescriptionBefore the 1998-99 academic year, first year engineering students at UDM took a three credithour course that exposed them to engineering graphics and engineering design. A second threecredit hour course was devoted to an introduction to engineering computing. Because of theheavy graphics component in the design course, it was taught mainly by

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavan Karra, Trine University; Olli Jansson, Trine University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

surveys fromgraduating seniors and alumni to focus on hands-on experience in the undergraduate program. Alongwith that, there has also been a focus on participating in competitions such as Shell-Eco Marathon byseniors for their capstone project. An opportunity arose to address both these issues by building anengine/chassis dynamometer.A funding request has been granted by a robotics company paving the way for design and build of anengine/chassis dynamometer. The dynamometer, in its first iteration, cost about $10,000 but a reviseddesign costs under $8,000. The dynamometer has been designed for Shell Eco Marathon competitionbut has found its uses in multiple projects over the past year, including a summer toboggan redesign fora local state park

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Will; Wesley Stone

performance • Improved performance on projects The challenge facing the faculty will be to institutionalize all changes that have beenmade, while continuing to develop this course as a positive multidisciplinary design experiencefor the ME and ECE students at Valparaiso University.References1. Tougaw, D. and Will, J. “An Innovative Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Course Sequence,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2003.2. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD, 2002.3. Olds, B. M., M. J. Pavelich, and F. R. Yearts, “Teaching the Design Process to Freshmen and Sophomores

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elise Barrella P.E., DfX Consulting LLC; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Dawn Anderson, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) to enhance process or final designSubstantive and structural stages of construct validation for the Sustainable Design Rubric werebased on a study of capstone design at James Madison University. Our goal was to determine theextent to which our theoretically and empirically defined rubric criteria were accessible tostudent audiences. We collected data during Spring 2018 from 51 junior engineering studentsfrom two course sections of capstone design. Students were given a homework assignment thatincluded evaluating their capstone projects with our draft rubric. Each student belonged to one offifteen capstone teams and was assigned to evaluate their projects against a subset of rubriccriteria (approximately two-thirds of the rubric’s 14 criteria

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pemberton Cyrus, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

substantial body of research into the PBL methods,many engineering faculty continue to come to the model reluctantly. In an effort to give moreweight to the benefits of PBL teaching within the Dalhousie University experience, DalhousieUniversity is eager to assess and evaluate the impact of PBL additions to the curriculum..Motivated by new accreditation rules that will take effect in 2012, the first group of studentsentering Dalhousie University engineering program will encounter a core PBL design course ineach semester of their first two years, as well as a capstone design project in their final year.Thus, we are moving from a “bookend” design experience—having PBL courses in the first andfinal years of the program—to a three-year PBL design

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Hahn; Nancy Wynn; James Fuller; David Pines

., Senior Design Capstone Course), each student team works on adifferent project for the entire semester under the supervision of a practicing, professionalengineer. Therefore, it was easy to integrate a design project that supported the BloomfieldTown Center into the Senior Design Project course. From the data gathering and focus groupmeeting, it was determined that replacing the existing street lights that are cobra head lightfixtures with sodium lamps on 20 -25 foot concrete poles with 14-foot ornamental lights withfull-cutoff metal halide lamps is a priority for the town. Under the supervision of the TownEngineer and a Connecticut Light and Power engineer, the student team measured the lightintensity at different locations of a central business

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Michael Casey, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

Conference, Nashville, TN.11. Chowdhury, S., Jalloh, A., Rojas-Oviedo, R., Seif, M., and Mobasher, A. (2007), “Capstone Design Course as a Tool for Assessment and Improvement,” AC 2007-895, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.12. Welch, R., and Estes, A. (2003), “Client-Based Projects for Every Senior – A Mark of Excellence for any Program,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.13. Bielefeldt, A. (2005), “Challenges and Rewards on On-Campus Projects in Capstone Design”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, OR.14. Chou, K., Wilde, W., and Moaveni, S. (2007), “Subcontracting the Senior Design Project in Civil Engineering” Journal of Professional

