The 2015 capstone design survey results: Current practices and changes over time

• Autores: Susannah Howe, Laura Rosenbauer, Sophia Poulos
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 33, no. 5, 2017, págs. 1393-1421
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Capstone design courses are common in engineering design programs, but they vary substantially across institution anddepartment. The goal of the decennial capstone design survey initiative is to capture data from capstone design coursesevery ten years to identify current practices and changes over time. In keeping with its predecessor surveys, the 2015capstone design survey included questions on course logistics, pedagogy, evaluation, faculty, students, projects and teams,expenses and funding, and sponsors. The 2015survey captured data from 522 respondents at 256 institutions, documentingthe variety of implementation strategies for capstone design programs across the U.S. These data include quantitative andcategorical responses about current practices and open-ended responses about respondent experiences and opinion. Thispaper presents the current state of capstone design education, draws comparisons across disciplines, and highlightschanges within capstone design practices over the past 20 years. These surveys and the data gathered therein are animportant first step in understanding, assessing, and ultimately improving engineering capstone design education.