Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Jerry Gintz, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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International

generated by cooking fires in developing countries. Furthermore, theonce abundant resource is becoming scarce, so that in many cases women must travel largedistances on foot to gather the wood they need, an effort that occupies much of their day. Onesolution is to change fuels and cook with gelled ethanol created from locally available biomass.This is the purpose of the gelled ethanol production unit which was being built by 13 students inthe Capstone design sequence in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyDepartment on the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University, and which will be describedin this paper.For this project, ASU has partnered with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science andTechnology in Kumasi, Ghana and with

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kevin Gary; Harry Koehnemann

The Software Enterprise at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus Kevin Gary, Harry Koehnemann Assistant, Associate Professors Division of Computing Studies, Arizona State University {kgary,harry}@asu.edu, (480)727-1373The Software Enterprise is a multi-year capstone project sequence designed to expose students to practical, “realworld” considerations in software development. By the conclusion of the Enterprise sequence, students have anappreciation for the role of software process, the challenges of software maintenance, the impact of open source, thepros and cons of off-the-shelf

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Schreuders; Arthur Johnson

Session 2408 The Wizard of BOD Paul D. Schreuders, Arthur Johnson University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractSeveral years ago, the Biological Resources Engineering Department reexamined and updatedthe format of its Capstone Design Project. The revised Capstone Design experience was intendedto give students an opportunity to manage a product while observing resource constraints.Unfortunately, very few course plans survive intact after contact with the students. This casestudy will examine the intended processes, the successes, and the failures of the

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Aja Rachel Bettencourt-Mccarthy, University of Cincinnati; Matthew Sleep, University of Cincinnati

Construction Management Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 University of Cincinnati Email: bettenar@ucmail.uc.edu Cincinnati, OH 45221 Email: sleepmw@ucmail.uc.eduProject-based learning is core to many first-year engineering, engineering design, andengineering capstone courses. Ideally, students in courses that use project-based learning workon real-world projects that are relevant to their communities with a sponsor or outside partnerwho helps to guide the work and assess deliverables. By working with a community partner orclient, students practice incorporating outside perspectives and empathy into their designs.Realistically, a

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mamdouh Bakr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dept. Of Engineering Technology

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College-Industry Partnerships

market, and the need to modifythe current design in the project under development to include a revised set of product features inresponse to the competitor's action.It is worth noting that the majority of these projects were performed by senior students as part oftheir capstone courses, which are similar to those in most other institutions.4 In our case thecapstone courses consist of a series of two courses; the first covers project fundamentals,proposal development and project planning, and the second course involves the projectundertaking.9 Students work in teams, following their project plan under the guidance of aninstructor, and may consult with other faculty in the department.Project information, including the definition and assessment of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 12

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel E. Horenstein, University of Denver; Daniel D. Auger; Peter J. Laz, University of Denver

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

design courses are typically project-based, where students work inteams to address a “customer-provided” problem and develop real working solutions. This typeof project-based learning requires that students synthesize knowledge and apply skills to anopen-ended design problem. The open-ended nature of “customer-provided” problems thatstudents encounter in capstone design courses contrasts with the structured and constrained“instructor-provided” problems seen in their earlier coursework [1], [2]. Solving complex,unstructured problems is an essential skill for a working engineer, but it requires a differentskillset than that which is needed to solve the standard textbook problems typically seen inclassrooms [2]–[6]. Solutions to textbook problems

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Benjamin Chambers

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

design is currently notyet well represented in undergraduate academic programs.In order to prepare our computer engineering students for the autonomous vehicle designexperience which can be considered as a complex embedded systems design, we offer twocourses on embedded systems. However, these two courses on embedded systems design are notenough to teach the students the skills that they need. In order to satisfy the ABET requirementsstudents in computer engineering program are required to take a capstone course. The projectsthat students do in this capstone course are embedded projects. This paper will describeautonomous vehicle projects that the students have done in this capstone course.IntroductionWikipedia defines autonomous vehicle as “ A

