Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

within sustainability constraints and to identify economic, environmental, andsocial impacts of their projects. Integral to the design and monitoring of reform efforts will bethe availability of accurate and reliable tools for assessing students’ knowledge of sustainabilityand ability to apply that knowledge in design1. Effective assessments are characterized byobjectivity, reliability, minimal influence on student responses, and portrayal of knowledgestructure2, 3. At the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference, a special session addressed the question ofwhether there were effective assessment methods for sustainability and other “hard to measure”topics in engineering education. The session stimulated discussion of which assessment toolswere available and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

experiences is the goal of integrating engineering, science, humanities, and socialscience disciplines. Another common factor is the integration of experiential learning withformal academic subjects so that students can use real-world projects to reinforce learning withpractice.1,3,5,15,16Some have noted that a drawback of such experiences is that they can exist in isolation, from thestudents’ perspective, from other parts of an undergraduate’s educational experience. Moreover,even when students may complete elective or minor subjects in disciplines outside of their majordiscipline, they often see their coursework as disconnected subjects both from one another and,more importantly, from their major learning experience. Recently, some authors have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Osterwood, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Jason Douglas Monnell, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Koch, GTECH Strategies; Maureen Copeland, GTECH Strategies

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Monnell teaches Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Chemical Analysis. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, and the As- sociation of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors for which he serves on the Governmental Affairs Comittee.Chris Koch, GTECH Strategies Chris has worked in major cities around the country on systemic economic development projects in the private and public sectors. Her background is in the areas of Community and Economic Development, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Project Management, and Social Enterprise. Chris has provided expertise on urban blight reduction strategies and social entrepreneurship to organizations such as the Brookings Institute, Great Lakes

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary team LCA project. The learning objectives, gradingmetrics, and syllabus for the class are included for reference in the appendix. Since no textbook Page 12.263.3was found to cover the course material appropriately across the disciplines, a wide variety ofmaterials (book chapters, journal and newspaper articles, corporate product information, webdatabases, and software manuals) were provided to the students to complement the lectures. Theclass was taught by faculty with disciplinary backgrounds in materials science and chemicalengineering. The primary instructor also has several years of experience in Design forEnvironment (DfE) and Life

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

thecomplicated technical principles of engineering, it is less common for these institutions toinclude team communication or team training as part of the undergraduate curriculum.Instructors often give team projects in an effort to help students learn effective teamwork skills,but this practice alone does not teach team dynamics3. The fundamentals of how people workand interact is a skill; like calculus or circuits, it must be taught, practiced and evaluated3,4. Quality decision-making can be enhanced when members of a team develop high degreesof openness and interdependence. When members of a team regulate or ignore certaininformation, the quality of the decision is diminished5. From the Argyris and Schön “Theory ofAction” perspective, “the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Fred Looft; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schachterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

high school students. Thus, robotics may well be an important component inattracting more students into engineering. Furthermore, as robotics can have a role in directlyimproving the lives of individuals (robotics will play a major role in assistive technology, forexample) it may help draw more women into engineering. As indicators of the level of interest inrobotics among high school students, we cite the following statistics: • In 2006, over 28,000 high-school students competed in FIRST Robotic Competition and another 6,000 mostly high school students competed in FIRST Vex Challenge1. • FIRST Robotic Competition reached over 30,000 high-school aged students in 20072 and FIRST Vex Challenge projects to reach over 25,000

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

], [2] stressed the need for engineers to possessleadership abilities. The former emphasized engineering graduates “must understand theprinciples of leadership and be able to practice them in growing proportions as their careersadvance. Additionally, the latter report stated, “it is becoming increasingly recognized that it isimportant to introduce engineering activities, including team-based design projects … early inthe undergraduate experience.” Curricular approaches that engage students in team exercises, inteam design courses, and in courses that connect engineering design and solutions to real-worldproblems demonstrate the social relevance of engineering. However, the designs of theseapproaches and assessment of their effectiveness are not

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques; Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

thestudents are expected to know and accomplish at the time of graduation. Of particular interestand pertinent to the current discussion are criterions 3(d): an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams, 3(f): an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and 3(g): anability to communicate effectively.In most engineering programs, capstone design courses tend to be the courses where these ABETcriteria are typically addressed. Capstone courses have evolved over the years from professordefined designs to industry-sponsored projects where “real” problems are given4,5. Asconstructivist theories of learning became popular, and the academic community recognized thatthat learning is a social activity6, these capstone project-based

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering and other STEM-disciplinestudents to the university, retains them, and makes them more marketable to employers whenthey graduate. Each alternative capstone design team operates as much as possible like a realcompany in the private sector and is run by the students. Team sizes range from 10 to 70 or moremembers. All team members have prescribed responsibilities corresponding to their level ofmaturity, abilities, and technical education. Team members define problems, develop and designsolutions, perform testing and analyses, make recommendations, manufacture parts, stay withinbudgets and schedules, and manage multiple projects. This alternative capstone design programhas converted the traditional classroom into a multi-year

