curricula. To observe potential effects ofdesign education, students from two curricula at a large research-intensive state university arebeing studied. The control group is a major focused on engineering mechanics, which has atheoretical orientation that focuses on mathematical modeling based on first principles and haslittle formal design education prior to the capstone experience. The experimental group is amechanical engineering major that uses design as a context for its curriculum. In order to providea uniform basis for comparing students across projects and years, the authors use a task-independent protocol analysis method grounded in the Function-Behavior-Structure (FBS)design ontology. This paper presents results from the first-year of the
Technology, and her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri- Rolla (same school, different name). At Rose-Hulman, Michelle is co-leading a project to infuse an entrepreneurial-mindset in undergraduate students’ learning, and a project to improve teaming by teaching psychological safety in engineering education curricula. Michelle also mentors undergraduate researchers to investigate the removal of stormwater pollutants in engineered wetlands. Michelle was a 2018 ExCEEd Fellow, and was recognized as the 2019 ASCE Daniel V. Terrell Awardee.Dr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University Liping Liu is an associate professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence
like those listed in [5] such as a lack ofreliable technology for Audio-Video link, inconsistent Wi-Fi, and use of WhatsApp applicationrather than email to name a few. I also served as an examiner to evaluate final projects for MS inComputer Science program. I also evaluated project reports for these projects and suggestedchanges to projects and reports to improve their quality. I also conducted student advising that wasboth formal and informal. This advising was sometimes as faculty teaching courses and at timesas examiner of the capstone projects. During my Fulbright grant at the host institution, because of my vast academic experience, Iwas asked to provide my services on committees at various levels. At the college level, I servedon
Paper ID #38006Software Engineering and Security: Lessons LearnedCreating a New Course in Security from a SoftwareEngineering PerspectiveKevin A Gary (Associate Professor) Kevin Gary is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) at Arizona State University. He is a founding member of ASU's Software Engineering program, former Program Chair, and current ABET Coordinator of the program. At ASU he has led multiple curricular development efforts in software engineering notably security and agile methods. He is the creator of the Software Enterprise project
positively impact their individual gradecould counter this, since the quality of their evaluations is the variable portion of their grade.Additionally, emphasizing the value that peer evaluations could bring to their learning andcourse experience could motivate students to do them. This could result in better learningexperiences for both students involved as they can critique in detail and truly learn from eachother’s work.References[1] M. C. I. Pérez, J. Vidal-Puga and M. R. P. Juste, "The role of self and peer assessment in Higher Education," Studies in Higher Education, 2020.[2] W. A. Friess and A. J. Goupee, "Using Continuous Peer Evaluation in Team-Based Engineering Capstone Projects: A Case Study," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 63
Perspectives on a Freshman Treatment of Electronic SystemsAbstract.The conventional approach to curriculum design is that students start with the basics of scienceand math and gradually progress towards a realistic integration of all their engineering skills in asenior capstone project. That approach is now challenged by changes in the assumed boundaryconditions. Students no longer progress through the program in lock-step. Electronicsapplications have evolved far beyond the components level and many cross-disciplinary skillsare needed. Finally, all students require a level of communications, team-working, trouble-shooting and representational skills that take a long time to mature so it is too late to wait till thesenior year to introduce them. The
include primingstudents for subsequent ‘design spine’ courses and their final-year BME capstone experience, anddeveloping interactive project-based teaching at scale. The two faculty who teach this course(Frow, Smith) have co-developed the content over the past two years; we also meet biweeklyduring the academic year with faculty members teaching the other BME ‘design spine’ courses, tocoordinate program content and learning outcomes across courses.Our semester-long course focuses on global healthcare markets and device design for low-resourcesettings. The course revolves around an open-ended, team-based design project (Smith et al. 2005).A core aim is to foster curiosity and creativity1 in students’ first formal experience of engineeringdesign
