Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

capstone course by extending the time period over which such credited treatmentoccurs, while offering additional benefits. Among the added benefits is increased projectcontinuity, as senior students pass on knowledge, expertise and progress to juniorstudents, sustaining project work in service of the client over multiple academic cycles.While clients and faculty enjoy project continuity and longevity, the multi-year projectplan benefits students by increased opportunities for management and leadership, makingthe educational experience a more complete and realistic one. Coyle, et al. has presentedthe EPICS model for a multi-year engineering project program with multidisciplinary andservice-oriented emphases, as implemented at a large university.1

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Erica J Marti, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Cory Budischak, Temple University; Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Carlo Salvinelli, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Full Papers

yourlearning?” This project has been an obvious fit for our curriculum as college faculty have been taskedwith incorporating engineering design in more courses before the students take their capstone seniordesign experience.At DU, we believe the Engineering for People Design Challenge is a great way to accomplish many ofour engineering goals. First, it allows us to introduce the design process to freshmen. We expect thesefreshmen to thus be better prepared for our more advanced junior and senior design project courses.Second, this project really helps to motivate many of our students to stick withengineering. Often, courses in the first two years of engineering are not very applied and some studentslose interest. Seeing how engineering can help solve

Conference Session

Machine Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Jones, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Confidence Question Difference Use Computer Tools +0.4 Use Technical Concepts -0.1 Use Fabrication tools +0.1Table 7. Questions about Solving ProblemsIn general, the students in the project-based curriculum indicate more confidence in designingbut less confidence in identifying a design need than students in the traditional curriculum. Thiscould be a result of the students in the project-based curriculum being faced with the open-ended,multidisciplinary, design problems associated with the competition projects. Students in thetraditional curriculum typically will not have that experience until the capstone design course.Students in the

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

) students have difficulty in synthesizingwhat they learn in their senior capstone projects; (2) our involvement with local industries indicatethe need for graduates with system integration skills who are more in tune with the modern globalworkforce. The system integration skills do not mean a curriculum in system engineering, butrather, preparing students with the ability to synthesize what they learn and know how to apply thetechniques of synthesis in the real world. Industries also desire students who graduate withpractical skills. Internship is the best option for students, but it is not necessary that all studentshave the opportunity to gain internship experience. As a result, the ECE department launched thecurriculum integration initiative to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching DesignThrough Project-oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 17-28, 1997.[2] D. L. Evans, B. W. McNeil, and G. C. Berkeley, “Design in Engineering Education: Past Views of FutureDirection,” Engineering Education, vol. 80, pp. 517-522, 1990. Page 14.337.10 9[3] K. Smith, S. Sheppard, D. Johnson, and R. Johnson, “Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom-Based Practices,”Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 87-102.[4] P. H. King

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

be sent out to be fabricated. However, typical turn-around times do not allow the graduating class to have a chance to test and verify theirdesign, and get the satisfaction and the real world experience of testing. By using MOSISfabricated designs of previous generations, this missing link was completed.1. Introduction and BackgroundThe paper describes how MOSIS fabricated CMOS Operational Amplifiers are used as a realworld design experience in a senior level Analog Integrated Circuit Course in ElectricalEngineering at the University of Southern Maine.Design is an ABET requirement that every engineering student should experience beforegraduation. Although this experience can be left to the capstone project most engineeringprograms require

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

short, fast statistical experiments (must use either confidence intervals,factorial ANOVA, or regression) from the capstone projects. With the widespread use ofSmartphones and mobile computing devices, we thought using these devices would be aninteresting and inexpensive way to develop new projects each semester.In the Fall 2013 semester, we had two student teams develop experiments to obtain engineeringdata on human balance using a balance board and their Smartphone with a purchased app. Thepurpose of the experiments was not to teach students to use Smartphone apps, they can alreadydo that effortlessly, but to have an inexpensive way for them to collect engineering data that theycould analyze and make statistical conclusions. We did anticipate

Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Midlam-Mohler,, Ohio State University ; Jason Linger, Ohio State University ; Jack Slavinski, Ohio State University ; Lisa Fiorentini, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Eco-Car Poster Session

3 project are also included as a proxy for the manystudent engineering projects that are on OSU’s campus.KeywordsProject Management, Systems Engineering, Education, Capstone, EcoCARIntroductionStudents typically gain exposure to project management techniques through capstone seniordesign projects, however, many students would benefit from a greater depth of study. This hasbeen indicated through student surveys and industry feedback. To support this, threedepartments within The Ohio State University (OSU) College or Engineering have developedcomplementary courses that cover topics in project management. In addition, students engagedin extra-curricular student projects, such as the EcoCAR 3 project, must practice projectmanagement techniques

