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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jared Joseph Schoepf, Arizona State University; Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #26443The Impact of Multidisciplinary Teams on Sustainability Projects in EPICSDr. Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University Stephanie Gillespie joined the EPICS@ASU program after finishing her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has extensive experience in K-12 outreach and curriculum development, and is passionate about giving students opportunities to make a difference throughout their academic career. As the EPICS Director of Instruction, Stephanie leads the EPICS pro- gram’s curriculum development, EPICS-Community College program, and program

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vy-Linh Gale, New York University; Victoria Bill, New York University; Jessica Si

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Paper ID #26845Work in Progress: Multidisciplinary, Vertically Integrated Projects Courseon 3-D Printed Biomedical DevicesMs. Vy-Linh Gale, New York University Vy-Linh Gale is an undergraduate in her junior year studying Biotechnology with a minor in Computer Science, and is expected to graduate with her BS in 2020 and MS in Biotechnology in 2021.Prof. Victoria Bill, New York University Victoria Bill is the MakerSpace Lab Manager and an adjunct professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She studied electrical engineering and received her B.S. from the Ohio State University and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Giancarlo D'Orazio, University of the District of Columbia; Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Paper ID #25635A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Project: Development of an AutonomousRover For Mars ExplorationGiancarlo D’Orazio, University of the District of Columbia Giancarlo is a Mechanical Engineering major, class of 2020, at the University of the District Columbia.Dr. Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Jiajun Xu, P.E. is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at University of the District of Columbia. His research interests are Micro/Nanoscale materials for thermal Transport and Energy Conversion, Mechanical Design, Water Treatment techniques, and Multi-scale simulation. His

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #25447Moving Forward with the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET)program at MIT - Building Community, Developing Projects, and Connect-ing with IndustryDr. Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Ed Crawley is the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for engineering education of the NAE. He is the Founding President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and. the Co-Director of NEET at MIT.Dr. Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Paper ID #25549Iron Range Engineering - An Overview of Design and Open-Ended ProblemSolving Activities in an Interdisciplinary, Project-based Learning ProgramDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, an ABET-accredited project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning in the classroom, on project design teams, and while out on co-op placement. Her prior education and industry

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy; Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy; Lisa Shay, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Know Your Role! Designing Faculty and External Stakeholder Roles in a Multidisciplinary Capstone CourseAbstractThis paper describes our development of novel faculty roles and our method for the planning andexecution of projects in our year-long, multidisciplinary capstone experience. Well-defined rolespermit management of increasingly complex multidisciplinary and multidepartment projects,prevent duplication of effort, and help ensure an enriching and rewarding student experience.These roles have enabled us to offer an unprecedented variety and scope of projects with anaverage of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris A. O'Riordan-Adjah, Principia College

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for Engineering Education, 2019 Implementing Research Steps in Undergraduate ResearchAbstractThis paper describes an eight-week undergraduate research project conducted at PrincipiaCollege in Elsah, Illinois during the summer of 2018. The undertaking was distinctive in that itwas an engineering research project conducted at a liberal-arts college by undergraduate studentsenrolled in the college’s engineering program. A multidisciplinary research team was assembled,comprised of undergraduate engineering students serving as research assistants; a facultyinstructor serving as project director and advisor to the students; and a Principia alumnus servingas an image processing and artificial intelligence (AI) consultant and advisor. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven P. Marra, Johns Hopkins University; Jenna Adele Frye, Maryland Institute College of Art; Edon Muhaxheri, Maryland Institute College of Art; Laure Drogoul, Maryland Institute College of Art

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and cobbler of situations who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Laure works with a wide range of media including projects in which she creates sculpture, performance, and theatrical events that invite the viewer to be an active participant. She has exhibited widely, including The International House of Japan in Tokyo, Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington Project for the Arts, The Walters Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and The Center for Architecture in New York as well as many street corners, alleys, and underutilized urban spaces.She has received Maryland State Artist Awards and a Franklin Furnace Award for performance art and has been a recipient of a US/Japan Creative

