Developing a Senior Capstone Project Course in Integrating Undergraduate Teaching and Research
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In this current study, we will discuss how to develop a course module of senior capstone project as an activity of the NSF STEM grant proposal which has been awarded in the year 2006.The grant proposal was "Metropolitan Mentors Network: Growing an Urban STEM Talent Pool across New York City."Since the main goal of the proposal was to increase the number of students receiving associate and bachelor's degrees within science, technology, engineering, and math, we have tried to present a module of a senior capstone project course recently developed in order to meet our goal of a NSF grant proposal.The motivations of integrating undergraduate teaching and research in developing new or advanced knowledge are to provide or inspire students in order to respond and comprehend diverse and fast changing technologies and knowledge in Electrical Engineering Technology education.Since our engineering research requires highly elaborate equipment and expensive materials for students, this would be a very good opportunity to gain the depth of knowledge and experience by planning, initiating, and conducting research in engineering technology principles throughout a firmly structured weekly schedule of a senior capstone project course.Since the primary goal of the capstone project course is to provide an opportunity for students to integrate principles, theories, and skills learned in previous courses to the solution of various realistic engineering technology problems, this course will help students learn how to develop, design, troubleshoot work, effectively in teams, and develop technical writing & presentation skills.Students will also learn and utilize a realistic simulation of the real-world design process in an academic setting for accomplishing engineering technology analysis and synthesis through of their projects.Therefore, we strongly believe a senior capstone project course may be the answer for integrating teaching and research of undergraduate education in engineering technology programs.
Source: ASEE Northeast Section Meeting
Authors: Sunghoon Jang, Kenneth Markowitz, Aparicio Carranza
Institution: New York City College of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409042159