Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Mehrnaz Mostafapour, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Andrea Prier, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Jason Grove P.E., University of Waterloo; Eugene Li, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #19163Practicing What we Preach: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Teaching Multi-DisciplinaryTeamworkDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational behavior, theory, and technology. She received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, followed by Master of Applied Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Management Sciences, all from the University of

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University; Charles McDonald Cowan II, James Madison University; Robin D Anderson, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

FrameworksAbstractPreviously, researchers developed and applied a sustainable design rubric, based on the NinePrinciples of Sustainable Engineering, to civil engineering student design projects. The rubric isbeing updated for use across engineering disciplines based on insights from the pilot applicationphase and a three phase validation process. This paper reports on expert validation through asurvey and comparisons with sustainability frameworks. Paper and web-based surveys were usedto gather perspectives from engineering education professionals with different disciplinaryperspectives, including civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical/computer, and otherengineering or related disciplines, from the United States and abroad (N = 55). Specifically,participants

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

project management. The honors program in the Kate Gleason College isstructured to give participating faculty members a full appreciation for the dynamics of the team-based, product development process and the numerous issues on the periphery of engineeringthat are critical for engineers to be aware of in order to successfully commercialize a product inthe global economy. Participating faculty members discover how knowledge creation in theirdiscipline ties into “value creation” in society, better equipping them to incorporate these ideas intheir own teaching and mentoring of students. Additionally, through their participation in theprogram, faculty members become much more receptive to the concept of team-based,multidisciplinary design as a model

Conference Session

Mechatronics and Robotics II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Kenechukwu Churchill Mbanisi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Majid Molki, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, in 2013, and the M.S. degree in robotics engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), MA, USA in 2018. He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in robotics engi- neering from WPI, USA. His research interests include human motion modeling, planning and analysis, human-robot and human-machine interaction.Dr. David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley David M. Auslander is Professor of the Graduate School, Mechanical Engineering, University of Califor- nia at Berkeley. His interests include mechatronics, real time software, and mechanical control. Current projects are building energy control, satellite attitude control, mechanical system simulation, and en- gineering curriculum. He

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Andrew Greenberg, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Ashley Brown

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

community that collectivelysaw the value and importance of lifelong mentoring and commitment to continued study of thescience of mentoring. Participants shared the understanding that effective mentoring takespractice and is ever evolving.Communication tools: A key aspect of the EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst initiative is buildingtools to create a community to facilitate sharing of ideas and best practices in mentoring. To date,these tools have included the EFRI-REM Catalyst project website, webinar interface and the Moodleportal for project participants. Currently, a REM LinkedIn community has been established to createa virtual group to facilitate communication and connections between current and alumni REMparticipants and extend the value of the

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of an REU Summer ProgramAbstractAn NSF-funded Center, a three-university partnership with research focused onnanomanufacturing, has held a Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)Program for undergraduate students over the past three years. Over 70 students have participatedin the program, in which each student is guided in a project to learn more about research relatedto nanomanufacturing. In our laboratories, students with diverse technical backgrounds gainskills in electron and atomic force microscopy; chemical synthesis; MEMS and NEMSfabrication; dip pen nanolithography; template-guided assembly and transfer of polymers andnanoparticles; high rate polymer processing; assessing the impact of nanoparticles on theenvironment

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with activities to helpthem semantically encode the primary principles of innovation, and b) to help them prepare forthe final two innovation activities: a formative ideation project, and a summative capstoneexperience.Both the formative ideation project, and the innovation capstone experience required the studentsto demonstrate how they came to their solutions as a result of using/engaging the principles andprocesses of innovation. The participants were assigned and completed the ideation projectduring the first day of instruction. It provided the participants with the opportunity toimmediately put into action the principles and processes they had experienced in the innovationmini-activities. The ideation project required the participants to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jacob Allen Novosad, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Huan Phan-Van, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

reasons for the delay in the development of the robots. Facultyinvolvement towards the end of the project development was deemed necessary to speed up thecompletion of the robots. Despite the completion of the hardware part of the robot, the softwaredevelopment required more rigorous programming skills, and therefore, involvement of aComputer Science student. Figure 1 shows a photograph of the finished robotic platform. Therobot uses three omnidirectional wheels positioned 120◦ apart for holonomic locomotion.The robot includes an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 Development Board as the main processor forhigh-level and computationally-intense algorithms for robot motion, localization, and mapping.The Jetson board is a Linux-based processor for which Python is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

college atmosphere. The students designand build a prototype of an automated material handling solution using robots, sensors, conveyorbelts, and indexed lines. Simultaneously, the students receive orientation to plan their highschool courses in order to succeed in college, understand the type of jobs existing in theengineering fields. The senior camp is oriented for those high school students that have someinterest in engineering and science but want to know more about engineering, or those studentsthat are good in math and science but are undecided to pursue an engineering career. Thestudents work within cross-discipline teams on hands-on project using simulation, automatedmaterial handling systems, a Pegasus robot, a CNC mill, and RF wireless

