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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Steven R. Biegalski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Texas A&M University; Yuguo Tao, Georgia Institute of Technology; Vladimir Sobes, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Karl Pazdernik, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Simon Labov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; David F. Williams, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; James M. Ghawaly Jr., Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Alfred Olivier Hero, University of Michigan

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New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering in 2019, Dr. Tao was a Research Scientist at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology since 2011. Dr. Tao’s current works focus on supporting and assisting the overall manage- ment, execution and operations of the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation (ETI), and developing novel instrumentation at Laboratory for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety (LANNS).Prof. Vladimir Sobes, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleDr. Karl Pazdernik, Pacific Northwest National LaboratorySimon Labov, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Simon Labov is the Program Leader for Nuclear

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Nicole Wagner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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plasma, materials characterization, 3D printing, and student assessment. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transition to Virtual InstructionDuring the spring 2020 academic term, students and instructors were required to transition fromin-person instruction to a virtual learning mode. This transition occurred at the mid-point of thesemester, moving from an in-person student-teacher interaction to a virtual environment. Whilethis transition was unexpected for students and instructors, it was also an opportunity tounderstand how student learning outcomes were affected and how students reacted to thischange. Both lecture and laboratory

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania; Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

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motivation. The class materials were delivered using powerpoint slides and recorded on cloud viaZoom. Each class contained many multiple-choice questions. Before the pandemic, instructorsused clicker questions in-class to collect prompt feedback and clarify any misconceptions. Eachclass section shares the clicker remotes and because of that, clickers were not used during thepandemic. Instead, Canvas quiz platform was used for questions.Fluid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics is a junior level engineering class. In Fall 2020, there were 48 studentsenrolled. The class has 3 lecture credits and 1 laboratory credit. The lecture portion of the class ison Tuesdays and Thursdays while there are laboratory sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

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Joseph Churchill Tapia II, University of Kentucky; Danielle Nicole Dutton, University of Kentucky; Ronald Justin Vogler, University of Kentucky; Evan Yang, University of Kentucky; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

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laboratory experiences are less available, including extended school closuresdue to current circumstances or other uncontrollable events, such as natural disasters [7].However, the benefits of these lab kits to grade-school students could extend beyond abnormalcircumstances. They could be used to add increased variety and depth to homework assignments,allowing the educational benefits of lab science to be realized outside of the classroom and thetime and procedural restrictions of in-class labs. Drawing inspiration from the work of Pinnell etal. [8] on engineering challenges for students that utilized fixed sets of materials, the lab kitscould also be tailored to serve as a vehicle for STEM outreach that motivates students to becomemore interested

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Raisa Sara; ABM Rezbaul Islam, Sam Houston State University; Khalid M. Khan, Sam Houston State University; Rasheda Rasheda Sultana, Sam Huston State University

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of graduate and undergraduate courses in popula- tion health such as epidemiology, environmental health, and global health. He regularly publishes articles in peer-reviewed journals with both undergraduate and graduate students and presents his research ac- tivities in national and international conferences in the US and beyond including the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) annual conference.Dr. Rasheda Rasheda Sultana, Sam Huston State University Dr. Rasheda Sultana has been at Sam Houston State University since 2020. She teaches a unique combi- nation of classroom and laboratory-based courses and has more than 10 years of instructional experience in multiple disciplines of Health Sciences

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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create the final product (a wolf headnutcracker), as shown in Figure 3. The project includes cost analysis and a production plan, includingdifferent types of machining, casting, metal forming, welding, plating, and assembly processes.2.4 EN462 Industrial Robotics Course The Industrial Robotics course is a three-credit hour, senior-level, regular, one semester courseoffered to about 20 engineering students enrolled in the BSE Program with Mechatronics Specialization.The course includes two hours of lecture and two contact hours of laboratory exercises per week. Thisfirst course in robotics is intended to enable students to design, control, and maintain robots and robotic-based systems. The course provides engineering students with both the

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Edwing A. Medina, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #33723Investigating Team Roles Within Long-Term Project-Based LearningExperiencesMs. Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Amy K. Dunford is the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program Manager at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Amy earned a master’s degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Irvine and a master’s in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Amy spe- cializes in project-based learning management and curriculum development, and has prior experience as a first-year engineering laboratory course developer and instructor at UC Irvine.Dr

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph

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theory with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a postdoctoral re- searcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engi- neering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a number of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an elected Fellow of

