Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

College of Engineering as the K-12 Outreach Coordinator where she plans and organizes outreach activities and camps for students in the Fargo-Moorhead area.Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University Stanley Ng received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California Irvine and MS in Biomedical Diagnostics from Arizona State University. He serves as faculty and director of engineering programs at Biola University. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering and STEM Education at North Dakota State University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Anonymous Online Peer Review for Innovation-Based LearningAbstractThis paper presents a

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

a now-defunct water agency, some of the types ofprocess wastes deposited there may be identified. With this information, scientists candevelop a sampling and analytical plan to locate and identify residual chemicals from thehistoric operation and to compare them to the contamination problem at hand.5. History of environmental regulationsIn 1899 Congress passed the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA). The RHA prohibits thedischarge of refuse matter “of any kind or description whatever” into the navigablewaters of the United States without a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.However, the RHA was difficult to police and, therefore, rarely used for enforcement.The following lists the major environmental regulations enacted in the United

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael S Thompson, Bucknell University; Andrew Ciotola, Stadler Center for Poetry, Bucknell University; Daniel Mancusi, Bucknell University; Mark Yerger, Bucknell University; Adam B Gegg

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

University Mark E. Yerger is the Chief Technology Officer at Bucknell University where he has been a member of the merged Library and Information Technology (L&IT) division since 2009. He oversees the systems and processes that support the seamless flow of information across Bucknell including enterprise technol- ogy operations, application development, business intelligence, systems integration, telecommunications, and networking. In addition, he is also responsible for planning, assessment, project management, and budgeting across L&IT. Mr. Yerger holds an MBA and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certifi- cation and was privileged to join in the acceptance of a 2015 CIO Impact award on behalf of his team

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Teaching Problem Solving in a Multidisciplinary Context

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denia Djokic, University of California, Berkeley; Wil V. Srubar III, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

presentations and written reports.Multidisciplinary Module: Structure, Lesson Plan, AssignmentStructure of the Multidisciplinary ModuleThe framework implemented in the multidisciplinary module is illustrated in Figure 1. Themodule was divided into three distinct phases. In Phase I, the two instructors taught fundamentaldisciplinary principles to students in their respective courses, as elaborated in the coursedescriptions above. For example, the civil engineering instructor taught the principles of staticequilibrium, structural design, and environmental impact of construction materials to the civilengineering students. The nuclear engineering instructor taught the principles of reactor physics,nuclear waste, and containment to the nuclear engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

making based on initial problem articulation to address tradeoffs,performance, design requirements, and broader impacts. The challenges allow for peer teaching andclass discussions of what answers/decisions are justifiable, as well as an opportunity to clear up anymisconceptions. Table 2: Summary of In-class Activities Analysis Phase Multidisciplinary Systems for In-class PBL Activities Coffee maker, Vehicle suspension, Land use planning, Wyndor Glass Co. Define manufacturing, Radiation therapy treatment design Represent Stereo speaker, Vehicle suspension, Student motivation to study in college Stereo speaker

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, Cal Poly Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Fang Tang, Cal Poly Pomona; Scott Matthew Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

aspects ofunmanned systems are not or cannot usually be taught in classroom settings. Students and/orresearch projects are effective ways of exposing students to the state-of-the-art in unmannedvehicles technologies. Moreover, multidisciplinary projects provide students opportunities tolearn real-world problems in a team environment. The projects include many aspects ofunmanned vehicles technologies such as Sense & Avoid, Computer Vision, Path Planning,Autonomous Routing and Dynamic Rerouting, Geolocation Techniques, et cetera, and involvemore than 90 students from Aerospace, Electrical & Computer, Mechanical, and IndustrialEngineering, and Computer Science Departments. The projects have been found to effectivelyengage students in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory; Craig G Rieger, Idaho National Laboratory; Aunshul Rege, Temple University; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Michael Haney, University of Idaho; Michael John Santora, University of Idaho; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Ronald Laurids Boring; D. Subbaram Naidu P.E., University of Minnesota Duluth; John F. Gardner, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Justice at Temple University. Her main areas of research include critical infrastructure resilience and protection, cyber and cyber-physical security, infrastructure planning and policy, and global security and international affairs.Dr. Saroj K Biswas, Temple University Saroj Biswas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering with research focused in the area of bioelectromag- netics, specifically designing electronics that can be used as medical devices. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees at NDSU in electrical and computer engineering. Mary is also interested in STEM education research.Ms. Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University Lauren Singelmann is a Masters Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Her research interests are innovation-based-learning, educational data mining, and K-12 Out- reach. She works for the NDSU College of Engineering as the K-12 Outreach Coordinator where she plans and organizes outreach activities and camps for