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giancarlo D'Orazio, University of the District of Columbia; Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

political factors Q7. Demonstrate effective communication using graphic, written, and oral media; demonstrate ability to use modern engineering tools in design Q8. Prepared for additional extra-curricular activities and senior capstone design projects Student Survey 100% 90% 80% 70% Response Rate 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tomas Fajardo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Joshua James Blank, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

multimedia final presentation. Throughout the semester, students providedtheir opinions and suggested improvements for each deliverable. The contents of this workdetail the different deliverables and the tools the students were given to help gain a foundation inmechatronics, design skills, and project management typical of senior capstone design projects.The paper also presents lessons learned and proposed directions for future improvements. Toprovide some specific examples of the projects and the main deliverables, a website1 wasdeveloped with a sample of representative student work. I. IntroductionThe class EML3811 Mechatronics I is a required course taken by all mechanical engineeringstudents during their Sophomore or Junior year at the FAMU

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler

, J.D., Wheeler, T.F., Croskey, C.L., Meisel, D.M. (1999). SPIRIT: Student Projects Involving RocketInvestigation Techniques, ESA SP-43713 Wheeler, T. (2003). SPIRIT III: International Collaboration in an Undergraduate Research Program. Submittedto Schreyer National Conference: Innovations in International EducationTIMOTHY F. WHEELER is a Research Assistant in the Penn State University Department of ElectricalEngineering. Besides his work with the SPIRIT Projects, he teaches Senior Capstone “Sponsored Projects”sections. He also builds analog hardware for sounding rocket research probes of the mesosphere. Page 8.1025.8Proceedings of

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jo Min, Iowa State University; Wenbo Shi, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Project – Based Approach. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Savannah, GA.[2] Krishna, S. A., Kalkhoff, M., McGrath, G., Bragg, A., Joines, A., Rover, D., Mickelson, S. K. (2008). Work in Progress – Engineering Leadership Program: Tracking Leadership Development of Student using Personalized Portfolio. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Saratoga-Springs, NY.[3] Chamillard, A. T., Braun, K. A., (2002). The Software Capstone: Structure and Tradeoffs. SIGCSE’02, Covington, KY, 2002.[4] Steiner, M. W., Kanani, J., Alben, R., Hsu, C., Gerhardt, L. (2010). A Holistic Approach for Student Assessment in Project – Based

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Bello, University of Louisville; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

Translational Science, 6(6), 490-492.MacGregor, J., & Smith, B. L. (2005). Where are learning communities? Now: National leaders take stock. About Campus, 10(2), 2-8.Magnanti, T. L., & Natarajan, K. (2018). Allocating students to multidisciplinary capstone projects using discrete optimization. Interfaces, 48(3), 204-216.Manlove, D., Milne, D., & Olaosebikan, S. (2018). An integer programming approach to the student-project allocation problem with preferences over projects. International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization,Minkler, M. (2005). Community-based research partnerships: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of urban health, 82, ii3-ii12.Modi, S., M Shagari, N., & Wadata, B. (2018

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Biswajit Ray

studentsuccess in the semester-long capstone design course offered the following academic year. Two ofthe projects completed during the fall-2019 semester as part of the instrumentation course, RobotUmpire and Hot Tea Machine, are presented next.Sample Student Project: Robot UmpireThe goal of this project was to create a baseball pitching aid that would allow pitchers to play agame by themselves to improve their abilities. The Robot Umpire would register if the pitcherthrew a ball or a strike and keep track of strikes to the batter, balls to the batter, outs in theinning, total strikes thrown, total pitches thrown, the pitcher’s strike percentage, the pitcher’swalks in the inning, the number of innings played, and the batters on base in the inning

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 29

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marin Jayne Fisher Hale, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

peer feedback comments? 2. What are the components of quality peer feedback, and how effective are existing rubrics in measuring the quality of peer feedback comments?II. Background A. Role of Feedback in PBL Courses Project-based learning (PBL) courses are a common pedagogical approach used to teach engineering design [13], especially in senior capstone and first-year cornerstones. The team- and project-focused nature of PBL courses helps students develop essential professional skills such as communication [14], conflict management [15], and collaboration with diverse team members [16]. Another unique aspect of the PBL format is the team dynamics in every project group. Each team forms a culture and workflow unique

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rajeev Nair; Yimesker Yihun; Muhammad Rahman

.” Capstone projectinstructors also echo this. In other words, students were not adequately prepared to work on theirsenior design projects, unless they had prior industrial or volunteering experiences. Studentswere found to be unable to develop ideation and design skills independently prior to enrolling intheir required culminating experience. The inability of engineering graduates to engineer anddesign impedes the industrial productivity in the United States, since these students lack theskills that are in great demand by current employers (Tian 2014). This issue is rooted in the lackof preparatory courses that inculcate the design process in our students early in their educationalprogram. The traditional focus is on the important appropriate

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Samuel Servati; PS. Dhanasekaran

, allowing faculty to co-develop projects withstands. When funding was unavailable for purchasing engineering professionals to enhance real-worlddedicated equipment, students creatively repurposed relevance [8]. The integration of support staff, such asexisting resources by constructing a test stand using a lab assistants and technical experts, helps bridge thesimple two-by-two aluminum block with a gap between theoretical instruction and hands-onthermocouple to monitor temperature changes. The application [8]. Many universities now employexperiment was further enhanced using a wind tunnel technical instructors or machine shop specialists tobuilt by a previous capstone group, demonstrating how

Conference Session

Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn J Bradford, University of Melbourne; Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne; Paul N Beuchat, The University of Melbourne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

selected core subjects is provided in Figure 1. Here the ‘clinic’nomenclature invokes the notion of a medical school clinical rotation, in which future doctorspractice applying concepts learned in class through hands-on interactions with patients. Theinclusion of CDC within the specialization has a similar aim, with the intention of givingstudents the opportunity to integrate and apply prerequisite knowledge, strengthen their designskills, and develop professional competencies required for project work. In this way, the subjectcan be viewed as a ‘mini-capstone’ for the specialization, although there is a separate year-longcapstone requirement all students in the degree must complete. The clinic subject is seen as acrucial opportunity to give

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rudolph Eggert, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

School Press, Boston, M.A.,1993[4.] Dutson, A., Todd, R., Magleby, S., and Sorenson, C., “A Review of the Literature on Teaching EngineeringDesign Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997, pp. 17-28.[5.] Davis, D., Gentili, K., Trevisan, M., and Calkins, D., “Engineering Design Assessment Processes and ScoringScales for Program Improvement and Accountability,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2002, pp. 211-221.[6.] Howe, S. and Wilbarger, J., "2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses", Proceedings ofthe 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, ASEE, 2006.[7.] Todd, R., Magleby, S., Sorenson, C., Swan, B., and Anthony, D., “A Survey Of Capstone Engineering CoursesIn

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College PA; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Christopher Michael Korpela, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

et al. 2009) also showed the value of self-discoveryand learning with minimal input from instructors. Regardless of the classroom objective,robotics seems to be a topic in which students will devote time and energy learning newmaterials to accomplish specific tasks or goals. Robotics is a multi-discplinary field incorporating elements of mechanical and computerengineering, and computer science. Traditionally, robotics courses and degrees have typicallybeen offered through graduate programs but has seen an expansion into the undergraduatecurriculum through capstone projects (Michalson 2010), upper-class courses (Keer 2012, Meuth2009, Garcia 2015, Lessard 1999) and freshman engineering (Xu et. al 2014) throughintroductory platforms such as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

high impactpractices: undergraduate research and collaborative assignments/projects. In some majors, students canfulfill their capstone or culminating design requirements through VIP, thus incorporating another highimpact practice (capstone projects).In a nationwide study of undergraduate research experiences, Russell, Hancock and McCullough foundthe overall duration of research experiences to be correlated with positive outcomes [4]. The benefit oflonger research experiences complements the structure of VIP, as returning students take on increasinglevels of responsibility and serve as student leaders. To facilitate longer-term student participation, VIPcourses are offered in 1-credit and 2-credit increments, with two semesters of

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linköping University, Sweden

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering.Teaching in the programs are mainly carried out as lectures, lessons, and laboratory sessions. In atypical engineering course, 30−40% of the education is carried out as lectures, 30−40% aslessons and 20−40% as laboratory experiments. In addition, case studies and project works areused in about half of the courses. Some projects are small (down to 15% of the course workload)and some may make up the whole course.In the present study, two courses are of interest. One is a course in Engineering thermodynamicswhich both the ME, DPD and IEM students take; the ME students as the very first course of theprogram, and the PDP and IEM students at the middle of the second year. The other is a bachelor(capstone) project course that the IEM students take as

