Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible P.E., Texas Tech University; Jill Hoffman, Museum of Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

California Institute of Technology, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, a Professional Engineer (Louisiana), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for the ”development of widely used approaches for the management of contaminated sediments”. His research is focused on the fate, transport, and management of contaminants in the environment and the sustainable management of water resources.Dr. Jill Hoffman, Museum of Texas Tech University As the Assistant Director for Visitor Experience, and the Helen DeVitt Jones Curator of Education—both for the Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU)— Jill also is a faculty member in the graduate Mu- seum Science program at TTU. Her museum career

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Rachid Belmasrour, Southern University at New Orleans; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

year at NCAT (DOE-sponsored). Our objective is tocontribute to improving the performance of the students to match the advanced technology in theUS.Our target this time will be elementary and middle school students and their teachers, since it isknown that students' attitudes towards mathematics and science develop at a young age andbecome embedded by middle school. In order to encourage young students to pursue careers inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics, NCAT will develop a program for K-5students and their teachers. This engineering outreach program will be implemented inpredominately minority elementary schools in the Guilford school area. This work will aim toimprove students' attitudes towards mathematics and science at a

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University; Jasmine Cherelle Washington; Steven Howell Sims, Hopewell Designs, Inc.; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

actuators. The rigorous assessment protocolforces teams to remain on task and ensures course learning outcomes are met within the singlesemester timeframe. In the case of the MTR team, a grade of A was awarded as the rubrics usedindicated a successful project, meeting all the learning outcomes. Feedback from the team, whoare now working in industry, further illustrates the importance of this course in preparing themfor successful engineering careers. Excerpts of their comments appear in Appendix C,highlighting how well the skills they learned in their capstone course translated to their industrialwork environments. From the comments of students successfully completing the capstonecourse, it is apparent this capstone course directly prepares

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

what it means to be an engineer so as to get a clearer sense of my perceived calling in my life and career.” 8. “…a) better understand the needs of the poor and disadvantaged and/or b) work within constraints of a limited budget to choose between technical alternatives.”The summary of student ratings of the top three responses followed by responses to theremaining options appears in Table 1 below. Table 1. Rank and ratings by project students in the pilot survey for possible response statements to the survey question as indicated above. Response Overall Overall Average Junior (P1) Senior (P3) WERCware Statement Rank Rating (N=20) Avg. Rating Avg. Rating Team Avg. Item

Conference Session

Integrating Systems Engineering into the Capstone Project

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armand Joseph Chaput, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Texas at Austin

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

from less rigorous prior projects.Educationally our first semester design course has an initial emphasis on individual studentlearning including model based design which, by definition, is engineering discipline specific.Therefore, our aerospace students develop conceptual aircraft design and analysis modelsthrough a series of homework assignments that are integrated into an overall air system design,analysis and trade study tool used for the remainder of the course. We also have a LeadershipLecture Series taught by Dr. Hans Mark. Former NASA Deputy Adminsitrator and Secretary ofthe Air Force where he uses case studies from his NASA and DoD career to address not onlyproject and program leadership skills but personal leadership as well. Non

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Wuerffel, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Dale Will, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

underserved pop- ulations. He is active in partnering with the Valparaiso Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chapter to mentor and provide visit days to middle-school girls. He has also worked with colleagues at Iowa State to develop the educational program ”Boomtown,” with the goal of interesting middle-school girls in com- puter programming. After working with the SWE chapter closely for the past ten years, Will was named advisor for the chapter in the fall of 2013. Will has been an active member of ASEE throughout his pro- fessional career, serving as an officer in his local section from 2002-2007 (Chair in 2005) and attending and publishing at national and sectional conferences

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

observe 100 mobilephone users, for example, large data sets are impractical for clinical care settings. Substantialsecondary research supplements the clinical interactions, and students are encouraged to reachout to personal contacts they may have with health care providers.V. CONCLUSIONIn the three years since it has been offered, this course has proven to be uniquely beneficial tostudents, particularly those who are interested in pursuing careers in medical devicedevelopment. Based on student course evaluations, participants reported the following in Table1 from Fall 2012 – Fall 2014 (five semesters). Students report great satisfaction with the course,and find it a challenging and valuable learning experience

