Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the CubeSat comprised their Capstone project (partially fulfillingthe requirements of the computer science Senior Design Project course). A professor from theComputer Science Department acted as manager and advisor to these computer science students.Upholding the requirements of the Senior Design Project course, the Agile Project ManagementMethodology was employed in managing the software team. In this section, we provide a briefintroduction to Agile Project Management5 with Scrum6, and provide the specifics of how Agileis employed in our computer science Senior Design Project. We also discuss the aspects of theCubeSat Project that coincide with a traditional computer science undergraduate education.Further, we discuss how the software team

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Feng Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wen-hao Zeng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shijiao Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charles Drexler; Chong Wang; Hongrui Zhang, Georgia institute of Technology; Roger Jianinx Jiao, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #10350Case study of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Project: Elec-tric Drive Control SystemDr. Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jariwala is the Director of Design & Innovation for the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering from the University of Mum- bai, India with honors in 2005 and received Masters of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from IIT Bombay, India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2013, with minors in Entrepreneurship. Dr

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael P. Frank, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Kamal E. Amin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Okenwa I. Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Sungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Robert A. Van Engelen, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and is currently the Director of the Aeropropulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center established in 2012. He is also the coordinator of the ME Senior Capstone Design Curriculum since 2008. Page 24.566.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in a Capstone Senior Design Course: Experience Gained and Future PlansAbstract Over the last several years, the multidisciplinary capstone Senior Design Project programimplemented by the departments of Mechanical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: stephen straits@taylor.eduDr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977.He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he reg- ularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems, Fundamentals of Space Flight Systems, Astronomy, and Sr. Capstone Sequence. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace, sensors, and energy-related research projects. Some of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sarvagya Vaish, Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology ; David W. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, open-ended design challenges. Several researchstudies have shown both qualitative and quantitative advantages for students by working on multidisciplinaryCapstone Design projects. All schools within various colleges of the Institute currently only offer the traditional mono-disciplinary Capstone Design course and hence there exists no formal channel for students to collaborate and worktogether on multidisciplinary Capstone Design projects.In the absence of a common multidisciplinary Capstone Design course, the transition from traditional mono-disciplinary Capstone Design course raises issues of managing faculty teaching expectations, providing administrativesupport to faculty and student teams and forming multidisciplinary functional student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ofinterprofessional projects (IPRO) program.Areas of Interests:- Zonal modeling approach,- Integration zonal models/building energy simulation models,- Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building,- Airflow in Multizone Buildings & Smoke Control,- Thermal Comfort & Indoor Air Quality,- Predictive modeling and forecasting: Support Vector Machine (SVM) tools,- Energy, HVAC, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems Design,- Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Application in Building,- BIM & REVIT: application to Architecture and Electrical/Lighting Design systems. Page 24.765.2ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 Integrated Capstone Design in Architectural Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Trine University; Andrea Mitofsky, Trine University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; John Eiler

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary teams during their senior capstone courses. The design module wasintroduced in the fall 2011 semester, and was repeated in fall 2012 and fall 2013. Anassessment, conducted with current and former participants in fall 2013, demonstrates theefficacy of the project.1. INTRODUCTION.The engineering education community has embraced the concept of multidisciplinary designover the past two decades 1-3. This movement reflects a renewed emphasis on design in theengineering curriculum, particularly at the freshman (cornerstone) and senior (capstone) levels 4.The benefit of training engineers to work in multidisciplinary teams is self-evident whenconsidering the integration of mechanical design, electronics, software, human factors andergonomics, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

capstone senior design, thermal-fluid system design, and engineering research. The projectsimplemented in those courses were selected in such a way to establish an in-depth understandingof sustainability through analytical and experimental studies, and to build environmentallyfriendly and energy efficient systems. Some of these projects include: design of an active solardistillation system for purification of wastewater produced in rural agricultural processingfacilities, experimental studies on prototype green roofs to investigate the effects that soil typeand soil moisture level have on the thermal performance of a roof, design and construction of athree-stage wind tower with a bypass system for indoor cooling in rural dry and hot climates

