result in repeated use of project-based design,analysis, and professional skills from day one to graduation. Students will work on a designproject each semester of their undergraduate education: one project in each of the four newcourses during the freshman and sophomore years; the year-long design of an autonomous robotin existing Mechatronics I and II courses; and the year-long senior capstone project. Theseprojects provide a natural vehicle to teach multiple engineering skills in a structured environmentby requiring students to design and build physical devices that are evaluated by customers.Table 1. The Four New Yrs 1 and 2 SPIRAL Classes and the Related Existing Yrs 3 and 4Active Learning Classes. Yr Fall
Teaching Engineering Design Throught Project-Oriented Capstone Courses” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997.22. ASME, “Innovations in Engineering Design Education – Ressource Guide”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, N.Y. 1993.23. Koen, Billy V., “Toward a Strategy for Teaching Engineering Design”, Journal of Engineering Education, July 1994.24. Canadian Council of Professionnal Engineers – Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, “Accreditation Criteria and Procedures” 199825. Ulrich, K.T., et Eppinger, S.D., “Product Design and Development”, McGraw-Hill, 199526. McCaulley Mary H., “The MBTI and Individual Pathways in Engineering Design”, Engineering Education, July 1990.27. Briggs
Paper ID #9848Research Experience for Teachers Site: A Work-in Progress ReportDr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University VIKRAM KAPILA is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. His research interests are in control system technology, mechatronics, and K-12 STEM education. He directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He received NYU-Poly’s 2002, 2008, and 2011 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award
) water use minimization orrecycling; and (4) harsh or hazardous chemical or catalyst substitution. Once students areintroduced to these concepts, they are expected to incorporate them to the extent applicable intheir chemical process selected for the capstone design experience in Design III. The fourthconcept of hazardous chemical substitution has rarely been implemented based on theinstructor’s experience in the senior design courses, since this tends to be more in the purview ofchemical product development rather than chemical process formulation and simulation. The listof chemical processes offered to students for their senior design project topic are commonly bulkorganic chemical production processes that typically include reactor conditions
crane (emulator) tocontrol the movement of the larger crane. The larger crane is controlled by an NXT brick and the smallcrane is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. Communication with the NXT brick and theArduino microcontroller is through Bluetooth communication technology. Page 26.1114.22. Candy Crane Design ProjectIt started as a challenge to a group of experienced students, who had worked in the mechatronicstechnology center at the college for two year, on whether they can build a functional CandyCrane one month before the 2012 New York Maker Faire. It was later adopted as one of thedesign projects in a capstone course called
, Stage-GateTMmethodology, quality function deployment, pricing strategies, marketing, designimplementation, and manufacturability. During the first semester, in order to introduceconcepts, skills and techniques that will be applied during the second semester in liveteam projects with companies, students work on individual innovation projects. Eachdevelops an idea capture sheet, product innovation charter, houses of quality, andpreliminary specifications for their idea. As a facilitator of class discussions of theindividual projects, all incorporate the common theme of a sensor as a key element of thefinal product. The course capstone, organized by the end of the fall semester and a substantial focusof the spring semester, is team (4-6
week per labcredit hour compared 3 hours in lecture per week for 3 credit hours. Likewise, the costsfor faculty and teaching assistants are far greater per lab credit hour than for lecture.However, learning by doing is imperative for all engineering students. Just as I wouldnever consider a surgeon competent without any hands-on experience, I believe that allengineers must have experience in the real-world skills to implement their designs. Formany of our students, laboratory and capstone projects are where the book learningbecomes active knowledge by understanding how to make use of their education.The traditional engineering laboratory requires students to meet three hours a week in aroom. There they work on a very focused laboratory project
truss.) The projects prepare the students for teamactivities in subsequent courses including the senior-year capstone project. The group approachto problem solving also simulates “real world” engineering practice. Measurements provides asomewhat controlled environment to begin to address problems associated with group dynamics.Most of the group work is conducted during the laboratory periods and these periods are deemedmandatory with a very heavy penalty for unexcused absences. At the conclusion of theenvironmental study, all students prepare confidential peer reviews of their teammates. Theinstructors use these reviews to pair recalcitrants in subsequent projects. In extreme cases, theindividuals work alone in subsequent projects.IV. Group
