Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hitt, USMA; Robert Floersheim, US Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

48responses from all of the students participating in an ME capstone project, 587 survey responsesfrom students in the ME program across all ME courses taken that semester, and over 20,000responses from students across the institution in all of their courses that term. The followingscale based upon a Likert scale from 1 to 5 (Table 1) was used for the students’ survey: Table 1: Assessment Scale 1 2 3 4 5 strongly disagree disagree neutral agree strongly agreeThe following assessments address the objective ratings above. Student comments anddiscussion on the student surveys

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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broader sector of the student population comprising students who are still in search of theircareer focus and objectives. Undergraduate research has received strong support from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) through the development and funding of many research opportunities,including Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research in UndergraduateInstitutions (RUI), Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program(HBCU-UP), and Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program. Whilethese programs provide serious avenues for research preparation for students seeking furthereducation at the graduate level, there is a need, as outlined above, for broader-reaching programs.Thus, many

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University; Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Mary Ellen Bargerhuff, Wright State University; John Flach, Wright State University; Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the LWD program is to use interdisciplinary collaboration across doctoralprograms at WSU in order to broaden the perspectives of students as they address learning withdisability with an emphasis on education and employability within the STEM fields. Doctoralstudents who complete the LWD program will have a distinctive set of knowledge, skills, anddispositions with regard to the needs and strengths of persons with disabilities. This uniquepreparation will make possible professional opportunities in a multitude of areas related to, butpotentially broader than their original disciplines (e.g. higher education, research and design ofassistive technology, curriculum development and implementation, or consultation with federaland state

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky; Yang-Tse Cheng, University of Kentucky; Donald G. Colliver P.E., University of Kentucky; Aaron Cramer, University of Kentucky; Paul A. Dolloff, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky; John George Groppo Jr., University of Kentucky; Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky; Stephen M. Lipka, University of Kentucky; Jim Neathery, Unversity of Kentucky; Johne M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Vijay Singh, University of Kentucky; Joseph Sottile, University of Kentucky; Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of Kentucky; Rodney Andrews, University of Kentucky

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expected to participate in a seminarseries where speakers from industry, government, and academia speak on current power andenergy topics.The Graduate Certificate program is designed to mesh with the requirements for an MS inBiosystems, Civil, Electrical, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Mining Engineering. Efforts arealso underway to integrate with requirements for the PhD programs in Biosystems, Civil,Chemical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering. Coursesbeyond the four required courses and one elective course necessary for the certificate can be usedto satisfy the requirements for these graduate degrees, as well as to provide depth in power andenergy topics. Whereas the foundational core courses provide an

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); L. Franklin Bost, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph R. Cavallaro, Rice University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University; Sonya M. Dennis, Morehouse College; Yingfei Dong, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University; Afroditi V. Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; David Garmire, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Jay George; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail S. Hohner, University of Michigan; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Amos Johnson, Morehouse College; Charles Kim, Howard University; Hale Kim, INHA University; Robert H. Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kevin James Lybarger, University of Washington; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Subra Muralidharan, University of California, Davis; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Francisco Raul Ortega, Florida International University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; David M. Rizzo; Candace Renee Ryder, Colorado State Univerisity; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Seyed Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Gary L. Woods, Rice University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brian C. Fabien, University of Washington; Phiilp Johnson, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Robert Collins, Univesrity of Strathclyde at Georgia Tech; Paul Murray

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Director of the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design projects sponsored by industry, developing the teaching the Engineering Projects in Community Service course, and developing curricular and co-curricular programs at the Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Beach, Western New England College; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gregory Fischer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

level of interest. ≠ The robots.net Robotics Competition page lists 88 competitions in 2006 alone [5]. Note that FIRST counts as a single entry, despite its multiple dates and venues.The potential of a robotics competition format to have a broader impact with respect toincreasing the interest and diversity of students enrolling for STEM degree programs is welldemonstrated in the results of the 2005 study “More than Robots: An Evaluation of the FIRSTRobotics Competition Participant and Institutional Impacts”[6].2.3 ObjectivesOur objectives are linked to the specific community building activities that we undertook: ≠ Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference Planning Workshop ≠ Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne R. Garland, New Mexico State University; Michele A. Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Experience for Community College Students: Providing Connections from Community College to the Four-Year Institution Page 26.1576.2 The Summer Undergraduate Research Bridge Experience for Community College Students: Providing Connections from Community College to the Four-Year InstitutionIntroductionThe New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation Summer Community College Opportunityfor Research Experience (New Mexico AMP SCCORE), evolving in 2005 from a former NewMexico AMP program, assists community college students with their transition and acclimationto the culture and research of the university. The impressive outcomes of the former

