Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederic-Charles Krynen, Stanford University; Carl E. Wieman

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #40075Enhancing Effectiveness and Inclusivity of Introductory, Project-BasedME Courses: A Cognitive Psychology ApproachMr. Frederic-Charles Krynen, Stanford University Fred Krynen is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Under the guidance of Professor Carl Wieman, Professor Shima Salehi, and Professor Sheri Sheppard, his research focuses on teaching methods as they apply to introductory university-level mechanical design courses. He is focused on measuring these methods’ impact on performance, retention and on the students’ sense of belonging in the physical space they occupy

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

. Page 14.822.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Jumpstarting the Capstone Experience Through a Bioengineering Product Design CourseIntroductionFaculty at Florida Gulf Coast University have developed Bioengineering Product Design (BME4800C) specifically to introduce concepts and skills in bioengineering product design in thesemester prior to our capstone experience – thus, jumpstarting students into their senior designprojects. Our intent has been to use a reverse engineering, semester-long project to familiarizestudents with FDA regulations, intellectual property issues, and design with SolidWorks, amongother topics, in their junior year so more attention can be paid to the design

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

Session 3264 Failure Analysis – A Technology Enhanced Capstone Experience for Materials Engineers David Gibbs, Alan Demmons, Robert Heidersbach Ph.D., Daniel Walsh, Ph.D., College of Engineering Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoAbstract:The evolution of a highly successful curricular experiment is documented. This unique course is an ancestor to manyof the “mechanical dissection” approaches to engineering education which are so very popular today. The paperhighlights the value of the course as a culminating experience for the materials

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

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Design in Engineering Education

-based classroom practitioners at the University of Idaho Page 13.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF A CAPSTONE COURSE TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM OUTCOMESAbstractA capstone is the top and last stone in a building. Similarly, a capstone course is usually the peakand last experience for students in a higher education program. Depending on the discipline andinstitution capstone courses may take the form of group projects, senior seminars, research, orany other activity that successfully integrates and synthesizes what students have learned throughthe academic program

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Timothy Miller, Binghamton University ; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

particular design solutions. Specifically, they struggle with creating,manipulating, and critiquing mathematical models to assist in the design of a product or process.The ultimate aim of our work is to improve students’ ability to use models in capstone designafter being exposed to instruction on mathematical modeling.This study was a continuation of an earlier project in which we explored how studentsdeveloped, used, and interpreted mathematical models. In the previous study, students weregiven instruction in the steps of mathematical modeling and a scenario in which they were askedto assist a hypothetical design team by creating a mathematical model that could be used inmaking decisions about the design. The instruction and the scenario broke

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

a three-person crew in protective suits.The students were extremely motivated from the visit and had additional questions about castingtechniques.Initial Laboratory EffortsSince the capstone project is student based, the team determined an initial schedule for theproject and created a Gantt chart (named for Henry Gantt) which included project milestones andalso a critical design review, a final presentation and a final report. The students quicklydesigned a “work-horse” blade using readily available 6061-T6 aluminum that was a flat plate ofthe same length as their first stage compressor blade. It had the same average chord length andthe average thickness of their first-stage compressor blade. This simplified geometry could bequickly

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin Caves, Duke University; Julie A. Reynolds, Duke University

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Biomedical

hope thatthese revisions will help students use the rubric more productively for their own writing and forthe peer review.ConclusionThis paper describes enhancements to a capstone design class to improve the quality of technicalwriting. These enhancements were successful in meeting our goals. Students worked on theirwriting throughout the semester and completed a major portion of their final report more than amonth before the deadline. Every student was engaged in the writing process. The writingassignments were timed to coincide with project milestones so that the writing enhanced theirprogress in the project work. Finally, a small-scale assessment demonstrated that theseenhancements resulting in significant improvements to the quality of

