Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In the modern engineering curriculum, the highlight of the students' careers is the capstone class where they get to show off their abilities.However, the greatest learning tool they experience is failure.Capstone projects can be challenging.In this paper, a case study of five teams working on the same project in a competition modality are tasked with constructing a coil gun.Each team is faced with different challenges including exploding components.Despite the setbacks, each team felt that they learned a great deal and would do the project again given the opportunity.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Author: Robert S. Woodley
Institution: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4402898751