Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 14.796.6Figure 4. Array of Project Content Categories Figure 5. Dispersal of Project Content Focus in Selected ME310 Projects (1979, 1999, 2006)Map to Current ME310 Course Content FocusMechanical Engineering 310 is a master’s level course at Stanford University in mechanicalengineering and design. Students are set up in teams and spend the school year, over threequarters, attacking a problem supplied by industry, having the freedom of time, money ($15K)and plenty of self-efficacy. Many students have had design classes their senior year but ME310serves as a Capstone Plus course wherein rather than learning through a problem-based learningenvironment, the students are in a product

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

investigates on the factorsimpacting construction projects delivery in both domestic and international markets and exploresthe desired leadership skills to manage dynamically transforming project delivery process.Acknowledging the necessity of a transformation in leadership approach, the paper also includeshow the author incorporates the respective leadership skill development strategies into his coursecontent. The strategies included joint capstone and design projects for construction and civilengineering students in an international setting (e.g. study abroad), developing the capability toperform life cycle analysis (LCA) by integrating engineering economics problems into ProjectManagement course, inviting guest lecturers from the leadership team of

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

productdevelopment center with generous grant funding from the Lilly Endowment.There were dual purposes for the grant and the subsequent activities it funded – demonstrateeffective experiential education and change the Indiana economy. From Rose-Hulman’sperspective, the project enabled a dramatic increase in the use of real new product developmentprojects to prepare the best new engineering and science professionals. While a number ofindustrial relationships supported capstone projects each year and there had been some success atgetting students involved in a few products that made it to the marketplace, Rose-HulmanVentures provided dozens of employment opportunities for students to work directly on newproducts. The original idea was to offer technical

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students to learn actively.2 It has also been shown thatintroducing design projects in introductory courses increases motivation and creative thinkingskills, especially when design is targeted toward realistic projects3. In addition, the introductionof extensive project assignments and discussion of design skills early and often in the curriculumserves to better prepare students for their capstone design projects in their senior year.4Student surveys and focus groups conducted in conjunction with the ECE curriculum reformefforts indicated a desire for more project design and practical implementation opportunities.Similarly, feedback from industry has suggested that our students would benefit greatly fromadditional occasion to apply theory to

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Niku, California Polytechnic State University; Frank Owen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

course, also described later, thateveryone takes. Therefore, all students, whether freshman or transfer, take the samecourses.MethodologyAn important aspect of this learn-by-doing approach is design. We incorporate designinto most of our engineering courses, from freshman to senior capstone classes and evensome of our graduate classes. Design opportunities are also provided through extra-curricular activities. These activities include human-powered vehicles, hybrid cars,formula cars, super-mileage cars (our latest achieved close to 2000 miles per gallon),solar car, HVAC projects, a sustainable-house project, robotic projects, chainless bicycleproject, and many more. All of these devices are designed and built by students in ourmachine shops on

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zesheng Chen, Florida International University; Erik Pazos, Florida International University; Darian Garcia, Florida International University; Dayron Garcia, Florida International University; Julio Duharte, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Harvesting Control PanelAbstractReducing high energy consumption and costs is imperative and significant to our daily life. Inthis paper, we describe a capstone senior design project that develops an efficient energy-savingsolution. The solution is called the GreenLite system and consists of two components: a self-adjustable solar tracker panel and a light harvesting control panel.The solar tracker panel tends to maximize the absorption of solar power. Specifically, the solartracker panel can adjust itself automatically to the direction where the panel is directly facing theSun. To achieve this, the component employs photo-sensors to measure the irradiance of the Sunand to provide the feedback signal on the current position of the panel. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

ongoingresearch projects at the university, introduces them to research techniques, and prepares them tobe project team leaders in their senior year.Capstone DesignVarious biomedical research projects were part of our EE and ME capstone design for threeyears before the start of the BME program. The current two-semester BME capstone experienceinvolves the design, development, and construction of the Intelligent Prosthetic Arm as a Page 9.426.3stepping-stone for the next generation of prosthetic limbs. The multidisciplinary nature of this Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Barry Lunt

committeePlacement in permanent positions 0 (0.0%) 16 (61.5%) 9 (34.6%) 1 (3.8%)Providing internships 0 (0.0%) 14 (53.8%) 10 (38.5%) 2 (7.7%)Promoting the program 1 (3.8%) 10 (38.5%) 15 (57.7%) 0 (0.0%)Promoting the program w/ students 2 (7.7%) 18 (69.2%) 6 (23.1%) 0 (0.0%)Maintaining contact with alumni 5 (19.2%) 14 (53.8%) 6 (23.1%) 1 (3.8%) The next eight questions dealt with the IAB involvement in directing the program (vision,mission statements), curriculum, student feedback, providing technical seminars, presentations,seminars or workshops, facilitating capstone projects