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Schmitt, Florida Institute of Technology; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology; Ted A. Conway, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Incorporating Designer Empathy in Senior Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis paper will detail the challenges two groups of students, at two varying universities workingon two separate senior capstone design projects, experienced when designing for target usersthey lack empathy for. The projects presented in this paper support handicapped and/or disabledindividuals. As many engineers will gain employment in a healthcare related field, it isimportant that they are able to empathize with the target user – often handicapped and/or elderlyindividuals. This is further exacerbated by the increase in the number of handicapped andelderly individuals in the United States as medical care improves and life expectancy continuesto

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based learning.Prof. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 23.32.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Comparison of Peer Evaluation Methods in Capstone DesignAbstractThe final chemical engineering capstone design course at our university consists of a semester-long project where students work in predetermined groups. The emphasis of the experience is toallow students to develop and explore their engineering creativity while at the same timecultivate the importance

Conference Session

First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

trends in the relationship between self-efficacy and course grades”reflected by a gender gap in physics that is not improved by the fourth year of engineeringstudies [8]. These trends have been shown to be consistent across different performance contexts(e.g., a lab setting, test-taking, working on projects, etc.) [9]. However, most research describingtrends in self-efficacy focuses on improving retention early in undergraduate studies (e.g., first-and second-year), and these studies typically assess core courses rather than upper-levelproject-based learning courses, so little is known about the impact of self-efficacy in seniorengineering capstone courses. A comparison of creative self-efficacy, mindset, and studentperceptions reveals that

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Oman, Oregon State University; Joseph Piacenza, Oregon State University; Elliott Chimienti

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

aquaculture, renewable energy (e.g., offshore wave, vehicle energy harvesting), and automotive design. I advise the OSU Global Formula Racing and SAE Baja Beaver Racing teams, in addition to leading hands-on and transdisciplinary student design projects via Multidisciplinary Capstone Design.Elliott Chimienti ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Current State of Research in Fully Remote Engineering Capstone PedagogyAbstractPrior to and further necessitated by the COVID pandemic, engineering industry has found utilityin remote partnerships, thus the need for engineers trained in online collaboration methods.Providing an opportunity for experiential learning

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

Mentoring Team Conflicts in Capstone Design: Problems and SolutionsIntroductionTeaming is ubiquitous in design education, yet many project mentors have little or no formaltraining in teamwork or in mentoring teams, and have learned primarily through experience. As aresult, issues associated with teaching teamwork or addressing team dynamics are oftenchallenging for design faculty. Most capstone projects involve multi-person teams, andteamwork is often considered a critical outcome in design courses, but in a recent nationalsurvey, fewer than 50% of capstone faculty responding included instruction in teamwork as akey course component 1. Moreover, as the results from a recent Capstone Design Conferenceindicate, faculty

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Rios Santiago, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Jesus Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

senior design project is developed in a two-course sequence of Senior Project I and II. InSenior Project I, students use their time to identify an engineering problem and proceed todevelop an optimum solution. At this stage, they also conduct thorough research on the topic andcomplete planning and design of the project. The subsequent Senior Project II is used to buildand test the functional prototype. These capstone courses are planned to develop a yearlongproject that will provide students with an opportunity to practice the skills that they have learnedand developed through the coursework.Metrology is the science of measurement.Skills Gap in Metrology TechnologyQuality assurance and related technology are vital for the functioning of

Conference Session

Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

immersion and educationalexperiences that simulate a real-world industrial design process and encourage creativity,innovation and teamwork [2-5].In line with modern practices, our program’s design sequence focuses on system engineering,and includes key design phases of project definition, system-level design, prototypedevelopment, and verification and validation. In the most recent revision, we restructured ourdesign curriculum to ensure better continuity of design topics, to facilitate collaborative projectswith industry partners, and to alleviate various academic challenges noted by faculty andindicated by students in the course evaluation questionnaires. To this end, we reduced theduration of the capstone design sequence by three academic

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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International

common teaching materials, with manypractically useful but more specialized special-topic materials, have developed. Base setteaching material will be always used in teaching capstone design, and the extended special-topicmaterials will be selectively used by different countries, or by special design projects.Figure 1 showed the front page of the design tools developed and under-development. In thispaper, first the developed searchable design case library is presented. The case library is Page 11.1438.2developed using MYSQL and Linux platform. A design case library with a large collection ofdesign projects, including project report, presentation

