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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eng Keng Soh, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, National University of Singapore; Ameek Kaur, National University of Singapore; Ming Po Tham, National UNiversity of SIngapore; Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the design projects in the thirdyear, and final year project (FYP) in the final year of the undergraduate study.Structure of the EIM ProgramThe EIM program is part of the Design Centric Program (DCP)3 of the FoE. The DCP takes instudents from different engineering disciplines to work together in multi-disciplinary projectgroups. Each project generally belongs to one of a few broad DCP themes, such as in FutureTransportation System (FTS), Engineering in Medicine (EIM), and Smart and Sustainable Cities(SSC).The current structure of the three-year EIM program is shown in Fig. 1. During Semester 3,which is the start of the second year, students undergo a 13-weeks hospital immersion training.Semester 4 and Semester 5 are the design project phases

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Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines; Ravel F. Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; William Hoff, Colorado School of Mines

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handwriting, helpful explanations, and the many illustrative examples that he doesin class. The other two instructors for the remaining sections were a Teaching Professor and anadjunct. These sections contained about 60 students each as well.The three main tasks in this project completed were: 1. The initial planning stage was done over the summer, 2011 by the PIs. At this time we refined the plan for delivering the hybrid course, and developed the methods for taking and posting the videos. We used Blackboard for hosting the videos, as this allowed us to restrict access to the videos to the students enrolled in the “hybrid” section only. 2. The effort during the fall semester was to tape the lectures and post them online. We

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob T Allenstein, The Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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ofbusiness, engineering, and design elements. The program provides an opportunity for studentdesign teams to contribute to real industry products by experiencing the complete design cyclewhich includes; defining the problem, creating the requirements, creating design concepts,developing detailed specifications, creating a detailed design solution, building a prototype,validating the design, refining the design, documenting the design process and identifying futurerecommendations.An alumni-based survey was distributed to graduates who completed the multidisciplinarycapstone program. The survey focused on the initial and potentially lasting effects of the learningobjectives of the multidisciplinary capstone and their impacts on recent graduates’ (1-5

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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data also reveal the positive impact of theseinstructional modes compared to those utilized in traditional engineering coursework. This paperpresents these new delivery approaches and the sample research projects included within thenewly introduced nanotechnology courses.1. IntroductionNanotechnology is a rapidly advancing field that shows promise in solving current science andtechnology challenges through the innovative materials, processes/devices, and theirapplications. Nanomanufacturing including self-assembly has become an important tool indeveloping nanoscale devices applicable in medicine, electronics, and energy. Nanomaterialssuch as carbon nanotubes, graphene, quantum dots, and nanoparticles are of particular interest insensor

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Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Marcus Shaffer, Penn State Architecture; Elisha Clark Halpin, Penn State University, School of Theatre, Dance Program; Amy Dupain Vashaw, Center for the Performing Arts @ Penn State; Dorothy H. Evensen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Creative Campus project, The Secret Life of PublicSpaces. An overview of the Creative Campus initiative is provided along with details on ourspecific project and the three capstone design projects that supported it. The perceptions of thefaculty “clients” for each capstone project are discussed along with relevant feedback that wasobtained as part of the overall project assessment. While tensions among the engineering andnon-engineering students and faculty “clients” ran high at times, two of the three capstone designprojects were recognized with Best Project awards at the end of the semester showcase as judgedby experts from industry, evidence of the benefits of working across multiple disciplines.1. Introduction: Capstone Design Projects at the

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Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Marshall PhD, University of Michigan

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SmartSurfaces showed significant increases in communication, creativethinking and critical thinking over the other courses. Crisca Bierwert, Kirsten Olds, and JamesP. Barber documented the results as part of their work for the University’s Center for Researchon Learning and Teaching (CRLT).12 The survey elicited students’ self-reports of their learningthrough question sets with rating scales. The students were asked to compare the skills theydeveloped in MLTT-funded courses with their learning in other University of Michigan courses.Invitations to participate in the online survey were sent to 634 individuals. Overall, 417participated across the 14 courses, for an aggregate response rate of 66%. Table 1 (below)compares the percentage of participants in

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Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Joshua Alfred Erney, James Madison University; Matthew Edwin Schumaker

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) program at James MadisonUniversity [1] is to prepare students to be professionally well equipped when entering theworkplace or enroll in graduate programs. This is accomplished by developing students‟ abilityto become problem solvers who are able to investigate local, national, and global issues not onlyfrom a science perspective but also from technology, engineering and social contextperspectives. During their Junior and Senior years, the program provides students with a uniquehands-on research, design and prototyping experiences in the form of Senior Capstone Projects.The intent of a capstone is for students to utilize competencies developed in the first three yearsof the curriculum in the

