Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Dom Acciani, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Chenguang Diao, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Bernard Pietrucha, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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basic mechanical elements for a crane,and challenged to design a truss that attached to the substructure and was capable of lifting atleast 420 pounds to a height of 24 inches. The substructure consisted of a steel base onto whicha steel I-beam column was pinned. The column had a number of holes along the edge to be usedfor pinning structural members. A sliding block along the base provided another attachmentpoint. A motor and gearbox were permanently mounted to the base and a cable take-up reel wasconnected to the gearbox through a shaft coupling. The weights rested on the steel base andwere hoisted by a cable. This structure is shown in Figure 1 and its specifications are given inTable 1. The same substructure was used by all the teams. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

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continuously pursue academic excellence, to practice and promoteenvironmental sustainability, to embrace diversity, to nurture community partnerships, to valuepublic service, to encourage civic responsibility, to cultivate habits of lifelong learning, and tokeep the advancement of knowledge and pursuit of truth as noble ideals at the heart of theuniversity’s purpose. Florida Gulf Coast University is guided by the principles given in Table 1(http://www.fgcu.edu/info/mission.asp), which were developed by the Founding Faculty of theuniversity. Some of the phrases given in Table 1, those in bold and underlined, reflect theFGCU’s principles that overlap with ABET accreditation requirements and assessment activitiesand were used to guide the development of

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nael Barakat P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Selahattin Ozcelik, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; John Austin McCoy, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Aws Al-Shalash; Jong-Won Choi, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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. This goal is achieved throughengaging engineering students in design exercises and experiences throughout their academicundergraduate careers. The CASCADE project provides student support in an innovativeconfiguration of cascaded peer-mentoring. This program exposes freshman students to theengineering design process with vertically aligned design experiences through the sophomore andjunior years. Cascading vertically, undergraduate seniors mentor juniors, juniors mentorsophomores, and sophomores mentor freshmen. The objectives of the CASCADE project are to:1) infuse concepts of the design process across all four levels of the engineering undergraduatecurriculum (i.e., freshman through senior), 2) increase first-year, second-year, and third

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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each teacher’s affiliation (see Table 1 for details). The commonclass time was three hours per week, with an additional 3 hours for B&P students on aseparate day of the week, led by the B&P teacher, to make up for the difference in credithours and instruction time. CE students also had two hours of extended class time regularlyon a different day as needed, led by the CE teacher, to ensure a commonly available time forall CE students to convene for training, discussions, collaboration, or experience sharingamong project groups. Totals of 10, 22, and 22 students took the courses in the first, second, and third years,respectively. Students were mainly recruited from the three teachers’ affiliated departments,with a fourth teacher from

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jade Mitchell, Michigan Sate University, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Mark H. Weir, The Ohio State Universiry; Julie Libarkin; Joan B. Rose

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(Jones et al., 2008), such as drug-resistant staphylococcal ortuberculosis infections. Because of these pressing issues, it is keenly important for engineers andbiological scientists to understand risk sciences to improve the design and selection ofengineering controls and other mitigation strategies.A ten-day long, yearly short course was developed to train engineers, biological and socialscientists in QMRA approaches - the Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment InterdisciplinaryInstructional Institute (QMRAIII). Participants of QMRA III (1) attend lectures from the topscientists in the QMRA field; (2) engage in specific hands-on exercises; (3) under the mentorshipof a program faculty member and teaching assistant, conduct a QMRA as a research

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep B. Deshpande, University of Louisville and President, Six Sigma and Advanced Controls, Inc.

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decades of academic and industrialexperience and emerging evidence suggests that there is a further scope in making theeducation of students whole and complete by adding two new subjects to the generaleducation requirements: scientific framework for external excellence and scientificframework for internal excellence. These topics teach students: (1) How to do all that theydo in life in the best possible manner (science of external excellence) and (2) How to betheir internal best (science and practices of internal excellence). The introduction of topic(2) is important because in the absence of an adequate level of internal excellence,external excellence programs including the best of the best quality initiatives, fall short ofexpectations

Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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), and assummarized in numerous, readily available sources, Nightingale’s environmental theoryrepresents the first grand theory of the modern practice of nursing (see: www.nursing-theory.org). The theory includes seven assumptions that focus the nurse on taking care ofthe patient’s environment in order to achieve wellness and cure illness, namely: 1. Natural laws; 2. Mankind can achieve perfection; 3. Nursing is a calling; 4. Nursing is an art and a science; 5. Nursing is achieved through environmental alteration; 6. Nursing requires a specific educational base; and 7. Nursing is distinct and separate from medicine.The ten environmental factors described by Nightingale include: ventilation andwarming; light and noise

