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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, electrical and controls design, and the vital role of information in managing an efficient and comfortable environment.ObjectivesOur objective is to design the mechanical systems for an 18,000 square foot commercial building and toutilize integration approaches to achieve minimum energy waste, as well as maximum human comfortsatisfaction. This is a new building with the majority of the building being finished space, while a smallportion on the second floor, the west side of the building roughly spanning 2840 square feet is to beleased or used at a future date. The building is designed for the location, Laramie, Wyoming. The ownerof the building requires that the building needs to be heated to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and cooled to

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Cross- Subject Engineering ChallengesAbstractMultidisciplinary engineering design is difficult in the undergraduate years. It is particularlyso in the early Freshman and Sophomore years, since the students have not enrolled in abreadth of subjects. Multidisciplinary problems are often left to latter years, thereby leavingthe students with an incomplete picture of how course subject matters relate and fit in alarger view of engineering and design. A novel approach to multi-disciplinary engineeringeducation was instituted in the Freshman and Sophomore years at the Singapore Universityof Technology and Design

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

theNational Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges and exploring ways to integrate thechallenges into coursework. Unlike Borrego and Newswander’s findings where typical cross-disciplinary collaborators often seek-out experts in another field with a specific purpose of a pre-conceived idea, this collaboration began more “by chance.” As Kirkpatrick stated, “A group had been developed in previous years with an interest in the grand challenges. I was jealous, the grand challenges sound cool and I want to do them. So I walked over to that group. I was slightly surprised to find the group being represented by Humanities and Social Sciences faculty (but not too much-- I had friends who had degrees in English that could turn a wrench far better

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

becontroversial. We learned that we experience very little push back from students. Presentingsustainability in the context of the engineering profession lends it credibility. For example, thesustainability focus in the NAE Grand Engineering Challenges certainly shows that sustainabilityis now mainstream engineering. Without calling attention to sustainability, we incorporateapplications of sustainability in a way that conveys to our students that sustainability is obviouslyand without controversy part of engineering.Sustainability is just one way to achieve multidisciplinarity in engineering and we use otherthemes as well. We use design as an integrating idea in our curriculum, building up students’ability to do design. We stress community engagement as

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Marietta Energy Systems, and later GE Superabrasives. Cindy is active in assessment and accreditation activities at MSOE and has been exploring ways to include on-line education in her classes.Mr. James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Director and Curator, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Adjunct Professor, Visual Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 24.784.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of Art and Engineering: Creating Connections between Engineering Curricula and an Art

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Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marla Constanza Barrera Botero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Oscar G. Duarte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carolina Sarmiento, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Angélica Rosmery Ghisays, universidad nacional de Colombia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

knowledge have been the basis to build the sets of Knowledge and Skills andgenerate the frame to get both individual and ideal profiles. Additionally, these sources are beingused in a larger project whose objective is to represent the Electrical Engineering curriculum ofUniversidad Nacional de Colombia through ontologies.The three sources of knowledge are: • The Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO) Syllabus. • Technical knowledge. • Electrical Engineering curriculum of Universidad Nacional de Colombia.CDIOCDIO is an initiative from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities,whose goal is to integrate technical knowledge with some expected characteristics that a studentshould possess when he or she

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Felse, Northwestern University; Igor Kourkine

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Department of Defense. A number of state governments, universities, non-profitorganizations, and for-profit institutions have also played an important role in enablingtechnology commercialization by offering guidance and assistance to entrepreneurs2. Theseefforts have helped many new technologies to come to fruition, including life-saving drugs andmedical devices, consumer products, communication devices, clean energy, and safe foodproducts3.In order to succeed, technology commercialization must involve properly trained scientists andengineers not only at the birth of a technology but also during the subsequent phases of itscommercialization. The importance of incorporating elements of entrepreneurship andtechnology commercialization in engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Kamal E. Amin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Sungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Robert A. Van Engelen, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #9523Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in aCapstone Senior Design Course: Experience Gained and Future PlansDr. Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dr. Michael P. Frank has been coordinating the involvement of Electrical and Computer Engineering stu- dents in the Senior Design program at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering since 2011. He previously advised several individual senior design teams as an assistant professor in the ECE department during the period 2004-2007. Prior to that, he coached several industry-sponsored multidisciplinary senior design teams in