Haykoupian © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comDescribing Students’ Approach to Design Thinking in Introductory Materials Engineering CoursesBackgroundIntroductory engineering courses are important because they serve as students’ first exposure towhat engineers do and the basics of their discipline. After a growing concern that engineeringcurricula had become too focused on mathematical modeling and theory, stakeholders called forthe incorporation of design thinking in the undergraduate engineering curricula. Design thinkingis typically incorporated into engineering curricula through capstone projects in the senior
implementation of the project, and a social marketing framework is used in the design ofa project messaging implementation plan.A low-cost "Solar Self-Supply" starter solar PV kit was designed, constructed, and tested as part of asenior capstone engineering class. This affordable, expandable system encourages local households totake advantage of recent drops in prices in Solar PV panels, as well as partial federal subsidies for theentire cost of solar household systems. The system is designed to be connected to the utility power grid.System design, construction, and testing results are discussed, as are project implementation strategies.Geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems make use of the near-constant temperature of the Earth’ssubsurface to help control
acrossthese media. Environmental engineering practices to reduce these pollutant concentrations at thesource or in the environment are only introduced, and only to make students aware ofconventional means to mitigate environmental impact. Conventional methods of drinking water,waste water, and air pollution treatment are now the focus of attention in the revised EnvEcourse. The primary goals of the EIA course are to engage all CE students regardless of theirspecialization, and create an interdisciplinary forum to discuss and evaluate some of the social,economic, and environmental issues associated with CE projects. The secondary goals of thecourse are to prepare students for two higher level required courses, and promote the utility andimportance of
. 565-570. 3. Creed, C.J., Suuberg, E.M., Crawford, G.P., “Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Example of A Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2002, pp. 185-195. 4. Porter, J.R., Zoghi, B., Morgan, J.A., “Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course,” 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19, 2002 5. Morgan, J.A.., Wright, G., Porter, J.R., “Managing Senior Design Projects to Maximize Success: The TAT Team,” 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 12
are familiar withthe kit components.Students in the introductory computer security course performed better on tasks that have cleardeliverables and expectations. In open-ended design projects, students need more guidelines tohelp them move from one stage to another stage in the project. Senior students in advanced securitycourse performed better in open-ended design project. This is expected because they have moreknowledge about the design process and they are working on their capstone projects.Students’ Projects:The kit was used in two courses over several semesters, 26 students submitted the project. In onesemester, students were asked to form teams and work on ONE given idea; implementing an IoTsurveillance system for smart homes. The goal
AC 2012-4082: INTEGRATING SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND BUILD-ING INFORMATION MODELING INTO A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER-ING CURRICULUMProf. Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University Pingbo Tang is an Assistant Professor of civil and construction engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity, Kalamazoo, Mich. He obtained his bachelor’s degree of bridge engineering in 2002, and his master’s degree of bridge engineering in 2005, both from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. In Aug. 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and joined the Mapping and GIS Lab at the Ohio State University (OSU) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. At OSU, he was responsible of managing multiple research projects, most of which are
Page 25.262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 BIM Teaching Strategy for Construction Engineering StudentsAbstractAfter the introduction of Building Information Modeling to construction industry in 1987, todaywe are facing an increasing demand for the new technology and the well trained professionalscapable of implementing it. Recently, the new idea of having a comprehensive 3D intelligentmodel with the ability of being extended to a 4D model has caught a lot of attention and forcedthe construction companies to move toward adopting the new knowledge and implementing it intheir projects. This is due to a variety of reasons such as 1) acquiring the new technology tooptimize project
