Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Courtney S Smith-Orr, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #11556Student Perspectives on Capstone Design LearningMr. Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech Ben Lutz is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include capstone design teaching and learning, mentoring in design and project work, student experiences of senior design, and the transition from senior design into the workplace. His current work is related to understanding how students describe their own learning in capstone and how that learning supports the transition from engineering school to professional practice.Mr. Mike Ekoniak, Virginia TechDr. Marie C

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

Industry representatives very helpful Student’s first large-scope project in team environmentIndustry Representative Founder’s Day presentations comparable to a technical conferenceEvaluation Not sure how “hard” to push student team Design process very similar to real-lifeStudent comments range widely but, overall, they feel that the capstone design sequence is avaluable learning experience. For many, it is the first time they have taken on a significantproject and, as a result, it is the first time they have integrated the skills learned in their earliercourses and “put it all together.” Unfortunately, students report that senior design is a difficultclass because it is

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Anders Wahlquist, US Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood P.E., Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Kyle Fitle, U.S. Air Force Academy; David Carte, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

of research grants.Dr. Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)Lt. Kyle Fitle, United States Air ForceDavid Carte, United States Air Force Page 23.1327.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Mini Design Competitions in Capstone Courses to Teach the Design ProcessAbstractFor many senior undergraduate engineering students, the capstone design project is their firstexperience implementing the design process. As a result many capstone teams do not grasp theimportance of the early stages of the design process. To help

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

questions. Additionally, the survey seeks to bring out the most innovative and effectiveapproaches to teaching the course as cited by instructors. Comparison with a related surveyconducted in 1965 is made where appropriate.IntroductionThis survey represents the continuation of a series of surveys of undergraduate curricular topicsbegun in 1957 by the AIChE Education Projects Committee and more recently resumed by theAIChE Education Division. This paper presents the statistical and demographic results for thefourth in the series of surveys conducted by the Education Division.Survey BackgroundThe Capstone Design course is the topic of the 2012 survey. The aforementioned AIChEEducation Projects committee previously conducted a survey on the same

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

engineering flavor. Another lingering concern wasthat the Engineering Physics degree, as the only engineering program at Southeast, requiresabout 12 more credit hours than most other programs on campus, which might tend to reduce itscompetitiveness when recruiting majors. In order to address these concerns, we developed asenior capstone course that has been accepted into the University Studies Program, which isSoutheast’s liberal education program. It therefore counts both in the major and for the liberaleducation program, thus reducing the total number of hours required. The course requiresstudents from at least two departments on campus to work on a project requiring expertise fromboth disciplines. In Spring 2004, in collaboration with a faculty

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Probst

required about thirteen more hours thanmost others on campus, putting it at a competitive disadvantage in the recruitment of majors. Inorder to address these two issues in a novel way, we have developed an interdisciplinary seniorseminar course that is being reviewed for inclusion in the University Studies Program. Thecourse will provide a major design experience for students from at least two departments in theCollege of Science and Mathematics as they work on a project requiring expertise and facultyfrom both disciplines.This paper will describe our program, the proposed course, UI4xx Capstone Experience, how itfits into the University Studies Program, and how it fits with the objectives of ABETEngineering Criteria 2000 1 Criterion 3

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Award Committee for the Engineering Economy Division of ASEE. He has been active in leading capstone projects, capstone courses and industry-community relations for eight years. Page 24.1178.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Technical Design Reviews in Engineering CapstoneAbstractTechnical design reviews are used throughout industry to assess, question, improve and approvedesign. The review process is a frank exploration of the design efficacy. This paper reports onthe use of the industrial style technical design review or its equivalent in the

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

laboratories were developed. A key factor in this process is the creation of theeducational laboratories that can significantly contribute to the development of technologically literatestudents and workforce that could be in great demand not only in the tri-state area but also nationwide.1,2The establishment of the state-of-the-art laboratories allows Drexel and its community college partners todevelop training options for engineering technologists located in the region’s key industries. Fourcapstone courses are described in this paper.These courses complement the Senior Design Project capstone three-term, nine credit sequence andencourage students to apply their previous knowledge and experience in solving real-world engineeringproblems and develop

