Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Jay Shah; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

;www.mines.edu/academic/epics/ values, society & decisions; environment, resources, science & technology; international studies.University of Dayton, OH. Engineering ETHOS provides international service internships as wellin Technical, Humanitarian as through collaborative research and hands-on classroomOpportunities of Service (ETHOS) projects that support the development of appropriatequickplace.udayton.edu/ETHOS technologies for the developing world.Georgia Tech. School of Civil & Courses include: Lab for Sustainable Design & Construc-Environmental Engineering. tion; Sustainable Issues for

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Ronald Welch

project choicesthat meet their individual needs for a challenging, rewarding academic experience. The fact thatthis course is offered in addition to the program-required capstone course and taken by over 90percent of the seniors each year testifies to the value that the cadets see in the course.In the past decade at USMA, academic promotion criteria have increasingly looked at researchand publication records of faculty members. Thus, what was once a primarily teaching-focusedschool has began to morph into a research-focused school. With the growing need for modestfaculty research and the absence of graduate students, the development of undergraduateresearch opportunities quickly evolved. There have been numerous successes and failures overthe

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

towards the newer students [8].Motivation: It has been shown that students felt improvement in communication and problem-solving skills when provided with the opportunity to work with industry partners [9]. If it isassumed that this was mostly due to their ability to work with more experienced individuals andto benefit from more senior perspectives, the effort in introducing a cross-cohort projectmay demonstrate the same benefits albeit to a lesser extent since the difference in experience issignificantly smaller. Lu et al. in 2016 developed a project which started in 2012 and continuedto the date of publishing which allowed over 50 undergraduate students from many differentcohorts to contribute on a capstone project, sometimes over several years

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai

Session 2563 Innovative Approaches to Collaborative Design Projects Mark Rajai, Ali Kashef University of Memphis/University of Northern IowaAbstractRapid changes in technology and a global economic recession have prompted many leadingmanufacturing companies to reevaluate and upgrade their design and manufacturing process.An increasing number of these companies have moved from traditional design environment to avirtual one. Companies such as Boeing have utilized various new software/tools and adoptedinnovative technologies to reduce cost and time to market for new products. In

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John E. Mayer

student, an assessment of the individual student’scontribution to the project, and the student’s individual oral presentations during the semester.EXAMPLE PROJECTS Over the past seven years at least 30 different companies have furnished projects for thesenior capstone course in the manufacturing engineering technology program at Texas A&MUniversity. Some companies have supplied multiple projects. Some past projects are listed below by project title: 1. Aircraft food tray design and manufacture 17. Gate and riser standardization 2. Aircraft skin modifications 18. Injection mold die changing 3. Analytical test device manufacture 19. Foundry ladle skimming 4. Dust/wood chip separation

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P. Eng., Western Carolina University; Adam Harris, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

- Applied Systems ● Engineering Technology - Technical Operations (off-campus distance) ● Master of Science in Engineering TechnologyThe school has a focus on practice and strives to prepare students for industry. To achieve thisgoal the school has adopted a Project Based Learning (PBL) core that has a common core of fiveproject courses, with at least one in each year of the program. The first two courses, ENGR 199and 200, focus on the basics of project work and act to level students’ abilities. ENGR 350 has afocus on entrepreneurial product design. ENGR 400 and 450 are the capstone project courses.The capstone projects are done for industry and typically include product design, test equipment,production equipment, or process

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angie Crist; Russ Newcomer; Michael Propst; Pedro Leite

Business Projects and Authentic Learning Angie Crist Russ Newcomer Michael Propst Pedro Leite Engineering Technology Department Computer Systems Technology Kansas State University – Salina Abstract This paper describes our experiences working with two student-led team projects: an internship project and a volunteer project. Both projects involved the design, development, and

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

golfball shooter for their capstone project. These students applied their knowledge of CADD, FluidPower, Machine Tool Technology and Dynamics, and successfully completed the project. Thereare numerous application-oriented publications in the area of Engineering Mechanics and wehave cited two of them in this paper.1, 2 We hope our course related hands-on project will inspirethe ET faculty community further and many more interesting projects will be presented at thefuture ASEE conferences.Introduction:Middle Tennessee State University is one of the fastest growing universities in the United States.We have about 28,000 students and our Engineering Technology (ET) is one of the tendepartments in the college of Basic and Applied Sciences. The ET