Conference Session

Experiments and Laboratories in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Society for Engineering Education, 2008 DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINERY LABORATORY CURRICULUM FOR EMERGING PRODUCT MANUFACTURINGAbstractThis paper summarizes an effort to develop an interdisciplinary capstone design projectcourse and laboratory in manufacturing. As manufacturing laboratories are veryexpensive to develop, this program is designed based on distributed and integratedmanufacturing processes on campus. As students can gain access to various facilities,they will be able to make various products, including some emerging products, such asEDM machines, fuel cells, etc. As this capstone design project provides opportunities forstudents to design, manufacture, it stimulates the students’ interest in real-world productrealization. Both

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2011-2872: AN INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDYPeter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University Peter Schuster is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. His areas of interest include design, stress analysis, and biomechanics. Page 22.176.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Industry-University Partnership Case StudyAbstractAt many universities, senior undergraduate mechanical engineers work in teams on industry-sponsored capstone design projects. These projects provide an excellent

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin A. Bartlett, University of Kentucky; William Davis Ferriell, University of Kentucky; Jonathan Mills, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

initial outcomes of acollaborative course in which 3rd year undergraduate product design students work together witha 4th year biomedical engineering capstone course to design medical devices. The course hasbeen run two times and based on the project outcomes and the student experiences in the firstiteration, substantial changes were made for the second iteration of the course.The biomedical engineering capstone course lasts for an entire school year, but the collaborationwith the product design students is only designated for one semester. The first iteration of theinterdisciplinary collaboration took place during the spring semester of the capstone course.Because the biomedical engineering capstone involves primarily prototyping in the

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lulay, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Deborah S. Munro, University of Portland; Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

show neutral to “strongly agree” that each project effectively teaches various elements of thedesign process. Page 26.903.9 8The results of the survey show that most students believe the design projects are helpful to learnthe design process. They have further identified several of the class projects were more helpful inbuilding specific design skills. In the case of the project in Machine Design this outcome is notsurprising since the class is designed to be taken in the Spring of the Junior year before thestudents enter the Capstone design course and focuses on the full design process.Other

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matilda Ho, University of Texas at Dallas; Maria Fernanda Valdez; Casey Hatfield; Jieun Kim; Taylor Carlile Beach

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Student

Paper ID #33234Taking Control of Control Systems: A Student Developed, Multimedia andSimulation Tool for Control Systems EducationMatilda Ho, University of Texas at Dallas Matilda Ho completed this capstone project for a BS in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas. She is currently continuing her education at The University of Texas at Dallas for an MS in Systems Engineering and Management. Upon completion, she hopes to work in industry with a focus in sustainable business.Ms. Maria Fernanda ValdezCasey HatfieldMs. Jieun KimTaylor Carlile Beach American

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

. IntroductionThe ultimate goal of engineering education is to graduate engineers who can design andimplement solution to existing societal problems. To accomplish this goal, meaningfulengineering design experiences are integrated into the curriculum as early as during the firstyear. In addition to the cornerstone project course such as introduction to engineering design, thefirst two years of the curriculum are devoted primarily to the basic sciences, followed byadvanced courses in the last two years that familiarize the students with discipline specifictechnical contents. To conclude the engineering design learning experience, engineeringundergraduate education has a capstone senior design project course that allow students toimplement design process

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Wei Xie

intelligence (AI), biomanufacturing, regulation, cyber- becoming standard regulations and industry practice. Thisphysical system risk management and automation, biology, and framework includes an iterative process as shown in Figure 1biochemistry guides a multifaceted capstone project. This below. One pivotal element of this framework is transformingproject focuses on developing an interdisciplinary, modularized the validated innovative research to education and industryand extensible STEM education and industry workforce life- workforce training and ultimately reflecting conceptlong training platform. This advanced educational initiative applications in industry practices; see for example [2].offers

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton

intelligence (AI), biomanufacturing, regulation, cyber- becoming standard regulations and industry practice. Thisphysical system risk management and automation, biology, and framework includes an iterative process as shown in Figure 1biochemistry guides a multifaceted capstone project. This below. One pivotal element of this framework is transformingproject focuses on developing an interdisciplinary, modularized the validated innovative research to education and industryand extensible STEM education and industry workforce life- workforce training and ultimately reflecting conceptlong training platform. This advanced educational initiative applications in industry practices; see for example [2].offers

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jared Auclair

intelligence (AI), biomanufacturing, regulation, cyber- becoming standard regulations and industry practice. Thisphysical system risk management and automation, biology, and framework includes an iterative process as shown in Figure 1biochemistry guides a multifaceted capstone project. This below. One pivotal element of this framework is transformingproject focuses on developing an interdisciplinary, modularized the validated innovative research to education and industryand extensible STEM education and industry workforce life- workforce training and ultimately reflecting conceptlong training platform. This advanced educational initiative applications in industry practices; see for example [2].offers

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jinxiang Pei

intelligence (AI), biomanufacturing, regulation, cyber- becoming standard regulations and industry practice. Thisphysical system risk management and automation, biology, and framework includes an iterative process as shown in Figure 1biochemistry guides a multifaceted capstone project. This below. One pivotal element of this framework is transformingproject focuses on developing an interdisciplinary, modularized the validated innovative research to education and industryand extensible STEM education and industry workforce life- workforce training and ultimately reflecting conceptlong training platform. This advanced educational initiative applications in industry practices; see for example [2].offers

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Hua Zheng

intelligence (AI), biomanufacturing, regulation, cyber- becoming standard regulations and industry practice. Thisphysical system risk management and automation, biology, and framework includes an iterative process as shown in Figure 1biochemistry guides a multifaceted capstone project. This below. One pivotal element of this framework is transformingproject focuses on developing an interdisciplinary, modularized the validated innovative research to education and industryand extensible STEM education and industry workforce life- workforce training and ultimately reflecting conceptlong training platform. This advanced educational initiative applications in industry practices; see for example [2].offers

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

to design, build, and test alphaprototypes that are student-generated ideas. Students propose ideas that are electro-mechanicalin nature; they are grouped into teams; and they go through the product development cycle of asubset of the project ideas. Not only has this course become an outstanding opportunity to assesseach program at a common point, it has served as a key feeder to the senior capstone project, atwo-semester sequence that is industry sponsored. Projects that have been implemented inENGR 350 have been wide-ranging in nature, such as a motor-driven fishing reel for anglerswith the use of one arm; an inexpensive water-filtration system for countries with waterchallenges; a self-propelled longboard (skateboard) with braking

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, and the NCSU Faculty Advisor Award. Page 15.661.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Ideas to Consider for New Chemical Engineering Educators: Senior DesignAbstractTeaching the senior or “capstone” design course can be intimidating to new facultymembers since the course is typically more open ended and project-based compared toother traditional core courses. Faculty with backgrounds in chemistry or physics who joina chemical engineering department may have never taken such a course themselves. Inmany departments, the course was traditionally taught

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

2–3 years earlier. The importantthing to note is that this is a first step at requiring some design exposure, if not quiteprerequisites, for the capstone design course.The Senior Capstone Design Course As part of the capstone design curriculum, “industry-sponsored” and “professor-driven”design projects are now fairly commonplace. Many engineering programs (including PennState’s) provide capstone design experiences via industry-sponsored design projects.12 Theseprojects are excellent methods for providing meaningful “real world” design experiences,although they have their own set of difficulties. Professor-driven projects in the capstone designcourse are also valuable in that the design experience can be tailored to course content

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Miller; Stephen J. Walsh; James J. Brickley

. Seniors enrolled in capstone design earn four credits,and play the role of founders of a high-tech company. Development of the company’s “product”is the basis of the capstone design project. The one-credit students are “ground floor employees”of the start-up companies. This model allows EEP to fit easily within the already crowdedundergraduate curriculum at NC State, and provides a framework for developing teamwork andleadership skills, mentoring of underclassmen by seniors, and a “real world” experience thatgives the students a feel for life in a start-up company.The EEP model places a great deal of emphasis on the leadership role of the senior st udents.They are told up front that this is the major difference between pursuing capstone design in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationCreating Elevating GoalsThe notion of creating a clear and concise goal is not new. However, a goal can be establishedthat clearly identifies the objectives of a project, but if the team members do not find that goalworthwhile then individual commitment and focus can be compromised. In other words, not onlymust a goal be clarified, but also the members of that team must all contain the belief that the goalembodies a valuable and important result.A central role of IEW members is to provide guidance to the seniors design teams enrolled inCapstone Design. Those involved in the UI Capstone Design process must clearly identify thegoals of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