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, Virginia Tech; Ed Dorsa, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Eloise Coupey, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

most products,pervasive computing devices require technological functionality, user-centered form, andan adept marketing plan. In addition, pervasive computing products require designunderstanding of technologies that work computationally rather than mechanically, andbusiness models that provide services more than selling a device1. More generally,interdisciplinary teaming is increasingly acknowledged as a skill needed in undergraduateengineering education, as evidenced by the ABET outcome of being able to workeffectively in multidisciplinary teams and numerous cross-disciplinary studies, includingan Oxford Handbook in 20102. Our work focuses on interdisciplinary teaming in designsettings, acknowledging that design is central to conceptions of

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

future generations from doing so as environment.” well.”Multi-Structural “Sustainability is the concept of “Providing for the needs of the using materials and energy in a way present while maintaining the that will not affect the population of environment and resources for the the future.” needs of the future.”Relational “Responsible planning and use of “The use of resources in a way that natural and economic resources enhances the current situation with long-term survival and economically, environmentally

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Osama M. Jadaan, University of Mount Union; Tsunghsueh Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Yan Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Esther N. Ofulue

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

withinnew and existing industries – government initiatives, and public service. The Major wasdeveloped with the efforts of faculty from several departments, plus feedback from externalindustrial advisors, over the course of several years. The Major has two tracks: a Bachelor ofScience that aims for ABET accreditation; and a Bachelor of Arts that offers more flexibility intechnical electives, including courses in Chemistry and Biology, that readily accommodatesdouble-majors. This paper details the process by which the major was developed, and describeschallenges such as faculty development and competition for scarce resources. In addition, wedescribe the program’s curriculum, budget, educational outcomes and objectives, and plans forthe future. It

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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executive in the medical device industry and in academic instruction as a professor in biomedical engineering. His industry experience includes medical product development, marketing and sales, international business development, strategic and business planning, and senior man- agement with P&L responsibility. Currently, Bost is the Executive Associate Dean in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He oversees development of innovation and outreach programs along with the School’s mar- keting and communications, human resources, information technology, and student career service activ- ities. Bost is also Director of the VCU Institute of Engineering and Medicine located in the Virginia

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. His interests include robot control, design of mechatronics systems, pneumatic actuation, motion planning and optimal control. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Teaching Robotics with Animated SimulationsAbstractIn this paper, we present a pedagogical method to teach the fundamentals of Robotics. The processprovides an intuitive way to create, manipulate, and simulate robots or multi-body systems. Themethod consists of constructing the robot geometry using a 3D modeling software such asSolidworks and importing it into MATLAB. Once in the MATLAB environment, homogenousbody transformations are used to manipulate the geometry. The innovative

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

anegative impact on the graduate program. In response the graduate curriculum was revisited and anew core was designed. The philosophy of the three new core courses was to embrace these prob-lems, solve them, and then work beyond. After the core, the students are considered to have anequal level of knowledge, thus allowing the following courses to advance much farther and faster.This paper focuses on one core course EGR 604 - Implementation3 that deals with the practicalissues of engineering. The objective of the course is given below. “Students will strengthen the ties between theoretical analysis and physical implementa- tions. This will be done by examining various method such as planning and conducting experiments, data