Ibrahim is a civil engineer who is passionate about the sustainability of global cities. She is a triple graduate of the University of Toronto, and holds a BASc (2000), MASc (2003), and PhD (2015) in Civil Engineering, and a Certificate of Preventive Engineering and Social Development. Nadine has leveraged her industry experience to expand her inquiry into cities through urban and environmental projects in Canada and abroad. In 2010, she received the Early Career Award, awarded by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at U of T to one alumnus, in celebration of 10 years of achievements. From undergrad research in structural engineering, into sustainable infrastructure in grad school, her vision is to connect
innovative solutions require theintegration of introductory computer programming and microcontroller functions with electricaland mechanical engineering applications. Students mention the open ended, hands-on activitiesin the course feedback as relevant applications that helped them improve their understanding andappreciation for the theory learned in the classroom. Additionally, students have learned toincorporate some of the lab requirements into their senior capstone projects. Working throughthe labs provides an excellent vehicle for deeper understanding and solving open-ended problemswhile contributing to a number of ABET student outcomes.IntroductionIndustry has recognized the need for engineers with a multidisciplinary background
engineers who can design”[11]. Considering that design is widely regarded as the main activity in engineering, it has neverbeen more urgent for students to gain design experience from their education. However, whileevery ABET accredited engineering program is required to have a capstone or similarly namedproject, most universities only provide such an experience in the senior year of the degree [6].There are two primary solutions to the given issue: offer a curriculum with a rich-project baseand/or promote co-curricular activities. This type of curriculum would entail, say, yearly designprojects, while the extra-curricular activities would include both service-learning tasks as well aslarge cross-disciplinary programs such as the Baja SAE events or
achievement of the programeducational outcomes. These outcomes are further connected to standardized assessment criteria Page 13.326.2provided by accreditation boards. A case study will be presented for the B.S. in ComputerEngineering Technology (CET) at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Expected benefits ofthe application of the proposed method are threefold: 1. Increased student ownership of learning objectives. 2. More cohesive and relevant set of class activities (i.e. tests, homework, laboratory experiments, projects, etc.). 3. A uniform program-wide way of assessing program outcomes against a set of accreditation criteria
-level courses and the capstone senior project course had greatlyincreased their usage of both C programming and programming in more specialized languagessuch as MATLAB and LabWindows. Whereas in the past any student work requiringprogramming in anything but assembly language would have required significant just-in-timeinstruction, the solid foundation in C provided by EGR226 enabled upper level courses to expectprogramming proficiency. Page 10.1265.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe
, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mails: ravivd@fau.edu and aradzins@fau.eduAbstract This paper describes an undergraduate-level problem-based design project that relates toeasing a real annoying experience for most drivers: the speed bump. It focuses on an engaging,mentoring-based learning process from inception to prototyping, while bearing in mind aspectsof commercialization. The process starts with observation – an essential first step in problem solving – of whatwe take for granted, in this case, the solid, static, annoying speed bump. The next step isdiscussing and thinking critically, identifying pros and cons of existing solutions. It is followedby a more broad definition of the problem as a “vehicular speed
paper.SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGThe aim of this section is to answer four basic questions regarding service learning:1. What is it?2. Why is it necessary?3. How can it be incorporated?4. How can it be assessed?Although concise definitions of the term ―service learning‖ vary in presentation, there are somedefinitive attributes associated with the term. Service learning is ―experiential education‖12 or―hands-on learning‖13 in which students learn academic objectives by completing a project thataddresses human and community needs12, 13, 14. Factors that differentiate service learning from Page 23.215.3community service are the credit
- Page 9.528.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationrate planting, and yield mapping. For these applications, fast computation speed is always acentral issue and is an excellent application of our research on hardware/software tradeoffs. Figure 1. Redroot pigweed at different density levels.For example, one capstone project focuses on agricultural applications involving variable-ratetechnology (VRT). Infrared sensors are used to collect information (Figure 1). Then, distributedcontrollers evaluate the input and generate variable-rate application recommendations in real-time
