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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Hailey; James Fridley; Jens Jorgensen; Ann Mescher

Session# 3266 Undergraduate Collaborative Capstone Design Projects Using the Web Michael B. Hailey, Jens E. Jorgensen, Ann M. Mescher and James L. Fridley University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2600Abstract:Design education and design project execution requires teamwork and collaborative efforts to besuccessful. In an academic setting this has typically been achieved by frequent 'face-to-face'meetings between the student design team, faculty consultants, and the project sponsors. Moderntechnology, via the Internet, has made the collaborative team efforts

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Aten; Derek T. Schade; Kurt J. Colella

Session 3525 SOLAR SPLASH AS A CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT Kurt J. Colella U. S. Coast Guard Academy Derek T. Schade USCGC FORWARD (WMEC-911) Scott Aten USCGC SPAR (WLB-403)Introduction The senior-level design project is the capstone experience for all graduating engineeringstudents. Senior design is the culmination of the design integration process, where the student’spast experiences with design are called upon to successfully complete

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-921: CAPSTONE SENIOR PROJECT MENTORING AND STUDENTCREATIVITYWael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University Page 15.259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Capstone Senior Project Mentoring and Student CreativityAbstractAfter the 2000 ABET accreditation changes, many Engineering Schools expanded or startedcapstone senior projects to meet the realization aspect of the engineering education. It is offeredin several versions including one and two-semester course. The capstone project offers anintegrated experience for the senior students to apply their engineering knowledge to solve aresearch or applied open-ended problem. The typical project includes

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

Session 1647 Restructuring the Capstone Course Leads to Successful Projects Rafic Bachnak, Satyajit Verma, and Tim Coppinger Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractThe engineering technology programs at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi share acapstone projects course that allows students to use their problem solving skills and thetechnical knowledge they gain throughout their college experience to develop a device orsystem that meets some specific requirements. As a result of concerns raised during arecent ABET accreditation visit, the course was restructured in order to ensureconsistency in

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

Effective Capstone/Master’s Projects – Do’s and Don’ts Shekar Viswanathan and Howard E. Evans School of Engineering and Technology National University, 11255 North Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California 92037, U.S.A.Abstract Final program projects (typically ‘master’s projects’ at the graduate level and‘capstone’ at the undergraduate) are intensive experiences in critical analysis and aredesigned to broaden students’ perspectives and provide them with an opportunity tointegrate the knowledge acquired from various courses (integration of coursework) intotheir area of specialization. This paper analyzes a successful final project to present a listof Do’s and Don’ts necessary for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elhag Shaban

Session 2793 Capstone Design Projects in Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education E. H. Shaban Electrical Engineering Department Southern University Email: eshaban@clsuter.engr.subr.eduIntegrating design in an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum and theapplication of creative design ideas in senior capstone design projects have receivedample comments from repetitive ABET visitor’s teams. To address such a seriousdeficiency that is critical to the program survival, a radical change must be

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Gafar Abbas Elamin P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

Capstone ProjectAbstractIn undergraduate engineering programs, ABET criteria requires a capstone or integratingexperience to allow students to develop competencies in technical and non-technical problemsolving. These capstone experiences typically take the form of a year-long or semester-longproject that requires a group of senior students to work as a team to identify, define, design,prototype, and test their final product to solve an engineering problem. Ideally the students onthese teams contribute fairly and equitably to the project so that each individual can develop theirskills, but it is not unusual to see students on the team who do not contribute their fair share.Often, graded assessments in these capstone courses are team submissions and

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Bilal Alhawamdeh, Western Michigan University; M Muchson; Ahmad Mohammad Rasheed Al-Bodour, Western Michigan University

research projects focused on sustainable solutions. His work also involves fostering collaborations between industry and academia, enhancing the practical impact of engineering education.M MuchsonAhmad Mohammad Rasheed Al-Bodour, Western Michigan University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Sustainability Components Assessment of Engineering Design Capstone Projects Bilal Alhawamdeh1 Bronco Construction Research Center Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA Email: bilal.alhawamdeh@wmich.edu

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #5904Team Leadership on Capstone Design Project TeamsMr. Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the College of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Technology Management Pro- gram and is responsible for the undergraduate ME Capstone Design program. He received his BS, MS in ME from the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career has included executive Research and Development management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Julie Wang

The “Real-World” Senior Capstone Design Projects Julie Wang Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 21532 AbstractOur collaborative Mechanical Engineering program with University of Maryland at College Parkhad two successful senior capstone design projects which were completed under the strongsupport by the ITT Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and AES Company in Cumberland,Maryland. Both projects were created by the summer student internships, since the students’excellent work have impressed the engineers in the two companies.The first is a system design project. The project provides ITT Company the ability to test

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Christopher Palmieri; Judith Hooymans; Cole Gingrich; Tooran Emami Ph. D.; Aaron Dahlen; Joseph Staier

