Puccinelli, J. P., & Bollom, M. S. (2015, June), Design and Implementation of Web-based System for Client-based Design Project Management  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23795

\bibitem{asee_peer_23795}
  Puccinelli, J. P., \& Bollom, M. S. (2015, June), \emph{Design and Implementation of Web-based System for Client-based Design Project Management}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23795

John P. Puccinelli and Matthew S. Bollom.  "Design and Implementation of Web-based System for Client-based Design Project Management".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23795 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23795}
  John P. Puccinelli and Matthew S. Bollom.
  "Design and Implementation of Web-based System for Client-based Design Project Management".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23795 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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AB  -                 Design and Implementation of Web-based System for                     Client-based Design Project ManagementBiomedical engineering (BME) students participate in hands-on, client-based, real-world, team-based design projects for six semesters. Through the design process, the students learn a varietyof professional and technical skills These design projects are chosen on the first day of classusing a priority system developed by our Biomedical Student Advisory Committee (BSAC) andstudent teams are expected to maintain a project website to convey their progress and submitdeliverables electronically. During our department’s early years, the assignment process involvedpaper lists, sign-up sheets on walls, and manual counting to ensure that a sufficient number ofprojects were being assigned. Following this, our Biomedical Web Implementation Group(BWIG) chair would manually create the framework for the project webpages. As ourdepartment has doubled in size from 25 projects per semester to now over 50, we found theprocess becoming lengthy and prone to mistakes.In order to better manage the challenges associated with a larger department and the increasedusage of technology in today’s classrooms, we developed a web-based, database-driven systemstarting in early 2010 that allows for the management of the entire design course and providesthe opportunity for students to be involved in the entire process. This system consists of fiveprincipal parts: Ideas, a portal to allow clients to submit project ideas; Project Selection, a drag-and-drop ‘draft style’ interface that allows students to quickly choose projects or submit pre-proposals prior to selection, ensure an appropriate amount of teams are started, and toautomatically create project websites; Project Builder, a tool used by student teams to maintaintheir project websites and submit deliverables electronically; Course, a self-generating semestercourse schedule, list of design course advisors (contact information and expertise), and projectpresentation schedule; and Administration, a faculty tool to manage the semester, accessdeliverables, and download preformatted information for use in other University systems. Thesystem also allows various levels of access for the public and a log in to a ‘My Projects’ interfacefor management by the students, clients, advisors and course coordinators. The system was firstused in September 2010 and has continued to evolve to meet the needs of our design courses.The system is powered using modern web technologies including HTML, CSS, PHP, andJavascript. Data is stored in a MySQL database and is protected with appropriate access controls.The use of standard technologies has allowed for multiple seamless server transitions andupgrades to the codebase from a development website. Students, clients and faculty are also ableto use their personal computers at any time to access the system without the need to installspecialized software.The system has facilitated communication between the students and their clients and advisors. Ithas drastically reduced the hours required to organize the projects and course, thus allowing ourfaculty to focus more on the educational process rather than the logistics of administering thedesign courses. As our department has continued to grow, the system has shown its ability toscale and help maintain the focus of the course on learning.
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