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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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participate voluntarily via the Collaboratory for Strategic Parnternships and Applied Research. His on-going projects include improving flight tracking and messaging systems for small planes in remote locations, and developing assistive communication technology for those with cognitive and behavioral challenges, such as high- functioning autism, or PTSD. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Formalizing Experiential Learning Requirements In An Existing Interdisciplinary Engineering Project CurriculumIn education, experiential learning has become a best practice, high-impact strategy, becauseengaging with real life problems heightens students’ interest, teaches them career

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Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas G. Westfall, Virginia Tech; James Edward Taylor; Serena Lise Emanuel, Virginia Tech; Mathew Verghese, Virginia Tech; Nick Falls, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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real-world research projects with team members from multiple disciplines hashelped these undergraduates to gain experiences outside their own disciplines. This has aidedthem in developing diverse skill sets that are described in terms of: interdisciplinary experiences,links between their classroom learning and lab experiences, academic and professional skills,impacts of faculty and graduate mentoring, and impacts on academic and career decisions.1. IntroductionIn order to tackle the multifaceted problems of the 21st century, industries often engageemployees from multiple disciplines to solve a single problem. Although, industries haverecognized the need for interdisciplinary collaborations, the departmental structures in collegesand

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Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia H. Carlson PE, PhD, Merrimack College; Anne Pfitzner Gatling, Merrimack College; John G. Adams, Merrimack College; Jocelyn Fraga Muller, Merrimack College

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interest,retaining students of diverse abilities and backgrounds, and preparing students to address therealities of the post-academic world and work-space. Many novel approaches have beendeveloped to address these challenges, including problem- and project-based learning (Mills &Treagust, 2003), entrepreneurship (Täks, Tynjälä, & Kukemelk, 2016), and flipped classroom(Bishop & Verleger, 2013). These are all valid approaches that can enhance skills engineers willface in their future careers, however, they do not explicitly address the essential skill of workingin conjunction with a variety of different disciplines. In the highly interdisciplinary field ofengineering, students will: • encounter co-workers, subcontractors, and

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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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course, clear lines of communication are essentialto the success of the team building project [21]. The evidence supports that students realizecommunication is important, based on the comments many do not know how to communicatewithin their teams. The means of communication may include spoken , written [22], and generalskills required for lifelong interaction [23]. Students that have not achieved confidence in theseskills have issues navigating the workplace. Investigation on how to support the learning of theseskills before taking the Capstone courses is essential to these students as they graduate and moveinto careers, employers expect it [24-26].Industry partners and faculty mentors are essential to the successful team building

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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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peer role model of interdisciplinaryunderstanding in engineering practice.As a direct result of this sea change, a new ME for EEs course, actually termed MechanicalSystems, as a requisite for all EE students has been offered because of the discussions on theimplications of the interdisciplinary engineering curriculum by the EE faculty.3 Infusingmechanics into such EE courses as electromechnical systems, control theory and electrical powerand energy conversion had been challenging without the inclusion of this ME for EEs course.Professional Careers and Graduate EducationOf course, the Electromechanical Engineering (EME) and Energy and Power Engineering (EPE)BSE programs are not meant to be the strict equivalent of the defined discipline BSEE

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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

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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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State University. QMRA III is a one-and-a-half-week training program designed for advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and earlycareer professionals to assimilate scientific data and implement computer programs towardsbuilding a risk assessment for assuring safety and health goals. Each cohort of QMRA IIIconsists of engineering, biological and social scientists with the goal of cross training. As part ofthe evaluation plan of the program, students were asked to construct a box-and-arrow diagramconveying a risk management plan involving the full range of biologic, economic, social,political, and cultural factors that impact risk during a pathogen exposure. Additionally, experts,professors and career professionals who were also the