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910

Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1998. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Conversion of Capstone Senior Design to a Two-Semester FormatAbstractThis paper illustrates the conversion of capstone senior design from a one-semester format to atwo-semester format and reveals the benefits of such conversion. In the past, a senior designproject was completed in either a fall semester or a spring semester course. Since fall 2019, asenior design project was completed in a sequence of two courses, Mechanical EngineeringDesign I in the fall and Mechanical Engineering Design II in the spring. The one-semesterformat enables the students to adjust their

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College; Jentry Elizabeth Campbell, Dartmouth College

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #46382Experiences of Self-Evaluation for Capstone Engineering Students ProfessionalDevelopmentProf. Emily Houston Monroe, Dartmouth College Emily Monroe, PE is a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She serves as the director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth, which connects industry, government and nonprofit sponsors with Dartmouth Engineering students to collaborate on engineering design projects. Prior to joining Dartmouth, Emily was the lead engineer at Shark Tank-funded baby diaper startup Kudos, and she previously held roles in manufacturing and product

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; M. Kevin Parfitt, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

during a yearlong capstone experience by adoptingtechnology as the binding medium. Here, this paper will discuss what software can support thenon-technical calculation aspects of a team, how software can be leveraged to promoteintegration and how to tie software into assignments. When collaboration, communication andmanagement technology is adopted, this study found that student teams are capable ofestablishing a cohesive and integrated design solutions. This capstone experience was scoped inthe context of buildings being used for projects; yet, results presented should be easily translatedto other infrastructure-based projects in Civil Engineering (CE).Keywords: Software, Capstone, Design Process, Communication, Collaboration

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mir Atiqullah; Norman Russell

or wave propagation through thatmedium. For automobiles this Mach number factor is negligible because of low speeds relativeto that of sound and can be ignored.The Design ProcessThe capstone design project is taught in combination with the Machine Design3 class.While the credit hour and time allocated for the project is not at par with the standardcapstone class, the faculty and the design groups take the extra time and puts in extra effortin the project. This is the final opportunity for the students to apply their science,technology, engineering as well as mathematics (STEM) background in a project for whichthey will get credit while they enjoy the satisfaction of solving an engineering problem anddemonstrate it.The project is approached

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duncan Davis-Hall, Colorado School of Mines; Carter Moulton, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

these things for your teammates, yourselves, and your classmates too, as we engage with each other’s projects as a learning community.”Overview of InterventionWe evaluated a bioscience-focused engineering capstone design class during the Fall 2024semester. Confidence in various course learning outcomes was measured through a mixedmethods design that consisted of surveys with open responses and five-point Likert scalequestions. Participants’ responses to surveys addressed the hypothesis by providing quantitativeand qualitative data regarding confidence in course content during a semester of ungrading.This ungraded course incorporated self-evaluation and peer evaluation for members in the samedesign team, which grounds the study methodology

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. She serves as the Co-PI for the NSF project titled “Development of a Course in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing for Undergraduates” and will team-teach the course once developed. Her

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

expected outcomes, as well as to theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria and some additionalME Program criteria based on the requirements by the American Society of MechanicalEngineers. The program outcomes should be measurable, and so an assessment tool or Surveyhas been developed. The survey form is completed by the students at the end of the secondsemester of the Capstone Design course, along with their final project report. Evaluations bythe instructors are also completed. The student survey results and faculty evaluations arecompiled and compared with the above mentioned course mapping. The results show thatthere is considerable matching between the course mapping for the expected educationaloutcomes done by the

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

senior year, students in the chemical engineering department take a two-semester, six-credit capstone design course. This course has projects that include students indepartments across campus, providing them an opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projectsand teams. Students who register find their own (or are assigned to) industrial problems andclients, conduct research, and design a complete engineering solution which may include aprocess simulation model, equipment sizing and costing, environmental and safety analysis, etc.Throughout the semester, teams communicate their findings to both the client and facultyadvisors through written status reports and oral presentations. Six of the twenty-one groups whose performances were analyzed

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Derek T Reamon Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Projects* 3Design: Engineering for the Community* 3 Design: Invention and Innovation* 3 Capstone Design* 6 Capstone Design* 6 Engineering Total 51 Engineering Total 75 Physics 1, 2, and Lab 9 Physics 1, 2, 3 and Lab 12 Chemistry1 4 Chemistry 4 Basic Science Total 13 Basic Science Total 16 Calculus 1, 2, 3 12

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Charles Feldhaus; John Buckwalter; Elizabeth Wager

course is the OLS Senior Capstone Project, which represents the culmination of work forthe baccalaureate degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS). The SeniorCapstone Project represents one of the final deliverables that a student will develop as an OLSmajor. As such, students are strongly encouraged to allocate sufficient time for editing,rewriting, and/or proofreading the final documents. Students are expected to both submit andpresent at a poster session, a professionally-developed, final research report that demonstratestheir seriousness of purpose as a senior-level, college-educated student of leadership.This capstone course is designed to be integrative in nature and will use overlap from previouscoursework and signature

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

, Arizona. In 2007, we began accepting freshmen into ourMechanical Engineering (ME) program. In the 2010-2011 academic year, we offered for thefirst time the new ME capstone design courses with concentrations in either air-breathingpropulsion or robotics. This paper describes the propulsion preliminary design course; a secondpaper will focus on the follow-on propulsion detail design course.The first graduating class of ME majors included three students in the propulsion track. Themutual dependence of the new propulsion track and well-established aircraft preliminary designcourse under our Aerospace Engineering (AE) program made the integration of the MEpropulsion and AE aircraft projects an attractive proposition. This paper discusses this

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1624: INCORPORATING SOFT-CORE AND HARD-CORE PROCESSORSIN CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSESWagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia Page 14.724.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Incorporating Soft Core and Hard Core Processors in Capstone Design Courses Wagdy H Mahmoud University of the District of Columbia wmahmoud@udc.eduAbstractThis paper provides details of our electrical engineering program efforts to introduce sot andhard core processors and the concept of SoC in senior-level and senior-design courses. The

Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blake Stringer, Kent State University, Kent; Maureen McFarland, Kent State University, Kent

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

cohortsAbstractThe capstone course sequence in an engineering or engineering technology program bringstogether all elements of the curriculum into a comprehensive learning experience. A team ofstudents works together, combining the topics learned during their undergraduate coursework tocomplete a substantial design project. Design courses can be uncomfortable for many studentsbecause of the open-ended nature of the requirement, leading to many questions such as “Are weon the right track? Do I have the right answer? Are we approaching this the right way?” Due totheir unique experiences, student veterans in engineering are well positioned to enable theircohorts to overcome these challenges. The military experience teaches veterans to becomeproblem-solvers

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

-based capstone design project. This two-semester, four course, 11 credit hoursequence includes both engineering and technical communication courses and is co-taught byengineering and communications instructors. Each student invests nearly 500 hours in a team-based project. Each team of six to nine (or more) students completes the design, fabrication andflight testing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Students document their work through four writtenreports and eight oral presentations (i.e., design reviews and test readiness reviews). While eachteam member has a distinct technical role, all work is completed collaboratively [1], [2].The intensity of the project and its collaborative nature present unique challenges for bothcapstone students and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Rogers; David Miller; Bruce Barna

thermodynamic models, and (3) understand system-wide effects ofchanging process variables (as part of the process improvement aspect). The project, based on the synthesis of maleic anhydride from n-butane, involves severalimportant unit operations that will often be encountered in the capstone project. The students aregiven a set of equipment specifications and process data from which they are supposed todevelop a simulation of the process as it currently exists. Strategies for simulating the process arediscussed in detail and the course instructor is available in the student computing laboratory tohelp with issues as they arise. The project includes a reactor (PFR) with kinetic models, absorption column, vacuumdistillation column with