Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annalisa Onnis-Hayden , Northeastern University; Carolina Beatriz Venegas-Martinez, Northeastern University; Marissa P. Dreyer, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

improve water-use efficiency and watershedmanagement around the world. Moreover, providing clean water and restoring the nitrogen cycleare two of the fourteen National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges that futureengineers will need to act upon. Therefore, treating once-used water on-site to safe effluent-reusestandards—rather than using the water just once and flushing it back to an expensive, high-maintenance centralized treatment plant—has the potential to help address these challenges byrestoring the local water-nutrient cycle.With these considerations, during the spring of 2016 a capstone project at NortheasternUniversity was designed to task civil and environmental engineering students to providesolutions to those Engineering Grand

Conference Session

Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ross Aaron Petrella, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Lianne Cartee, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Devin K. Hubbard, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Kenneth Donnelly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David A. Zaharoff, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; George T. Ligler, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

Design Curriculum. He holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Furman University and M.Sc. and D.Phil. degrees in Mathematics–Computation from the University of Oxford, where his studies were supported by a Rhodes Scholarship. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Vertically Integrated Design Program Using Peer EducationIntroduction A yearlong capstone project for fourth year undergraduate biomedical engineering studentsis often put forward as the model for engaged, experiential learning [2, 3]. However, preparingstudents to undertake the breadth of such a project is often overlooked. In most undergraduateengineering curricula, there

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Grant Richards; Nicole Otte

laboratoryrequires industry insight and expertise to ensure that applications, technologies, configurations,and use cases align with standards and industry trajectory.Purdue University and Endress+Hauser USA have a well-established history of partnering toincrease awareness of the process sector and deliver improved learning experiences capable ofpresenting real-world challenges in the classroom and laboratory [3]. The first collaboration wasin 2014 with a capstone project, the Purdue Integrated Process Education System (PIPES). Thefully operational system was designed and constructed during a yearlong capstone projectundertaken by senior students in Purdue’s Manufacturing Engineering Technology degreeprogram, later serving as a teaching and learning tool

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas Mulka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kinsey Herrin, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. This paper discusses the suite of virtual toolsutilized to support senior capstone design courses to manage logistics. We report on studentsatisfaction associated with team formation, project selection, and project presentation aspects.For each of these aspects, an interactive, virtual conferencing platform is utilized in whichparticipants can freely move between small informal groups at any time. This platform'sstructure is designed to mimic a traditional in-person exhibition. Participants can listen topresentations at tables, ask questions, talk individually, and move to a different location at theirdiscretion. The platform relieves the logistical burden of gathering people from geographicallyseparate locations in the same space while

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

students apply design methods, they rarely practice needs finding.All Canadian undergraduate engineering students participate in a capstone project in their fourthyear. Engineering instructors at the University of Waterloo have identified a lack of opportunitiesfor students to practice their need finding skills prior to fourth year. As a result, a set of needfinding instructional activities were conducted in-class for one term. The objective of thisresearch is to conduct evidence-based program improvement by identifying the teachingpractices that improve need finding competencies in engineering graduates. More specifically, inthis ongoing study, the authors explore how students identify, select, and justify their capstoneproject problem; and

Collection

2014 EDI

Authors

Yannis C Yortsos

› Uniqueness: Two-Semester Capstone Design Course Jointly between CS, Fine Arts and Cinematic Arts » 80 to 100 CS students, 30 SCA gameplay design students and 140 artists› Demo Day Twice Each SemesterUSC GAMES Joint Capstone Project Cinematic Arts Final Games Project Fine Arts Engineering (CS)4 4Advanced Games Course - The Maestros Placement, Demo Day Attendance• EA • Zynga• LucasArts • Blizzard• Microsoft & MGS • Seven Studios• Activision • Applied Minds• Google • Qualcomm• Akamai • Pricegrabber• Sony Computer

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2: Instructional/Learning Resources and Pedagogies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

stavros kalafatis, Texas A&M University; Kevin Nowka, Texas A&M University; John Lusher, Texas A&M University

) students/lab students/bench Fall 2020 (COVID) 8-12 3 - 50-minute 12 physically 1 student per students/lab labs + 10 min spaced benches bench sanitizationTable 1: ECE Capstone Physical distancing occupancy changes to meet COVID restrictions 2) Modify types of projectsSenior electrical engineers and computer engineers within the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering are required to complete a two-semester capstone sequence. Capstone isteam-based design on the same project for both semesters. To accommodate the skills of bothelectrical and computer engineers, traditionally, 10-20% of capstone

