Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roberts, Kansas State University; John Mingle, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 11.570.3 Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2006, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1823On the other hand, higher knowledge requires the use of innovative mind processes and is oftenreferred to as the creative use of insight. Some refer to this as using innovation to solve prob-lems that previously were unknown. In engineering, higher knowledge has traditionally beeninvolved in graduate programs. However, in the knowledge age this will change. Knowledgeage engineers (students & faculty) must master the ability to routinely

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Uei-Jiun Fan, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

; Social Action, Free Spirit Publishing. 8. Coyle, E.J., et. al., 1997, EPICS: A Model for Integrating Service-Learning into the Engineering Curriculum, Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning 4: 81-89. 9. Oaks, William, 2002, Service-Learning in Engineering: A Resource Guidebook, Purdue University. 10. Hanfmann, E., Vakar, G. & Vygotsky, L.S., 1962, Thought and Language, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 11. Vygotsky, L.S., 1978, Mind in Society, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 12. Piaget, B., 1999, The Construction of Reality in the Child, International Library of Psychology, Routledge. 13. Bruner, J, 1960, The Process of Education, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 14. Bruner, J. S., 1966

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-858: BLANK SLATE ENGINEERING AT FLORIDA GULF COASTUNIVERSITY – INNOVATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY FROM THEGROUND UPSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University SUSAN M. BLANCHARD joined FGCU as Founding Director of the School of Engineering in February 2005. She received the A.B. in Biology from Oberlin College in 1968 and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 1980 and 1982, respectively. Before moving to FGCU, Dr. Blanchard was the Director of Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Programs at North Carolina State University and Professor in the joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina