scholarly journals CURRENT PRACTICES IN FINAL YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Vincent ◽  
Peter Wild
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Capstone Courses ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Capstone Design ◽  
Current Practices

In order to gain understanding of the current practices in capstone design courses, a comprehensive literature review of Canadian electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering capstone courses was undertaken. To classify this information, primary elements of a capstone design course, such as project scope and project sourcing, were defined. The results of the review are presented and compared with US capstone data. The major themes are identified and the results provide insight into the state of the art of North American capstone education.

CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS: A 6-YEAR EXPERIENCE REPORT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Kruchten ◽  
Paul Lusina
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Capstone Courses ◽  
Evaluation Scheme ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Capstone Design

Since 2013, the fourth-year capstone design courses for the electrical and computer engineering programs at UBC are working only with projects defined by industrial partners. These capstone courses run over two terms (September to April) and are worth 10 credits. The projects involves teams of five students, which follow a common timeline, produce a common set of deliverables, and have a common evaluation scheme –with some latitude for variation based on the nature of the project and the type of partner. A key objective is to include non-technical graduate attributes, the so-called “soft skills”, in our learning outcomes. In this paper, we describe our current course framework, our constraints and design choices, and we report lessons learned and improvements implemented over 6 years.  

scholarly journals Information Asymmetry in Supply Chain Coordination: State of the Art

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Mohammadali Vosooghidizaji ◽  
◽  
Atour Taghipour ◽  
Béatrice Canel-Depitre
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Asymmetric Information ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Coordination State ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review

Supply chains consist of several actors from supplier, manufacturer, distributer, wholesaler and retailers connected to each other by financial, material and informational flows. Optimal performance of supply chains requires set of actions that coordinate the members’ decisions [1], [2]. In many cases, members are trying to optimize their own objectives which can lead to asymmetric information by keeping some strategic information private. Although, this information asymmetry is a challenge affecting the coordination of supply chain, but it is achievable if proper set of coordinating mechanism executed. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review of supply chain coordination under asymmetric information and tries to analyze the trend in the context and address the evolution and gaps in existing literature.

scholarly journals Impact of Industry 4.0 on Sustainability—Bibliometric Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Ejsmont ◽  
Bartlomiej Gladysz ◽  
Aldona Kluczek
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Reference Framework ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Technological Perspective

Nowadays, sustainability and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) are trending concepts used in the literature on industrial processes. Industry 4.0 has been mainly addressed by the current literature from a technological perspective, overlooking sustainability challenges regarding this recent paradigm. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the state of the art of relations between sustainability and I4.0. The goal will be met by (1) mapping and summarizing existing research efforts, (2) identifying research agendas, (3) examining gaps and opportunities for further research. Web of Science, Scopus, and a set of specific keywords were used to select peer-reviewed papers presenting evidence on the relationship between sustainability and I4.0. To achieve this goal, it was decided to use a dynamic methodology called “systematic literature network analysis”. This methodology combines a systematic literature review approach with the analysis of bibliographic networks. Selected papers were used to build a reference framework formed by I4.0 technologies and sustainability issues. The paper contributes to the Sustainable Industry 4.0 reference framework with application procedures. It aims to show how I4.0 can support ideas of sustainability. The results showed that apart from a huge contribution to both concepts, many papers do not provide an insight into realization of initiatives to introduce Sustainable Industry 4.0.

scholarly journals FROM MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN TO DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Dumond ◽  
Eric Lanteigne
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Capstone Course ◽  
Capstone Courses ◽  
Engineering Theory ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Capstone Design

Traditionally, mechanical engineering capstone courses focused on teaching students the application of fundamental engineering theory to complex mechanical designs. Recently, there has been a transition towards experiential learning initiatives, such as prototyping, in engineering design. This paper looks at the relationship between the mechanical engineering design capstone course and a course in product design and development, which provides students with the opportunity to build prototypes of their designs, at the University of Ottawa. The importance of the traditional capstone course is considered and the implications of implementing these designs are examined. Many capstone design projects would require extensive work so that they could be implemented. A large hurdle appears to exist between analytical design and design implementation, and the term time constraints limit the complexity of designs intended for prototyping. In fact, students require many design iterations before they can build full-scale functional prototypes of their design. Therefore, we have observed that simple products work best for teaching design implementation.

