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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeid Moslehpour

Session 2548 Distance Computer Architecture Laboratory Saeid Moslehpour, Patrick Keene, Thomas Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractWorking in a laboratory environment is vital for students to master the technological concepts inscience and engineering. Besides re-enforcing what is covered in lecture, lab time allowsstudents to engage in experience-based learning. The educational community largely uses onsiteexperimentation for electronics/computer engineering laboratory experiments. How can we offerdistance laboratory activities in computer engineering technology? The objective

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Watkins; Ambrose Barry; Nan Byars

students started high school four yearsago, computers were in nearly every school and library, and in many of their homes.While the vast majority of today’s freshmen students do not need a basic course in how to usecomputers, they do lack many basic competencies necessary to engage in engineering coursework (4). For instance, if they are given an assignment to surf the Web or IM (Instant Message)their friends, they’ll likely laugh and be finished in minutes. But if they’re asked to create a tablein Word or a simple line plot in Excel, the results will likely be quite different. One of thebiggest challenges in teaching this course is the student’s opinion that, since they’ve masteredemail and the web, there’s just not much left to learn about using

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

Database Management System Track for Computer Science Students Reza Sanati-Mehrizy Afsaneh Minaie sanatire@uvsc.edu minaieaf@uvsc.edu Computing and Networking Engineering Department Sciences Department Utah Valley State College Orem, Utah 84058Abstract:Utah Valley State College is a four year college with only undergraduate programs located in anarea with many technology oriented business. In our Computer Science program, we offer onlyone database course titled “Database

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

ofcomputing hierarchy confuse educational pedagogy. This presentation will demonstratesignificant perspectives of articulated academic curriculum design in the areas ofcomputing skill competencies. The presentation will establish linkages of certificationthat provide a global basis of skill level competencies. It is the intent of this presentationto provide a vision of curriculum design for computing skill competency that securelysupports the student learning process in conjunction with industry competencyexpectations. Successful completion of a valid and articulated curriculum pedagogyinsures a student will have the knowledge and skills required for basic use of computerhardware, software, networks, and the internet. Competency based learning is a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Reising

A Project-based Course in Small Computer Software for Computer Engineers James A. Reising University of EvansvilleAbstractStudents in Computer Engineering at the University of Evansville are introduced to computerprogramming in their first two years of study by taking an introductory course in programmingusing C++ and a course in data structures. The use of Visual Studio.NET provides anopportunity for students to practice and extend their skills in areas not typically covered in theintroductory course. In addition to simple Windows applications, students complete projectsinvolving the use of Windows Web applications

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Craig; Maurice Aburdene

A Tool for Consolidating Results from Learning Assessment Samuel E. Craig, Maurice F. Aburdene Department of Electrical Engineering Bucknell University Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaAbstractWe present a process for quantifying and organizing the degree to which course and programoutcomes are achieved, using two Excel® spreadsheets. The first sheet shows outcomesestablished for a particular course and how their achievements are measured by several means. Italso shows the “mapping” of the course outcome data into the achievement of outcomes thathave been established for an entire program. The second spreadsheet

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Finlayson

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing Bruce A. Finlayson Rehnberg Professor of Chemical Engineering University of WashingtonIntroduction Chemical engineers need to learn to use computer programs in order to do theirassignments in school and be technically competent when they graduate. In the past, computerproficiency was obtained hit or miss, with too many students in the ‘miss’ category. An electivecourse was established in the Department of Chemical Engineering and given in Winter quarter,2003, 2004, and 2005, to give beginning juniors a broad introduction to computers. They hadalready taken a computer science

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Goodman; Maurice Aburdene

simultaneously (links are in parallel). We also consider avariety of N series links in series with M links in parallel.SummaryWe presented a project used in our random signals and noise course with applications tocomputer networks. The project introduced random variables with Bernoulli distributions,geometric distributions, binomial distributions, and Pascal distributions. It also introducedstudents to the computations of means of random variables. Simulation is a powerful tool andcan enhance student learning and clarify fundamental concepts. The examples we presented can Page 10.1014.15introduce design concepts and parameter sensitivity and

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Warren

Optimizing Student Learning and Retention of Time- and Frequency- Domain Concepts Through Numerical Computation Projects Steve Warren, Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Kansas State UniversityAbstractThe ability to analyze signals and systems in both the time and frequency domains is an essentialoutcome in most engineering curricula. However, concepts such as time-domain convolutionand frequency-domain spectra can be elusive to students. While most students can learn themathematical procedures whereby they obtain correct answers on homework and exams, manylack the higher-level understanding that aids long-term retention. This paper addresses thecreation of

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton

questions that cut acrossinformation technology, perceptive agents, learning and education. These goals are detailedfollowing the scenario below. The scenario, taken from an introductory computer science class,may serve to illustrate some of the many shifts, both vivid and subtle, that the project attempts tostimulate and explore.ScenarioMiriam was excited. Barely six weeks into the introductory but challenging CS105 computerscience course she was teaching, she felt a strong rapport with her students. Sure, she wished thatthe distribution of student ability levels was not so great, but she had already discovered withincreasing frequency that sometimes the most extraordinary performances came from seeminglyordinary students who became motivated and

