Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

designprojects each year. The course capstone project is an eight week design challenge thatrequires students to collaborate with a social agency on developing solutions to currentsocial issues in Calgary and around the world.The topic of this paper centers on the potential for simultaneous and multiple levellearning events by placing design and communication skill development in the social andcultural arena. At the Schulich School of Engineering, the first year design andcommunication course partners with local and international agencies that welcome theopportunity to benefit from the creative abilities of over 700 students collaborating in 200teams and to participate in the creation of engineers who are able to see the broad societaland cultural

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Alexander Duke, Ohio Northern University; Ethan Krause, Ohio Northern University; Mia Prasinos, Ohio Northern University; Lewis Schafer, Ohio Northern University

project to be on thefeatures students want to see.Listening to feedback from the team’s project review board presentation, the scope of the projectwas adjusted to ensure it was feasible to be completed throughout the capstone term. To helpadjust the scope, the team determined that it will prioritize three buildings on campus during theproject’s development period: the IT Building, the JLK Engineering Building, and the McIntoshCenter. The IT Building was selected as they are the client for this project and expressed interestin seeing their building included in it. The Engineering Building was selected as it is a familiarbuilding to many students and was the primary audience of the student surveys. Additionally, itis also a very complex building

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Gordon; Joel Greenstein; Jack Hebrank; Douglas E. Hirt; Daniel P. Schrage; Bill Mason; Tom Miller; Jim Nau

ofproduct-based projects. In the past three years the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NCSU hasestablished an entity called the Undergraduate Design Center (UDC) as a vehicle for supporting seniorcapstone design projects. Most UDC projects are supported by industrial sponsors who pay a membership feeto the UDC. The success of the UDC has been overwhelming, as attested by students, faculty, and industryparticipants. In end-of-semester surveys, more than 50% of the seniors participating in a capstone designproject through the UDC have stated that it was the best course they have taken at NCSU. This project seeks toextend this type of positive experience from the senior level down to the lower levels. The focus

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Herkert

per se, the Franklin Scholars Program incorporates STS concepts intwo ways. All Scholars, regardless of their engineering and CHASS majors, are required to takea core sequence consisting of three STS courses: Technology and Values (first year), EthicalDimensions of Progress (second or third year), and the Franklin Capstone (fourth or fifth year), ateam-oriented project course in technology assessment and public policy. With the exception of a Page 2.374.2member of the engineering faculty who participates in the capstone course, all of the requiredcourses are taught by members of the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies, a component ofCHASS

Conference Session

Broadening Participation and Inclusion in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland College Park; Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland College Park; David Bigio, University of Maryland College Park; Adjoa Egyen-Davis, University of Maryland College Park; Daniela Nganjo

conscientious engineering aspects throughout the undergraduate educational experience. His efforts include formally integrating sustainability design requirements into the mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students. He has received the Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) 2020 Faculty of the Year award, Engineering for US All (e4usa) 2021 Most Outstanding University Partner Award, and the VME 2021 Volunteer of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

H. Bryan Riley, Ohio University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering degree programs, includes combined with an embedded computer on mobileproviding a two-semester capstone project designexperience. In a few cases, undergraduate electrical 1platforms to demonstrate automatic following Details of these technologies were received asscenarios in indoor environments.Figure 1.0 Illustration of stop-and-go and adaptive cruisecontrol (ACC) technologies. Figure 2.0 Raspberry Pi 2B Single Board Computer intriguing by

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of artistic cognition and the transformative potential of aesthetic experience as an educative event. She is exploring this topic in an interdisciplinary curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation with colleagues from engineering and creativity studies. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters, Costantino has served as the editor of the Arts & Learning Research Journal and associate editor for the International Journal for Education & the Arts.Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. An international and

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Lupanow, Harvey Mudd College; Donald S. Remer PhD, PE, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

, government agencies, national R&D laboratories, and universities. He is also a registered professional engineer in California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Self-Awareness of Student Leaders in an Experiential Undergraduate Engineering Clinic ProgramIntroduction to Clinic ProgramThe engineering clinic program at Harvey Mudd College was started in 1963, six years after thecollege first opened its doors [1]. It was different from other capstone projects at the time as itprovided students with real problems rather than ones invented by professors but was still keptin-house so that the intellectual experience could be overseen [1]. The ingenuity of its design

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manocher Djassemi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University exclusively dedicated to CAD/CAM-CNC. The courseprovides students with an in-depth hands-on experience in integrated product design andmanufacturing and exposure to available options for rapid prototyping. The course benefits otherareas of the IT program such as plastics processing and packaging laboratories by enablingstudents to fabricate molding tools for plastic processing equipment through the capstone use ofsenior projects or special projects.The learning outcome of the new CAD/CAM-CNC course includes: • Understanding the role of CAD/CAM in product development • Relating CAD/CAM to various industrial applications • Relating CAD/CAM to traditional rapid prototyping methods • Creating 3-dimensional CAD models • Creating

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College; Xiaohe Wu, Bethune-Cookman College

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

resources requested by the students. Theseresources must not be readily available in the laboratory. This type of project may also beassigned in the “Senior Thesis Projects” capstone course. A project such as the one described,may involve a multi-disciplinary team of engineering, computer science and physics majors.Knowing that the completion of a project will help them with their performance in industry andin graduate schools, the students are motivated to do what it takes to complete the projectsuccessfully3. The functional, finished products are put on display in the engineering laboratoriesto be used as demonstration tools for other students to encourage and motivate their interest inScience, Engineering and Mathematics. Middle School and High

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sören Östlund; Johan Malmqvist; Ingemar Ingemarsson; Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

project is to provide students with an education that stresses engineeringfundamentals set in the context of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO)real-world systems and products Page 7.732.1The project strategy to implement CDIO has four themes: Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 1. curriculum reform to ensure that students have opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to conceive and design complex systems and products 2. improved teaching and learning

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

features to promoteactive learning, including (1) hands-on activities and demonstrations, (2) the integrated use ofwireless laptops through an in-house developed web-based learning tool to promotemetacognition and assessment of student learning, and (3) a capstone ethics project wherestudents complete a risk assessment of the impact of nanotechnology on society. Additionally,this course will focus on synthesizing fundamental concepts in science and engineering towardsapplications in nanotechnology. The other new sophomore course, Material and Energy Balancesin Nanotechnology (ChE 214), is a ChE specific laboratory-based course, emphasizing how thefundamental skills students have just learned couple to nanotechnology. For ChE students, theapproach

Conference Session

Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Chi-Ning Chang, University of Kansas; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

disciplines. In the second-year training, students took multidisciplinarycourses (i.e., materials science, informatics, and engineering design), and then engaged in aninterdisciplinary capstone course (materials design studio). This sequencing is designed toprovide students with well-grounded experience that would integrate the materials science,engineering design, and informatics into their interdisciplinary capstone design projects andinternships. Students were encouraged to complete summer internships during the two years oftraining. Additional program components, such as mentoring resources and tools for careerdevelopment, were offered during the academic year for all students in the program. Theseprogram components included ePortfolios

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

stress analysis of the gear teeth, and finally, ‘fitting them alltogether’. Excel/MathCAD/Maple has been used in the calculations. Design standards(ANSI, SAE, AFBMA, AGMA, etc.) have been used while designing each component.Only the power and speed limits of the system are specified, leaving everything elseopen-ended. Students are expected to start with an application in mind that uses a similarsubsystem, and justify all the subsequent assumed data, including the safety factors. Thisproduced several alternative designs that the instructor can use as numerous workedexamples for future classes. Each design report can serve as a case study that includes themath and CAE tools they used for the project. Conventionally, many capstone designclasses use

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

. Faculty and industry advisors, workingjointly, carefully coordinate student activities. The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) assumed the lead in helping toinitiate the program by committing internship positions and providing financial support for eachof the students. Three senior students, two juniors, and an exchange student initially joined theprogram and completed the first two power courses in the Spring 2002 semester. These studentswere employed by faculty during the Spring 2002 semester and three of them worked for PNMduring the subsequent summer, after which they returned in the Fall to complete the powersequence. The senior students from this group are also completing their Capstone Designsequences with projects

Conference Session

Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Ying Zhang, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

projectthan the teams in the freshman course, indicating the need of a transition to engage students indesign decision making.Project based learning (PBL), which strongly motivates students, is a well-known pedagogicalapproach.6 In PBL, open-ended problems are provided in courses. As there are multiple feasiblesolutions, students need to evaluate each option, make decisions, and deliver a solution. Thisprocess guides students to use their analytical skills to solve real problems. Previous endeavorsinclude incorporating an open-ended project (delivering a prototype at the end of the semester),into a junior level course to prepare students for the capstone project.7 The outcomes showed thatstudents appreciated this experience with positive feedback

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

typically communicate at varying technicaland managerial levels, conduct comprehensive evaluation of engineers’ work products, and setthe criteria for the education and skills desired in new hires in their respective organizations.One important attribute of Council members is anticipated stability in the local geographicalarea, thus ensuring at least three years of continuity as members. This continuity is required tohelp gauge the long-term progress of the communication initiatives in the COE.The Council convenes formally as a group on a semi-annual basis at the LSU COE. The initialmeeting emphasized the communication initiatives within the College and examples of thecommunication-intensive projects produced by sophomore and capstone design

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Nancy Sundheim; Jungwon Ahn

ETD 365 Multiple Avenues for Industry Input Nancy Sundheim, Jungwon Ahn St. Cloud State UniversityAbstractEngineering programs have many types of industry connections. Examples include industryadvisory boards, alumni, capstone projects working with local industry, guest speakers, fieldtrips, customized training for local industry, and professional organizations such as the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers.All of these connections can be leveraged to inform curriculum. This paper describes how theseopportunities have all been used to make changes to our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida

for integrating mechanical engineering concepts,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90(4), 2001, pp. 527-534.5. Jorgensen, J. E., Mescher, A. M., and Fridley, J. L., “Industry collaborative capstone design projects,” International Conference on Engineering Education, August 6-10, 2001, pp. 7B6-12 – 7B6-17.6. Kunst, B. S., and Goldberg, J. R., “Standards education in senior design courses,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, July/August 2003, pp. 114-117.7. National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, 2004.8. Prince, M., “Does active learning work? A Review of the research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93(3), 2004, pp. 223-231.9

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

retaining student inengineering, particularly women and minorities. Results show a seventh-semester retention rateof 63% for students who enrolled in the projects course during their first year, compared to acollege-wide rate of 58%. In addition, 67% of women who took the projects course in their firstyear were retained into their seventh semester, versus less than 58% for females that did not takethe projects course8. The specific benefits of the Appropriate Technology sections relative to theother course topics have not yet been evaluated, and is a topic for future study.Senior Design Course with EDC ProjectsIn the three-credit Environmental Engineering senior capstone design course, teams of studentswork on projects for a single client or

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anderton, Middle Tennessee State University; Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

first,” should always apply. Fig. 4 Team Leader John Winker with the 2005 MTSU Mini Baja.Elements of an Effective Safety and Health Program. OSHA Voluntary Safety and Health Program ManagementGuidelines, 1989. Foroudastan, S. & Anderton M., “Implementing a National Competition Design Project as a Capstone Course atMTSU" 2006 Proceeding of ASEE-SE conference.Foroudastan, S. & Anderton M., “Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity” ASEE Conference, 2006.NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools. Chapter 2: How to Establish an Effective Occupational Safety andHealth and Environmental Safety Program. October 2003. < http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-101/chap2.html>

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

team envisioned a single joint research & development-based capstone Directed Project/Thesis required of all students. The team alsoenvisioned, in their initial publication about the concurrent master’s degree program[4]: In addition to the two degrees awarded upon completion, each student will receive a transcript and diploma supplement from each partner university. The European Masters degree may be awarded by either of the two European partner institutions. The duration for the program is planned for four semesters, which is shorter than were the students to pursue two separate programs on their own. This fact in addition to the waiving of external student tuition fees for the exchanging students and the 12K $ or

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

) ‚ Initial Testing: Oct 8th ‚ Final Testing and Artifact Evaluation: Oct 31st ‚ Team Presentation: Nov 7th ‚ Team Final Report and Extended Abstract: Nov 19th 12% 5. Midterm exam (closed book), Oct 15th 23% 6. Final Exam (closed book), Dec 12thTeam ProjectThe largest single component of the grade is the grade for the Team Project. Asummarized problem statement (The actual problem description is usually seven or eightpages.) for the Fall 2007 team project is presented in Table 2. All elements of the projectare submitted by the team, not by individuals as in the capstone course. Students self-select into teams of four (to the extent possible). The major deliverables for the projectare: a final report, a

