Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; Zhili (Jerry) Gao

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Construction

Page 12.470.2environment. Construction graduates must possess technical strength coupled withcommunication (written and speech), and soft skills. In most of the capstone courses, studentsare given a real-world problem to solve over a period of a semester or a year. Many programshave capstone / project-based courses, which are aimed at training students in solving real worldproblems. Some programs have courses which run for a year. Walker and Slotterbeck1, instudying the incorporation of teamwork into software engineering curriculum, concluded that: (i)there is not enough time to teach software engineering skills and also carry out a significantteam-based project in a single term, (ii) the software development process is best learnt

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Colleen Symansky; Hudson Jackson; Kassim Tarhini

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Preparing Civil Engineers for Construction Project Management Colleen Symansky, Hudson Jackson, and Kassim Tarhini United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTAbstractPart of the Civil Engineering Program graduation requirements at the United States Coast GuardAcademy includes the successful completion of a two-sequence construction projectmanagement study. This sequence consists of a Construction Project Management (CPM) courseand a Civil Engineering Design (CED) Capstone course. The CPM course provides anintroduction to the management practices of the construction industry, specifically focusing onhow projects are

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victor E. Lugo Vélez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Jose Fernando Vega-Riveros, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Carmen M. Bellido, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

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Electrical and Computer

and applying the latest educational research to improve the teaching – learning dynamics giving Dr. Bellido extensive experience using eval- uation to improve learning strategies from primary to graduate school. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Applying Complexity Theory and Project-Based Learning to Project Designs of Complex Computing SystemsIntroduction In capstone courses, students solve real world problems using teamwork, their engineeringskillset acquired through their curricular and co-curricular experiences, and management andplanning. Faculty try to predict the impact of student technical and non-technical

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Maria Kreppel; Max Rabiee

private investment, they seem all themore appropriate for the investment of public university resources. Enlarging the scope of designproblems via community-based projects should enrich the capstone experience for all involved. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.1225.1 Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionWithin the University of Cincinnati, the College of Applied Science (CAS) provides engineeringtechnology programs for a student body of approximately 1400. In its 175th year of operation,CAS honors its

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Susan M. Bogus; Kerry J. Howe

Session 6-4 Innovative Design-Build Approach to Project-Based Learning Susan M. Bogus Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico Kerry J. Howe Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractAll undergraduates in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico must takea senior capstone course in the last semester before graduation. The

Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanics

and examformat, the course covers failure theories, deflection analysis, energy methods, fatigue analysis,gear and shaft design, fastener design, finite element analysis, and system integration. Inaddition, a small scale design project is assigned to students in groups of three to address gooddesign practices including using formal design methodology to evaluate design solutions, properdesign documentation, and teamwork and communication skills. The capstone course is a two-semester sequence that includes the design and construction of a large scale design project with aclass of about twenty students working together. Students are divided into subgroups that workon individual aspects of the complete design. They must work together to keep the

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

Session 2625 Linking Student-Initiated Projects to Engineering Design Education Sven G. Bilén, Robert N. Pangborn, and Hanna Lee College of Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 168021. Introduction The engineering design process is paramount to the practice of engineering; hence,engineering programs have made increasing commitments to teaching design as part of designcourses, particularly capstone design classes. In the engineering colleges of most

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Pestaina, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy

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Computing & Information Technology

national accrediting agencies. A critical part of theassessment process is the generation of useful data for analysis and evaluation yielding indicatorsfor program improvement. Senior year capstone projects are a fertile source of such data. In thispaper, we outline the Student Outcomes and Senior Project course of the BS-CS program atFlorida International University (FIU). We describe and evaluate a methodology used to performassessment of attainment of the BS-CS Student Outcomes using data from the Senior Projectcourse.1. IntroductionUndergraduate program assessment continues to be a significant undertaking in manyinstitutions. It is the critical component of the continuous improvement process, and may providestakeholders with some confidence in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sundar Krishnamurty; Robert Gao; John Ritter; Donald Fisher; Janis Terpenny

Session 2325 Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled Janis Terpenny, Robert Gao, John Ritter, Donald Fisher, and Sundar Krishnamurty Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-2210AbstractA new two-semester capstone senior design course sequence in the area of assistive technologyhas been developed and integrated within the established curriculum of the Department ofMechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; William Drake

Session 2526 NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race - Innovative Student Projects William H. Drake, Larry Williamson Southwest Missouri State University/Pittsburg State UniversityIntroductionThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers student chapter at Southwest Missouri State Universitydecided to follow the lead of another student group and build a “Moonbuggy” to race in theNASA sponsored “Great Moonbuggy Race” held annually at Marshall Space Flight Center, inHuntsville, Alabama. The first buggy was designed by a small team and constructed as a part ofa senior level capstone course. The buggy completed the preliminary

