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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Smith

Group Selection in a Senior/Graduate Level Digital Circuit Design Course Scott C. Smith University of Missouri – Rolla Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 133 Emerson Electric Co. Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409 Phone: (573) 341-4232, Fax: (573) 341-4532, E-mail: smithsco@umr.edu Website: www.ece.umr.edu/~smithscoAbstractIt is always a difficult task to decide how to select the members for group projects. There aremany different approaches to this problem, including selecting the members to diversify theirskill sets

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Cambell, Western Kentucky University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University; Greg Mills, Western Kentucky University

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Civil Engineering

Kentucky University. Prior to becoming a faculty member at WKU, Dr. Palmquist was a structural engineer for Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers in Natick, Massachusetts. He received his BS in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire, his MS in civil engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and his PhD in civil engineering from Tufts University. His technical interests include project-based engineering education, bridge engineering, construction, and project management.Greg Mills, Western Kentucky University Greg Mills is a full professor in the Department of Architecture and Manufacturing Sciences at Western Kentucky University. He teaches courses in surveying, applied

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

on how to effectively enact acoaching pedagogy in particular academic settings. The current study explores the specifics ofthe coaching process in the context of mentoring engineering student design teams. The currentstudy provides insight into the types of roadblocks design teams face and how our teachingstrategies can help teams overcome these challenges. By aligning our teaching and coachingstrategies with the actual learning and project needs of student design teams we are betterpositioned to produce effective, future design engineers.IntroductionDesign courses emphasize learning-by-doing and applying knowledge and skills to developfeasible solutions to real needs. At a minimum, students are expected to perform the dual task ofapplying

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Mohammed, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

thebeneficial effects of higher tolerance for ambiguity on increased efficacy, satisfaction, andconflict resolution in the context of an open-ended, team-based, industry-sponsored engineeringdesign project.Keywords: Design teams, tolerance for ambiguity, efficacy, design performance.1. IntroductionBecause “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: …an ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs,” and “an ability to function inmulti-disciplinary teams….”1, design is integrated to the engineering curricula through the use ofdesign teams. In many cases, this integration also uses industry-sponsored design projects. Mostof the industry-sponsored design project applications are at the capstone design level

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Automated Approach to Assessing the Quality of Project Reviews AbstractPeer review of code and other software documents is an integral component of a softwaredevelopment life cycle. In software engineering courses, peer reviewing is done by other studentsin the class. In order to help students improve their reviewing skills, feedback needs to beprovided for the reviews written by students. The process of reviewing a review or identifying thequality of reviews can be referred to as metareviewing. Automated metareviewing ensuresprovision of immediate feedback to reviewers, which is likely to motivate the reviewer to improvehis work and provide more useful feedback to the authors. In this work we focus

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Varun Agrawal, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

impact scientific research results. Dr. Jariwala has participated and led several research projects from funded by NSF, the State of Georgia and Industry sponsors. At Georgia Tech, he is responsible for enhancing corporate support for design courses, managing design and fabrication/prototyping facilities, coordinating the design competitions/expo and teaching design courses, with a strong focus on creating and enabling multidisciplinary educational experiences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Web-based Tools For Supporting Student-driven Capstone Design Team Formation Varun Agrawal

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Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joni M. Lakin, Auburn University; Mary Lou Ewald, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

development opportunities related to project-based learning in middle and high school classrooms. Her academic training includes a B.S. in Physics and an M.S. in Biology, both from Auburn University.Prof. Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University Dr.Virginia A. Davis’ research is primarily focused on using fluid phase processing to assemble cylindrical nanomaterials into larger functional materials. Targeted applications include optical coatings, 3D printed structures, light-weight composites, and antimicrobial surfaces. Her national awards include selection for the Fulbright Specialist Roster (2015), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum’s Young Investigator Award (2012), the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

incorporate collaborative project-based and inquiry-based learning inundergraduate computer networking curriculum. The project goals include: 1) Establish a cyber-infrastructure to enable remote learning which significantly improve the learning efficiency ofstudents on a commuter campus; 2) Foster students’ hands-on design and implementation skillsin networking field; 3) Improve teaching and learning efficiency by integrating project-based andinquiry-based learning pedagogy. During the past two years, an effective infrastructure has beenbuilt to support various online collaborative learning activities; and our proposed teachingstrategies have been continuously improved to meet the needs of a diversified student body. Theon-going project assessment

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

electronics in a design-oriented, project-based first electronics class. Thechallenges of covering a core analog electronics curriculum to enable students to continue in thefield and yet provide a rich design experience that will inspire students to remain in theelectronics specialization are discussed. The course placement within the undergraduatecurriculum is considered and the impact of this type of course on the prerequisite and post-requisite courses presented. Student acquisition of skills is assessed anecdotally and empirically.IntroductionTraditional approaches to engineering education have introduced students to real-world design ina scattered manner with limited exposure to design practices.1 A deficiency has been noted toexist at the