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Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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and connect materials in the course with their area of study, as well as overall academic and career plans. Eportfolios are reviewed by instructor and teaching assistants to both provide feedback and assess student performance.In summary, the design of the course and its implementation follows our teaching philosophy,that all learning is multidisciplinary. The course includes aspects of engineering design andanalysis, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, business, economics, political science,sociology, psychology – hence incorporating a broad spectrum of student areas of study andinterests, leading to engagement and motivated learning. Problem-based and project-basedlearning strategies integrate real-world case studies (including

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Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

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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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thatintend to foster open communication, trust, and a willingness to solve problems, and (4) retakingthe survey to investigate if students perceptions have changed. Results of the study show that,through the interdisciplinary senior project and the structured activities planned, students’perceptions of each other’s disciplines, roles, and stereotypes changed, and they were able togain a better understanding and appreciation of each other’s disciplines, and work collaborativelytowards the project goals. The study, thus, shows the potential that incorporating sucheducational activities and experiences in students’ learning environment could positively affecttheir careers making them ready for the increasing trend of integration of designer and

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Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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at our university. All members of the team volunteered to be part of an initiative that,while perceived as important to the development of well-rounded engineers, would nonethelessbe considered by most to provide limited opportunities for career advancement and recognition.The efforts of the group aligned with the paid duties of only some of the team members. Someindividual goals – for example reducing team conflicts that an instructor with a project-heavyteaching assignment will need to handle, or increasing the number of publications in the area ofresearch in engineering education – tended to be recognized after joining the team rather thanbeing a motivation for initially joining. In addition, none of the team members came to the tablewith

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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to ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate from West Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Dr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His

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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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project in 10 daysabbreviated the team formation process and forced mutual reliance early as well. Compared tocourses instructed over a 15 week semester, which the faculty regularly instruct at theirrespective universities, the short course reduces variability in the outcomes and team dynamicissues that generally arise.The short course format and close contact between faculty and participants, who all traveled forthe course, also fostered interaction between individuals from multiple disciplines. It alsofacilitated the sense of care and concern the program directors and resource faculty have for thegrowth of each participant, an interest in their future career goals and potential for futurecollaboration.This is a work in progress and a 5 year

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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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, whether in industry, academia, or inpolicy-making positions. Given factors as diverse as technological advancement, climatechange trends, and international competition, training engineers in both professional abilitiesand higher order thinking skills is necessary to empower future professionals in solvinguncertain and ever-changing challenges which they will inevitably face in their careers. Forhydraulic engineers, such challenges involve an emphasis on real-world problem solving andthe need for a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, such as in the case of the inter-agency and cross-disciplinary efforts necessary to resolve complicated extreme weather andwater supply sustainability issues. Additionally, innovation and creative thinking

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Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania

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with a minor in Spanish. She started her career in education as a member of the Baltimore City Teaching Residency. She taught at a neighborhood public high school while earning her Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. After three years in Baltimore, she relocated to Washington, D. C. to teach at a public charter middle school. After four years teaching middle school, she decided to pursue her doctorate from Temple University. Her dissertation focused on novice teachers’ perceptions of their preparation for teaching at the middle level. Dr. Hesson’s current research interests include science education and middle level teacher preparation. c American Society for Engineering

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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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., Fripp, J., & Fripp, W. (2017), Waterborne Disease CaseInvestigation: Public Health Nursing Simulation Journal of Nursing Education 56(1):39-427. McClelland, M., & Kleinke, D. (2013), Improving Lives Using Multidisciplinary Education:Partnering to Benefit Community, Innovation, Health, and Technology Journal of Nursing Education52(7):406-4098. Noone, J. (2009), Teaching the Three Apprenticeships: Designing Learning Activities forProfessional Practice in an Undergraduate Curriculum Journal of Nursing Education 48(8):468-4719. Penprase, B., Oakley, B., Ternes, R., & Driscoll, D. (2013), Empathy as a Determining Factor forNursing Career Selection Journal of Nursing Education 52(4):192-19710. Davis, M. (2003

