Conference Session

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

brought in and disassembled hand-held electronic devices. In their design groups,students identified best practices for integrating the PCB with the package, in terms of mountingthe PCB, attaching the batteries, and designing/placing switches and controls. At the end of theexercise, groups gave brief presentations to share their findings with the class.Module administration also changed as needs and weaknesses were identified. The gradingrubric for ECE 483 was changed in 2013 because the instructor perceived that the original rubriccontained too much detail. This led students to work towards checking items off the list ratherthan mastering skills through quality work. Also in 2013, students in both programs wererequired to develop a user’s manual

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

capacity of transmission lines, six- sigma, Design for Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, QFD, Statistics, project management, consulting, and holding workshops on team building, leadership, and creativity and innovation. Presently teaching en- gineering design methods, and coordinating/ co supervising, and instructing senor design classes and projects.Dr. Okenwa I Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State UniversitySungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dr. Jung joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in August 2008, after working at Caterpillar Champaign Simulation Center as a staff engineer for two and half years. Dr. Jung’s research interests

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

and construction of a CubeSat to be launched in 2015. Her other areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques, software defined radio, and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California. Page 24.343.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 CubeSat: A Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectAbstractEngineering and computer science programs often require a culminating senior design project.Several of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditationoutcomes are best

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

graduates need a broaderperspective of the role they and their activities play in the world at large.In addition to the practical purpose of strengthening our graduates’ engineering careers, theliterature also has much to say about the role of engineers in society, and the societal value ofHSS in preparing engineering graduates (who may function as engineers, managers,entrepreneurs, lawmakers, etc.) for that role. “The liberal arts help equip us for citizenship,”states Unfinished Design [2, p. 7]. “They can sharpen our critical powers and help us examineour preconceptions.” (Ibid.) Arms writes about “the development of the student as a person” [4,p. 141], and emphasizes Drexel’s E4 program’s selection of “[m]eritorious texts … to

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

PhD in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology. Arthur is a recipient of the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and has served as a faculty in the Chemical Engineering Summer School. Arthur is actively involved in engineering education research with particular emphasis on teaching engineering to non-engineers, and including industry practices in university education. Arthur is a member of American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Igor Kourkine Page 24.103.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014A Sequence

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Feng Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wen-hao Zeng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shijiao Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charles Drexler; Chong Wang; Hongrui Zhang, Georgia institute of Technology; Roger Jianinx Jiao, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Jariwala has more than nine years of research experi- ence in modeling, simulation, engineering design, and manufacturing process development, with research focus on design of polymer based micro additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a participant of the innovative TI:GER R program (funded by NSF:IGERT), which prepares students to commercialize high impact scientific research results. Dr. Jariwala has participated and led several research projects from funded by NSF, the State of Georgia and Industry sponsors. At Georgia Tech, he is responsible for enhancing corporate support for design courses, managing design and fabrica- tion/prototyping facilities, coordinating the design competitions

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

combat in war,drilling temperatures using a green lubricant, and wind speed.In the junior level courses, students take more courses in their selected specialty. Exercises andprojects in sustainability reinforce the multidisciplinary nature of engineering. The engineeringeconomics course examines the economics of recycling, a course on production planningdesigned a factory for fuel cells, a team of students did research on the design of a MaterialsRecycling Facility for our city, and a course on simulation has homework involving the design ofa faculty to reduce energy use. These projects and exercises remind students that success inengineering requires the use of many engineering disciplines and the integration of engineeringknowledge with

Conference Session

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 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

strategy currently employed for addressing assessment and eventualABET accreditation of the program. Each of these aspects is a great challenge for any newprogram, but due to the complexity and the interdepartmental multidisciplinary requirements of arobotics engineering program great care and effort was made to assure that the foundationalaspects of the program such as projects, research, and student learning were all complementaryto current and future success of the program. The author also discusses innovative approachesused in teaching within this program. The perspectives and impact of multidisciplinary designs,approaches, and experiences of the robotics engineering degree program on constituentsincluding students, faculty, administration

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

are but tools to assist our reflection. The engineering profession is empowered as wellas constrained by a number of firmly held assumptions.17 Liberal education should strive to helpstudents re-imagine engineers’ roles in society by reflecting on the most powerful andconstraining assumptions.Knowledge is meaningful only within particular contexts. This lesson applies to not onlyengineering but also history, literature, music, and any other field of study. Understanding thecontextual nature of knowledge will help students assess engineering knowledge morecomprehensively and practice engineering in ways more sensitive to local and global contexts.AcknowledgementsThis research is partly supported by Philip L. Alger Fellowship for graduate study

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

to how the rehearsal process begins. In professional practice, the table read is anopportunity for the actors to begin to explore their characters and for the designers and directorto share their initial ideas. As such, it gives us a forum in which to discuss the responsibilities ofeach theatrical position, helping students to later choose their role for the final sceneperformance (one of actor, designer, director). The table read also serves the purpose to explorecritical analysis and its application within theatrical practice: the need to make use of extra-textual resources (e.g., historical research) to deepen the interpretation of the play; howindividual words, lines and scenes contribute to the construction of character, theme and story

Conference Session

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

the purpose he envisioned; that the collection be used as aneducational tool through which viewers would gain a better understanding of past ways of works,industrial and engineering principles, and over 400 years of human achievement.As a result of his connection with MSOE and admiration for the school and its programs, Dr.Grohmann ultimately decided that it was the best venue for fully exploring the potential of his artcollection. So, in 2001, he made the initial gift of nearly 500 works to the school with the initialplan being to display the works on campus while researching individual works, artists, andsubject matter. In making this gift, the ultimate goal was to establish a venue that would be apermanent home for the housing, care, and

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

workers2. At the same time, it isrecognized that nanotechnology is still a developing field and nanotechnology R&D is expectedto accelerate throughout the decade3. Patents and scientific papers on nanotechnology topicsquadrupled in the last decade, and this growth has accelerated in the past couple of years4. All ofthese trends point to a need to train nanoscience researchers and scientists to continue the growthin this field and meet the nanotechnology vision for 2020 set forth by NSF3.Along with continuous advances in nanoscience and technology, educators have developeddifferent courses and programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels to attract the best andbrightest students to the field and help creation of a new work-force. Wansom

Conference Session

Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #9583Nature/Society: Situating student learning outcomes in a first-year Sustain-ability Studies courseMr. James E Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute James Wilcox is a doctoral student in Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his dissertation project investigates the practices and politics of energy policy interventions. From 2011 to 2013 he was the Program Coordinator for Vasudha, an Undergraduate Living & Learning Com- munity dedicated to sustainability at RPI. Prior to coming to RPI, he served as an Education & Outreach Fellow in the Office of

Conference Session

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

, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with the necessary skill-set ofnew students, recruited by existing project team leaders to fill positions that becomeavailable as students graduate or as the project progresses. While effectively matching theinterest of upcoming students with project needs, the competitive approach also shiftsresponsibility for selections more fully to both student leaders and recruits, who live andwork with these choices. Beyond its immediate practical value, the competitive processexposes students to some dynamics of a real job search, better preparing them for their post-graduation career job search. It also provides an opportunity for students to practice at leastthree of the ABET Student Outcomes: functioning on interdisciplinary engineering teams(d