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

requirement for a capstone senior design project, byproviding a one-semester workshop alternative to the normal two-semester senior design option.The content of the course combines departmental expertise in digital system design, digital signalprocessing, power systems and control. Based on ABET’s educational outcomes, uponcompletion of the workshop students were able to: - Complete a design project that is interdisciplinary in nature, integrating the knowledge obtained in previous ECE classes - Accurate communicate his/her project results, both in written report format and in oral presentation format - Understand how teams work and how to interact in a team setting. (Understand what is like to work in industry) - Appreciate the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Raul Soto Jr

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

lectures,interviews, events, etc. under different settings as well as use of equipment and humanresources. In current setup a request can be submitted, processed and managed manuallyby the library staff, whereas users demand a faster and a more efficient way of submittingmultimedia requests as it would produce faster turnaround times for scheduled projects.Therefore, a group of students was assigned the task, as their capstone project, toevaluate, develop and deploy an automated system to handle the flood of multimediarequests being received by library staff. In this paper we report a capstone experiencegained by undergraduate students. The students were required to design and implement aweb based system for not only handling the requisitions for

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University; Mike Mezo, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

study for other construction engineering andmanagement programs considering enhancing or revising their own capstone courses.Capstone course overviewA well-designed construction engineering and management curriculum should build upon itselfin an interconnected and integrated process2. The capstone course in a construction program iswhere a student‟s prior coursework is wrapped up in a single, comprehensive course3. Theauthors‟ intent when creating this course was to provide as much of a realistic, team-basedsimulation of managing the construction process as was possible within a college classroomenvironment.To that end, a common project of approximately $1-7 million is used by all students, who worktogether on teams of 3-5 members each. While

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design instructors indicates that most use a collectionof custom-designed, single-purpose assessments that are not well-integrated with one anotherand are largely untested for reliability or validity11. This led participants in the TransferableIntegrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to shift their focus fromarticulation between 2-year and 4-year programs12,13,14 to capstone course assessment15,16. In2004, TIDEE received a National Science Foundation grant to develop transferable assessmentfor capstone engineering design courses. This research project responds to the need for a deeper,richer, more rigorous definition of the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes that are important toengineering practice.The assessment framework

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Peter Klein, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

for growth. Deweydemonstrated that students gain a deeper understanding, and skills of scientific analysis buydoing or activity based or project based learning as we know it today. The design is based onvarious constructionist instructional design approaches and is reiterative in nature and takes in toaccount the stakeholders’ (current students, alumni, and employers) feedback in to the revisions.This is feedback is achieved through interviews, surveys. 1,2,3,6In this capstone course sequence the students face technical, business, and personnel challengesand issues from the workplace such as technical problems, cost management, team dynamics,and time pressures. Nearly all aspects of manufacturing are addressed, including product designand

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ramalingam Radhakrishnan

Fellowships Awards. He conducted Summer Transportation Institute at PVAMU funded for High School Students by US DOT FHWA from 2000 to 2013. He is a Fellow Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Effective Approaches for Achieving ABET Outcomes in Capstone Design Projects in Civil Engineering Dr. Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

AERO 5: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

Paper ID #38658Assessment of a Distributed Implementation of the EntrepreneurialMindset in an Experimental Projects CapstoneDr. Brian D. Ritchie, The Ohio State University Dr. Ritchie is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- neering at The Ohio State University. He teaches a variety of courses in thermal and fluid sciences in addition to the introductory course and an experimental projects capstone sequence. He completed this work as part of his Engineering Unleashed Fellowship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessment of

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Nathan Alexander; James Kyle McIlhaney; Christian Hurst; Leo Colom

