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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Wendy Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hyun Joo Kwon, Purdue University; Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Barbarash, Purdue University

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opportunity for more breadth than depth). • Students will have interdisciplinary exposure.Results obtained in the workshop showed positive feedback from the industry. However, someareas of concern arose, and three of them are directly related to the selection of design coursesfor the major. In order to address those issues, the faculty involved are still working on a varietyof design options for students, considering the opportunity for more breadth of design coverage(design courses in multiple design programs at Purdue University). Ultimately, the goal for theDCI student is not to create practicing designers, but to allow students to establish a commonvocabulary and shared viewpoint. This awareness

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Greg Fischer; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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, involving faculty from the departments ofComputer Science (CS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and MechanicalEngineering (ME) and was designed top-down, starting with goals and objectives. Recognizingthat it is impossible to include a comprehensive course of study equivalent to a BS in CS, ECE,and ME in a 4-year degree, the new RBE program provides a solid foundation in each, withapplications drawn from Robotics. In keeping with WPI’s educational approach, the curriculumengages students early and often in creative hands-on projects.The core of the program consists of five new courses: an entry-level course and four “unifiedrobotics” courses based on a “spiral curriculum” philosophy, where the students are engaged inincreasingly complex

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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AC 2007-1064: A NEW MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATIONINITIATIVEFernando Tovia, Philadelphia University Dr. Fernando Tovia is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Engineering Programs at Philadelphia University. He joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Textiles in 2004. He earned a B.S. from the University of the Americas (Mexico) in 1981 and an M.S. from Oklahoma State Univ. in 1987 (both in industrial engineering) and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2004. He spent 20 years working in production planning, strategic planning and as an executive in the textile industry in Mexico. His research interests include supply chain

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky; Paul A. Dolloff, University of Kentucky

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on smart grid. This class coversvarious aspects of the smart grid including engineering, economic, societal and regulatoryaspects. Topics covered include automation and control, optimization, economic analysis, cybersecurity, standards and regulatory issues 1-4. Upon completion of this course the students willgain an understanding of a broad range of smart grid related concepts and various issues relatedto smart grid technology deployment, real time electricity pricing, and key technologies in bothtransmission and distribution systems required to realize the smart grid.This paper presents the development of a new multidisciplinary course titled Smart Grid -Automation and Control of Power Systems at the department of Electrical and

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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faculty,staff, and administrators to develop design parameters for a new type of engineering degree that Page 13.262.4seamlessly integrates science, technology, engineering, and math subjects together with oneanother and with the appropriate economic, social, political, ethical, and legal concerns(exemplified in a strong liberal arts education) to prepare the “engineering versatilists” of the 21stcentury.Program Design ParametersThe task force quickly developed a set of six basic design parameters for the new engineeringdegree program. Namely, the new Engineering program at James Madison University will:• provide a single Engineering Bachelor’s

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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in micrrosystems beecause of thee high surfacce arrea to volum me ratio, • TheT no-slip condition maay not alwayss apply, and • Chemical C issu ues at the surfaces can afffect microscale fluid mechanics.This lectuure was desiigned to provvide a commmon background for studdents from thhe threeengineeriing disciplin nes; (all students had preeviously takeen a fluid meechanics couurse within thheirdepartmeent). It also supported new n materialls introducedd in other moodules.Laboratoory Module I: I Flow in Microchannel M s allowed a comparison

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Experiential and Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Odon Musimbi, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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. Page 13.1072.2This four-year project began at the start of the academic year 2003-2004, during which newcourses, projects, and assessment activities were pilot tested. In the fall of 2004, baseline datawas collected concerning both student and faculty attitudes at CSM with respect to servicelearning activities using the “Community Service Attitude Scale” (CSAS). This instrument wasdeveloped and validated by Shiarella, McCarthy and Tucker8, but had not been used prior to thecurrent efforts to measure attitudes within engineering education.Based on the 2004 data, Bauer et al.6 completed and published a comparative analysis of studentand faculty attitudes with respect to community service. This analysis indicated that faculty hadmore positive