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller

written of these projects. This paper presentsthe details of five courses using this approach in the Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringDepartment (NAOE) at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The first course is themajor’s introductory course for sophomores where after seven weeks each student submits thespecification, calculations, lines plan and construction drawings for a towing tank model. Theseplans are then turned over to another student to build and test. The second course is a junior-levelstructures course focusing on ship structures. The students design a full midship section. Thefinal three courses are at the senior-level and include an elective in marine fabrication methodsand two capstone design courses. In the fabrication

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

wereencouraged to continue to work together in the College of Engineering Senior Design I andSenior Design II courses with the intent of them being able to commercialize the design.Part of the faculty effort was to build and promote a culture of innovation among engineeringstudents; therefore as a follow up from the course offering in the spring 2013 the facultysupported two projects during their capstone senior design courses for the fall 2013-spring 2014semesters with a strong plan for commercialization of the product. These students weremotivated, self-driven and excited about their projects and the possibility of launching a businesssuccessfully by using our program, and taking advantage of the resources available to them fromour University’s Office

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler

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Mechanical Engineering

inthe engineering curriculum, the projects were completed in single classes.In this study, a PBL approach is implemented by developing projects in a series of requiredcourses in a Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The projects assigned in each course are relatedand planned to build up the knowledge and skills needed to develop a successful senior designproject or capstone project. In implementing the approach, the instructor identifies the topic orproblem to be proposed as a senior design project. In the first of the sequential courses, anexperimental measurements laboratory course, a project is assigned regarding a sensor that couldbe used in the senior design project. In the second of the sequential courses, a thermal-fluidslaboratory course

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rika Wright Carlsen, Robert Morris University; Shamika Zyhier, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

learning in two senior-level courses: Integrated Engineering Design, which is asenior capstone course where students work on a design problem in interdisciplinary teams, andDesign & Manufacturing of BME Devices and Systems, where students work in teams on thedesign of biomedical devices and systems. Providing students with more opportunities to engagein project-based learning earlier in the curriculum would allow students to start developing theirprofessional, technical, and problem-solving skills at an earlier stage and to start putting theirknowledge into practice.One of the challenges of incorporating project-based learning early in an engineering curriculumis finding an appropriate project. The project must integrate knowledge, have real

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She also is the faculty advisor for the Material Advantage Student Professional Organization and of the Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR). In addition to teaching the materials processing laboratories, she mentors at least one team each year in their senior capstone project. Page 14.68.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Multi-University, Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project in EngineeringAbstractA senior capstone design project is being conducted jointly by research teams at two

Conference Session

ETD Learning Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Carolina University providea series of five PBL courses from the freshman to the senior year. The last two of these coursesform the fourth year capstone sequence where students do projects for external sponsors,typically companies. Leading up to this point the students learn and apply the skills required forsuccessfully executing major technical projects.This paper will outline the shared PBL course sequence at Western Carolina University in theSchool of Engineering+Technology. The School houses disciplines ranging from Electrical toMechanical Engineering. More uniquely, the Engineering Technology and Engineering programsare not separated into separate schools. As a result the PBL project teams contain amultidisciplinary mix of students with a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Ronald S. Adrezin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #27016Bilge Pumps as Introductory Mechanical Engineering Design ProjectsProf. Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy Prof Richard Freeman is an Assistant Professor at the United States Coast Guard Academy in Mechani- cal Engineering. He is course coordinator for Engineering Experimentation. He is currently working on projects and capstones involving CubeSats and ThinSats. Prof Freeman has previously taught at North- western University, Valparaiso University and Iowa State University. Prof Freeman can be reached at richard.w.freeman@uscga.edu.Prof. Ronald S. Adrezin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ted Stilgenbauer, Fairmont State University

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Engineering Technology

construction projects that include federal, state and private contracts. Page 12.379.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Community Service Projects as Integrated Undergraduate Learning ExperiencesAbstractCommunity-based projects in engineering and engineering technology education have beenaround for many years in various forms. Recent examples include community-based designprojects and partnerships, community outreach for capstone design, capstone design projects forspecial needs or disabled persons, K-12 community outreach, and international and humanitarianprojects.For obvious reasons

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Carlson; Travis Jensen, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Andrew Frank Lund, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Eshan V. Dave, University of Minnesota, Duluth; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Civil Engineering

capstone design experience.O’Bannon and Kimes (2006) summarized a capstone design course taught at the University ofMissouri-Kansas City based around a project from the City of Kansas City. A 14 student teamdesigned a bridge to replace an existing bridge that was deemed unsafe. Catalano et al. (2000)describe a capstone experience at the United States Military Academy in which students workedwith a nonprofit agency to design tools for a person with advanced cerebral palsy. Ruwanpuraand Brown (2006) discuss a project at the University of Calgary in which students developeddesigns for an urban renewal project in Lisbon. In addition to the benefits of working withpractitioners, this project provided students with invaluable international experience

