Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl Olsen, Washington State University; Todd Beyreuther, Washington State University; Michael Wolcott, Washington State University; Tamara Laninga, University of Idaho

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

 decisions made by one faculty member.    Lessons Learned Through the 6 years of the course, solutions to the barriers mentioned above have been brainstormed and approached with some trial and error. Below are the methods that have been successful in improving the program and building it to its current state.  Page 26.1011.8    Identify Team Problems through Peer Evaluations Peer evaluations have been implemented in an attempt to identify potential conflicts in student groups and address them directly before they expand and propagate. After each group assignment an online peer evaluation form is distributed to students to complete

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A Zachary Trimble, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; David Garmire, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sameproject over multiple years and with a familiar group of students. One of the challenges inrunning a VIP team is the multidisciplinary aspect. This paper discusses the challenges associatedwith transitioning traditionally discipline-siloed projects to multidisciplinary projects using VIPas the catalyst. Said another way, we describe the ongoing lessons learned of changing themindset of students (and faculty) from “you’re electrical engineering, I’m mechanicalengineering” to “we’re engineering”.In Fall 2015, the VIP Program at the University of Hawai‘i consisted of six VIP teams: threecomposed primarily of EE students, one composed of ME students, and two with a mix ofengineering students. The latter two teams are used as case studies to test our