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Dunkel, University of Idaho; Ryan A Oliver, BP; Tao Xing P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Dev S. Shrestha, University of Idaho, Moscow; Russell Scott Smith, University of Idaho Energy Plant

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 27 years. He is coordinator of the college of engineering inter-disciplinary capstone design course. He is also a co-PI on a DOE sponsored Industrial Assessment Center program in which several of the student authors have been involved. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Kennesaw State University; Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University; Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University; Eduardo Farfan, Kennesaw State University

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Design in Engineering Education

nuclear materials to fight terrorism,recent development of nuclear medicines and the need for medical imaging have generatedstrong interest in the development of radiation detection and monitoring devices [2,3]. However,only 21 ABET accredited programs exist for nuclear engineering. Additionally, although manynew certificate programs and minors have emerged to serve these needs and train engineers toperform specific tasks in industry, there is a lack of opportunity for the students in theseprograms to develop substantive experience in the nuclear engineering field through participationin multidisciplinary, collaborative senior design or capstone project work.Paper OrganizationThe paper begins with a review of the literature on interdisciplinary

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

courses are typically included in the EngineeringTechnology Curriculum for an electronics system program. At Texas A&M University, the ElectronicSystems Engineering Technology (ESET) program is offered. For the embedded systems courses thatthe author has been teaching, students learn about microcontroller architecture and microcontrollerapplications. For the class projects, students can be given comprehensive programming and projectdemo assignments as a class project toward the end of the course. And, some of the students wouldtake the Capstone project courses in the following semesters. In this paper, the author presented theskills and knowledge that can be used from underwater robots and boat platforms to benefit embeddedsystems courses and

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Joseph Untener; Philip Appiah-Kubi

ETD 525 Building a Strong Foundation for Senior Design Courses Joseph A. Untener, Philip Appiah-Kubi University of Dayton1. IntroductionThe inclusion of a capstone project course is one of the most universal elements of curriculathroughout the widely diverse Engineering Technology programs in the country, Yet at the sametime, probably no single course in those curricula has more variation in approach, structure,assumptions, and resources than the capstone design course.The University of Dayton’s approach to senior capstone projects is just one of many usedthroughout

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jianpeng Zhou, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Chad Verbais, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

, problem-based learning, and impacts of the learning environment. To improvestudent teamwork experiences in any course, faculty have an opportunity to apply a wealth ofknowledge from fields such as organizational or industrial psychology 5. Some argue thateffective team-based learning in capstone courses require that teams be heterogeneous and haveshared goals, meaningful activities, timely internal feedback, and external comparisons andfeedback 6. Thus, for faculty to facilitate an effective team-based learning experience, they mustbe very deliberate in the planning of team projects, milestones, activities, feedback methods, andtiming.Other research has focused on problem-based learning approaches. One study, focusing on astructural engineering

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Design in Engineering Education

learning were implemented in a senior capstonedesign class where student learning is assessed. The capstone students are required to identify aneducational need within the mechanical engineering technology program. This need is discussedwith the faculty for the development of a hands-on laboratory instrument that will facilitatelearning in the program. The results from these discussions determine the design requirementsfor the capstone project. These capstone students must also learn the design process that hasmilestones with deliverables associated with a Gantt chart and work breakdown structure. Theymust also develop an instructional lab with a series of questions that helps reinforce the theorytaught in the classroom. And finally, they are

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Keith Buffington, Bucknell University

Initiatives SYNCHRONIZED ENGINEERING COLLABORATIONS: THE BUCKNELL – GEISINGER INITIATIVES Syncronicity?Curricular & Capstone Collaborative Research BME Initiatives ME Interdisciplinary Projects  BU-GHS Research Initiative ECE  Medical Device  Ciffolillo Heathcare Innovation Development Program Funds CHEG  IDEAS Senior Design  Costa Healthcare Research Partnering withClinical Mentors Administrative Professionals General surgery  Clinical Innovation & Process

