Srinivas, A., & Hayes, T. G., & Osses-Falco, A., & McManus, D., & Stupak, P. R., & DeNisco, J. A., & Ronoh, L. (2024, April), Authentic Engineering Experience:  An Electromagnetic Induction Powered Illuminated Fine Art Sculpture  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia. 10.18260/1-2--45706

\bibitem{asee_peer_45706}
  Srinivas, A., \& Hayes, T. G., \& Osses-Falco, A., \& McManus, D., \& Stupak, P. R., \& DeNisco, J. A., \& Ronoh, L. (2024, April), \emph{Authentic Engineering Experience:  An Electromagnetic Induction Powered Illuminated Fine Art Sculpture}
  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia.
  10.18260/1-2--45706

Aashitha Srinivas, Thomas Gerard Hayes, Agustin Osses-Falco, Darren McManus, Peter Raymond Stupak, Joseph A DeNisco, and Lavern Ronoh.  "Authentic Engineering Experience:  An Electromagnetic Induction Powered Illuminated Fine Art Sculpture".  ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45706 Internet.  23 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45706}
  Aashitha Srinivas, Thomas Gerard Hayes, Agustin Osses-Falco, Darren McManus, Peter Raymond Stupak, Joseph A DeNisco, and Lavern Ronoh.
  "Authentic Engineering Experience:  An Electromagnetic Induction Powered Illuminated Fine Art Sculpture".
  \emph{ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45706 Internet.  23 Jun, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Objective, Motivation, and Background:
A multi-semester project, called the "Authentic Engineering Experience", tasked small Teams of two students to design, prototype, manufacture, and deliver a real product for a real customer.  The product was an electromagnetic induction powered "Light Box" requested by a College Art Professor to be used to illuminate translucent art sculptures during a public Art Exhibition.
The objective of the Authentic Engineering Experience was to expose students early in their academic careers and under "authentic engineering" conditions, to vital skills and practices used daily in industry, including in part: customer communication and support, teamwork and internal communications, project responsibility, project management, continuous improvement, and product customization.  A secondary goal was to give students authentic product development and project execution experience and a unique “project story” to relate to potential internship and professional employers.

Method:
The student Teams were coached on brainstorming ideas for an open-ended problem, “fail-fast” prototyping to quickly investigate multiple potential solutions in parallel, methods to narrow solution options, leadership through rotating weekly Team Leader position, persistence in the face of challenging Engineering problems, and customer interaction for initial requirements and interim project reviews.  
Although guided at arms-length by industry-experienced staff, the overwhelming emphasis was for the student Teams to reach their own designs, experience their own failures and successes in earning their own know-how, resolve their own communications and scheduling conflicts, and to respond to customer critical comments of prototype product performance. 
 
Results:
The student Teams communicated with the Customer (College Art Professor) throughout the project to collaborate and understand the evolving product requirements.  A main requirement was that the LED lights were to be illuminated by electricity that was generated by the attendees to the Art Exhibit and that no batteries or wall-plug electricity could be used.  The student Teams researched, prototyped, and selected the electromagnetic induction power supply (DC Motor), the DC Motor mounting and hand-crank system, the energy storage circuit (Super-Capacitor), the LED lighting circuit (six independent circuits), the overvoltage circuit (Diodes), and the replicated the system to fabricate three complete “Light Boxes” for the Customer.  The “light boxes” will be used to illuminate translucent art sculptures during a public Art Exhibition.

AU  - Aashitha Srinivas
AU  - Thomas Gerard Hayes
AU  - Agustin Osses-Falco
AU  - Darren McManus
AU  - Peter Raymond Stupak
AU  - Joseph A DeNisco
AU  - Lavern Ronoh
CY  - George Washington University, District of Columbia
DA  - 2024/04/19
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Authentic Engineering Experience:  An Electromagnetic Induction Powered Illuminated Fine Art Sculpture
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/45706
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--45706
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