Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

-Centric Capstone Design Teams: A comparison of military and civilian engineering programs.IntroductionThere is a continuing call for the development of engineers who can become leaders in helpingsolve the world’s grand challenges.1-3 Although many programs look toward the capstone designexperience to help build students’ professional skills,4-6 which includes leadership,7 studentpreparation for the leadership challenges associated with the capstone design team experience maywidely vary. Leadership scholars suggest that “shared leadership” may be a more effectiveleadership model than the hierarchical, individual leadership model that is typically used in team-based capstone design projects.8 The

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); David English; Michael Naceri Hazm

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. David English David English received and Associate in Electrical Technology Degree from New England Institute of Technology, presently David is about to complete his Electrical Engineering in Technology Degree from Drexel University. David has been employed in the power generation field for the past 10 years. The facility where David is presently

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Lionel Hewavitharana, Southern Arkansas University; Mahbub K Ahmed P.E., Southern Arkansas University

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

particular model, and it is the responsibility of engineeringprograms to use models that are effective in addressing ABET concerns related to engineeringdesign.Since the revision of the 11 “a-k” outcomes into the currently used seven outcomes, AlexSczatmary [2] argues that a change is required to assessment tools as well. The assessment toolsare mainly evaluation rubrics, and he discusses them in detail for each outcome.In order to provide industry level design experience through capstone design, most engineeringprograms seek design projects from the industry. Susannah Howe of Smith college [3] noticedthat there was a decided shift towards external project sourcing from engineering programs.In an interesting research study conducted by Mary Perrati

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Pembridge, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-806: TOWARDS A MODEL OF TEACHING EXPERTISE IN CAPSTONEDESIGN: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A PRELIMINARY SURVEYINSTRUMENTJames Pembridge, Virginia TechMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 15.1269.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Towards a Model of Teaching Expertise in Capstone Design: Development and Validation of a Preliminary Survey InstrumentAbstractCapstone design courses seek to create a transitional environment between school and work byengaging students in collaborative, open-ended projects. These environments present a challengeto capstone faculty because the pedagogies used in such courses may differ significantly fromthose

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University; Dakota William Bunner; Robert William Winkler

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Stealth Bomber. This was a major shift from the 5-year average of high-profile programs such as the Saturn V rocket, the intercontinental ballisticmissile, and the Manhattan Project (atom bomb). Furthermore, several recent high-profiledevelopment programs have been cancelled at extremely high cost, such as the Comanchehelicopter ($5.9B), VH-71 Presidential helicopter ($3.3B), and the U.S. Army’s Future CombatSystems ($20B). An understanding of risk and decision-making should play a significant roleduring capstone design so that students develop a solid understanding of their consequences.Risk can be expressed as a function of uncertainty and knowledge and how they interact. Asseen qualitatively in Figure 1, knowledge and risk have an inverse

Conference Session

Integrative Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

2006-1989: BILLIKENSAT 1 – SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY’S FIRST CUBESATDESIGNSanjay Jayaram, St. Louis University Dr. Sanjay Jayaram is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at Saint Louis University. His research interests include Autonomous Control System Design for ground and planetary vehicles, Robust and Adaptive Control. Page 11.274.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 BILLIKENSAT 1 – Saint Louis University’s First Cubesat DesignAbstract:Billikensat 1 is the first multi-disciplinary Senior Capstone Spacecraft Design project at ParksCollege of

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; James P. Schmiedeler, University of Notre Dame; Michael Milo Stanisic, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

better.At the University of Notre Dame, a robotic football competition was initiated in the spring of2008 as the main design project for the capstone course for all senior mechanical engineeringstudents. An advantage of a robotic football game is that the robustness of the students designsand manufacturing skills are tested in a way that they are not in FIRST or related competitions –the designs must consider being able to withstand significant impacts. Furthermore, it takesadvantage of the high (and growing) popularity of American football on college campuses.After repeating the competition in 2009, the coordinating faculty desired to reach out and includeanother university in the next competition. To do this, it was decided to invite a team of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Lego, Pennsylvania State University; Cara Exten, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