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 1: Curriculum Design and Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shivani Kundalia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pranathi C Amballa, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stacy Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

experiential, entrepreneurial, and innovative learning experiences within the school’s academic curriculum. He is a Woodruff School Teaching Fellow and strives to enhance education by developing classes, workshops, and events focused on implementing hands-on, collaborative learning through solving real-world problems. He directs the operations of the Institute-wide Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, which highlights projects created by over 2000 Georgia Tech seniors graduating students annually. He serves as the faculty advisor for the student organization of over 150 student volunteers who all train, staff, and manage the operations of Georgia Tech’s Flowers Invention Studio – one of the nation’s premier volunteer student

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council

 such short visits and recommendations for pursuing a similar sabbatical experience.  Introduction  Sabbatical experiences provide an opportunity for faculty to immerse themselves in current scholarship, to explore new areas of research, and/or to pursue professional development. For capstone design instructors, many of whom coordinate projects with industry sponsors, a logical option for sabbatical is to spend it in industry. This option is particularly attractive and useful for faculty members who have followed the standard academic pathway and have not previously worked as practicing engineers.  The engineering literature is surprisingly sparse on faculty sabbaticals, and what literature exists focuses more on the use of sabbaticals for

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Ryan J. Meuth, Arizona State University; Brent James Sebold, Arizona State University; Eric Prosser, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

requirements, use extensive team-based activities, and culminate in afinal project that often originates from industry or faculty research [1]. Capstone courses presentinstructors with a variety of challenges, including how to effectively mentor teams through thecapstone design process. This problem is compounded when operating at scale, in large R1universities like the one where the study took place, where it is difficult to find adequatenumbers of highly qualified mentors for the nearly 400 capstone students completing projectseach academic year. Despite the challenge, instructors recognize the value of providing qualitymentorship in the capstone design process and research has shown that quality mentoring iscrucial to student success [2-3].It is

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines; Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress: Self-Guided Professional Development as an Enabler for Multidisciplinary ProgramsAbstractThe capstone design program at Colorado School of Mines serves three departments and fourdegree programs, each having their own demands, distinctive industry-specific languages, anddepartmental expectations. Each discipline is looking to the capstone design program to provideABET required capstone projects and assessment, professional practice training, and instructionin multiple discipline specific design tools and techniques to their students. This paper describesthe use of student-specific professional development plans, in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

connecting activity for senior cadets and provides the basis for maintaining the linkbetween the workplace and the classroom. The capstone course requires students to apply theircomprehensive set of skills and concepts to a real-world problem for a real-world project, or to aspecific research area. The actual projects themselves combine elements of systems engineering,information systems engineering, engineering management, and operations research theory and Page 10.793.3practice, allowing students to conduct design and experimental work for clients along the lines of “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Mechanical Engineering

multitude of design artifacts and associatedlearning objects into interactive, museum-like exhibits that can mediate situated learning in thedesign suite, in the machine shop, and amidst a gallery of capstone project posters. This paperreports on initial efforts to implement such a system in support of just-in-time project learning.The system is uniquely designed to operate within our design environment. It has evolved overthe last two decades to reflect shared beliefs about design pedagogy and product realization. Page 24.1060.2Educational SettingOur inter-disciplinary capstone design program has been a catalyst for local design

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Robb Larson, Montana State University

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Engineering Technology

projects assigned through the senior capstone course sequence (MET 456 andMET 457). Specifically, the course integration model will be outlined, the methodology utilizedto develop this model, as well as benefits of implementation will be presented, and modeleffectiveness will be assessed and reported. Finally, a plan for implementing this model intoother courses in the core MET curriculum, as well as for consideration for use by other programsin the college, will be presented.IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at Montana State University (MSU) iscommitted to preparing graduates to immediately contribute to an increasingly diverse employerbase upon graduation, as well as prepare graduates for continued success in their

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Anthony Okafor; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

willsignificantly impact UMR’s two BS degree option programs in manufacturing and MS degreeprograms in manufacturing, and FV’s manufacturing engineering and technology programs. Wewill establish an integrative and collaborative manufacturing program to reinforce and sharpencritical competencies of students. The centerpiece and uniqueness of this program will be asenior-level, two-semester capstone manufacturing project course that will provide students withthe experience of integrating business and engineering skills toward rapid, distributed productrealization, and a 2-plus-2 articulation between an AS degree Manufacturing EngineeringTechnology program to a BS degree Manufacturing Engineering program. The term“distributed” is used to emphasize that the

