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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Abigail E. Heinz, Rowan University; Matthew Strauss; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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dailyquestionnaire about their personal well-being and were placed into breakout rooms to completean activity through a web-based service. This course was an interdisciplinary introductoryengineering course. The course is traditionally taken in the first semester of the first year, so thisis one of the first experiences the students have at the college level.Literature ReviewOnline learning has consistently received limited attention from researchers in comparison totraditional classroom environments [1]. This lack of research on various virtual classroomengagement methods has made it difficult for instructors to decide how to best cater to theirstudents and how to maintain a classroom community despite changes in delivery modality.Some studies prior to the

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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students that may havelimited program ability, and to give them a direct link between theory and simulation. A secondgoal is to formalize the process that is often buried in toolboxes and class definitions. Severalexamples of student work are presented in the paper to showcase the ease, usefulness, andcapability of the process.1 IntroductionRobotics has always captured our imagination and conjured thoughts of human-like machinesworking alongside humans. However, despite advances in technology and computational powerhaving allowed the creation of more autonomous machines, they are still in infancy whencompared to the capabilities of humans. This desire to create machines that exhibit more human-like characteristics and intelligence have motivated

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

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realisticscenarios, and in some cases enable the students to engage ABET Outcome #1 (identify,formulate, and solve a complex engineering problem), Outcome #4 (make informed judgments,which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental,and societal contexts) and Outcome #7 (an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge asneeded). Also, the instructors sought to reduce student anxiety over final exams by keeping theassessment low stakes and emphasizing the knowledge and skills the students had gained overthe semester. Given that this assessment was implemented in some of the courses pre-COVID,during the Spring 2020 semester, and Fall 2020 semester, the epic finale approach was alsovalued for its capacity to reduce

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University

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meet the demands of an ever-changing society. To meet suchchallenges, the educational system must also adapt to properly equip students with skills neededfor success.ABET, an accreditation agency for engineering programs, identifies that engineering curriculumsmust meet and educate students to be competent in a variety of outcomes that prepare graduatesfor professional practice [1]. Such outcomes and skills are listed under Criterion 3 of ABETwhich include but are not limited to: being efficient in identifying and solving complexproblems, producing effective solutions while considering influential factors, having effectivecommunication, recognizing ethical and professional responsibilities, functioningcollaboratively, drawing conclusions

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Vetria L. Byrd Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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percent of students disagreed. Theactivity worksheets are used to inform pedagogy of data visualization. In this work, we describethe online-process, the worksheets, assignments and the ways in which faculty and studentsnavigate the pandemic inspired teaching and learning environment to support higher-orderthinking, and critical thinking skills, crucial to computing and engineering curriculums, amongundergraduates.IntroductionThe purpose of this research is to introduce data visualization in a manner that the encouragesparticipation and engagement in a hybrid learning environment, for students with little to nobackground or experience visualizing data. The approach described consists of three keyelements: 1) using a constructive learning

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University; Samuel Alan Fong, Mercer University

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Statistics the construction industry employs thehighest percentage of civil engineers next to the architectural, engineering, and related servicescategory [1]. Construction education is important for the future civil engineers and is needed forupgrading the skills and knowledge of the construction personnel [2]. Although different majorscan benefit from a construction engineering course according to a survey administered at anundergraduate civil engineering program (see Figure 1), this study addresses only the civilengineering curricula and undergraduate courses that the US civil engineering programs offer.Therefore, the presented results do not apply either to construction management programs or toprograms other than civil engineering. Figure 1

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Amy Dunford, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Edwing A. Medina, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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engineeringscience courses and laboratories [1]. ContextVertically Integrated Projects (i.e., VIP Teams) provide another project-based curricular avenuefor students to continue developing contextualized technical and professional skills, such ascommunication, teamwork, and leadership [2]. Vertically Integrated Projects are multi-semester,multi-disciplinary teams of students from across academic levels who work together to achievelong-term and large-scale project objectives. Students engage in VIP Teams by enrolling in theVIP courses which are one-credit, repeatable courses that are recognized as elective credit atNew York University Tandon School of Engineering. NYU is one of over 40 institutions aroundthe world with Vertically Integrated Projects

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania; Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

