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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University; Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University

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Education, Professional Development, and OutreachAbstractAn undergraduate Nanotechnology Fellows Program was established to addresses key problemsin implementing nanotechnology education: (1) science and engineering curricula are alreadyfull; (2) practical, hands-on experiences require extensive training on complex, expensiveequipment; and (3) necessary fundamental concepts and knowledge span multiple disciplines andare rarely taught at the undergraduate level. This work reports on the program evolution over thecourse of three years as well as the short- and long-term impacts on students’ academic andprofessional careers. The evaluation results from the first year indicated the most profoundimpact came from integrating the interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Edward Niemi, Tulsa Community College

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Science and Mathematics, Engineering, and Technical EducationAbstractSTEM students face general education requirements in humanities as a part of theirdegree programs. Many students believe these courses are of little value to theireducation and career goals. Policy discussions at all levels of government has politicizedhistory education. History curriculum focusing on societal and political developmentsseems obscure to the high school or undergraduate STEM student. STEMstory focuses onengaging STEM students by examining history general education courses through thelens of history of technology. The study proposes curriculum for a U.S. history surveycourse focusing on progress in science and technology incorporating best practices

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia; Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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crucial to a successful career inengineering, many students, perceiving these skills as “non-technical”, attach relatively littleimportance to their development. This paper provides a brief overview of the nature and logisticsof the partnership between technical (engineering) and language content in Vantage College, andexamines the motivation of international engineering students in these courses to developtechnical communication skills and their perception of the importance of these skills for boththeir engineering studies and subsequent career. Based on the student responses collected, thelanguage enrichment activities that were deemed most useful and valuable by students areidentified, and their tangible benefits in terms of student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Lee Ann Jerome Clements, Jacksonville University; Cindy Leong; Misha M. Chalkley; Crandall Maines, Jacksonville University

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that emphasizes student discovery. Scholars are selectedannually based on academic ability and financial need. Faculty mentoring, tutoring, peer studygroups, college survival skills training, career development, and undergraduate researchexperiences are all tools to help the scholars. Some MEP Scholars are actively participating inthe following research projects: 1) Design and Development of an e-Health System, 2) Designand Development of an Electronic Health Records program, 3) Study of the Field Effect onCharge Transport through Conductive Polymers Injected in Vascular Channels of AngiospermLeaves, and 4) A 3D-printed desk organizer. In this paper, MEP Scholars briefly present theirprojects and share their thoughts and reflections about the

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack Bergquist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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earthquake damageimages, coding and testing the machine-learning algorithm, to writing papers for and presentingat conferences. In addition, the unique nature of this project exposes students to a field andpossible career path they may not have encountered in their typical course of study. The authorsprovide a comprehensive discussion of the results of faculty and student surveys/ interviews andconclude by highlighting some of the greatest benefits of the multidisciplinary project. They alsopoint out lessons learned engaging in a project with a large scope, diverse experts (who havelimited knowledge of the partnering disciplines), and a number of undergraduate students whobegan as novices in their respective research area.Introduction:The

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Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Kamali, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Julie Clingo, Utah Valley University; Marty J Clayton, Digital Media; Cody Anderson

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featured in a national publication. Even back in the early 1980’s his interests in computers and graphics was strong. Quickly in his career, he turned his focus on CAD production drawings on the computer and built a computer division and set standards at the Myers/Schmallenberger Design firm in Columbus, Ohio. In the Early 1990’s, Marty started up his own consulting company doing visualizations and animation for companies in the design industry. Some of his clients included: Rubbermaid, Christian Broadcasting Network, Frigidaire, Hobart Ware-washing Division, Character Builders, and American Greetings. The highlight to his consultant career was working on the 1996 movie ”Space Jam” and had 10 seconds of animation

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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. Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University Robert Scott Pierce is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina Univer- sity. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993. Prior to his teaching career, he spent 14 years in industry designing automated equipment.Prof. Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University Dr. Kaul is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Carolina University. His re- search interests include Fracture Diagnostics, Structural Dynamics and Control, and Motorcycle Dynam- ics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Promoting Innovation in a Junior-Level, Multidisciplinary

