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ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen

Session 3447 Radio-Controlled Robot Lawnmower Chong Chen and Jonathan Derr Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132Abstract This paper presents an engineering technology senior project: radio-controlled robotlawnmower. The lawnmower can go forward and reverse. It can also turn around. The speed ofthe lawnmower is comparable to a push lawnmower. This project involved use of the student’s knowledge acquired from many major courses,which included

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 3447Designing a Microprocessor Controlled Heater Fan for a Fireplace Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Robert McCulley University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis Paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project completed as part ofthe final senior design class for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program atUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore. The objective of this project was to use a PIC16C622 microprocessor to control the speed of a fan depending on the temperaturesensed just below the mantel of a fireplace. The PIC 16C622 was

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

above needwould be beneficial. This paper describes a Senior Capstone Design project resulting in aprototype of the “Bi-Use Wheelchair” to help meet patients’ and examiners’ needs.DesignResearch of current literature and equipment showed no products satisfying the above need. The Page 8.267.1closest one, “Gerri-Chair” is a lazy boy-type reclining chair with four very small wheels. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright ©2003, American Society for EngineeringDiscussions with nurses in the field revealed that this type of chair is never

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

Session 3447 Remote Assistive Elevator Control Device Janak Dave, Thomas G. Boronkay, James Henize University of CincinnatiAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at the University of Cincinnati’sCollege of Applied Science requires a “Design, Build & Test” Capstone design project forstudents working toward the baccalaureate degree. Most of these are completed by individualstudents. Local non-profit organizations that offer community service provide some of theprojects. By working with these organizations, the MET Department has identified

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Aldrich; Michael Webber; Scott Dunning

Session 3447 The Holden Elementary School Autonomous Vehicle (HESAV) By Scott C. Dunning, Ph.D., Charles Aldrich and Michael Webber University of MaineAbstract One challenge that must be met for a successful capstone design course is to select aproject that excites a student team while solving a real world problem. This paper will discussthe results of a senior design project that met both of those criteria. The project objective was todesign and build a fully autonomous vehicle for use by physically challenged children at theHolden Elementary

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhash Bose; Immanuel Edinbarough

Session 3447A vision and robot based on-line monitoring of defects in Electronics Manufacturing – A collaborative effort in capstone project. Immanuel Edinbarough, Subhash BoseThe University of Texas at Brownsville/The University of Texas – Pan AmericanAbstractThis paper discusses the integration of an automated neural network-based visioninspection system with robots to detect and report IC lead defects on-line. The visionsystem consists of custom software that contains a neural network database for eachIC to be inspected on a PCB. The vision system uses gray scale images and a singlelayer neural network with three outputs based on defect

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

Session 3447 Capstone Projects that are Industry Sponsored, Interdisciplinary, and Include both Design and Build Tasks David Myszka University of DaytonAbstractOver the past decade, a great deal of attention has been placed on capstone designprojects in engineering technology. This has come as a result of criticisms of educationinstitutions for not meeting the needs of industry. To that end, nearly all institutions haveadopted a capstone experience. Many have instituted projects that include both design andfabrication. Some have utilized industry-sponsored projects

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Labonté, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

PolytechnicInstitute determined that, while the vast majority of capstone design projects satisfied ourrequirements for Capstone Design, there were several disturbing trends. Specifically, it was noticed that students were lacking the skills to perform serious designsynthesis; they were not adequately addressing issues of quality, safety, reliability andmaintainability; little attention was being paid to issues associated with economics; students werehaving difficulty understanding how different areas of Electrical Engineering related to eachother; and significant amounts of faculty time were spent teaching project teams the designprocess. To correct these problems, a course was developed which focused on teaching students,during their second

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

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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

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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: 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

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

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

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

2006-717: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – ACASE STUDY OF CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE WITH STRONG INDUSTRIALPARTICIPATIONCesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State UniversityChiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University Page 11.1116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Senior Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering -- A Case Study of Capstone Experience with Strong Industrial ParticipationAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering adoptedan integrated curriculum in the late 90s. The curriculum features a capstone one-year seniordesign course in which students work in teams tackling

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angran Xiao, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Joyce Tam, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #21107Product Development Process and Student Learning in an Engineering Tech-nology Capstone Project: Electrical Go-kartDr. Angran Xiao, New York City College of Technology Angran Xiao is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York.Dr. Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang has been

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

complete. Thefirst semester of the senior project required the students to research the problem, submitweekly memos, midterm report of findings, and a final project proposal. After advisorinput and approval the second semester concluded the project with the designdocumentation and often the manufacturing of a device to satisfy the design problem.This course sequence is probably similar to many engineering or engineering technologydegree programs which offer the students a capstone project simulating a workplaceexperience. There are inconsistencies in this experience, because each faculty advisormay have different level of expectations, amount of contact with the group, and degree ofinstruction of design principles. The change implemented at

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, particularly capstone courses, that has received little attention is how to characterize andchoose suitable design projects.To better understand what aspects of design projects lead to successful capstone designexperiences for students, six years of evaluation data on electrical engineering capstone designprojects at a large, public research university were reviewed. Additionally, transcripts from fouryears of a capstone design course end-of-semester “after action review” by faculty, students, andteaching assistants were reviewed. From this work several characteristics of “successful”capstone projects emerged. While a definition of success is, of course, highly dependent onprogram specific outcomes, for this study success was defined as a project that

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

provided about the efficacy of those changes. In theinitial offering of the course, students were assigned to their senior capstone project teams andthe formal design process was taught “just in time” for students to apply the process to theircapstone projects. Based on both student and instructor assessments from the initial offering, thecourse was revised to teach the design process in the context of two simple projects (design aportable illumination device and design a device to store a West Point class ring) followed by thesenior capstone project. The illumination device project served as an in-class examplethroughout formal instruction and the ring storage device project provided context for students‟individual out-of-class work (homework

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the CubeSat comprised their Capstone project (partially fulfillingthe requirements of the computer science Senior Design Project course). A professor from theComputer Science Department acted as manager and advisor to these computer science students.Upholding the requirements of the Senior Design Project course, the Agile Project ManagementMethodology was employed in managing the software team. In this section, we provide a briefintroduction to Agile Project Management5 with Scrum6, and provide the specifics of how Agileis employed in our computer science Senior Design Project. We also discuss the aspects of theCubeSat Project that coincide with a traditional computer science undergraduate education.Further, we discuss how the software team

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob T Allenstein, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program Page 23.560.2AbstractThe Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC) at The Ohio State University offersstudents through its Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program, a broad range ofopportunities for both engineering and non-engineering students to work directly with industrypersonnel on company-sponsored product and process design projects. The EEIC providesstudents an opportunity to apply their academics and practical skills to real-world problemswhile working on a multidisciplinary team. The program has been arranged as a two-semesterdesign sequence beginning with a pre-capstone course for the

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joyce Blandino P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design and fabricate a low-cost transtibial prosthetic limb.Capstone projects typically span one to two semesters. In many cases, a single student designgroup is only able to concentrate on the design aspects of a capstone design project conductedwithin a single semester. In two-semester projects, the second semester typically provides thesame student design group the necessary time to build and test the design they completed duringthe first semester. Unlike these typical capstone projects, the authors’ prosthetic capstone designproject spanned four years and involved multiple student design groups. Students in the first-yeargroup conducted a feasibility study and built a basic prototype of the design. The iterativedesign process then started

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew P. Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Patrick Gardner, Western Carolina University; Brett Ronald Banther, Western Carolina University; Jeffrey L. Ray, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #29689Collaborative Project-Based Learning Capstone for Engineering andEngineering Technology StudentsDr. Andrew P. Ritenour, Western Carolina University Andrew Ritenour is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering + Technology at West- ern Carolina University (WCU). Prior to joining WCU in 2018, he spent a decade in industry managing and developing innovative technologies across a broad spectrum of applications: high voltage transistors for energy-efficient power conversion, radio frequency (RF) surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters for mo- bile phones, and flexible paper-like displays for e

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University; Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, design processes and student teams. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating ABET Student Outcome (5) in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Project SequenceAbstractABET has published a revised list of student outcomes detailed under ABET General Criterion 3,which replaces outcomes (a) through (k) with outcomes (1) through (7). The revised studentoutcomes place greater emphasis on measuring students’ ability to consider a wide range of factorsin engineering situations and to address problems in multidisciplinary teams. The wide scope ofoutcome (5) presents unique challenges. This paper describes an assessment method for ABETstudent outcome (5), which assesses

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, U of Texas at Brownsville; Katherine De La Vega, University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

computational,mathematical, and scientific requirements of the course. The Senior Project is a capstone projectwhere students integrate their scientific as well as their software design and implementationknowledge to a real-world problem. As our institution is a minority serving one, we have strivedto attract female students to the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fieldsthrough different means including active recruitment, mentorship programs, scholarships, andinternships, just to name few. Our latest effort, reported in this paper, is to allow female studentsto select an area of great impact on their health and/or social well-being, and to investigate it indepth through their senior projects. The approach is called Collaborative