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Engineering Capstone: A Guide to Senior Design for Engineering and Technology

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Author(s): Elissa Ledoux, Mohammad Uddin, Nicholas Matta, Matthew Sheppard

Editor(s): Elissa Ledoux, Nicholas Matta

Subject(s): Engineering: general, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes, Mechanical engineering

Institution(s): East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University

Last updated: 2026-02-11

Engineering Senior Capstone courses are the hallmark of a B.S. in engineering degree, where students prove they are ready to become engineers. In these courses, students use prior knowledge and independent research to design, build, test, and analyze a system in their engineering discipline as a team. Due to the broad variety of projects, problems, and topics the capstone courses address, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. This book aims to streamline the capstone course instruction by developing, consolidating, and organizing OER materials into one place. Different modules correspond to the different course topics, where students can easily access materials relevant to their projects’ various goals and phases of development.

There are 7 modules based on the ABET Accreditation Criteria for 4-year Bachelor of Science programs in Engineering and Engineering Technology. Each module focuses on a specific Student Outcome listed in the Criteria and provides open educational resources for both knowledge and application aspects of student learning:

Problem Solving – Applying Prior Knowledge and Skills
Design – Ideation and Invention
Communication – Written, Oral, and Graphical
Ethics – Responsibilities, Safety, Global Impacts, and Standards
Teamwork – Collaboration and Project Management
Experimentation – Testing and Analysis
Learning Strategies – Research and Troubleshooting

While technical skills help an engineer keep a job, the soft skills help them get the job. So in addition, there is a bonus module focusing on career readiness:

8. Career Readiness – Personal Presentation and Job Applications

This will develop students’ soft skills, such as interviewing, resume and cover letter writing, and developing a professional employment profile. Informative and applicable materials will help equip students with the tools they need to be well-rounded and successful individuals, with the personal presentation skills required to rise through the ranks professionally.

Robotics and Controls Engineering

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Author(s): Hongbo Zhang, Elissa Ledoux, Vishwas Bedekar

Subject(s): Robotics, Engineering: general, Automatic control engineering, Intelligent and automated transport system technology

Institution(s): Middle Tennessee State University

Last updated: 2026-02-11

The book is dedicated to helping undergraduate students understand the basic concepts, theory, and applications of robotics and control, including kinematics of manipulators and end effector design. Specific robot applications including an autonomous sumo robot, combat robot, and micromouse robot are also introduced. The control related to state space, flow diagrams, LQR controller, model predictive control, and full state feedback control are also covered in the book. It is expected that the book will offer students a convenient reference to learn robotics and control techniques.

GenEd English Faculty Guide

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Author(s): Caroline LaPlue, Nicholas Krause, Kate Pantelides, Erica M. Stone

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides

Institution(s): Middle Tennessee State University

Publication date: 2022-10-05

Last updated: 2026-02-04

Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness

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Author(s): Janet Colson, Sandra Poirier, Yvonne Dadson

Subject(s): Dietetics and nutrition, Cultural studies: food and society, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects

Publication date: 2022-01-09

Last updated: 2026-02-03

This book is designed for students taking NFS 1240 Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness at Middle Tennessee State University and for Tennessee high school students enrolled in Nutrition Across the Lifespan. Topics include basic human nutrition concepts with key nutrients, food safety, lifespan nutrition, weight management, and sports nutrition.

Bon Voyage Volume 1

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Author(s): Joan McRae, Kim Godwin, Ann McCullough

Editor(s): Kim Godwin, Ann McCullough, Katheryne Greer, Eric Ouimet, Elaine Kurbegov

Subject(s): Language teaching and learning material and coursework

Publication date: 2024-08-23

Last updated: 2026-01-31

This e-textbook is a proficiency framed, communicative and task-based e-textbook for Beginning French

Principles of Public Speaking

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Author(s): Katie Gruber

Subject(s): Communication studies, Speaking in public: advice and guides

Institution(s): Middle Tennessee State University

Publication date: 2022-06-01

Last updated: 2026-01-06

The Ask: A More Beautiful Question, 2nd edition

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Author(s): Kate L. Pantelides, Nich Krause, Caroline LaPlue

Subject(s): Language learning: writing skills, Language learning: reading skills, Research and information: general

Institution(s): Middle Tennessee State University

Publisher: Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

Publication date: 2025-08-26

Last updated: 2025-12-15

An open-access textbook composed to support Middle Tennessee State University’s ENGL 1020: Research & Argumentative Writing course.

The first edition of this book can be found at https://mtsu.pressbooks.pub/1020mtsu/.

The Gen Ed Magazine

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Author(s): Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Students, Erica M. Stone, Kate L. Pantelides, Elizabeth M. Williams, Harlow Crandall, Jenna Campbell Field, Caroline LaPlue, Nich Krause

Editor(s): Elizabeth M. Williams, Harlow Crandall, Erica M. Stone, Kate L. Pantelides, Jenna Campbell Field, Caroline LaPlue, Nich Krause

Subject(s): Language learning: writing skills, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: Middle Tennessee State University

Publication date: 2021-08-23

Last updated: 2025-12-08

The GenEd Magazine (GEM) is an open-access publication space where the General Education English Program at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) showcases the winners of the General Education Writing Awards (GEWA) each year. Awarded in four categories, the GEWA honor the best and brightest submissions in each of the General Education English (GEE) courses at MTSU.

GEWA Archive

The GEWA Archive is organized by award year (e.g., 2020-2021) and award category (e.g., ENGL 1010). Under each award year, you’ll find the following categories that often contain more than one GEWA submission:

ENGL 1010: Expository Writing
ENGL 1020: Research and Argumentative Writing
ENGL 2020/2030: Sophomore-level Literary Analysis
ENGL 1010, 1020, 2020, 2030: Multimodal Composition

Using the Archive

Students and teachers alike can use the GEM to showcase student example texts for each General Education English course.

Using Teams to Facilitate Organizational Development

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Author(s): Dr. Kim Godwin, Dr. Mike Boyle, Dr. Meredith Anne Higgs

Editor(s): Dr. Kim Godwin, Dr. Mike Boyle, Dr. Meredith Anne Higgs

Subject(s): Organizational theory and behaviour

Publication date: 2024-10-01

Last updated: 2025-12-05

ENGL 3400: Early European Literature Online Textbook

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Author(s): Warren Tormey

Institution(s): Middle Tennessee State University

Publisher: Middle Tennessee State University

Publication date: 2022-12-05

Last updated: 2025-12-05