Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Ryan Scott Hassler; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Peter J. Butler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Helen Edson, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

comprehensive series of interventions at three points instudents’ career at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)—entering first-year students(Engineering Ahead), rising second-year students (Jump Start), and a transition program forrising juniors changing from a Penn State regional campus to the Penn State University Parkflagship campus. As of this writing, we are beginning Year 4 of the 5-year project. Previouspapers described outcomes for the Engineering Ahead first-year bridge program. This paper is aninterim report that describes outcomes for two cohorts of students who participated in the JumpStart second-year summer bridge intervention.Method: The Jump Start summer bridge is a 4-week residential program on the Penn StateUniversity Park

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie R. Ford, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Jessica Resig, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

school teachers andcommunity college faculty who will develop skills in manufacturing research, technical writing,curriculum development, and conference presentation. The goals of the proposed program are to:1) provide a STEM-based platform to engage high school teachers and community collegeinstructors in state-of-the-art manufacturing research, 2) explore a sustainable educational modelthat connects high schools, community colleges, university, and industry to instill futuregenerations with greater awareness and interest in manufacturing, 3) facilitate the developmentof curricular modules, classroom activities, and other instructional materials that will beimplemented in the participating schools and colleges eventually to be disseminated to a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

– Method of assigning teams: by instructor based on students availability and preferenceDeliverables and student assessment – Deliverables: • Individual - 2 memos • Team – poster, presentation, and a written tech brief (2 pages) – Student assessment: • Memos – graded according to level of engagement • Poster and presentation – group vote (most votes earn bonus) • Tech Brief – graded according to rubric • Teamwork Evaluation (rubric, peer evaluation)Deployment and staging schedule – Three stages to deploy the module for a duration of 1.5 week, spread out in 3 in-class sessions (55 min) and 3 out-of-class assignments (6 to 8 hours) – Stage I: Pre-assignment (‘hook’) • Select a

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Engineering Alignment with Core Curriculum (Physics)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla Arlina Nix, Drexel University ; Jared Andrew Ruddick, Girard Academic Music Program; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics, Pre-College Engineering Education Division

since 2008. He works to increase student interest in the sciences through partnerships with Gift of Life, Dow Chemical, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University that bring real life biological and physical science into classrooms.Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University Jessica Ward serves as the Director of Operations for the DragonsTeach program. She previously worked in the College of Engineering at Drexel University for more than 9 years with a focus on recruitment, grant facilitation and STEM program management. During her tenure in the College of Engineering, Jessica successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

” by an expert on how to improvetheir presentation. Medical students are videotaped while performing consultations and thenreceive comments from their instructors and peers when the videos are played in public 9. In thesoftware engineering field, we use this approach to provide feedback to students on their oralpresentations, videotaping them and critiquing them post presentation.The usage of active learning activities also aids software engineering students. Formal inspections,for example, are traditionally used on software engineering projects to improve quality. However,in the classroom, formal inspections can be used to teach students both how to follow a disciplinessoftware development process and as an active learning exercise to improve

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabin Sapkota, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Matters Higher Education Rubric has a set of 8 general standards and 43specific review standards. Out of these 43 specific review standards, 21 are considered essentialand each standard is worth 3 points, 14 are considered very important and each standard is worth2 points and remaining 8 are considered important and each is worth 1 point. Any an onlinecourse to be effective course should have minimum overall evaluation score of 84 whenevaluated by QM Peer Reviewers. In this paper, taking quality control course as an example,how technical engineering course can be developed as an effective online course has beenexplained. Quality control course is a mandatory course in all undergraduate degree in industrialengineering and industrial engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J Ely, Ivy Tech Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Foundation – Advanced Technical Education Grant AwardFaculty at Purdue University through the Supply Chain Management program and Ivy TechCommunity College in the statewide Supply Chain Management and Logistics curriculumcommittee came together in writing a proposal for an NSF Award “Technology-Based Logistics:Leveraging Indiana’s Role as the Crossroads of America” (Awards 1304619 and 1304520),which specifically addresses current industry concerns for future workers in supply chainmanagement technology through building a pipeline of educational curriculum that begins withsecondary education and continues through community college and four year institutions. Whileseveral of the pieces of this curriculum were already in existence, the grant provided

