Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 3 Capstone Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Friess, University of Maine; Justin Lapp, University of Maine; Andrew Goupee

, and to provide closure in the form of a culminating experience.Capstone courses display a great variety of instructional practices [6], [7] however there is littleliterature on the effect of these practices [6], [8] on student learning and faculty workload.Faculty workload in a course like capstone can become very high due to the frequent individualinteractions needed with the teams [8], [9]. The amount and nature of the instructor-studentinteractions varies, but always relies on periodic meetings to supervise and mentor student teamprogress. During these meetings, typically feedback and advice are given on the technicalaspects of their project, project management, and teamwork dynamics. It is critical that theinstructor be able to support

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Klaus Castrén, Aalto University; Sine Celik, Aalto University; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Niina Nurmi, Aalto University, School of Business

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

can lead to mismatches in expectations as wellas missed opportunities for fruitful collaboration.This paper explores the perceived value of participating as an industry-sponsor tomultidisciplinary engineering design capstone courses. Four industry partners wereinterviewed in the beginning, middle and end of two project-based courses (and one industrypartner once) to track what value they expected from the course and what value theyperceived to be delivered. The thirteen in-depth interviews averaged 50 minutes, were audio-recorded and transcribed for analysis.Based on the qualitative analysis, the motivation to take part as a sponsor in these project-based courses initially centered around new innovative products. However, there was acontinuum

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Vishal R. Mehta, Ohio Northern University

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Materials

College (NNMC), Espanola, NM, USA. Taught courses in Basic math for engineering applications, Intro to math for engineering applications, General engineering design, Applied Metallurgy, Photovoltaic Devices, Mechanics of Mate- rials, Solar Thermal Applications, Electric Energy Storage Devices, Materials and Devices and Capstone 2016 (Fall): Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio Northern University, taught statics, engineering materials science and renewable energy courses. Activities: Sophomore academic advisor. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Comprehensive Term Project for Materials Science CourseAbstractAt Ohio Northern University (ONU), Materials

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3739: GRAND CHALLENGES DELI (DISCOVER, EXPLORE,LEARN, IMAGINE) PROJECTDr. Jane Hunter, University of Arizona Jane Hunter received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona Center for the Study of Higher Education. She holds an M.S. degree in engineering management and a B.S. degree with distinction in mechanical engineering. She is the Associate Director of the Engineering Management program at the University of Arizona and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Her areas of interest include engineering education, teaching strategies, assessment and evaluation of program objectives and learning outcomes, student teamwork and group dynamics, business and technology management, strategic and

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1170: PROJECT-DIRECTED WRITING ASSISTANCE IN CON-STRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMElena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University Elena Poltavtchenko is a Ph.D. candidate in the Applied Linguistics program at Northern Arizona Univer- sity. She is a graduate teaching assistant at NAU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Elena obtained her B.A. in Russian Linguistics and Literature in Novosibirsk State University, Russia, and M.A. in English Applied Linguistics at the University of Houston, TX. Her current research interests lie in the area of writing in the disciplines, with a specific focus on writing in engineering.John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University John joined the Construction

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

, the quality and quantity of the support staff, in particular undergraduateteaching assistants, were found to be more crucial than anticipated and a robust recruitmentprocess became necessary. The high-stake design project in ME 250 changes each semester toprevent students from obtaining a set of solutions or project reports from prior terms, so teachingassistant training is continuous. The specifics of each problem encountered will be described inthe paper, along with lesson learned on how best to handle each situation and create a structurewhere continuous improvement can be made sustainable.Keywords: first year design, mechanical engineering, Arduino, project-based engineering1 IntroductionME 250 is a first-year design course offered at

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

the 2006-2007 academic year two MET students proposed, for their“senior project”, to convert an existing Mustang automobile to a rechargeable electric vehicle(REV) for commuter transportation. They derived a great deal of personal satisfaction byworking on a technically complex project.This paper will give a short description of the Mechanical Engineering Technology seniorcapstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati, the list of pre-requisites of thissequence, and describe the 2006-2007 REV project, providing information about an affordable,efficient and cleaner method for commuter transportation.IntroductionCompleting a senior capstone design project is a graduation requirement for all students in theMechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