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Sours, The Ohio State University; Cherish Vance, The Ohio State University; Tylesha D. Drayton, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

. The purpose of this collaboration is the development anddissemination of tailored low carbon footprint water treatment plants to further global access tosafe drinking water using gravity-powered technology. The AguaClara Reach partnershipleverages projects across undergraduate research, courses, and capstone. With futureopportunities that will pair with community engaged learning courses providing multipleavenues of engagement across the collaboration.Establishing the Humanitarian Engineering LabNeed and IdeationOver the last twenty years, the Engineering for Sustainable Development field has been growingacross the academic domain. Many universities are offering programming and courses in thespace. Establishing labs and programs to prepare

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

22.637.4General Studies Track: CurriculumModifications to the GS track after the fourth semester include the following:Making the previously required design classes after the fourth semester electives Design courses AET 352 Design IV and AET 367 Design V would be elective choices.Repositioning some of the technical specialties and professional electives In order to balance the number of credits per semester and provide required courses in an appropriate sequence, we had to rearrange our technical and professional electives.Making an elective thesis course a required capstone project course Previously our thesis course was not required and only our graduate bound students would take it. It would now be required by all and renamed AET 489

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

both better ask and answerquestions and have prototyping skills and Design Thinking as part of their repertoire. Byobserving student engineers learning a design process in the safe environs of a master’s levelcourse, we can more easily follow and analyze their design activities than might be possible in anindustry setting.For mechanical engineering students, especially the cohort of master’s students observed in thecourse of this study, their prior exposure to Design Thinking was mostly limited. They mighthave been exposed to Design Thinking and design activity through a capstone mechanicalengineering course or had summer internship experiences in industry. Projects, though, oftentimes were focused on mechanical engineering optimization and

Collection

15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Gretchen Scroggin, University of Arkansas; Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Latisha Puckett, University of Arkansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Students grouped by math placement, Common first-year courses, and access to Peer Mentoring and Academic Coaches Learning Communities Engineering fraternity/STEM sorority Collaborative Assignments and Projects Open-ended, real-world, class-based projects Undergraduate Research Honors Research and Innovation Experience and Symposium Diversity/Global Learning Project-based learning and Drill seminars ePortfolios Honors Research Experience Course Internships Drill seminarsHIPs not in FEP (Capstone, Writing Intensive Courses and Service Learning) have been excluded from Table

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Johm W. Duggan; Francis J. Hopcroft

seven Engineering Program MissionGoals, and delivers an educational program consistent with its Environmental EngineeringProgram Philosophy and Academic Goals. Although weaknesses in certain areas were identifiedthrough that process, that was an objective of the process and those areas are being aggressivelyaddressed.For Capstone Design, students are given the opportunity to select and develop their own scopeof work for their area of interest. Successful project proposals must identify actual stakeholderswith an interest in the environmental engineering issue to be addressed. These stakeholdershave taken an active (and appreciated) role in assisting students throughout the Capstone Designprocess and participate in an end-of-year assessment of

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Virginia Charter P.E.

, the focus is a project-based assignmentthroughout the course where the student has the capability of applying all of the technicalknowledge learned during their progression through their specific engineering technologyprogram. In order to answer the above question, this study utilized the capstone courses of twodifferent ABET-TAC accredited engineering technology programs. Within these courses, thebaseline Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) was used to determine how well thestudents assessed themselves in relation to the Criteria 3 a-k. The baseline instrument wasadministered at the beginning of the semester to the two different capstone courses. Studentsresponded to the instrument through its online portal.Results The

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, USMA; Grant Jacoby, USMA; Lisa Shay, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

on coursecurriculum as well as relevant proposals derived for future work in cooperative platforms.Background: Find PartnershipsOur approach begins with a scoped summer internship with a robotics designer andmanufacturer, iRobot in Burlington, MA. We chose iRobot because of the mission needs of theUS Army they are currently meeting in designing and building robots to destroy IEDs. Werequested iRobot to challenge two students to design and build something meaningful for thecompany that they could also continue to work on back in USMA in hope that the endeavorwould meet course requirements to fulfill a two semester capstone multi-disciplinary seniordesign project. The main goal of this negotiation was to set the stage for a

