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- Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences
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- Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology
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UGresearch program could enhance the undergraduate experience of a large number of students andbetter prepare them for making an appropriate postgraduate choice (industrial R&D, graduateschool, etc.) that would lead to career success. In Armour College of Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, we havedeveloped and implemented a college-centered engineering Undergraduate R&D Program thatteaches students the art of conducting research using a comprehensive approach. The students areintroduced to research methods and concepts through a research course, and a series ofcompetitive research project opportunities is provided. In addition, students are required topresent their research findings at a college-wide research expo
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- Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session
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- Hua Li, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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to formulate researchquestions as well as how to develop and modify research plans with the guidance of their researchmentors. Students will learn to work independently and to collaborate with other group membersas they conduct research in specific topics in energy research. This will enable them to understandtheir own levels of aptitude and interest in a career in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and give them the tools to prepare for the next stage in their education andcareer development. Students will report and present their research results in multiple settings. Inaddition to the hands-on collaborative research experience, technical and social activities will beincorporated into the program to provide students
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- Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences
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- Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Profession” is a one-credit hour course that was originallydeveloped to provide an overview of the different engineering programs at FGCU. Thisoverview was designed to give students a better understanding not only of the various majors,but also what opportunities and responsibilities a career in engineering would have, during theircollege years as well as post-graduation. As a new engineering school at a new University, thefirst offerings of this course were also designed to encourage students to consider engineering asa preferred career choice. As the course evolved and matured, additional information was addedto the curriculum based on topics identified by faculty as necessary skills for engineering majors,including topics such as unit conversions
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- Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences
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- Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jaclyn L. Cunitz, University of Colorado Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado-Boulder
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design experiences throughout the four years, nurturing a solid foundation of professionalskills, such as teamwork and innovation.This research aims to discover if and how a learning community and group identity can beformed between engineering students with diverse career interests enrolled in a new, design-based multidisciplinary engineering degree program at a large public highly research-activeuniversity. Initial data indicates that students in this new GE+ degree program are still findingeach other and forming their community. Using mixed-methods analysis informed by educationresearch — including surveys and small focus groups — we explore the ways in whichcommunity is nurtured and hindered amongst the first-year and returning students
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- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges
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- Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University
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most valuable aspects of yourexperience with the program for your professional career?, 2) what were the benefits Page 26.1178.5of your interactions with graduate students?, 3) if you are planning to purse graduateschool, did participation in the program have an impact on your decision? The surveydata have been grouped in six categories: (i) multidisciplinary teamwork, (ii) effectivecommunication, (iii) understanding of impact of engineering on society, (iv) problemsolving, and (v) design, (vi) research /graduate school.Multidisciplinary Teamwork: To evaluate development with respect tomultidisciplinary
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- Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron
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persist inSTEM fields due to financial issues, parenting practices and perceived socialgaps.11,12Scholarships can be used to alleviate some, if not all, of the financial issues. Page 26.1640.2Financial assistance alone will not eliminate attrition. Surveys have found thatacademically capable students receiving scholarships still leave STEM fields. Forinstance, Carpi et al.4 presented survey results showing that STEM studentsreceiving financial assistance left due to a belief that non-STEM majors offergreater intrinsic value, a loss of interest, or a career-associated lifestyle. Theresults of Carpi et al. are similar to our findings where three of our
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- Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills
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- Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University ; Rosie Sullivan, Drexel University
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emotional intelligence, disciplineand self- awareness to successfullyserve in a mentorship role. Infollowing terms, the Paul PeckScholars progressed through coursesfocused on organizational behavior, Figure 1- Course Sequencecommunication, management, andresearch opportunities. Thecoordinators have also worked with the Steinbright Career Development Center (Steinbright) tocreate specialized leadership-driven internship experiences for the Scholars. Steinbright preparesstudents for their co-op search, and provides professional development opportunities for studentsthroughout their college careers. See Figure 1.Program Outcomes
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- Jeanne R. Garland, New Mexico State University; Michele A. Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University
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, includingbiomedical instrumentation and research methods; an introduction to the UCLA campus and itsbiomedical and life and physical science academic programs; mentoring by UCLA sciencefaculty; individual academic advising by a science counselor; and special academic andprofessional development workshops.23 The Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program at theUniversity of Massachusetts at Boston (UMB), and Bunker Hill and Roxbury CommunityColleges also has the objective of advancing the careers of community college students whowant to pursue a biomedical research career. The program provides community college studentspractical training in lab techniques, after which they are placed in supportive UMB andassociated laboratory working environments where they
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- Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session
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- Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University
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daily lifePlease comment on how you expect this material to integrate with your studies, career, and/or life. OpenendedDemographicsPlease choose a description that best fits. Radio button: Undergraduate Freshman, UndergraduateSophomore, Undergraduate Junior, Undergraduate Senior,1st year Master’s, 2nd year Master’s, PhD prequalifiers, PhD post qualifiers, Auditing, OtherWhat class do you think you should have taken prior this class? Open endedWhat classes do you plan on taking after this class? Open endedIf you would like to enter the drawing for your choice of two models of tablets (Apple ipad or DellLatitude 10 as sold at the CMU bookstore), please enter your email address here: Open ended
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- Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session
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- 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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learning and help develop new understanding, knowledge, and skills. Thestudents get ample opportunity to develop theoretical understanding, by means of hands-onlearning, and apply the knowledge to designing, building, modeling, simulation, andexperimental testing of real-world engineering problems. It has been found, based on industryfeedback, that with the involvement in multidisciplinary and real-world projects, studentsdemonstrate increased readiness for career in the industry. Students have also shown increasedinterest to graduate degrees.The paper also describes the strategies to retain, recruit, and train lower level students for themultidisciplinary project, which is expected to continue for several years into the future withfunding support
