Paper ID #23915Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Interdisciplinary Senior Inter-disciplinary Project Educational ModelDr. Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona My name is Jinsung Cho, an assistant professor of Civil Engineering Department in California State Poly- technic University Pomona. I have had more than 18 years in both academia and Civil and Construction Industry. My specialty is the behavior of underground infrastructure, Trenchless and Tunneling Technol- ogy, as well as 3D Virtual Construction Design & Management. I am a reviewer or member of several professional
Paper ID #22413Effectiveness of Gamification Activities in a Project-based Learning Class-roomDr. Eleanor Leung, Minnesota State University Mankato, Iron Range Engineering Dr. Eleanor Leung is an assistant professor with the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) program which is part of Minnesota State University, Mankato. She joined IRE in August 2016 and is the electrical engineering faculty member who leads competencies in the areas of electric machines, signals and systems, three phase systems and controls systems. Her research area is in wireless communications focusing on space-time block coding and the design of signal
Paper ID #21735Effects of Service-Learning Projects on Capstone Student MotivationDr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His major research interests are in wearable and pervasive computing. His work focuses on developing novel prototype tools and techniques for interdisciplinary teams.Dr. Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University Mark M. Budnik is Paul H. Brandt Professor of Engineering at Valparaiso University. Prior to joining the faculty at
Paper ID #23507Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset in Interdisciplinary Student Engineers:Experiences of a Project-Based Engineering ProgramDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, a project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. Her research interests include gamification, entrepreneurship & innovation in engineering, cooperative learning, and engineer- ing management. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning
Paper ID #22320Correlation Between Academic Credit-use Policies and Student Persistencein Multidisciplinary Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) CoursesJ. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, Georgia Institute of Technology; Doc- toral student in Education at Georgia State University, with a concentration in Research, Measurement and Statistics; Master of Education in Education Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.Prof
Paper ID #23372Designing a Comprehensive Project for a Junior-level Multidisciplinary En-gineering Design CourseMrs. Amanda C. Rutherford, Montana State University Amanda Rutherford is a teaching faculty member at Montana State University. She is the lead curriculum coordinator for the Junior Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Course, which all students in the College of Engineering must take, as well as the faculty director of the MSU Makerspace. Prior to coming to MSU as a faculty member, she earned a BS in Civil Engineering (MSU), MS in Engineering Mechanics (Virginia Tech) and worked as a research engineer at Los
Paper ID #22530Drones and Satellites: Identifying Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects withOther Departments at Your Own UniversityDr. Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University Bruce E. Dunne received the B.S.E.E. (with honors) and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and 1988, respectively, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2003. In the Fall of 2003, he joined the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, Grand Val- ley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, where
students using Project-Based Sequential Learning ApproachAbstractIn this work, we described project-based multi-objective sequential learning modules and theteaching strategy of the machine design subject for undergraduate mechatronics engineeringstudents. The suggested approach introduced the design procedures and concepts using a singlemulti-level design problem as a semester-long project. The students worked in teams to completedesign modifications using new and enhanced design concepts and tools during the semester. AnExcel spreadsheet for the design analysis was created by each team and was upgradedrepetitively during the course to achieve new design specifications and criteria. In addition, thestudents built a numerical model
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored project that asked West Pointcadets to design a system that would sustain SquadX in a dense urban combat environment forup to 72 hours. A multi-disciplinary team of Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering,Engineering Management, and Defense Strategic Studies students embarked on this designchallenge during the 2017-2018 academic year. The team quickly realized the need to betterunderstand the dense urban operating environment. To remedy this gap, the faculty at WestPoint collaborated with the Industrial Design department at the Rhode Island School of design(RISD) to create an intensive, two-day experience that allowed both West Point cadets and RISDstudents the opportunity to better understand the
Urbana-Champaign (2012-2015), Tufts University (2015-2016), and Cal Poly - SLO (2016-present). She has a BS in civil engineering and BA in Spanish language & literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Multidisciplinary Research Efforts in Post-Earthquake Civil Infrastructure ReconnaissanceAbstract:To address existing challenges with filtering and classification of post-earthquake structuraldamage images, the authors are engaged in a multidisciplinary project to develop and train amachine-learning algorithm that
Paper ID #22849Preparation of the Professional Engineer: Outcomes from 20 Years of a Mul-tidisciplinary and Cross-sectoral Capstone CourseDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alter- native energy technology; as a project manager and researcher with the Center for Information Technology and Research in the Interest of Society. Her background is in the development of characterization tech- niques and