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, objectives and lesson plans, or else it would quickly lose support amongthe faculty. This was met through utilizing an interdisciplinary mix of standing AFIT coursesand by leveraging our relationship with Wright State University under the Dayton Area GraduateSchool Initiative (DAGSI) – a collaboration of Ohio universities that share students, courses andresearch facilities in the engineering disciplines. Another constraint was to establish the newprogram with a minimum of additional faculty. AFIT has more flexibility with moving facultypositions into alternate disciplines than many schools because of the military faculty. With 50%of the military faculty rotating every 3-4 years, AFIT can quickly rotate faculty into positionswith specialized

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station.Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.1010.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Project Based Learning as a Catalyst for Academic Evolution and as an Incubator for Academic InnovationAbstractAs engineering education at the undergraduate level continues to evolve, the support structurerequired for educational approaches such as Project-Based Learning (PBL) is expanding toinclude not only the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Previous work by the authors has focused onimproving the integration of CAE1,2 into mechanical engineering programs. Noble3 writes thatthere is “a need for a broad based individual that is capable of working in an integrated fashion ina team environment.” According to King and Lin4, “Industries need engineers who are versed instreamlining processes from design to planning to manufacturing.” Tsang and Wilhelm5developed a one-credit laboratory to “integrate the disciplines of materials science andengineering, manufacturing and design.” Noble3 also notes that “little is done to provide anysynthesis between the courses.”The goal of this paper is to document efforts to improve the experiences of students working inintegrated design project teams and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Introductory Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University; Huihui Qi, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

) BatterySizingandPowerConsumption In a future offering of this course, a pilot is planned that will introduce the project at thebeginning and have a variety of topics available to the students to request. Half of the classes willbe preplanned and dictated by course objectives; however, for the other half of the classes, thestudents will choose topics that are covered in greater detail in later classes and are only presentto improve performance by first-year students on their project. A list of potential “Maker” topicscan be seen in Table 2. This is to be done instead of having a strict course schedule with alltopics planned out. The students in the class will be able to vote and request the topics that theybelieve to be the most important to learn next. In essence

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 Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teams that exist inworkplaces within the United States and abroad. As such, the purpose of this paper is to describethe process of creating and subsequent plans for implementation of an interdisciplinary capstonecourse at a large research-intensive institution in the Southeast US. The challenges associatedwith developing a course that meets the need of each disciplinary capstone experience and spansthe boundary of different approaches to pedagogy, knowledge structure and learning will beexplored as well.Background and ObjectivesOne of the most common complaints among recruiters of engineering graduates is a failure ofuniversities to properly prepare their students to collaborate within a diverse workplaceenvironment [1], [2]. Students typically

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects are implemented in the foundation, students have input in projectselection. Projects progressively become more open-ended throughout the curriculum.As an example, the first semester sophomore project was to build an aquatic robot for aswimming pool that met customer needs and to produce a manufacturing plan that explicitlyprojected the cost of delivering the robot demand to the market. We selected five companionone-hour modules for the project. They were: Materials Selection, Manufacturing Processes I,Strength of Materials, Dynamic Mechanics, and Instrumentation. During the semester weoffered a sixth non-required module: Manufacturing Processes II.Four of the six modules were directly relevant to the project. The Materials Selection

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

issues, it makes sense to provide them with a conceptual-basedtechnology education. This paper covers the major premise of our efforts, the way it is planned,the way we include all majors in the college, and the way we work together to make it happen.This is a collegewide effort that includes all levels from the dean and the dean’s office to theindividual departments, as well as some of our graduate and undergraduate students. The bigchallenge is how to teach the classes—i.e., who the audience is. This paper shows the detailedplanning, implementation, and early results and challenges of our first course developments andimplementations. The paper provides examples of classes, the material that we cover in the firstclass for non-majors, and the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop, Kettering University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Delphi Ford Motor Company General Motors DTE Energy Technologies Steelcase Herman Miller Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) Div. of Daimler ChryslerThe fourth key component was students. In an attempt to gauge student interest, aspeaker series was planned to bring in an environmental speaker every term. Eachspeaker came to campus twice to repeat their presentation to both A and B sections ofKettering students. Surveys were distributed with questions relating to student andemployer interest in the topic and the need for a course of this nature. Survey responsewas overwhelmingly positive