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1609: IMPROVING INNOVATION BY ENHANCING CREATIVECAPABILITIES IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJeffrey Richardson, Purdue UniversityLeslie Reed, Reed Environmental Page 15.698.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Innovation by Enhancing Creative Capabilities in Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyAbstractThis project evolved from an existing research effort in electrical and computer engineeringtechnology in which the gap between the creative capabilities students brought to bear whensolving technological problems, and the level of creativity demonstrated in a capstone designproject, was explored

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Swastika S. Bithi, West Texas A&M University

witharduous challenges.[2] Furthermore, the inclusion of capstone projects has shown improvement inteamwork dynamics, the ability to develop leadership skills within an independently-leadproject.[3] Thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics are critical courses that are coveredin engineering degree programs. The theory and knowledge gained by students in each of thesecourses culminates in the thermo-fluid design capstone. This curriculum expects students to bringtheir combined aforementioned knowledge and technical skills to develop and produce a workingsystem as part of a team collaboration that meets the needs of their respective customers. Theimportance of such courses and projects is to introduce students to the environment that they

Conference Session

MET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Eslam Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Amir Barakati, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Design and Build a Water Channel for a Fluid Dynamics LabAbstractWater channels are used for a variety of educational and research purposes includinghydrodynamic and aerodynamic studies. The design, construction, and operation of suchfacilities involve numerous engineering challenges that make it a well-suited choice for anundergraduate capstone project whose emphasis is on multidisciplinary engineering capabilities,exposing to research, and learning and applying state-of-the-art methodologies. Since there was aneed to build a water channel facility for the new Fluid Discovery Lab at Penn State Universityat Berks, a project was defined and presented to the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology(EMET) students as an option for their Senior

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner; Edward Lumsdaine

as the capstone course taught to on-campus students.This constraint represented a major challenge, not only because the distance-learning studentshad different educational backgrounds and experience levels, but because the content had to bedelivered in one semester (e.g., Spring 2004), whereas the on-campus students had two semesters(e.g., Spring 2004 and Fall 2004) to complete their projects. Other challenging differencesincluded project selection, team formation, team project monitoring and final course assessment.The instructional team also faced the challenges of integrating their teaching approaches andstreamlining the topics and reading materials required of all students, while placing an increasedemphasis on creative thinking and the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Berry; Gregory L. Ferguson

* economic considerations* modern communication technology Course Implementation The course, as implemented, is roughly equivalent to the senior capstone design project, but it requires aproduct be manufactured which is not always the case with the capstone project. Since this is an electivecourse, students taking this class have a second design project that is in addition to the required Capstone designproject. The students are given a short problem statement with a limited amount of background informationabout the hypothetical project company they are employed by. From the problem statement, they formulate thefunctional and/or needs requirement(s) which leads to generating a statement of work. In the industrial worldthis forms

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

on the Monte Carlo simulation. Because of the difficulty of teaching andimplementing the Monte Carlo simulation, probabilistic risk analysis has not been widely used inthe industry, although it is more desirable. This paper developed an interactive probabilistic riskanalysis tool called RISK (Real-time Interactive Simulation Kit) that makes the Monte Carlosimulation of project risks unprecedentedly easy. RISK was tested in a capstone class at theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio Result showed that RISK is an effective tool in teaching riskanalysis for construction engineering and management. It is also expected to improve theutilization of the probabilistic risk analysis in the industry by providing graduates with

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

 and working with them to complete a project using the technology will hopefully give a better and longer lasting impression of the technology, STEM fields, and the college.  Method:   The author teaches design and introduction courses for all of the engineering majors, the CAD program, Advanced Manufacturing, Photonics and some Computer Science courses. The chassis project will focus on the Capstone Design Project course in the Spring 2016 term for associate degree students, the high school students who attend the college in the summer for early college credit, and the Introduction to Engineering and Design students in Fall 2016 term.  In all of the design experiences some CAD training is required. Students are given the assignment to design

