Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Palmer, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. describes a course to teach softskills applicable to all students but little training on tackling open-ended problems. Rogge andLivesay presents a course to prepare biomedical engineering students using mini-design projects,however no details of the projects are given in the paper. Csavina and Seeney discuss a productdesign course for biomedical engineering students to prepare of open ended constraints bydesigning a Home Lift Position and Rehabilitation chair. Co et. al. write about a pre-capstonecourse for electrical engineers where teams work on various subsystems of an overall electricaldevice. A number of team and soft skills were also reinforced in the course to provide bettermanagement and integration of efforts. The course described in this

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Developing and Assessing Global Competence in Engineers. European Journal of Engineering Education, 31, 119-131. 7. Beard, D., Schwieger, D., Surendran, K. (2008). Integrating Soft Skills Assessment through University, College, and Programmatic Efforts at an AACSB Accredited Institution. Journal of Information Systems Education, 19, 229. 8. Besterfield-Sacre, M., Shuman, L. J., Wolfe, H., Atman, C. J., McGourty, J., Miller, R. L., Olds, B. M., Rogers, G.M. (2000). Defining the Outcomes: A Framework for EC-2000. IEEE Transactions on Education, 43, 100-10. 9. Gerhart, A., Grunow, M. (2009). Leadership Models and Practices Course: Student Perceptions and Development of Leadership Skills and

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

TheEngineer of 2020. Professionals who graduate with engineering degrees of any discipline maydirectly use their undergraduate technical knowledge as well as use, in more general terms, theirengineering problem solving approaches in many fields. Today’s engineers work in traditionalas well as non-traditional fields perceived completely different from any design theory studied inthe classroom. Many industries, from mainstream business and consulting to design andmanufacturing, desire to hire engineers for their learned way of thinking and ability to applyavailable resources to improve quality of product, service and thus human life. A well-roundedengineer, with effective technical knowledge and analytical skills as well as effective soft skills

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ethics, and “soft” skills such asleadership, communication skills, social awareness, etc. Figure 1 illustrates the kind of engineerswe want our graduates to be through the interdisciplinary curricula we designed for them. Figure 1. Goal of our interdisciplinary curriculaMultidisciplinary Design ProjectsThe freshman students matriculated into the JI do not declare a major until the sophomore year.In the first year, all students take an Introduction to Engineering course where they work inteams on self-proposed engineering design projects. In this course, they go through the entireengineering process from an initial idea to the design to manufacturing and finally to a workingprototype. They learn about the skills and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Ortegon, Universidad Icesi

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with engineeringtechniques and problem solving; and a set of “soft skills” associated with professional practiceand work environment skills. Although the means to develop each of these hard and professionalskills individually has been discussed in the past, since the creation of the ABET accreditationsystem, educational research has been centered on assessment methods and learning methods toimprove the attainment of (a)-(k) outcomes in students.2,3,4 Little attention has been given tolearning strategies that develop multiple student outcomes in an integrated way and theassessment and impact of real-world learning experiences on the developing of multi-outcomes.5,6The Solar Decathlon competition is one example of a variety of alternatives

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia; Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

somehow problematic for them. Such feedback could informfuture revisions to the course.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to express their gratitude to their colleagues at Vantage College,particularly in the Applied Science and English for Academic Purposes programs, for theirongoing support of and interest in this work.References[1] M. Itani and I. Srour, "Engineering Students' Perceptions of Soft Skills, Industry Expectations, and Career Aspirations.," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 142, no. 1, p. 04015005, 2016.[2] A. J. Fletcher, A. W. Sharif and M. D. Haw, "Using the perceptions of chemical engineering students and graduates to develop employability skills," Education for Chemical

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bergquist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

paper organizes student responses into two areas: (i) howinvolvement on the research team has impacted their personal engineering development(technical and soft skills, networking, and other professional development), and (ii) projectprogress and communication.Research Team Effect on Personal Engineering DevelopmentA major benefit that the students found in working on this research team were the technical andinterpersonal skills they developed through practical engineering experience. ClemsonUniversity’s Creative Inquiry program facilitated multidisciplinary research on the design of amedical device which engaged students in mechanical engineering, bioengineering, marketing,and nursing departments. These students indicated their participation

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

socio-technical concepts as away to enhance the range of skills that engineering education is intended to teach and to fosterthe status of the engineer as a professional with social responsibility and public engagement. Itasks for engineers to cultivate their identity as technology designers cognizant of foundationalattributes inclusive of technical and non-technical skills.e                                                                                                                e The spatial metaphor that helps promote this vision is important as well. Instead of proposing a radial, atomicmodel, with the core technical attributes in the nucleus and so-called “soft” skills of communication, economicattention, and cultural value awareness

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

months of discussion that wasinformed by evidence gathered from students, faculty and alumni; input from thought leaders; a NEET-commissioned global engineering education benchmarking study, and; inputs from industry. Seniormanagers from over forty companies were interviewed and surveyed on the NEET Ways of Thinking, interms of how proficient(scale of 0-5) they would expect a graduating MIT engineer to be on each ofthose cognitive approaches. Many managers said, for example, that it was no longer a question oftraining students on “communication skills” or “soft skills”. The ability to sell an idea properly ---marshal technical and other resources within the company and from outside (experts from MIT, otherexperts, conferences, online, etc.) and

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

development of theprogram discussed in this paper. A main finding is that data science programs tend to have moreprogramming, statistics, and higher mathematics requirements than programs that focus on dataanalytics. This is an important aspect to communicate to students and their parents. In addition,the authors called for more analysis of how programs teach the soft skills that are important tocareers in data analytics and data science. Borne et al. [7] describe the need for computationaland data science programs, especially within science related fields. This need is being driven byemerging interdisciplinary areas in bioinformatics, geoinformatics, astroinformatics, andmaterials informatics. An important point to emphasize is the broad nature of

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Bland, John Brown University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Gordon13that the effectiveness of management seminars and "soft-skill" courses is questionable. Whetheror not seminars could or should have an impact on sustained general management capability wasnot evaluated and should be further evaluated in future research.The technical participants had a different attitude toward non-formal education that was wellsummarized by this comment: (1) "Seminars always influenced us. Technical seminars came into play time and again preparing you to do jobs. ...You can force the (seminar) selection by knowing somebody in the country is an expert and asking them to conduct a seminar to meet your specific needs. ..Technical seminars permitted you to do your job better. ...Those were the easiest

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); L. Franklin Bost, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph R. Cavallaro, Rice University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University; Sonya M. Dennis, Morehouse College; Yingfei Dong, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University; Afroditi V. Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; David Garmire, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Jay George; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail S. Hohner, University of Michigan; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Amos Johnson, Morehouse College; Charles Kim, Howard University; Hale Kim, INHA University; Robert H. Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kevin James Lybarger, University of Washington; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Subra Muralidharan, University of California, Davis; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Francisco Raul Ortega, Florida International University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; David M. Rizzo; Candace Renee Ryder, Colorado State Univerisity; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Seyed Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Gary L. Woods, Rice University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brian C. Fabien, University of Washington; Phiilp Johnson, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Robert Collins, Univesrity of Strathclyde at Georgia Tech; Paul Murray

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Innovations for Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michaela E. Amoo, Howard University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Jen-Yeu Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jillana Finnegan, Boise State University ; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Patricia D. Koman, University of Michigan; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Louise Logan, University of Strathclyde; Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Millis Trent, University of Pretoria; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Bennett C. Ward, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering