Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park; Jessica Macklin, University of Maryland, College Park; Amanda Yard, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Prior to joining QUEST, Jessica was the Graduate Assistant in Columbia University’s Office of Student Engagement.Ms. Amanda Yard, University of Maryland, College Park Amanda Yard is a graduating senior from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Busi- ness. She is receiving a major in Supply Chain Management and a minor in Spanish Language and Cultures. She will be working for PepsiCo as an Integrated Supply Chain Associate in Schaumburg, IL. Amanda has been a member of the QUEST Honors Program since Spring 2013 where she has served as a mentor, as well as on the capstone project scoping team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Impact of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Yoder; D. Raj Raman

Session 1608 Relevant Design Experiences for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers: Team Focus through Competition. D. Raj Raman, Ronald E. Yoder The University of Tennessee, Knoxville AbstractThe multitude of specializations within biosystems engineering makes traditional capstonedesign courses, which typically focus on a single topic, less relevant. In our department, our year-long capstone design experience involves machine component design. While this experience isuseful to students in all

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Steven Perri; M. Barclay Satterfield; Leah Burton

agreements to leverage facilities, or Publishing RFPs on a regular cycle provides a frameworkparticipation in other university programs such as consortia to pace both work and funding. Setting this pace provides theand capstone projects. To expand on this further, the engage- company with predictability in annual budgets and provides thement under the MRA and our presence on campus is a strong faculty some predictability in opportunities. The pacing alsodriver for participating in the capstone process and would not establishes expectations to complete projects within definedoccur in the absence of the engagement. budgets and time windows so that new projects can launch.Co

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation in our capstonesenior design classes (SDI and SDII) and elaborated on the mechanism of entrepreneurship inour Professional Practice course, but they all agreed that the department was missing a dedicatedcourse on innovation and entrepreneurship.This information encouraged us to conduct a survey to assess the true level of intensity. Twofaculty from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department interviewed students from themost recently completed Senior Design capstone course sequence to assess their perspectives oninnovation and entrepreneurship. The faculty evaluated students ideas, compared the data fromstudents who participated solely in industry supported projects versus students who worked onfaculty sponsored projects. They

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan; Beverly Cronin; Maneesh Kumar; Atef Mustafa; Pankti Patel; Joey Socorro

) logistics, and item 915 MHz (USA) management 950-956 MHz (Japan)Industrial, 2.4 GHz 12.5 centimeters Item managementScientific, &Medical (ISM)Source: RFID, Applications, Security, and Privacy, Simpson Garfinkel and BethRosenberg, Addison-Wesly (2006), p. 21.II. DeVry University’s Senior Project Capstone Course Sequence DeVry University’s Electronics Engineering Technology/Computer EngineeringTechnology (EET/CET) program senior project is a two-semester course sequence in whichstudents synthesize knowledge and skills learned in the previous courses. In the first course(EET-400, Project management), students research, plan and develop a project

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Jonathan Crosley; Vincent Ricketts; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

for the capstone class. This project consists of a dedicatedliterature search generating a pertinent database and knowledge base. In addition, a designmethodology is developed leading to a parametric sizing tool capable of visualizing the availablesolution for long-range electric aircraft. Central to this project is a study by NASA, who startedcontracting major corporations (i.e. Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Cessna, etc.) to address about30 years (N+3) of future technologies concerning the use of hybrid electric aircraft forcommercial use by 2030-2035. The mission, identified by the AVD Laboratory, is along theRoute 66 highway, from Chicago to L.A., a distance of roughly 1,660 nm. This experimental-type aircraft will be electric with no hybrid

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

used in ourlaboratory course. For example, a Progressive Paper was used in a chemistry capstone course,in which students wrote a large laboratory report in sections, resulting in a complete paper at theend of the semester (Van Bramer & Bastin, 2013). The students received detailed feedback aftereach section, which they could use to revise the section as well as apply it to future sections.Breaking the laboratory report into parts and spreading the work out demonstrated to studentshow to keep the project manageable. Coinciding with this, the successive draft submissionsshowed significant score improvements over time, and the students and instructors valued theexperience. In fact, teaching a process approach to writing can support students

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Russell P. Lemler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

cadets at WestPoint is their capstone design project. This project spans two semesters and is encompassed bythe courses Mechanical Engineering Design (ME404) and Mechanical Systems Design (ME496).Starting in ME404, mechanical engineering cadets are assigned to a capstone design project teamconsisting of five to seven other cadets. Over half of these projects are multi-disciplinary,collaborating with one or more other academic departments within the Academy. Across thetwo-course sequence, the cadets review the design process first taught in ME201 and apply thedesign process to an externally sponsored engineering design problem primarily fororganizations within the Department of the Army or Department of Defense.The team chartering process sets