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Brian K Thorn; Daniel Tomaszewski; Andres Carrano

Carbon Footprint of Alternative Wood Product Retirement Strategies Brian K. Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Daniel Tomaszewski, Collins Aerospace, Vergennes, VT Andres Carrano, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GAAbstract: Like many undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, the Master ofEngineering (MEng) program in Sustainable Engineering at the Rochester Institute ofTechnology (RIT) concludes when students have completed a capstone project. As currentlyimplemented capstone projects can be individual or group projects. Students engaged in capstonetypically investigate specific problems for both on and off-campus clients. Projects are overseenby a

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Ilyas Bhatti, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Construction Impacts • Junior Year – Development of a Mitigation Plan • Senior Year – Capstone project must incorporate implementation strategies for mitigating construction impacts.These topics could be embedded into courses such as Heavy Highway Construction, PublicInfrastructure Project Management or a new course that could be created to combine variousaspects of project management including analysis of construction impacts, strategies forminimizing impacts, negotiation skills etc. The course could also be called Contemporary ProjectManagement in the 21st Century.Curriculum Development: Any course that is developed to address the above aspects of designand construction must start with an Impacts Analysis & Mitigation

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

needed to realize the goal. Working in amulti-disciplinary domain such as robotics requires some background in computing, electricaland mechanical systems, and relevant mathematics. Students do not need proficiency in each,but should understand the core concepts of each domain.In preparation for technical and managerial leadership roles, objectives include management andsystems engineering to provide context to the engineering process. These are “Plus Courses” inthe terminology of Professional Science Master’s programs5.Finally, consistent with our philosophy of project-based education, we expect students to havepractical experience. A summative capstone can assure that students solve a real engineeringproblem, while providing a challenging

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey, P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohammad Motaher Hossain; Larry Peel, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

thecertificate, both undergraduate and graduate students are required to attend 6 standards-relatedseminars. The seminar series is described later in this paper.Other requirements for undergraduate students include: • Completing a total of 12 credits (4 lecture courses or a combination of lectures and labs) with a grade of “B” or better in each course. The certificate courses may be selected from a list of MEEN, CEEN, and AEEN courses. • Completing a senior capstone project that has a significant component focused on standards.Graduate student requirements are similar with the following differences: • Completing a total of 9 credits (3 courses) with a grade of “B” or better in each course. The certificate courses are

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Weitnauer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Timothy Brothers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Martta Sareva, Hope-Hill Elementary School

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

early2025 on the Georgia Tech campus. The team working on the project includes two faculty, aprofessional composer, art and science teachers from an elementary school, and students in ranksranging from elementary school to master’s, with the large majority being undergraduates. Thestudents involved participate in several courses and programs, including Vertically IntegratedProjects (VIP), ENGAGES (Engaging New Generations at Georgia Tech through Engineering &Science), and interdisciplinary senior capstone design. BMG follows the first exhibit by theElectronic ARTrium lab, Raise Your Hand, which was shown for two weeks in November 2022,in the Ferst Center for the Arts, and was described in a paper last year in this conference [1].Raise Your Hand

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Luke Morrison, University of South Florida; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Department of Electrical Engineering at University of South Florida’s RevolutionizingEngineering Departments grant support radical change in the training of undergraduateengineering students and help them establish identities as professional engineers with thenecessary technical and professional skills needed to solve the complex problems facing societytoday. At the department, the RED program consists of many changes to the departmentincluding new Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) classes, the Take Responsibility toUnderstand Engineering (TRUE) Lecture series, Track-Focused advisory boards for differentelectrical engineering tracks, and the industry-focused, TRUE-Outreach Capstone Projects. ThePFE classes focus on preparation for