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A Goodman, Stevens Institute of Technology; Emily L Atieh, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

. Bielefeldt, “Challenges And Rewards Of On Campus Projects In Capstone Design,” presented at the 2005 Annual Conference, Jun. 2005, p. 10.297.1-10.297.10. Accessed: Feb. 07, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/challenges-and-rewards-of-on-campus- projects-in-capstone-design[16] A. Lundström, J. Savolainen, and E. Kostiainen, “Case study: developing campus spaces through co-creation,” Archit. Eng. Des. Manag., vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 409–426, Nov. 2016, doi: 10.1080/17452007.2016.1208077.[17] L. Klotz et al., “Campus Construction as a Research Laboratory: Model for Intracampus Collaboration,” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., vol. 135, no. 4, pp. 122–128, Oct. 2009, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2009)135:4(122).[18

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard W. Liptak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renat Letfullin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

mechanical,electrical and optical engineering including statics, AC and DC circuits, and photonics, openingthe students to upper level courses in these disciplines. The capstone sequence begins with a 10week junior design course where a series of small design projects tests their ability to solveproblems in a variety of disciplines. Following the junior design course, the students have a 20week senior design sequence where they design, build and deliver a prototype for an externalclient. Aside from these core components the students gain additional breadth through courses inmath, chemistry, and computer science. This curriculum was designed to include room for atechnical area of focus outside of the engineering physics curriculum through a set

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

undergraduate electrical engineering capstone project at SeattleUniversity in which the students gained first-hand experience designing and implementing anoff-grid solution in an LEDC. In particular, four students designed and assisted in the installationof a 4.8 kW hybrid wind and solar energy kiosk as part of a larger multidisciplinary team ofabout 20 volunteer practitioners. The energy kiosk provides electricity to 70 families in ruralMuhuru Bay, Kenya. The project is the grand prize winner of the 2014 National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Award for Connecting Professional Practiceand Education.This paper provides an overview of the project and highlights the technical and non-technicalconstraints encountered. Because

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

the Brigham Young University College ofEngineering and Technology demonstrates that the effort to include ethics instruction wasalready gaining momentum in 1995. Responses from 360 engineering departments in NorthAmerican showed that ethics were taught in more than 40% of all capstone engineering designcourses. Topics taught at higher percentages were as follows: Oral Presentations (61%);Creativity, Concept Generation (48%); Teamwork Essentials (44%); and Project Planning andScheduling (42%). Engineering Economics (40%) and Ethics were tied. 5 Absent from theBrigham Young survey, however, is information regarding the nature of the instruction offeredto students. Survey respondents were not required to assess the quality of instruction in

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

RIT’s Women in Engineering Program (WE@RIT); ME Department Advocate for Engineering Honors Program; and Member of Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Leadership Team.Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology ELIZABETH A. DEBARTOLO is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her BSE at Duke University in 1994 and her MSME and Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1996 and 2000, respectively. She works with several students on predicting and enhancing fatigue life in aircraft materials and structures. Dr. DeBartolo serves on her college's leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

International

comment were withheld until the teamcompleted its report. An example of the slides used by Team 1 is presented in Appendix 3.Both electronic and hard copies of the presentation slides were provided to the Caterpillarvisitors.Assessment Evaluation and assessment of student performance, success and satisfaction together witheducational goal achievement in engineering design courses has resulted in a variety of practices,methodologies and instruments that deal largely with capstone design project activity 12-15. In Page 22.33.7this abbreviated industry based design project a limited set of desired educational outcomesappropriate to the student

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin S. Howat

Session 3613 Process Simulation in Chemical Engineering Design: A Potential Impediment to, Instead of Catalyst for, Meeting Course Objectives Colin S. Howat Kurata Thermodynamics Laboratory Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045-2223 USA cshowat@ukans.edu Capstone Design is creativity -- synthesis and evaluation. It is focuses on developing the confidence to practice