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

sequence, students work to design and construct prototypesof human-powered vehicles for a client with cerebral palsy who lives in the local community. Aclient with cerebral palsy provides not only a real, client-based design experience, but also anopportunity requiring that the students develop a new customer persona differing from the“myself-as-the-customer” model; this process has proved challenging for many of the students.Ideally, by the end of the academic year, students should learn the importance of disassociatingthemselves from the customer as well as understand the ethical obligations associated with beingan engineer.A critical component of this sophomore project is the development of identity and communityamong a cohort of students. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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 Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Rosenbaum, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

service and engineering. He has written texts in design, general engineering and digital electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way.Rachel Rosenbaum, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Rachel Rosenbaum is a junior in Industrial and Systems Engineering with passions in project management and engineering education. She was in the Galipatia LLC freshman year, a CEED Peer Mentor sophomore year, and has recently started research with the ECLIPS team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 First-year engineering program evaluation: Understanding senior students’ perceptions about their first-year experienceAbstractThis Complete Research paper

Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and the school of peace studies. The course will be co-taught, with GDHrepresenting engineering and ACF representing peace studies. The semester will be spent on asingle project, designing a drone for social good. Drones come with an ideal combination oftechnical and ethical challenges that will force students from both schools to wrestle togetherwith unfamiliar questions. One of our primary learning outcomes will be for this struggle tocultivate individual empathy across disciplinary boundaries. Put more practically, we want thestudents to understand how using alternative disciplinary frameworks changes theirunderstanding of problems. During the semester small teams (4-6 students) will each 1) build aquadcopter drone using the open source

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amy E. Monte, Michigan Technological University; Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Monte has a B.S. and a M.S. in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological Univer- sity.Dr. Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological UniversityMr. Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University Douglas E. Oppliger is currently a Senior Lecturer at Michigan Technological University. His work at this post was preceded by eleven years as a K-12 math/science teacher Michigan’s public schools. He is a Professional Civil Engineer with several years experience working in the marine construction industry. His most recent efforts have focused on using project-based learning to recruit a diverse body of K-12 students to STEM studies beyond high school

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Mary Frame, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Chad Korach, State University of New York at Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-based, active learning environmentsfor improvement of student comprehension and engagement.1,2,3 Active-learning requires Page 13.414.2students to be involved in key activities of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. 4 For universitystudents, these activities are most clearly present in the context of directed and independentresearch.5 While certain active-learning activities can (and should) be built into the structure ofwhat would normally be a lecture class (such as group discussions, demonstrations, and groupdesign projects), the level of student engagement supported by a research project would be hardto duplicate in a classroom environment

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Jeffery M Plumblee II, Clemson University; David E Vaughn, Clemson University; Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

organization to 100+ stu- dents per semester, including 2-5 interns living in Haiti year-round. The program has overseen in excess of $2 million in sustainable infrastructure and economic development projects in Haiti. He is currently ex- ploring ways to offer similar opportunities to a wider audience, including bringing the CEDC model into a domestic context, leveraging technology to virtually link students with service-learning opportunities and resources throughout the world, and starting a design challenge for high school students to address the needs of the less fortunate.Mr. David E Vaughn, Clemson University David is a Professor of Practice within Clemson University’s Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, the

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Patrice M. Ludwig, James Madison University; Erica J. Lewis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

solutions. This process ensures that students take ownership of their project as anengaged team. It allows students to strengthen their problem-solving and collaboration skills.The interdisciplinary teaching team models the teamwork skills the students are learning. Theaim is to promote interdisciplinary learning, foster teamwork, and improve student engagement.Other course objectives are to develop students’ creative problem solving, empathetic designpractices, communication skills, prototyping skills, and ethical reasoning. Students are expectedto become proficient at the empathetic design process as well as interdisciplinary communicationand teamwork. Creative problem solving, ethical reasoning, and realization of a product throughprototyping

Conference Session

Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

Collection

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

Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta Mehwish Butt, BSc., is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Her research area lies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Design Processes, Product Development and Evolution, Design interface across disciplines, and identifying the commonalities of design concepts across disciplines.Dr. Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta Jason P. Carey, PhD., PEng., is a Professor and Associate Dean of Programming and Planning, in the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Alberta. He is a collaborator of the Transdisciplinary Design Education for Engineering Undergraduates research project. Dr. Carey research interests are in