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Matthew J Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Aided Design class with a Technical Report Writing class. This arrangementmirrors how the AE and ME engineering capstone courses are co-taught by a communicationprofessor and an engineering professor, who guide student teams through a year-long designprocess.In the cornerstone courses students carry out two design projects, one of which is a semester-long team assignment. For the team project, students write a System Specification document thatoutlines requirements, a Trade Studies Report, a Design Proposal, and a Final Report that isaccompanied by a drawing package. They also give three presentations. The Conceptual DesignReview, in which they present their selected concepts, is followed a Preliminary Design Reviewthat introduces their chosen

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

that for a student to do well in the capstone course, theymust have grounded knowledge in the lower-level courses including the three coursesdepicted. The design of core courses in the lower-level or upper-level is flawed whenthere are gaps in knowledge resulting in students’ inability to make the connection fromone level to the other. Capstone [1] Cost Estimating [2] Project Planning and Scheduling Construction

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Massoud S. Tavakoli

are currently all single-quarter courses. That is why most of our design projects end with aCAD model.Undoubtedly, the Design Studio has and will continue to give Kettering students thetechnological tools to create 3D models of their designs and also engage them in high-end designactivities. One such activity would be to reverse engineer an existing product (design) byutilizing the imaging system, redesign the part using CAD, and finally produce a rapid prototypeof the modified design. However, the Design Studio by itself will not completely compensate forour time constraints. To address this issue, two alternative curriculum changes have beenproposed.Proposal One – It is proposed that the capstone design courses be spread over two non

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Justin Limb; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

. Robotic design is currentlynot yet well represented in undergraduate academic programs.In order to prepare our computer engineering students for the robot design experience which canbe considered as a complex embedded systems design, we offer two courses on embeddedsystems. However, these two courses on embedded systems design are not enough to teach thestudents the skills that they need. In order to satisfy the ABET requirements students incomputer engineering program are required to take a capstone course. The projects that studentsdo in this capstone course are embedded projects. This paper describes a robotic project that astudent has done in this capstone course.IntroductionWikipedia defines a robot as [1] “ a machine—especially one

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

academic international programs, such as study abroad, student exchange or onlinecourses, allow students to experience certain advantages of cross-cultural education. However, amore active participation would provide the students with opportunities to develop anunderstanding of working in international settings and gaining the skills to successfully interactwith diverse cultures5,6. As a bi-national region, we can consider this a privileged geographical area to experience cross- cultural mobility. Therefore, cross-border collaborative learning through capstone engineering projects is developed as a regional, cooperative scheme to provide additional societal settings for technology development in undergraduate applied research for students

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas McCormack; Franz Rad; Dale Richwine; Azad Mohammadi; Scott Huff

course (CivilEngineering Design) began as an experimental course taken by students as an elective, but soonbecame a required course for all seniors. It is taught during the spring quarter of the senior yearas a “capstone” course and constitutes the last required design course in the program. A courseentitled “Engineering Project Management” is a precursor. The goals of the design course are tomake it as near to actual design office practice as possible, for the instructors to “guide” thestudents as opposed to “lecture” them, and to have practitioners guide the design projects.IntroductionPortland State University (PSU) runs on a quarter system, with each quarter spanning ten weeksplus final exams. Civil Engineering curriculum at PSU includes two

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - DEI and Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Rachel Koh, Smith College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

experiences for diverse students. Still, thereremains a need for complementary resources that provide classroom activities and materials thatbridge the gap between technical content and DEI. Resources that support the integration of DEIin technical, content-focused courses where students perform smaller-scale system-level designprojects are more difficult to find. These engineering science courses present an opportunity forstudents to connect technical design with social impacts as stepping-stone activities ahead of acomprehensive human-centered design capstone project. Introducing such activities couldprovide additional reinforcement of DEI principles, and help emphasize the need to alwaysconsider the human impact of our work.We are aware of a

Conference Session

ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Cyril Okhio, Clark Atlanta University

dealing with, are provided. In particular, the paper looks atinstruction for typical ECE Problem-Based-Learning course such as Capstone Design course, anda highly mathematical Systems and Systems Analysis course in ET. Meaningful recommendationsas to how to avoid some of the pitfalls encountered and how to make the course more accessibleand meaningful for the students will be presented.Index Terms – Problem-Based-Learning, Senior Capstone Design Project, Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), Engineering Technology (ET), Virtual Learning, Accessibility.I. IntroductionEngineering and Engineering Technology programs are generally considered as some of the moredifficult disciplines to master because of the complex concepts and practical skills