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- Multidisciplinary Course Development
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- Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Charles J Camarda, NASA
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exposed the skills required by the continuousapplication of innovative technologies. The dynamics of this complex system, coupled withchallenges in the workforce demographics, advances in technology and social connectivity havecreated an environment requiring dramatic changes in the way we educate students, fromprimary and secondary to post-secondary education to ensure their future career success. 3While individual teachers have made great strides in improving the learning of their individualstudents to accommodate the requirements of a global workforce in the 21st century overallengineering companies and governmental agencies are challenged by the scarcity and quality ofgraduates produced by the education system at all levels. 1 To better
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- Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills
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- Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder
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culture & language. Teach Engineering isalso offered as a concentration, providing a unique teacher preparation pathway throughengineering that results in secondary teacher licensure preparation in math or science.The coupling of the design-focused engineering degree with a specialized concentration aims toprovide students with a “flexible, yet technical, career path,”10 with “concentrations support[ing] Page 26.1512.12subsequent pursuit of graduate or professional programs in areas such as medical or law school,or professional practice in generalized engineering areas such as technical sales or projectmanagement,”10 as well as careers in
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- Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects
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- Jessica Macklin, University of Maryland, College Park; Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park
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work full-time after graduation, 59% accepted positions withsponsoring organizations. This shows how, beyond enhancing performance in QUEST learningoutcomes, this course provides students with career-building opportunities and provides clientswith a talented pool of prospective full-time hires.Suggestions and Practical ImplicationsMany elements of this course are not unique to the QUEST program and may be replicated inother courses and at other universities. By identifying and assessing learning outcomes, we areable to better understand what our students are learning and make improvements to the course.This has been critical in enabling comparisons to be made across projects and across years.Additionally, by involving a number of stakeholders
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- Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO
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- Novel Teaching Methods in a Multidisciplinary Context
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- Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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learners annually). Dr. Madhavan was the Chair of the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006. In January 2008, he was awarded the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for work on learner-centric, adaptive cyber- tools and cyber-environments. He was one of 49 faculty members selected as the nation’s top engineering educators and researchers by the US National Academy of Engineering to the Frontiers in Engineering Education symposium. Dr. Madhavan leads a major NSF funded effort called Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) that attempts to characterize the impact of NSF and other federal investments in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education using interactive knowledge
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- Teaching Problem Solving in a Multidisciplinary Context
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- Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineer- ing contexts. She is currently a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN).Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. He is Co-PI and Education Director of the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org which serves over 330,000 global researchers and learners annually). Dr. Madhavan was the Chair of the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006. In January 2008, he was awarded the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for work on learner
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- Multidisciplinary Course Development
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- Jodi Reeves, National University; Brian Arnold, National University
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universities and community colleges as part of a $5.0 million technical workforce development initiative funded by New York State. She has pub- lished diverse articles on topics ranging from engineering education to high temperature superconductors and has spoken at many national and international conferences. Her doctorate in materials science and engineering is from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and she holds five patents.Mr. Brian Arnold, National University Assistant Professor and Lead Faculty for National University’s Digital Media Design Program, Brian is also a hybrid PhD student in Michigan State University Educational Psychology and Educational Technol- ogy Program. Career highlights include a five year
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- Novel Teaching Methods in a Multidisciplinary Context
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- Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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empathy across disciplines coupled with deep knowledge in specific areas1. One keyaspect of the T-shaped individual is the ability to see opportunity and bring it into their owndiscipline2. Facilitating an environment where students studying different disciplines can worktogether should enhance cross-discipline thinking later as well as a greater sense of their ownstrengths in the common career paths of the two disciplines3, 4.The fields of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering have historically worked together5, 6.The US Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies these disciplines as similar, and some overlappingemployment opportunities include: biosciences equipment and supplies manufacturing; scientificresearch and development services
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- Elizabeth Wuerffel, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Dale Will, Valparaiso University
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underserved pop- ulations. He is active in partnering with the Valparaiso Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chapter to mentor and provide visit days to middle-school girls. He has also worked with colleagues at Iowa State to develop the educational program ”Boomtown,” with the goal of interesting middle-school girls in com- puter programming. After working with the SWE chapter closely for the past ten years, Will was named advisor for the chapter in the fall of 2013. Will has been an active member of ASEE throughout his pro- fessional career, serving as an officer in his local section from 2002-2007 (Chair in 2005) and attending and publishing at national and sectional conferences
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- Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan
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observe 100 mobilephone users, for example, large data sets are impractical for clinical care settings. Substantialsecondary research supplements the clinical interactions, and students are encouraged to reachout to personal contacts they may have with health care providers.V. CONCLUSIONIn the three years since it has been offered, this course has proven to be uniquely beneficial tostudents, particularly those who are interested in pursuing careers in medical devicedevelopment. Based on student course evaluations, participants reported the following in Table1 from Fall 2012 – Fall 2014 (five semesters). Students report great satisfaction with the course,and find it a challenging and valuable learning experience
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- Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology
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, using computer programming, as avideo game prototype. The LC approach incorporates and builds on many of the suggestions inthe literature on how to facilitate transfer. Moreover, it makes a statement early in the students’academic careers about the importance of connecting courses throughout the curriculum tofacilitate transfer. Other studies provide a detailed description of the LC, including selectioncriteria and an evaluation of its effectiveness.19The LC builds on previous research showing that introducing narrative elements into PS coursesimproves student performance in general as well as in computer programming-related problem-solving skills.6,7,16-19 Our experience shows teaching the PS course in the interdisciplinaryenvironment of a LC