course provides an overview of the building blocks ofautomation -- sensors, stepper motors, actuators, robots, vision systems, programmable logiccontrollers, and communication networks. A seven-station automation laboratory affords studentsthe opportunity to work with industrial-grade equipment and to apply theoretical conceptsintroduced during formal lecture sessions. Undergraduate students learn how to:• program robots to accomplish tasks,• design a pneumatic circuit to sort parts,• write a ladder logic program to move ping-pong balls between various points, and• develop a C program to control stepper motors based on input received from different sensors. Capstone (IME 461, 462 Senior Projects
Nasr, R., “Adoption of Active Learning in a Lecture-Based Engineering Class,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, 2002.5. Impelluso, T. and Metoyer-Guidry, T., “Virtual reality and learning by design: Tools for integrating mechanical engineering concepts,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90(4), 2001, pp. 527-534.6. Chang, Y.-H. I., and Miller, C. L., “PLM curriculum development: using an industry-sponsored project to teach manufacturing simulation in a multidisciplinary environment,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2005, pp. 171-177.7. Jorgensen, J. E., Mescher, A. M., and Fridley, J. L., “Industry collaborative capstone design projects,” International Conference on
and Villanova engineering students. The first course in thesequence was to be focused on providing the contextual background for students, especially atVillanova University, and orient them towards how to identify technology-based, entrepreneurialprojects suitable for rural Nicaraguans. The second course was to be focused on the developmentof sustainable business models for the base of the pyramid customer. In addition, students wouldprepare a proposal for their capstone design project in the first semester course and then executetheir design work in parallel with the second course on sustainable business model development.The projects were to be worked on jointly by teams comprising Villanova students and UNIstudents. NCIIA funded the
ME. Due to the small size of the department, the three separate programs share engineeringcore classes in the freshman year and fall of the sophomore year. A semester long design coursein the junior year and a two-semester capstone design course in the senior year are also shared byall three degree programs. The engineering program has six faculty members who teach themajority of engineering courses with minimal adjunct involvement.The ABET accreditation process is managed at the department level which is warranted by thesize and integrated nature of the ME, EE, and RME degree programs. A faculty member servesas the ABET coordinator and is primarily responsible for the collection and organization ofassessment data provided by all course
Engineering Education. As a member of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) at LaTech, Ethan’s primary research area is engineering design education with a focus on developing prototyping skills through both class-based projects and extra-curricular clubs, competitions, and activities. This includes a focus on hand-drawn sketches and how they are used as tools for generating ideas and visual communication, es- pecially when it involves the skill to generate quick and realistic sketches of an object or idea. He has also conducted research on the impact involvement in academic makerspaces has on students in engineering programs.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Associate
to the required course, which contained both performance- and learning-orientedstudents.In experimental courses, internet and multimedia technology becomes a natural asset in findingknowledge across disciplines and levels, as well as presenting experimental results. Technologyfacilitates group projects, enabling people with different schedules and other constraints to shareinformation and work as effective teams.Bibliography1. "Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs," URL: http://www.abet.org/eac/EAC_99-00_Criteria.htm2. Tooley, M. S., and Hall, K. D., "Using a Capstone Design Course to Facilitate ABET 2000 Program Outcomes," ASEE Paper, Session 1625, 1999 Annual Conference of the ASEE.3. How People Learn : Brain, Mind, Experience
entails the design of the air heater and associated instrumentation, realtime data acquisition and control in LABView, process modeling, controller design, andevaluation of the performance of different control structures in a closed loop manner. This workwas performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Senior Capstone Projectundergraduate course in controls and instrumentation at an Engineering Technology Department.IntroductionProcess control is part of our daily life. Our house A/C unit uses simple control techniques tomaintain room temperature at a comfortable level. Manufacturing companies use process controland automation to gain competitive advantage. They use process control to run safely,environmentally friendly, reliably
