Jack Zable U.
of Colorado, Boulder
427 UCB
Boulder CO 80309
Phone: (303) 492-3410 jack.zable@colorado.edu
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Jack Zable, Conference Chair
Jeff Gilles (Seattle University)
Susannah Howe (Smith College)
Bob Fogoros (IBM)
John Lamancusa (Penn State)
Pat Little (Harvey Mudd College)
Mark Lehto (Purdue University)
Spencer Magleby (Brigham Young)
Kathryn Michel (U. of Colorado, Boulder)
Jennifer Miskimins (Co. School of Mines)
Scott Palo (U. of Colorado, Boulder)
Gary Pawlas (U. of Colorado, Boulder)
Keith Stanfill (U. of Florida)
Mark Steiner (RPI)
Registration
Registration is limited to 200.
Registration includes: Materials, Coffee Breaks, Box Lunches, Welcome
Reception (optional beer and wine), Poster Session, Banquet (wine
optional).
On-line Registration for the Capstone Design Conference can be found
at:
1. If you have trouble registering call 303-492-5151 for
assistance.
2. Parking passes cost $10 for the conference and can be picked up
at the conference registration. However, all hotels suggested are
within a 10-15 minute walking distance of the conference. The hotel
"MILLENNIUM HARVEST HOUSE BOULDER" offers a free shuttle
service.
3. To gauge interest in the available workshops you will be asked
to select the workshops that you have interest in attending during
Step 2 of the registration process. This is only for planning purposes
and does not guarantee seating at the workshop. Workshop seating is
limited to 30 participants and will be on a first come first served
basis at the conference registration. Following is a preliminary description of the workshops:
Workshop #1: 6/13 (Wed) 2:15-3:45 pm
Describes and teaches various strategies to obtain sponsored projects
for capstone design from industry, government labs and other agencies.
Questions such as how to get started, who to contact, how to make
contact, what are expectations of sponsors, etc will be discussed.
Workshop #2: 6/13 (Wed) 4:15-5:45 pm
This workshop will help to teach faculty members how to obtain the
best performance from capstone design teams. This workshop will deal
with dysfunctional teams, poor team leaders, poor team performance,
etc and some possible solutions to these problems.
Workshop#3 6/14 (Thurs) 9:45-12:30 pm
This workshop will focus on two critical and inter-related issues
in capstone design projects - project formation and faculty involvement.
Project formation is a notoriously difficult process in any environment,
whether it is academia or industry. This difficulty is compounded
by the unique problems associated with appropriate faculty advising.
Workshop #4: 6/14 (Thurs) 1:30-3:00 pm
Giving an effective oral presentation is extremely important in a
business environment. Thus, teaching students to accomplish this will
give them an important tool for their future. This workshop will teach
faculty advisors how to instruct students, so that the students will
become skillful in this area.
Workshop #5: 6/15 (Fri) 9:45-11:15 am
The purpose of this interactive workshop is to introduce participants
to classroom assessment techniques and tools developed for capstone
engineering design courses. Participants will be introduced to the
research foundation for capstone engineering design assessments, explore
specific assessment instruments, and have the opportunity to review
student work and scoring from selected assessments.