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

this reason, an amphibious water sampling rover was created by a capstoneproject team. This capstone project team was formed with five undergraduate engineeringtechnology students. This project was started in the Spring semester of 2022 and concluded inthe Fall semester of 2022. This project generated a rover, and the rover can navigate both on landand on water. And it can perform the water sample collection task. The rover can be controlledover a remote PC, and it can collect water temperature data, and the data can be sent remotelyover the internet. For wireless communication, a sub-GHz LoRa module is used. The rover canalso communicate over WiFi. A GUI (Graphical user interface) program was developed tocollect data from the rover and to

Conference Session

AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zain Zafar Khan; Zachary Alan Sobelman; Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

engaged in several teaching and research activities, largely focused on furthering the Space Systems Engineering Program at ODU. He has engaged in research collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a Science Collaborator and a Principal Investigator and has been awarded grants by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and National Science Foundation, among others. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Exploring Additive Manufacturing in a Space Environment - A Capstone Design Project ExperienceAbstractThis paper discusses the experiential learning from engaging in a capstone design project

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tina Powell, The Orange Public Schools; Devonii L Reid

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #36236An Urban School’s Approach to the Senior Capstone Project: Promoting aCulture of ExcellenceDr. Tina Powell, The Orange Public Schools Dr. Tina Powell, Assistant Superintendent of Innovation & Systems, Orange Public Schools Tina attended Kean University in Union, NJ where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Edu- cation, with a concentration in Political Science. Shortly after completing her first degree, she pursued a Post Baccalaureate in Pure Mathematics; a program she completed while simultaneously participating in Montclair State University’s INSTEP program – affording her certification in K

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University; Aaron Perea, Texas A&M University; Christopher Davila, Texas A&M University; Chase Burciaga, Texas A&M University; Saqib Domki, Texas A&M University; Carmelo Bustos, Texas A&M University; Luis Orozco, Texas A&M University; Gabriel Consuelo, Texas A&M University; Ramon Vazquez, Texas A&M University

Paper ID #37977Integrated multidisciplinary capstone projects of anunderwater robot and a quadcopter for building structuralanalysisByul Hur Dr. B. Hur received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea, in 2000, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. USA, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He worked as a postdoctoral associate from 2011 to 2016 at the University Florida

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 2: Instruction

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Bolognese, Northeastern University; Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University

Projects: Where are students still struggling?AbstractMechanical Engineering students at Northeastern University are introduced to research skills andinformation literacy at several points during the undergraduate curriculum, including a recentlyintroduced first-year engineering workshop and a required technical writing in the disciplinecourse. There are also two writing intensive courses that require background research to informlab reports and research presentations. When students reach Capstone Design, project reportsshow vastly different levels of proficiency in information literacy skills. The goal of this studywas to assess which information literacy skills were poorly learned and retained by the students,in order to

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Sherwin; Alison Linares Mendoza, University of Pittsburgh; Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Paper ID #37552Success Factors in a Project-Based Industrial EngineeringSenior Design Capstone CourseMichael Sherwin www.mdsherwin.comAlison Linares MendozaRenee M Clark (Director of Assessment) Renee Clark is Research Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Assessment for the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She conducts education research that focuses on active learning and engineering professional development. Renee's current research includes the use of adaptive learning and systematic reflection in the

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Dylan Goins, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Allen, Texas A&M University; Brian Proksch, Texas A&M University; Cody Wood, Texas A&M University; Mohammed Alvi, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Paper ID #38022Educational Small Scale Underwater Robot Development viaa Capstone Project in Engineering TechnologyByul Hur Dr. B. Hur received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea, in 2000, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. USA, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He worked as a postdoctoral associate from 2011 to 2016 at the University Florida previously

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Smith, East Carolina University; James Etheridge; Ricky Castles, East Carolina University

Paper ID #38105Community-engagement-based capstone projects: Lessonslearned related to engineering economic analysisRaymond Smith Raymond L. Smith III is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Dr. Smith's research focuses on developing and applying operations research methods to provide model-based, implementable solutions for complex systems. His work encompasses simulation modeling and optimization methodologies with applications to healthcare, public health, supply chain, information systems, logistics, sustainability, and other industrial and service systems. Dr. Smith earned

