scholarly journals Introducing Design Build Concepts Into Senior Capstone Design Projects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn Woodruff ◽  
Farhad Reza
Keyword(s):  
Design Build ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Capstone Design

MNC-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Industrial-Strength Capstone Design Projects in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Vincent Chang
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Multinational Corporation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Industrial Strength ◽  
Capstone Design

With a growing need to reform Chinese higher engineering education, University of Michigan—Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (JI) initiated multinational corporation-sponsored industrial-strength Capstone Design Projects (CDP) in 2011. Since 2011, JI has developed 96 corporate-sponsored CDPs since its inception, which include multinational corporation sponsors such as Covidien, Dover, GE, HP, Intel, NI, Philips, and Siemens. Of these projects, healthcare accounts for 27%, energy 24%, internet technology (IT) 22%, electronics 16%, and other industries 11%. This portfolio reflects the trends and needs in the industry, which provides opportunities for engineering students to develop their careers. An accumulated 480 JI students have been teamed up based on their individual backgrounds, specifically electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering. The corporate-sponsored rate grew from 0% in 2010 to 86% in 2014.

scholarly journals Student Designers’ Interactions with Users in Capstone Design Projects: A Comparison Across Teams

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Loweth ◽  
Shanna Daly ◽  
Kathleen Sienko ◽  
Amy Hortop ◽  
Elizabeth Strehl
Keyword(s):  
Design Projects ◽  
Capstone Design

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Multidisciplinary Senior Capstone Design Projects

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jheng-Wun Su ◽  
Zhengwei Nie ◽  
Jiamin Wang ◽  
Yuyi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Capstone Design

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward Failure in Capstone Design Projects

IEEE Pulse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Jay R. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Design Projects ◽  
Capstone Design

Design Integration Into Circuits and Mechatronics Courses

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn K. S. Nagel ◽  
S. Keith Holland
Keyword(s):  
James Madison ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Design Integration ◽  
Structured Approach

Lab exercises have traditionally been a time when students follow a given procedure, collect data, and interpret the data. The highly structured experience often leads to students focusing on the procedure and not fully thinking through the concepts being covered. While labs are fully completed each week, the structured approach does not prepare students for the open-ended, non-procedural work entry-level engineers will encounter in industry. To encourage a deeper understanding of course concepts and how they translate to physical systems and better prepare students for the workforce, open-ended design projects were offered in place of structured labs in the circuits and mechatronics courses at James Madison University. The design projects are undirected experiences that build on the directed experiences in lecture and lab. Students are challenged to work in teams to design, build, test, and in one case, calibrate, an electrical system. No instruction is provided for the project, rather, a set of design requirements, timetable, and supplemental materials (e.g., data sheets, vendor design briefs, past labs relevant to the design requirements) are given. Students must synthesize multiple weeks of course content into a single design project. This paper reports on our observations and student feedback for embedding design experiences in engineering science courses.

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