Assessment of a Multi-University Unmanned Systems Capstone Design Project

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the assessment methods for a senior capstone design project involving teams from three geographically separated universities, as well as the challenges the students faced and lessons learned. The project title was the Joint Cooperative Unmanned Systems Initiative (JCUSI). Each team was tasked with developing an unmanned autonomous system operating in a different medium (air,, water, and ground) to cooperatively work together to complete a mission of protecting a harbor. JCUSI is unique in that the customer funding the project will most likely employ the students involved either as engineers implementing future unmanned systems or as operators of unmanned systems. Consequently, the sponsor was involved in defining the learning outcomes of the project, which were added to our normal pedagogical outcomes for this capstone engineering design course.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2013
Accession Number
AD1022225

Entities

People

  • Daniel D. Jensen
  • Daniel Harold
  • Erlind G. Royer
  • George York

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Students
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy