Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Jacques; Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-236: STRATEGIES OF ASSESSING MULTI-DISCIPLINARYCOLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCESSamantha Richerson, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng Samantha J. Richerson, PhD is the program director of the Biomedical Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. She received her PhD from Louisiana Tech University in 2003 and taught for two years at Bucknell University. She moved to MSOE in 2005 and became Program Director in 2007. Her research interests are in effective teaching and learning methodologies as well as the effects of diabetes on balance and biomedical signal and image processing.Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering Deepti Suri, PhD is the program director of the Software

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

be asked to transcend traditional engineering design inorder to participate in the design of sustainable societies. With that image in mind, the Centerfor Sustainable Engineering defines “sustainable engineering” as “engineering for humandevelopment that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs.” (17)With these thoughts in mind, and a defined focus on sustainability and engineering design in ournew curriculum, we defined the “sustainable design process” in our curriculum to be theintegration of four distinct elements into teaching the engineering design process. Theseelements are the: technical requirements, economic requirements, environmental requirements,and social

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Waidley, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-1411: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATIONEDUCATIONGreg Waidley, University of Wisconsin - MadisonJason Bittner, University of Wisconsin - Madison Page 13.188.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Transportation EducationAbstractOur current transportation system is a manifestation of the decisions made by transportationprofessionals in our somewhat recent past. Those decisions were influenced by the education thattransportation professionals received and by their approaches to problem solving set forth by aculture imbedded in them throughout their professional lives.We are now acutely aware of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Ewing, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Barker, Regis University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-1764: USING A POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW TO EXCITE INTERESTIN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH ENGINEERING: NUMB3RS FORTEACHERSCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of MinesMichael Ewing, Colorado School of MinesBarbara Moskal, Colorado School of MinesHeidi Barker, Regis University Page 13.1324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using a Popular Television Show to Excite Interest in Science and Mathematics through Engineering: NUMB3RS for TeachersAbstractAs part of a continuing effort to increase the mathematical and scientific literacy ofmiddle school teachers and their students, the Colorado School of Mines has offered aseries of summer workshops

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-2617: DESIGNING AND DELIVERING AN ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTSAchintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering & Environmental and Conservation SciencesWei Lin, North Dakota State University Associate Professor of Civil Engineering & Director, Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program Page 13.378.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Designing and Delivering an Environmental Management Course for Engineering and Sciences StudentsAbstract Environmental education for

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia; Farhad Omar, University of Virginia; Alexander Hydrogen Martin, University of Virginia; James Durand, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-733: RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR LEARNING BARGEP. Paxton Marshall, University of VirginiaFarhad Omar, University of VirginiaAlexander Hydrogen Martin, University of VirginiaJames Durand, University of Virginia Page 13.1035.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Renewable Energy for Learning BargeTM American Society for Engineering Education 2008 Annual ConferenceIntroduction Learning BargeTM is joint project of the schools of architecture and engineering atthe University of Virginia to design and build an energy self-sufficient floating classroomthat offers an interactive, hands-on learning experience focused on ecological restoration

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Heun, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

areunaccustomed to the visual pollution and background noise of wind farms. Figure 2 shows thenumber of Google references to “visual pollution and smokestacks” as a percentage of the totalnumber of reference to “visual pollution and wind turbines”.8 In addition, we cannot assume thatalternative and renewable energy technologies will not affect the environment. For example,nuclear waste disposal is a significant concern that still lacks a suitable political solution.Engineers today and in the future working on the energy grand challenge must design with thesedifferent societal impacts in mind, pointing to the need to provide both (a) multidisciplinaryeducation among engineering subdisciplines and (b) a traditional liberal arts context forengineering