mathematics is considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education, littleempirical research has been conducted to understand how engineering students actually usemathematics. This project takes a research- informed approach towards understanding the role ofmathematics in engineering design by combining two studies of engineering students’ use ofmathematical thinking: a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during an industry-based senior design project and a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during alaboratory based design problem.The capstone study used a combination of qualitative methodologies to investigate engineeringstudents’ use of mathematics during one of their first real- world design projects. For

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

even critical curricular component. In the past, many publications centeredon general reporting regarding capstone course development, implementation andimprovement1, 2 and adding an industry collaboration component to the capstone courses3,4 . After the ABET 2K guidelines5 were released, many established capstone coursesadded a systematic assessment component6, 7, 8. Recently, interest in the entrepreneurialand commercial dimensions of this work and inclusion of these concepts in capstonecourses is on the rise9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.The Senior Project course at the Computer Engineering Technology (CET) program,University of Houston is relatively young. As part of an effort to streamline the CETprogram in Engineering Technology (ET

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

programs to demonstrate that“graduates have the ability to design, develop, implement, and improve integrated systems thatinclude people, materials, information, equipment, and energy” and to include “in-depthinstruction to accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical, computational,and experimental practices.”1 Many industrial engineering programs use senior capstone designprojects to achieve program outcomes that relate to integrated systems. In such an environment,courses preceding the capstone project focus on developing “tools” that will be applied to anintegrated system in the capstone project. The tools are acquired through stand-alone topics withapplications limited to textbook problems or projects that are limited in

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Joseph B. Herzog, University of Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

can result in conflict or issues when completing project tasks. AtUniversity of Indianapolis’ R.B. Annis School of Engineering, we noticed that student interestlevel in a project topic is a significant factor toward commitment and contribution to projectcompletion.Our institution’s senior capstone course requires students to participate in design projects asmembers of multidisciplinary teams solving open-ended real-world problems. Assigning studentsto projects can be a complicated process, especially considering student preferences, majors,skills, and the needs/nature of the project. We are a young program continuing to grow and areinterested in a systematic approach to assign teams. Currently, a rank-based survey is used togauge student

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kurtanich, Youngstown State University; William Wood, Youngstown State University; Edward Garchar, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

concurrently by the Civil & Construction Engineering Technology (CCET) and ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) baccalaureate students during their senior year. MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) may elect to take one or both courses as well. These coursesserve as a capstone experience that incorporates both individual and team interdisciplinarydesign projects. CCET 4884 – Civil and Structural Facilities Design is an interdisciplinarycapstone course that provides an overview of the requirements and design procedures for civiland structural systems including site development, utilities, foundation, wall systems, framingsystems and floor system design as well as specifications & estimating. This course has a majorinterdisciplinary group

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

, KEEN Ambassador and a 2021 Fellow, etc. She has numerous awards and recognitions to her credit, including several best paper awards.Dr. Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo Dr. Sorin Cioc is a clinical associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing MET Education: Innovations in Laboratory Equipment DevelopmentIntroductionSenior Design Capstone courses provide a hands-on learning environment where students gainvaluable experience in project management, collaboration, problem-solving, and technicalexpertise. They

Conference Session

Innovation in Diversity and Inclusivity

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland

: % of URM studentscompared to 10-year average of 18% 40 35 30 25 20 Total % 15 10 5 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Increases based on intentional actions…• Curricular & co-curricular changes • from 0 to 3 unrestricted electives • study abroad programs within a 4-year graduation plan • from competitive to cooperative first-year design project focused on assistive design technologies • multi-disciplinary senior design capstone option for all majors • ethics across the curriculum • extremely strong SWE student chapter• Retention program for “at-risk” students • any first- or second-year student in good academic standing, but behind cohort … typically starting in pre-calculus