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

Session 1532 Analysis of a Learning Model Applied to an Engineering Course Cordelia M. Brown, Arthur J. Brodersen Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Nashville, Tennessee 37325AbstractA three phase learning model was applied to an Introduction to Digital Logic course atVanderbilt University in the Spring of 2004. The three phases included administering pre-assessment inventories, facilitating collaborative exercises, and evaluating the learningexperiences of the students. The first

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Schinnel Small; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Pamela Leigh-Mack

Session 1520 Facilitating Active Learning Engineering Courses with Tablet PC Note Taking Technology Craig Scott, Pamela Leigh-Mack, Solomon Alao, Alicia Davis, Yacob Astatke, and Schinnel Small Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University, Baltimore, MarylandAbstract This paper describes an investigation of a means to use technology to help studentsconstruct meaning through the use of the dimensions of Learning (DOL) pedagogical framework. We use the tablet PC and specialized note taking

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tilo Winkler; Rudolph Mitchel; Jose Venegas

Computer Simulation and a Realistic Simulator in Conjunction with the New Educational Style How People Learn (HPL) to Improve Learning Achievements Tilo Winkler, Ph.D., Rudolph Mitchell, Ed.D., and Jose G. Venegas, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School / Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST) / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)INTRODUCTIONTraditional lectures are well suited to teaching of systematic content but lack active hands-onexperience. The NSF publication “How People Learn” (HPL) suggests that challenging studentswith realistic problems and high levels of freedom for problem solving motivates students andsupports learning. In the case

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ali Sekmen

INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRY INTO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION Ali Sekmen Department of Computer Science Tennessee State University Nashville, TN AbstractThe Department of Computer Science (DoCS) at Tennessee State University (TSU) has activelybeen involved in integrating industry into computer science education. Our main goal is tostrengthen partnership among businesses and our department through participation in project-based learning and teaching experiences with real-life business problems. In this process,business

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

, which was our first verticaleffort, we focused on MATLAB with integration of the learning of this engineering tool in an Page 10.382.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”introductory computing course with the solution of statics problems in an introductorymechanical engineering course. Our recent study set out to determine if joint team efforts wouldenhance student perceptions of the set learning goal for the introductory computing studentswhile enhancing learning outcomes for both the

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

courseembedded assessment both in the class room and online [1]. Both of thoseprograms provide supporting courses for CGT. The assessment model offered inthis paper is adapted from those programs and applied to the expanding and ever-changing field of Computer Graphics and CGT. The assessment measures identifythe scope of each assignment, course, program and department learning objectiveand outcome, and show how they are related to each other. The remainder of thispaper describes the process used to create these assessment measures andprovides suggestions for implementation. CGT Growth by Credit Hours 1600

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

professors and students alike in the teaching and learning processes havebecome very popular in the last two decades. Scores of articles and technical papers can be foundin the technical and popular literature referring to different software and hardware tools and thetechniques to use them in educational environments2-6, probably due to the incredible advancesin software and hardware development, in the last two decades and their significant reducedcosts. However the main use has been reported in numerical computation, simulation, andcomputer-aide design. Many authors have illustrated a wide range of applications in differentareas, such as electrostatics, circuit analysis, electrical machine analysis and design,electromagnetics, etc. As long as

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Musto; William Howard

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education # % of Goal Responses Responses Students learn computing concepts that can be applied 11.6 34% to other tools Students can use this particular tool in future classes 10.3 30% Students learn a formal method of problem solving 9.6 28% Students learn proper documentation of a solution

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Quinn

the animated algorithms also improves the student experience.Peter McDonald and Vic Ciesielski have described an interactive algorithm animation tool thathelps students understand state space search.6 The DELYS software environment, created byVassilios Degdielelis et al., helps secondary school students learn fundamental computer scienceconcepts, including the components of a computer, the booting process, and internalrepresentations of data.7 David Eck has produced Java applets to accompany his introductorycomputer science textbook, The Most Complex Machine: A Survey of Computers andComputing.8 Eck’s applets illustrate data representations, logic circuits, memory circuits, theinstruction execution cycle, assembly language programming, and

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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George Stockman

(c) 25% discussion of Internet items, computer programs, or practicalproblems (d) 5% for exams. The classroom has an Internet connection to provide live browsingand also the running of programs. Software tools can be demonstrated. Some example programsin C++ and Javascript were studied in the first two offerings. Excel programs were used in thethird offering.At least half of the classes included a session for collaborative learning [8,9], where studentsdiscussed solutions to important problems and presented their conclusions to the entire class afterabout 20 minutes of group deliberation. Two examples are given here to help convey outcomesintended by the course design. One problem concerns how IT can improve the delivery ofmedical care. The

