group surveys coveringcapstone design among different disciplines and other, more narrowly focused surveys. Insummary the studies indicate that since Dixon’s seminal article in 1991 we have seen: increasedemphasis in integrating the Product Realization Process, improvement in the working definitionsof design and design processes, an increase in the number of design topics taught in capstonedesign from 1994 to 2005, but, an apparent and dramatic decrease in the number of design topicsfrom 2003-2006.1.0 IntroductionDeveloping an undergraduate engineering design curriculum can be a challenge for anyinstitution. Using the continuous improvement process adopted by ABET 2000, we typicallyconsider: which outcomes our program should set out to achieve
of AerosPACE who studied MechanicalEngineering at Brigham Young University said: “As an undergraduate senior in mechanicalengineering, I had already been exposed to the fundamentals of engineering throughout the coremechanical engineering curriculum at a mountain west university. As well as having a coreunderstanding, I also understood the design applications of those core principles (i.e.,Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Finite ElementAnalysis (FEA), and optimization methods) to the level of a novice. The AerosPACE programintegrated all of the knowledge that I had obtained throughout my undergraduate career andprior, and allowed me to apply it in a real situation (i.e., the design of a fully 3D
2006-209: WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE - A CASE STUDY IN CONSTRUCTIONMANAGEMENTAmitabha Bandyopadhyay, SUNY Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., P.E. is a Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Architecture and Construction Management Department at State University of New York -Farmingdale. He has been involved in Writing Across Curriculum and Writing in the Discipline for last fifteen years. Page 11.1458.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Writing in the Discipline – A Case Study in Construction ManagementAbstractCommunication for the engineering and technology graduates always scored very
. First-year projects differ across universities, but typical projects can include a focus ondesigning and building prototypes, working in teams, full- and small-scale projects, case-studyanalysis, reverse engineering, and the integration of engineering, math, and science courses 2.The course described in this paper builds on the effective components of project-based, hands-onfirst-year design projects, and uses the human centered design process to frame an approachwhere students are encouraged to incorporate the user, environment, and ethical considerationsthroughout the process. The course has capacity for over 1,600 students annually at theUniversity of Florida providing meaningful individual hands-on makerspace skills to eachstudent, and
) include: Passion for Customers, Trust and Respect forIndividuals, We Effectively Collaborate, Meaningful Innovation, Uncompromising Integrity. 5This broad ranging description of success reflects an understanding of the process of innovationthat extends well beyond the initial work of invention. Additional examples of engineers turned“product managers” are plentiful, including Bob Galvin of Motorola, Bill Gates of Microsoft andmost recently Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google. However, workplace success for the “engineer-and-business manager” is far fromassured. The work of product management involves many skills not always taught within astandard engineering curriculum. Learning beyond post-secondary education is often a ”sink orswim
, “MECHANICAL DISSECTION: AN EXPERIENCE IN HOW THINGS WORK,” Proc. Eng. Educ. Conf. Curric. Innov. Integr., pp. 1–8, 1992.[14] J. S. Lamancusa, J. E. Jorgensen, and J. L. Zayas-Castro, “Learning Factory-A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 103–112, 1997, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00272.x.[15] J. V. Farr and D. M. Brazil, “Leadership Skills Development for Engineers,” IEEE Eng. Manag. Rev., vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 110–118, 2010, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2010.5645763.[16] T. E. Doyle, B. W. Baetz, and B. Lopes, “First-Year Engineering Bicycle Dissection as an Introduction To Sustainable Design,” Proc. Can. Eng. Educ. Assoc., no. August, pp
instruction and associate director of BME’s undergraduate program. In this role, she will strengthen the department’s connection with the local medical community, both in clinical and industrial settings, in order to foster undergraduate design projects as well as internship and employment opportunities for our students.Dr. Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware Sarah I. Rooney is an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Delaware, where she seeks to bring evidence-based teaching practices to the undergraduate curriculum. She received her B.S.E. (2009) and M.S.E. (2010) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and her Ph.D. (2015) in
AC 2010-647: THE TECHNICAL, PROCESS, AND BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONSFOR ENGINEERING DESIGN – A 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVEWilliam Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. William R. Michalson is a Professor in the ECE Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he performs research and teaches in the areas of navigation, communications and computer system design. He supervises the WPI Center for Advanced Integrated Radio Navigation (CAIRN) where he is developing a Public Safety Integration Center focused on the integration of communications, navigation and information technologies for public safety applications. His research focuses on the development, test, and evaluation of systems
instrument ineducation3 and its integration is often seen as a significant force driving change4. It is nowcausing educators to re-think the very nature of teaching and learning. But where do you start?How can instructors design powerful, innovative, and effective web-based environments that canbe successfully integrated in a face-to-face class or stand alone to support a distance course?In this paper, we answer the question from the perspective of a four-year long project that led aninstructor from using an institutional, unimaginative, web-based template to designing a fullycustomized, award-winning course that truly reflected his teaching style and philosophy,supported the institution’s mission statement and the course objectives, and supported
converting student co-op work term reports into case studies andimplementing them across all courses in the Faculty of Engineering curriculum. Cases havebeen implemented successfully, and show promise in addressing and demonstrating newCanadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate attribute requirements. The casemethod also shows promise in integrating these required attributes by expressing real situationsencountered in practice and allowing individual students and student teams to experiencerealistic challenges in a classroom setting.In addition to developing cases from work term reports, cases have been developed from studentcapstone project experiences, Master of Engineering (MEng) design project experiences, anddirectly from the
the program including several for HeatTransfer. These modules have been integrated and significant online help modules developed toassist the user. Additional integration occurred in the second year of the NSF project withmodule development assisting in Energy Systems Design engineering calculations. The methodfor developing these modules mimicked the approach used in development of the Heat Transfermodules. Similar online help was developed for the Energy Systems Design modules. Details ofthe help compiler process, which are not widely documented, are described. Example problemsillustrating sound engineering workbook solution techniques and access to the help files aregiven.IntroductionIn the mechanical engineering curriculum, consistent
engineering and other University graduates. The three-year program is an initiative of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universityof Auckland, and its funding started in 2006.The program’s focus is on the establishment of appropriate curriculum structures and on thedevelopment of talent pathways into product development for students from engineering, andalso from business, science and the creative arts, that reflect the skill requirements of design-driven manufacturers. At the same time a professional development framework forprofessional design engineers and other design practitioners from the industry sector is beingestablished that caters to their specific training needs, reflects the requirements ofprofessional bodies and industry
and teamwork [4]. Nevertheless, researchers argue that there is stilla need to develop empirical representations of engineering work and engineers in practice to helpengineering educators design curricula for students [5]. Yet, while studies have investigated theskills students develop in design, research is limited in focus to the design courses themselves[6], [7].The capstone senior design courses are among the main areas in the curriculum where studentsdevelop design skills, integrate technical knowledge from previous courses, and further theirprofessional skills. There is, as a result, an opportunity to examine students’ perceptions of theirskill development across the entire curriculum and possibly leverage the entire curriculum
. The PI, Co-PI and senior personnel faculty membersvisited some high schools in person and talked to teachers about the purpose of the RET siteprogram and why it would be beneficial to them and persuaded the teachers to apply for theprogram. Regarding this recruitment challenge, teachers shared their thoughts which is describedin the program result section. 3. RET Program Overview The first two days were the orientation in which teachers were given an introduction tothe RET program, lab methods, safety, general research process, curriculum developmentexpectations, and engineering lab tours. The teachers signed an agreement and filled 1099 formfor stipend payment, tax, and IRB review purpose. Five LU engineering professors
, MA, 2009, pp. 1-10.[3] S. D. Sheppard, "Mechanical dissection: An experience in how things work," in Engineering Education: Curriculum Innovation & Integration, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992, pp. 1-8.[4] M. Brereton, S. Sheppard, and L. Leifer, "How Students Connect Engineering Fundamentals to Hardware Design: Observations and Implications for the Design of Curriculum and Assessment Methods," in the 10th International Conference on Engineering Design, Prague, WDK, 1995, vol. 23, pp. 336-342.[5] J. S. Lamancusa, T. M. Kumar, and J. Jorgensen, "Learning engineering by product dissection," presented at the ASEE Annnual Conference, 1996.[6] J. S. Lamancusa, J. E. Jorgensen, and J. L. Zayas-Castro
practicalprojects and design projects in the curriculum in order to integrate across the sciences and todevelop the link between the sciences and their application in practice.With the shift towards competency-based accreditation of engineering degree programs thefocus in design projects has shifted away from design as a link between engineering sciencesand their application in practical problems. However it should be noted that while morerecent reports [3, 4] recognize an improvement of the performance of graduates in genericcompetencies, most still struggle to use theoretical knowledge in practice: "Although industry is generally satisfied with the current quality of graduate engineers it regards the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to
knowledge, nor using themethods and tools learned throughout their courses in the engineering curriculum into thecapstone experience. To help students through this process, the mapping was created as ascaffold that students could refer to at each step in each phase of the design process to help buildthe connections necessary to integrate knowledge. An example portion correlating to theplanning and information gathering phase of the design process is provided in Figure 4. Figure 4: Engineering design tools portion of the engineering design process guide.The complete engineering design guide is provided as the last two pages of this paper. Whenprovided to students and faculty, the guide is printed front to back on a single sheet of paper as
AC 2007-166: THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ON RENSSELAER’S PRODUCTDESIGN AND INNOVATION PROGRAMMark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLangdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 12.1491.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ON RENSSELAER’S PRODUCT DESIGN AND INNOVATION PROGRAMABSTRACTThe experience of students in Rensselaer’s Product Design and Innovation (PDI) program offersa glimpse into how to integrate the humanities and social sciences (H&SS) into an engineeringcurriculum. PDI offers a dual degree program built around a studio design class each semester,integrated into a core-engineering curriculum
may work for that program. One program which does not face thistype of ongoing technological change, Organizational Leadership and Supervision, makes greatuse of industrial advisory boards to keep the curriculum current and responsive to current marketrequirements, but does not need to update on an annual or biennial basis. Their assessmentmeasures are done on a course and program basis and reviewed periodically, but the type ofprogram and course assessment remains more stable over time. There is more opportunity forthe program to test what works over a relatively long period of time, without factoring in thehigh level of content change faced by programs such as CG.Many engineering technology programs exhibit a mix of constant, basic skills