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

the Herbert F. Alter Chair of Engineering in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, international service and engineering in K- 12.Dr. John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is a Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He received his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, and his BS in computer science and engineering from The University of Toledo. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. John

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

research question is asked simply to check for selection bias in the sample between thosewho opted into the assignment and those who did not.To answer the first research question, a two sample t-test was performed comparing the averageperformance on the assignments completed prior to the intervention of students who opted intothe tree assignment from those who did not. This included two writing based assignmentsincluded in the left column of Table 1This comparison found no significant difference (p = 0.614and p = 0.821) in performance of those who opted into the tree assignment from those who didnot. This finding appears to support the idea that there was not a self-selection bias wherestudents already performing better or worse than their peers

Conference Session

Statics Online

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Participation in the Engineering ClassroomIntroductionThe use of Twitter (http://www.twitter.com), a micro-blogging platform, in the higher educationclassroom has expanded in recent years as educators come to realize the benefits of social mediause as a tool for faculty-student communication or for inter-student communication 1 . While theliterature on the use of Twitter in the classroom is emerging, recent studies have found theplatform functional for promoting concise expression of ideas, critical reading and writing skills,stronger student-teacher relationships, self-learning in an informal environment, andaccountability among other benefits 2 . Further benefits have been found in relation to askingstudents to communicate the content of a given

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Collicott, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

launches. As thecommercial sub-orbital market is, at this writing, merely in an emerging state, formal pursuit ofcourse objectives sometimes is sacrificed to the need to secure launch opportunities and deliveron them as they arise in various forms. There is no steady state in the field right now and thusadaptability is key to providing students with the most opportunities for gaining hands-on, team-based, real-world, aerospace engineering experiences.Access to certain environments for research and education purposes has traditionally beenlimited. For example: deep ocean trenches, Antarctica, the Mesosphere and Lower Page 26.1287.3Thermosphere (above

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi L Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Laura P Ford, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

classes and meetings more when they received Bragging Points that in earliersemesters without them, and the faculty felt greater pressure to be on time to class, too! Ananalysis of the correlation of grades with Bragging Points earned and compliance with courseexpectations will be presented in this paper.IntroductionLaboratory courses are a dreaded part of the chemical engineering curriculum for both facultyand students. Students see long hours working with a team of peers that they may or may notlike, gathering data, analyzing data, and writing “endless” summary reports of their findings.Faculty see the long hours making sure the equipment works, training TAs and students to usethe equipment, repeating safety rules on a daily basis, and helping

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Stagner P.Eng., University of Windsor; Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

progress report and poster, construction andcommission of the design apparatus, and a final report and presentation. It is expected that thedesign has both global and detail completeness.7The class meets for two hours, once each week. During these meetings, there are workshops andpresentations on various topics such as technical writing, presentation skills, design philosophy,and discipline-specific topics such as computational fluid dynamics and materials in engineeringdesign. Each design team must register for a four-hour laboratory section. The laboratorysession provides time for teams to meet as a group and with their advisors from industry andacademia. Technicians are also available to supervise fabrication work within the laboratory.This

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Whitesel, Mesa Community College; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

their response in the first tier, with an option for them to write a response in their own words. Tier 3: Questions related to subjects’ confidence in their answers to the first two tiers. Responses were via a 100-point range on a Likert scale with 10-unit increments.This multi-tiered approach was consistent with prior approaches in the literature4,5.This paper extends the work of others by applying prior research on self-efficacy and conceptualknowledge of circuit analysis to a community college engineering student population.Literature ReviewSelf-EfficacyMany research studies in engineering education use self-efficacy theory to frame studentmotivation. Self-efficacy is a context-specific predictor of performance6 that

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Sefcik Anderson, Lafayette College; James K. Ferri, Lafayette College; Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and interfacial phenomena. He has more than 30 peer reviewed journal publications, 600 citations, and $1.6M in external research sup- port with fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Max Planck Society, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. He received his BS and PhD both in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1995 and 2000.Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College Ashley received her M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Northwestern University in 2012 and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College in 2010. She worked developing point of cared (POC) medical diagnostic devices for Quidel Corporation until 2014. Ashley’s research interests include

