Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

and technology education.Pilot RunCourse DescriptionThe syllabus of the pilot course was centered on standard critical-thinking material. Thesetypically include cognitive science and psychology6, logic, epistemology, and philosophy ofscience. In addition, key concepts in Statistics7, experiment design, history of medicine, andcomputational techniques from machine learning and decision making were incorporated toforge connections to the students’ technical majors. These were, in turn, linked to the humanitiescontent through several means, including prompted written and oral inquiry into connections andparallels between contemporary and historical issues and their representation, the use of a6 Such as content from [19–25

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

being listed initially as special topicscourses for upper class engineers of all disciplines, with a recommended syllabus of basic skillsand concepts that can be tailored to the local curriculum. This will be paired with an annualwicked problem that is chosen by the larger community and shared by all schools. The samelarger community will provide professional expertise in relevant disciplines via online Page 24.1257.18courseware and mentoring throughout the semester. ESW has a history of operating courses atthe local level, and already operates a distributed community that the instances of this course canparticipate in.Improving engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Jablokow is the architect of a unique 4-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Dr. Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park