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Conceptual Cylinder Head CAD Project for AssessmentAbstractA cylinder head design project is used to assess 3D prismatic modeling skills during a capstonecourse sequence. The capstone course sequence features a large, multi-year project that may nothave 3D modeling components of similar complexity for all students. The project ensures thatall students are assessed using a similar project. The geometric model is designed to support thecreation of a physical prototype that may be used for airflow development models. Models areprinted using filament deposition printing techniques. The solid model also supports the use ofvirtual airflow analysis using computational fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: D ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Smart System Projects in Computer Engineering ProgramAbstractThe purpose of capstone design project courses is to provide graduating senior students with theopportunity to demonstrate understanding of the concepts they have learned during their studiesand to apply their professional skills and knowledge in a single experience and prepare them forwork in industry. As with many computer science and engineering programs, students of thecomputer engineering program at Utah Valley University (UVU) conclude their degree programswith a semester capstone design experience. The intent is for students to utilize

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

leadership roles in project management andproduct development. MEM 605 is a seminar-based course that provides an open atmosphere,allowing for multiple discussion opportunities and guest speakers that can provide students withreal-world contexts to supplement traditional textbook knowledge.3. Multidisciplinary Design Projects at ________ UniversityThe capstone senior design experience for Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) students at _________ University has rapidly developed into oneof the most valuable learning experiences for the undergraduate students. The course sequencecovers two semesters and provides a multidisciplinary, team design experience to students inboth the mechanical and electrical/computer

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough; Anabel Pineda-Briseño; Jesus Alberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Adriana Rios Santiago

, a more dynamicinvolvement can provide engineering students with an option to develop a broader understandingof working in international setting, and at the same time gain the skills to successfully interactthrough diverse cultures [3].As a bi-national region, we can consider the location as a privileged geographical area, suitableto promote and experience cross-cultural mobility. Therefore, cross-border collaborative learningthrough capstone engineering projects is developed and presented as a regional, cooperativesystem to generate collective settings for technology development in undergraduate appliedresearch for students on both sides of the Rio Grande Valley.Undergraduate Research in Capstone Projects as an Opportunity to Promote

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Les Kinsler; Thomas Mertz; Troy Harding

to implement this request, the authors have experimented with giving real-worldprojects in two capstone courses. A problem of nomenclature arises as there is no standard termfor these types of projects. We use the term real-world project to mean one that is inspired andsponsored by an actual business or industry client. The capstone courses in which the projectswere completed are for advanced students and they focus solely on students designing andimplementing a large project using development teams.Several studies have been conducted on the benefits, difficulties, and challenges of implementingreal-world projects1,2,3. There are also issues related to managing projects in which clients havedirect input in the process4,5 and its assessment6

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lovegrove; Timothy Owens; Matthew Bronkema

Session 2793 The HallWalker Robot: An Interdisciplinary Design Project William P. Lovegrove, Timothy S. Owens, Matthew S. Bronkema Bob Jones UniversityAbstractThe fall 2000 Bob Jones University capstone design project is presented as a model of a successfulinterdisciplinary design project. It directly addresses the hardware/software co-design that is anintegral part of many modern electronic devices by employing a software team of ComputerScience majors and a hardware team of Electrical Engineering majors. In order to facilitatehardware/software co-design, the software team implemented a

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Ashfaq Ansery, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses. He has been a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education since 2002.Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and recently defended his PhD degree and is currently the Laboratory Supervisor in the Voiland School of School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

company structure.Entitled Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC), the project was pioneered atIVCC as a one-semester multi-disciplinary project with students from engineering design andbusiness teamed into “companies” to select, design, prototype, manufacture, market and sellproducts. Later, electronics students were added, and MIMIC became a capstone for studentsin several business fields. Now, with the support of a National Science Foundation Grant1,elements of the entrepreneurial project are being incorporated throughout the technicalstudents’ two-year programs.Engineering design and electronics students are being introduced to continuous qualityimprovement in their first, introductory courses, and they are designing and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manish Paliwal, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com MAPPING OF ABET REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSAbstractABET's most current set of required Outcomes is highly logical and comprehensive (Criterion:3). In most cases, however, mapping all of these requirements in the earlier courses may poseconsiderable challenges to Engineering educators. The authors suggest that capstone projectsmay serve as highly viable candidates for alleviating the above concern. However, this shouldnot be treated as an arbitrary process. It is necessary first to lay a solid foundation for thesuccessful implementation of Senior Projects. The authors propose a promising and

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margaret Garnett Smallwood, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

corporations and operated her own communications consulting firm.Dr. Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re- source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. He is an active member of ASME and ASEE and has been a member of the Capstone Design Conference organizing com

Conference Session

Real-world Applications in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

engineering problem as a project are many-fold but getting these projects is notalways easy. This paper discusses a real-world senior project done at Penn State University NewKensington in collaboration with local industry. By way of this project, this paper discusses theadvantages of real-world projects, suggests ways to find corporate partners to participate, andalso provides some suggestions on ways to ensure success.IntroductionThe senior project is a capstone project course taken in the final term of the 4-year Bachelor ofScience in Electromechanical Engineering Technology degree offered at Penn State UniversityNew Kensington (PSUNK). The objectives of the course are to train the students in projectmanagement, communication skills (both written