Conference Session

Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Building Bridges – Spanning the gap between the classroom and professional practiceOne of the ABET Inc. civil engineering program requirements is for the curriculum to preparegraduates to design a system, component, or process in at least two civil engineering contexts.Additionally, ABET Inc. requires the curriculum to include a culminating major engineeringdesign experience that incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiple constraints, and isbased on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work. While there are various ways toaccomplish these requirements, many programs use a capstone design project or experience. Thepaper outlines how the civil engineering program at

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

Student Progress on “a-k” ABET Educational OutcomesIntroductionABET EC2000 brought significant changes to the way engineering and engineering technology programsmust assess, evaluate, improve, and document effectiveness of curriculum in order to be accredited1.  This paper describes a process being used in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology department at University of Cincinnati to assess student progress on the “a-k” ABETEducational Outcomes. Several assessment rubrics were developed to assess students’ ability inlab courses, technical knowledge and competence in project design and capstone courses, andtechnical communication skills including oral presentations, lab reports, and technical reports.Courses from freshmen to senior

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome McCoy; Leslie Keiser; Michael Kessler; William Potter; Peter LoPresti; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences: Year I Shirley Pomeranz, Peter LoPresti, Michael Kessler, William Potter, Jerry McCoy, Leslie Keiser, Donna Farrior The University of TulsaIntroductionA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) has begun work on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This projectuses Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as a vehicle for strengtheningconnections among the science, engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Javier Martinez, New Mexico State University, Department of Industrial Engineering; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Edward Pines, New Mexico State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #17708Integration of Engineering Capstone within a Makerspace EnvironmentMr. Luis Javier Martinez, New Mexico State University, Department of Industrial Engineering Luis J Martinez is a MS graduate student in the Department of Industrial Engineering at New Mexico State University. His current work involves the integration of capstone projects from the College of Engineering of NMSU with the Aggie Innovation Space (the university maker space) with hopes of transitioning these projects to a Technology Acceleration process with the Student Technology Incubator of the University. Luis is involved in the Institute of

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

management, business, public policy, and leadership; and can explainthe importance of professional licensure.” The criteria further states that: “The program mustdemonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified toteach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education and designexperience. The program must demonstrate that it is not critically dependent on one individual.”(ABET 2008).Clearly, design and the process of formulating and delivering a design project are key aspects ofpreparing a civil engineering student for professional practice. The ABET definition ofengineering design is as follows: “Engineering design is the process of devising a system,component, or process to

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong Okamoto

Session 2675 Getting Started with an Adaptation and Implementation Grant Nicole DeJong Okamoto San Jose State UniversityIntroductionThe goal of the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program at theNational Science Foundation is to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education for all students. The activities funded seek to improve studentlearning environments, course content, curricula, and educational practices.1 The program hasfour tracks. “Adaptation and Implementation” projects adapt and implement

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wessel Koning

some ofits effects on current EE course projects.1 Introduction.This paper describes an innovation, in part, of the teaching concept in the ElectricalEngineering’s (EE) project class at the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, (NHL),Department of Engineering. The basic reason for this innovation was the Board ofGovernor’s introduction of an elaboration on the teaching concept in the form of ten pointsof reference defined in three sub areas 1. In turn, the ten point of reference were the result ofan university-wide program to improve the feasibility and the quality of the course program.These points of reference are intended to stimulate a review, an evaluation and an impro-vement of the teaching and its effects on project-courses for second year

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

implementation inpractical projects for the lab component. However, although the department has offered themicrocontrollers course for many years and students have been successful in learning assemblyprogramming and basic project’s testing and implementation, the course has been not easy forthe students to understand and the lab projects were too simple that they did not afford for thestudents to truly demonstrate their full capabilities.Due to the above, the microcontrollers course has been modified and the contents updated tohave the latest technology available and its contents made more accesible for the students and todevelop lab experiments in which students learn to implement actual engineering applications. In the new course format the course

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

) [1] has developed a quantitive survey instrument tomeasure the technical and professional competency of newly hired manufacturing engineers and ratehow well these new engineers met expectations. If the survey respondent rated a competency of a newengineer as “below” or “well below” expectations, they were asked to rate how important thiscompetency was to the success of their company.Using the results of this survey SME ranked the competencies in order by their importance toorganizations and the frequency they were cited as falling short of expectations. The competencies arelisted below in order. 1. Business knowledge/ skill 2. Project management 3. Written communications 4. Supply chain management 5. Specific

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Engineering Design and First-Year Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Nicolas F. Soria Zurita, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C. Ritter, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew B. Parkinson, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

. This first-year maker experience allows students to choose from five projects:Aluminum Pen, Embroidery, LED Acrylic Display, Wireless Charger Housing, and UltrasonicRange Finder. Each of these projects has been developed to engage students in different parts ofthe Learning Factory Makerspace through using tools in the woodshop and textiles shop or via3D printing and laser cutting. As a first step to understanding how students interact with themakerspaces through this course project, this paper focuses on understanding what projects thestudents prefer and why.In this paper, we report on the ranked order data from student project preference as well asresponses collected through an open-ended survey question to understand more about howstudents

