Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron C. Cain; Ganesh V. Kudav

Session 1566 Capstone Design Experience in a Thermal-Fluid Applications Course, and Development of an in-house Refrigeration Recovery System. Ganesh Kudav, Aaron Cain Youngstown State University, Youngstown - OhioAbstract The Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Youngstown State University (YSU)integrates design and computer aspects throughout the freshmen, junior, sophomore, andsenior years. However, some senior year courses have much more intensive capstone designrequirements. Thermal-Fluids Applications, ME – 726, is a late junior/early senior level

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Fong, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Shamita Venkatesh, Nanyang Technological University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

., 2023; Yeter et al., 2023). Such partnershipssimulate issues in the real world and expose learners to the environment in the industry(Waryoba et al., 2009; Pembridge & Paretti, 2010). An appropriate avenue for fosteringindustrial-university partnerships is through engineering capstone courses, where students areexpected to apply their theoretical knowledge in real-world contexts. By engaging with theindustries, students experience first-hand how products are developed, work with designconstraints, and learn communication and project management skill sets crucial for transitioninginto the workplace after graduation (Goldberg et al., 2014; Holt et al., 2004; Taraban et al.,2017).To adequately prepare engineering students to apply their skills

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

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

lectures described above, the students are giventwo writing assignments, the first on process hazards and the second on a HAZOPs analysis.The students are directed to use their chemical process from their ongoing senior design projectas the subject for these two writing assignments. In the case of the HAZOP, the students areencouraged to work with their design group to develop a HAZOP chart, but they are required towrite their essay individually. The students are also required to incorporate the technicalmaterial developed from these writing assignments into their capstone design project final report.The prompts for these two writing assignments are given below [7]:Process hazards “Prepare a 500-word project memorandum that presents your

Conference Session

ENT-6: Fostering Creativity, Communication, and Impact in Student Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Hall, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads P.E., The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

prior coursework to new experiences, build and strengthen their socio-and technical skills, and to approach their capstone projects utilizing the EM framework.This work in progress paper will describe the process and impact of integrating EM into amultidisciplinary capstone two-semester course sequence through the use of writinginstruction and assignments. The intervention positions the course—and its technical andprofessional communication-specific lectures and assignments—as a site for instructorsand students alike to be what Rebecca Nowacek terms “agents of integration” [2]. Forinstructors, this is demonstrated in the facilitation of transfer by creating an environmentthat encourages students to make connections between different areas of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

by theVee Model [1] [2] [3] [4]. Table 1. Measuring Learner AchievementThe Systems Engineering (SE) ApproachIn order to promote the systems engineering approach, the COE began by changing the requiredcourses from project management courses to the first two systems engineering courses. Then,the capstone was revised to follow the Vee Model from systems engineering. The perceivedbenefits of implementing systems engineering concepts include:  Shift students’ focus from technology solution to what system must do (e.g. requirements)  SE helps with planning, organizing, executing and evaluating a project  SE provides structure through weekly deliverables to guide students throughout a project

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #28316The Use of MATLAB Live as a Technology-enabled Learning EnvironmentforComputational Modeling Activities within a Capstone Engineering CourseMr. Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joseph A. Lyon is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education and a M.S. student in the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include models and modeling, computational thinking, and computation in engineering education.Ms. Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette Aparajita

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

Instrumentation in Engineering Projects

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Johnson, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Rachel L Bauer, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation Division (INST)

structured around multiple components: • Weekly Lab Reports and Data Analysis (60%) – Each week, students complete assignments that reinforce their understanding of experimental techniques and data analysis methods. These reports require students to analyze datasets, identify trends, and provide technical analysis, ensuring they develop a strong foundation in interpreting experimental results. • Capstone Design Project (40%) – A major component of the course is the final project, where students apply the concepts learned throughout the semester to design and analyze an experiment. This project simulates real-world research challenges and often results in conference presentations or publications

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Barry McPherson, The Boeing Company

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

process of designing, building, and flying an unmanned aerialvehicle (UAV) capable of assisting first responders. As students engaged in design activities, asecond goal was to develop an instrumentation methodology and data architecture needed tofully characterize industry relevant engineering design behaviors as manifested in the digitalenvironments. Multi-disciplinary, multi-university teams consisting of students from 5 major USuniversities participated in a two semesters, year-long capstone project. These courses have beeneffectively offered starting 2013. The third cohort of student teams is now experiencing thiscapstone course. This enables us to gather a significant amount of data related to designbehaviors that form the basis for many of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

students’ development of effectivecommunication skills along with technical skill development. The senior capstone report oftenplays an instrumental role in this development, since it comprises both the final assessment ofstudent communication performance and also students’ most significant opportunity for activelearning of in-discipline communication skills. Peer review has been proposed as an ideal meansto provide students with much-needed feedback toward this communication learning. Peerreview also has the potential to increase students’ interpersonal communication skills andmetacognition, provided that the review activity is structured to encourage constructivecontributions and reflection[1]. The goal of this work-in-progress project is to

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

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, Ohio State University; Genevieve Thanh; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

; engineering design decisions are consequential for the design and how it performsupon implementation. To use a spoon, the person may need to like the color; and the material ofthe blade must be strong enough for an endurance task. Because design decisions areconsequential, undergraduate engineering programs have a responsibility to prepare students asdecision makers.Capstone design courses allow undergraduate engineering students to experience open-endeddesign projects before starting their professional careers. As such, capstone serves as anopportunity to develop students’ ability to make decisions in an ill-structured setting. Typically,explicit instruction related to decision making includes an introduction to rationalistic tools, suchas decision

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

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leah Rebecca Thomas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenna Yasmin Altaii, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Arena, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

improvehealth equity in rural Appalachia by catalyzing development of health technologies throughexpanded community engagement with rural healthcare providers in Appalachia. As part of thislarger initiative, we launched a 5-day design sprint before the 2024 Fall semester, aiming toboost the capstone projects' impact through team building, immersion in the Stanford Biodesignprocess, and enhanced customer discovery. Students (n = 4) tackled a problem statement from alocal client with foot drop in the Appalachian region. The design sprint was facilitated by twoBiodesign Fellows (graduate students with Bachelor’s degrees in BME) and two BME facultymembers, guiding students through workshops on social determinants of health (SDOH), userneeds, stakeholder

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

had been violated. Adherence to this plan was then assessed three times throughouteach semester through self- and team peer evaluation surveys that included questions specificallyaddressing behaviors that promote inclusivity, psychological safety, respectful communication,and conflict resolution. This integration of the DEI skills into an experiential learningenvironment is a critical component of the Learn-Practice-Assess model’s implementation, andrepresents a potential paradigm shift in the way that DEI concepts and capstone projects can bewoven together.Conclusion & Next StepsOver the last two years, ~250 Penn State aerospace engineering senior undergraduate studentshave participated in the DEI Module as part of their capstone design

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

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