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Elizabeth Bristow P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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opportunities for college faculty and students. From thesummer of 2009 to the winter of 2012, the authors participated in three very different outreach programs toAfghanistan, Nicaragua and India. There are many lessons that were learned through these endeavors thatare not readily apparent and are important in planning an effective outreach experience. This paper givesa brief overview of the three outreach activities. It discusses the authors’ activities abroad, describessome of the varying needs, and conveys lessons learned and issues which must be considered whenconducting these types of global outreach.Outreach 1.0: Afghanistan - 2009What did you do with your summer vacation? In 2009, agroup of faculty members from the United States MilitaryAcademy

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Raisa Sara; ABM Rezbaul Islam, Sam Houston State University; Khalid M. Khan, Sam Houston State University; Rasheda Rasheda Sultana, Sam Huston State University

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Paper ID #33031A Faculty Roundtable on Instructional Challenges during the PandemicDr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University Dr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA. Dr. Basith has a Ph.D and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Windsor, ON, Canada with concentration on 3D IC, MEMS and Testing. Dr. Basith has published several IEEE transactions, articles and conference proceedings over the last few years. His research interest lies on Automation and Robotics, Testing of 3D

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jade Mitchell, Michigan Sate University, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Mark H. Weir, The Ohio State Universiry; Julie Libarkin; Joan B. Rose

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scientists frommultiple research disciplines as new needs arise. Most often QMRA is performed by engineersbecause it is computationally intensive to mathematically model dynamic physical, chemical andbiological processes from source to adverse health outcomes in a receptor. Risk assessmentprovides a science based interface to policy and requires that the science is adequatelycommunicated to diverse stakeholders. Few engineers possess the necessary skills in the socialsciences to adequately address issues of human behavior that affect risks associated withexposure to pathogenic agents or responses to health risks. Quantitative information isparticularly challenging to communicate, but can greatly improve decision and policy making.QMRA methods have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette "Peko" Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava "Babi" Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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interconnected community of faculty, students, industry partners, alums and athletes who are dedicated to applying their technical expertise to advance the state-of-the-art in sports.Dr. Amitava ”Babi” Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Amitava ”Babi” Mitra is Executive Director, New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET), MIT. He was the founder-Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal University, Gur- gaon, India and the founder-President and Vice-Chancellor, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India. Mitra is passionate about evangelizing and implementing an educational vision that he believes in; he enjoys formulating, designing and planning its implementation, and then taking it through to

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Impacts of New Modes of Instructions for Nanotechnology Education within Engineering and Science ProgramsAbstractA new multidisciplinary nanotechnology track was developed and delivered within Electrical &Computer Engineering (ECE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME) programs. This track featuresnew modes of instructions that integrate knowledge from engineering and sciences researchprojects into academic curricula. A team of faculty from both the School of Engineering andTechnology and the School of Science has developed course materials and laboratorycomponents. A total of 12 credit hours, in addition to research modules, compose ananotechnology track

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University

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Paper ID #11476Creation of a New Advising Metric to Develop Viable Individual Senior ProjectsProf. Charles Pringle, Central Washington University Charles Pringle is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University. Charles teaches upper division courses including the senior capstone course.Dr. Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University Dr. Johnson is the coordinator of the MET Program at Central Washington University. He is also the Foundry Educational Foundation Key Professor and coordinates the Cast Metals Program. This will be is second year as the Chair of the Pacific

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Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cressler, Georgia Tech

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AC 2010-89: A NEW APPROACH TO MICROELECTRONICS ANDNANOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES OF ALLDISCIPLINESJohn Cressler, Georgia Tech John D. Cressler received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Columbia University in 1990. He was on the research staff at IBM Research (1984-1992), the faculty of Auburn University (1992 to 2002), and currently is Ken Byers Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. His research interests center on silicon-based heterostructure devices and circuits, and he and his team have published over 500 papers in this area. He is also very interested in the teaching of highly technical topics to non-specialist audiences. He is the co-author of

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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sentences why product design is a critical phase in the life cycle of a product Page 12.263.17ENGR 3134 – Environmental Life Cycle Analysis2007 Pre-Class Survey:1. Why you are taking this class? (check all that apply) [] required for the Green Engineering concentration [] fulfills an Engineering Science elective [] co-op/internship revealed industry movement towards Green Engineering [] interest in the course from the course description [] concern about the environment and/or environmental issues [] possibly pursuing Green Engineering in/as a career [] foresee value beyond graduation [] résumé builder

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Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne; Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University

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AC 2007-1561: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY?!Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne ROGER HADGRAFT is Director of the Engineering Learning Unit in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He has been working on problem-based learning issues since 1991 and has implemented significant curriculum change using project-based learning at both Monash and RMIT Universities. He is a civil engineer with interests in hydrologic modelling, knowledge management and engineering education. He has recently moved to the University of Melbourne to assist in the implementation of the Melbourne Model.Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University Jenni Goricanec has 25+ years of experience in

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

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programme in the University of Limerick and is a consultant tutor in the technology learning centre. Page 12.685.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Environmental Sustainability in Undergraduate Engineering EducationAbstractThere is hardly any industry sector in which the management of environmental sustainabilityis not of significant relevance. It is unfortunate that engineering and cognate areas ofeducation has, for the most part ignored these vital issues. It is therefore, essential that allfacets of engineering, design and manufacturing education take action on environmentalsustainability concerns through

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Paul Keenlance, Grand Valley State University

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projects (andproject sponsors). Identifying viable projects, while maintaining expected standards interms of challenging yet feasible designs, has become significantly more difficult as alarge number of new sponsors are needed. To that end, we have been looking beyond ourtraditional industry partners for other sources for project sponsorship. Fortunately, recentcollaboration with the Natural Resources Management (NRM) program in the BiologyDepartment at our own university has proven to be a fruitful source of excellentinterdisciplinary projects. It turns out that wildlife management is an area ripe for newtechnological advances with numerous applications.Many of the projects with the NRM group are based on the need to track and countpopulations of

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Tom Weis, Rhode Island School of Design; Harry Howard Jones IV

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students gained from the multi-disciplinary workshop. Specific prompts that informed the results of this study are addressed inthe results and discussion section below. The authors were concerned by the low response ratefor the survey which may be attributed at least partially to an un-remedied access issue for theRISD students. Multiple RISD students expressed concern to their faculty that they could notaccess or submit the online survey. The RISD faculty offered to receive hardcopy printouts ofthe survey in lieu of the online submission, which resulted in one of the two submission fromRISD. The authors correspondingly acknowledge the limitations of this study, but determinedthe richness of the participant responses worthy of publication. It

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Paper ID #9803The development and introduction of a new Bachelor of Science Degree inRobotics Engineering at Lawrence Technological University: A review of thefirst two yearsDr. Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Techno- logical University in the summer of 2003, after several years of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, a Master of

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Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diploma of Architecture (Masters of Architecture) from the Technical University Berlin in 2002 and her Diploma of Architecture/RIBA Part I+II from the University of Westminster in London in 1999. She also attended the Escola T`ecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) from 1996-97. In addition to serving as guest critic at various international schools, including the University of Hong Kong, Woodbury University, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SciArc), she taught at the Technical University Berlin, the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Katrin joined the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College PA; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Christopher Michael Korpela, United States Military Academy

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students (Yousef 2016). In this work, we used some basic proven principles while attempting to raise the bar ofdifficulty and examine if undergraduate students might use robotics, in particular ROS, to learnadvanced concepts while contributing to undergraduate research activities. While we fullyunderstand that this question will not be laid to rest by this study into the topic, we are examiningon a limited basis where this should work. Our initial fear was in overreaching and therebyproviding student frustration rather than meaningful learning experience. However, once westarted the process, we found these potential problems not to be an issue for the students selectedfor this study. To begin, it is appropriate to give some of the background

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bergquist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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identifies relevant photographs and assigns damage tags to thoseimages. The research team is predominantly comprised of undergraduate students and is led by astructural engineering and a computer science faculty. While machine-learning algorithms havebeen successfully used for image tagging in a variety of fields (health care, manufacturing, etc.),the extension of this approach for earthquake reconnaissance is only just beginning. As such, thecreation and development of this tool is a new and dynamic project-based learning experience forboth the students and faculty involved.This collaborative project emphasizes student initiative and innovation where they are active inall development stages of the tool ranging from collection and tagging of

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

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first year in the ABETaccreditation process, and tabulates the information about the multidisciplinary engineeringprograms for which ASEE is now ABET’s “lead society.”ASEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Division and ASEE Board InitiativeASEE’s new role in the accreditation of engineering and engineering technology programs canbe traced, at least in part, to the program accreditation concern expressed among educators inASEE. An individual ASEE member initiative in December 2000 led to a “forum” held at the2001 ASEE Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From the beginning, one of themotivating issues of this initiative was that of the program accreditation of “non-traditional,” oras they have now come to be known, “multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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the 21st century as the ‘continuation of life on the planet, making our world moresustainable, secure, healthy, and joyful.’ The report also presented 14 goals that must be satisfiedglobally to realise (sic) this vision, named the Grand Challenges for Engineering. From the need todevelop affordable clean energy solutions and increase access to renewable environmental resources, tofacing new challenges in health care, these challenges potentially impact on the quality of all our lives.These global grand challenges are huge in scope and address the biggest current concerns of all theworld’s citizens.”4There were three fundamental artefacts that emerged from the evidence gathering, analysis, discussions,and deliberations in the first phase of

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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for careers in the energy industry and/orbuild expertise in managing and developing energy and mineral resources that would beavailable to their respective tribes. The developed curriculum is to be presented to faculty atTribal Colleges, Colorado School of Mines faculty will be available to team-teach some portionsof the curriculum, and Colorado School of Mines faculty will serve as a source of technicalexpertise for the Tribal Colleges. The Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, New Mexico,and the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota, were chosen by IEED asthe prototype testing locations.United Tribes Technical CollegeLocated in Bismarck, North Dakota, United Tribes Technical College4 serves to provide a two-year

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Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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partly on the desire to accommodate other obligations that studentsand faculty have during the summer. Additionally, one instructor’s previous study abroadexperiences with students in developing countries suggested that students begin to get restless atthe end of two weeks, and this can precipitate student life issue. Finally, because travel was tooccur during the first two weeks of August in order to avoid Benin’s rainy season, limiting travelto two weeks would give students (and faculty) about two weeks back home before fall semesterclasses started. A further advantage to limiting travel time to two weeks is that the mostworrisome illnesses associated with travel to Benin (i.e., malaria) typically have incubationperiods of longer than two

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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of climate change.Given this transdisciplinary systems approach, the college has programmatically encouraged andsupported the development of new green engineering curriculum and projects inside the college,and collaborated with Silicon Valley companies, many of which are at the forefront of greentechnologies. This is described in Section 2. The college has spearheaded a university-widecurriculum that brings together faculty and students from all seven colleges of the university indeveloping project-based interdisciplinary solutions; this is described in Section 3. Furthermore,to underscore the need for a transnational approach, the college has led the production of a globalgreen documentary, showcasing the collaborative efforts of people in

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Elif Kongar, University of Bridgeport

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infuse undergraduate curricula with green engineeringconcepts, and the benefits are not only in terms of curricular augmentation alone, but they alsoprovide a chance for faculty to develop new, innovative teaching materials.It is true the green and sustainable concepts can be incorporated into an engineering ortechnology degree program via a full-semester, stand-alone course dedicated to this general area,and all of the topics this would entail. But, that is not what the authors are proposing. With allother programmatic requirements currently in place, few academic programs are able toaccommodate the addition of another course. Therefore, it is beneficial to examine othermechanisms for incorporating the three topics discussed in this paper

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Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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PresentationsLecture 31: Final Examination (2-3 hours) Page 13.378.4Table 2. Course Objectives and Grading PolicyCourse Objectives: • The students will understand current environmental issues of concern • The students will use tools for analysis of data for environmental management • The students will have a broad knowledge of integrated environmental management issues and methodologies with a global perspective • The Students will learn techniques for environmental assessment and feasibility studies • The will be able to make environmental decisions based on socio-economic and environmental