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student-Centered Activities and Maker Spaces in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Holly Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

whether this gap exists because students are consciously pursuing career interests dissimilar to their avocational interests or because they cannot identify opportunities for merging these two interest areas. For example, one student expressed interests in music, sports, writing, and general creativity, but mentioned a desire to become a biomedical engineering following an excitable demonstration experienced during an engineering summer camp. Students’ responses to questions about their leisurely activities and career aspirations were coded in categories. The categories for hobbies include language arts, sports, music, social, and performing arts. The categories for career aspirations include

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyadarshan A. Manohar, Robert Morris University; Fahad Saad Almutairi, King Fahd Security College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001 – 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 – 2001). Dr. Manohar held the position of Chief Materials Scientist at Modern Industries, Pittsburgh (2003 – 2004) and Assistant Manager (Metallurgy Group), Engineering Research Center, Telco, India (1985 – 1993). He has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences including a 2007 Best Paper Award by the Manufacturing Division of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), three review papers and three book chapters. He has participated in numerous national and international conferences. He is

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, 2019 Work In Progress: Best Practices in Teaching a Chemical Process Design Two-course Sequence at a Minority Serving UniversityIntroductionStudents complete their capstone design experience in the Chemical Process Design II and IIIsequence of courses in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), aHispanic-serving institution (HSI). Three principle objectives of this process design coursesequence are to instruct students in the development of a complete chemical process usingprocess simulators as a primary tool, to complete this project in a team-oriented environment,and to communicate effectively with their peers and instructors. These three principle objectivesare directly related to the ABET student

Conference Session

EDGD: Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

that requires the creation of a revolved feature and a pattern, and having students write and sketch the modeling strategy they would choose to create the part. The strategies are collected, some of them are chosen for discussion, followed by a short Creo demo that walks step by step through creating the model of the sample figure. The model is already finished, but the features are shown and discussed one at a time as shown in Figure 2, steps A thru D, with each feature’s modeling strategy being the focus of the discussion, not how specifically to draw the profiles, locate the holes, and so on. All example problems are from the Bertoline [4] text. Figure 1 – Lecture

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

math high schoolcourses taken between the male and female STEM students. Female STEM students reported avery slight higher rate of taking biology and chemistry courses. Fifty percent of the male STEMstudents took physics in high school but only thirty-two percent of the female STEM studentstook physics. (Fifty percent of the female STEM students took college writing portfolio whileonly thirty-three percent of the male STEM students took the same course). (Detailed data can beseen in Figure 1).Figure 1: Differences in Skills Perceived as “Missing” !The encouragement to pursue college and pursue their major, like the general population, wasprimarily driven by various family members and in particular, parents. The students reported awider

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wujie Zhang, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Gina Elizabeth Mazzone, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Anne Alexander, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Meyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Academy is a summer programdesigned to provide Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) incoming undergraduateengineering students with extra support through providing a bridge experience to refresh theirmath, science, and writing skills as well as assimilate them to campus facilities. Students areexpected to attend all the disciplines regardless of their background and intended area of study.Beginning in the summer of 2013, the chemistry portion has focused on student preparation forChemistry I, which is required for almost all the undergraduate engineering programs at MSOE.However, due to the diverse student backgrounds and lack of motivation, as noticed through theyears by faculty teaching Carter Academy, the chemistry enrichment experience was

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University

Tagged Divisions

International

12.1207.3initiative, ‘Users as Producers’, was introduced providing an opportunity for the students tolearn and develop skills in video and media production. The students were introduced tocamera skills, the language of television, interview techniques and editing skills. Each groupproduced their own video asset which was either embedded within a PowerPointpresentation, or placed into the Blackboard VLE for peer review. As well as developing skillsin media production there was also an opportunity for students to develop key skills such aspresentation techniques, project management skills and conflict resolution (whilst workingtogether in groups).The first student section related to materials, manufacturing or environmental processes.The second student

Conference Session

Sustainability in Construction Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, noxious gases may beproduced and may enter the building and waste will not properly leave the building. Systemperformance depends highly upon quality installation, which is the primary reason why buildingcodes have opted to write codes in a prescriptive manner.Students now read about DWV systems in textbooks, and use the prescriptive building codes to draftdiagrams the systems - which in industry are used to fabricate and install the DWV systems, but failto understand the physics behind why DWV works and often cannot adapt the code to situationswhich are not specifically prescribed in the code. Several practices are used for the installation ofDWV piping in buildings. These include, but are not limited to the following