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, using computer programming, as avideo game prototype. The LC approach incorporates and builds on many of the suggestions inthe literature on how to facilitate transfer. Moreover, it makes a statement early in the students’academic careers about the importance of connecting courses throughout the curriculum tofacilitate transfer. Other studies provide a detailed description of the LC, including selectioncriteria and an evaluation of its effectiveness.19The LC builds on previous research showing that introducing narrative elements into PS coursesimproves student performance in general as well as in computer programming-related problem-solving skills.6,7,16-19 Our experience shows teaching the PS course in the interdisciplinaryenvironment of a LC

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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

Mechatronics and Robotics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

literature review, debug and troubleshoot a system.Figure 3 presents a summary of the independent learning skills responses of the surveyparticipants. It is evident that respondents overwhelmingly believe that students should be able todebug and troubleshoot a system. One respondent opined that a literature review was more for aresearch-oriented career than actual development, although other respondents felt that theliterature review was important. Respondents also generally agreed that students should be ableto read and understand research articles, discuss works and results, and properly cite sources.Also important was being able to search for, read and interpret technical information and data.Some other skills identified by participants as

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, Virginia Tech; Ed Dorsa, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Eloise Coupey, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2012-5469: INTERDISCIPLINARY PEDAGOGY FOR PERVASIVE COM-PUTING DESIGN PROCESSES: AN EVALUATIVE ANALYSISDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech where she serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Education and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engi- neering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include: interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in stat- ics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne W. Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute; Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Samuel N. Cubero Jr., The Petroleum Institute; Khalid Abdalla Alhammadi, The Petroleum Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

other discipline” “Listening to each other and respecting our ideas”Preparation for the future. Students also recognized “See what we will have to know in our careers.”that the course would prepare them for future work with “Understand how to handle diverse backgrounds now toother disciplines: knowing what other disciplines do, train us for later”how they approach problems differently.Unexpected acquisition of skills in the other discipline. “ Working on Ehab’s Macbook and learning interestingThe students had a serendipitous reaction to the mechanical ideas

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

firmware to run on the “bare-metal” of the CubeSat processor, without anyunderlying Operating System nor RTOS. Thus, these computer science students foundthemselves without a heap for the first time in their programming careers, and had to forgo anykind of dynamic memory allocation.For the majority of the team (five out of six students), this was the first encounter with embeddedsystems programming, as there is no Embedded Systems course required in our curriculum. Thus,this project marked the students’ first practical experience with hardware timers, interrupts,programmable controllers, processor I/O, and in-circuit debuggers. Challenges posed by thisunfamiliar platform included the need for a fault-tolerant design, and the imposition of timing

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert M. Capuro, Pennslyvania State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

students with little or no previous exposure tosystems engineering. Specifically, at the end of the course it was intended that students should  Understand what systems engineering is  Understand what systems engineers do  Understand the qualities and skills that systems engineers bring to projects  Develop and practice the skills of systems engineers  Understand how systems engineers think (analytic skills)  Consider a career in systems engineeringTo reach these objectives, the approach taken was to introduce students to systems engineeringprinciples through the delivery of course modules covering systems engineering topics, whileconcurrently having students apply these principles to their design projects. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Weaver, Michigan Technological University; Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey D. Naber, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; John E. Beard, Michigan Technological University; Carl L. Anderson, Michigan Technological University; Bo Chen, Michigan Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students in grade 6-12. The program provides a variety ofweek-long intensive programs aimed at investigating and discovering careers in the areas of Page 25.173.13engineering, science & technology, business, computing, outdoors & environmental studies, andhumanities & social sciences. “Motor Sports” is one of such programs with a focus on hybridand electrical vehicles. Figure 6 shows the demographics of the participants in summer 2011. Asurvey instrument was developed and distributed at the end of the “Motor Sports” program.Participation in the survey was voluntary. The questions on the survey and survey results, whichwere very positive

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Elizabeth Bristow P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

institution? What is available in the host country? What actions do you need totake with your cell provider prior to departure? Will you need to arrange for special hardware or softwaresupport? This is particularly important if the software that you plan to use requires a network license.ConclusionOur experiences are only a few examples of how engineers can make a significant impact beyond their Page 25.1073.13normal scope of influence. We took the knowledge and skills that we have developed in our careers andused them in a capacity we had never anticipated. When asked, “What did you do?”, we can honestly saythat, “We made a difference