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Earley; Dave Lennig; Dave Campbell; Suguna Bommaraju

one of the projects forsenior design capstone course. Miami University started to participate in the RoboticsCompetition through the senior design course with Northwest High School (2001 and 2002), andLakota East High School (2003).FIRST, a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen6,inspires students to consider careers in engineering, technology, and science. The aim is to showstudents not only that the technological fields hold many varied opportunities for success and areaccessible and rewarding, but also that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, andinvention are exciting and interesting.Learning to plan and implement the entire design process can take a long time, but it is the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education for Emerging Technologies and Competitiveness

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Firasath Ahmed Syed, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

context of the senior capstone project7. • RP provided a way to conveniently produce one-off, technically complex artifacts required in many engineering courses15. • It allowed for a fast reiterative design approach and a short development time in student Page 25.1063.4 projects, leading to an increase in student’s understanding and confidence15,16. • RP facilitates active learning projects where students can apply computer aided design, engineering, and manufacturing technologies with hands-on experiences3.While benefits of using RP were extensively discussed in the literature, one of the main purposesof this paper is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Pease; Edward Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Maurice F. Aburdene; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

learning skills in addition totechnical competency.Getting Started with Cooperative LearningFaculty Development The initial phase of the project has focused on two areas: faculty development and courseredesign. This focus was intended to facilitate faculty becoming well-versed in cooperativelearning techniques and then support them in bringing these techniques into the classroom inselected courses of all types - introductory courses, content courses and capstone design courses.For purposes of this work, content courses are defined as those in the middle part of thecurriculum where often the primary goal of the course is interpreted to be the transmission oftechnical content. In the summer of 2000 the Catalyst team worked on an in

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

graduating from 4-year engineering or engineering technology program mustcomplete some type of capstone design project in order to graduate. It is of utmost that theproject selected is not any project, but rather one that simultaneously enhances the learningexperience of students, prepares the graduating ones for the real world, increases freshmenretention and strengthens relationships between universities and industries. The key to makingthe most out of capstone design projects is to carefully select ones that will accomplish all of theabove. After completing a 4-year engineering program, most students are proficient in theprinciples they studied in the classroom. Whether recent graduates are able to apply theseprinciples to various situations upon

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Tara Kulkarni

. These opportunities range from those provided to first year I. INTRODUCTION undergraduate students in engineering (for example atF Northeastern University9), to designing senior year capstone 1 URCO (1996) explored various definitions and forms of Service-Learning (S-L) by distinguishing S-L programs design projects to be S-L based, (for example at South Dakotafrom volunteerism, internships, community service, and field State University10), to entire program curricula based on S-Leducation. However, Berman (1996)2 cites the first principles

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wickenheiser, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

/Capstone design projects. In the former category, projects are usually highly structuredand uniform in scope across the class, and roles on the team and subgoals are typically specifiedto the students [1]. In contrast, Senior/Capstone projects range in scope and complexity fromteam to team depending on the sponsor, team size and composition can vary, and subgoals mustbe generated and managed by the students themselves [2,3]. Increasing complexity andambiguity are essential for simulating a more “real-world” design experience; however, they cancreate conditions for behaviors and situations that are detrimental to the growth of individualteam members [4,5].Certain types of conflict and bad team behavior can develop as the structure of the team

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc

education, and from first year engineering courses to capstone projects[1] - [6]. In fact, a simple search using “open ended example problems” as the search topic on theASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) PEER website reveals 12668 results. Aneffective way to implement such open-ended problems is through either problem – or project –based learning. A similar search, using the “PBL engineering” as the search topic, reveals 1457articles on the ASEE PEER, but only 292 articles when the “engineering technology” is used as asearch topic, such as [7] - [13]. Extensive literature reviews of PBL implementations inengineering education and challenges were also done in the past [14] - [16].In all instances, the authors found that PBL

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Muthar Al-Ubaidi, University of Cincinnati; Richard Kegg, Tech Solve Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

project as their capstone experience. Both co-oping and senior projects have brought the College many friends and partners in industry, suchas Procter & Gamble, Milacron, GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati Machine, CincinnatiIncorporated, Eagle Manufacturing, Meyer Tools, Cinergy, Toyota Motor Manufacturing atGeorgetown Kentuky, etc. They are eager to help the College bring our successful program tothe next higher level. It is these industry friends who have helped the College set the goals for anew level of Manufacturing Engineering Technology education, and who stand ready to workbeside us to keep the development of courses.Conclusion and Discussion The new curriculum will be extensively used in the manufacturing courses. The