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8676First-Year Engineering Students’ Communication of Nanotechnology Size &Scale in a Design ChallengeKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently pursuing her PhD in engineering education at Purdue University. She is a member of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) education research team. She con- ducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology. Her current projects involve investigating students’ understanding of size and scale concepts, the cross-disciplinary nature of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Greg Fischer; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

designs and the various technical topics are introduced as needed. Each ofthese courses includes elements of CS, ECE and ME. To add cohesion within courses, eachcourse in the unified sequence has its own focus, such as locomotion, sensing, manipulation, andnavigation. Students in the Robotics program also take other required and elective courses,selected from courses already offered by the various engineering departments. In addition, theprogram includes an entrepreneurship component to prepare future “entrepreneurial engineers.”6Like all majors at WPI, the program culminates in a capstone design experience wherein studentssynthesize their accumulated knowledge in a major project. The RBE program is designed sothat it can be accredited under the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University; Courtney Lavadia, Texas A&M University; Douglas Allaire, Texas A&M University; Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arróyave, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

data also reveal the positive impact of theseinstructional modes compared to those utilized in traditional engineering coursework. This paperpresents these new delivery approaches and the sample research projects included within thenewly introduced nanotechnology courses.1. IntroductionNanotechnology is a rapidly advancing field that shows promise in solving current science andtechnology challenges through the innovative materials, processes/devices, and theirapplications. Nanomanufacturing including self-assembly has become an important tool indeveloping nanoscale devices applicable in medicine, electronics, and energy. Nanomaterialssuch as carbon nanotubes, graphene, quantum dots, and nanoparticles are of particular interest insensor

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louise Rosanna Manfredi, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and ideal outcomes are not routinely communicated to the wholeteam.This work-in-progress paper examines an industry multi-disciplinary engineering design team.Specifically, this study investigates the communication channels between industrial designinterns and an engineering team at an aerospace company in California. Members of this teamwere interviewed to record their experiences during this three-month project. At this initialresearch stage, methods of communication used, how effectively they communicated with eachother, and what was learned about different design methodologies was captured.The purpose of this study was twofold as we sought to satisfy questions from the industrial andthe academic perspectives. From the industrial viewpoint

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Steven G. Northrup, Western New England University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

for Development discusses approaches for making engineering more attractive tostudents, particularly women.10 The UNESCO report describes the work of Regina Clewlow andEngineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) whose mission is to “stimulate and foster an increasedand more diverse community of engineers and to infuse sustainability into the practice andstudies of every engineer.” The authors of this paper have been involved with curriculumdevelopment for multidisciplinary engineering efforts that support the missions and goals ofUNESCO and ESW. In this work, we discuss a multidisciplinary project designed to meet thechallenges set forth in the UNESCO report.This paper describes an authentic learning experience involving an international

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky; Paul A. Dolloff, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

grid into five areas: A) integrated communications, B) sensing andmeasurement, C) advanced components, D) advanced control methods, and E) improvedinterfaces and decision support. In terms of functionality, the smart grid technologies fall intogeneral categories of generation automation, transmission automation, distribution automation,and power utilization automation.On the other hand, implementation of smart grid projects and deployment of smart gridtechnologies will involve and affect various stakeholders such as utilities, customers, regulators,environmentalists, etc. 1 With more electric vehicles coming into being, smart grid may alsoaffect and be affected by electric vehicle technologies.Successful implementation of smart grid projects

Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program and the mechanical engineering program. She is also the Assistant Director of the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) at ASU and works closely with the Director to ensure the success of the program. Dr. Zhu is also involved in the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy/Earned Admission Program, and the ASU Kern Project. She was a part of the team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course. She has also co-developed two unique MOOCs, Introduction to Engineering and Perspectives on Grand Challenges

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Mei Song, Tamkang University; Shang-Hsien Hsieh, National Taiwan University; Shih-Yao Lai, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

journey with the support of aresearch project aimed to foster multidisciplinary, innovative curriculum in engineering. Theinitial philosophy of bridging the three seemingly unrelated disciplines was that the tools andmethods developed in FS for futures thinking might be able to enhance the design capacity ofCE students. At the same time, as a discipline that bridges architecture and social sciences,B&P was the perfect agent between CE and FS. The collaboration has been quite fruitful, with the three teachers moving increasinglycloser year by year in terms of disciplinary overlap and having continued to do so after theend of the three-year project. As we are attempting to venture forward with even deeperintegration of our disciplines

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

project guided byfunding opportunity announcements (FOAs) from federal agencies such as the National Institutesof Health (NIH) and/or the National Science Foundation (NSF) that possess a cardiovascularinfluence [13]. Students then pitch their project ideas to classmates and form multidisciplinarycollaborative teams that work together to find unique and innovative solutions to their chosenproblem. Not only are students able to enhance their problem-solving skills, they also developprofessional skills such as research, communication, team collaboration, and projectmanagement. ABET, an accreditation agency for engineering programs, lists the attainment ofthese skills under Criterion 3 for desired student outcomes which prepare graduates to

Conference Session

Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering 280 if I walked in on any given day? o How did it compare to your expectations? o Follow up questions were based on course elements the students described (e.g. lectures, activities, and spaces that they used)  Please tell me about your engineering design project? o Tell me about prototyping during the course?  How would you describe your interactions with one another while working on team projects?  How would you describe the engineering design process?Our pilot group of five students agreed to answer the survey during the focus group interview.Given the scope of this evaluative case, we are reporting on the questions related to self-determination theory variables