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Electrical and Computer

are given table thatlists various costs such labor rates, use of the lab space, and an overhead rate. Thecreation of the budget is a pre-lab task. A post-lab task that is included in the lab report acost report. The cost report details the actual cost of performing the experiment andcomparing the actual costs with the predicted costs.The lecture-based courses all have at least one design project. Modifications were madeto the current design project to include the components that would typically be found in abusiness setting (for example, cost proposals). Students are required to bid on theproject. Students must submit a final report which includes the cost report – including ananalysis of the bid cost versus the actual cost. The professor

Conference Session

Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A Kitch P.E., Angelo State University; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

materials, we are also currently developing webcasts that present the mostimportant ideas from each unit in a more engaging format.4.2 Use of the MaterialsThe project materials are designed for flexibility in several ways. They can be integrated at anylevel of the curriculum, matching units to students' level of engineering knowledge. Currentimplementations have begun as early as a first-semester Introduction to Engineering course andas late as the final term in senior capstone courses. One university is using the materials as thebasis for a curriculum-wide writing-in-the-disciplines program. We believe that adoption in eachyear of the curriculum will enhance effectiveness because students will be continuously exposedto writing principles

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard James Choquette, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

autonomous vehicle (ground or aerial) with the goal of being the fastest to travelaround their building 2. Each year new, solutions are found and platforms are pushed further insearch of winning the top prize. The DIYDrones project 3 was started on a similar note; to createan autonomous aerial vehicle capable of following a GPS course using low-cost hardware. Thefield of low-cost autonomous vehicles is rapidly expanding and the ideas of hobbyists arebecoming on par with commercial technology for a fraction of the price.As a senior capstone course, the senior design project is designed to allow students to prove theirability as an engineer. This is a project that demonstrates a student’s ability to engage in thepractice of engineering as a profession

Conference Session

Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen F Koorey, ViaStrada Ltd.; Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

management, crash analysis, and the design and operation of rural two-lane highways. At Canterbury, Glen taught profes- sional design project courses since 2006 and also delivered oral and written presentation skills to students for many years. Since 2013 he was responsible for the introduction of a new professional engineering skills course to final-year BE students.Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury Mark Milke is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since 1991 he has taught and conducted research there on solid waste management, design for civil and natural resources engineers, engineering decision-making

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

Session 3266 Student Understanding of Program Outcomes through Formative and Summative Course-Level Assessment Raghu Echempati, Arnaldo Mazzei and Karim Nasr Mechanical Engineering Department Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractIn this paper, an approach is suggested to begin a process in which each student, while solving ahomework problem, or a test or a project is asked to provide additional information concerningwhat concept(s) is (are) targeted in each homework problem and to what extent, if any

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 1 - Capstone & Case Study

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Jack Moravec, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Kelli R Kopocis, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Terry Lee Stentz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

seem to be a large gap in theknowledge that a finance student has versus what they will be required to know in order to enterinto the construction management field. However, there are many advantages that a financestudent can bring to a construction engineering and management program. Finance students aretaught to think critically and analyze every detail of a company in order to determine its valueboth in the short term and the long term. A construction project is managed much like acompany. By the end of the project, the goal is to build a product on schedule, on budget, and percontract. Finance students are trained to identify how and where profit can be made throughcritical analysis of financial statements. A large portion of the work a

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

-training courses, dynamic modular courses, and interdisciplinary projects and research withthe support of the microelectronics industry. The microelectronics industry is acutely aware ofthe need for innovations in packaging and thermal management to supplement the advances andpromise of low power consumption CMOS design and the SOC design methodology. Suchinnovations are needed if the clock speed and computational power of compact future systemsare to increase. This initiative addresses the development of curriculum in such micro and nanoscale technology in microelectronics and VLSI and in the materials science, heat transfer, andthermal management of such devices and, as a consequence, builds a closer working relationshipwith the microelectronic

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University; Michael W. Seek, Old Dominion University; Jon Lester, Old Dominion University

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Construction

students. He has served as the Civil-Site design option evaluator for Senior Design projects each semester as part of his normal teaching responsibilities. Dr. Lester has developed new courses in Civil Engineering Technology to better distribute the student load in Fluid Mechanics and the accompanying laboratory. Dr. Lester has also taught the Professional Engineering preparation courses through the ODU Business Gateway. Dr. Lester has embarked upon the initial asynchronous modality course development and was instrumental in promoting the program forward with this initiative with the Center for Learning and Teaching. He has developed an asynchronous course for Fundamentals of Building Construction and will develop