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

approach provides students the opportunities to work withindustry on projects in a real operational environment. These experiences give students solidtechnical education, strengthen their project management skills, and expose them to significantengineering challenges found in real industrial settings.Lenoir10 presented guidelines for success for capstone projects. Moore11 discussed issues Page 8.301.1involved in externally sponsored senior projects. Jordan and Schell12 pointed out some legal Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rana Mitra; John-David Yoder; Michael Rider

Session 1566without him.Bibliography[1] Faste, R., B. Roth, and D.J. Wilde, “Integration of Creativity into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,”ASME Resource Guide to Innovation in Design Education, Cary A. Fisher, Ed., American Society of MechanicalEngineers, New York, 1993.[2] "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for Evaluations during the 2001-2002 AccreditationCycle," ABET, 2000. (http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf)[3] Dutson, Alan J. et al, 1997. "A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses," Journal of Engineering Education. 86(1):17-28.[4] Marin, John A., James E. Armstong Jr., and James L. Kays, "Elements of an Optimal Capstone Experience,"1999

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Robert Michael P.E., Gannon University; Michael P Sirak PE, Wabtec Corporation; David Gee, Gannon University

and Design Requirements. Students work in teams of 3 throughout the semester.Various software tools are used and the final design is presented to the class. Each team mustproduce a detailed set of engineering drawings as well as a final design report. The designproject is extremely valuable in teaching the importance of team project organization and timing,as well as tolerancing, manufacturing techniques, fits and producing detailed engineeringdrawings. Finally, the design project supported the ABET Student Outcome 5 and 7: Ability tofunction effectively on a team, and Ability to acquire new knowledge. These outcomes areassessed with an in-class survey and results reported.1. IntroductionThe use of design projects (or capstone projects) is an

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; David Layton, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

educationand professional journals shows multiple proposals for specific capstone and senior projects, butlittle about the special requirements for teaching such projects online. These results are evidenceof a need to address the specific challenges and requirements for online teaching of seniorprojects. Online learning requires the student to participate and learn virtually via computer, asopposed to in a traditional classroom environment. Though online learning is not for everyone,it's important for prospective students to determine whether or not it's something they would liketo pursue1,2,3. The following are pros and cons for online learning:Pros(a)- Online learning provides flexibility because students are able to work when it's convenient

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

ratheran introduction to project management and spreadsheets as an Engineering design tool. The classhas a very strong hands-on component using Microsoft Excel and MS Project. The students arethen required to use both tools in their later courses, particularly in their laboratory courses andplanning/tracking of the Capstone Design course. These students also take a Technical Writingcourse from the English Department to prepare them for report writing.We use several assignments of increasing difficulty to expose the students to Excel as a designtool and Project to organize and track a project. The quarter culminates with small teams ofstudents using both tools to design, plan, and track a virtual project of their choice such asstarting a small

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

at Purdue University is offered as one section of therequired senior year capstone design course in the Aerospace Engineering curriculum4. Thatcourse is structured such that several local teams are formed, and at least two projectproposals are formally submitted to the RGSFOP program, with the best from among thelocal project plans being selected for submission to RGSFOP. This obviously would be abetter format, but is only feasible with a greater commitment of resources from the offeringdepartment (e.g., what appears to be secure funding for two or more teams per year, and fullcourse load credit for the course instructor). However, at WVU the Aerospace Engineeringsenior capstone design course has always been, and appears likely to remain for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

the project regarding how well the team met the course goals and objectives. • In-Progress Reviews. The faculty advisor holds numerous In-Progress Reviews with each team (two during the first semester and four during the second semester) to discuss their successes, challenges, and project assignments. • System Requirements Specification. Students write a technical report for each of the major design elements and the final capstone computer systems design which requires them to demonstrate their knowledge of technological, social, political, economic, and ethical factors and an understanding of the impact on their system design. Students must also work with their