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course model providesstudents with the following options to choose from: (1) face-to-face, (2) online, or (3) a mixtureof face-to-face and online. For the HyFlex instruction, instructors at the current institution dividethe class into groups to follow social distancing in the classrooms, which reduces the number ofstudents present in the classroom to roughly half of its maximum capacity. Depending on theirassigned group, students take turn attending face-to-face classes in with the instructor present.When the student is not physically in the classroom, they join the class through Zoom meetings. In this study, our focus is on the HyFlex instructional model that our school implementedrecently. Two engineering classes selected for this study

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Monica A. Mellini P.E., Montgomery College

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fields. In the first two years of college, and particularly under conditions ofuncertainty and material problems precipitated by a pandemic, STEM students face barriers toattainment of educational and career goals. First-year STEM students may not feel a sense of“belonging” in their chosen major or may not have even selected a program of study [1]. Secondyear students face a “critical juncture” as they approach transfer to a 4-year school [2]. At thispoint, many STEM students change majors or leave higher education altogether [3]. Engineeringeducation research points to feelings of isolation as contributing factors to lack of persistence inthe engineering major [4].One way to promote persistence among students who have selected STEM is to assist

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Keirien Taylor, Arizona State University, UOEEE; Daniel J. Laxman, Arizona State University

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courseobjectives and had positively impacted their students’ learning. Users indicated that they woulduse the materials again in the future and recommend them to their colleagues.IntroductionThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) is aneducational supplement that aims to prepare engineering graduates who possess not onlytechnical skills but also social skills and global awareness in order to tackle the challenges facingsociety in the 21st century [1]. Students in the program achieve the following five competenciesthrough their engagement in individually selected courses and extracurricular experiences: TalentCompetency, Multidisciplinary Competency, Viable Business/Entrepreneurship Competency,Multicultural

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph

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to Los Alamos where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on unmanned systems both air

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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David Clippinger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College ; Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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has been the director of the Learning Resource Center at Penn State Behrend for 20 years, where she is also an affiliate instructor of English. She has been involved in a number of federal grants, including two NSF STEM grants, an EU-Atlantis grant, and is currently PI for an NSF IUSE-EHR col- laborative grant. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Quantitative Assessment of Writing Register in Engineering Technology StudentsIntroductionSome earlier papers [1],[2] discussed the use of a “common language” to improve undergraduateSTEM writing. The importance of writing to STEM undergraduates is well-known

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University; Tanzeena Karim, Middle Tennessee State University; Tamir Shahir Hussain; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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. The bill ofmaterials and the details of remote collaboration will also be included.On the educational front, we discuss a couple of efforts that helped the students: (i) We designedan introductory training lesson to introduce Arduino to them and (ii) We utilized project-basedlearning techniques to encourage them to learn new things along the way.1. IntroductionThis paper presents a summer research project conducted by three undergraduate students in theCollege of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU).The project was part of a summer program that aimed at engaging minority and underrepresentedfreshman and sophomore students in CBAS via multidisciplinary and collaborative researchactivities. Specifically

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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of the implemented changes and the technologyused. Also, computer communication technology and the availability of sufficient internet bandwidthwere adequate. The students’ feedback shows the importance of having direct interaction with theinstructor affected by their experiences with the online portion of the semester. In conclusion, educationis strongly dependent on a trust-building process between the instructor and the learners. The studentscan follow-up and are involved positively in any modification of class format or methodology if theybelieve in their coach’s (instructor’s) competency.1. Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic hit unexpectedly during spring 2020. All life sectors were impacted significantly,including health, economics

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Nicole Wagner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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time in which our society required social distancing, studentsexpressed that their biggest struggle was that they could not interact with their peers.IntroductionWhile virtual instruction has been in practice for over a decade, its effectiveness continues to beinvestigated [1]. According to Banas et al. [2], distance learning can be traced back to 1892.Several studies conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual instruction withmixed results [3-6]. The primary benefits of virtual instruction include cost effectiveness [7] andexpanding access to post-secondary education on a global scale [8].Several studies have investigated laboratory courses in a virtual setting. One study from Corter etal. [9] found that remote and

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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perceptions and mission. Given the growing national demand for engineers’innovations, the timing is ideal to study engineers’ communicative capacity and the conditionsand interventions that offer them the greatest support for communicative success.BackgroundThe globalization of product development has ensured the continuing adoption of hybrid andvideo-mediated forms of communication and instruction [1]. Many companies with a globalpresence anticipate employees having overlapping skills and knowledge in other areas, sharingknowledge and resources, and taking a systems approach to operations and development. Theseexpectations lend themselves to VMC usage across the globe. While pandemic and climaticevents may appear to drive increasing dependence on

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Carolyn Kelly Ottman, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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andcolleagues in campus offices. In part, these elements make us good teachers. Prior to March2020, face-to-face interaction was the way we taught, collaborated, served and learned. Then,COVID-19 became real and, within a week, we could no longer be physically present with ourstudents and peers. We shifted instruction to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). We alsoshifted the way we collaborated in our scholarship and service. Informed by research, this paperhighlights aspects of our journey, challenges along the way and lessons learned to apply to thefuture.As educators in a predominately engineering university, the courses we teach address identifiedgaps in traditional engineering education and focus on the “soft skills” [1]. Team-based learningand team

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

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Joseph Churchill Tapia II, University of Kentucky; Danielle Nicole Dutton, University of Kentucky; Ronald Justin Vogler, University of Kentucky; Evan Yang, University of Kentucky; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

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they might have had in the classroom withoutleaving the safety of their home. Additionally, it removes the burden on parents of having topurchase outreach materials. The contents of the kits were designed with the followingconstraints: 1) experiments must be easy to complete with minimal instructions, 2) there must bea limited mess and 3) they must be easily and inexpensively shipped. With these constraints, fourexperiments were developed: analyzing the pH of household acids and bases using a red cabbageindicator (chemical engineering), building a popsicle-stick bridge (civil engineering), creating adrinking-straw prosthetic hand (biomedical engineering), and assembling an automatic LEDnight light (electrical engineering). The instructional

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Jorge R. Lara, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University; Mark H. Weichold, Texas A&M University; Patrick Linke, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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), called for a Decade of Education for sustainabledevelopment from 2005 to 2015 [1]. This worldwide reflection is creating a new engineeringeducation culture. Engineering educators are observing significant shifts in societal expectationsof the engineering profession to help address immediate and longer-term sustainable developmentchallenges. According to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO),engineering plays a significant role in planning and building projects that preserve naturalresources, are cost-efficient, and support human and natural environments [2]. The NationalAcademy of Engineering formulated in 2004 its vision of the engineer of 2020 [3]. This reportoutlines a number of aspirational goals where it sees the

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Nahid Vesali P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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dependencies, (c) timing of deliverables using the available spreadsheets. The methodhas been introduced in both undergraduate and graduate introductory project managementclasses. Student feedback shows that the method supports concept mastery by demonstratinghow to achieve balanced solutions.Key Words: Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Optimization, Linear ProgrammingIntroductionTranslating customer requirements into work activities and then developing an effective plan foraccomplishing them is a key aspect of project management. Project managers are challengedwith taking a set of activities that need to be performed in a certain sequence and completedwithin a specified time and cost [1]. An effective project schedule provides the framework forthe

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University

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(PR) wasdesigned to support an existing Innovation-Based Learning (IBL) course. A short overview ofIBL will provide context for the current work.IBL has evolved out of Project-Based, Discovery-Based, and Experiential Learning. Innovation-Based Learning can be understood through Daniel Pink’s framework of Autonomy, Mastery, andPurpose [1]. Autonomy is most visible at the beginning of each semester as students enjoy boththe freedom and responsibility to propose a project and then self-assemble a working group [2].Purpose, which we often speak of as “external value” or “external impact” is emphasized in twoimportant ways during the course. First, as the course begins, potential projects must address asocietal gap/need; students must identify a

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Lennon Rodgers, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Caroline Benish, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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research is related to engineering education and modeling, designing, building, instrumenting and testing complex systems ranging from spacecraft to electric vehicles.Caroline Benish American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine ShopsIntroductionThis paper first investigates the value that engineering companies place on (1) interdisciplinaryexperiences and (2) hands-on skills learned in university makerspaces and machine shops. Asurvey was completed by 259 company representatives at the University of Wisconsin College ofEngineering (UW CoE) career

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Joanna Ambrosio; M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht, Center for Advanced Studyin Education

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. Figure 1 presents an example of the framework for one of the WGGactivities. Figure 1. Example of WGG Activity FrameworkAs Learning Facilitators began the delivery of an activity, they often described it as a balancingact to allow youth to find their own solutions without providing too much direction or sharingwhat the Learning Facilitator considered a “correct” answer. However, WGG focuses onprocess. The types of engineering design solutions that WGG introduces do not have a uniquecorrect answer. Successful facilitation involved providing feedback and encouragement whileallowing for some youth frustration. This process was critical for engaging youth and typicallyled to youth reporting they felt proud of their design. The

