Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

encounter during capstone design and willencounter in the real-world. The second goal is to improve assessment of students’ abilities toapply sustainable engineering design concepts across different problems or design challenges.We hypothesize that with guided practice and feedback, engineering undergraduate students willbecome better at drawing upon and integrating diverse knowledge domains when they are facedwith new, complex problems during professional practice. Project work began in September2015 through the NSF Research in Engineering Education program.Cognitive flexibility theory (CFT)1 provides a basis for assessing and improving students’knowledge transfer and the connection-building required to adequately address sustainabilityproblems

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

involvement, the most-often mentionedmethod of ensuring faculty involvement was leadership from the top. That is, top-downleadership and support were seen as critical in faculty involvement. Other methods includedengaging faculty at faculty meetings, faculty retreats, and training sessions and workshops.Assessment methods for demonstrating achievement of outcomes most mentioned by the Page 11.1254.2surveyed institutions were examples of student work (at selected points during the students’careers), embedded course-based measures (such as standard exam questions or lab reports),capstone projects, and portfolios. While many other methods of assessment were

Conference Session

ETAC/ABET-Related Issues

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNY Polytechnic Institute; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

verbal communication PIb. Organize the content in a logical fashion PIc. Provide graphical illustrations PId. Identify and explain the topic with technical depth Course MTC 420, Capstone Experience Semesters Spring 2012, summer 2012, fall 2012 Evaluator Jones Tool SO6a Rubric Student Work Final project presentation and report Results Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Fall 2012 PIa: % scored 3 or 4 100% 60% 88.8% PIb: % scored 3 or 4 100% 60% 66.7% PIc

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Goddard

integrated PRP component in undergraduate design courses, there isusually no requirement for product realization prior to the “Capstone Senior Design” course, if itoccurs at all. When students study production techniques using desktop or larger equipment,such as might be utilized in prototype development, they experience product realization and aremotivated to return to this equipment for the creation of parts such as are needed to complete the“capstone senior design” project. This is only possible provided the equipment is capable ofproducing real parts, not just wax models. Even prior to a capstone design course, in a coursesuch as machine component design, product realization equipment allows the students to makeand examine actual components

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

of PA often uses senior Capstone Design projects as a recruitment tool, but otherinstitutions [16], [17] highlight undergraduate research to draw good students. We would like toincrease our undergraduate research activity to diversify faculty activity and provide studentswith valuable research experiences that may indicate that graduate school is right for them. Eganet al. [18] explains that participation in undergraduate research encourages pursuit of moreadvanced degrees. Even if students do not move into graduate/professional programs,undergraduate research teaches students critical thinking skills necessary for solving open-endedproblems [12], [19]. If done well, there are clearly many advantages of undergraduate research.Independent

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian K. Zaki, Houston Christian University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

reasons, we chose to partnerwith and support nonprofit organizations to help them bridge their technology gaps by providingcustom-built software tools for their operational requirements.The remainder of this paper will elaborate on how the partnership started, the challenges we facedthrough the process, and how some of these challenges led to adjustments in our approaches.Some of the challenges are still to be looked into and would require some strategic and creativesolutions to solve in our future expansions of community-engaged learning.The Starting Point: Capstone ProjectsOur Computer Science degree program requires students to complete a series of two courses:Senior Project I and Senior Project II. During these courses, the students work in

Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

environments and promotes creative need-based designs (Crain & Tull, 2004).Reissman et al. (2017) also proposed a new capstone course for Mechanical Engineering studentsat the University of Dayton, which emphasizes the application of physics-based and data miningtoward open-ended project prompts. Peter Idowu (2004) presented a study about the pre-capstonecourse at Penn State Harrisburg to solve the lack of clarity students have in developing projectideas. In this study, researchers concluded that a pre-capstone course enabled students tocommunicate effectively. Elvin Shields (2007) studied the effect of capstone engineering designexperience in fostering creativity. Various methods and techniques can assess students’ creativity. For example

Conference Session

CPDD Technical Session 1 - Design of Professional Development Curricula

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Scott Tingey, Texas A&M University; Denise Preusser; Behbood Zoghi, Texas A&M University

10-15 minutes to act out. Immediately after a scene, everyone gives feedback to the HSRP on his/her performance, for example, what they did well, i.e., “shine” behaviors vs. not well, i.e., “polish” behavior. Part C takes place during the fall semester, in which students submit a series of assignments (Table 2) and receive feedback from instructors via an online learning management platform (Canvas). Most of the assignments are designed to help students with their Capstone projects: a required final course of this graduate program, in which they must individually conductevidence-based research, identify, and solve an industrial problem that would bring significantimpact to an organization. The Capstone project is both

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Boser, Illinois State University; Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

written exams, oral exams,embedded questions in exams and assignments, portfolio analysis, papers/writing samples,simulated activities/case-studies, capstone projects, videotapes of student's skills, inside/outsideexaminers, and internship experiences.7 With all of these instruments, the student’s knowledgeand skill can be directly measured. Since it would be beyond the scope of this paper to provide ananalysis of all the direct measures of assessment that are available, the focus will be on those thatwere used at the authors’ department. Course tests and examinations are perhaps the most commonly used direct assessmentmeasure. Most courses use tests to measure student progress, therefore they are readily available.Assuming that the tests

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

assessment tool. The Design Panel is a group of peoplegathered to assess design related courses. A group of people consists of local industryleaders, faculty, and graduate students. There are number of examples on using panels asassessment tools for programs, curricula, and projects [1-3].The Design Panel is used to assess Mech 314 “Design Process”, Mech 402 “ThermalSystem Design” and the second course of the capstone sequence Mech 417 “MechanicalSystems Design II” courses. These are the courses where substantial activity andmaterials are available to demonstrate the achievement of primarily the above ABETcriteria.2. Program Outcomes Assessment ProcessWe adopted the ABET-EAC “a” through “k” outcomes as our program outcomes. Wecollect data annually

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

MENG 4018, Thermo II ENGR 3500, PM survey Outcome assessed with student  work samples Outcome assessed in capstone  project evaluation Program Outcome a) …apply knowledge

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Harvey Bell, University of Michigan; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail Susan Hohner, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

waterpurification equipment for Brazil and biogas fermentation units for deployment in India; (3) SolarCar competition team: building power storage units; (4) Capstone design courses provided byindustry and (5) Students participating faculty research: creating new thin film conductingmaterials. The complete design, build, test cycle requires significant effort and thus the minimumparticipation level for actual project work is one semester; more typically students participate in Page 22.1031.4project teams for 12 to 18 months. Single semester experiences are most typically limited tocapstone design courses.Students with the highest participation level will

Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University; Gunter W. Georgi, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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FYEE Conference Sessions

-based and hands-on course activities inthe first-year and integrating engineering design. Makerspaces have become a valuable tool forteaching the engineering design process. They provide students with an opportunity to focusmore on building, testing, and evaluating their design. Makerspaces also provide more creativeopportunities for engineering design projects through rapid prototyping electronics and additivemanufacturing. For some students in the first-year this can seem like a daunting task, particularlywhen they are working alongside senior design capstone teams and graduate researchers in amakerspace. This first-year introduction to engineering and design course added several aspectsto the course to guide and support students through

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

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Biomedical

Systems Lab 2 Failure Analysis and Human Physiology 4 TOTAL 26 TOTAL 31 Introduction to BIOEN Capstone 4 BIOEN Capstone Fundamentals 3 (Individual-based Research-Design Project), OR Capstone

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pranshoo Solanki P.E., Illinois State University

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Construction

Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Indianapolis, Indiana.10. Price, J. M. and Aidoo, J. (2013), “Introducing Sustainable Design Principles in Freshman Civil Engineering Design,” Proceedings of 120th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta, Georgia.11. Siddiqui, M. K., Alrasheed, S. D., Mohammed, A. R., Amaan, A., Aljaraoudi, W. H., Al- Jughaiman, A. A., Alsaikhan, F. M., and Alhashem, B. M. (2012), “Integrating Sustainability in the Curriculum Through Capstone Projects: A Case Study,” Proceedings of 119th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, San Antonio, Texas.