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

mechatronics curriculum developmentefforts: an undergraduate concentration in mechatronics, Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35thAnnual Conference 19-22 Oct. 2005 Page(s):F3F - 7-8[8] V. Genis, W. Rosen, R. Chiou, W. Danley, J. Milbrandt, G. Marekova, S. Racz,T. Kitchener, and B. LaVay, Laboratory- and Project-Based Courses in the Engineering Technology Curriculum,Philadelphia, PA Fall proceeding of ASEE Mid Hudson Section 2007[9] Murray, W.R.; Garbini, J.L.; Mechatronics capstone design projects at the University of Washington, AdvancedIntelligent Mechatronics, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on 19-23 Sept. 1999Page(s):598 - 604[10] Weiner , Tim, New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle, NY Times

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Micah Lande; Larry Leifer

industry sponsor perspectives.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 19Bibliography1. Prince, MJ, RM Felder, “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 165-174.2. Dutson, AJ, RH Todd, SP Magleby, CD Sorensen, RH Todd, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997, pp. 17

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

mechatronics curriculum developmentefforts: an undergraduate concentration in mechatronics, Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35thAnnual Conference 19-22 Oct. 2005 Page(s):F3F - 7-8[8] V. Genis, W. Rosen, R. Chiou, W. Danley, J. Milbrandt, G. Marekova, S. Racz,T. Kitchener, and B. LaVay, Laboratory- and Project-Based Courses in the Engineering Technology Curriculum,Philadelphia, PA Fall proceeding of ASEE Mid Hudson Section 2007[9] Murray, W.R.; Garbini, J.L.; Mechatronics capstone design projects at the University of Washington, AdvancedIntelligent Mechatronics, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on 19-23 Sept. 1999Page(s):598 - 604[10] Weiner , Tim, New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle, NY Times

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayano Ohsaki, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

of the instructional strategy. Cheville and Bunting [8] and Smith [9]have showed that higher levels of competencies can be developed by active learning, often usingteams and projects. Simpson et al. [10] advocate interdisciplinary capstone projects since thatexperience is more representative of what students will find in the real world. Prince and Felder[11] have found out that inductive methods like project-based learning are more effective thantraditional deductive methods, for achieving a broad range of learning outcomes. Schaffer et al.[12] have concluded – based on their study of 256 students from 60 teams - that crossdisciplinary team learning increases self-efficacy. Apelian [13] believes that one of the importantskills for the 21st

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Camille George, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

psychrometrics in cooling units-understanding the implications involved in converting salt water into freshwaterWith the goal of encouraging creativity the performance of each design was minimallyweighted in the grading and the design aspect was completely open-ended. Theinstructor was available for questions and to help recognize potential issues but refrainedfrom offering suggestions during the design phase. As heat transfer or fluid mechanicscourses typically follow thermodynamics the project was not intended to be a capstone,but did provide valuable experience from which a student could build from in a futuresenior design project. The project also provided an opportunity to present a qualitative

Conference Session

Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Arvid Andersen; Wayne B. Krause, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

reflect the actual needs ofthe student. Students too may not be fully knowledgeable of the design depth requirement attheir home institution. In some instances design projects are not convincingly sufficient to meethome institution requirements. Advanced advising at the home institution is essential butconsidering the many steps and barriers involved in the application process this is oftenoverlooked.One Semester Design Experience. EPS is a semester long design experience. Many capstonedesign requirements in the U.S. are two semesters in length. There is always the question as towhether this one semester experience will count toward the capstone design requirement in theU.S.Academic Calendar Differences. There are significant differences in the U

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Marikunte, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Expectation of Culminating Design ExperienceAbstractThe Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET requires that the programcurriculum provides a culminating design experience that prepares students for engineeringpractice. Emphasis is placed on how this experience is based upon the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier coursework and incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multipledesign constraints. In many Civil Engineering programs, capstone projects are associated with anadvanced course with emphasis on one concentration area. Even though students mayincorporate components outside of their concentration areas, it is rather minimal. This narrowsstudent’s culminating design experience to that specific concentration area

