Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Washington University (WWU) has initiated a research, design and build project thatis focusing on providing a fuel efficient, low floor, hybrid electric shuttle bus that is intended for avariety of applications. The primary R&D team is comprised of undergraduate students and facultyfrom the Engineering Technology (ET) Department and industry representatives from key areas. Thedesign process has intentionally followed a multidisciplinary approach which seeks to utilize skills andcapabilities from a range of students across the ET Department, and will soon reach out to work withstudents and faculty in the Chemistry, Decision Sciences and Marketing departments here on campus.The multidisciplinary team concept helps students to recognize the