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

as well as in academic writing, and a critical inquiry class taught by theHSA faculty. The critical inquiry class has multiple sessions taught by different instructors. Eachsession focuses on a topic that is related to the instructor’s specialty, yet all the sessions have acommon component: for the first few weeks, students and instructors engage in a discussion ofthe meaning of liberal arts education and its implications for HMC. In addition to completing theCommon Core, every student at HMC is required to take at least ten courses in HSA, with atleast four courses in an area of concentration. The engineering curriculum at HMC consists ofthree stems: design, engineering sciences, and system. The design stem includes three

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Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Motahareh Tina Alaei, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ryan Lynch

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #10156Design of a Power Substation: Technical Learning in the Context of an Industry-Sponsored ProjectDr. Mohammad Habibi, Minnesota State University, Mankato Mohammad Habibi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MnSU). Prior to coming to MnSU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010. His primary research interests are in the field of signal processing, dielectric spectroscopy and sensors. Specifically, he is

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

that makes a good point), or as a form of entertainment, as manymusic courses, for example, may be viewed as by students and by engineering faculty. On thecontrary, HSS must be “integrated in the curriculum as branches with all the weight that othersubjects have” (Ibid.). The justification for this claim is that although it is “possible to profitfrom technology without understanding anything about it [just as] it is quite possible to live a lifewithout any real understanding” (Ibid.), and while we can survive as human beings in either case,the former is not a characteristic acceptable in an engineer, just as the latter is not a characteristicof an educated human being. The key point here, stated more explicitly in a number of otherarticles

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ethics of, ASCE2, ASME3, and NSPE4. The authors have investigated the use ofsustainability concepts of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteriaand have applied principles to several undergraduate research projects and in coursework. LEEDis an optional sustainability guideline in private construction and is mandated or encouraged bymany federal, state, and local governments for public construction projects. Learning aboutsustainability will help engineers understand how their creations will interact with and operate ina more complementary manner with the natural world as well as to reduce water, energy, andmaterial usage.Sustainability has been implemented in the engineering curriculum, particularly in courses suchas

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students in STEM through systems thinking, engineering design, and engineering science.Dr. Eric C Pappas, James Madison University Eric Pappas is an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University.Ms. Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison UniversityMr. Matthew Swain, James Madison University Matthew Swain is a second-year PhD student in the Assessment and Measurement program at James Madison University. He serves as a Doctoral Assistant in the Center for Assessment and Research Studies where he assists in coordinating two university-wide assessment days to collect General Education and Student Affairs assessment data. His research interests include student motivation

Conference Session

Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

on how effectively they havecommunicated their ideas or not, particularly when an EWB-RHIT member has to ask forclarification. Furthermore, EWB-RHIT members frequently ask the technical communicationstudents how they would persuade the community of Gomoa Gyaman of their ideas to whichthere may be some resistance, reminding them that communication is an integral part ofengineering. As part of our presentation at ASEE 2014, we will share the assignments,evaluations, and other materials that have been produced through this approach. Approach 4--Grand Challenges After-School ProjectLike the Engineers Without Borders Project, the Grand Challenges After-School Project ensuresthat students see their communication work in a real world context. The

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Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cassandra Gribbins, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Ian T. Ferguson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

growth infeelings or emotional areas; and psychomotor, associated with manual or physical. A traditional © American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 2014 ASEE Annual Conferenceacademic education focuses on the cognitive and in Bloom’s taxonomy this has an additionalhierarchical substructure that moves through knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,synthesis, and evaluation. Other educational taxonomies such as SOLO (Structure of ObservedLearning Outcome) have also been proposed and investigated24. This taxonomy proposes thatlearning complex material such as that often seen in engineering disciplines needs to be brokendown into less complex tasks and later integrated to