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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disciplines as well as experts in the areas of economics, public policy, andothers. Grand Challenges critically address quality of human life and sustainability but also serveas a challenge to engineers and society by bringing disciplines together to craft the solution. In2015, over one hundred twenty schools had written letters of commitment to President Obama,pledging to produce engineers who were well equipped to tackle these Grand Challenges [2].Grand Challenge Scholars ProgramThe Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP) formed to meet the needs of schools committedto educating engineers trained to tackle these challenges in their future careers. Since itsinception, universities have been free to create their own versions of the program. The

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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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Innovation. He has 150 journal, conference proceedings and technical report publications. He is a Fellow of ASCE and has been inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.Dr. Brian T. Kench, University of New Haven Brian T. Kench is Dean of the AACSB accredited College of Business at the University of New Haven. Dean Kench has built his career around the specialties behavioral and experimental economics, microeco- nomics, and the economics of organization. He serves as a consultant in the areas of economic damages and economic impact analysis. His works have been published in the Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, Journal of Financial Transformation, and

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Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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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disciplines by nature. Teacher A’s professional training traverses the disciplinesof civil engineering and information technology. He was also engaged in various co-teachingactivities with professors from other fields in the same discipline, from architecture, and fromelectrical engineering, though the levels and forms of co-teaching varied. Teacher B also had2 semesters of teaching experience working with civil engineering professors before thisproject. Teacher C’s entire career was mostly built on crossing different academicboundaries—from education to cultural studies to futures studies. To all three teachers, theleap between disciplines seemed to be the greatest this time. However, it was not acompletely foreign experience to any of them. The

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Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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exist.In actuality, most engineering jobs are much more diverse than the engineering curriculum.Companies of today, to stay competitive, demand more and more out of their engineers becauseof their ability to learn and problem solve. Most engineers claim that the learning begins aftergraduation, on the first job and continues through the entire career. In today’s world, anengineering student cannot only rely on a high GPA to help them land a job. Today’s marketsrequire an engineer who can handle diverse situations with multiple outcomes and multiple areasof knowledge. These challenges that the modern economic world demands need to be tackledand solved. It is the responsibility of universities to produce high quality engineers by providingthe

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Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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California Institute of Technology, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, a Professional Engineer (Louisiana), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for the ”development of widely used approaches for the management of contaminated sediments”. His research is focused on the fate, transport, and management of contaminants in the environment and the sustainable management of water resources.Dr. Jill Hoffman, Museum of Texas Tech University As the Assistant Director for Visitor Experience, and the Helen DeVitt Jones Curator of Education—both for the Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU)— Jill also is a faculty member in the graduate Mu- seum Science program at TTU. Her museum career

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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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another career; Interest is the enjoyment (or lack of) experienced in doingengineering activities; and Utility is the perceived usefulness (or lack of) of becoming anengineer and/or earning an engineering degree (Matusovich et al., 2010). The authors conductedlongitudinal semi-structured interviews of 11 participants (5 men and 6 women) during their fouryears of undergraduate engineering education. They found that all four Eccles’ value categoriesare present; that attainment value plays a prominent role, but not an exclusive role, inparticipant’s choice to earn an engineering degree; and that the four categories are not mutuallyexclusive. In summary, the researchers found that participants can be categorized with high orlow engineering-related

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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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the students need to be able to do influenced dynamically.So it is a kind of change from what one-way communication outward to what they actuallytaken in the students’ classroom. We can understand and often talk, but are they absorbingwhat they need to be able to do to be successful in their career? So that is a kind of change ofmind from the faculty-centered to more student-centered, learning focused.” Relatively,teaching technology, teaching method or learning method may be indirectly impacted byaccreditation, as Mr. Miller argued, “there are people here who are from our classes. Yougive the students homework before you go to the class. They do the homework before theclass, and in class they talk about it. That is called ‘flipped classroom