natural resources capable of producing energy,people and businesses are starting to look for better ways to help reduce their increasing electricbills. One way of reducing these costs is to monitor, in real time, how much power is beingconsumed and from these data make informed decisions about how to manage the electricaldevices being powered. A system that can give users an estimate of how much energy is being,has been, and might be consumed will allow them to adjust their habits and lower the costs.In this paper, we describe a capstone senior design project that designs, builds, and tests awireless sensor and actuator network for monitoring the energy use of alternating current (AC)appliances in a home environment. The measured energy use of
signal.. 2.73 meters which is roughly 8ft – 9in ◼ Senior Capstone Project Advisors Wiring Diagram Circuit ◼ External Project Advisor/Consultant-Dr. Mission
exposure and emphasis on ethical dimensions. Consequently,students may possess limited awareness and comprehension of ethical matters.Few approaches exist for integrating engineering ethics into the curriculum. These range fromstandalone courses specifically dedicated to ethics, integration within philosophy coursework, toopen discussions within capstone design classes, and modules infused into technical courses.Each approach carries its unique set of benefits and drawbacks. Regarding content, researchinginto engineering ethics entails an examination of ethical case studies. However, grasping thetheoretical foundations of ethics is crucial for comprehending diverse ethical perspectives.In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
with the distribution skills to managethese supply chains.The proposed undergraduate certificate in Healthcare Technology will consist of four, threecredit hour courses for a total of 12 credit hours. Core courses will include IDIS 489 (DistributorOperations in Healthcare) and a capstone course in Healthcare Technology, in which the studentwill work on an industry project with leading companies in the Healthcare industry. The thirdcourse will be a survey course in healthcare technologies from the Electronics EngineeringTechnology program (ENTC 489) within the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution(ETID) Department. The final course will be a Healthcare quality processes elective from theMechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Paper ID #5944Building Student Capacity for High Performance TeamworkDr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Dr. Davis is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State Uni- versity. For two decades he taught capstone design courses with multidisciplinary teams and developed instructional materials and assessments that enhance student team success. He is a Fellow of ASEE and an active consultant on engineering design education.Mr. Ronald R Ulseth P. E., Iron Range Engineering Ron Ulseth directs and instructs in the Iron Range Engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota and
Paper ID #40331Challenges in Designing Complex Engineering Problems to Meet ABETOutcome 1Dr. Bijan G Mobasseri, Villanova UniveristyMs. Liesl Klein, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Liesl Krause-Klein is a assistant teaching professor at Villanova University in their electrical and computer engineering department. She graduated from Purdue University’s Polytechnic institute in 2022. Her research focused on student well-being. She is currently in charge of curriculum for capstone projects within her department.Mr. Edward Stephen Char Jr., Villanova University BS EE Villanova University 1996 MS EE Villanova
semester-long team projectprovides an opportunity for students to practice their design skills by reverse engineering and re-designing a complex mechanical artifact. The project also provides concrete experiences thatform the basis for personalized observations and lessons learned about the design process. Theentire course is designed to encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of the designprocess and a mental framework for design that can be applied to future projects, including anindustry-sponsored capstone design project in the following semester.In this context, the learning journal provides an opportunity for students to record theirobservations, reflections, and lessons learned from class lectures and activities, projects
), CSCD 350 (Software Design I), CSCD 440 (OperatingSystems), TECH 377 (Microprocessors II), TECH 416 (Data Communications), TECH 490(Senior Capstone), TECH 491 (Senior Development Project), CSCD 451 (Software Design II),and TECH 417 (Network Security).Prior to any development of the curriculum, two curriculum research and planning activities willbe completed. The first is to conduct a survey of at least 10 schools operating ABET-accreditedsoftware engineering technology degree (or closely related) programs to gain useful programinformation. The survey will ask questions about curriculum and pedagogy; texts and materialsused; laboratory facilities, manuals, and exercises; student enrollment and retention demographicsand strategies; faculty