Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa A. Riedle; Jill M. Clough

Session 2326 Starting in Reverse Dr. Lisa A. Riedle, Dr. Jill M. Clough University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleReverse engineering, a group project utilized in the utilized in the University of Wisconsin -Platteville's freshman engineering courses. Three years ago the college of engineeringimplemented a freshman engineering course. There were a variety of objectives: retention,getting them involved in the college of engineering as freshmen, group projects, oral and writtencommunication skills, and design experience.The first year the course was taught

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Gally, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

freshmen course in the introduction to design and the senior capstone design courses.Also, the positioning of this course in the sophomore year allows for the use of more advancedconcepts than can realistically be expected for freshman while providing an introduction to theconcepts and analysis methods the students will learn as juniors. The use of CAD tools in thedesign reinforces the computer skills the students need later, particularly in capstone design, andprovides a motivation for our students who are excited by aerospace vehicles.The content of the course provides for a parallel development of CAD skills with theintroduction of aerospace vehicle concepts and analysis tools. The course includes an experiencein both spacecraft design

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

capstone writing project course inplace of the directed project requirement. This gives students both the time and the structure tocomplete the research and writing component of their degree. The Capstone Writing Courserequires students to submit their writing to a construction management related journal.As a part of this change, the Graduate Committee also eliminated the use of the three persondirected project advisory committee. To support the new journal paper requirement, each studentworks with a single faculty advisor who has an appropriate background to guide the research.This change simplifies the meeting coordination that is complicated by the geographic distancebetween the students and faculty. No change in program status was required

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Lalley P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Umesh A. Korde, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

plans, completedrawings and proper tolerancing.Future plans include facilitating increased student machine time in the DFM lab as well as thedevelopment of a junior level course including a more significant product development andlarger scale laboratory work focused on sustainable energy. This is expected to build on thecurrent series and feed directly into the senior capstone design course.The curriculum changes outlined in this paper had multiple goals: • Encourage innovation by challenging students with globally significant projects. • Facilitate innovation through design rigor and an iterative review process. • Develop design for manufacturing skills early in the students’ academic career to be honed with subsequent

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

currently producedwithin the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department includes automatic control,computers, communication, robotics, and environmental systems. These areas are incontrast to the more traditional Systems Engineering topics such as optimization,economics, behavioral science, and decision-making. USNA Systems Engineeringmajors must also complete a significant capstone design project during their senior year.Our senior students choose their own topic for this project and produce a complete design Page 9.1147.1document during the fall semester. They then build, test, and present their project duringthe spring semester. With this mix of

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud; Hadi Alasti; Maurizio Manzo; T. Sean Tavares; Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips

industrial roboticequipment.Development of the walking-beam conveyer and the Geneva mechanism was undertaken by twostudents as senior capstone projects in academic year 2019-2020 [5], [6]. Initially it wasenvisioned that the students would at least begin parts fabrication in the latter part of springsemester 2020. However, when the university pivoted to remote operation in March due toCOVID-19, the scope of work was refocused to concentrate on more detailed CAD modeling.Sample images of the CAD models produced by the students are shown in Fig. 7.Fig. 7. Sample views from CAD models resulting from student senior capstone projects; left:walking beam conveyor, right: Geneva mechanism.In fall 2020, fabrication was begun in the UNH ET program’s machine

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7162Spectra of Learning Through Service ProgramsDr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Angela Bielefeldt, P.E., is a professor and associate chair for Undergraduate Education in the De- partment of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She began integrating service-learning projects into her senior capstone design course for environmental engineering in 2001.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson is a associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, but also director of Michi- gan Tech’s

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal; Mark Vaccari; Thomas DeAgostino; Carter Stokeld; Courtney Baukal

problems needs to betaught to students so they will be properly prepared when they enter the workforce. While theymay be exposed to this type of problem in their capstone projects, they usually encounter verylittle of it in their core engineering classes. These ill-defined problems may also be solved usinga variety of methods, to arrive at differing answers that still reinforce one another.Where possible, teachers should give some open-ended assignments where there may be multipleacceptable solutions (Baukal 2017). Students need to determine appropriate boundary conditionsand material properties for these “fuzzy” problems. Students must then defend their ownsolutions as is typically required in industry. This teaches them that many “real” problems

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Zesheng Chen, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

undergraduate andgraduate levels, as well as student teams involved in Capstone senior design projects. Weexplored Slack in the following three perspectives: (1) sharing information, (2) answeringquestions, (3) collaborating in projects. We conducted analytic study on both the data recordedby Slack and feedback from end-of-semester student surveys. The results show that Slack is anexcellent online tool for improving the communication between students and instructors andamong students working in group projects.The remainder of this paper is structured as follows. We first introduce the context of our study,including different courses in which we have used Slack as a communication tool. We thenintroduce Slack and its related functionalities, and examples

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: engineering design principles, additivemanufacturing processes, energy management and Internet of Things (IoT). This work, togetherwith the partnerships that have been developed between the Colleges of Engineering, Educationand Science, have resulted in a unique capstone design project. The project includes students inthe Electronic Systems (ESET) and the Mechatronics (MXET) programs in the College ofEngineering paired with students in the College of Education and the College of Science. Basedon the identified need for both resources and curriculum, the project team is engaged in thedesign and development of a one-quarter scale, four room “house” that is fully instrumented tobe monitored and controlled remotely as a IoT system. As this resource is

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Alexander Ph.D., California State University - Chico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #15994Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Innovation for Engineering and Busi-ness Student TeamsDavid G. Alexander Ph.D., California State University - Chico Dr. Alexander’s research interests and areas of expertise are in teaching pedagogy, capstone design, renewable energy systems, thermal sciences, vehicle system modeling and simulation, heat transfer, new product development, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He is PI and adviser of the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016. He is also working on an undergraduate research project modeling solar cells using a thermodynamics approach and

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Lunal Khuon, Drexel University (Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

fundamentals of medical imaging equipment and discusses theprinciples of x-ray, computed tomography, ultrasonic, and magnetic resonance imaging systems.As a BET course, the primary focus is on principles of operation, applications, safety, andquality for the imaging equipment.BET 305 Clinical Lab Equipment, 3 credit hoursThis course describes clinical laboratory instrumentation and automation with emphasis on thedemands of clinicians for diagnostic information. Special attention is given to reliability, ease oftraining, and cost effectiveness.The courses MET 421 Senior Project Design I, MET 422 Senior Project Design II, and MET 423Senior Project Design III capture the ET capstone experience through 3 quarters of senior designthat begin in the fall

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William W. Durgin

, therefore, more like an industrial setting than an academicone. Only two engineers and a technician were involved and only a few high school students -just enough to provide a pool of drivers - were involved. This same model was essentiallyutilized in the second year as well.In the third year, WPI sought to fully utilize its project based educational program by havingsenior engineering students design and fabricate the robot. High school participation wasexpanded to include the Massachusetts Academy of Science and Mathematics, an on-campustwo-year high school. A single faculty member provided leadership and high school facultybegan to become involved. The robot design was divided into three portions, with anundergraduate project team responsible

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. The field is also requiredto correlate with the fields of the faculty, meaning that the faculty must be able to provideguidance within this field. Typically, the ideas are expected to have sprung from student projectsrelated to capstone courses, master thesis projects or student projects in general.Similar courses and programs exist at other universities, but some particularities can be notedhere. The course is currently focused on students within the two specializations (M.Sc.programs) of Mechatronics and Integrated product development, specializations which are opento students mainly from the programs (B.Sc.) of either Mechanical Engineering, IndustrialEngineering and Management or Vehicle Engineering. The course is offered to these

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behbood Ben Zoghi, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

targets engineering and technical professionals andallows them to become future leaders in technical management positions, while continuing to workin their companies. The program’s curriculum, carefully crafted in consultation with industrialleaders, provides a unique blend of industry-critical skills in managing people, projects andprofitability. The curriculum will be taught by three groups of professionals: professors, professor-experts, and the industry experts. The curriculum is 20%, 60% and 20%, analytical, technicalmanagement and capstone project, respectively. The graduates of this program will meet industryneeds for qualified technical managers and leaders resulting from the expected industrial growthin the short- and medium-term

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

ofcourse concepts). Other cases were assigned as homework (weeks-long)–with case-basedproblems replacing additional problems on a problem set-–and as a final design project (1 monthlong). By placing students as the decision-makers in the story, students are forced to considertheir engineering decisions holistically, leveraging their sustainability awareness and ability toevaluate impact to determine how to take action. This is demonstrated most in a final designproject, where students design and evaluate a proposed engineering project and give an up ordown decision. In past years, topics for the final project have included evaluation of greenhydrogen and carbon sequestration projects.Chemical Process Design Capstone (Northeastern University