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering in 1987 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gennert is interested in computer vision, image processing, scientific databases, and programming languages, with ongoing projects in biomedical image processing, robotics, and stereo and motion vision. He is author or co-author of more than 100 papers. He is a member of Sigma Xi, NDIA Robotics Division, and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council Robotics Cluster, and a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM.Dr. Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Taskin Padir is an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also a faculty member in the Robotics Engineering program. He advised capstone

Conference Session

Tech Session 1: Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Systems Thinking

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE, ENV SP, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

to identify and justify creditsthat apply to their senior capstone design projects. Through this scaffolded approach, students arechallenged to evaluate how their design meets criteria within relevant credits. Examples ofstudent work show that Envision can be used as a tool to gain knowledge of how designs can beinformed by the rating system beyond using it as a tool to retroactively evaluate a project. Thisapproach could be used by other programs as they desire to use a vetted framework to enablestudents to create sustainable, forward-thinking designs.BackgroundThe Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision Rating System (Envision) provides aframework for civil infrastructure that is sustainable, equitable, and resilient through

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gene Fisher

owndepartment.The third objective for our capstone course, that of teamwork, is also nearly universal in a cap-stone experience. A somewhat unusual variant of our team structure has been to mix studentsfrom our introductory courses and capstone course in the same teams. This provides the upper-level capstone students the opportunity to manage the work of the lower-level students. Thisteam structure was a feature of the initial offering of our capstone course6. It has not beenrepeated in many subsequent offerings, due primarily to class logistical difficulties.The fourth objective of project management is again very common in a capstone class. In thecases where we have combined upper- and lower-division students, the capstone students man-aged their lower

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Matthew J Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission

. 2The authors have also noted how students in the capstone courses struggle with the requiredteamwork. These difficulties stem, in part, from the fact that team projects in pre-capstonecourses do not prepare students for what is required in capstone. Table 1 documents how teamprojects differ in courses that lead up to capstone and the projects expected in capstone courses.Table 1: Pre-capstone Projects Compared with Capstone Projects Pre-capstone Projects Capstone Projects Team Size 2–5 5 – 14 Team Varies from 1 week to 2 semesters Duration the full semester Team

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

, and 5) Fighting the force.Current examples of capstone projects and clients are listed in Table 1. DoD and civilianorganizations comprise the list of clients. Projects are routinely recruited through thedepartment’s research center and in some cases organizations initiate contact with the researchcenter themselves.There is a great need for university programs and/or courses that integrate practice intoengineering education, particularly when faculty have little or no industry experience or havebeen away from industry for some time. Benefits have been noted for both the student and theinstitution (see Ceylan and Lee 2004; Johnston 2004; Todd et al. 1995, Miller and Olds 1994,Dutson et al. 1997, Bright and Phillips 1999, Farr et al. 2001, and

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary David Asher, Colorado State University; Nicole L Ramo, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

exposure to, and retention of, systems engineering principles improveslearning outcomes in an multidisciplinary graduate level course is assessed. Students enrolled in ahybrid electric vehicle powertrains course were exposed to systems engineering principlesthrough a dedicated lecture focused on team coordination and management of complexengineering systems in the context of the team-based course capstone project. Students wereencouraged to employ systems engineering principles across all aspects of the course (e.g.homework completion and exam preparation) with student collaboration a requirement for theproject. Student surveys were completed immediately following the introductory lecture, whichquantify students’ self-assessed increase in system

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to teams of three to fourstudents, much like a college capstone project. Students follow the EDP steps shown in Figure 1. Aproject can last from one week, to a semester, to a full year. The teacher decides the project length thatbest fits the curriculum requirements. Page 23.672.5 4 Figure 1: Engineering Design ProcessThe authors have run a three-year NSF funded research project to teach high school teachers how to useengineering in their STEM courses. The project runs a two-week professional

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

project mentor,complete extensive professional communication assignments, and bring all relevant design andprofessional skills together to complete their specific project.Overall, this four course model exposes students to a wide range of soft and hard skills relevantto biomedical engineering. The sequential structure of the courses requires students to transferknowledge and skills between courses in the sequence and from courses previously taken. Theculmination of the sequence in the senior capstone provides students with repeated exposure to,and refinement of, many skill sets. Further, as students are required to decide which skills shouldbe applied to their specific design projects, this course sequence not only introduces students toan array