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

department, we have more students in ME thanin EE. However, it is imperative for all students to have the basics of EE in order to work on therobotic projects. In this case, we mix students from two programs together in the engineeringorientation course. “What topics should be covered in this course?” is always a question and achallenge for the instructors. After 3-year practices and continuous improvements, we decide tocover not only the basics of ME and EE but also diverse soft skills trainings especially theproject management trainings. Three teaching assistants (two juniors from EE and one juniorfrom ME) are assisting a professor in the lab sections. This paper studies the outcomes of severalactivities such as the ethics debates, self-identities

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects in a collaborative environment. Yet, anoverwhelming majority of programs do not provide students with the chance to workcooperatively across disciplinary lines. Those that do typically only allow for interactionbetween groups within the same overarching discipline such as Mechanical or ElectricalEngineering. Ideally, the capstone experience is meant to foreshadow the type of interaction andwork that a student will engage in, easing their transition into the work environment followinggraduation. In industry, engineers are expected to work collaboratively with experts in severaltechnical and non-technical domains. Subsequently, capstone classes are lacking the ability toprepare undergraduate students for membership on the interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Gusmao Brissi, Purdue University; Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, and design - field team interaction.Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University Mariana Watanabe is an undergraduate in Civil Engineering specializing in Architectural Engineering at Purdue University, main Campus. During her time at Purdue, she has done research in the Applied Energy Laboratory for the ”Biowall for Improved Indoor Air Quality” project, has participated as team captain in two DOE Net-Zero Energy Building Design Competitions (Race to Zero Competition), and was elected president of the ASHRAE Purdue Student Branch in 2017. Mariana’s interests span the fields of sustainable engineering, high performance buildings and STEM outreach for girls. c American Society for Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Breanna M. W. Bailey, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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InstitutionI. Project BackgroundThis paper discusses the creation and first offerings of a multidisciplinary senior design projectcourse sequence at a regional Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The courses, MultidisciplinaryEngineering Design I and II (GEEN 4301 and 4302), were created as part of supporting activitiesfor an NSF-STEM grant entitled: “Javelina Engineers STEM Scholarships (JESS): Building thePathway for Baccalaureate to Masters Degrees,” or the JESS Program.The over-arching JESS Program goal was to identify academically talented undergraduatestudents across all disciplines offered by the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering(COE) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and retain these students throughcompletion of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Rachid Belmasrour, Southern University at New Orleans; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures

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in multiple projects, including the Development of a Model for The Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process. Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri was the chair of the NCAT CAM’s Education subcommittee. He contributed to the outreach CAM since 2015. He is currently, responsible for the outreach program for the STEAM’s research project.Dr. Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering DepartmentDr. Rachid Belmasrour, Southern University at New Orleans Dr. Belmasrour holds a Ph.D. from University of New Orleans in Mathematics, and he obtained his M.S degree in Mathematical Informatics from University of Versailles Saint Quentin, France

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Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; David Jacob Taylor, Arizona State University; Ian Derk

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

recipient of the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award. She focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engi- neering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy, and the ASU Kern Project. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineer- ing at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a unique MOOC

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University; Xiaoyu Zhang; Rafael E. Landaeta, Old Dominion University; Edwin Merino, Old Dominion University; Jayson Carl Alberto Kreger

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Programs at the Batten College of Engineering & Technology.Edwin Merino, Old Dominion UniversityJayson Carl Alberto Kreger c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Undergraduate Research in Augmented Reality SystemsAbstractThis Work-in-Progress paper presents a multidisciplinary undergraduate research project todevelop an augmented reality system for the U.S. Marine Corps weapon maintenance andoperation. The project utilizes low-cost, market-leading AR hardware and software to developan interactive AR application for maintenance and operation of M16A4 rifle. The ARapplication contains interactive presentation and visualization of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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of practicum courses in collaboration with the industry in China. He has been awarded Shanghai 1000-Telent Distinguished Professor status (2017). The CFE has launched a major initiative called the Technology Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development (TESD), the defining philosophy for several entrepreneurship projects for social development in the Belt and Road region. He has been the founder Director (2013-2016) of the WHO Collaborating Centre on eHealth at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Australia where he is an Honorary Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 From