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

and tools for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship 6. Create start-up, technology-based, revenue-generating ventures that will create jobs in Brevard County, FloridaCourses Supporting the ProgramCourse 1: Senior Design – This is the series of three System Design capstone core courses,beginning with Junior Design in the spring of the Junior year, which focus on conceiving,defining, designing, validating and demonstrating innovative new product ideas. System DesignI and System Design II are taken in the Fall and Spring terms of the senior year. The studentswork on cross-functional teams and learn by participating in and delivering results for businessplanning, new product development, project management, project

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Shoba Krishnan; Ruth Davis; Marco Bravo; Melissa Gilbert

the learning outcomes for the engineers, and to identify possible improvements;  Interviews of Masters students in education who are also classroom teachers;  Surveys of all senior engineering undergraduates in order to compare learning outcomes for students who work on community projects with those who work on traditional capstone projects;  Pre- and post-lesson surveys to gauge middle school students’ comfort level with science, math, and engineering, and understanding of engineers and what they do; and  Teacher-generated assessments in science class and math class to measure the student learning from the lesson plans developed.Learning Outcomes for Engineering Students These projects

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

course is one of the main precursors of Senior Design capstone course, having embedded inits curricula, besides seven laboratory activities, a final student-led team project that has the mainoutcome, a working prototype of a thermo-fluid system. The unique character of this courseconsists in being the only exposure that our students will have to heat and mass transferphenomena through laboratory activities enhanced by lectures. Laboratory activities account fortwo thirds of the course, while the classroom-lecture part, only for one third. The materialconveyed primarily, is using hands-on approaches.During this course students will explore experimentally basic thermodynamic relations; they willconduct experiments related to flow of compressible

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Clay Naito

structural engineering path acompanion course could be developed as part of a senior level capstone project. This coursecould use the design and analysis skills developed over the student’s academic career to designand build a structure. This could range from a pedestrian bridge to tensegrity domes. Thepossibilities are open to student’s imagination and determination. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education References1. Ressler, S. J, “Designing and Building File-Folder Bridges: A Problem-Based Introduction

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. For example, in one course Inormally have 10 teams of 5-7. In the past it would be normal to have 4 dysfunctional teams persemester. Now, the rate is typically one. The process is much more enjoyable for me and the stu-dents.Another welcome outcome is that the students who are normally having problems in groups findthemselves in teams where they can thrive. As a result many of them produce surprising results. Itis inspiring when a team that (on paper) should have been easily defeated has the strongest show-ing.Bibliography1. Jendrucko, R. J., Wasserman, J.F., “Optimizing Student Learning in a BME Capstone Design Course Sequence”,ASEE Annual Meeting, 2004.2. Jack, H., Ray, J., Farris, J., “Design and Build Projects as a Curriculum Thread

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Marine Biology Ecology Water Treatment CEE Core Course Water Resources Water Management Figure 8: Impact at college courses. Page 12.823.10VII. SummaryThis paper presents a multi-year project of designing and fabricating a robotic aqua probesystem. The course structure and content described in the paper can be easily adopted byother institutions for their capstone design or pertinent courses as laboratory experiments.The

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Matsson, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

be used as a comparisonwith forces derived from pressure distribution measurements.It is sometimes difficult to get students to fully complete a course project that is a part of acourse with lectures and labs since they have homework problems and reading assignments at thesame time as they work on their project. A project of the extent that has been shown in this paperis probably better suited for a senior capstone design project where the students can concentratemore on the project itself. Alternatively, one can let the students work on the same project duringtwo different courses scheduled either during the same semester or two consecutive semesters.The cost of building the experiment described in this paper was around $3,200 including

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

senior capstone project for technology majors. By the summer of1999, simulation internships had placed 12 of 17 students after running full-scale simulationclasses [1]. Internship placements included NASA-Johnson Space Center, a Navistar truck plant,Deneb Robotics, DaimlerChrysler, and General Motors. By 2000 graduates with these skillsreceived the following successful job placements: Applied Manufacturing Technologies (SystemsEngineer); Argus & Associates (Simulation Engineer); Delphi Corp. (Simulation Engineer);Delmia (7 Interns); Detroit Central Tool (Robotics Simulator); General Motors (SimulationEngineer); and HRU Corp. (Project/Simulation Engineer). Based on these successes, and demandby students, virtual simulation is now a principle