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Jorge R. Lara, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University; Mark H. Weichold, Texas A&M University; Patrick Linke, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers for 2016.Dr. Mark H. Weichold, Texas A&M University Dr. Mark H. Weichold, Regents Professor and Halliburton Engineering Global Programs Professor, is an electrical engineer and has worked for General Dynamics Ft. Worth Division, Motorola in Austin, TX and the U.S. Army Electronic Technology and Devices Laboratory in Ft. Monmouth, NJ. He joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at Texas A&M University in 1982 and now holds the rank of Professor. In January 2007, he became Dean and CEO of Texas A&M University’s branch campus in Doha, Qatar. After completing nine years as the Dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar, he

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana

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, quality of writing, scientific integrity, and depth of analysis [17].The course evaluated by this research is a 2-credit lecture and lab course, including 2-hours oflaboratory exercises and 1 hour of lecture each week. Typically, the laboratory time includes anintroduction to the method of experimentation, related physics and engineering concepts, keystatistical principles required for data analysis and the establishment of the theoretical frameworkfor each experiment. Students also identify key variables, constraints and potential sources forerror within their methodology during this lab time. Lecture periods are used to discuss technicalwriting best practices, key concepts in engineering writing, appropriate methods for presentationof data

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Abigail E. Heinz, Rowan University; Matthew Strauss; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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in-person laboratory experiences. The course used the video conferencing clientZoom as the primary method of communication. If virtual and in-person learning was happeningsynchronously, the Zoom call was projected in the classroom so that all students could see andhear each other. A video and audio feed was also available from the classroom so that studentscould hear each other across platforms.ResultsThe results of both Cohort A and Cohort B’s activities were extremely promising. Students inCohort A had statistically significant improvements in the number of other students they feltcomfortable working with over the course of the semester. At the start of the semester, studentsidentified in the survey that they were willing to work with an

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Monica A. Mellini P.E., Montgomery College

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uncertainty.The learning throughout the course is intended to give the students a toolbox to aid in theirperformance of a team project authentic to engineering practice.The course does not use a standard textbook but is built from a common “textbook” of core topiclessons and examples authored by previous instructors, supplemented with materials, lessons,and topics curated by individual instructors, such that the course has common elements, but eachinstructor offers a different interpretation.In the Fall of 2020, the course was presented in synchronous remote mode using Blackboardcourseware delivered over a Zoom platform. The course allows for class time to performteamwork as part of a laboratory component, and breakout rooms were used for this purpose

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University; Tanzeena Karim, Middle Tennessee State University; Tamir Shahir Hussain; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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enhance student learning in a senior feedback controls lecturecourse," ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.[5] Parker, J. M., Canfield, S. L., and Ghafoor, S. K., 2014, "Using hardware-basedprogramming experiences to enhance student learning in a junior-level systems modelingcourse," ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.[6] Candelas, F., Garcia, G. J., Puente, S., Pomares, J., Jara, C. A., Pérez, J., Mira, D., andTorres, F., 2015, "Experiences on using Arduino for laboratory experiments of automatic controland robotics," IFAC-PapersOnLine, 48(29), pp. 105-110.[7] Reguera, P., García, D., Domínguez, M., Prada, M., and Alonso, S., 2015, "A low-cost opensource hardware in control education. Case study: Arduino-feedback MS-150,"IFACPapersOnLine

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Lennon Rodgers, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Caroline Benish, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Paper ID #34191Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activitiesin Academic Makerspaces and Machine ShopsDr. Lennon Rodgers, University of Wisconsin – Madison Lennon Rodgers is currently the Director of the Design Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, which includes a makerspace, machine shop and a set of interdisciplinary design programs. He earned his PhD and M.S. from MIT and B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (all mechanical engineering). Previously he worked at MIT as a Research Scientist and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an engineer. All of his

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Margaret T. Dwyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Candela Marini, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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floor. But as important as themuseum is, the art there is a thematic collection which is primarily made up of European oilpaintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection reflects the processes of work,capturing the shift from manual to technological in the western world. Several instructors havemade a connection between the art and areas of study (see the examples above and the“laboratory” uses that follow) but it does not reflect the student, or campus experience, and thiswas the focus of the discussion in August of 2019.Students immediately articulated a wish for art that would identify the campus as a place where“we’re proud to be engineers.” A discussion of a possible mural (on the aforementionedutilitarian buildings) led into a

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

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during thesemester been asked to work in teams either on a project or a laboratory, research or learn somematerial on their own, and communicate findings in writing and/or orally. Students had beengiven formative feedback on these tasks, and neither instructors nor students felt they were ill-prepared to tackle the final exam task.Overall, instructors were pleased with the lower stress level of the students going into this typeof final, as well as the energy, excitement, and collaboration in the classroom. One instructorstates:I have never seen so much focus and energy in the classroom. It was wonderful. It truly was acelebration of learning. It was rewarding to see the students work together and help one another.Also, instructors took joy in

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Keirien Taylor, Arizona State University, UOEEE; Daniel J. Laxman, Arizona State University

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