Resumen de Encouraging creativity in capstone design
Keelin Leahy, Dan Phillips, Elizabeth Debartolo, Patsy Brackin, Steve Chenoweth, Allen White
Capstone design is the ‘‘bridge’’ from school to industry. It is important that this engineering experience is rich in thecreative approaches which are valued there. In particular, the capstone class should model the need for exploring divergentsolution paths, for listening to alternative opinions, and for stepping back from a problem. Skills in these creative areastypically are not emphasized in the rest of an engineering curriculum. At the 2016 Capstone Design Conference, weparticipated in a panel on ‘‘Encouraging Creativity in Capstone Design.’’ The ideas presented were based on our ownexperiences in using creativity techniques in design classes. This paper shifts down to the roots of those discussions,describing our individual efforts in applying those creativity techniques. We conclude with a list of situational options, forother practitioners to use in their design classes.