Architectural Engineering. Here at Penn StateUniversity, architectural engineering (AE) encompasses: Mechanical HVAC Design, Lighting/electricalDesign, Structural Design and Construction Engineering and Management.The pinnacle of the program is the yearlong capstone with inherent multidisciplinary aspects to it. Withan industry interface, the capstone is critical to enrich the student experience in complex building designthrough simulating the project to be “more real world” than traditional capstones. This capstonedistinguishes itself by the level of relatively independent work done by the student teams (vs. teaching bythe faculty), heavy industry practitioner interactions, mentoring roles of the faculty and lastly, utilizingreal industry projects
to design, build, and test alphaprototypes that are student-generated ideas. Students propose ideas that are electro-mechanicalin nature; they are grouped into teams; and they go through the product development cycle of asubset of the project ideas. Not only has this course become an outstanding opportunity to assesseach program at a common point, it has served as a key feeder to the senior capstone project, atwo-semester sequence that is industry sponsored. Projects that have been implemented inENGR 350 have been wide-ranging in nature, such as a motor-driven fishing reel for anglerswith the use of one arm; an inexpensive water-filtration system for countries with waterchallenges; a self-propelled longboard (skateboard) with braking
provided feedback about the designs tothe professor solely for the evaluation of the course.In addition to detailing the outcomes of the project, this paper discusses the merits anddrawbacks of short timeframe multi-disciplinary teaching collaborations along withrecommendations for further development.I. IntroductionA. Industrial design and usabilityIndustrial design is a user-centered discipline and has developed many tools in its rich historyto enhance usability by helping designers to make better design decisions [1]. This could bein the form of interviews, discussions, focus group studies, or co-design [2]. In one way oranother, the user is typically involved in the process. Specifically, for a project to besuccessful, one must fully
Jerome Clements, Jacksonville University Dr. Lee Ann J. Clements is the Associate Provost for Accreditation at Jacksonville University. Prior to serving in this role she served for twelve years as the Chair the Division of Science and Mathematics. She received her B.A. in Biology from the University of Virginia, her M.S. and PhD from the University of South Carolina in Marine Science. Her research projects have included investigating the role of metallic pollutants in altering development, the effects of environmental variability on skeletal regeneration, and the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms. She is also involved in projects that help commu- nicate science to the general public and is one of the
fruition. Mi- tra was Executive Director, Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT; Senior Vice-President, Knowledge Solutions Business, NIIT (USA), Inc.; the first Chief, Distance Learning Programs Unit, BITS, Pilani, India, and; founder-member, Council of Governors, Pan-Himalayan Grassroots Develop- ment Foundation, Kumaon, India. He has served on the NERCOMP Board of Trustees, USA, was a founder-Board member, Sakai Project Board, USA and co-chaired the Advisory Board, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada. Mitra participated in the formulation of the Government of India’s Na- tional Policy on Education 1986; this led to his being one of the authors of a book titled, ”Challenge and Response - Towards a
interests include robotics, computer vision, and image processing, with ongoing projects in humanoid robotics, robot navigation and guidance, biomedical image processing, and stereo and motion vision. He led WPI teams in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and NASA Space Robotics Challenge and is author or co-author of over 100 papers. His research has been supported by DARPA, NASA, NIH, NSF, and industry. He is a member of Sigma Xi, and a senior member of IEEE and ACM.Prof. Craig B. Putnam, Worcester Polytechnic Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Robotics Engineering as an Undergraduate Major: 10 Years’ ExperienceAbstract:In 2007 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) launched an
Engineering Analysis Statics) which is a project based learning activity designed specifically for promoting creativity, team-work, and presentation skills for undergraduate sophomore and junior students, as well as by exposing the students to the fascinating world of scientific/technological research based engineering. IDEAS is becoming the cornerstone event for the sophomore engineering students at UCF: from fall 2013 to fall 2017 approximately 2000 students have created, designed, presented, and defended around 600 projects and papers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Preparing the Engineering Student for Success with IDEAS: A Second Year Experiential
Paper ID #21172Innovation in the Course Disaster Risk Management to Improve the Univer-sity Student’s Competence for Multidisciplinary and Participatory WorkDr. Ing. Sandra Cecilia Santa Cruz, PUCP Professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, PUCP, and Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Civil Engineering, with experience in the coordination and execution of multidisciplinary projects in the area of natural disaster risk, seismic hazard and structural design. Experience in consulting for international organizations and Peruvian Government. AREAS OF INTEREST Disaster Risk Managment, Risk assessment
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee in Berlin, Ger- many. A competitive stipend from the German government (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Di- enst) supported graduate coursework at The University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, USA, where Ralf Schneider was awarded a Master in Design degree in 2005. He worked as an Assoc. Director/Senior Design Researcher at the Live Well Collaborative, founded by Procter & Gamble and UC with a unique mission to foster the collaborative, interdisciplinary design process between industry leaders and academia. In this role Schneider worked with Hill-Rom and P&G on various projects. Ralf Schneider is interested in solving complex problems with interdisciplinary teams. His current re
experts and their work in relation to environments, technologies, and human lives. Her current research projects deal with earthquake risk management technology in Mexico and the United States, environmental data justice in the US/Mexican borderlands, and the development and practice of engineering expertise.Dr. Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego Dr. Gordon D. Hoople is an assistant professor of general engineering at the University of San Diego. His research interests lie in microfluidics, rapid prototyping, genomics, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He earned his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a BS in engineering from Harvey Mudd College.Prof