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Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University; JoAnn S. Lighty, Boise State University

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14% Construction Management 15% 3 Business 11% Accountancy Finance 14% 4 Games, Interactive Media, 10% Health/Medical 6% and Mobile 5 Education 9% Games, Interactive Media 5% and MobileConnecting Fate Data with Initial PathwaysAbove we discussed the pathways that we are developing to share with students. The pre-medical pathway, for example, will demonstrate to the 18% of women and 6% of men who leavethat they can remain in engineering and prepare for medical graduate work or careers. Similarly,the education pathway will address those who are departing our

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette "Peko" Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava "Babi" Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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needs. • We should help our students to prepare themselves to be makers, discoverers or along this spectrum, and we should teach engineering fundamentals as a foundation for careers both in research and in practice. • We should build our education around the way our students best learn, engaging them in their learning, and implementing pilots to understand the desirable balance of classroom, project and digital education. • In view of the speed of scientific and technological development, we should teach students the NEET Ways of Thinking, how to think, and how to learn more effectively by themselves.We should be prepared to embark on a bold change, with widespread impact at MIT andpotentially

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Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Craig B. Putnam, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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. However, as aninherently interdisciplinary activity, no single discipline provides the breadth demanded byrobotics in the future. Truly smart robots rely on information processing, decision systems andartificial intelligence (computer science), sensors, computing platforms, and communications(electrical engineering) and actuators, linkages, and mechatronics (mechanical engineering).Thus, a broad technical education is needed. In effect, robotics engineers must use systemsthinking, even early in their careers. Given the above motivations for a robotics degree, a teamof WPI faculty members from the departments of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer1 No precise and widely-agreed upon definitions exist for either Mechatronics or Robotics. We

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Engineering in a Societal Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Sievers, US Air Force Academy; Melissa Stewart Beauregard, United States Air Force Academy; James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Adam M Strecker P.E.; Kimberly Kays, United States Air Force Academy; John A. Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy

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international policy have resulted in environmental sustainabilityemerging as a rapidly growing education objective. This is especially true in those fields relatedto STEM and at the post-secondary level. ABET, the accreditation board for engineering andtechnology programs, identifies sustainability as a realistic design constraint to be implementedinto undergraduate engineering curricula, and specifically requires sustainability to be covered inarchitectural, civil, and environmental engineering programs. However, an understanding ofsustainability and how and when decisions related to sustainable practices are made transcendsSTEM careers. Therefore, education in sustainability should reach all academic majors. Forexample, at the United States Air

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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companies. While students develop and apply skills from their disciplines, they also develop and apply professional skills that are important to team functioning and will be of great value to them in their future careers. 6. Multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged but not required. Multi-disciplinary teams are a hallmark of VIP programs, giving faculty access to the variety of disciplines and skill sets needed for projects to succeed. A new VIP site may initially be limited in disciplinary scope by departmental or curricular rules, but examples of successful multidisciplinary projects elsewhere in the Consortium can help overcome these barriers. 7. Dedicated classroom and

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Engineering in a Societal Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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number of experimental pedagogical interventions toteach the kinds of teamwork that could become interdisciplinary, involving writing and dramaticperformance [12], research experience [13], and workshops on crucial team work skills [14].Thecourse we describe here is part of a robust movement in the field that seeks to help preparestudents for their careers as holistic engineers, with interest in the socio-technical context of theirknowledge.MethodsStudent PopulationDr. Gordon Hoople, an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department of Universityof San Diego’s Shiley Marcos School of Engineering partnered with Dr. Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,an Assistant Professor in the Kroc School of Peace Studies and an Associate Professor at

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Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University; Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University

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there is little deep interdisciplinary work or considerations. Thismay be due to the lack of communication between professors from different departments andlack of students taking courses outside of their department.” Student Band:One faculty proffered a practical issue, which should be explored further, by acknowledgingthat “… better solutions are made in multidisciplinary teams in real life, however, studentsmay learn slower when surrounded by students from different disciplines.” Faculty EStudents who volunteered to join in multidisciplinary projects were motivated to do sobecause:“Applicability/ employability/ research potential.” Student Dand:“Learning new skills that I might use in my future career.” Student EOther students