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia; Farhad Omar, University of Virginia; Alexander Hydrogen Martin, University of Virginia; James Durand, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-733: RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR LEARNING BARGEP. Paxton Marshall, University of VirginiaFarhad Omar, University of VirginiaAlexander Hydrogen Martin, University of VirginiaJames Durand, University of Virginia Page 13.1035.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Renewable Energy for Learning BargeTM American Society for Engineering Education 2008 Annual ConferenceIntroduction Learning BargeTM is joint project of the schools of architecture and engineering atthe University of Virginia to design and build an energy self-sufficient floating classroomthat offers an interactive, hands-on learning experience focused on ecological restoration

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne R. Garland, New Mexico State University; Michele A. Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and Professional Communication, both from NMSU. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the NMSU Rhetoric and Professional Communication program.Dr. Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University Ricardo B. Jacquez, Ph.D, PE, is Regents Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering at New Mexico State University. For the past 21 years he has served as the principal investigator and project director for the Louis Stokes New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation. Page 26.1576.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015The Summer Undergraduate Research Bridge

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and discuss the issues. This isintended to build a vocabulary of leadership concepts that directly relates to their currentcognitive and affective structures. Additionally there are several team lead workshops (10)designed to develop team management skills for the whole class (group decision making,presentations, conflict resolution, meeting management, and project planning and scheduling,etc.). Each of these experiences and activities is examined at the immediate and direct level thenviewed “from the balcony” for analysis.Multiple direct and indirect assessments of leadership development and skill mastery are used.These include detailed peer assessments using the new leadership vocabularies, progress inpersonal skill development, written

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gregory Fischer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gary Pollice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the crux of the problem. Students tend to learn facts in their, inthis case Physics, classes but, like the researchers referred to in the above quote, they don’tnecessarily learn how those facts are relevant to their chosen discipline. This phenomenon wasactually observed during an internal bi-annual review of the capstone design projects in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Department at WPI where it was observed that studentswere having a difficult time synthesizing designs.3 To correct this problem, a radically differentcourse in ECE Design was developed to teach the fundamentals of designing electrical systemsto students at the end of their sophomore year. With this course we were able to reach studentsimmediately after foundational

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson, Bennett College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

hands-on projects that do notimmediately seem related, and thus seeks to link a service-learning project to 3D modeling andprinting. The first part carries students on a journey to understand the need for and to plan aservice-learning project. The story begins with two students frustrated by their experience offacilitating an engineering design challenge with elementary school children. The case thendirects students to use provided resources to plan and engage in a meaningful service-learningproject. The second part continues the story of one of the disgruntled students experiencing abreakthrough when the needs addressed by the service-learning intervention are well-defined andwhen the student discovers a shared interest in 3D printing with one

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University; Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

certificate program on Circular Economy.Ing. Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University Bart van Bueren aims to be a visionary entrepreneur in circular economy. As founder, Van Bueren suc- cessfully launched Deltasync, Waterarchitect and the Dutch Design Post. His skills came clear when his graduation project turned into a building commission for an 1100m2 floating pavilion. It became inter- nationally known as icon of climate adaptation. On four continents he presented his visions and in 2008 he got elected as Young Technical Professional by NLengineers. Since 2012 Van Bueren is assigned as visiting expert in DeltaDesign and Circular Economy at NCKU in Taiwan, here he teaches in five dif- ferent departments

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects and examples, elucidated by discipline specific instructors, to academic settings.IntroductionRecently the National Academy of Engineering developed a publication “Educating the Engineerof 2020”, which mentioned many ideas of co-teaching, just in time teaching, and multi-disciplinary teaching. Industry and various academic institutions feel that it is vital to integrateengineering because most systems existing presently are developed with integrated engineeringteams1. Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) proposed and was awarded National ScienceFoundation funds in 1987 to develop an Enhanced Experience for Engineering Education (E4)2.This program integrated students and faculty from all engineering disciplines for the first twoyears of

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanja Magoc, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Francois Modave, Central Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

scienceclasses principally focuses on the syntax of a particular programming language. Furthermore,programming projects are typically structured to provide practice of programming concepts ratherthan examining the application of programming to STEM studies. Computer Programming forScientists and Engineers (CPSE) is a course offered at the University of Texas at El Paso intendedto teach basic computer programming skills to undergraduate students majoring in STEM Page 15.834.2disciplines other than computer science. This course, which previously focused on the syntax andsemantics of the C language, attracted too few students and was largely viewed as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

]. Theinitiatives we are presenting here follow a similar focus on the visual arts, but in no way doesthis mean that we advocate for the visual arts to be the primary area of integration nor the onebetter suited for initial attempts in the curricula and campus life. Rather, we recognize thatfunding critically limits this kind of interdisciplinary efforts and that each institution’s optionsare therefore different. In our case, we are fortunate to be able to work with the university’s ownarts museum, which is at the heart of our STEAM project. In other words, there is no prescribedset of activities, content and resources that can guarantee a successful growth of STEAM. Whatwe offer are a set of options that hopefully will inspire other initiatives

