Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor J. Echeverria, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth Scott Allen P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

. Page 24.8.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014The Effects of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Completing a Radiological Engineering Design Project Page 24.8.2IntroductionAn important skill for engineers to obtain is the ability to perform on cross-disciplinary teams.In fact, the accrediting organization ABET has deemed this a key student outcome for nuclearengineering programs.1 The nuclear engineering program at the United States Military Academy(West Point) offers a unique perspective on the ability of students to perform on cross-disciplinary teams because non-engineering majors are required to take a 3-course

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing a Minor Program in Nuclear Science and EngineeringAbstractThe Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fort Valley State University (FVSU)has recently developed an academic minor program in Nuclear Science and Engineering forstudents majoring in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM).The minor program is structured around four courses that will feature progressively moreadvanced topics, and hands-on laboratory-based projects and experimental analysis. Thesecourses are: a two-course sequence in Nuclear Science and Engineering with laboratorycomponents, a course in nuclear radiation, and an introductory course in health physics.This paper describes

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, University of Missouri; Matthew Paul Simones, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri; John C. Kennedy, University of Missouri; Hakan Us; Philip F. Makarewicz, University of Missouri; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia

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Nuclear and Radiological

perfectlypoised geographically, economically and academically to nurture next generation technologiesfor energy independence of the state and the nation as a whole. 1. Introduction A feasibility study of thorium as a nuclear fuel in molten salt reactors for Missouribecame a project for graduate students in engineering. This was a multifaceted assignmentwherein students had to research, present and co-write individual sections of a primer. Thisproject motivated students to work with industry, engineering, legal and economics terminology.The mulitdisciplinary aspect of the project was enriching to students who harbored differentbackgrounds and talents. The first stage of collaborative research and group presentations beganwith the history

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor D. McLaughlin, U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

, this meant that no single discipline could arrive at a viable solution independent of the othersrepresented in the team. The majority of the group (60 percent) had backgrounds in the humanities; thegroup dynamic was predisposed for interdisciplinary, versus multidisciplinary, collaboration as definedbelow. The academic demographics put the nuclear engineers (25 percent of the group) as a minority, butthey did maintain the largest contingent of a single discipline.According to Borrego & Newswander, participants on a multidisciplinary team “leave [a] project withouthaving learned much about the other disciplines” with whom they were involved. For multidisciplinary