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

credits) met five of the seven generaleducation requirements at the University. Only the writing and discourse and quantitative andsymbolic reasoning requirements were not explicitly met, although both were integral to thecourse. ES met three times each week. A 75-minute period on Tuesday allowed the wholegroup to meet with a guest speaker or faculty lecturer. A second 75-minute class on Thursdayswas devoted to discussion of the speaker and the week’s readings. A three-hour workshop onFridays provided a block of time for field trips or activities of longer duration. On Thursdaysand Fridays, students generally met in smaller communities of 20-30 students. In addition to atraditional text book that spanned all four semesters, students were asked to

Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene Koch, College of Technology - Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

designed to collect the most common responses that would make the final surveyinstrument entirely multiple-choice. Samples included questions asking, “Did anyone influenceyour decision to enter this program?” They were directed to circle yes or no, and if yes, write inthe influential person. A pilot study was conducted with a small sample to validate the directionsand items in the instrument. This survey was initially administered to 78 students in a seniorlevel course in program C.A second pilot study was conducted by administering the survey to 157 students with acombination of different levels (1st year through 4th year) of students at one university. As afurther assessment of the face validity and readability of the instrument, semi

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Clifton, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Rob Hasker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Mike Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. B.5.b. Student course assessment surveys for SE 4130. B.5.c. Graduate exit survey. B.6: Maintains an existing software system B.6.a. Faculty and peer assessment of each student’s contribution to the maintenance project in SE 3860. B.6.b. Student course assessment surveys for SE 3860. B.6.c. Graduate exit survey.For each performance criterion, the first measurement listed is always a direct measurement. Fora few performance criteria, there are two direct measurements. The direct measurements aredone in the upper-division courses to better tie in with the ABET notion that “… programoutcomes are statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University; Cory Miller, Wright State University; Thomas L. Bazzoli, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

“perceived lack of relevance of much of theircourse work.”Another study by Amenkhienan and Kogan suggested that individual effort andinvolvement, peer interaction, and faculty contact had a positive impact on their academicperformance.2 This study involved 34 second year students in nine focus groups selectedfrom 200 student volunteers. They were selected based upon gender, ethnicity, and GPA. Page 12.764.2Study habits, completing homework, willingness to seek outside help, study groups,networking, and faculty teaching styles and office hours were found to be important forsuccess.A study by Besterfield-Sacre, et.al. involved seventeen engineering schools over

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

asdesign consultants, the instructors describe how this unique course helped foster strongercommunication skills, enhanced small group skills, and introduced students to the total designprocess from site analysis through architectural and structural design.PremiseAs college instructors a primary goal is to prepare students for the future. We do this by, • Teaching critical thinking skills so individuals can become problem solvers • Teaching speaking and writing strategies so individuals can become better communicators • Assigning group projects so individuals learn about group dynamics • Exposing students to problems that reflect real life situations so students can learn from past mistakes and become confident enough

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

task-oriented, focussed on two tasks. Firstly, the group worked to analyse theaggregated data from the experiment kit, and jointly write a paper to report it. Secondly, eachparticipant worked on a design for their own research study. In contrast to workshop one, most ofthe input in this workshop was from the participants, presenting and discussing their experiencesof using the experiment kit to completion, and reflecting on research in general. The tasks of theworkshop leaders were in structuring interventions to maximise the effectiveness of the analysisand writing, and in working with participants on their new study designs. Page 11.296.4The

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Steve Liu, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theinstructor of the capstone course, a faculty member or an industry advisor will be a “sponsor” ofthe project. Student teams are organized to match students’ background (work experience andtechnical electives taken) and interests with the proposed problems. The course generallyinvolves proposal writing to define problems and identify solution approaches. Progress reports,mid-term presentations, a final report, and a final presentation are commonly required. Anobjective of the capstone design course is to allow the students to demonstrate the knowledgeand skill they acquired by the time of graduation; thus, the course can be an outcome assessmenttool for continuous improvement of the program. Another key objective of the capstone course isto provide