Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Lisa Bosman, Marquette University; Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jeff Ma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

art as a communicationtool.1. Introduction1.1 Problem IdentificationAlmost all scientists that left a big impact on human civilization such as Isaac Newton,Descartes, and Michael Faraday were interdisciplinary researchers. The famous mathematicianand astronomer La Place says “to discover is to bring together two ideas that were previouslyunlinked” [1]. In the recent years, interdisciplinary research has become a necessary educationaltool for successfully finding solutions to real-world problems. It increases the experience-basedlearning, assists students in exploring unknown fields and discover new ideas and motivatesthem to complete their degrees. However, interdisciplinary collaboration can mostly be seen inthe postgraduate degree levels