Experiencing Capstone Design Problem Statements

Dixon, Gene

doi:10.18260/1-2--21367

2012 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

DOI: 10.18260/1-2--21367

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Experiencing Capstone Design Problem Statements

Gene Dixon¹

Abstract: teaches aspiring engineers at the undergraduate level at East Carolina University. He has held positions in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom, and Washington Group. He has spoken to more than 25,000 people as a corporate trainer, a teacher, and a motivational speaker. He received a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering and engineering management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master's of business administration… Show more

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“…Gene Dixon [2] described how to formulate capstone project problem statements, and how to assess and evaluate them. Formulating a problem statement in any engineering project seems challenging for senior capstone students.…”

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Incorporating Engineering Challenges into Capstone Design and Senior Project Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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The Engineering & Design Department of Eastern Washington University (EWU) recently added a Mechanical Engineering (ME) degree to the existing Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program. The ME program is more theoretical and requires more advanced mathematics where the MET program is more hands-on with mathematics requirements up to Calculus II. However, the programs are taught side-by-side and complement each other. When we developed the ME program we wanted to maintain as much of the strong hands-on aspect of MET program as possible. Therefore, we teach the required Capstone Design and Senior project courses with a mix of ME and MET students. Prior to creating the ME program, we taught these courses to a mixture of MET, Applied Technology, and Manufacturing option students where the emphasis was given to product development and completion of a small production run. With the development of the new ME program, we decided to teach these classes with a combination of ME and MET students and take advantage of the strong research and development approach. We designed the stronger R&D approach to expose the MET students to applications of the theories taught to the ME students. On the other hand, we expose the ME students to the hands-on shop skills involved in prototype development taught to the MET students. We have taught these courses four times with the new R&D focus, and would like to present our findings and plans. Literature Review of Capstone ProjectsYousuf and Mustafa [1] at Savannah State University conducted a capstone project that dealt with Electronic Name Tag (ENT) system that can be used for conferences, visitors' badges, and other purposes. The basic project requirement was to design and build an ENT system using the PIC16C57 microcontroller. The main objective of the project was to familiarize students with Embedded Systems, which is a combination of computer hardware and software, and additional mechanical and electronic parts. Students were required to design the system to perform a dedicated function. The 3D modeling software called Autodesk Inventor was used to design and assemble the case for the ENT system. Students provided the formal presentation with the opportunity to conduct tests with a Stamp Microcontroller, PBASIC compiler and other interfacing devices. This capstone project was implemented within one semester in the Department of Engineering Technology in Spring 2012 for the Civil and Electronics Engineering Technology majors. This project served as a reference for providing students with challenging and exciting hardware and software design experiences that are involved with various fields of 3D modeling, electrical, and physical layout design concept. It provided opportunity for both faculty and students to work in an application oriented environment.

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Outcome Based Capstone Project Design Assessment: a Case Study on an Electrical Engineering Program

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Integrating Economic Analysis into Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the undergraduate level. Previously he has held positions of responsibility in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. Positions include project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a Masters of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering from Auburn University. He has served as newsletter editor/secretary, program chair, division chair and awards chair (or equivalent) in both the Engineering Management and Engineering Economy Divisions of ASEE. He is a fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management and serves as Secretary of the Society and will be president in 2015. Dixon also serves on the Eugene L. Grant Award Committee for the Engineering Economy Division of ASEE. He is President-elect of the American Society for Engineering Management.

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Incorporating Engineering Challenges into Capstone Design and Senior Project Courses

Incorporating Engineering Challenges into Capstone Design and Senior Project Courses

Outcome Based Capstone Project Design Assessment: a Case Study on an Electrical Engineering Program

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