One Size Does Not Fit All: A ten-year follow-up study on capstone design courses. [Senior Design]

IEEE Pulse ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 56-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Capstone Design

Development of a Coding Scheme for Qualitative Analysis of Student Motivation in Senior Capstone Design

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devanshi Shah ◽  
Elisabeth Kames ◽  
McKenzie Clark ◽  
Beshoy Morkos
Keyword(s):  
Student Motivation ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Coding Manual ◽  
Open Floor ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Capstone Design

Abstract Senior Capstone Design courses offer two major types of projects: industry sponsored projects and non-industry sponsored projects. Previous studies show changes in student motivation based on the type of project they select. However, the quantitative data analysis fails to capture the reasoning behind the student’s inclination towards a certain type of project in the beginning of the selection phase. Also, little is known about the personal experiences of the student working on the team and project they choose. This paper addresses the gap in the examination of student motivation based on the type of projects they select. This paper outlines a coding scheme developed to analyze the qualitative interview data gathered during an open-floor style exit interview with all of the senior design teams. The thirty minute exit interviews were conducted at the end of the semester to capture their experiences and reflections about the course. A coding manual is generated which highlights the codes observed frequently among the teams. Themes are developed highlighting the important phases of the course. The objective is to develop a coding scheme for senior capstone design courses which would serve as a guide to the educators to determine various factors that influence student motivation and improve the senior design experience for all students.

Organization and Management of an Industry Sponsored Capstone Senior Design Course

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vito Moreno ◽  
Thomas J. Barber
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Management Company ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Design Program ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Capstone Design

Senior level capstone design courses are run in many different ways in the academic community. A growing number of institutions strive to promote immersion into the real world of engineering through industrially sponsored projects. While this approach offers many immediate benefits to near-graduating seniors, it introduces many unique problems to the academic community. Developing and sustaining an industrially-sponsored capstone design program requires an understanding of the synergies and differences between academia and industry. Key issues discussed in this paper are program management, company sponsorship, diversity of projects, level of oversight required to make a successful project and legal implications of sponsoring a meaningful project.

Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
C. Wolpers ◽  
R. Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Triclinic Crystal System ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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