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason R. Harron, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

that this multidisciplinary projectprovided an outlet where both engineering and fine art majors could put theory into practice in asafe environment where the outcome did not have to be perfect. Working in multidisciplinaryteams provided an opportunity for both engineers and fine art majors to gain an appreciation thatboth majors work hard but in different ways. The artists described how the experiencehumanized engineering, but gatekeeping did emerge when it came to engineers painting andmaking creative choices on the project. While the project did provide opportunities to exchangeskills and knowledge between the majors, it also lead to some resentment from the artists aboutthe abundance of resources provided to engineering majors by the

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

], [2] stressed the need for engineers to possessleadership abilities. The former emphasized engineering graduates “must understand theprinciples of leadership and be able to practice them in growing proportions as their careersadvance. Additionally, the latter report stated, “it is becoming increasingly recognized that it isimportant to introduce engineering activities, including team-based design projects … early inthe undergraduate experience.” Curricular approaches that engage students in team exercises, inteam design courses, and in courses that connect engineering design and solutions to real-worldproblems demonstrate the social relevance of engineering. However, the designs of theseapproaches and assessment of their effectiveness are not

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Studentsurveys conducted at two different institutions show why students select to become engineers andtheir preference for the different course components.Introduction “Introduction to Engineering” is a core course given to freshmen students of all engineeringdisciplines. The course aims to familiarize students with the engineering profession, the differentengineering disciplines, the design process for exploratory projects, the work in interdisciplinaryteams, the ethics and professional behavior, the lifelong learning, the written and oral presentationof technical concepts, and problem solving. As curriculum often changes, an online research wasconducted on the most current catalogs (2018-2019) of 182 higher education institutions offeringdegrees in

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Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyona Sharunova, University of Alberta; Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta; Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta; Ahmed Jawad Qureshi, University of Alberta

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta Mehwish Butt, BSc., is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Her research area lies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Design Processes, Product Development and Evolution, Design interface across disciplines, and identifying the commonalities of design concepts across disciplines.Dr. Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta Jason P. Carey, PhD., PEng., is a Professor and Associate Dean of Programming and Planning, in the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Alberta. He is a collaborator of the Transdisciplinary Design Education for Engineering Undergraduates research project. Dr. Carey research interests are in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louise Rosanna Manfredi, Syracuse University

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and ideal outcomes are not routinely communicated to the wholeteam.This work-in-progress paper examines an industry multi-disciplinary engineering design team.Specifically, this study investigates the communication channels between industrial designinterns and an engineering team at an aerospace company in California. Members of this teamwere interviewed to record their experiences during this three-month project. At this initialresearch stage, methods of communication used, how effectively they communicated with eachother, and what was learned about different design methodologies was captured.The purpose of this study was twofold as we sought to satisfy questions from the industrial andthe academic perspectives. From the industrial viewpoint

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Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University

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engineering 280 if I walked in on any given day? o How did it compare to your expectations? o Follow up questions were based on course elements the students described (e.g. lectures, activities, and spaces that they used)  Please tell me about your engineering design project? o Tell me about prototyping during the course?  How would you describe your interactions with one another while working on team projects?  How would you describe the engineering design process?Our pilot group of five students agreed to answer the survey during the focus group interview.Given the scope of this evaluative case, we are reporting on the questions related to self-determination theory variables

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Monique Jethwani; Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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. Dr. Gennert’s research interests include robotics, computer vision, and image processing, with ongoing projects in humanoid robotics, robot navigation and guidance, biomedical image processing, and stereo and motion vision. He led WPI teams in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and NASA Space Robotics Challenge and is author or co-author of over 100 papers. His research has been supported by DARPA, NASA, NIH, NSF, and industry. He is a member of Sigma Xi, and a senior member of IEEE and ACM.Dr. Nima Lotfi Yagin, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Nima Lotfi received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, in 2006, his M.S. degree in electrical engineering

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Kirk St.Amant, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

communication and management acumen (e.g., technicalwriting, technical presentations, and project management). Such an approach is essential topreparing future engineers for the workplace [1]. The challenge becomes providing studentswith effective exposure to both kinds of skills within engineering programs.Traditionally, the development of such skills has been a matter of content-specific courseworkintegrated into a school’s engineering program(s). (A classic example is the technical writingcourse often offer by English or communication departments and required of engineeringundergraduates.) As institutional resources shrink and student demand increases, the need tofind alternative methods for offering training in these “soft-skill” areas grows

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lina Wei, Zhejiang University; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University

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China's strategic development and the new situation ofinternational competition. Compared with traditional engineering, new engineering generallyrefers to an emerging field of engineering, which is newly born and has not yet formed acomplex of relatively mature engineering education concept, disciplinary structure, talentcultivation model, teaching quality standard, organizational operation mechanism andsupportive service system. At present, Chinese colleges and universities actively promote thepilot reform of new engineering majors. 612 projects from universities across the countryhave been recognized as the first batch of "New Engineering" research and practice projectsby the Ministry of Education, indicating that the construction of new

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jacob Allen Novosad, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Huan Phan-Van, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

reasons for the delay in the development of the robots. Facultyinvolvement towards the end of the project development was deemed necessary to speed up thecompletion of the robots. Despite the completion of the hardware part of the robot, the softwaredevelopment required more rigorous programming skills, and therefore, involvement of aComputer Science student. Figure 1 shows a photograph of the finished robotic platform. Therobot uses three omnidirectional wheels positioned 120◦ apart for holonomic locomotion.The robot includes an NVIDIA Jetson TX2 Development Board as the main processor forhigh-level and computationally-intense algorithms for robot motion, localization, and mapping.The Jetson board is a Linux-based processor for which Python is

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Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

in projects andextracurricular activities completed outside the classroom, than those completed within thetransdisciplinary classroom. This information has proved beneficial for program staff as theycontinue to make programmatic improvements.1. IntroductionMultidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary engineering and technology programsare growing in popularity and prior studies have identified advantages to students whoparticipate in these innovative, boundary-crossing programs. Students develop higher levels ofcognitive processing and critical thinking [1], report positive attitudes toward literacy [2],improve research skills [3] and display high levels of teamwork and leadership skills [4]. Thesefindings are by no means

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Molly M. Gribb P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Systems Institute (CSI) at UWM. His research interests are renewable energy interface, energy storage, and microgrids. He has served as the primary investigator on several federal and industry funded research projects. Dr. Nasiri has published numerous technical journal and conference papers on related topics. He also seven patent disclosures. He is a co-author of the book ”Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Active Filters,” CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Dr. Nasiri is currently an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Paper Review Chair for IEEE Trans- actions on Industry Applications, an Editor of Power Components and Systems, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Power Electronics. He was the general

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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-being of poor and marginalized communities aroundthe world. Several other colleges and universities, including Dartmouth [3] and OhioState [4], also have Humanitarian Engineering programs. Stanford University [5]introduces a student-led course in learning sustainable design through service. Thisprogram’s goals are to (a) develop students’ iterative design skills, project managementand partnership-building abilities, sustainability awareness, cultural sensitivity, empathy,and desire to use technical skills to promote peace and human development, (b) helpdeveloping communities ensure individuals’ human rights via sustainable, culturallyappropriate, technology-based solutions, and (c) increase Stanford University’sstewardship of global

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Staley, Virginia Tech; Stephen Biscotte, Virginia Tech

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raising calls for more interdisciplinary learning andcollaboration.In the most recent MIT report, The Global State of the Art in Engineering Education, RuthGraham highlighted a “focus on rigor in the engineering fundamentals” but also “user-centereddesign, technology-driven entrepreneurship, [and] active project-based learning” [3]. A keychallenge that constrains engineering schools is their “siloed monodisciplinary structure… andfaculty appointment and promotion systems that are not perceived as rewarding teachingachievement” [3]. In the MIT report, Graham anticipates a shift “towards socially-relevant andoutward-facing engineering curricula” in which “curricula emphasize student choice,multidisciplinary learning, and societal impact” through