Engineering Capstone Design Project Ideas for Community Service
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| Audience/Grade: | -College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Community-based Service Learning Design General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Teaching - Project |
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| Description: | The following are some ideas for students and professors to run capstone design projects that are relevant to community service: (i) drinking water filtration and waste water management (projects by Prof. Hal Walker), (ii) collapsable/portable/inexpensive housing for refugees (design project by Prof. Blaine Lilly), (iii) solar power, electrical generators (e.g., driven by a bicycle or a river), for heat, light, water filtration, etc., (iv) solar cooker, (v) durable/sustainable radio, (vi) durable, low-cost, low-power computer, telephone, and internet access (e.g., for education, market information, telemedicine). |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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| Publication Date: | February 2007 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://ecos.osu.edu/node/103 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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