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines; Ravel F. Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; William Hoff, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

handwriting, helpful explanations, and the many illustrative examples that he doesin class. The other two instructors for the remaining sections were a Teaching Professor and anadjunct. These sections contained about 60 students each as well.The three main tasks in this project completed were: 1. The initial planning stage was done over the summer, 2011 by the PIs. At this time we refined the plan for delivering the hybrid course, and developed the methods for taking and posting the videos. We used Blackboard for hosting the videos, as this allowed us to restrict access to the videos to the students enrolled in the “hybrid” section only. 2. The effort during the fall semester was to tape the lectures and post them online. We

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

requested.The questions were grouped into 3 categories. The first group of questions were designed todetermine the student’s self-assessed belief in the importance of sustainability to themselves, thecountry and industry. The second group of questions was designed to determine the student’sself-assessed knowledge of engineering job functions as well as their how sustainability might fitinto their future career plans. Finally, the third group of questions was designed to determine thestudent’s self-assessed knowledge of key concepts in sustainability. The assessment questionsare illustrated in Figure 5 and the results are given in Figures 6 – 8. The demographics of theassessment included 22 chemical, 4 mechanical and 1 biosystems and agricultural

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 25.768.6engagement!4. Redesign of CTI academic programs to be more conducive to iProjects and interdisciplinarity.Over half of all CTI programs have been designed or redesigned using a flexible,interdisciplinary model. The remainder programs are in the process of redesign. This will allowfurther enrichment of the teams by involving more non-engineering students in eitherengineering projects or other types of projects..5. Restructure space. We have over 30,000 square feet of space for student teams to work onprojects. This space has been purposefully designed. We also have a plan for another 20,000square feet of space that will not require significant internal investment.6. Acquire and train faculty mentors. Over 50% of the college

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

impossible to understand using only analytical techniques, thus enabling students to approach real-life problems that they previously could not tackle.Our planned evaluation will examine both the effectiveness of the course in achieving studentlearning objectives, and student interest in continuing multi-disciplinary studies that includecomputation and programming.Computation for Science and EngineeringThe new curriculum of the CompSE will be offered for the first time in the Spring of 2010. Bythis curriculum, rather than focusing on syntax, CompSE will immerse students in problemsolving and incrementally introduce language features in an as-needed manner. Python isselected as the initial programming language due to its simplicity to convey

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Motahareh Tina Alaei, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ryan Lynch

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

planning,lighting, and cable sizing. Each aspect of the design met local and national codes and regulations.The substation was designed to house the required 13,800-volt switchgear, in addition to thecorresponding power transformers and variable frequency drives. The physical design of thebuilding included the foundation, roof truss specifications, and wall and roof type. Dimensionswere selected based upon the equipment layout and accessibility of equipment to personnel, inaccordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. Inaddition to meeting OSHA standards, the design also met Minnesota Building Code, AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) specifications, and the International Building Code. TheHVAC and

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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,advancement of energy storage devices and applications in power systems, wide-areamonitoring, protection and control of future electric power networks, smart grid restorationconcepts, and a robust control scheme for grid-connected voltage-source inverters.Project 5: Reactive Power Optimization (for graduate students only)Students are to numerically solve the problem of optimizing capacitor placement and voltageregulator settings in a distribution system.In the future offering of this course, we plan to modify project 3 and 4 so that students will notonly read and understand the selected technology presented in a paper, but also need to performrequired modeling and simulation studies to verify the results.It is worth mentioning that another new course

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy; Patrick Sweeney, United States Air Force Academy; Delbert Christman, United States Air Force Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Systems class earlier in their student career.The team members, however, had no negative personality issues within the group or with thementors and were motivated.Project IntroductionIn addition to student growth and development, a key objective of the project was to create afascinating but recognizable device that could be used to help recruit engineers. The plan was toexhibit a functional R2D2 during Major’s Night, where the academic majors market theirdiscipline to freshmen and undeclared sophomores, and possibly even at home football games.The full-sized, metal replica envisioned by the team was to be a far cry from the 15” plasticmodel with simple voice recognition which can be purchased for slightly over $100. The goalwas to produce a