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili; Ali Sadegh

environment. The class teaches fundamentals ofengineering graphics. It provides students with an opportunity to learn solid modeling asa tool for design process and product realization in addition to skills/competencies thattraditional introductory graphics classes promote.The main thrust of the new curriculum is on the project-based learning. It is believed thatpresenting the topics of the course through a project would expose the students toreal engineering practice. In fact, this approach helps students, throughout theirengineering programs, to prepare themselves for the Capstone Projects in the seniordesign courses. Specifically, students are given the opportunity to disassemble a realproduct and construct drawings of its parts. At the end of the

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tess Bisbee Meier, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yunus Doğan Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

generation of engineers to be ethical, human-centric, collaborative, communicative, and transdisciplinary. As a graduate student she has advised international interactive qualifying projects (IQP) and a senior capstone design project (MQP). As she pursues a career in academia, Tess strives to combine her interests in medical robotics and engineering education.Dr. Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Yilmaz Akkaya is a postdoctoral researcher in Nanoenergy Group under the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She holds BS degrees in Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University. She completed her Master’s and PhD Degrees

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

colleges is encouraged and facilitated by theuniversity. This focus on interdisciplinary experiences and opportunities can be seen in pastsenior project collaborations.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 The group of students consisted of more thanengineering students. The group was made up of students from the following majors. • Architectural Engineering (10 students) • Architecture (1 student) • Art (2 students) • Horticulture and Crop Science (3 students)The project was a capstone class, thus the focus was for the students to draw upon their entireengineering education, as opposed to learning specific new skills or topics. The pedagogy was touse the experience itself to educate, as opposed to a classroom and text book. In using theexperience for

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Natalie D. Segal

, and so, working with an intellectual property attorney, we teach the patentprocess as part of the class. In this paper, we discuss the organization of the project itselfand how we teach the patent process, as well as how students respond both to the projectand the possibility of graduating with the words “patent pending” on their résumés.How We BeginThe ability to work on a team is unquestionably a required skill for anyone working inindustry today. Consequently, Ward College of Technology students who take English481, Advanced Technical Communications, are required to work on a team project. Theproject is actually one of a series of possible capstone projects for undergraduateTechnology students, but since all Ward students must take EN 481

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

Assessment. Review of Educational Research, 2005, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 27-61.17. Gransberg, D.D., Quantifying the Impact of Peer Evaluations on Student Team18. Project Grading. International Journal of Construction Education and Research ,2010, Vol. 6, pp.3-17.19. Gurin, P., Dey, E. L., Hurtado, S., & Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), 330–366.20. Hall, M.I. Motivational Strategies for Enhancing Teamwork. Proceedings, 34th Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, Portland, Maine, 1998, pp. 26-29.21. Hanna, A.S. and Sullivan, K.T. (2005). "Bridging the Gap between Academics and Practice: A Capstone Experience," Journal of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

unfamiliar withePortfolios and was somewhat incredulous that the ePortfolio in conjunction with the requiredinternship (or undergraduate research) and senior capstone seminar could provide an adequatecapstone experience for the ET students. The lack of a capstone experience was cited as aweakness, and no mention of the recently implemented capstone ePortfolio was made in thepreliminary report. If such unfamiliarity with and resistance to use of the ePortfolio is commonin the ET community in general and amongst TAC of ABET evaluators in particular, thenprograms may be well advised to retain a traditional senior project in conjunction with acapstone ePortfolio.SummaryInternal funding was obtained from a UD Center for Educational Effectiveness grant

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Joshua D. Neeley, Utah Valley University; Nile Edward Brewer; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: Database Design, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, and Machine Learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Haptics in AviationAbstractThe purpose of a capstone design project course is to provide graduating senior students theopportunity to demonstrate understanding of the concepts they have learned during their studies.As with many computer science and engineering programs, students of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Wagoner, Binghamton University; David Klotzkin, Binghamton University; E. White, Jr., Binghamton University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

, and junior levels followed by a comprehensive capstone course inmicrofabrication at the senior level. In this paper, we describe the specific microfabricationmodules being developed and their method of implementation.Introduction Microfabrication, the processes for fabricating structures at length scales below severalmicrons, is critical to many branches of science and engineering. It is heavily used to fabricateelectron devices, integrated circuits, accelerometers, lasers, and miniature microphones and isbecoming more prevalent in the biological sciences. Since microfabrication is such a broad andmultidisciplinary activity, the conventional approach of presenting this topic in a single course inone department seems inappropriate. Many