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

asset: the undergraduate researcher. This is the first step toward the ultimategoal of building a broad-based, interdisciplinary neuro-technology community. It is a model thatcan be applied to other initiatives seeking to encourage and support interdisciplinarycollaboration. Established in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at theGeorgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), LINCR is similar to the China UndergraduateResearch Program (CURE) which was an NSF-funded URE designed to test the efficacy oflinking the research of global-partners through undergraduate students assigned to relatedprojects in both labs.1 Similarly, the goal of LINCR, funded by a GT FIRE (Georgia Tech Fundfor Innovation in Research and

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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University to assessthe impact of the Collaborative Engineering Program on its cohort of students.1.1 Research QuestionsThe long-term goal of this research is to improve understanding of how students become proficient atinterdisciplinary design for the purpose of creating better curricula to develop graduates with those skills.To facilitate this goal, the primary research method used was to observe engineering students from boththe Collaborative Engineering Program and not in the program working on interdisciplinary design teamson an engineering design activity. It uses a mixed-methods approach to address two main objectives,interdisciplinary collaboration and engineering design, by addressing two high level research questions.Research Question 1

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering experiences for first-year students asa means of improving retention and students’ understanding of the different engineeringdisciplines, as well as helping students select their major within engineering. At the Universityof Wisconsin-Platteville, we have developed a required course in which students rotate throughshort, hands-on modules for each engineering discipline on our campus, as a means of gaining anactive introduction to each discipline.1 Over 500 students per year move through this course.Further, this course has been adapted into a popular summer “camp” that has expanded from asingle offering to three.2 Additionally, the Electrical Engineering (EE) program created asimilar, one-credit required laboratory course for first year

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Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

focus onmultidisciplinary work and hands-on learning.1 The topics of student interest have evolved aswell. Studies show that an increasing percentage of students are drawn towards topics related tosustainability.2 Regardless of these changes, one thing that remains true is that small engineeringdepartments, particularly departments housed in small liberal arts colleges, are faced withadditional challenges. These challenges include working with limited resources (budget,laboratory space, equipment) and the necessity for the instructor to supervise projects outside ofhis or her area of expertise. Thus, it can be difficult to develop capstone project ideas that arerealizable in this setting. We believe the Hybrid Solar Tracker project was an

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Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Gregory Wight P.E., Norwich University; Peter Kjeer, Harvard University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Generator System Electrical Mechanical Civil Generator Turbine I Structure Monitor Turbine II Transmission Figure 1. Top-level organizational structure for the generator project.Electrical teamThe generator design was based largely on a straightforward permanent magnet generator (PMG)plan that is designed to be built with basic tools that are likely to be found in communities indeveloping countries. The plans are available on line from Hugh Piggott,2 as well as through theoriginal sponsoring organization Practical Action

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC; Arunkumar Chandrashekarappa Giriyapur, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology

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a model-based design and development methodology. If mechatronics systemdesign is accepted as an evolution of engineering design, then a formal perspective designprocess can be developed and the course delivery can be effective with project basedapproach. This paper outlines the results of international collaboration between the twoinstitutions on the perception of mechatronics as a modern design philosophy emphasizingteam dynamics, project based learning and integration of disciplines. The collaboration wasinitiated by Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), a US based non-profit organization promoting quality and collaboration in innovative engineering education.1. Introduction Mechatronics as a multidisciplinary

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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introductory engineering courses in the College of Engineering. In addition,the microscale fluid mechanics and heat transfer experiments may be incorporated into theundergraduate chemical engineering Unit Operations Laboratory courses.   1. IntroductionTransport phenomena, including fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mass transfer, are importantfundamental subjects in fields, such as Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. This type ofknowledge also is important in Electrical Engineering (electronics cooling), Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (fluid flow), and Materials Engineering. These subjects are oftentaught at the junior or senior levels, and most courses are focused on macroscale behavior. Fewcourses have been developed for the micro and scale

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Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

principles inengineered systems. World consumption of energy has been growing for decades and continuingto be able to supply this energy in a cost effective way is an ongoing challenge. Recent datapublished as part of the British Petroleum World Energy Report (BP, 2012) illustrate the growthof world energy usage. See Figures 1 and 2. Page 23.83.3 Figure 1: Recent world energy consumption (BP, 2012). Figure 2: World energy consumption by region and type (BP, 2012).In addition, the global environmental impacts of the continuing use of fossil fuel are a concern toboth the general public and the industrial manufacturing sector. The trends