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Professor in the Department of Physics, State University of New York at Oswego. Ieta is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Page 25.729.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012IMPLEMENTATION OF AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COURSEA capstone course comes as the peak experience for students in higher education programs. Thechallenge may sometime extend to their advisors as well. We report our experience with teachinga senior research project course to Physics students at a teaching university using a recently setup Applied Electrostatics Laboratory. The design of the course allowed

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

because these projects will broaden the students’ views of learning in general2. Modelingand simulation are helpful in learning STEM knowledge13; therefore, involving some modelingand simulation work in the project can make it more interesting to the students. The studentsneed to have some level of technical background to conduct research. Even though seniorstudents have the most knowledge and skills required for conducting research, they are usuallytoo busy with their course work and capstone design project. Based on these considerations, asophomore student and a junior student were selected for the projects. The goals of the projectsare four-folds: 1. Providing students with research opportunities to enhance their educational experience

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Mohammad A. Zahraee; Niaz Latif

partnerships could be through sponsoredcapstone projects for engineering technology programs or other technology programs that requireculminating experience by its students.Numerous articles described the benefit of industry sponsored (funded or unfunded) projects thatsometimes actively involves industry professionals. Goldberg et al. (2014) described howindustry involvement in a multidisciplinary design course benefited both students as well asindustry participants. In addition, such involvement by the industry professionals makes thecurriculum current and relevant to the discipline [2]. Weissbach, et al. (2017) demonstrated thatindustry sponsored capstone projects provided immediate and ongoing benefits to sponsor aswell as enhanced students

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuju Wu, Central Connecticut State University; Shane Michael Carroll; Keith Boyd-Carter; James Krostoski

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

with bus schedules, real-time bus location and delayinformation so they can plan trips accordingly, and to provide useful information to thetransportation center for management purpose. The developed system has been tested anddemonstrated successfully.IntroductionThe presented work is the outcome of an undergraduate capstone project. Students in theComputer Engineering Technology (CET) major at Central Connecticut State University arerequired to finish a capstone project in their senior year study. The capstone project isaccomplished by successful taking two consecutive courses, Capstone Project I and CapstoneProject II. The Capstone Project I course is 1-credit in which students research, propose andfinalize project ideas. The Capstone

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James Duvall, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that low performers overestimate theirabilities across multiple contexts 14, 15. In evaluating peers in engineering courses anothervariable is where the teamwork experience falls on the spectrum of team projects. On oneextreme of this spectrum are fully cooperative experiences in which the team works togethertowards a common goal. This extreme is defined by a single shared experience. On the otherextreme are “divide-and-conquer” projects. Here a team assigns each individual separate taskswhich each contribute to a shared team goal. Such approaches—an example is the jigsawteaching technique—are defined by unique experiences for each individual. This approach iscommon to many capstone design courses.This report looks at peer evaluation in a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.96.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A SCALE DYNAMIC MODEL FOR FIRE PROTECTION EDUCATION Ahmed Cherif Megri Associate Professor, amegri@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming Civil and Architectural Engineering Department Laramie, WY, USAAbstract:This project was performed in a capstone design course. The objective of this paper is todemonstrate the design and describe the construction process of a 3-D scale model fordowntown Chicago. The model will be used to simulate and test the effectiveness of firedefense strategies to address fire

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Kathir, P.E., George Mason University; Mehdi Amiri

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

a scanning electron microscope (SEM). There are several points ofcontention that make fatigue testing difficult while being observed by an SEM: (i) Building afatigue testing machine small enough to fit within the SEM chamber is a different task; (ii)Building a fatigue tester small enough to fit within the SEM is feasible but most of the onescreated for market use are costly; (iii) Building a fatigue tester that can still apply the loadscorrectly to the sample and at the correct frequency is a difficult task; and (iv) A system thatapplies cyclic loads to a sample will create vibrations and will obscure the SEM from correctlyobserving the sample. The goal of this capstone project was to design a micro-fatigue tester forin-situ monitoring of

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 25.990.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 On a Client-Centered, Sophomore Design Course SequenceAbstractOften engineering design instruction based on real-world, client-based projects is relegated to afinal year capstone course. Our engineering program, however, emphasizes these real-world,client-based design experiences, and places them throughout our six-course engineering designsequence. Our six-course design sequence begins with a two-course sophomore design sequencethat is meant to enable mastery through both directed and non-directed learning and explorationof the design process and design tools. At the sophomore level, we aim to provide students withthe foundational