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

two dimensional mechanisms analysis problems.The mechanisms course is a prerequisite of the senior design capstone course. The elements ofthe design course process include but are not limited to: establishment of objectives, synthesis ofideas, and mechanical analysis of the selected components of the project. Real-world constraintssuch as economical and societal factors, marketability, ergonomics, safety, aesthetics, and ethicsare also an integral part of this capstone course. A major requirement of all senior designprojects is that each final report and oral presentation clearly demonstrates practical applicationsof concepts and methods learned in other engineering technology courses. The course projectreports and final oral presentations

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

include a patent search using the online service of United States PatentOffice. In a paper delivered at the 2010 ASEEE Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, the valueof understanding the patent search process and the entrepreneurial mindset was presented1. It wasfocused on senior capstone projects and the creation of entrepreneurial teams. Studentexperiences and outcomes were documented through individual interviews and assessment tools. Page 22.1235.2The constraints and challenges of developing a product, engineering it and preparing it formarket were presented. Real world entrepreneurial learning experiences are linked to eachstudent team as

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Vian, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

processes and integral, discrete, and shrink/expansion fastener systems. 45% 70%ConclusionsThis project-based instructional approach corresponds to XXXXX University’soverarching goals for its undergraduate programs for engineering technology students.The knowledge and experience gained through student completion of various teamprojects during their freshmen through junior academic years is expected to form a strongfoundation for the senior capstone project (an implicit goal of most courses within theengineering curricula). At the capstone level, students undertake an often unstructured,broadly-defined, real-world problem. Many of these capstone projects entail solvingmanufacturing process issues for production

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Bruce R. Babin, Kansas State University, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Emily Dringenberg, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

each of these issues, literature wasreviewed to develop a curriculum-wide solution.Course integration has been shown to promote student engagement2. Project based scenarios areoften used to connect course concepts that are individually important for the students tounderstand. Previous works demonstrating this include studies of vertical integration frameworkfor capstone design projects by Hardin and Sullivan4, an investigation of the importance ofintegration of engineering curricula by Froyd and Ohland2, and the use of a spiral learningcurriculum in the first two years of mechanical engineering by Roemer and Bamberg5. Researchof hands on learning has been shown to increase student retention6. Diverse courses such asmechanical design and

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Nan Yao, Beihang University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

successful inengaging students in an active learning process while increasing teamwork and improvingcommunication skills. In addition to integrating project based experiences throughout all fouryears, most engineering programs culminate in a major design experience [4]. In most cases, thisexperience takes the form of a sequence of two 3 credit hour courses at the senior level. Theexperience provides students an opportunity to apply most if not all of their engineeringknowledge to the design and build of a physical system that, in most cases, has real-worldapplication relevance [5]. The capstone experience is highly valuable, but due to limited time, forobvious reasons, it has some limitations including insufficient time for closing the loop

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

ofa “Client Interaction Rubric” as discussed here fulfills this identified need while serving twopurposes: obtaining formative feedback from the clients to help improve students’ clientinteraction skills, and providing students ahead of time with a framework of key criteriaregarding having successful interactions with clients.This paper describes initial efforts to develop a rubric in support of student-client interactions forclient-oriented project-based learning activities. The rubric has been tested in two small, privatecollege environments: a user interface design course at Ohio Northern University taken by bothcomputer engineering and computer science majors, and an engineering capstone design courseat Smith College in Massachusetts. The

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Martin Brooke, Duke University; Philip Ethier, Duke University; Hisham Massoud, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

motivation and creative thinkingskills, especially when design is targeted toward realistic projects. In addition, the project focusearly on serves to better prepare students for their capstone design projects in their senior year.1To address the issues of a traditional engineering curriculum, the authors are part of a recentcurriculum redesign in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at DukeUniversity. This redesign is funded by the National Science Foundation and is centered upon thetheme of Integrated Sensing and Information Processing (ISIP).4 The redesigned curriculum hasfocused on real-world problems as a means for the successful training of modern engineers. Thetheme of ISIP has been implemented in the development of the first