Provost at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engi- neering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineer- ing education in areas ranging from curricular change to faculty development. He is currently an ABET Program
Paper ID #9172Examining the Structure of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone DesignProgramMr. Bob Rhoads, The Ohio State University Bob Rhoads received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and his Masters in Business Administration from Regis University. He is also a P.E. He is the Engineering Capstone Program Coordinator for The Ohio State University.Dr. Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University Cliff Whitfield has a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and
reports and assessments; • The need for a “reference” Introduction to Engineering (or Introduction to the Design Process) curriculum as a model for a dual enrollment (secondary and undergraduate credit); • The importance of the preparation of secondary teachers in Introduction to Engineering and design course content and problem-solving, and performance assessment; and • The importance of an assessment tool kit that includes rubrics for the design process and problem-solving and that utilizes an electronic portfolio.A recent focus group and expert interviews have indicated that use of a design process rubriccould form the initial reference framework for the learning, teaching and performance guidelinesnot only for
results suggest that students achieved meaningful gainsin the context of the FE course. A major element of this success that remains unknown in the presentstudy concerns details of the classroom and out-of-class activities that precipitated the observedgains. Therefore, an important goal for future research is to gain more information regarding the FEreview curriculum implemented by the instructor. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering EducationSimple ratings in the present study revealed significant change as well as stable performance traits instudents
additional time for capstone projects, and incorporated arequirement that all capstone projects must include not only design but also prototypefabrication. Mechanical Design (weapons design) was eliminated from the curriculum. The resulting curriculum deliberately integrated the three-courses in the design sequence. Inthe first course, Manufacturing and Machine Component Design, students learn failure modes,machine component design, and hands-on manufacturing techniques culminating in the limiteddesign but significant build of a water turbine prototype for course competition. The secondcourse, Mechanical Engineering Design, formally introduces the design process with anindividual design and build project requirement and then transitions into team
2006-1444: ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESSteven Beyerlein, University of Idaho Steven Beyerlein is professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering capstone design program and where he regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. For these efforts he won the UI Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001. He has been an active participant in the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) Consortium for the last five years and collaborates with other authors on the NSF/ASA grant.Denny Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is professor of
. The high time investment typically required both to learn new teachingapproaches that differ markedly from familiar models and to effectively mentor teams, coupledwith an often-marginalized role for capstone courses in the curriculum, raise questions regardingfaculty motivation. Why, that is, do faculty choose to pursue this type of teaching, and how dothey make teaching decisions within the course? These questions become more critical as callsfor increasing emphasis on professional practice within the curriculum continue to grow 3.Understanding the motivational factors that promote or deter choosing to teach a capstone designcourse and implementing specific pedagogical approaches is critical in supporting the designeducation community as we
- puter and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1983, 1985, and 1990, re- spectively. From 1991 to 1998, Dr. Kanai was an Associate Research Professor at the Information Science Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, working on document image processing. From 1998 to 2002, he was a senior scientist at Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Lab, Princeton, NJ. His work included development and transfer of advanced technologies to product divisions. From 2002 to 2004, he was a manager at Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (Panasonic), Secaucus, NJ, providing system integration and software development for clients. Dr. Kanai joined RPI in 2004. He is
provide feedback, in an actionable way, to our engineering curriculum and students’education. It represents their view on what is currently important to them. When soliciting inputfrom industry partners, there are often recommendations that they make that may or may not beimplemented in the curriculum. This mechanism and method represents an actionable and timelymethod to have the industry educational recommendations implemented.BackgroundThe process of education has been described as a two step process [1]; namely, the delivery ofknowledge, and the assimilation of knowledge by the learner. For engineering education, a thirdstep is required – the application of knowledge in uncertain situations and under constraint.Case studies continue to be
- neering and Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is an fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. .He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- Learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS. Page 22.444.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing in a Social Context: Situating Design in a Human- Centered, Social WorldIntroductionSince the appearance of the
have addressed both topics, they are typically taught as separate subjects, providingthat the synergistic convergence of sustainability and BIM has been embraced by bothprofessional and educational communities [1, 2]. This study investigated an integrative strategy toformulate a joint course project with concurrent focus on sustainable design and BIMimplementation using two upper division elective courses in an undergraduate constructionmanagement (CM) program.This study was motivated by the dual pressure from program assessment requirements andregional industry needs. Recent American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) re-accreditation review of the CM program revealed severe weaknesses of students in graphicalcommunication