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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- ciation for the complexity/severity of problems within urban education, as well as the unique opportunity to sequentially observe, assess, and address fractures within the said learning environment. For his con- tributions to teaching, research, and service, Will is the recipient of multiple awards such as: (1) Boise State’s Professor of the Year Award in 2015, (2) Boise State’s Golden Apple Award in 2011, (3) National Effective Teaching Institute Fellow in 2011, (4) ASEE New Engineering Educators Award in 2011, (5) W.M. Keck Foundation Award in 2011, (6) National Institutes of Health Career Award in 2011, and (7) Cal Poly President’s Community Service Award in 2008.Dr. Amos Johnson, Morehouse College Amos Johnson is a

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Umesh Adhikari, Michigan State University; Jade Mitchell, Michigan Sate University, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Mark H Weir, The Ohio State University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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paradigm in Science and Decisions. Figure 1 illustrates the risk assessmentprocess and feedback between scoping and management from this document.Figure 1. Risk Assessment Framework (NRC, 2009)Microbial risk assessment is a scientific process that estimates the likelihood of microbialexposure and resulting public and environmental health impact (USDA and USEPA, 2012). Riskassessment framework is inextricably linked with other components of risk analysis whichinclude risk management, risk communication, and other social as well as economic aspects.Figure 2 shows how these components are linked together.Figure 2. Risk assessment framework and its relationship with other components of risk analysis(USDA and USEPA, 2012)A conceptual model describes or

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University

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. These responses were then sorted intoa set of emergent categories that are shown in Table 1. Sample responses are also provided in thetable.Table 1. Categories and example responses from the summer workshops Category Example Responses Develop awards for diversity, equity, and inclusion work Value/reward extra effort dedicated to enhancing graduate students’ professional Leadership development Give credit for concerted efforts to increase diversity of research groups, collaboration, etc. Encourage cross-curriculum teaching of diversity and inclusion issues Courses and More class discussion

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Yazdanshenas, University of Texas, Tyler ; Caleb Nathaniel Nehls, The University of Texas, Tyler; Chung-Hyun Goh, University of Texas, Tyler

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mighthave dissimilar educational backgrounds. Recently, convergent research involving manydisciplinary areas becomes a new paradigm of solving complex scientific questions.Multidisciplinary research collaboration makes it possible to approach these questions in a moredisciplinary-focused eye and promotes synergistic effects in exploring the opportunity forscientific and technological advancement [1]. Thus, engineering graduates must possess technicalknowledge and creative skills not only in their specialization, but must be competent in allengineering disciplines. Bridging the gap between the multiple branches is a unique challenge inengineering education. Today’s engineering jobs in which a civil engineer is doing purely civil work rarely

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University

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, adopting a real-life problem and embracing the social context,1-3was effective in providing the type of nurturing environment for enhancing students’background knowledge and motivation, and for engaging students in deeper thinking, such ascreative thinking, problem solving and critical thinking.4 While the generalizability of theresults are limited by the lack of comparison group, the findings of the study can provide auseful reference point for problem-based learning projects in other engineering domains.IntroductionThe new millennium has brought several challenges to engineering education. The goal ofengineering educators is always to provide an adequate foundation for learners who willultimately join the engineering field as professionals

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ha Hang Ai

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furtherwork.IntroductionVertically Integrated Projects (VIP) is a project-based model for higher education that unitesundergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context. The VIP model wasdeveloped in 2001 at Purdue University, growing out of the Engineering Projects in CommunityService (EPICS) program, which involved faculty led, project-based learning in verticallyintegrated teams, with “vertically integrated” referring to the inclusion of lower level and upperlevel students [1]. While EPICS projects focused on community service, VIP shifted the projectfocus to faculty research [2]. This increased both scalability and sustainability, as projects canbe initiated in any discipline, and VIP teams’ contributions to faculty research cultivates deeplong-term

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming Li, Tsinghua University