with a simplified,custom peer review survey generated in Qualtrics that uses a Likert scale and measures thedegree to which students agree or disagree with statements related to each team member’sperformance and professional skills demonstration. This paper describes both the new peerreview tool as well as results from a study conducted in the 2022/2023 academic year to evaluatestudent perceptions of PEPSA against the prior CATME baseline using two identical studyquestionnaires.IntroductionSimilar to its other peer institutions, Penn State requires its undergraduate engineering studentsto complete a capstone design project in their senior year. While the duration, topic area, andlevel of inter-departmental collaboration of the capstone design

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

capstone senior design, thermal-fluid system design, and engineering research. The projectsimplemented in those courses were selected in such a way to establish an in-depth understandingof sustainability through analytical and experimental studies, and to build environmentallyfriendly and energy efficient systems. Some of these projects include: design of an active solardistillation system for purification of wastewater produced in rural agricultural processingfacilities, experimental studies on prototype green roofs to investigate the effects that soil typeand soil moisture level have on the thermal performance of a roof, design and construction of athree-stage wind tower with a bypass system for indoor cooling in rural dry and hot climates

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

5: EE Design II Project.ConclusionThe “bug” robot and the PLC robot are valuable experiences in the Electrical Engineeringprogram at Western Kentucky University. Through these projects, students are able to develophands-on skills that will aid in other courses and to use knowledge from previous courses. Also,these projects and their respective design courses form important bases for the third designcourse, fourth design course, and ultimately the senior capstone project. These projects support aproject-based, integrated curriculum.Bibliography1. J. Lenior and J. Russell, “The Roles of the Student in a Project-Based Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Practice-Oriented Educati on: Transforming Higher

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

quality and reallife design projects to work on.The task to design, develop and construct an instructional laboratory apparatus to demonstrateheat recovery principles and heat transfer processes began with an application to the ASHRAEUndergraduate Senior Project Program. The proposal was to design a refrigeration system for asmall compartment. Subsequent to the awarding of the project grant in the amount of $1835.00from ASHRAE, a student senior design group was selected to work on the project.II. The Design ProcessThe design process that the students follow in the capstone senior design projects is the oneoutlined by Bejan et al. [3] and Jaluria [4]. The first essential and basic feature of this process isthe formulation of the problem

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Greguske; Justin Reese; Frederik Betz; Chad Weis; Michael Swedish; Glenn Wrate

analyze this cogeneration plant is extensive. Thestudents working on this project have specified a variety of thermocouples, pressure transducers,flow meters, vibration sensors, and decibel meters. Utilizing these sensors, along with theprovided information from Capstone, will allow the students to complete a first and second lawanalysis of the cogeneration plant.At the time of this writing, the instrumentation for measuring the data points necessary foranalyzing the micro-turbine from both a thermodynamic first and second law approach havebeen specified and ordered. Many of the sensors have arrived and have been installed.Furthermore, a couple of necessary and critical data points which are internal to the micro-turbine are not capable of being

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Miles Clayton, Villanova University; Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlińska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

require a significant amount of design practice, along with proper reinforcement – onesuggestion is that several simple design problems precede the larger capstone design project [7].In addition, design and other engineering subjects are best learnt through hands on activelearning, e.g. project based learning [6, 8]. Therefore, the integration of impromptu designexercises into all aspects of the curriculum is motivated by the above research findings.In addition, the authors have found that these projects have a number of other advantagesincluding: • Using these hands-on activities give students concrete examples of the issues being discussed in class – e.g. students go through an impromptu design exercise (where they design and

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Education, 2020 Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design SkillsAbstractCore undergraduate steel and concrete courses focus their content on the fundamentals ofanalyzing and designing members. While this builds core knowledge in future structural engineers,many times these examples, homework, and exams approach isolated systems and/or members toconvey topics. It is often up to the capstone to connect members to systems; yet, there is often agap between offerings. If larger picture systems can adopted earlier, then stronger connections tothe topic while also informing students of real project complexity has potential. This paperdiscusses a two offerings of a yearlong piloted

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

course – Freshman year introduction to design and graphical communications, common to all engineering disciplines (3 credits)Capstone course – An industry project clinic taken in the senior year, course topics include: structured design process, team skills, project management, prototyping, industrial design, professional communications, ethics, and project economics (4 credits),In the time between their Freshman and Senior years, students undertake intense theoreticalstudy, where every problem is well-posed and has only one correct answer. Then in the senioryear we task them to complete an industry sponsored, open-ended problem that they could notlook up in their textbooks. We were “shocked” to find that many of them

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, Vibration and Design. In a very real sense, thecontrols class serves as a “mini” capstone course. Projects in the class can require the students toexercise the knowledge they have gained in all these subjects. According to the most recent ABET report, the concepts covered in the prerequisite courseare: 1. Free vibration, harmonic motion, viscous damping, modeling and energy methods, stiffness, measurement, and stability. 2. Harmonic excitation of undamped and damped systems, alternative representations, base excitation, rotating unbalance, and measurement. 3. Impulse response function, response to an arbitrary input, response to an arbitrary periodic input, transfer methods, shock spectrum, and

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Drigel, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University for 5 years. He can be reached at drigelgs@muohio.edu, Miami University, 4200 East University Blvd., Middletown, OH 45042. Page 11.654.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 From Project Planning to National Champion - BUV Design, Build and WinAbstractThe process in which senior Mechanical Engineering Technology students at Miami Universityplanned, designed, built, tested and ultimately won a national design competition for a BasicUtility Vehicle (BUV) is described. Included in this process are a Project Management Course(ENT 316) and two Senior Design capstone courses

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Research Forum.The JagBot project included four CSEM students, two from CIS and two from ECE. Topicsincluded route planning, the creation of a sensor database (CIS), robot safety systems, and thecreation of navigation algorithms based on image processing (ECE).4.3.1.3 Senior design projectsThe students in the ECE department are expected to complete a senior capstone design project asa required part of their educational experience. The projects address design issues that thestudents are likely to encounter on their jobs, so they are required to specify multiple designapproaches, select a particular approach based on design principles, and implement thatapproach. The JagBot project was an excellent opportunity for senior design projects.Three ECE

Conference Session

Problem- and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

be for our students asfuture engineers.Professional preparation of engineers, as with the law, and medicine, necessitates the applicationof knowledge through an applied rehearsal in authentic learning situations. The clinic of law ormedicine is sometimes practiced as a capstone educational experience in fields of engineering.Having engineering students work together on a project is becoming a prominent pedagogicalapproach in upper-level engineering undergraduate courses and graduate courses. This directlysupports the professional practice and professional formation for many fields of engineering andaddresses many ABET student learning outcomes.A multiple case-study approach was used to apply and illustrate a “product”-based learningframework

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program.Prof. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Tseng is a Professor and Chair of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at UTEP. His research focuses on the computational intelligence, data mining, bio- informatics and advanced manu- facturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

Ramp Up Create/Test Capstone Design Project Source Code Systems Integration Functional

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

project.IntroductionDuring the senior year, mechanical engineering technology students take a two-course sequencein senior design, which acts as a capstone course for the program. The capstone course exposesthe students to open-ended problems and also provides a framework for their evaluation.1 Eachyear, students are challenged to formulate a project that is complex enough to meet therequirements, but not so complex that it cannot be completed. The ubiquitous car jack has beendesigned numerous times, while an aircraft that runs on hydrogen fuel is probably too ambitiousfor even the most dedicated team of students. Selecting a project is further complicated by moststudents' lack of industrial experience, and the associated feel for what is appropriate andmanageable

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

manufacturing machinery and machinecomponent design. The second course in the sequence, ME404, is dedicated to learning andapplying the design process. ME404 covers the process from gathering customer requirementsto creating and implementing a test plan to ensure the product successfully meets thoserequirements. The students work through an in-class example based on an illumination deviceand develop their own solution to a storage container out of class. They are required to producea prototype of their container using skills from ME403. The final course, ME496, is dedicated toa senior group capstone project that the student selects. This course allows the student to applythe design process to a more complex problem and relies heavily on the