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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fixate the project as soon as possible.Students also reported in the survey how, even though coordinating and understanding otherdisciplines' priorities was challenging, it still provided them a real-life experience of what theywould encounter in their careers. It was very interesting to monitor the evolution of the mutualperceptions of their roles during the project with students either gaining a better understanding ofeach other’s roles and priorities, or even of their own roles on the project. With the increasing useof integrated PDMs in the industry, this module presents a valuable platform for students fromdifferent

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University; Courtney Lavadia, Texas A&M University; Douglas Allaire, Texas A&M University; Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arróyave, Texas A&M University

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asuccessful interdisciplinary program.To provide a collaborative learning platform and break down disciplinary barriers, during thetraining process, students are required to participate in a learning community, writingcommunity, coffee talks and seminar series also designed to enhance professional and technicalskills (see Table 1). Students are mentored through the use of an Individual Development Plan(IDP), which facilitates student self-reflection, goal setting, and career planning supported byannual discussions of the student and advisor [2, 3].Table 1. Desired Skills. Professional Skills Technical Skills TS1 Application of core knowledge to

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Paul Keenlance, Grand Valley State University

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. Improve your oral and written communication skills for use throughout your engineering career. 3. Create a technical design proposal that satisfies the project sponsor needs. 4. Learn the role of engineering management skills and their applications in a structured design process. 5. Experience the life cycle of a typical design and build project in a structured interdisciplinary team environment.SLO #1 is met through the fact that these projects require implementation of the latesttechnology to be realized, with challenges on both the mechanical and electrical sides.While the projects are not industry-sponsored, the client (in this case, the NRMdepartment) mimics this role for the students, and there is no

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University; Randi Shedlosky-Shoemaker, York College of Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University

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-school girls in computer programming. Will has been an active member of ASEE throughout his professional career, serving as an officer in his local section from 2002-2007 (Chair in 2005) and attending and publishing at national and sectional conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Effects of Service-Learning Projects on Capstone Student MotivationAbstractMany engineering programs incorporate project-based, service learning into traditional classesand capstone experience. These projects focus on service-related challenges that impact the local,national, or international community and could be described as “humanitarian” or “for thegreater good”. While these projects have shown

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Cecilia Santa Cruz, PUCP; Graciela del Carmen Fernández de Córdova, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Marta Vilela Vilela, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Education, 2018 Innovation in the Risk Management course to improve undergraduate university students’ skills for multidisciplinary and participatory workAbstractThe ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and communicate solutions efficiently is oneof the main requirements asked for by employers and international accreditation committeesto engineering graduates around the world. However, traditionally the curricular contents ofeach professional career related to the construction sector, emphasizes the application of itsspecific knowledge in an isolated manner.This is a reality in Peru as well. Engineering students are neither trained to work in teams norin multidisciplinary projects. This hinders

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; M K Parfitt

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programs will be covered.IntroductionMost degree programs that teach building engineering have design opportunities are often less thanideally constructed to reflect practical careers due to relatively few faculty members being trained, or theyhave no similar industry experience necessary to guide students [1]. Consequently in these settings, only asurface level understanding of their value is realized [2]. Many engineering students do not know how toapproach large complex systems due to their exposure to idealistic examples [3]. Additionally, they notcapable of providing critical multi-disciplinary integration of their designs due to the isolated nature oftopics in the classroom [4] [5]. Capstone courses provide a comprehensive evaluation of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Patrick E. Mantey, University of California, Santa Cruz; Stephen C. Petersen P.E., University of California, Santa Cruz; John F Vesecky, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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fromtheir disciplines, they also develop and apply professional skills important to team functioning,which will translate to their future careers. The large-scale, long-term projects mirror situationsstudents will encounter in the workforce. As they join large ongoing projects, they are onboardedby peers, but also take responsibility for their own learning as they get up to speed. They dealwith decisions made in previous years and with documentation developed by others; conversely,their own documentation becomes a resource for the team. They also learn and apply professionalcommunication skills, communicating problems to the appropriate individuals and navigatingconflict. 6. Multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged but not required. Multi