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Charles J Camarda, NASA

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

appropriately, a capstone program will be unable to evaluate them. Agroup of program leaders thus identified for each ABET criterion (see Table 2 for sample, andAppendix A for full table) and each KSA (see Appendix B) how AerosPACE and ICED align tothe regulatory requirements. For this purpose criteria were evaluated at the capstone course level,considering both semesters of each project (AerosPACE and ICED) as one. Table 2 shows justone example how both programs not only provide an opportunity to work in multidisciplinaryteams, but also provide robust evaluation thereof through the means of an online interactionplatform. Page 26.646.7

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

) · Describe role of ethics in students’ capstone capstone design project design report 2.2 CE Codes and Regulations Course at Rose-HulmanAt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the CE Codes and Regulations course was initiallyincluded in the undergraduate curriculum to complement technical courses by teaching codeawareness and execution. Historically, students were introduced to major building codes, theAmericans with Disabilities Act, zoning regulations, construction techniques, indoor air qualityand moisture problems, environmental regulations, wind loading, seismic design category, firerating, and site development including feasibility and environmental site

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

each rotation, teams present problem statements based on insights fromtheir primary research and potential design projects to address the identified needs. Participantsmaintain a blog to capture and reflect on their observations, which also allows them to share theirexperience with the other students. Upon completion of the Bioengineering Clinical Immersionprogram, students are well prepared for the senior design capstone course that emphasizesdevelopment of medical devices conceived from validated end-user needs. This paper alsodiscusses implementation challenges and program modifications, including having medicalstudents team with bioengineering students.2. IntroductionEngineering students entering the medical product industry are often

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design projects sponsored by industry, developing the teaching the Engineering Projects in Community Service course, and developing curricular and co-curricular programs at the Engineering Innovation Center

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Fadlelmula, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nayef Alyafei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Albertus Retnanto, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

petroleumengineering education to keep pace with these changes to keep attracting the brightest students.This is important because petroleum engineering schools need to prepare the future engineeringleaders of the industry. The aim is to equip them with the essential skills and to make them agileand adaptive so they can use their technical background and experiences to attain new skills andtackle challenges whenever needed. Thus, the petroleum engineering (PETE) program at TexasA&M at Qatar (TAMUQ) has implemented different educational tools (integrative andcooperative capstone project, fourth-year comprehensive exam (CE), augmented reality and 3Dvisualization, field trips and laboratory simulators, engineering video games, programming anddata analytics

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Geneva College; David Allen Clark, Geneva College; David W. Shaw, Geneva College; James S. Gidley, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of a SAE Baja team tobe formed and financed was a distant one. But a series of events happened in the 2008/2009academic year that prompted the birth of the college‟s first ever SAE Baja team. It was quite ajourney for all involved. We started from scratch with no experience and little resources. Thelearning curve was steep during the first year, and there were crisis moments during the secondyear. And now we are on our journey of a third year.It was set up as a two semester senior capstone design project since its start. We soon realizedthat it was not all vehicle dynamics that we had to deal with, but also team/group dynamics.Lessons were learned in building a successful team and the importance of team work, individualaccountability and

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Brian Blake; Gerald Gannod; Kevin Gary

an outsourcing model. Software RequirementsSpecification (SRS) documents created by CST415 students in the Fall may be used as theblueprints for outsourced development teams enrolled in CST316 in the following semester.2.2 Capstone project at Arizona State University TempeThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering on the Tempe Campus of Arizona StateUniversity offers five courses as part of a Software Engineering concentration track:Introduction to Software Engineering (CSE360), Distributed Computing with Java and CORBA(CSE 445), Software Analysis and Design (CSE460), Software Engineering Project I (CSE461),and Software Engineering Project II (CSE462). CSE 360 provides students with their first groupproject within this track in the