MAPPING OF ABET REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS
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Minneapolis, MN
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August 23, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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- Page Count
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27
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--41466
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https://strategy.asee.org/41466
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365
Paper Authors
Manish Paliwal The College of New Jersey
Bijan Sepahpour The College of New Jersey
Bijan Sepahpour is a registered Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ). He has served as the Chairperson of the ME department at TCNJ from 2006 through 2015. He is currently serving as the Coordinator of the Senior Design Projects (of the M.E. Program) and the Faculty Advisor to the ASME-Student Club at TCNJ. Prof. Sepahpour has been actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has advised on over forty (40) Senior Design Projects and his teams of students have received five (5) National Championships and three Best Design Awards. In the recent years, he has challenged himself with the creation of an effective methodology for successful Invention and Innovation. He was part of a 14-member multi-disciplinary team to design and create the "Society, Ethics, and Technology (SET)" course at TCNJ in 1994 and has taught multiple regular and Honors sections of this course since then. He led a multi-disciplinary team of faculty from TCNJ's School of Engineering and the Department of Sociology for assessment of the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE). Professor Sepahpour did his undergraduate studies at TCNJ and has advanced degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is the recipient of two (2) Best Paper Awards from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Divisions of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS). He has served as the Chair of the Divisions of ME and DELOS of the ASEE. Prof. Sepahpour is an active member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and ASEE and has published and presented extensively through these societies.
Abstract
ABET's most current set of required Outcomes is highly logical and comprehensive (Criterion: 3). In most cases, however, mapping all of these requirements in the earlier courses may pose considerable challenges to Engineering educators. The authors suggest that capstone projects may serve as highly viable candidates for alleviating the above concern. However, this should not be treated as an arbitrary process. It is necessary first to lay a solid foundation for the successful implementation of Senior Projects. The authors propose a promising and well-tested model for conducting Senior Design Projects. Details of the 33 timed steps of the proposed model are summarized in a single table. They share their tested recommendations for the formation of Senior Project Teams and how to increase their chances for optimal performance. They have identified and organized the broad resources that may become available for conducting assessments. They present how, through well-timed interventions, such resources may effectively map into select Outcomes. They share the method of assessment and mapping adopted in their program. To illustrate the potency of the proposed approach, the authors present a condensed summary and analysis of the data of one such survey. The results are based on data on Forty (40)+ distinct Senior Projects in the past three iterations. The analysis of the data reflects on the degree of success in effectiveness of this suggested mapping. Additional samples of surveys are included in the appendices.
Paliwal, M., & Sepahpour, B. (2022, August), MAPPING OF ABET REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41466
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