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

do and we are looking for a benefit/cost ratio that isfeasible and defendable in this case too.Even though the PSET houses a number of engineering and technology departments most ofwhich are ABET accredited, there is no consensus or uniformity in terms of how to doassessment and how much. As a result some departments have opted to assess selected courses,some are assessing select courses plus a senior capstone course, some are assessing all courses,some are using comprehensive exams or portfolios, and some are using combinations of above inaddition to the usual surveys, exit interviews, and such. As a result, the question lingers in termsof are we doing enough or are we doing too much. The question is more than academic in naturein the sense

Conference Session

ETD - Technical Session 7 - ET Pedagogy I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University Northwest; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

allow individualsand groups to share spaces and utilize hardware and software tools to create knowledge.6Design and Innovation CenterThe College of Technology at Purdue Northwest has established the David Roberts Center forInnovation and Design (CID). Significant support for the center was from an alumnus for whomthe center is named. This technology-driven facility (4800 sq.ft.) includes industry-standardsoftware, high-performance computing hardware and interactive multimedia equipment thatprovide students the means to focus on synergistic project-based designs. This Center hasprograms optimizing a 3M principle: Mobile, Modular and Maintainable.All PNW technology students are required to complete a capstone design project as part oftheir degree

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

being worked on inother courses but focusing on different aspects and perspectives. For example, this project wasconducted in courses MANE 410 Production Planning and Inventory Control, and MANE 415Project Engineering and Management. In MANE 410 students focus on the production planningaspect of the project, and in MANE 415 a different group of students focus on the projectmanagement.In this paper we want to focus on the course MANE 450, Manufacturing Design Implementation.This is one of the courses that have been offered in the past two years in our program. MANE450 is a capstone course that manufacturing engineering students take in their senior year. Thecourse is team project-based, which focuses on design and implementation of a simple

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian A. Waitz; Edward C. Barrett

students are interested in the subject matter and motivated to learn.2.2 Experimental Projects Lab Objectives The Experimental Projects Lab is a required part of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Departmentundergraduate curriculum. It serves as one of two capstone courses (the other course is a senior-level systemsdesign project) and is taken by students in their junior or senior year. The primary objective of the course is toprovide exposure to the methods, processes, and techniques involved in conceiving and conducting an experi-mental research project. Each group of two students chooses an original research project and over the period oftwo semesters conducts research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. The distinction between

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

ToolAbstractOccupants’ behavior inside buildings is a vital parameter in determining the building energyconsumption. Occupancy density distribution is a wide uncertain parameter due to the difficultyin predicting the attendants’ behavior. Currently, occupancy detection tools and technologieshave been insufficient of determining the exact number of occupants and, thus, the spaceventilation requirements are not set at its optimized values.This capstone project was part of a bigger project conducted at Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo tobetter improve the energy consumption used for ventilation and AC in buildings. The objectiveof this capstone project was testing potential energy savings in an office space by using anoccupancy seat sensor. An experimental and

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College; Paulo Ribeiro, Calvin College; Robert Medema, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

weaved the topics of thecourse into the development of the business plan. Since most of the students concurrently aretaking their capstone design course, the business plans are required to tie into their senior designprojects. Such a linking of the business and senior design courses drives home the importance ofthe business side of engineering. Students are required to view their design projects from anenterprise perspective. The necessity of producing, pricing and marketing products and serviceswith a profit objective for sustainability is emphasized. Students are also instructed in the basicsof organization financing, capital budgeting and interpretation of financial statements.Management principles are taught from the perspective of servant

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Steve Schiffman; Sean Munson; John Bourne; James Krejcarek; Dan Lindquist; Susan Fredholm

” Year 4: Concurrent Specialization & Realization (Capstone) EAS:Other EAS:E ME ECEOlin’s current curriculum model consists of three time-specific periods: Foundation,Specialization, and Realization (Capstone). The diagram shows one view of how thismight work, with a two-year foundation, one year of specialization, and a one-yearcapstone experience. The arrows indicate cross-discipline, and possibly cross-year,projects and interaction.First Entrepreneurship ExperienceIt is anticipated that Olin students will be exposed to at least one project in theirfreshman year that requires a core collection of entrepreneurial skills. These skillsmay include teaming, opportunity