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

not compulsory, not all students graduate taking with them the essentialconcepts and skills that the job market needs of them. Alternatively, select institutions havechosen to provide specialized undergraduate degree programs or tracks in computer security andinformation assurance. Although this approach serves well to educate the students with interestsfocused on the area, it doesn’t satisfy the security learning needs of the broader studentpopulation in Computer Science and Engineering.In this paper we discuss the two approaches to undergraduate instruction in computer securitydescribed above, to which we refer as the single-course approach and the track approach,respectively. We contrast these approaches with a third model of initiative

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ying Tang; Linda Head

of Engineering at Rowan University was initiated as a result of a $100million donation in 1992 from the Rowan Foundation [5]. The college has fourengineering programs of Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer,and Mechanical Engineering. The engineering faculty use innovative methods of teachingand learning to better prepare students for entry into a rapidly changing and highlycompetitive marketplace. Compared to other engineering programs at Rowan University,Electrical and Computer Engineering department also faces the challenge to enhancewomen representation in the student body. As shown in Fig. 2, the disparity of ECE Page

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

mathematics, high performance parallel and scalable computing, scientific modeling andsimulation, data visualization, and domain areas such as physical science and engineering, lifesciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, technology and business. The aim of thisprogram is to provide students with an opportunity to (a) master high performance computerprogramming tools as well as data acquisition and processing techniques; (b) acquirecomputational modeling, simulation and visualization skills; (c) relate acquired computationalscience and engineering knowledge and skills to specific application fields of science,engineering, technology and business; and (d) learn to develop novel and robust computationaltools and methods to solve scientific

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Misna; Erica Liszewski

Effectiveness of Karnaugh Mapplet Use in Student Learning of Digital Logic Skills Phillip A. Mlsna, Erica Liszewski Electrical Engineering / Computer Science PO Box 15600, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ USA Phillip.Mlsna@nau.eduIntroductionOur core course in digital logic at Northern Arizona University (NAU) aims to develop a set ofkey skills needed throughout the electrical and computer engineering curriculum. Digital logiccovers the analysis and design of combinational and sequential digital logic circuits using thestandard

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor Verner

practical skills and theoretical knowledge was proposed by Kolb1.Leifer2 showed that embedding the experiential learning process in designing a mechatronicsystem can provide the alliance of the technical and instructional goals of the robotics course.An important impetus to educational robotics development was given by a conceptualframework of digital manipulatives3 which extended the traditional learning withmanipulative materials. Accordingly, the computational and communications capabilities areembedded in mechanical parts of a construction kit. The students use the kit to create variousdevices and program their movements.This paper presents an educational environment developed at the Department of Education inTechnology and Science, in which

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

output.The learning gain and momentum term have to be carefully selected to maximize accuracy,reduce training time and ensure global minimum. A JAVA based software developed for MLPneural networks developed by the author is used to teach the need to carefully select theseparameters and their effects [9]. More details on neural networks can be found in [5].Evolutionary Computation (EC)In this part, the topics covered include Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Genetic Programming (GP), Page 10.454.3Evolutionary Programming (EP), Evolutionary Strategies (ESs). These algorithms are introducedand their numerous applications are demonstrated in class through

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garcia Julio; Patricia Backer

Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering atSJSU. He teaches electronics and computer courses to undergraduate students and has taught one class in the MS ofQuality Assurance in the department. He holds a Doctorate in Industrial Technology from the University ofNorthern IowaPATRICIA RYABY BACKERPatricia Backer is a Professor and chair of the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College ofEngineering at SJSU. She holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University, a MA and MSdegree from Tennessee Temple University, and a MA and PhD from Ohio State. Her research interests are in theintegration of multimedia and web-based learning into technology instruction. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Sitton; Neil Book

implementing computer-based assessments is rapidly evolving. Astechnological shortcomings are identified, they are quickly eliminated. Thus, difficulties withhuman factors are more important for long-term implementation than technologicalshortcomings.Students are very comfortable with the technology and adapt to its usage very rapidly. However,the technology is not perfectly reliable and this leads to insecurity for both the student and theinstructor. Instructors seek technology that enhances learning. This enhancement is most usefulif it comes with modest increases in time and effort and with technology that is user-friendly.The benefits of active learning in various forms (active learning, collaborative learning,cooperative learning, and problem

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

to our website. The class I thought would never have any real value, computer programming, has paid off.” Page 10.1265.10 “I'm learning a big part of being a design engineer is not only knowing how to use the software, but actually understanding how the software is written. There are so many Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education options and different files you can manipulate in order to make the program run how you want, and I'm now glad we had to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hauser; Robert Spall

or engineering a PC cluster supercom-puter, along with a simple methodology for the design of a system optimized for specific applica-tion(s), are covered. To broaden the impact of this project, students from other areas of science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at USU are also invited to attend the work-shop. As a result, for the summer 2004 workshop half of the participants were computer sciencestudents, the other half mechanical engineering students. For the hands on portion of the work-shop, interdisciplinary teams were created, allowing the students to learn from each others experi-ence. Some of the engineering students brought their own research code for the 4th and 5th day ofthe workshop which allowed the computer