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

isequivalent to one 50 minute lecture period or a 30 minute lab) shared between all complementarystudies. Our accreditation board acknowledges the need for interpretation and judgement whiledistributing these units across the range of topics covered by this category, noting: While considerable latitude is provided in the choice of suitable content for the complementary studies component of the curriculum, some areas of study are essential in the education of an engineer. Accordingly, the curriculum must include studies in the following: a. Engineering economics b. The impact of technology on society c. Subject matter that deals with central issues, methodologies, and thought

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti; John Muth; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

integrated into the existing curricula in differentengineering departments.The committee identified the objectives of the minor program as follows: • To train undergraduate students in the fundamentals of nano-scale materials, devices, and systems for a broad variety of applications. • To create a multidisciplinary program that combines courses from a variety of engineering disciplines, and is accessible to students from all engineering backgrounds. • To encourage students and prepare them to pursue graduate degrees in nanoscience and technology. • To prepare undergraduate students for the global workforce by combining technical training with diversity awareness, engineering ethics, and an understanding of

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Magana, A. J., Brophy, S. P., & Bryan, L. A. (2012). An Integrated Knowledge Framework to Characterize and Scaffold Size and Scale Cognition (FS2C). International Journal of Science Education, 34, 2181-2203.15. Gagne, R. (1987). Instructional technology: Foundations. Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associations.16. Moore, T. J., & Hjalmarson, M. A. (2010). Developing measures of roughness: Problem solving as a method to document student thinking in engineering. Journal of Engineeirng Education, 26(4), 820-830.17. Klimeck, G., McLennan, M., Brophy, S. P., Adams, G. B., & Lundstrom, M. S. (2008). nanohub. org: Advancing education and research in nanotechnology. Computing in Science & Engineering, 10, 17-23.18

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Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

college of engineering to develop and lead the program. Faculty from mechanicalengineering, electrical and computer engineering and computer science departments, however,each extensively contributed to development of the program curriculum. Faculty from thesedepartments now also teach required specific courses from within their own respectivedepartments as well as the new integrated core-courses required for this engineering degree. TheBS in Robotics Engineering at Lawrence Tech is one of three known such degrees in the UnitedStates, the other two being Worchester Polytechnic Institute, the first to offer a BS in RoboticsEngineering, and University of California Santa Cruse, that also initiated a BS in RoboticsEngineering degree in the fall of

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Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Existing programs are often uniquelydesigned for their host institutions and may be difficult to adapt and replicate. In aiding manyschools in overcoming these barriers, several options exist. For example, entirely digital coursesor regional collaborations with co-taught components are possible.Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a national network built upon relatively autonomousindividual chapters. Because of this, we chose to focus our responses on a hybrid of physicalclasses that are asynchronously connected to shared curriculum content, community, andprofessional expertise. An asynchronous approach allows greater scale by avoiding the need toschedule several classes simultaneously. Our overall response is titled the Wicked Problems

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Ana Rita Queiroz Ferraz, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana; Cristina Voigt Coutinho, Voigt Brasil Recursos Humanos

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interconnections of mechatronic engineeringinto consideration. The necessary background to the demands of each semester was not provided,and so there was merely an interdisciplinary bias to the projects developed at this stage.Examples included a mini sailing boat and a lyophilization machine. Despite promotingteamwork, planning and construction, these new projects did not add conceptual componentsrelated to mechatronics.In 2005 the original team resumed the project, seeking to return to the guidelines used at thebeginning of the course, but in a new situation: the curriculum had been changed and a disciplinenamed “interdisciplinary work” had been introduced. This was an attempt to insert the concept ofinterdisciplinarity into a disciplinary model, i.e

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Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Brian Thomas, Trine University; Andrea Mitofsky, Trine University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; John Eiler

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary teams during their senior capstone courses. The design module wasintroduced in the fall 2011 semester, and was repeated in fall 2012 and fall 2013. Anassessment, conducted with current and former participants in fall 2013, demonstrates theefficacy of the project.1. INTRODUCTION.The engineering education community has embraced the concept of multidisciplinary designover the past two decades 1-3. This movement reflects a renewed emphasis on design in theengineering curriculum, particularly at the freshman (cornerstone) and senior (capstone) levels 4.The benefit of training engineers to work in multidisciplinary teams is self-evident whenconsidering the integration of mechanical design, electronics, software, human factors andergonomics, and

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Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

student sustainability knowledge. By applying the taxonomy to studentsustainability definitions constructed by a cohort of seniors enrolled in a CEE capstone designcourse at Georgia Tech, the following conclusions were reached.1. A majority of students demonstrated a uni-structural or multi-structural understanding of sustainability, which suggests that additional integration of sustainability into the curriculum may aid students in developing more expert-like knowledge.2. Students in CEE most captured aspects of environmental sustainability and intergenerational equity in their sustainability definitions, which is similar to other engineering and non- engineering students.3. The SOLO taxonomy, when used with an a priori coding scheme, is

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

sports projectiles. She is the co-author of an innovative textbook integrating solid and fluid mechanics for undergraduates.Dr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is Chair of the Engineering Studies Program and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infras- tructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, and Lafayette’s introductory first year engineering course. Dr. Sanford Bernhardt serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers

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Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #9669A Multidisciplinary MOOC on Creativity, Innovation, and Change: Encour-aging Experimentation and Experiential Learning on a Grand ScaleDr. Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Kathryn Jablokow is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Design at Penn State University. A graduate of Ohio State University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering), Dr. Jablokow’s teaching and research interests include problem solving, invention, and creativity in science and engineer- ing, as well as robotics and computational dynamics. In addition to her membership in ASEE, she is a Senior

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

CSUN multidisciplinary senior design project in which engineering(computer, electrical, and mechanical) students teamed with computer science students to designand build a CubeSat capable of being launched and carrying out a research experiment. Therange of tasks required to complete this project make it ideal for a team from multiple Page 24.343.2departments.Since the uniqueness of the mission requires custom software, rather than an integration ofexisting software with an operating system and since previous papers have concentrated onprojects across engineering disciplines, this paper will focus on the computer science aspect ofthe CubeSat

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Computer Science also participate voluntarily in the seniorengineering project under the leadership of the faculty and engineering students. For example, anundergraduate mathematician developed and calibrated Monte Carlo simulations of free-molecular aerodynamics to determine drag effects in ELEO orbits. An example of non-technicalinvolvement is business students who organized events to promote campus awareness of ELEO-Sat. Moreover, the senior capstone course involves local high school students considering STEMcareers through outreach programming including participation in high altitude balloon projects.Similarly, the project provides outreach opportunities to local elementary schools, using spacescience curriculums developed by Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne W. Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute; Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Samuel N. Cubero Jr., The Petroleum Institute; Khalid Abdalla Alhammadi, The Petroleum Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, project management,interpersonal skills, leadership, marketing skills, and life-long learning skills. While teamworkhas long been considered an integral part of a design program, not all universities, includingours, offer multidisciplinary courses or courses that expose students to “concurrent design work”methodology.1 The practice of these more recently recognized methodologies trains students toperform parallel and integrated tasks in the design process and to practice importantinterpersonal communication with colleagues in other disciplines.The second-year multidisciplinary engineering design course described in this paper broughtmultidisciplinary design education back to a The Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi, UAE.Although the original model

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Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College; Donald George Pratt, Messiah College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with projectsadministered by the Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research. TheCollaboratory, or Collab for short, is an interdisciplinary organization established by theengineering department at Messiah College in 2000. The Collab seeks to involve students andfaculty in service-oriented projects that encourage them to bring their talents and abilities tobear on real-world problems involving clients from around the globe.9 Not surprisingly, theunderlying purpose of the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) and the mission of the Collabare very similar, as they both originated from people in the same department. While the two areclosely intertwined, some significant differences exist. Student participation in the Collab

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sarvagya Vaish, Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology ; David W. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teams. In order to assist withresolving these issues, an online portal was developed to support the implementation of multidisciplinary CapstoneDesign projects. Faculty and student feedback was solicited in order to conceptualize and develop the website tosupport the entire process of student team formation, sharing of multidisciplinary project ideas across schools andmaking student-team assignments. This paper presents the design of this web portal along with a discussion on thescope for further improvement.KeywordsMultidisciplinary, capstone design, senior design, online portalIntroductionCapstone Design Course is offered as a project based culminating course in many undergraduateengineering programs. It is an integrative course where senior