convince me that theyhave a workable concept, that they have done the analyses necessary to prove concept feasibility,and that their concept is the one that I should chose and why. I do not require that any equipmentbe built, as that is one of the key elements of RIT’s Capstone Design Course. In addition, timeconstraints require that I limit the scope of the project work required, so I do not require furtherdetailed analysis or design. [See also my comments in the Closure section.] On the other hand, Ido require that they address operator controls and interface, and make that a part of theirproposal.One of the real problems with requiring a project in this course is one of timing. Much of thematerial on sensors and controls is very new to the
Paper ID #42090The Evolution of Engineering Management Program Assessment: LessonsLearned in Digital DeliveryMajor Sam Yoo, United States Military Academy MAJ Sam Yoo is an Acquisition Officer (former Aviator, UH-60) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, and a Master of Science in Engineering and Management from MIT. MAJ Yoo is a Project Management Professional and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. His research interests include
design. Hence, thiswas subsequently offered as one of several candidate projects to the Fall Quarter session ofCMPE123, one of our upper division capstone engineering design classes.A team of four students chose to collaborate on the project. They first created a timeline anddefined the usual industrial milestones to be met as the course progressed. Taught by Stephen Page 7.228.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationPetersen, the instructor acted as project engineer and mentor with the students
and not necessary for inclusion in an introductory course onVLSI. The capstone exercise of the course was a team-based design project which will bediscussed in a later section of this paper.III. Laboratory ExercisesDuring the first three weeks of lab, students were given a tutorial describing how to use MentorGraphics' Design Architect (DA) for schematic entry, Quicksim for functional simulation, andAccusim for electrical simulation of a 2-input NAND gate. They were then asked to design a 3-input NOR gate by themselves and to simulate the design. This presented little problems for themajority of students since they were familiar with DA, Quicksim, and Accusim from previouscourses and only had to deal with the fact that they were now working
technology. Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, pp. 1 – 5, 2005. 9. Mahmoud Abdulwahed and Zoltan K Nagy. 2009. Applying Kolb’s Experimental Learning Cycle for Laboratory Education. Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 283-293.10. V. Genis, W. Rosen, R. Chiou, W. Danley. Capstone Courses for Engineering Technology Students. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1-11, 2008.11. David Spang and Vladimir Genis. Institution-Level Reform of an Engineering Technology Program. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1-10, 2009.12. J. F. Westat. The 2002 User Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation (NSF 02-057). (The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Last modified
Technology atLeTourneau University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea, and hisPh.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His professional interests include teaching in the area ofelectromagnetics and RF, integration of faith and engineering, and entrepreneurship in engineering.JOSHUA MILLICANJoshua Millikan is a senior student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer in the School ofEngineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University. He is a Project Manager for ProjectElectrogenesis, a Senior Design capstone project developing processes for on-campus semiconductor fabrication.His interests include spending time outdoors, country dancing with friends, designing PCBs, and
ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26-29, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/byoe-learning-tool-for-lithium-ion-battery- management-system. [Accessed: January 2, 2023].[12] R. Carrillo, R. Perez, A. Sanchez, R. Long, R., O. Caglayan, "Project Volta: Senior Capstone Design of a Remote Management System for Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery Storage", ASEE 2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference, July 2020, [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/project-volta-senior-capstone-design-of-a-remote-management-system- for-lithium-polymer-lipo-battery-storage. [Accessed: January 3, 2023].[13] G. Liao, G. "Establishment of an Integrated Learning Environment for Advanced Energy Storage
Callihan Linnes is the Marta E. Gross Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the College of Engineering Honors Program at Purdue University. Her work advances pa- per microfluidics, molecular biosensors, and human-centered instrumentation design for translation into point-of-care diagnostics for global health and health disparities research. She teaches undergraduate design courses for first year engineering honors and capstone design, graduate level instrumentation mea- surement and point-of-care diagnostics, and human-centered design workshops to practitioners around the world. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A systematic review of pedagogical