INTEGRATING STATE-OF-THE-ART SHORELINE INTERACTION KNOWLEDGE INTO SPILL MODELING

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 915-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Schmidt Etkin ◽  
Jacqueline Michel ◽  
Deborah French McCay ◽  
Michel Boufadel ◽  
Hailong Li
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review

ABSTRACT An understanding of the complex interaction between oil and shoreline sediments in nearshore areas after an oil spill is essential for more accurate oil spill risk analysis modeling. In particular, an estimation of the degree to which shoreline sediments hold and retain oil during the 10–30 days after a spill is required for modeling the fate and trajectory of oil as it impacts a shoreline and either strands on or penetrates into the sediment or refloats to be deposited elsewhere. A comprehensive literature review of empirical studies, laboratory research, and oil-shoreline modeling was conducted. For a spill risk model to be applied in a stochastic manner, a relatively simple and practical method to estimate the oil holding capacity of shoreline sediments based on shoreline type and oil properties was derived from empirical shoreline cleanup assessment team (SCAT) data and a theoretical hydraulics model. The suggested methodology can be applied by spill modelers needing a way to estimate the amount of oil held by a shoreline upon impact to allow a trajectory model to more accurately project the total spread of oil.

Social and Ethical Implications of Engineering Design: A Learning Module Developed for ECE Capstone Design Courses

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Jimenez ◽  
Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo ◽  
William Frey ◽  
Rafael Rodriguez-Solis ◽  
Agustin Irizarry-Rivera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Capstone Design

scholarly journals Resilience Assessment Frameworks of Critical Infrastructures: State-of-the-Art Review

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Dan Guo ◽  
Ming Shan ◽  
Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The Common ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Resilience Assessment

During the past two decades, critical infrastructures (CIs) faced a growing number of challenges worldwide due to natural disasters and other disruptive events. To respond to and handle these disasters and disruptive events, the concept of resilience was introduced to CIs. Particularly, many institutions and scholars developed various types of frameworks to assess and enhance CI resilience. The purpose of this paper is to review the resilience assessment frameworks of the CIs proposed by quality papers published in the past decade, determine and analyze the common dimensions and the key indicators of resilience assessment frameworks of CIs, and propose possible opportunities for future research. To achieve these goals, a comprehensive literature review was conducted, which identified 24 resilience assessment frameworks from 24 quality papers. This paper contributes to the current body of resilience research by identifying the common dimensions and the key indicators of the resilience assessment frameworks proposed for CIs. In addition, this paper is beneficial to the practice, because it provides a comprehensive view of the resilience assessment frameworks of CIs from the perspective of implementation, and the indicators are pragmatic and actionable in practice.

scholarly journals Reverse Logistics as a Trend of XXI Century – State of Art

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Monika Kosacka-Olejnik ◽  
Karolina Werner-Lewandowska
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Research Centres

AbstractOn the basis of legal, environmental, social, and economic factors, reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain issues have attracted attention among both academia and practitioners. A growing number of publications is an expression of reverse logistics trend in the literature which has been lasted for around 40 years. Hence, a comprehensive literature review of recent and state-of-the-art papers is vessential to draw a framework of the past, and to support researchers in their works by indicating journals or adequate references. The aim of this paper was to prepare appropriate literature review procedure and following it to review all papers whose main topis was reverse logistics. The papers were analyzed and categorized to construct a useful foundation of past research with respect to the scale of number of research on reverse logistics, considering stages of reverse logistics development, targeted journals, main research centres and leading countries. Moreover there were reccommended the most valuable papers as references.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING COMMUNICATION INTO SENIOR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Parker ◽  
Gary Wang ◽  
Kim Hewlett
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Design Element ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Engineering Communication ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The University ◽  
Capstone Design Courses ◽  
Do So

In this paper, we will describe how we integrated communication into two capstone design courses in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. We will first look briefly at how the stand-alone technical communication course (offered early in the curriculum) serves as a cornerstone because it introduces students to the various genres of engineering communication and emphasizes the importance of communication within the practice of engineering. Integrating communication into courses like the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering design course (MECH 4860) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering design course (ENG 4600) means that technical and communications specialists work together toward helping senior engineering design students achieve their goal: designing a solution to an industry-based problem and then presenting their design in written, graphical and oral form. To do so, communications specialists become partners in the delivery of the course and in the assessment process. At the same time, the technical specialists can focus on assessing the design itself. Together, we can then evaluate a design according to what engineers must do on the job: solve problems and communicate solutions. The rubrics used to assess written communications are also intended as ways to help students see how each design element (like “project specifications”) is important to the “deliverable,” the report to the client. Finally, we will conclude with some observations about this past year and indicate what we would like to do next year.

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