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin Garner, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

officially over and has already been graded. This project provides a perfect opportunity for students to hone their engineering designskills. The experience students gain with CAD, CAM, FEA, and CNC machining during thisproject, both through their successes and failures along the way, prepares them for a betterchance at success while working on other projects in this course and in their capstone designprojects, and, of course, after graduation and throughout their careers as engineers.References[1] Perez, D., J. Gibson, S. C. Opsal, R. M. Lynch, and R. M. French, “Guitar Building Course Gives High School Students” A Taste of Engineering” Proceedings of the IL-IN Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2010

Conference Session

Electrical Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Scott Reimer, Purdue University Calumet; Ilija KaramacoskiI, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

steering wheel and pedals over duration of three seconds; one second before andtwo seconds after the stimuli is engaged. The program uses the values it stored tocalculate the reaction time of the test subject in milliseconds. This data is stored in a fileand could be used for further analysis. We used small buzzers and LEDs that could be replaced with speakers and lights that Page 12.301.7would enhance the sense of the stimuli. One big improvement for this project would bethe use of an interactive simulator that would allow more functionality to this project andprovide more precise measurements.PedagogyThis project is a two semester capstone senior

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students to think about the principles involvedrather than just record and analyze data.This device was designed and built by one Mechanical Engineering Technology student duringone semester as a senior project. There are many well recognized benefits for a studentparticipating in this type of project. First, the project exposes the student to the difficultiesinvolved in defining real world problems and in meeting important deadlines. At Penn State Page 13.49.9Behrend, the capstone experience requires the student to formally define the scope andlimitations of the project and to provide a Gnatt chart showing the project schedule. Studentsmust

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

Session 2215 Popolopen Brook Float Bridge Project: Integrating History, Community Service, and Engineering Education Ronald W. Welch Stephen J. Ressler United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a one-semester design-build capstone project in which two senior civilengineering students designed a 230-foot pedestrian float bridge for the local state parkcommission and built one full-scale module of the bridge as a “proof of concept.” The projectwas a particularly effective learning experience, in that it

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Nicholas Salamon, Pennsylvania State University; Andrew Miller, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

mustpractice divergent thinking to explore the entire design space, which is an immensely importantskill for developing creative and effective solutions. Learning design via a team-based designproject promotes cognitive skills, social skills, management skills, and positive personal traits.Design and development of an open ended design project is discussed. The team-based projectprogresses over approximately ten weeks in an elementary strength of materials course. Thisprovides a significant design experience for engineering students that helps bridge the gapbetween the first-year engineering design course and the capstone design project that engineeringstudents typically do in their senior year. The project requires student teams to: work together

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

/build project. It is this third course ofthe FEH engineering sequence that is described in the present work.2. The Comprehensive Freshman Hands-On CourseThe ENG H193 design project is a focal point for the FEH program. In many respects, thisfreshman design project course is comparable to a junior level or senior "capstone" design coursein which a student might participate as part of the requirements for his chosen engineeringdiscipline. A major difference is that the first-year ENG H193 course teaches the variousplanning, management, 3 documentation, 4 and presentation aspects of a design project, whereasmany senior level design projects focus on the specific design problem alone, assuming someprior instruction in or knowledge of what is needed

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

based biocompatibility module with laboratory and lecture components that can be easilyintegrated into an engineering or biomaterials course.Within the biomedical engineering curriculum at Bucknell University, a senior-level fabricationand experimental design course is integrated into a four course design sequence where twocourses comprise the senior capstone experience and two courses teach supplementary material.The intent of the sequence is to provide experience with a variety of skills that are valuable forboth senior design projects and in BME careers after graduation. As designed, the Fabricationand Experimental Design course is not a full-credit course, meeting only two days a week forone-hour sessions, with several lab sessions