Conference Session

Energy Conservation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nitt Chuenprateep, University of the District of Columbia; Warren Orlando Abrams, University of the District of Columbia; Alicia Marshall, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and the MechanicalEngineering Departments for this project has proved fruitful and an extremely positiveexperience. A capstone project with a group of students with different backgrounds allowedstudents to utilize their varying skill sets. While there are many core courses in the engineeringcurriculum that are included in both the electrical and mechanical tracks, the divergence ofcourses and emphases between departments meant that the students needed to learn each other’sstrengths to determine who would be best at various aspects of the project. Electrical and computer engineering students were able to help compose the basis of the modeland determine the initial direction of the project. In

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy, Pennsylvania State University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

wireless sensor networks course offerings of selected universities inthe world. Course offerings of twenty five universities were studied. From this study it can beseen that universities are using five models to integrate wireless sensor concepts into theircomputer science and engineering curriculum: 1. Offering an undergraduate course on Wireless Sensor Networks. 2. Offering a graduate course on Wireless Sensor Networks. 3. Integrating Wireless Sensor Networks concepts into their traditional courses. 4. Offering an undergraduate track in Wireless Sensor Networks. 5. Requiring a Wireless Sensor Networks project in a Capstone course.Model 1 is used by several universities such as the University of Lugano, Lehigh

Conference Session

Big Picture Questions in BME

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware; Jeannie S. Stephens-Epps, Terumo Medical Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

transfer thisknowledge and apply it to a new project in Senior Design. These findings support theeducational practice of “spacing” [18] and repetition. Furthermore, although statistical analysiscould not be performed, we did measure a greater percentage of teams that incorporated ISO10993 as design criteria justification in phase 1 of Senior Design when they had taken Cell &Tissue Lab (which includes ISO 10993-5 as a lab procedure) compared to when they had not(28% vs. 16%).In many engineering undergraduate curricula, capstone may be the only time that a studentengages with engineering standards (our Cohort 1); however, our data reveal the importance ofrepeated exposure throughout the curriculum. Prior to the implementation of the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pines, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-965: GAUGING STUDENT INTEREST IN A DESIGN FOR DEVELOPINGCOMMUNITIES COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDDavid Pines, University of Hartford David Pines is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford. He completed his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000. He is actively involved with student projects sponsored by environmental engineering firms, municipalities, and water utilities, and is involved in international service learning projects in conjunction with EWB

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

librarians get caught up on teaching only search skills andfinding databases, and instead they need focus on choosing and narrowing topics, conceptmapping, and developing search terms.Finally in the article by Paretti et al4, the authors researched the types of team conflictsexperienced by teams in Capstone classes. While there were different reasons for conflict, mostof faculty considered the problems to be generated from team dynamics. Conflicts or problemsmaking decisions related to the project itself, including scope, criteria, alternative selectionemerged as a prime consideration for teams4 The mentoring that supports capstone teams isconducted by the course instructors and graduate assistants. However, librarians who have abackground or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

. Introduction to Legal and Ethical Issues in Cybersecurity,5. Special Topics in Cybersecurity,6. Senior (Capstone) project in CybersecurityWe offered two cybersecurity courses for all non-Computer Science (CS) majors at the university during2020-21 academic year with very low enrollment. At this moment, we have only three students pursuingthis Cybersecurity for All minor. We are working with various department chairs and college deans andwe expect this enrollment to grow. Also, we offered all courses for our cybersecurity concentration forCS majors, and currently approximately 30 students pursuing the Cybersecurity concentration. Also, wehave graduated 15 students from this concentration.Goal 3: Conduct Cybersecurity professional development activities

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Qingli (Barbara) Dai

their capstone senior design project sequence,and can also practice NX by taking technical electives in CAD and Finite ElementAnalysis.Elective course MEEM 4403 - Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Method [2] is to helpstudents practice the computer – aided design of mechanical system though theoreticallectures and laboratory assignments. NX integrated with this CAD method courseallowed students to learn the modern industrial design skills. PACE competition based onthe course final design projects judged the students’ teamwork from professional aspects.Objective of the Course and ActivitiesThe objectives of this elective course are to instruct students in both practical andtheoretical aspects of using computers to aid in the design of mechanical