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; J.Kevin Taylor; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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as they see them actively engaged “outside of the illnessmetaphor” (ref [3], p. 392). KinesiologyIn order to help address these issues, the Kinesiology Department at Cal Poly conducts has acourse, Kine 307 Adapted Physical Activity, as well as a series of programs (see Figure 1) tohelp these athletes achieve their goals. As part of this program, the Kinesiology Department hasmade kayaking in a local bay accessible to over 40 community participants who are diagnosedwith differing levels of spinal cord injuries. Similar benefits have been obtained through theEyeCycle program, where people who are blind or visually impaired ride tandem bicycles.Kinesiology students take the “captain’s” position while participants sit in the “stoker

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

therequirements for an Engineering BS degree, each student will complete the program courserequirements including at least three of the following six activities:1. Undergraduate Research2. Cooperative Education or Internship3. Global Learning or Study Abroad4. Service Learning5. Leadership6. Multidisciplinary EducationPrevious papers have described global learning efforts8 and leadership9. The complete plan for―The Engineer of 2020‖ was also reported10, 11. The focus of this paper is centered on the servicelearning opportunity made available to engineering students by the CoE through the creation ofthe ENGR 202 course ―Service Learning in Engineering‖, which will be described in furtherdetail in a subsequent section of this

Conference Session

Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University; Debra L. Valencia-Laver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Elizabeth Ann Lowham, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: http://laes.calpoly.edu/content/concentrations.Before starting the trial-run period, the LAES program had to prove there was a need for thistype of program. We referenced a number of national studies that showed how technicalemployers expect increasingly more interdisciplinary academic backgrounds from newemployees, especially some combination of the skills provided by liberal arts study withengineering skills. For example, “Educating the Engineer of 2020”1 claims there is a nation-wideneed for a bachelor of arts in engineering.During the first five years of our program’s trial run (2006-2012), we tracked the internship andpost-graduation employment of our students. In 2011 we conducted a series of surveys andinterviews to learn how well the

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hisham Hegab P.E., Louisiana Tech University; James D Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students withunderstanding and practice in relating engineering and science topics to problems at thenanoscale. A breakdown of the curriculum structure is provided in table 1. Louisiana TechUniversity operates on a quarter calendar system that provides course credits in semester credithours. Courses are taught over a ten-week period using longer lecture periods (e.g., a typicallecture period is one hour and fifteen minutes).Table 1: Curricular Structure of NSE degree program. Category Number of Semester Credit Hours Engineering Fundamentals 22 Micro/nanosystems Engineering 19 Directed Electives

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Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Mir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University; John F. Sweigart P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Beth Stutzmann, Southern Polytechnic State University; Wei Zhou

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and innovation, which is reallyfundamental in how many other countries are looking at success."5 In the U.S., how we want tomeasure success is in terms of how to be creative, how to be innovative - the arts bring thatspecifically into the learning experience. Merging arts with science and engineering will helpbuild a better engineer.Improving Engineering EducationExperts in the industry believe that the rigor of the engineering education should not be reducedbut at the same time communication skills need to be polished. The technical challenges of thefuture will require highly skilled engineers, and our educational system needs to train anddevelop people who can deliver. The changes needed to improve engineering education include6: 1

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

learning achievement will beaddressed. More importantly, we will examine the course assessment based on the analysis ofcollected data from grading student course work, course evaluation and learning outcome survey.Finally, we will address the possible course improvement according to our assessment.II. Course OutlinesThe multidisciplinary course consists of the ME dynamic system modeling and EE feedbackcontrol system design (co-listed as ME 376/ECE 382) as shown in Figure 1 and is offered in thesecond semester in junior year with a 16-week class schedule. Three-hours of lectures each weekare allocated. Concurrently, the control system laboratory course (ECE 308) is offered with threecontact hours each week. The pre-requisite courses include Linear

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Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Newberry, Dakota County Technical College; Marilyn Barger P.E., National Science Foundation ATE Centers

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

issues required to be addressed when developing new content in any format includinghow big or how much material the units/modules should cover; what level of subject matterexpertise is needed; level of the information to be covered; how to include activities for problem-based learning; and knowing the target audience or audiences.Typically, modular curricula contains content for anywhere between one and five days (1-5hours) of lessons and activities.The Audience and User Community:No longer is “educational content” restricted to the traditional classroom. Television, museumsand many social media are being used to convey educational material. As a result, the useraudience has expanded from teachers and { four year college}students to include

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Pakize S. Pulat, University of Oklahoma