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Electrical Engineering Capstone Project on Dynamic Position System Christopher Palmieri, Judith Hooymans, Cole Gingrich, Tooran Emami, Aaron Dahlen, and Joseph Staier Department of Engineering- Electrical Engineering Section United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT, USA Christopher.A.Palmieri@uscga.edu Judith.A.Hooymans@uscga.edu Cole.R.Gingrich@uscga.edu

Conference Session

Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nourhan Emad El-Atky, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #33430Student Perceptions of Project Management and Team Culture WithinCapstone ProjectsMrs. Nourhan Emad El-Atky, Rowan University Nourhan El-Atky is a Graduate Assistant in Mechanical Engineering 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. at Rowan University. Her Ph.D. is focusing specifically on capstone design projects at Rowan University, senior and junior clinics in particular.Dr. Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Dr. Smitesh Bakrania is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He re

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #32591Project Based Capstone Design Projects Amidst Covid-19 RestrictionsDr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a position with the US Army where he has been ever since. For the first decade with the Army he worked on notable programs to include the M829A1 and A2 that were first of a kind composite saboted munition. His travels have taken him

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Hyman, University of Missouri; Jim Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

AC 2010-1576: CURRICULUM-WIDE PROJECT BASED LEARNING BYREFINING CAPSTONE PROJECTSBarry Hyman, University of Missouri Barry Hyman is Visiting Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept. at the University of Missouri. His over 80 publications include many conference papers and journal articles on structural mechanics, engineering and public policy, energy systems and policy, and engineering design education. The second edition of his widely used textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Design, was published by Prentice-Hall in 2003. He received the ASEE Centennial Medallion for significant and lasting contributions to engineering education (1993), and the ASEE Chester F

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #8820Capstone project challenges: How industry sponsored projects offer newlearning experiencesDr. Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University Dr. Carrie Steinlicht is an Asst. Professor of Operations Management. She has directed many Capstone projects with Industry partners for students in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Operations Management. She has several years of industry experience as an advanced development engineer and has served as a consultant to industry for over 10 years.Prof. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University Byron Garry is an Associate Professor of Electronics Technology

Conference Session

Design Project Based Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vernon Ulrich, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

designprojects for all students. Assessing a team’s project results is usually a relatively easy task.However, fairly assessing the performance of individual students within the team is much moredifficult. The complexity of the assessment task is compounded by the wide range of subjects,difficulty, and engineering tasks involved in differing projects. Assessing engineeringperformance across a variety of projects is also a common problem for most industrialemployers. Many companies that employ engineers use a management-by-objective (MBO)assessment system for their professional employees. Grove City College capstone designstudents are now being assessed with a MBO system similar to industrial employers. Adescription of the Grove City College rating

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Redekopp, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California; Allan Weber, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Therese Wilbur, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

courses. In engineering, capstone designcourses were natural candidates and the embedded system design course within the Ming HsiehDepartment of Electrical Engineering was selected for the pilot program. On the business side,the marketing department created a follow-on practicum course to its “New ProductDevelopment and Branding” theory course. Run once in spring 2008, the program is runningagain in spring 2009, with a third collaborator in the Roski School of Fine Arts. The “AdvancedDesign Projects” provides product design, packaging, and artistic input and expertise. Thefollowing sections summary the approach to teaching these courses along with lessons learnedthroughout the pilot experience.3. ApproachInterdisciplinary engineering capstone

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

practice, givesstudents the opportunity to participate in the partnership of production and promotion, whilegaining insight into their particular role in the relationship. Research demonstrates that whenstudents participate in applied, multidisciplinary learning experiences, they are engaged andvalue the educational and personal experience.5The current Engineering & Design capstone course at EWU evolved from a couple of differentcourses. One of these courses was a senior project course where students in the variedTechnology and Engineering disciplines would work either individually or in small groups on Page 11.1114.3projects. It was already

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

oral presentations and written documentation.While team-based product design is part of the curriculum, formal and sustained interaction withend users to inform the design process is an integral of the Interdisciplinary ProductDevelopment capstone courses. The department of Bioengineering is jointly within both theCollege of Engineering and the College of Medicine, which facilitates student exposure to a widevariety of clinical environments with medical faculty engagement. The course is sponsored byan industry partner, who, in conjunction with faculty, provides project statements that are ofstrategic business interest. For this reason, all students participate under a Non-DisclosureAgreement. The first semester focuses on early front-end