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; José G. Andino Martínez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Olivia C. Coiado, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Flavia Andrade, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tim Pollack-Lagushenko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Collaboration with the Social Sciences and HumanitiesIntroductionEducators have long recognized the need to integrate social sciences, arts, humanities, andphysical sciences to solve such major human problems as environmental degradation, climatechange, rural poverty, and global pandemics.[1] Many colleges and universities with engineeringprograms, for example, have established courses that introduce technical students to the socialsciences and humanities for building skills that range from language to problem-solving andcreative thinking. [2] The significance of global challenges, while always present, became evenmore pronounced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which shut down entiresocieties, halted travel, and

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Margaret T. Dwyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Candela Marini, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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presence of the arts and the humanities in terms of academic majors andassociated liberal arts departments.The second part of this paper presents examples of successful integration of STEM with the artsand the humanities, i.e., STEAM, at our institution. Exposure to the fine arts has beenencouraged to specifically address this problem since at least the 1950s [1]. It is, for instance, atthe origin of MIT’s Committee for the Study of the Visual Arts, established in 1972: “As MITpresident, [Jerome B.] Wiesner transformed the Institute, recognizing that being the best inscience and engineering was not enough–that tomorrow’s leaders also need to integrate the artsand humanities into their thinking about engineering, science, technology and policy” [2

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas

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increase in educational programs that preparestudents for data science and related fields. As of the writing of this paper, there are at least 632data science and similarly related degree programs listed on this recognized data science website[1], with at least 70 at the undergraduate level. While the total projected number of jobs seemslimited, there is one aspect that has become clear: the skillset associated with data scientists isbecoming a basic requirement within STEM disciplines. As such, while initial data scienceprograms have concentrated on graduate degrees, the growing maturity of the field, as well as therecognized need of its basic skills, has motivated more of a focus on educational programs at theundergraduate level. Driven by

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana

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Educational Opportunities for Technical Writing in Engineering EducationIntroductionStrong oral and written communication skills are imperative to assuring success in the workplace.Research suggests that oral and written communication skills are in high demand by employersregardless of degree field [1]. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that oral andwritten communication skills along with critical thinking and teamwork skills are fundamental toevery employee’s ability to accomplish tasks in the workforce [2]. This being said, it becomesimperative for educational curriculums to include effective courses that stimulate oral and writtencommunication skills among students. The implementation of effective technical wiring coursesin

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Hoo Kim P.E., LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer P.E., LeTourneau University; Laura Kathryn Neal, LeTourneau University; Kathleen Mays, LeTourneau University; Joon Wan Kim, LeTourneau University

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thetwo-year “Badger” project at LeTourneau University incorporate all of these story elements. The“Badger” design project’s story began with a “reconnaissance mission” to Silicon Valley thespring before the project started. While most industry projects involve collaboration with a localcompany or projects from a partner company, out of the visit in search of an original projectfrom Silicon Valley came an industry request for a goose-chasing robot for use on golf courses,where Canadian geese are an expensive nuisance. In the case of capstone design, the challengesstudents had to overcome were (1) developing a design that met the problem specifications andsatisfied a need within a potential market; (2) connecting the individual components, such

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Petru A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University

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subroutines. Students’ perception on the usefulness of these exercises towards improvingtheir programing skills are then surveyed.IntroductionMany researchers and educators recognized the value of enhancing computer programmingabilities of engineering students [1-4]. Such skills expand the employment opportunities ofrecently graduated engineers who can take jobs with software companies, start more easily theirown software or Internet-based businesses, perform computational research as graduate students,etc. The authors of this paper personally know two former engineering graduate students whoperfected their computer programing skills towards their PhD research, and then took jobs assoftware developers.In most engineering programs throughout the US

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Esmeralda Campos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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forcompetency-based education, new educational models, and the perception among students andparents of high-value/low-cost education. In addition, the pandemic brought new problems touniversities: financial difficulties, lower students' enrollment and credit registrations, and theneed for improved technological advances to facilitate effective online or distance education anda more satisfying student experience. Our institution, a private multi-campus Mexican university,has been preparing for these old and new challenges by migrating the traditional, lecture-basededucational model to a challenge-based learning methodology that emphasizes competenciesinstead of educational objectives [1].Challenge-based learning (CBL) has been used in different