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Andrew Biaglow, United States Military Academy; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

information flow between instructors from different departments encouragesfaculty learning by pushing the instructors beyond their own discipline. This paper illustratessome of the course details employed between three engineering departments to advance andenrich a multidisciplinary controls engineering course. Advantages to empowering amultidisciplinary faculty are also described. The techniques described allow the students tobenefit from the work of a multidisciplinary faculty team and enrich the students’ understandingby bringing in real world projects and examples.IntroductionIn 2005 the National Academy of Engineering in “Educating the Engineer of 2020,” stated manyideas of co-teaching, just in time teaching, and multi-disciplinary teaching.1

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Presentation Oral Exam 1 Oral Presentation Scientific Knowledge County Fair Writing Written Reflections Teaming/Professionalism Press Conference Oral Presentation Design Deliverable Proposal Written Report Design Deliverable You-tube video Instructional Video Design Deliverable Page 24.1370.3 Employment Project Cover letter and Resume Resume & Cover LetterEach deliverable shown in Table 2 was assigned to a category with the grade distribution shownin Table 3. The design deliverable’s grade for each

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Brian Arnold, National University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #11344Applying Student Engagement Techniques to Multidisciplinary Online Engi-neering LaboratoriesDr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National Uni- versity in San Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, and data analytics. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality control manager, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsible for failure analysis of thin film materials. She invented new quality control tools and supervised interns from local

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Loren Limberis is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The College of New Jersey. He received both his BS degree in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. His research interests include the study of motor protein motility mechanisms and the incorporation of motor proteins and their associated tracks into bio

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Sarah Stephens Bettinger; Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Isabel C. Scarinci, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Mona N. Fouad

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

investigator in 70 projects and authored more than 130 technical papers. Sisiopiku has been recognized by many organizations for her professional achievements including the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration, the Illinois Association of Highway En- gineers, and the Women’s Transportation seminar. She is the recipient of the 2007 President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2010 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship. She is an active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Transportation Research Board.Dr. Isabel C. Scarinci, University of Alabama, Birmingham Isabel Scarinci is currently a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Preven

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-2773: IDENTIFYING THE CONTENT OF A GENERAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAM USING BENCHMARKING AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OFENGINEERING EXAMINATIONStephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University Stephanie Sullivan is a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. Sullivan has fourteen years of industrial experience in project engineering, quality operations, and operations planning roles. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Sullivan has earned the American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS) Certification in Production and Inventory

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

into freshman-level humanities course and a junior-level technical course allowed students to make connections with what they learned earlier in their college careers. • Not insignificant is the fact that this interdisciplinary project brought together three people from very different academic areas to exchange ideas.The Museum - Contributions to the Synthesis of Art and EngineeringWhile the seeds may have been planted much earlier, the synthesis of art and engineering atMilwaukee School of Engineering formally began in 2001 with the gift of the Eckhart G. Page 24.784.2Grohmann Man at Work collection to the University

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #33393Creating a Multi-College Interdisciplinary B.S. Data Science Programwith ConcentrationsDr. Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and serves as the Associate Director for the Data Science Program for the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences. His research interests include data science and analytics, innovation, technology, and interdisciplinary project-based active learning methodologies. As part of his current role, Karl is leading a State-wide

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

Paper ID #15956Towards a Multidisciplinary Teamwork Training Series for UndergraduateEngineering Students: Development and Assessment of Two First-year Work-shopsDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational theory, technology, and behaviour. She received her Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Applied Science and PhD in Management Sciences, all

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

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 for Engineering

Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

by students, and contrast it with that used bySTEM professionals.In [2] the authors showed that “professional” STEM writing is far from homogeneous anddemonstrated significant differences not only between engineering and natural science writing,but also between different disciplines within engineering: samples of physics, structural,electrical, and mechanical engineering writing were compared and found to have pronounceddifferences in voice, style, and diction. Present work will expand this comparison to includeanalysis of student work.Student work considered for this paper was in the form of an analysis report, submitted bysenior-level Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students as part of a year-long seniordesign team project. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University; Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Institutional Innovation Staring from the Grassroots LevelAbstractIn this project, a town hall meeting was conducted with faculty and staff from all departments ina college of engineering. Teams of 10-12 people were asked to generate ideas for collaborativeexchange among faculty, staff, and students to better support student success, retention andprogression. The purpose of the town hall format was to intentionally initiate change within thecollege from the grass root levels instead of mandates coming top down. Dozens of ideas weregenerated, qualitatively sorted into common themes, and ordered by frequency. Each theme wasthen discussed in a meeting with administration to assign relative weights for anticipated costand perceived impact