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Chase Fearing, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mesut Muslu P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

cookbook method, students are provided step-by-stepinstructions and are required to prototype, experiment, observe, and draw conclusions based ontheir observations. In the design-based method, students are only provided specifications andmust create their own instructions to accomplish the design. In the proposal-based approach,students are required to propose an idea for a project, create their own instruction, and developexperiments to test their design. In this paper, the pros and cons of each method are discussed. To support the discussion,a survey was conducted using two sections of a design-oriented course as a means forobservation. Students enrolled in this course were exposed to each method and their feedbackwas collected via the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-2416: INTRODUCING A TWO-SEMESTER RESEARCH COURSE INTHE FRESHMAN YEARWael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Page 14.798.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introducing a Two-Semester Research Course in the Freshman YearAbstractEngineering schools have been using capstone projects to introduce the students to ‘real world’applications and break the barrier between theory and practice. It is usually in the form of a two-semester course where the students use the first semester to develop the soft skills needed for theproject in terms of project management and

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Kracha, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #30265Engagement in Practice: Practicing Empathy in Engineering for theCommunity CourseDr. Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Malinda Zarske is a faculty member with the Engineering Plus program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She teaches undergraduate product design and core courses through Engineering Plus as well as STEM education courses for pre-service teachers through the CU Teach Engineering program. Her primary research interests include the impacts of project-based service-learning on student identity - es- pecially women and nontraditional demographic groups in engineering - as well

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorcan Folan; Gunter Georgi

Paper #808 for Multi-Media at ASEE 2001 Session 2793 Introductory Design in Freshman Engineering Gunter W. Georgi and Lorcan M. Folan Department of Introductory Design and Science Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 11201AbstractPolytechnic University teaches a 4-credit course in Freshman Engineering that introducesstudents to software and hardware tools, teamwork, written and verbal communicationskills, project management, as well as overview lectures on major technical and non-technical disciplines. Several laboratory experiments and two term projects emphasizeengineering design

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

courseofferings. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require thecourse material to be completely polished, and the students can be evaluated without spending alot of time grading written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can be used todevelop projects and handouts that will later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students are getting the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to a research program.This paper presents the results of teaching an independent study course in mechatronics to agroup of six mechanical engineering students. The course included both undergraduate andgraduate students working in teams of two. The first ten weeks of the course

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING Stuart Bernstein University of Nebraska, Lincoln at OmahaAbstractIn the Personnel & Supervisory Methods class (CET 4200) the students start off by writing apaper describing what they expect to get from the class. I received comments such as, “nothing,I think this is going to be a big waste of my time” , and “I’ve spent the past six months as anassistant project engineer and already know how to manage people.” That kind of negativeattitude can be difficult to overcome, but each year I have tried new exercises in an effort tomake this an important and enjoyable class.Due to the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

Session 2525 Multidisciplinary Design of Computer Controlled Systems Hugh Jack, Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractWhen we teach design we quite often focus on a single area or problem. Senior design projects areoften seen as a way to broaden the subject area of the design. But, quite often we experience diffi-culty when crossing disciplinary boundaries.Two successful projects that include electrical, mechanical and computer elements will bedescribed. These projects were conducted by mixed groups of senior students from mechanicaland electrical programs. In one of the projects, a mobile robot was

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2022 CIEC

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

ETD 525 Capstone Courses Enhanced to Suit Larger Industry Maddumage Karunaratne, Christopher Gabany University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe paper elaborates on assessments utilized in capstone projects to meet many of theaccreditation criteria and narrower individual components in student outcomes. It also describesthe structural components adopted recently into our electrical and computer engineering capstonecurriculum, which may be atypical at other institutions. Most engineering technology programsfollow similar engineering capstone project curriculum, thus there

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2022 CIEC

Authors

Joseph Untener; Philip Appiah-Kubi

ETD 525 Building a Strong Foundation for Senior Design Courses Joseph A. Untener, Philip Appiah-Kubi University of Dayton1. IntroductionThe inclusion of a capstone project course is one of the most universal elements of curriculathroughout the widely diverse Engineering Technology programs in the country, Yet at the sametime, probably no single course in those curricula has more variation in approach, structure,assumptions, and resources than the capstone design course.The University of Dayton’s approach to senior capstone projects is just one of many usedthroughout

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas Mertz

Teaching and Assessing Quality and Continuous Improvement Thomas Mertz Engineering Technology Department Computer Systems Technology Kansas State University – SalinaAbstractThis paper describes an attempt to teach and assess students’ commitment to quality, timelinessand continuous improvement in a computer software course. The paper discusses continuousimprovement and describes the course, the projects assigned to the students and the gradingmodel used to assess them. A summary is given of the students’ performance and theirperspective of the experience.IntroductionCriteria 3i of the 2012-2013

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl R. Kipke

bioengineering program at Arizona State University, laboratory courses inphysiological systems and medical instrumentation have been offered for many years. These courses emphasizemaking measurements from and analyzing properties of physiological systems using clinical instruments orspecial-purpose computer hardware and software. The laboratory projects are generally highly structured andclosed-ended to ensure ample coverage of the selected subjects. While these courses are an important part ofthe curriculum, they do not provide students with the experience of developing solutions to open-ended,systems-level bioengineering projects. In order to fill this gap, over the last three years we have developed andoffered a laboratory course that provides senior