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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in1995 as a means of providing students with academic credit through participation in long-termservice-learning projects. Student teams are vertically-integrated multidisciplinary teams,comprised of students of all years of undergraduate study and multiple majors [1]. Studentoutcomes are often summarized to include technical skills, communication skills, organizationalskills, teamwork experiences, resourcefulness, resource management, sponsor awareness throughcustomer and client interaction, expanded community awareness, and professional ethics [1].Over 30 institutions across the US have an EPICS program, as well as multiple institutionsabroad. The EPICS program was implemented at Arizona State University in 2009 and has sincegrown to

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

theUniversity of Nottingham. The aforementioned NSF grant, “REvolutionizing Engineering andComputer Science Departments” with support from their respective Deans, facilitated thecreation of a course, Engineering Peace. The course brings together undergraduate students fromdisparate fields to grapple with a technical and ethical challenge: designing and building dronesfor social good [15].In the fall of 2017, twenty-four students (14 engineers and 10 non-engineers) participated in thisclass. Students had some experience in their chosen disciplines; there were no first year collegestudents. Engineers were all studying Mechanical Engineering. The population was roughlydivided between graduate students (8), 5th year seniors (6), seniors (4), juniors (5

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

within thetraditional lecture approach. Fifth, some members have stressed the point that the success of anyactive learning strategy requires students’ active participation, raising the question whetherstudents are ready and willing to become active participants in the process? Sixth, most facultymembers were mindful of the time and effort required to become a more effective instructor;and, at the same time, apprehensive and concerned that teaching is often undervalued incomparison to research.The interviewed faculty members have been teaching undergraduate classes at their presentinstitutions for a minimum of five years. Most of the classes taught by the aforementionedfaculty are small size, seldom exceeding 35 students per class. The lecture

Conference Session

Integrating Systems Engineering into the Capstone Project

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Paper ID #14714Solution-based Learning (SBL): Using Systems Engineering Principles to GuideCapstone Projects in TechnologyDr. Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University Vigyan (Vigs) J. Chandra, Ph.D., serves as a professor and coordinator of the the Computer Network Security & Electronics Technology related programs offered within the department of Applied Engi- neering & Technology (AE&T at Eastern Kentucky University. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Kentucky in Electrical Engineering, and holds certifications in several computer/networking areas. He teaches

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

student learning.The undergraduate engineering curriculum at our institution is limited to built-in project-basedcornerstone, sophomore, and senior capstone design courses. The master of engineering in thepast few years has become mostly a two-year, course-only program. Clearly, there was a need fora broader strategy aimed at improving our student research capabilities by incorporating anembedded IBL component into the curriculum.BackgroundOur focus on multiphysics research began in 2006 when the University received a grant toinvestigate advanced laser processing as applied to the aerospace manufacturing industry. Thegrant was sponsored by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) under theNational Aerospace Leadership Initiative

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Investigators, and mentors. Each LINCRFellow designed a research project that would benefit both of the research labs that they recruitedas partners. We used traditional qualitative methods to study the outcomes of the program—interviews, surveys, journals, and student-developed artifacts. This presentation will present thelessons learned that answer the question: In what ways can an undergraduate researcher fostercollaboration between independent labs doing similar work? Page 23.403.2 Introduction Interdisciplinary collaboration is common throughout industry, academia, the federalgovernment, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the level of vice president or director] from area firms and public agencies toassess industry support for an interdisciplinary transportation program. All were in agreementthat an interdisciplinary transportation degree, though a non-engineering degree, would bevalued by their organizations. There also seemed to be a consensus that the interdisciplinaryapproach would help satisfy a need for a workforce with a broader perspective needed inmanagement-level positions. It should be noted that this group was almost entirely engineers. 10Approaches to Interdisciplinary EducationThis paper is not an inventory of transportation degrees and certificates currently being offered.Nor is it an assessment or an evaluation. This section of the paper simply