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adel Salama P.E., Austin Peay State University; Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

became involved in Additive Manufacturing (AM) in 2006, initiated AM option under the Manufacturing curriculum and set up the AM Lab in 2014. Because of his background Dr. Chen has been involved in many student capstone projects. Prof. Chen is a Fellow of the Tennessee Academy of Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Learning Outcomes through Senior Capstone Experience AbstractOver several years of advising graduate and undergraduate Electrical Engineering Technologystudents at Austin Peay State University, students have been required to solve open-ended realworld problems in their respective engineering disciplines prior to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Dolan, University of Wyoming; Ovid Plumb, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education, 2008 Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Program A Case StudyAbstractTo advance interdisciplinary engineering, an all college multi-disciplinary senior design programwas initiated. The initial project was a two year effort to design an automated transit system forthe campus. The first semester was a planning stage to establish vehicle, route and infrastructureparameters. The planning semester was followed by three semesters of sequential design.Students enter the program at various stages of development and must complete defined portionsof the overall project. The program places emphasis on documenting work, picking up workinitiated by others and communicating design objectives

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University; Walter E. Thain Jr.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

hands-on experiences in telecommunications networks analysis and thevarious aspects related to the administration and management of such networks. A primary goalof the program from its inception has been to develop a capstone course in which studentsdemonstrate their competence gained via the program by the successful completion of a teamproject and associated report.This paper discusses the development of the telecommunications project course as a capstonecourse for the TCET program at SPSU. The most recent project involved the setting up of avoice-over-IP (VoIP) network using Cisco routers and equipment available in ourtelecommunications laboratory. The VoIP network operated over a Frame Relay (FR) cloud andincorporated security aspects into

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University; Doran K. Wilde, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the IEEE and is the father of seven children and eleven grandchildren. Page 22.1262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Robotic Laser Tag: A Capstone Design ExperienceAbstractThis paper describes a senior design project in which teams of electrical and computerengineering students design and implement hardware and software modules that allow an off-the-shelf RC vehicle to operate autonomously using only on-board sensors and computationalresources, including a custom FPGA board. The technical details of the project in its currentform are highlighted, including the

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

Session 1347 An Educational and Entertaining Senior Capstone Design Ahmad M. Farhoud Engineering Technology Department University of ToledoAbstractThe renovation of Lucas County’s Winter Wonderland Christmas exhibit presented a uniqueopportunity for students to become involved and use their knowledge to design new displays.The project presented herein represents an ideal learning experience. It was an occasion forstudents to have fun, while demonstrating their technical knowledge. At the same time, studentsexperienced some of

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

, it wasimplemented to change the course and improve performance.First, there was value to the MET program in applying a metric such as RADD as part of acontinuous improvement process. This aspect offered help in identifying areas for improvementin our pre-capstone courses. With the addition of further parameters to the current RADDmetric, we intend to provide data-based feedback that will aid in the modification to pre-requisitecourse outcomes.Second, the RADD metric was used to improve the course itself. Analysis of the courseperformance indicated that a significant shortfall was the ability of students to synthesize andapply their project information and technical skills into a cohesive product design proposal. Forcomparison, the metric was

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education, 2017 Benefits and Challenges of Transitioning to Community Service Multidisciplinary Capstone ProjectsAbstractSignificant research has shown the positive benefit of service and community-based learning onstudent diversity, engagement, and retention. Elements of service-learning have beenincorporated across disciplines into traditional classes as well as capstone experiences. Whileproviding significant benefits, challenges also exist in managing relationships with externalclients, finding administrative support for these experiences, and engaging students in moreopen-ended projects.Recognizing these benefits, new capstone projects have been introduced at our mid-sized mid-Atlantic college over the last two

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher David Leblanc, University of New Hampshire; Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire; Christopher Dundorf, 2KR Systems

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #18077An Engineering Technology Capstone Project: The Snow Load NetworkProf. Christopher David Leblanc, University of New Hampshire Christopher D. LeBlanc is currently the Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor for the Engineering Technology program at the University of New Hampshire Manchester campus. Prior to his faculty ap- pointment he spent 16 years at International Business Machines (IBM) as an Analog Mixed Signal design engineer.Dr. Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire Mihaela Sabin is Associate Professor of Computer Science at UNH Manchester, University of New Hamp- shire. Her research

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

to test the abilities students have gainedover their college careers and to provide a design experience that simulates real-worldengineering. An important factor in giving students a valuable Capstone Design experience isthe selection of an appropriate project. A good project for this purpose should have appropriatetechnical rigor and allow students to focus as much as possible on engineering design rather thanon logistical activities like fundraising. Further, the work done by students in the course shouldbe assessable, both for the purposes of accreditation and for assignment of grades. Additionally,the deadlines imposed must be appropriate, and evaluation criteria need to be established.One solution for many of the project planning

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Farhad Ameri, Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

North Carolina State University. Dr. Talley teaches courses in the Construction Science and Management Program, and her research focus is in student en- gagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology. Contact: kgt5@txstate.eduDr. Farhad Ameri, Texas State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work-In-Progress: Measuring the Effects of a Making-Based Senior Design Project in Engineering TechnologyAbstractIn a pilot corresponding with the founding of the university-wide maker space at Texas StateUniversity, the Engineering Technology senior design class completed a making-based seniordesign project. This pilot semester also represented the first