Courtney Lavadia obtained her master’s degree from the College of Education and Human Develop- ment, Texas A&M University in 2016. She is currently a Ph.D. student studying school psychology. Her research is centered around how practitioners can utilize individual child strengths for assessment and intervention in hospital settings. Other projects include studying resilience in children, and adult learning theory.Dr. Douglas Allaire, Texas A&M University Dr. Douglas Allaire is currently an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. He has held that position since January 2014. His current research focuses on the de- velopment of computational methods for the
Paper ID #22319Social Network Analysis: Peer Support and Peer Management in Multidisci-plinary, Vertically Integrated TeamsJ. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, Georgia Institute of Technology; Doc- toral student in Education at Georgia State University, with a concentration in Research, Measurement and Statistics; Master of Education in Education Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.Dr. Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute
) continuedavailability of critical resources, (2) readiness maintained in the face of climate change, (3) wasteand pollution minimized, and (4) management and practices built on sustainability andcommunity [14]”. The course is designed to develop baseline competencies in students thatprepare them to address these four primary objectives.All graduates of the USAFA will commission into the US Air Force and serve a minimum offive years. In this position graduates fundamentally are decision makers. Regardless of major,they will be prioritizing, executing and advocating for a variety of projects. Their ability tounderstand the long term implications of sustainable and resilient infrastructure is critical tomaintaining national defense. Additionally, many graduates
topics and training along with professional skills development seemedcritical to the overall benefit of the program.MethodsPrevious reports described the program structure and evaluation results in the program’s firstyear [1]. Briefly, the eight-week long program consisted of four modules: (1) soft lithographyand microfluidics, (2) fabrication (photolithography and electron beam lithography, deposition,and etch), (3) characterization (microscopy and electrical probing), and (4) finance andcommercialization. Mornings were spent doing lessons on content area knowledge andexplaining techniques, and afternoons had hands-on training and laboratory activities. One dayper week and non-training times were devoted to a research project which spanned the
continue his 15 year career in the video game industry. In recent years, Marty has taught adjunct in the game programs for the Art Institute and the University of Utah. In 2012 realized his goal and joined the Digital Media Department at Utah Valley University using his skills in the design, pre-production, and production phases of the video game and animation industries, his hope is to work closely with the other faculty to help the UVU students grow and stand above students from other schools and programs, ultimately making a difference in the highly competitive entertainment industry. Notable Projects: Top Gear Rally 2, Tiger Woods Golf, Nerf N Strike and N-Strike Elite, Monopoly Streets, Sims 3 Pets for the 3DS
FrameworksAbstractPreviously, researchers developed and applied a sustainable design rubric, based on the NinePrinciples of Sustainable Engineering, to civil engineering student design projects. The rubric isbeing updated for use across engineering disciplines based on insights from the pilot applicationphase and a three phase validation process. This paper reports on expert validation through asurvey and comparisons with sustainability frameworks. Paper and web-based surveys were usedto gather perspectives from engineering education professionals with different disciplinaryperspectives, including civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical/computer, and otherengineering or related disciplines, from the United States and abroad (N = 55). Specifically,participants
certificate program on Circular Economy.Ing. Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University Bart van Bueren aims to be a visionary entrepreneur in circular economy. As founder, Van Bueren suc- cessfully launched Deltasync, Waterarchitect and the Dutch Design Post. His skills came clear when his graduation project turned into a building commission for an 1100m2 floating pavilion. It became inter- nationally known as icon of climate adaptation. On four continents he presented his visions and in 2008 he got elected as Young Technical Professional by NLengineers. Since 2012 Van Bueren is assigned as visiting expert in DeltaDesign and Circular Economy at NCKU in Taiwan, here he teaches in five dif- ferent departments
experimenting with the curriculum to reduce the number of engineering credit hours,introduce of a project-based design spine, and the creation of a variety of structured curricularpathways aligned to the interests of our students. As more engineering programs diverge fromthe dominant pattern we can begin to empirically examine the impact of our program designchoices and, in time, both close the leaky pipeline of women pursuing engineering degrees aswell as increase the migration into the degree.References[1] L. B. Cavagnaro and H. Fasihuddin, “A Moonshot Approach to Change in Higher Education: Creativity, Innovation, and the Redesign of Academia,” Lib. Educ., vol. 102, no. 2, 2016.[2] M. W. Ohland, S. D. Sheppard, G. Lichtenstein, O. Eris, D
of visuallearners, teaching methods should include frequent use of visual and tactile aids. In the literature of visual and tactile aids for teaching and learning, there are numerousstudies providing supporting evidence that such aids enhance students’ learning outcomes aswell as possible rationales, for example, aids reduce the burden placed on short term memoryfor engineering problem solving. Abstract concepts without direct physical representations can be found in manyengineering knowledge domains such as industrial engineering, systems engineering, andengineering management. Domain topics having abstract concepts include supply chains,enterprise computing, and complex engineering projects. Teaching and learning suchconcepts is