1. Capstone Design Conference IEEE Standards Education Committee 11 April 2014 Susan K. Tatiner

2. Capstone Design Conference Update June 2-4 Columbus, Ohio The goal of the Capstone Design Conferences is to “provide a forum for the extended capstone design community (faculty, administrators, industry representatives, and students) to share ideas about improving design-based capstone courses” 2 nd time there will be a standards workshop 2

3. Workshop Information WEDNESDAY, June 4th 11:00 – 12:30 a.m. (Parallel to Panel Sessions) Case Studies in Use of Standards with Capstone Projects: A Multidisciplinary Approach The goal of this workshop is to show how using industrial standards in capstone projects can make them more relevant to students and future employers. Standards education promotes the importance of standards in meeting technical, economic, environmental, and societal challenges. The workshop will utilize a case study approach that captures technology, economics, and political issues addressed by industry standards. At the same time, the case studies will illustrate how standards offer strong technical and critical thinking components. 3

4. Participants TBD, SEC Jim Olshevsky, ASTM International Ron Schneiderman, author of IEEE case studies book Nitin Aggarwal, co-author of business school focussed case studies Representative from ANSI Committee on Education Susan Tatiner and Jennifer McClain both attending 4

5. Status Proposal accepted Silver-level sponsorship being arranged We will exhibit By end of April, conference call with participants will be held to begin content discussion 5