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. Research Design3.1. Research HypothesisThe hypotheses of this study include, first, quality assurance mechanisms of engineeringeducation consist of internal and external parts, both of which are closely connected; secondly,as for the subject of quality assurance, the internal quality assurance mechanism is moreimportant than the external quality assurance mechanism, i.e. ABET accreditation; and thirdly,research-oriented universities like Purdue University should have established a relativelywell-integrated internal quality assurance system of engineering education. Figure 1 brieflyshows the preliminary framework of the quality assurance mechanisms of engineeringeducation which is composed of external and internal quality assurance mechanisms

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mansilla’s work yielded additional papers (Wolfe and Haynes, 2003; Belcher, Rasmussen,Kemshaw, and Zornes, 2016). In the end, the following four instruments were found and aredescribed in detail in the next section: (1) Interdisciplinary Writing Assessment Profiles, (2) Targeted Assessment Rubric: An Empirically Grounded Rubric for Interdisciplinary Writing, (3) Transdisciplinary Research Quality Assessment Framework, and (4) Integrative Learning VALUE RubricResultsThis section describes the four rubrics and their major categories and criteria.Rubric 1: Interdisciplinary Writing Assessment ProfilesWolfe and Haynes created the Interdisciplinary Writing Assessment Profiles (IWrAP) to assessinterdisciplinary thinking through writing

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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initiatives involving people from a wide variety of departments and units.In this paper, we describe what we have learned about assembling, and working effectively in, amulti-disciplinary team. Placing it all in the context of the literature on teams and teamperformance, we discuss the initiative and team formation; conflicts that occurred whiledeveloping the modules and how they were handled by the team; and the immense value andchallenges that exist in working within a multi-disciplinary team. We also describe some of theobstacles that emerge when integrating teamwork training in engineering curricula whileoperating largely outside formal curriculum committees.1. IntroductionRecognizing that the ability to work effectively in teams is of great

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College PA; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Christopher Michael Korpela, United States Military Academy

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. His travels have taken him to Los Alamos where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Donaher, Clemson University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, Clemson University; Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University; Khushikumari Patel, Clemson University

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range of experiences and immersion required foreach program component and detail unique and innovative practices. Ultimately, the goal of thiswork is to track similarities and differences between Grand Challenge Scholars Programs anddrive towards a more thorough understanding of student-learning outcomes and experiences.IntroductionHistory of the NAE Grand ChallengesIn 2008 the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) identified fourteen Grand Challenges as themost pressing issues requiring engineering innovation that face 21st century society. Thesechallenges range from providing access to clean water to securing cyberspace to reverse-engineering the brain [1]. Grand Challenges are complex issues that require engineers andscientists from across

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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deliveryspecifically in the cardiovascular area, the leading cause of death in the US. Over the years, thishas spawned explorations in two areas relevant to this paper: (1) behavioral research to improvehealth care; and (2) utilization of technology to improve delivery of health care and to empowerthe patient. We refer here to certain key behavioral research papers that address the role ofnursing and social science professionals in behavioral modification of patients (Bodenheimerand Handley 2002 and 2009, Glasgow et al. 2004, and Piat et al. 2010, AHA 2013). Currentthoughts and tools for behavioral scoring systems are also referenced (Horsman et al. 2003,Rollnick et al. 2008, and PROMIS 2015a and 2015b). Progress on the technology front is seenin the open

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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project at the end. This paper presents our study with differentlab delivery formats, including preparation, implementation, survey data, observations, andfindings.Course BackgroundIntroduction to Engineering in our institution is a 3 credit course. The course includes one 1-hourlecture, and two 2-hour labs/week. In the lecture, students develop the skills needed during theirstudy of engineering. Topics include task/time management, effective use of notes, engineeringresearch, oral and written communications, problem-solving techniques, ethics and professionalresponsibility and institute resources. In the laboratory, students work in teams to complete avariety of engineering tasks.Each class is set to 85 students maximum. The lecture is held at a

Conference Session

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Lynn Jensen Worden, University of Delaware; Jennifer Gallo-Fox

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surveys were administered prior to and after this one semester course and focused on: (1)a priori knowledge and experience of the other group’s subject area; (2) effect ofinterdisciplinary project on interest in other group’s subject area; and (3) perceptions of othergroup’s profession and/or their skills. Survey results showed that neither ME nor ECE students had a prior exposure to theother discipline. After completing the course, ME students perceived that they knew more aboutchild development, play, and the design of children’s toys, and ECE students reported they betterunderstood the types of engineering disciplines. Interesting, ECE students less positively ratedtheir ME counterparts post versus pre-course in the following areas

Conference Session

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis A. Silage, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Brian T. Kench, University of New Haven; Summer J. McGee, University of New Haven; Michael A. Collura P.E., University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Charles David Skipton, University of New Haven

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degree programs include interdisciplinarycoursework. To overcome the difficulties described above, an innovative shared department structurethat fosters collaborations to advance interdisciplinary education has been deployed at theUniversity of New Haven. Three shared departments have been established over the last twoyears: (1) a college-wide department to support interdisciplinary coursework in the first twoyears of engineering programs; (2) a university-wide department to support entrepreneurship andinnovation; and (3) a university-wide department to support health sciences. The need for each shared department, the administrative and governance structures, and theprograms and activities they spearhead are described herein.The Shared

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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environmental engineering students’reflective thinking. The preliminary findings suggest that VTS may help students to becomemore reflective, more aware of their knowledge of broader contexts, and therefor better able touse that knowledge in developing engineering solutions. Furthermore, our sample of engineeringstudents saw great value in and potential for VTS in engineering education and practice.1. IntroductionThe traditional focus of engineering education on technical problem-solving has left little roomto develop skills for making wise, informed decisions through reflective thinking. Beyond math,science, and technology, the arts and humanities can provide important and often neglectedperspectives for engineers to consider as they wrestle with the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Miller, Montana State University; Chung-Hsuan Benjamin Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Phillip Himmer, Montanta State University, ECE Dept., Montana Microfabrication Facility

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platform using MEMS fabrication techniques, a cross-disciplinaryexperimental engineering platform has been developed that can be further expanded into ateaching module including optics, surface chemistry, heat flow, as well as electrical phenomena.IntroductionMany chemical engineering curricula (including the Chemical and Biological Engineeringcurriculum at Montana State University) focus on courses and developing a knowledge baseprior to students enrolling in lab-based courses. The benefits of laboratory experiences areestablished [1-4], providing authentic examples of engineering tasks [5], thereby engaginglearning further [6]. Active learning that occurs during the laboratory, rather than passivelearning (such as lectures or reading) increases

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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learning,leadership, off campus program, or research. While pre-graduation professional preparation maybe new for some liberal arts disciplines, engineering has encouraged an experiential approach forsome time. Since 2007, the Engineering Department at our institution has required students tocomplete a multiyear “practicum” which functions as an on-campus credited internship with ourCollaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research. Junior and senior engineeringstudents receive credit for such project work through a four-semester Engineering Project 1-4sequence, coupled with a two-semester Engineering Seminar 1-2 sequence as the reflectivecomponent. What remains is to incorporate the new features of the ELI mandate. While

Conference Session

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, Cal Poly Pomona

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costoverruns. Though this is well-rooted, very minor steps have been taken, if any, to address thesemisperceptions and misunderstandings in our engineering educational institutions or courses.This study, thus, aims at fostering the understanding between design and construction studentsworking on a Design-Build senior project in a civil engineering department. The study usespartnering concepts by creating a senior project environment that fosters collaboration andproblem solving. The study entails a 4-step methodology: (1) forming an interdisciplinary seniorproject team (both civil and construction engineering students), (2) benchmarking perceptions ofeach other’s disciplines through a survey, (3) starting work on the project through activities

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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students’ learning by circuit simulation assignments. At the University ofWisconsin-Stout, we have circuit simulation software installed in lab computers, but not installedon student`s personal computers. Many of these software tools are expensive, and trial versionshave limited functionality which prevents students from learning some aspects of the circuitdesign concepts Figure 1. Circuitlab.com interfaceThere are a number of free circuit simulators available online. This online software has almostall the essential functions offline software had and allows students to study any time of the day.Students can save their work and continue the work at a later time. Some of them allow users toshare their works with the

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Andrew Simon Scott, Western Carolina University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick C. Berry, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette

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Technology at Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Initial Survey of Engineering Technology Capstone Courses and Teamwork Building Using CATMEAbstractThis paper represents a first step in what is to become a multi –institutional initiative focused onidentifying best practices for developing and improving teamwork skills within the Capstoneexperiences of engineering, technology and computing programs. Teamwork in this paper isdefined and measured as the dimensions measured by the CATME Peer Review [1], which iscurrently used by thousands of technology and engineering instructors and institutionsworldwide. The CATME Peer Review measurement tool is