Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

after attending graduate school for one quarter: I am currently attending a large university where research is huge. The project I am working on is interdisciplinary and multiple departments are working together. They however have the project that they were trained to work on. Plus this puts less pressure on faculty from other departments to provide their time to students that they have little to no investment in. I do like interdisciplinary projects. Most if not all engineering jobs require some interdisciplinary cooperation. Working in this kind of setting is good preparation for the real world.To his comments, we add that when doing an interdisciplinary project, communication is thekey. Our suggestion is