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ever Barbero; Larry Banta

and Fluids Lab: In this one-credit-hour junior-level course, teams of students are assigned projects, which require them to turn in project reports and make presentations to the rest of the class and the instructor. MAE 456 – CAD and Finite Element Analysis: In this three-credit-hour senior- level course, teams of students are assigned projects, which require them to turn in project reports and make presentations to the rest of the class and the instructor. MAE 471 - Principles of Engineering Design: This capstone design class typically has several sections, however all sections are required to have a strong writing component including feedback and coaching on each student’s writing per se

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vamsy Chodavarapu; Bill Kirkey; Alexander Cartwright; Pratibha Gopalam

conventionally taught exclusively as theorybased lecture style courses elsewhere. The undergraduate course taught for seniors“Lasers and Photonics (EE 492)” expects the student to design a laser resonator based ona given gain medium’s specifications as their final course project. During the course, thestudents are given assignments to design simple optical systems such as a multi- andsingle lens systems and optical fiber systems by using the design tools provided in thecourse web-site [6]. A few example questions are given below in Figure 1 and anexample final solution for Problem 1 is shown in Figure 2. "Use the Form Based Optical System Design v2.0 applet located at http://www.ee- eng.buffalo.edu/~anc/photonics/photonics/OpticalDesignVer2

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ejiwale, Jackson State University

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Manufacturing

arenas,as shown by feedback from various internship sponsors. Similarly, topics in nanoscale scienceand other cutting edge research are presented in a weekly seminar series and each semester theseminar features a number of presentations by outside speakers, and a forum where studentspresent their research projects. Through this media, students from the Department of Technologytaking ITMF 420 are required to participate in the lectures and seminars series to enhance thehands-on application of the AFM and STM tools as a partial fulfillment of the course.Utilization of the core laboratories and facilities at JSUThe core laboratories and facilities at JSU provide researchers with adequate resources such asequipment, technologies, and support

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

being measured.Since the outcomes assessment process requires that the outcomes be measured, there is aneed to gather supporting data. Most institutions’ outcomes assessment plans relyheavily on data obtained using instruments explicitly suggested in early versions of theEC 2000 criteria, including surveys that are administered to seniors, graduates,employers, or other constituents, placement data, capstone senior design projects,portfolios of student work and scores on the FE exam5. It is noteworthy that the 2004-05version of EC 2000 omits any reference to particular instruments that may be used foroutcomes assessment, instead leaving the choice entirely up to the institution.Outcome assessment tools may be loosely classified as either pre

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mallen, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University; Natalya A. Koehler, Franklin University, OH; Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University

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Construction

construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration.Dr. Natalya A. Koehler Koehler, Franklin University, OH Instructional Design Faculty Franklin University, OHDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Page 24.1400.1 c

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 1 - Capstone & Case Study

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fei Yang, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University; Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., Ohio State University; Adrian Hadipriono Tan; Shilun Hao, Ohio State University

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Construction Engineering

years experience in satellite based earth science research. He has been teaching first year engineering for the past nineteen years, with emphasis on 3-D computer aided design, computer programming, and project design and documentation.Prof. Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., Ohio State University Fabian Hadipriono Tan has worked in the areas of construction of infrastructures and buildings, failure assessment of buildings and bridges, construction accident investigations, forensic engineering, ancient buildings, ancient bridges, and the ancient history of science and engineering for over 40 years. The tools he uses include fault tree analysis, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.Dr. Adrian Hadipriono Tan

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Yost, University of Kentucky; Derek Lane, University of Kentucky; George Blandford, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

achieving success. Hence, doesplacing students in a group automatically lead to a level of success that individuals workingalone can not reach? Do students really know how to maximize the benefits of teaming? If theconditions lead to successful teams, how can it be determined that synergy occurs and the wholeis truly greater then the sum of individual parts?Surveying students in the capstone design course on their abilities to function in teams is onemechanism for assessing success in developing teaming skills. Several semesters ofobservations are presented and comparisons are made among students with formal teameducation as their team skills advance over the course of a semester. Results will be presentedfrom student surveys, faculty assessment