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College; Donald George Pratt, Messiah College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

), communicating effectively (g) and engaging in life-long learning (i).Since 2007, the engineering department at Messiah College has been pioneering a multi-yearplan known as the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) that involves a four-semester project-course sequence, with students working on multidisciplinary teams, typically beginning in theirjunior year. Details of the IPC as a curriculum modification have been previously published,including benefits over the traditional senior capstone project course, portfolio evaluation ofstudent project work, structure of the course sequence, and the place of Group Orientation (GO),a one-credit course normally taken by our engineering students in the Spring semester of theirsophomore year, preceding the project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University; Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the designproblem, summarize the project modifications that stemmed from the lessons learned in theprevious iteration, address the instructional coordination challenges and successes, and discussthe value of the multidisciplinary project to student achievement of course specific outcomesrelated to the freshman engineering sequence.IntroductionThis paper details the implementation and evolution of a multidisciplinary design project thatserves as a capstone activity for freshman engineering students among the MechanicalEngineering (ME) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) disciplines. All students froman engineering discipline at Norwich University complete a common, general introduction toengineering course that introduces them to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

some (but not a full complement) third and fourth yearengineering courses, as well as technical electives.All students at Lawrence Tech, regardless of college or discipline must take a series of generalcore-curriculum liberal arts courses consisting of language and literature, leadership,communications, and social science classes for a total of 32 credits. Two “zero” credit coursesare also required and include the COM 3000 Writing proficiency Exam (which is a one-timewriting assessment to assure students have the ability to communicate comprehensively bywritten word) and a capstone leadership course (which meets weekly and comprises certainleadership projects, develop portfolio, and through participating in various leadershipworkshops).The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

) involving a governing board of 15 faculty members from 13 departments.  Liao et al. 4 describe the development of a new multidisciplinary course on smart grids.  Stansbury and Towhidnejad5 describe using the EcoCAR challenge in a capstone design course in computer and software engineering.The work we report here differs in scope from these papers. First we have incorporated moremultidisciplinary connections by using the broad topic of sustainability. Second we haveincorporated the topic of sustainability into more courses throughout our programs.Sustainability in our engineering programsIn 2011 CSU-Pueblo received a five-year $4.3 million grant from the US Department ofEducation to create the PROPEL center to help STEM programs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

process included the Groups in Context: Leadership andParticipation in Decision Making Groups text which provides task roles, social/maintenanceroles, and dysfunctional roles for members of the team,19 the CATME Team-Maker Instrument 20which uses a behavior-based rating system to assess the contributions of team members,21 deBono’s Six Thinking Hats which provides idealistic team behaviors based on individual roles todrive success,22 and Tuckman and Jensen’s “Stages of Small-Group Development Revisited,” 23which is covered by the course text (Dym and Little’s Engineering Design: A Project-basedIntroduction 24). It should be noted that the CATME Team-Maker Instrument is used during thejunior and senior capstone design courses for self and peer

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

, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

research includes in-depth case studies of three programs that seek to educateengineers as liberal learners: the engineering program at Harvey Mudd College (“HMC” Page 24.1374.2hereafter), a liberal arts college for engineers, scientists, and mathematicians; the PickerEngineering Program (“Picker” hereafter) at Smith College, the only ABET accreditedengineering program in a women’s liberal arts college; and the program of Design, Innovation,and Society (“DIS” hereafter) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a program that blendsengineering, arts, and critical social studies in design learning.Data for the dissertation research project was collected

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

streamlined andredesigned, it was desirable for each required course to “pull more weight” by delivering morevalue to students. Second, we wanted to “set the stage” for what was to come: both to providefoundational technical preparation in CAD, design, and analysis, and to establish studentexpectations of engineering as a socio-technical enterprise. Third, as capstone and other designprojects became increasingly multidisciplinary, we hoped to develop a common foundation inthe design process, with students from all engineering majors (and any non-engineering studentswho choose to enroll in Introduction to Engineering) learning a common, shared language ofdesign.The redesigned course model for our institution’s Introduction to Engineering consists of