Capstone Design Portfolios

The capstone design sequence provides extensive assessment data. Students are judged on their ability to formulate and implement a practical solution to a realistic in-depth engineering design problem, including practical constraints. In order to accomplish this task, students must understand the problem at hand, propose solutions and verify their appropriateness through theory and/or experimentation (including analysis and interpretation of data), realize a solution using available modern engineering tools, document and present the solution, and justify and defend decisions. The ability to work on a team, with each team member having a particular role and responsibilities, is an essential part of the experience which supporting several outcomes. Examples of past reports can be reached through the links below.

Fall 2003

• Design for a Wireless Keyboard Adapter
• EM Labstation
• Micro-Art
• Search & Rescue Robot
• Wireless Rotating Message Board

Spring 2004

• Analog Audio Mixer
• Carburetor Icing Risk Detection System
• Equilateral - A Mobile Sensor Unit
• Fire Fighting Robot
• Fire Protection Robot
• Maze Racer
• Microwave Distance Measuring System
• Mobile Sensor Unit
• Power Supply Load Analysis Tool
• Remote Child's Car Seat Alert System
• Wireless Link for EM Workstation

Fall 2004

• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
• Wireless Power Transmission
• Hayai Maze Racer
• Glass Block Lighting System
• Transistor Noise Measurement and Characterization Instrumentation
• Fire Protection Robot
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Spring 2005

• Luggage Unit Monitoring Project
• XY Positioningx Table and Wireless Communication System
• Maze Racer
• Light Bright Professional
• Fire Protection Robot

Fall 2005

• Bicycle Power Meter
• Handicap Card System
• IEEE Student Robotics
• Remote Control Robot Cell
• Reverberation Chamber
• Robotic Games
• Robotics Competition
• Ruby Detector
• USB Optical Pen
• Wireless Combat Simulation

Spring 2006

• Hidraulic Universal Digital Controller
• iGameNet
• Metal Detection
• Non-Invasive Blood Oxygenation Meter
• Radiometer and Data Logger
• Variable High Voltage DC Power Supply

Fall 2006

• Handsome Rob
• Mercury Robot Challenge
• Utilizing Cell Phone Communication with Internet Feedback.pdf
• Reverberation Chamber: An Aggressorand Victim Demonstrator.pdf
• RF Monsters: Neural Network RFID
• Audio Equalizer Project

Spring 2007

• DC Motor Control
• Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Mini-MRI Project
• Laser Lemmings
• WeComP

Portfolio Evaluations

In order to assess students’ oral communications ability, oral communications in the capstone design course have been evaluated by members of the OSU Speech department. Evaluators attended required oral presentations in the ECEN capstone design course (ECEN 4023). Teams were evaluated on their overall impression as well as purpose, climate/credibility, transmission/eye contact/elocution, reception/awareness/communication barriers, and organization/visual aid on a 1-5 scale using a rubric. The rubric is used with 1 representing an unacceptable presentation, 2 = marginally acceptable, 3 = competent, 4 = above average, and 5 = superior presentation.

In order to assess students’ ability to communicate in writing, written project reports from the capstone design course are given to an independent panel of faculty and graduate students from the OSU Technical Writing department. The reports are evaluated using a rubric with a scale of 0-3. Briefly a score of 0 = fails to demonstrate competency; 1 = indicates a low level of competency; 2 = indicates an acceptable level of competency; 3 = indicates a high level of competency.

Data for the results can be accessed through the Oral & Written Results Data page.

Graphs of the results can be reached through the Oral & Written Results Graph page.