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Using Community-Based Projects in Civil Engineering Capstone Courses
G. Padmanabhan,Dinesh R. Katti +1 more
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The use of community-based projects in the capstone course is discussed in this article, where students have plenty of opportunity to interact with clients and present their results to the community and overall, students and faculty are satisfied with the experience.Abstract:
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has been and still is encouraging different ways of integrating design content of individual courses for students to get a meaningful design experience. In response to this emphasis on design integration, a capstone course was instituted 10 years ago in the Civil Engineering and Construction Department of North Dakota State University. This course has successfully evolved over the years. Initially, artificial projects were constructed for the course. Recently, real-life projects for the course are carefully selected from the community. Faculty members expend considerable time in seeking suitable community-based projects for the course. In this setting, students have plenty of opportunity to interact with clients and present their results to the community. The use of community-based projects in the capstone course is discussed in this paper. Overall, students and faculty are satisfied with the experience.read more
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Project–based learning in engineering higher education: two decades of teaching competences in real environments
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Developing Knowledge Landscapes through Project-Based Learning
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Tradition and Innovation in Teaching Structural Design in Civil Engineering
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Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art
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A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project‐Oriented Capstone Courses
TL;DR: The standard practices and current state of capstone design education throughout the country as revealed through a literature search of over 100 papers relating to engineering design courses is described in this paper, where major topics include the development of Capstone design courses, course descriptions, project information, details of industrial involvement, and special aspects of team-oriented design projects.
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Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course
TL;DR: The increased emphasis on design courses by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ABET (ABET) has caused many engineering schools to reevaluate the design component of their curricula as discussed by the authors.