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida; Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

hundreds of new and experienced engineers. His research interests include; design education, product architecture, mechanical reliability, design for manufacture and quality. Mark graduated from Rensselaer with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1987.Mr. Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Case Study Approach for Understanding the Impact of Team Selection on the Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Capstone TeamsAn important ingredient for capstone project success is teamwork. Most, if not all, capstoneteams will deal with issues such as poor communication, social

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John W. Duggan; Michael Davidson; Leonard Anderson

Promoting Intra-Disciplinary Design in Civil Engineering Technology: An Approach to Comprehensive Capstone Design Through Faculty and Practitioner Mentorship John W. Duggan, Ph.D., P.E.(1), Michael Davidson, P.E.(2), Leonard Anderson, Ph.D., C.P.C.(3)Abstract - Working in teams, civil engineering technology students develop an open-ended design on a project of theirchoosing. The design integrates several design and engineering concepts including design alternatives, designassumptions, value engineering, cost, safety, construction feasibility, construction scheduling, engineering ethics andengineering economy. All projects include elements of civil engineering sub-disciplines, including structural, hydraulic,site

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Patrick E. Mantey, University of California, Santa Cruz; Stephen C. Petersen P.E., University of California, Santa Cruz; John F Vesecky, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #22849Preparation of the Professional Engineer: Outcomes from 20 Years of a Mul-tidisciplinary and Cross-sectoral Capstone CourseDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alter- native energy technology; as a project manager and researcher with the Center for Information Technology and Research in the Interest of Society. Her background is in the development of characterization tech- niques and

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori M Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University; Timothy Kennedy P.E., Abilene Christian University; Raymond Earl Smith, Abilene Christian University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

. Entering the 2015-2016 academic year,program faculty envisioned a capstone design experience that would engage student teams in ayear-long, professional level design project sponsored by an industry client. The first two yearsof the capstone design program have been inarguably successful, and in this paper we identifyand reflect on the keys to our success. The intention for writing this paper is to ensure thesuccess of the program is repeatable, and to assist other programs, especially those residing insmall liberal arts universities, in starting or revising their own senior design experience.Our key factors in assembling a successful industry-sponsored capstone design program havebeen: (1) faculty buy-in and involvement, (2) engaged industry

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Hamid Vejdani, Lawrence Technological University; Wuming Jing, Lawrence Technological University; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Entrepreneurial Mindset within a Three- Semester Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence Based on the SAE Collegiate Design SeriesAbstractMechanical engineering seniors at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) complete acapstone design project: either an SAE collegiate design series (CDS) competition or anindustry-sponsored project (ISP). Starting in 2015, the LTU CDS advisors worked together toredesign the five-credit three-semester sequence. The overall goals of the modifications were toimprove student design, project management and communication skills; integrate SAE CDSprojects into the actual class time; and increase faculty advisor involvement in the classroom. Inparallel with senior design modifications

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and men- toring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond. Page 26.852.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 How Did We End up Together? Evaluating Capstone Project Success as a Function of Team and Project Formation Methods and

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session: Pedogogy and Training

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University; Samantha Carlowicz; Justin Fantroy, Saint Louis University; haochen rong, Saint Louis University; Claire Schuessler, Saint Louis University

their degree on thesuccess of their final capstone projects (specialization). Within some engineering programs, adisconnect can occur when the specialized interests of the student do not align well with therequired or offered course material. This paper identifies some areas where students had gaps intheir knowledge and experiences, as well as what they had to do to fill in those gaps. Themethods used to gather the reflections included a survey of alumni as well as expanded casestudies provided by the authors. The findings suggest that required course-tracks are lackinghands-on engineering experiences such as learning about manufacturing or the use of specializedsoftware programs. Further, some course-tracks focus on particular topics in

Conference Session

Remediation and Curricular Changes to Improve Student Learning and Outcomes

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Girish Upreti; Denise Bauer; Jie Zhou

capstone course and provide engineering design and mathe-matic problem-solving experiences so that students are able to identify potential project topicsand create client contacts earlier in the process as well as connect additional course content di-rectly to the projects. Since the new capstone sequence was approved by both departments onlyrecently, it will be a few years before the implementation of the sequence, which allows us tocollect and analyze more qualitative data in the current capstone courses before finalizing thejoint capstone sequence. In the future, qualitative data will be collected from the joint capstonesequence to compare students’ experiences in the classroom as well as their career preparation.IntroductionA capstone course