Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A Zachary Trimble, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; David Garmire, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sameproject over multiple years and with a familiar group of students. One of the challenges inrunning a VIP team is the multidisciplinary aspect. This paper discusses the challenges associatedwith transitioning traditionally discipline-siloed projects to multidisciplinary projects using VIPas the catalyst. Said another way, we describe the ongoing lessons learned of changing themindset of students (and faculty) from “you’re electrical engineering, I’m mechanicalengineering” to “we’re engineering”.In Fall 2015, the VIP Program at the University of Hawai‘i consisted of six VIP teams: threecomposed primarily of EE students, one composed of ME students, and two with a mix ofengineering students. The latter two teams are used as case studies to test our