Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Mei Song, Tamkang University; Shang-Hsien Hsieh, National Taiwan University; Shih-Yao Lai, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

international student with no proficiency in the primary language ofinstruction, and more students from the graduate level. The proportions of female studentsthroughout the three years are about the same.Method Qualitative research seeks to derive meanings and insights from unstructured data.During the process of analysis, researchers examine raw data sentence-by-sentence andassign nodes to each data unit according to the nature of the content. Nodes with similarnatures are subsequently grouped together in order to formulate concepts and then categories,which may serve as the basis of new theory.1 The data for this paper were derived from transcripts of all the collective meetings anddiscussions among the teachers throughout the three years. In

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

thinking, problemsolving, and critical thinking.7MethodsResearch DesignThis study involved twenty-five students from one class, adopting pre-tests, mid-tests andpost-tests in a single-sample experimental design. The research instruments, analyticalmethods and administration times are listed in Table 1. The independent variable wasinstructional strategy with two multidisciplinary PBL projects: an Underpass Flooding project(Project 1; P1) adopting a competitive approach to PBL and a Floating Garden project (Project2; P2) emphasizing interdependence and collaboration. Both projects addressed real-worldand local problems occurring in very close proximity to the living environment of the students.Projects were completed in teams for both PBL approaches

Conference Session

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas G. Westfall, Virginia Tech; James Edward Taylor; Serena Lise Emanuel, Virginia Tech; Mathew Verghese, Virginia Tech; Nick Falls, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, he was a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering.Thomas G. Westfall, Virginia Tech I am an environmental engineering graduate student researching water quality issues in urban streams and rivers. I am specifically interested in developing methods using real-time environmental data for stakeholders in the urban community.Mr. James Edward TaylorMs. Serena Lise Emanuel, Virginia Tech Ms. Serena Lise Emanuel is a Biological Systems Engineering student in her third year at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Focusing on watershed management and protection, she has explored water resources in Hangzhou, China and Dublin, Ireland through

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Li, Tsinghua University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

sense.”Requirements of Continuous ImprovementWhen asked “External quality assurance is important at Purdue for what purposes orobjectives? Why it is important for these things?” respondents all identify the importance andlegality of ABET in promoting the quality assurance in engineering education within collegesand universities. The interviewees all recognized the importance of program accreditation byarticulating “it is a reasonably good job which particularly takes our graduate criteria,” “it isimportant process which is reasonable for university like Purdue to go back to check with theuniversity to make sure the thing that they should be doing,” “ABET accreditation is veryimportant that they want to assure that program that the students

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); L. Franklin Bost, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph R. Cavallaro, Rice University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University; Sonya M. Dennis, Morehouse College; Yingfei Dong, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University; Afroditi V. Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; David Garmire, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Jay George; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail S. Hohner, University of Michigan; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Amos Johnson, Morehouse College; Charles Kim, Howard University; Hale Kim, INHA University; Robert H. Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kevin James Lybarger, University of Washington; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Subra Muralidharan, University of California, Davis; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Francisco Raul Ortega, Florida International University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; David M. Rizzo; Candace Renee Ryder, Colorado State Univerisity; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Seyed Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Gary L. Woods, Rice University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brian C. Fabien, University of Washington; Phiilp Johnson, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Robert Collins, Univesrity of Strathclyde at Georgia Tech; Paul Murray

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Center which promote innovation and entrepreneurship among engineering students and in collaborations with other colleges on campus and partnering with other institutions across the country.Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current