Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vy-Linh Gale, New York University; Victoria Bill, New York University; Jessica Si

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

as leaders within their sub-team and mentor new students.IntroductionAssistive technology projects have been used in engineering capstone and project-based courses,often as a way to introduce a real-world problem or client. Several sources cite both the benefitsand challenges of working with patients and clients through these projects [1, 2]. For example,solutions or prototypes might often be very limited in scope or number of clients but can oftenhighlight or include a service learning component [2]. Thus, embedding the topic in capstonedesign can teach students to identify engineering design projects with positive social impact [3].Overall, these projects are often strongly motivating for students, with student satisfactionreportedly

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

different perspectives allows the design team to understand aproblem to the fullest extent, then craft a solution that skillfully responds to the unique needs of auser” [1]. Interestingly, the professional body for industrial design, Industrial Design Society ofAmerica (IDSA), does not call out engineering as a discipline that designers would interact with.It could be argued that “manufacturers” would encompass this discipline, but it does notadequately describe the rich skillsets of the engineering professions and their role in productdevelopment.Despite of the same goal of creating a new product, the relationship between engineers andindustrial designers can sometimes be problematic. Ulrich and Eppinger describe how to managethe industrial design

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-disciplinary degree program. Thisconcentration is not intended to qualify for ABET accreditation under the programspecific criteria for electrical engineering.The Overall BSE Degree ProgramAfter extensive discussions, the founding faculty team decided to build around corevalues of engaged learning, agility and a focus on the individual. Engaged learning isaccomplished by having the main spine of the program be 8 semesters of project workconducted inside an engineering studio. This is an Aalborg style approach3 in whichthere is a single project experience every semester, accompanied by formal instruction inseparate courses. The overall four-year program of study is illustrated in Figure 1. Thespine of projects is the sequence of courses on the left

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the Aerospace Systems and Technology Track, with particularemphasis on the Microsystems Engineering and Technology for the Future Exploration of OuterSpace Regions (METEOR) family of projects will be used as a case example to illustrate theprocess.IntroductionProject-based “capstone” design has become an integral component of the undergraduateengineering experience. As noted by Dym, et al.1, this has been the standard academic responseto address the need to produce engineering graduates able to practice in industry. TheMultidisciplinary Senior Design (MSD) program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)arose from departmental capstone design experiences within Mechanical, Industrial, andElectrical Engineering2. Since its inception

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with “an ability to function onmultidisciplinary teams”1. It is further required that specific skills be identified andassessed via direct measures9. Programs also need to demonstrate that their students havea chance to practice skills associated with each Outcome. Hence a curricular mapping ofsome kind is needed for students to learn and practice their MD skills4.Consistent with ABET requirements we have defined specific skills associated with theABET MD Outcome. Rogers9 recommends establishing 3-5 skills for each ABETOutcome. These help answer the question: “How will you know good MD abilities whenyou see them”? Also see4. The following is an amalgamation of the skills defined byvarious programs across the College:Students will

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

topics from many fields ofscience and engineering.Teaching MEMS at the University of CincinnatiAs we enter the 21st century, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have had a revolutionaryimpact on many areas of science and engineering. The application of MEMS technologies inresearch has already increased the performance of conventional methods in microorganismdetection in environmental monitoring, drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry, andclinical diagnostics. More importantly, it is enabling access to new information and applicationson the molecular level.1 The conceptual paper by Manz et al.2 triggered an avalanche ofdevelopments and discoveries, which led to an exponential growth of the field.3,4MEMS technologies are now being applied

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Thomas Hellmuth, LeTourneau University; Roger Gonzalez, LeTourneau University; Stephen Ayers, LeTourneau University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinary seniordesign experience. Since these tactics are derived from our own successes and failures, ourexperiences illustrate the tactics as a case study. Our goal as a general engineering programoffering a B.S. in Engineering with concentrations in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer,Biomedical, and Materials Joining, is to involve every student in an interdisciplinary designexperience with two or more concentrations.We have identified seven key elements that we believe must be coordinated across disciplines inorder to conduct an effective interdisciplinary senior design experience for all students.(1) Faculty roles must be defined, assigned, and appropriately credited. This may be handled bysomeone in a leadership position such as a dean or

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Issues Sept 19 CPFM1 Ch. 1 - Introduction CPFM Ch. 2 – Quick Start Guide CPFM Ch. 3 – A Brief Introduction to C Jack, Ch. 10 - Sensors Jack, Ch. 11 - Actuators Sept 26 CPFM Ch. 4 – C Types, Operators, and Expressions CPFM Ch. 5 – C Control Flow CPFM Ch. 6 – C Functions and Program Structures Jack, Ch. 12 – Project Management Oct 3 CPFM Ch. 7 – Microcontroller Interrupts and Timers Jack, Ch. 13 – Motion Control Oct 10 CPFM Ch. 8 – C Pointers and ArraysAs a student read a chapter they were required to take notes in hard bound

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Boult, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Jeremy Haefner, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

innovation awards, including an NSF PYI, IEEE CVPR Best Paper 2004 and U. Colorado's Innovator of the year. He is chair of the IEEE PAMI TC and in 2006 was inducted into the IEEE Golden Core. Dr. Boult's research spans computer vision, image processing, medical imaging, biometrics as well as Computer Networks and wireless sensor networks. Dr. Boult's Vision and Security Technology Lab as over $2M in research funding, with 1 postdoc, 9 graduate students and 16 paid undergraduate students. He has been the primary advisor for more than two dozen Ph.D. students; has published over 150 Papers and holds 5 patents with 8 pending. He has been involved in 3 startup companies, all

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

thisconsensus was the mapping of the core curriculum to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)examination to ensure that students will be prepared to succeed in that recognized engineeringbenchmark.IntroductionIn the engineering profession and education over the past fifty years, a lot has changed, and a lothas stayed the same, depending upon the viewpoint and application of the term. Definitions forthe terms “engineer” and “engineering” can be found in Table 1 for both the year 1956 and 2006.The 2006 definition of “engineer” includes the first 1956 definition of “a designer andconstructor of engines.” Of most interest may be the expansion from the 1956 “applied science”to the 2006 “application of science and mathematics” as well as references to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

passengers and elevenvictims on the ground [1]. The investigation indicated that this incident was a result of a bombplanted in luggage by Libyan agents. Until 2001, airlines and regulators were struggling withhow best to protect passengers from the threat of terrorist attempts to plant explosives due to lackof technology and processes.A 1,200 pound car bomb exploded underneath the World Trade Center in New York on Friday,February 26, 1993 killing six people and injuring scores more [2]. The entire bomb material wasassembled at a cost of a few hundred dollars. The blast happened during the busiest hours at theWorld Trade Center. As a result, it caused panic in over 100,000 people who worked in or visitedthe 1,700ft towers that day. Investigations

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

importance of the artifact and then to explain how the artifact reflects theculture which produced it. The fruits of these activities were two group presentationsduring the course of the semester –practicing the final methodology of the end project—and a group paper in English to summarize their project in Sevilla, Spain, and inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, two cities seemingly disparate in culture.Evaluation and assessment of collaborative effortThe end-of-semester student questionnaire results appear in Table 1. Page 12.53.5 Proceedings of the 2007 American Society of Engineering Education Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2007

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair McDonald, SUU Integrated Engineering; William Pratt, SUU Integrated Engineering; Nicholas Winowich, SUU Integrated Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

“Today, we are in the midst of a technology revolution that is even larger and moredramatic in its sweep than the industrial revolution.” These words from “The future ofengineering education” by Dr. Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Tech [1], sound a clarion callto academia to change and adapt. Dr. Clough’s thesis is that computer based technology ischanging the dynamics of the workplace and that academia must transform if it is to serve theneeds of industry and our students. An “innovative interdisciplinary” approach is needed. Dr. Clough’s sentiments are echoed by L.S. Fletcher, a past president of the ASME in aletter to the editor: “Is Mechanical Engineering Obsolete?” Fletcher laments the resistance tochange, the narrowed focus of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denine Northrup, Western New England College; Steven Northrup, Western New England College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teamwork itemsincluded Team members (across disciplines) discussed design tradeoffs during the project. Thecomplete survey items are included in Table 1 along with the means and standard deviationsacross all responses. Table 1 – Survey Questions with mean and standard deviation reported Std Question Mean Dev Team members (across disciplines) worked together in initial brainstorming meetings 3.32 0.66 Team members (across disciplines) discussed design tradeoffs

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne; Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

telecommunications. She is completing a PhD on "A Philosophy of Engineering Practice for the 21st century, including sustainable futures". Page 12.654.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Sustainability?!IntroductionOur world faces many challenges – climate change, drought, flooding, poverty, urban slums,water shortages, severe pollution, substance abuse, homelessness, profligate resource use,megacities, peak oil, land salinity, AIDS, malaria, and so on. It is already acknowledged thatwe are consuming the earth’s resources faster than natural systems can recycle them 1 and thatwe are “putting

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

technologies based on Virtual Instrumentation, it is now possible toimplement multidisciplinary labs that span different facets of engineering from control and signalprocessing to embedded design, from chemistry and physics to electrical and computerengineering. In this paper, we will explain how Virtual Instrumentation helps to establishmultidisciplinary labs. We will also examine a modular, cost-effective, laboratory platform, NIELVIS (Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite) from National Instruments thathas gained acceptance in academia as platform to teach concepts in sensors & transducers,circuits, electronics, microcontroller programming, control, signal processing and embeddeddesign and test.1. IntroductionThe recent years

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

academic quarters (22 weeks). The MSD experience is a studio course in that it adopts ageneral approach to student interaction that is hands-on, instructor facilitated, and student-centered [1]. Refer to companion paper by Walter et al, 2007 [2]for more details on the overallMSD program at RIT. Like its peer institutions, RIT strives to continuously improve curriculumstructure, integration, and assessment. The MSD course sequence is particularly crucial to thisongoing improvement due to its culminating nature. Accordingly, the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) Criterion 3 Program Outcomes and Assessment states thatengineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain the following set of attributesupon graduation

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

learned.IntroductionThe ability of students to work effectively in interdisciplinary teams is recognized as a key skillin corporate and governmental settings. Multidisciplinary teams are critical in industry to bringtogether the diverse skills sets required to design, manufacture, test, market, and sell products.Multidisciplinary teams have been used effectively at national labs for decades and are essentialfor approaching problems that require a wide array of skills and that are too complex for researchteams based in any single discipline.1 In an increasingly global and competitive world, theseskills are anticipated to be even more crucial for success. The National Academy ofEngineering’s report, Educating the Engineer of 2020, identifies collaboration by

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the First Year of Accreditation ResponsibilityDuring summer 2006 when PEV assignments were being made, the ABET website11 showed 13institutions with ASEE-assigned programs due for visits in fall 2006, as listed in the appendix(Table 2 and Table 4). However, the actual number of PEV assignments varied from thisnumber in several ways. First, one of those institutions had two ASEE-assigned programs tovisit. Second, two of those institutions offered only a single accredited program, but ABETpolicies require that every team must have at least two PEVs. Third, one of the programsdetermined not to seek re-accreditation. At that point, the number had become 13 + 1 + 2 - 1 =15 PEV visits.Further, one multidisciplinary engineering program required an

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering programsand colleges re-envisioning their curricula to meet the demands of the “Engineer of 2020.”8Numerous models of engineering design can be found in the literature.9 But even though theengineering community has not universally adopted any one model, the main steps andactivities are common across most of the models. For this project, we followed thefollowing steps: 1. Identify and define the need 2. Gather information 3. Establish design objectives 4. Generate alternatives 5. Converge to a final solution 6. Implement final solutionThe convergence step (#5) derives from prior work by the first author in productdevelopment.10,11 In this “set-based” approach, rather than select a “best” alternative fromthe set

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

method to use in order to spark student passion. While there isno question that reading and certain audio-visual materials can lead to student learning,experiential learning stirs more enthusiasm in students. Once the enthusiasm and desire forlearning a topic is there, the possibilities of learning breakthroughs are limitless. Service-learning (SL) allows students to put their learning into practice. Once the student sees that theservice experience will have a real impact on people’s lives; the “ownership” of the project andthe desire to learn increase dramatically11.The typical retention rate for various teaching styles is shown in Table 1. A study of instructionbetween control group and students with SL experience showed that the students in

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University; J. Mitch Wolff, Wright State University; Joseph Slater, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

crate, creating pre-launch and launch procedures, and deciding the initialexperiments to be performed.Some of the experiments proposed for the project were solar cell studies of voltage and current athigh altitudes, guiding the payload to land in a desired location, achieving high bandwidthcommunication with the ground, obtaining temperature, pressure, and humidity measurementsduring flight, and taking pictures from the payload. A timeline was then set for the completion oftasks, and duties were assigned to team members. The breakdown of the timeline andresponsibilities are shown in Table 1 and Table 2.Once the group came to a consensus concerning the desired outcomes of the project, researchbegan to determine the optimal process to follow

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Durward Sobek, Montana State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

background of multi-disciplinary engineering educationat MSU and also mentions the multi-disciplinary study we have conducted over the past18 months.1 We offer our student learning outcomes for multi-disciplinary skills, whichwere developed collaboratively, and also recount our failed attempt at establishing abaseline for these outcomes with a fictional scenario and series of questions to whichstudents wrote responses. The main focus of the paper is the development of a multi-disciplinary rubric, a tool that other programs may be able to adapt for their own use.The paper includes a summary of some of the literature about developing rubrics and adescription of the process we used to design and test the rubric. Also included are resultsfrom a pilot

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Webb, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Slack, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

group of closely related projects, which are all focused on a particularapplication. Project families are typically built around areas of common interest held by one ormore faculty members in the college, regardless of what discipline or technical background theymay be from. Often, a family of projects is closely aligned with a particular technology track.Within each project family, the faculty are offering several inter-related projects.As of the Fall Quarter, 2006-1, the faculty of the KGCOE have defined four project families. Atthe moment, these project families have a close affinity to the "technology tracks," but alsoexhibit some overlap across tracks. The current families are listed below:Assistive Devices Project Family - Sponsored by

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David LaGraffe, Air Force Institute of Technology; James Petrosky, Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

nuclearengineering program ranges from basic science and engineering research to more applied andoperationally oriented work. Some examples of recent research results include: a study of thesensitivity of fallout calculation codes to input parameters 1 ; development of classified andunclassified neutron transport codes; performance evaluation of a new field-portable,mechanically cooled, high-purity germanium gamma spectrometer 2 ; and a study of weatheringeffects on uranium oxides for attribution purposes 3 . Given the current world environment, there is little need to reiterate the importance ofunderstanding the technical aspects of WMD. With technology changing rapidly, the need tokeep education current while anticipating future needs is a demanding

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Waidley, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Realestate specialists get involved during property appraisal and acquisition. Financial analystsprepare budgets and track expenditures throughout the process. Public affairs professionalscoordinate political efforts and administer the funds. This is only a partial description and barelyscratches the surface of the disciplines involved but makes the point that the players often comefrom very different professional and educational backgrounds.Table 1 provides a description of how various disciplines contribute to each phase of thetransportation project development process. 3Table 1. Role of disciplines in each phase of the project development process Phase Description and Disciplines Involved Early Planning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Richard Braatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

those deviations that are significantlydifferent (in a statistical sense) from normal variation in the measurements are worthcorrecting. Thus we need a criterion to determine what constitutes c"ÒtgcnÓ"fgxkcvkqp"cpf"what is just random variability in the measurement.A Shewart chart (see Figure 1) is the most basic tool for determining which variations aredue to a fundamental shift in the process variable and which are merely measurement o u t l i e r f i r s t d e t e c t i o n o f d

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Durward Sobek, Montana State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

we are to have valid measures of student performance. Wehave asked students for feedback about the rubric and its usefulness in the piloted course,both for formative and summative assessment purposes. Two student concerns have beenraised to date. 1. At least one student voiced concern about using the rubric for evaluation purposes, particularly if the scores are peer assessments. We have not yet used the peer rubric scores when considering final grades (although we have used the project advisor rubric scores). When the rubric was designed, we thought of it being most useful in two ways: (1) as a formative assessment and instructional tool, clearly spelling out the characteristics and attributes that were important

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Undergraduate Masters Total Electrical and Computer Engineering 5 1 6 Biomedical Engineering 1 1 Engineering 1 1 Computer Science (w/engineering minor) 1 1 Total 7 2 9In an early offering, there was one mechanical engineering student enrolled, a graduate studentwho needed to use images and image processing for his M.S. thesis research.Scope and Balance of CourseAfter trying other books, the textbook that has been

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

decisions4.The Creative Problem Solving ProcessThe 5 major phases in the “creative problem solving process” are listed below5.Phase 1: Problem definition- The first step in creative problem solving requires that the problembe accurately defined and understood. The creative problem solver believes that every problempresents danger and opportunities. To deal with the first part of problem definition, the dangerpart, the problem solver needs to collect and analyze relevant information and data about theproblem. During the information collection and analysis phase, the problem solver can identifythe causes or reasons which created the situation and the negative consequences that will result ifthe problem is not properly solved.The second part of problem