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques; Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

thestudents are expected to know and accomplish at the time of graduation. Of particular interestand pertinent to the current discussion are criterions 3(d): an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams, 3(f): an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and 3(g): anability to communicate effectively.In most engineering programs, capstone design courses tend to be the courses where these ABETcriteria are typically addressed. Capstone courses have evolved over the years from professordefined designs to industry-sponsored projects where “real” problems are given4,5. Asconstructivist theories of learning became popular, and the academic community recognized thatthat learning is a social activity6, these capstone project-based

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Gokhale; J. Aldrich

design of members including beams, columns, diaphragms, connections, etc.A secondary objective of the course is to serve as a “capstone design course”. In the past thisobjective was fulfilled through having students work in groups on a design project, one that wasusually chosen from the text book. In addition to preparing and presenting the designcalculations, the students were required to submit specifications, perform quantity takeoff anddetermine project cost. While a project like this has value in that the students learn to put to usethe skills acquired in a variety of classes, there was always the question of “practicality” of theproject. Students often questioned the “value” of such a project, complaining that “too much wasrequired

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, Texas Tech University; Haileyesus Belay Endeshaw, Texas Tech University; Ricardo Cruz Lozano, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

categorized in three groups as follows:Design Prerequisite • R4.2.1.1: “It is addressed in other courses but is often considered in the design course” • R4.2.1.2: “There is no a lot of room in the didactic part of our design courses to include topics. My feeling is that uncertainty is best introduced in courses that come before the capstone design course and then students use it, if needed, in their design project.” • R4.2.1.3: “Students should have already been exposed to it as part of a sequence of courses on measurements - probably a better fit than in my machine elements course.” • R4.2.1.4: “We have 3 courses in design. One of them incorporates Probability and Statistics. One I teach does not

Conference Session

Continuous improvement of programs, practices and people.

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

course from project / process management and one course from interpersonal skill development  Elective courses allowing students to pursue broader interests  Capstone project requiring student to demonstrate application of principles learned through the programSeveral options are available to satisfy the capstone requirement: it can be completed as a projectunder the guidance of a faculty member or industry partner, a paper developed under theguidance of a faculty, or as an internship in industry. Depending on which capstone option ischosen the MEng can be completed in one academic year of full-time study or one year plus anadditional semester.The College has offered the MEng degree in all the same disciplines as the traditional

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

T. D. Moustakas; M. S. Unlu; M. F. Ruane; M. C. Teich; B. E. A. Saleh; B. B. Goldberg

Annual Conference Proceedings ‘“..,~yy’:3. Capstone Design CasesIn the capstone senior design project, students complete an open-ended group project with emphasis onoral, written, and technical engineering skills. Faculty, alumni, industry colleagues, and others serve asthe students ‘ ‘customers”, setting project requirements and helping to evaluate the students. Projectrequirements are negotiated in initial informal face-to-face meetings of customers and design teams. Eightto ten different projects are completed each semester. Appropriate research cases will be substituted forthe physics advanced laboratory course. Capstone design cases based on photonics research and applications are being prepared for use

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

so that the students were able to meet nearly all of the projectrequirements.NASA Faculty Fellow ProgramIn early 2009, NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) solicited involvementfor a summer 2009 higher education opportunity for faculty. The purpose of their program was toprepare faculty to enable their students to complete senior design projects with the potential forcontribution to NASA ESMD objectives. The goal of this program was to select five faculty whowould work for several weeks at a NASA field center on a specific ESMD project andincorporate the ESMD project into an existing senior design course or capstone course at theiruniversity in the 2009/2010 academic year. The course could have all students involved in

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

.” Journal of College Science Teaching, v. 36, no. 5, p. 14-20.13. Finger, S., Gelman, D., Fay, A., Szcerban, M. (2006). “Assessing Collaborative Learning in Engineering Design,” International Journal of Engineering Education, v. 22, No. 3, Pg 636-644.14. Marin, J.A., J. E. Armstrong, Jr., and J.L. Kays, (1999) “Elements of an Optimal Capstone Design Experience,” Journal of Engineering Education, p. 19-22.15. Brackin, P. and Gibson, J.D., (2004) “Service Learning in Capstone Design Projects: Emphasizing Reflection,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, UT. Page 24.428.11

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Anderson R.A., State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

Surveying and Estimating, and the CM Capstone course. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Using Conceptual Cost Estimating as a Constraint and Tool in DesignCurriculumAbstractArchitectural firms use simple unit/area-based, pre-design budgeting to develop/confirm projectscopes with clients. These budgets are created based on project history, plus the knowledge oflocal site attributes and contingencies associated with the specific project type to be designed.The typical budgeting models used lack specificity and do not address enough variables for atypical pre-design budget requirement. As an architectural and construction consultant,representing owners in the selection of professionals for project

Collection

2012 EDI

Authors

James K. Ligh

(i.e., water) • Climate challenges (e.g., sea rise on Island Nations, coastal protection, flood risk, glacier melt, etc) • Natural vulnerabilities (e.g., tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc) • Basin Development (e.g., Mekong) BUILDING STRONG® 2 Theater Security Cooperation “Tool Box” Humanitarian Assistance (HA) Projects International Capacity Development • Technical/SME assistance in Water (food & energy nexus) & Environmental Security, Master Planning Disaster Risk Management  Disaster Response Exercises &

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

International

cure the laminates. Finally, after curing, platens were cooled to room temperature andthe completed laminate was removed from the press and de-flashed. Physical examination of thefiber glass reinforced polymeric composite laminate indicated that the upgraded press has beenable to produce the high quality polymer laminates with smooth surfaces.Assessment of Students and ProjectThe Department of Technology uses a capstone project course as an instrument to validateprogram outcomes, and to document student progress in meeting accreditation criteria. Allprogram students are required to complete a project and demonstrate their teamwork,communication, and problem solving skills in the real world project, which in this case was totransform an

Collection

2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Doug Kim, Farmingdale State College

adapted to cover moreadvanced topics such as signal propagation, phase distortion, and advanced wireless networks.To demonstrate the practical knowledge the students learned from the RF curriculum, theprogram should require a student-driven RF-related project. This senior capstone project doesnot necessarily have to involve building an RF device. It could be a methodology inmeasurements or an automated process development. The only requirement is that the projectshould fully display the knowledge and skills acquired from the curriculum. The projectdemonstrates the capabilities and readiness of the students to take on real-life RF engineeringtasks.Curriculum Design – Lab ActivitiesThe laboratory activities are centered around three major RF test

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

ampleexamples.Product case studies with global implications – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles / Systems(UAV/UAS) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles can cross national boundaries, presentingopportunities to discuss global issues in classroom activities and in-class projects, or in stand-alone capstone and other required projects. See, for example, [8] which examines robotics inocean-based farming and the effect of the Law of the Seas Treaty.Code of Ethics – Many engineering programs require coursework on ethics. The proposedRobotics Engineering Code of Ethics [9] can be a valuable resource. It touches on global issues,such as the responsibility to protect the global environment, respect for diverse cultures, andawareness of international laws.Off-campus projects – Some

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aura Gimm, Duke University; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin Caves, Duke University; Robert Malkin, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

experience can be limiting for both student learningand the depth that project teams can achieve. While providing challenging engineering problems,all capstone design courses address basic principles of engineering design, teamwork, technicalcommunications, ethics, and professionalism. In this paper, we will discuss how a few simpledesign challenges have been used in three capstone design courses to practice and applyengineering design principles and problem solving skills. These challenges are relativelyinexpensive to implement and could be done in teams or individually. The competitive aspectsof the challenges can further motivate students. The design challenge goals can be tailored tofocus on specific aspects of design practice or skills, such as

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

first year introduces designprocess, constraints, project management and teamwork. Second year builds on these skills andbegins to integrate the engineering sciences and adds additional elements including creativityconcepts. The third year continues the progression of sk ills development and projects are drawnfrom industry, government and non-profits. The final year capstone design course allowsstudents to pursue entrepreneurial projects of their own choosing or with external partners. In allyears, students are free to work in multidisciplinary teams according to their own preferences. 21Guelph is one of the only documented North American engineering schools with separatediscipline-specific programs that offers fully multi-disciplinary design