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Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

department, we have more students in ME thanin EE. However, it is imperative for all students to have the basics of EE in order to work on therobotic projects. In this case, we mix students from two programs together in the engineeringorientation course. “What topics should be covered in this course?” is always a question and achallenge for the instructors. After 3-year practices and continuous improvements, we decide tocover not only the basics of ME and EE but also diverse soft skills trainings especially theproject management trainings. Three teaching assistants (two juniors from EE and one juniorfrom ME) are assisting a professor in the lab sections. This paper studies the outcomes of severalactivities such as the ethics debates, self-identities

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Studentsurveys conducted at two different institutions show why students select to become engineers andtheir preference for the different course components.Introduction “Introduction to Engineering” is a core course given to freshmen students of all engineeringdisciplines. The course aims to familiarize students with the engineering profession, the differentengineering disciplines, the design process for exploratory projects, the work in interdisciplinaryteams, the ethics and professional behavior, the lifelong learning, the written and oral presentationof technical concepts, and problem solving. As curriculum often changes, an online research wasconducted on the most current catalogs (2018-2019) of 182 higher education institutions offeringdegrees in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

, together withpolicy, to address societal ills resulting from natural disasters, man-made disasters,irresponsible and non-sustainable consumption of resources, pollution and contamination,and lack of opportunity. This program trains students to pursue practical solutions thatproactively promote peace and reduce the potential for disputes in a world plagued withproblems that require unconventional thinking to overcome. Students are exposed toinnovative approaches toward addressing multidimensional problems in addition togaining skill in economic, social, environmental, political, ethical, legal, cultural, andhistorical aspects associated with the effort of building enduring peace. This paper willdetail the elements that constitute a peace

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Molly M. Gribb P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

curriculum modules that for a broad range of students. Finally, he shared theEducational Outcomes expected of all accredited engineering programs (per ABET [4]), as apoint of reference: participants were encouraged to also think beyond technical skillrequirements and to consider other skills that are part of science, technology, engineering &mathematics (STEM) curricula such as teamwork, consideration of ethical/societal issues, andmore.At this point, the industry participants and academic participants were split into break-outsessions to focus on delineating their needs, before coming back together as a large group beforelunch.Industry Break-out: SummaryThe industry “room” brainstormed and focused on shared key “Abilities,” “Skills” and

Conference Session

Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Qualitative Reasoning Information Literacy Engage in Culture, Cultural Engagement Values, and the Arts Arts Engagement Ethical Engagement Communicate Written Communication Oral Communication Visual Communication Integrated Communication3.2 ParticipantsStudents enrolled in the new program’s ePortfolio course were required to participate in theresearch as part of their assignment. Six students completed the assignment including 4 femalesand 2 males. All participants were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

connect to the local clean tech energy start up community.3.4 Incorporating the NEET Ways of Thinking --- cross-school initiativesA major effort of the current school year is building bridges to other schools within MIT.NEET has identified resource experts from across the Institute to help develop pilot modules for theNEET Ways of Thinking3. This is detailed in Table 1 below. Work has begun on four of the Ways ofThinking --- Self-learning, Personal Skills (ethics), Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking (see Figure1 below), with the goal of piloting them in the NEET seminars and projects in 2019-20 and beyond.Figure 1: Implementing the NEET Ways of Thinking in Threads with Cross-School PartnersWe started with a Self-learning module that was

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

onthose beliefs. The program is also grounded in John Dewey’s proposition that higher education isto assist individuals in developing the skills to be effective in their preferred occupation. Thisprogram focuses on developing professional competencies such as people and projectmanagement,leadership, and ethics, as well as perseverance, stress management, and the ability toreflect and modify one’s process of learning. Treveylan’s [9] studies on “the work that engineersdo” call for more emphasis on professional skills such as communication and the ability toperform effectively on teams. Treveylan advocates for students teaching others because“education, like engineering practice, relies on special kinds of social interactions” and thatstudents

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Staley, Virginia Tech; Stephen Biscotte, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #25641Teaching Across Boundaries: Examining the Institutional Process of Estab-lishing Multidisciplinary CoursesMr. Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech Sam Snyder is a first year Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his Bachelors of Science in Materials Science and Engineering in 2017 from Virginia Tech. His current research interests are in engineering ethics education, social network analysis, and institutional change.Desen Sevi Ozkan, Virginia Tech Desen is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and holds a B.S. in Chemical and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ethics, and “soft” skills such asleadership, communication skills, social awareness, etc. Figure 1 illustrates the kind of engineerswe want our graduates to be through the interdisciplinary curricula we designed for them. Figure 1. Goal of our interdisciplinary curriculaMultidisciplinary Design ProjectsThe freshman students matriculated into the JI do not declare a major until the sophomore year.In the first year, all students take an Introduction to Engineering course where they work inteams on self-proposed engineering design projects. In this course, they go through the entireengineering process from an initial idea to the design to manufacturing and finally to a workingprototype. They learn about the skills and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lina Wei, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

talent cultivation model for industrial needs. Improve the quality ofengineering talents based on industry standards. Cultivated engineering talents should bejudged as "products" based on industry standards. Promote the deep integration of scienceand education between universities and enterprises. (2) Emphasize on the main functions ofcollege educators, and build an innovative engineering talent support system. Deepen thecurriculum and teaching reform in colleges and universities, attach importance to thedevelopment of students' abilities, qualities, engineering ethics, and stratify and classifytalents. (3)Increase the supply of engineering education talents and the funding of trainingfunds. Strengthen research support in the field of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anique Julienne Olivier-Mason, Brandeis University; Marina Dang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Diana M. Chien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

of Research ethics, the MIT Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) course, and un- dergraduate genetics. She believes in the power of peer-coaching as a method of improving an entire community’s ability to communicate effectively.Dr. Marina Dang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Marina Dang holds a PhD in Chemistry from Brandeis University, where she also served as an instructor for the Science Posse Boot Camp program. She taught chemistry at Emmanuel College and later became a STEM curriculum developer for an educational startup. In 2014, she joined the MIT Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering to serve as its first Communication Lab manager. As the Communication Lab model spread to new

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jared Joseph Schoepf, Arizona State University; Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

in1995 as a means of providing students with academic credit through participation in long-termservice-learning projects. Student teams are vertically-integrated multidisciplinary teams,comprised of students of all years of undergraduate study and multiple majors [1]. Studentoutcomes are often summarized to include technical skills, communication skills, organizationalskills, teamwork experiences, resourcefulness, resource management, sponsor awareness throughcustomer and client interaction, expanded community awareness, and professional ethics [1].Over 30 institutions across the US have an EPICS program, as well as multiple institutionsabroad. The EPICS program was implemented at Arizona State University in 2009 and has sincegrown to

Conference Session

Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyona Sharunova, University of Alberta; Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta; Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta; Ahmed Jawad Qureshi, University of Alberta

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

specific aspect, the division was made on 0-4 and5-8 years. As the focus of the study was on transdisciplinary engineering design, it was decided that ineach group, representation from different disciplines be ensured to allow for a transdisciplinarydiscussion. Therefore, one representative from each of the engineering disciplines from eachgraduation group was randomly selected and invited to the interview. Table 1 shows that thenumber of focus group participants, their disciplines and graduation year range. The dates for thefocus group interviews were selected through the group vote with alumni in May 2018. Once thedates were set, participants were emailed the arrival instructions. Due to the ethics protocol andconfidentiality agreement, no