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

years. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 5. Atkinson, M. P. (2001). The scholarship of teaching and learning: Reconceptualizing scholarship and transforming the academy. Social Forces, 79 (4), 1217-1230. 6. Austin, A. E. (2002). Preparing the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to the academic career. The Journal of Higher Education, 73 (1), 94-122. 7. Barbe, Walter B. , Milone, Michael N., Jr. (1980). Modality. Instructor, 89, 44-47. 8. Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change: The Magazine of Higher Education, 13-24. 9. Barrows, Howard S. (2000). Problem-Based Learning

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Pakize S. Pulat, University of Oklahoma

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

values at their operating load as well as the electrical power,mechanical power, and efficiency. Performing detailed motor calculations is a great way toprovide a practical element to the course and something that will be useful to many of thestudents in their careers. A similar methodology was used in an introductory ECE class for non-majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.14 This paper14 shows detailed calculations andfigures of the motor theory that is taught in ENGR 3431.Next, the type of project that would motivate students to participate needed to be determined.With prior experience in FIRST robotics, we felt that it would be a good model for the robotproject portion of this course. FIRST is excellent at motivating students to

Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

in contexts in which they are expected to workwith others and devise solutions to complex problems relevant to the social community anddiffering fields [9]. This encourages students to develop abilities for effective communicationand teamwork, as well as applying ethical and social responsibility to their learning throughpractical applications. Lastly, networking competencies focus on broadening a student’s learningenvironment through multidisciplinary, multicultural, and international learning connections [9].The authors of this paper realize the importance of innovation pedagogy and believe thateducational models need to adapt and educate students to be innovative, self-driven learners tobetter prepare them for careers in an ever-changing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Teresa J. Sakraida, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

another career; Interest is the enjoyment (or lack of) experienced in doingengineering activities; and Utility is the perceived usefulness (or lack of) of becoming anengineer and/or earning an engineering degree (Matusovich et al., 2010). The authors conductedlongitudinal semi-structured interviews of 11 participants (5 men and 6 women) during their fouryears of undergraduate engineering education. They found that all four Eccles’ value categoriesare present; that attainment value plays a prominent role, but not an exclusive role, inparticipant’s choice to earn an engineering degree; and that the four categories are not mutuallyexclusive. In summary, the researchers found that participants can be categorized with high orlow engineering-related

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Gusmao Brissi, Purdue University; Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Andrea Prier, University of Waterloo; Taghi Khaniyev, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Jason Andrew Grove, The University of Waterloo; Samar Mohamed, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Joan Johnson M.Ed, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, employees must haveknowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) that empower them to communicate and coordinate withtheir colleagues2. The ability to act as an effective team member and leader is critical forengineering graduates entering industry, business or other career paths. Accordingly, theCanadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) has designated teamwork as one of thetwelve attributes engineering students must possess upon graduation3. Similarly, ABET hasincluded the “ability to function on multi-disciplinary skills” in its set of professional skills4.In our experience as engineering educators, based on observations as well as employer andstudent exit surveys, the traditional academic setting cannot give sufficient experiences forreasonable

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Bethlehem, PA. with Professor Mohammed El- Aasser in the Emulsion Polymers Institute in the Department of Chemical Engineering as part of the Poly- mer Science and Engineering program. I received my Ph.D in 2000 for a dissertation entitled: ”Grafting Reactions in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate using Poly(vinyl alcohol) as Emulsifier”. Upon graduation, I was hired into the Ph.D Career Development Program at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA. where I conducted three one-year rotations in each of the three divisions: Polymer Chemicals Technology, Corporate R&D Science & Technology Center (CSTC) and Gases and Electronics Advanced Technology. I gained experience developing photoresist polymers for

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Li, Tsinghua University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the students need to be able to do influenced dynamically.So it is a kind of change from what one-way communication outward to what they actuallytaken in the students’ classroom. We can understand and often talk, but are they absorbingwhat they need to be able to do to be successful in their career? So that is a kind of change ofmind from the faculty-centered to more student-centered, learning focused.” Relatively,teaching technology, teaching method or learning method may be indirectly impacted byaccreditation, as Mr. Miller argued, “there are people here who are from our classes. Yougive the students homework before you go to the class. They do the homework before theclass, and in class they talk about it. That is called ‘flipped classroom