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

excellent access to the medical campus due to the Department of Bioengineering'srelationship with the College of Medicine (jointly within Colleges of Medicine and Engineering).Additionally, the UIC Innovation Center offers a neutral space where all of these disciplines cancome together on equal footing. We believe this is an important facet of an interdisciplinarycourse in that no single department has primary ownership of the course. In Fall 2012, theprogram was launched in the Department of Bioengineering as Interdisciplinary Medical ProductDevelopment (IMPD), with cross-listed course offerings to include Industrial Design (bothgraduate and undergraduates) and Business (undergraduates and MBA students). In Fall 2013,the program was expanded to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and others have all implemented an EPICSprogram.Several recent developments at Louisiana Tech University have laid the groundwork forIMPaCT and other collaborative efforts. In 1996, the science and engineering departments ofLouisiana Tech were merged to form a new College of Engineering and Science (COES), and aninnovative administration structure was employed to facilitate strong interdisciplinarycollaborations for both research and education.2, 3 This structure has allowed for the developmentof innovative interdisciplinary undergraduate programs such as our Integrated Curricula andmultidisciplinary programs such as our Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology(CEnIT). For purposes of this paper, interdisciplinary is defined as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2019 ASEE Annual ConferenceIntroduction:To invite high school students into a college setting to learn about engineering design, and 3Dprinting to spark interest in STEM related programs, thirteen high school students (10th and 11thgrade) were invited to participate in a two-week summer camp at North Carolina A&T StateUniversity (NCAT) campus. The team that conducted the workshop is composed of two NCATfaculty members, one undergraduate student and a high school teacher. The workshop took placebetween July 9 and 20th, and started at 9 AM, and ended at 5 PM. The lunch break was at 12 noon(lunch was provided). The main objective of the workshop was to prepare a pipeline of students inthe area of advanced manufacturing and 3D-printing.In

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; José G. Andino Martínez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Olivia C. Coiado, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Flavia Andrade, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tim Pollack-Lagushenko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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and opened opportunities forengineering students to conduct research and attend courses taught by non-engineering facultywho recognize the intersectional value of situating technical thought in a global context. Theworking group has established permanent programming to unite the social and physical sciencesand humanities in a way that produces globally minded experts who are equipped to functioneffectively and sensitively in a rapidly changing and diverse international environment.Continued evidence of impact will consist of increased faculty participation, creation ofinterdisciplinary courses, introduction of a student-facing Global STEAM blog, and facilitationof well-attended events that engage both the physical sciences and the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darshita N. Shah, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Jennifer E French, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Janet Rankin, The Teaching & Learning Lab - MIT; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

than 25,000 teachers, EiE is a research-based program that reinforces elementary science topics, creativity, problem solving, and teamwork skills through hands-on engineering design challenges. Dipa also helped establish proof- of-concept for Engineering Adventures, a new engineering curriculum being designed specifically for use in after-school and camp settings. Dipa previously served as a member of the education staff at The Discovery Museum and Planetarium in Bridgeport, Connecticut. There, she trained and supervised science instructors, developed and taught hands-on physical science labs for Grades 3-8 in the museum and in after-school programs, and managed various grant-funded projects. Dipa received

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams as anessential skill for current engineering students to develop. Many engineering programs try toachieve multidisciplinary student experiences through design classes that bring together studentsfrom different fields within a discipline, or occasionally different departments withinengineering1,2. A broader level of multidisciplinarity can be achieved in Biologically-InspiredDesign (BID), which refers to the use of natural organisms and systems as inspiration fordesigning solutions to engineering challenges3-6. Such design inherently requires trulymultidisciplinary collaboration, incorporating knowledge both from the biological domain inorder to identify natural sources of inspirations as well

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Washington University (WWU) has initiated a research, design and build project thatis focusing on providing a fuel efficient, low floor, hybrid electric shuttle bus that is intended for avariety of applications. The primary R&D team is comprised of undergraduate students and facultyfrom the Engineering Technology (ET) Department and industry representatives from key areas. Thedesign process has intentionally followed a multidisciplinary approach which seeks to utilize skills andcapabilities from a range of students across the ET Department, and will soon reach out to work withstudents and faculty in the Chemistry, Decision Sciences and Marketing departments here on campus.The multidisciplinary team concept helps students to recognize the