backgrounds.” Additionally, Hora et al’s recent investigationof online internships suggests that remote interns are more likely to be upper- or middle-class,and those internships are more likely to be unpaid [14].The benefits of participation in internships or co-ops accrue both to students (in educationaloutcomes and personal development) and to institutions. Internships help build studentcapabilities and skills for capstone projects, and provide hands-on experience that may resonateespecially well with students who learn best experientially [15], [16]. Additionally, internshipsmay bolster student and mentor motivation, as well as the formation of an engineering identityfor participating students and student retention [2], [17]–[19]. Institutions
andcomplex problems,” can be achieved through educational practices, such as first-year seminars,learning communities, E-Portfolios, service learning courses, internships and capstone projects(7). Barriers that exist for integrative learning in higher education today often point to afragmented undergraduate curriculum (collections of independent classes in general education,specialized study, and electives) and the organization of knowledge into distinct and separatecolleges and departments, “even though scholarship, learning, and life have no such artificialboundaries” (p. 16) (7). Learning communities, capstone experiences, and service learningprojects can transcend these barriers by organizing around interdisciplinary themes, linkingcross
professional development skillsgoing forward.” In this module, students had the opportunity to investigate their own interests, todevelop their CVs, and to prototype a Compelling Academic Problem plan (which describes theirproposed major courses and a capstone project), as well as ample time for reflection.Finally, module 5, following spring break, provided space (across several two-week segments)for faculty and students to prototype new courses, to test existing ideas, and to get to know eachother in reading groups. Faculty used this time as an opportunity to work with students, forinstance, to develop the transition to major experience, to co-design a new arts core course and arevision to the Logic & Limitations core course, as well as to run
World Prosthetics, dedicated to creating low-cost prostheticand assistive devices [14]. It is an integral component of the recently implementeddevelopment engineering doctoral courses at UC-Berkeley [15]. Finally, the capstone course ofthe software engineering program at Lappeenranta University in Finland incorporates thedesign process structure [16]. In all cases, use of the design process has resulted in increasedstudent engagement. However, a closer look at these examples and others suggests that thedesign process is most commonly found in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses with asmall enrollment. Given this, we wondered to what extent the design process is transferable tointroductory courses that enroll close to two hundred students
decisions as we flipped our multi-sectionsophomore project-based design engineering course, Mechanical Engineering (ME 270). Ourcourse is part of the mechanical engineering department’s critical design course chain, whichalso includes a course on introduction to engineering graphics and two senior capstone designcourses (Mechanical Systems and Multidisciplinary). These critical design courses are “chained”together through prerequisites. ME 270 serves as the initial exposure to the application ofengineering design tools and methodologies, which are shared across the chain.In ME 270 students work in permanent design teams tasked with the creation of micro-economykits (projects) resulting in a working design prototype that promotes sustainability and
]. However, it isn’t clear exactly which part of multi-facetedmentoring and support programs results in this increase. Washington suggests mentorshipprograms develop and increase students’ social community, defined with attributes such asstudents’ connectedness, resilience, communities of practice, social capital, and satisfactionwhich all contribute to retention [10]. Career or industry mentoring programs are typically setup to provide undergraduatestudents workforce preparedness, soft-skill development, and/or career exploration [15,16].While many capstone or senior-design courses integrate industry connections, the industrymentor role typically looks more like a "client” or “advisor” role for the academic project[17,18]. Broader career
Paper ID #37656STEAM student recruitment through a pre-college customer-centric design enrichment experience (WIP)Davor Copic (Lecturer in Engineering) Dr. Davor Copic is a Lecturer in Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. His engineering education research focuses on developing quantitative techniques for assessing design activity outcomes and developing course collaboration policy underpinned by social network analysis. His current projects and capstones include 3D printing of flexible materials and drone-based surface water sampling. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge and can be