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Fahmida R. Masoom; Abulkhair M. Masoom

equipment. Involvement of undergraduate engineering students ofdifferent levels in research projects with different levels of guidance from faculty or engineersfrom industry has been found to have positive outcomes.At the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, several initiatives have been undertaken to exposeundergraduate engineering students to engineering design. Apart from the conventional upperlevel engineering design courses and senior capstone design courses, the most recent initiativehas been the introduction of design at the freshman level in the Introduction to Engineeringcourse required for all incoming freshmen. Another undergraduate research program - PioneerUndergraduate Research Fellowship (PURF) initiated about a half dozen years ago

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eric A. Holt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Green Professional (CGP), Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS), Residential Construction Superintendent (RCS), and Universal Design Build courses. Page 25.1287.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Development of an Integrated Residential Construction Management CourseThis paper presents the recent changes to different delivery methods for a residentialconstruction management course at a major university. The project-based course was deliveredsimilarly to a capstone course by combining Residential Methods, Estimating, Scheduling

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

semester of their degree program is dedicated to testing, evaluation, and documentation oftheir capstone design project. Also they have an outreach requirement in which they must do apresentation in a K-12 school about their design project.I was one of the four BME faculty advisors for the BME200/300 courses in Fall 2000. We had atotal of 64 students—32 sophomores and 32 juniors. They were divided into eight teams of eightstudents each. So each faculty member was responsible for advising two design projects. We metwith our two groups together in the same computer lab for a two-hour period each week. Welimited our discussions at the beginning of each lab to 20 minutes. In these sessions, we focusedon such topics as the design process, ethics case

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, every factor in the life cycle of the product should be taken into account. Aspart of a Capstone Design Project, and with the goal of illustrating complete engineering designprocesses where factors besides the technical ones need to be taken into account, industry-sponsored projects are undertaken by teams of students. The project presented here deals with anautomotive subassembly that needed to be redesigned and evaluated. The system is a powerslider assembly which is installed in the rear of current-model trucks and powers the rearwindow. The current design is bulky, expensive, and takes too much time to install. Theobjective of the project was to introduce a new design for the power slider which would be moreefficient in terms of operation

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Professor, School of Engineering Technology Purdue University mshehadi@purdue.eduAbstractFormula-1 (F1) racing cars aerodynamic effects are mainly controlled by the body contours andother aerodynamic elements such as over-body wings. Over-body wings tend to force the cardownwards but would increase the drag force on the car. This capstone project investigated theground effects on a scaled F1 car by testing the down force and drag force with and withoutground effects. To meet the objectives, an 8.8 feet-long (2.93 m) wind tunnel was built by theteam having a 6 × 6 sq.in (3.34 m2) cross-section testing chamber running air at an approximatespeed of 34 miles per hour (mph

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David F. Hosterman; Wblesther Gama; Andrew Vitaljic; Jonathan H. Poluan; Ali A. Ballout; Yong X Gan; James L. Smith; Jimmie C. Oxley

. In thispaper, we will present how to improve undergraduate student education through high impactactivities in a cooperative learning setting. Specifically, scalable, low cost manufacturing processfor making high performance energy conversion nanomaterials is dealt with. Cooperativelearning on several upper division general engineering courses including Independent Researchand Studies, Senior Capstone Design, Special Topics on Nanotechnology is investigated. Severalscalable, low cost manufacturing research tasks are adopted to enhance the context learningthrough cooperative learning approach that integrates advanced manufacturing research activitiesinto both academic and social learning experiences. Team-based research projects areimplemented

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Fennell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christian Sims, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, collaborative learning through solving real-world problems. He directs the operations of the Institute-wide Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, which highlights projects created by over 2000 Georgia Tech seniors graduating students on an annual basis. He serves as the faculty advisor for the student organization of over 100 student volunteers who all train, staff, and manage the operations of Georgia Tech’s Flowers Invention Studio – one of the nation’s premier volunteer student-run makerspace, open to all of the Georgia Tech community. Dr. Jariwala’s research interests are in the field of makerspaces, evidence-based design education, and advanced additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonie J. Jetter, Portland State University; Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to gently wake the sleeper at anoptimal point in their sleep cycle. The idea for RemZen was conceived by Jeremiah S. inan entrepreneurial capstone program (Launch-in-9). The project attracted small angelinvestments and an equity offer, as well as the attention and support of experts in themedical, technology, and start-up community. It successfully completed a crowdfundingcampaign and delivered a first product to the backers. However, it stalled after thefounder ran out of funds for living expenses and accepted a full-time, permanent job.Jon T., Matthew S., Taylor R. and Anne P.: Aquaponic SystemThis student team developed a self-regulating, closed-loop aquaponic system bycombining a fish tank with artificial lighting and growing medium. The