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; Kurt Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

Implementation of Industry-Inspired Project Management Elements in an Entrepreneurial Capstone SequenceAbstractThis paper explores the implementation of project management elements (PME) in a three-semester capstone course sequence. Following an entrepreneurial model, multidisciplinary teamsof four or five students work on an engineering project of their choice, which involves design,fabrication, and testing. Teams are required to submit weekly PME designed based on an agileworkflow. These submissions include weekly individual reports and team meeting minutes,documents similar to those that students can expect to use as working professionals or to managetheir projects as part of an entrepreneurial start-up

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College; Kurt Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Jean Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

Paper ID #36880From Problem to Project: An Entrepreneurial Model for aThree-Semester Multidisciplinary Capstone SequenceBrenda Read-Daily (Associate Professor) Dr. Read-Daily is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Elizabethtown College. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Bradley University and Masters and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Read-Daily teaches in the first-year as well as upper-level multidisciplinary and environmental engineering courses. She currently serves as the Engineering Program Director for her department.Tomas Enrique

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xi Wang, University of Mount Union; Charles Cope, Case Western Reserve University

realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability." [4] Various approaches havebeen found to be successful through the assessment of sustainability knowledge and skillslearned in activities, modules, and courses and across the civil engineering curriculum [5].Among those approaches, integrating sustainability in the capstone design is one of the mosteffective teaching approaches. A capstone course is an integral part of Civil Engineeringundergraduate education. It requires students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in earliercourse work from a Civil Engineering curriculum in a design that solves real-world problems ormimics real-world projects [6

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #11

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Zhihao Pan; Kevin Price; Fernando Aguado; Jonathan Gavlick; Sungkeun Kim; Eun Jung Kim; Kevin Myles; Zach Adelman

capstone project wasconcluded in Spring 2021. Further research and development on this RPi cluster for mosquitoresearch is in progress in the Dr. Hur’s research group by one of the students who joined thegraduate degree program.I. Introduction Mosquitos can be deadly and might have caused approximately seven hundred thousanddeaths per year due to the transmission of the diseases from people to animals [1][2]. Monitoringenvironmental factors for potential breeding sites of mosquitoes is an important and effectivemethod in mosquito control. Several networks and systems for mosquito research weredeveloped in academic settings [3][4]. For the research in this paper, the developmental progressof a low-cost data server and the network in the form of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

EngineeringCapstone Design Project Dr. Alexis Ortiz-Rosario1 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA AbstractThe traditional idea of capstone teams is assigning a project to a group of students which willbe tackled throughout an academic term. The team can comprise students from a single majoror multi-disciplinary (e.g., multiple majors). The project can span one or two semesters; in someexceptions, new teams are tasked with further project phases for the following years [1]. Thiswork aims to present a novel approach to structuring capstone teams. By deconstructing asingle project into multi-deliverable components (e.g., heart rate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Royce A. Francis, The George Washington University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Rachel Claire Riedner, George Washington University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

theanalysis of 10 semi-structured interviews obtained from five senior systems engineering studentsin the capstone project at the lead author’s institution. First, our research indicates theinterdependence among cognitive processes, discursive identity, and the students’ work context.Second, our research explores the interdependence among the various judgments students mustmake in order to construct the knowledge constituting their senior projects. These judgments areclassified within three broad themes—assumptions and model building judgments, rhetorical anddiscursive judgments, and framing and positioning judgments. Our thematic map illustrates therole of social practice in the creation and re-creation of engineering knowledge. Our thematicmaps

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Student Design Teams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nourhan E. Elatky, Rowan University; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #37580Relationship between Motivation and Effective Communication inEngineering Capstone Projects Design ClinicsMrs. Nourhan E. Elatky, Rowan University Nourhan El-Atky is a Graduate Assistant in Experimental Engineering Education at Rowan University. She received her BS from The Arab Academy Of Science And Technology in 2018 in Egypt. She is working on her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and MS in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University.Dr. Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University Juan M. Cruz is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. He has a B.S. in Electronic