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the implementation of this robotics project and uses student surveysand course evaluations to assess its effectiveness. Additionally, assessments of common multi-disciplinary course problems of class size and student level disparity are also performed. I. Introduction:One of the most challenging tasks in engineering education is teaching courses to students thatare outside their major area. Majors other than electrical and computer engineering (ECE) arenot typically motivated about circuit theory and many educators have tried to address thischallenge.1, 2 With this lack of motivation in mind, the College of Engineering (CoE) at theUniversity of Oklahoma (OU) developed a unique curriculum for teaching circuits and

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matt Olfat, University of Virginia; Kari Wold, University of Virginia; Roy Lee Hayes Jr, University of Virginia; Mark Endel Paddrik, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

implementing machine learning techniques to Identify opponent strategies in game theoretical situations. Currently, Roy is applying Inverse Reinforcement Learning to uncover trading strategies in the commodity markets.Mr. Mark Endel Paddrik, University of Virginia Page 23.1047.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Revolutionizing Financial Engineering Education: Simulation-Based Strategies for LearningSection 1: Introduction to Microstructure Financial engineering is a critical aspect of contemporary markets, and itspedagogy of the utmost

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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accreditation, graduate placement in jobs and graduate school, and course andproject evaluations. The paper concludes with a summary of lessons learned and projections forthe future.1. INTRODUCTIONRobotics—the combination of sensing, computation and actuation in the real world—is Page 23.1049.2experiencing rapid growth. In academia, any issue of IEEE Spectrum, ACM TechNews, orASEE First Bell is likely to contain many robotics headlines. In industry, new companies andproducts appear at an accelerating rate. Bill Gates has famously predicted that there will soon bea robot in every home [5]. Growth in robotics is driven by both supply and demand. The

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Antonio Riofrio, Western New England University; Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

level.Introduction Mechatronics, a relatively new term – and field of study – deals with the set of practicalintersections between mechanics, electronics, computer science, and control theory. More Page 23.1154.2specifically, it focuses on engineering problem-solving via an integrated system approach ratherthan a sequential treatment by each isolated sub-field. Figure 1 shows one of many similar Venndiagrams which are commonly used to graphically represent the span of Mechatronics. Figure 1: Typical Mechatronics composition diagram1 The instruction of Mechatronics at the university level has seen a dramatic increase in the

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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students in upperdivision courses are asked to deal with mathematical logic and derivations.1. In our experience, tracing a continuous institutional memory over the past 27 years and over 2600 students, there has been a drastic increase in the percentage of students who will simply leave all questions blank where derivations are sought, even when those are straight from notes and homework. Of those who do derivations, a significant fraction will simply jump across several steps of logic and miraculously arrive at the (known) final result. This appears to stem from their experiences in high school and college, where they learn to look for a final “formula” to “plug in numbers” as the sum total of their expectation of engineering

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K.S. Krishnamoorthi, Bradley University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

meetthe Criterion 3b without incorporating any classes in statistics in their curriculums. See for examplethe excerpts from the rubrics created for the Criterion 3b by two programs, in the Table 1a and 1b.Neither of the programs makes any mention about education in statistics. The engineering educatorswho prepared these rubrics seem to miss the point: engineers need training in statistics to be able toplan efficient experiments, analyze data and interpret results.The result is, nearly 85% of graduates from a typical college of engineering (of course, with a fewexceptions) are not trained in statistics. Table 1a: Example 1 of a rubric created to evaluate student accomplishment against Criterion 3b Outcome

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

options such as EngineeringTechnology are open to them. Due to its straightforward conceptual basis, amenability to visualdemonstrations, accessibility of the prototyping technology to students, and its impressiveapplications in the biomedical area, micro-fluidics offers an excellent means for attractingstudents to science and engineering 1-7.Micro-fluidics has become an important commercial technology and engineering discipline in itsown right, with extensive applications in biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, materials science,nanotechnology, and energy conversion. Micro-fluidics also provides an outstanding vehicle toeducate and expose students to engineering subjects that are hallmarks of EngineeringTechnology curricula. Further, the

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Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darshita N. Shah, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Jennifer E French, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Janet Rankin, The Teaching & Learning Lab - MIT; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary themes, we used a “backward design”1process beginning with what instructors from the foundational courses in engineering (i.e.,chemistry, physics, mathematics) identified as their intended learning outcomes. From our ownbackground in STEM teaching and learning, we then isolated the pivotal concepts and criticalskills that supported these learning outcomes. We refined our list of those concepts and skillsthrough a literature search on student misconceptions and integrated curricula. In the end, aconcept or skill was identified as pivotal when it satisfied one of two criteria: (1) it was multidisciplinary; or (2) it was prerequisite for multiple concepts that would be taught in upper-level courses.By sorting the pivotal concepts and