Education, Science Technology and Education Policy. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design of embedded interdisciplinary educational program: A case study based on an AI certification programAbstractBackground: Accompanied by the breakthrough progress of AI technology and its wideapplication in various industries, the worldwide demand for AI talents is growing explosively,and more and more non-AI majors are eager to learn the basic knowledge and applicationskills of AI. However, worldwide research and practice of AI education are still in theexploratory stage and face the reality of shortage and dispersion of AI educational resources.How to design AI interdisciplinary program
majors. Different academic programs may have different expectations about theskills that their students should master. Project leadership must establish common goals,structures, and schedules while also remaining agile enough to respond to arising needs.Multidisciplinary project-based-learning offers many benefits for engineering students, it alsopresents its own set of challenges that need to be overcome for students to fully benefit.This work builds on previous scholarship from the Multidisciplinary Engineering Division thathas addressed multidisciplinary project-based learning [4-6]. We discuss the management of amultidisciplinary project-based-learning program that created an immersive, interactive sensor-driven dynamic art exhibit called
, respectively. Much of his graduate education focusDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Deputy Executive Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Designing IDPro: The Process of Establishing an Interdisciplinary Projects Program for UndergraduatesAbstract This paper discusses the process for establishing a new interdisciplinary program forundergraduate students at [redacted for review]. We build off well over a decade of work byusing a Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP
Paper ID #39190Incorporating Design Justice Activities in Engineering CoursesDr. Shuvra Das, University of Detroit, Mercy Shuvra Das has been working at University of Detroit Mercy since January 1994 and is currently Pro- fessor of Mechanical Engineering. Over this time, he served in a variety of administrative roles such as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach, and Director of International Programs in the college of Engineering and Science. He has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and Master’s and Ph.D. in
students with project management skills [3, 4, 5],addressing real-world problems [6, 7, 8], and as an assessment tool to meet professionalaccreditation requirements [9, 10, 11]. Although the process for implementing capstone projectsvaries between programs and disciplines, such projects normally take two semesters to completeand in the majority of cases, students are organized in teams of two or more [12, 13, 14].Both the electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology programs at Penn StateHarrisburg have two-course sequences that constitute the capstone design experience. In the firstcourse, student teams learn about the formal engineering design process and projectmanagement. The training process includes topic selection
interventions, pedagogies, and design methodologies. Through his research, he seeks to gain applicable knowledge for increasing student engagement and re- ducing barriers in engineering, design, and making. At James Madison University, Dr. Nagel has been KEEN Leader, sophomore design coordinator, and Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineer- ing Education. At Carthage College, Dr. Nagel is leading development of two new degree programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Development of a Multi-disciplinary Engineering Program within the Liberal Arts EnvironmentAbstractThe goal: Develop
Paper ID #36900What’s in a Name? General, Interdisciplinary, and Integrated EngineeringProgramsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, En- vironmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director of the Integrated Design Engineering program (formerly Engineering Plus). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic
other hand, Participant B indicated that a higher weight is given to the recent graduate,emphasizing that it depends on the institution of higher education from which they come. Hevalues particular institutions which he thinks are at the vanguard of academic excellence, stating:"(The) Human Resources department gives a high weight when the engineer comes from these(academic) programs or (specific) universities."When discussing specific skills, Participant A indicated that time management should beparamount when running a project. He remarked that effective communication can indirectlyimprove response times in the execution of projects and processes. He also indicated thatengineers should use different ways to express themselves, for instance
Paper ID #39214Expanding, Improving, and Completing a Multi-College InterdisciplinaryB.S. Data Science Program with ConcentrationsDr. Karl D. Schubert, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and serves as the Associate Director for the Data Science Program for the University of Arkansas.Lee ShoultzShantel Romer, University of Arkansas ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Expanding, Improving, and Completing a Multi-College Interdisciplinary B.S. Data Science Program with ConcentrationsAbstractThis paper describes the roll-out, continuous improvement
an integral part of curricula at many universities. TheseVIP programs enable engineering students to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams to designsolutions for real-world projects involving stakeholders over multiple semesters. Although thereare multiple advantages of VIP programs, their unique and flexible structure raises questionsabout effective assessment practices that capture the professional and engineering design skillsstudents are expected to further develop in these programs. Performance-based assessment(PBA), defined as an assessment method that evaluates students' ability to apply classroomlearning to real-world problems, provides a suitable approach to assessment in VIP programsinvolving PBL. Grounded in the principles of
program level, there aremajor and minor degree programs, such as International Design Business Management, andCreative Sustainability, a minor program in product development, tailored for undergraduatestudents. For the studied programs, we collected data from student participants in four Master’sprograms. These programs are interdisciplinary, with a focus on either engineering or design,thus we had a diverse group of student participants from both fields.Data Collection and ParticipantsStudy Site 1: A United States UniversityThis study used secondary semi-structured interview data that was collected as part of theNational Science Foundation NRT Grant supporting the IDR program. Each year of the IDRProgram’s NRT Grant (5 years in total from 2019
4.24 7) Ethics 4.12 1) Engineering Knowledge 4.06 4) Investigation 4.00 10) Project Management and Finance 4.00 3) Design/development of solutions 3.88 5) Tool Usage 3.65Post-program interviews and feedback from questionnaires highlighted the value of learningabout both one's own culture and the cultures of others. Participants emphasized the significanceof presenting their backgrounds
Paper ID #37242Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs: Does Combining Engineering Fo-cusAreas with Courses outside of Traditional Engineering Add Value toStudents’ Degree and Career Pathway?Robert Lijun Wang, University of Colorado, Boulder Robert Wang is currently an Integrated Design Engineering student at the University of Colorado Boulder. His primary areas of study are mechanical engineering and Chinese language and culture. With his studies, Robert is striving towards building a more sustainable future along with connecting engineers’ ideas around the world. Outside of school, he also loves exercising, reading, and
Paper ID #41521A Multi-institution Design Project on Sustainable Cities: The Sustainabilityand Social Entrepreneurship FellowshipMr. Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo Mr. Christopher Rennick received his B.A.Sc., Honours Electrical Engineering in 2007 and his M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 2009, both from the University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Chris is the Engineering Educational Developer in the Pearl Sullivan Engineering Ideas Clinic at the University of Waterloo, where he focuses on implementing hands-on, real-world design experiences across Waterloo’s engineering programs. Chris is
science, 3D printing, experiments, and product design, and systems engineering for development of additive manufacturing systems.Dr. Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Laboratory Manager in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, controls and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering,Prof. Marwan K. Khraisheh, Texas A&M University at Qatar Professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 STUDENT-LED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN ENGINEERING
Paper ID #40011Board 146: Work in Progress: Incorporating Learning Strategies andTheory into a Multidisciplinary Design Capstone CourseMr. Bob Rhoads, The Ohio State University Bob Rhoads currently functions as the Multidisciplinary Capstone Program Director for the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University and Masters in Business from Regis University. He has 11 years of glass manufacturing industry experience and over 15 years of teaching experience in higher education.Mr. John Schrock, The Ohio State University - B.S
Paper ID #41307An Independent Study Course for a Multi-Rotor Design and an EnduranceRecordDr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took aYargo Teixeira Gomes de Melo, York College of PennsylvaniaAlex Suarez, York College of Pennsylvania Senior Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Student with a background in UAV technologies. ©American
Paper ID #39475Habit Formation and Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning (EML) inDeveloping the User-Centered Design MindsetDr. Amirmasoud Momenipour, Rose-Hulman Institution of Technology Amir Momenipour, Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (University of Iowa, 2019) is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) in Terre Haute, Indiana. As an educator at RHIT, Dr. Momenipour teaches human factors, user experi- ence research, work analysis and design, management information systems, manufacturing, and facilities planning to graduate and undergraduate
Paper ID #44241Model-Based System Engineering Applied to Designing Engineering Labs toDynamically Adapt to Industry Trends - Case in Point: The Mechatronics,Robotics and Control LabPallavi Singh, University of South Florida Pallavi Singh received a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC), Bidar, in 2016 and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, in 2019. Pallavi worked as a data science engineer, embedded system engineer, computer vision engineer, system engineer, project manager, and systems
without its challenges [5, 6]. Educators andresearchers have described various programs that integrate engineering and the arts, as well ashow the experiences of these programs can affect students’ beliefs about engineering [7]—[10].This paper contributes to that effort and offers insights into project management and integrationstrategies to bring together individuals from multiple backgrounds, life stages, and disciplines towork towards a shared goal.A power of arts-based engineering is the ability to inspire future generations of engineers. Whileall students can benefit from this inspiration, it may be especially meaningful to students who areunderrepresented in engineering (e.g., girls/women, students of color, first-generation collegestudents
University in Japan in 2002. She is currently a Professor in the Innovative Global Program, a research-based full English degree engineering program at the College of Engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. She is a Principal Investigator of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Grants 24K06133 and the Shibaura Institute of Technology Grants for Educational Reform and Research Activity in the AY2024. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; and 2) systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering
Paper ID #43058Introducing Spectral Analysis to Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMrs. Najjiya Almallah, Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyDr. Mahmoud Al-Quzwini, Stevens Institute of Technology Najjiya Almallah, Ph.D. Najjiya Almallh is a Transportation engineer at the Structural Evaluation and Bridge management unit of the New Jersey department of Transportation. She received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2022) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and M.Sc. (2012) & B.Sc. (2007) degrees in Civil Engineering from Baghdad University, Iraq. Her current research focus is Non
Engineering, University of California, Irvine. She is also the Faculty Director of International Programs at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Dr. Wu is responsible for implementing, overseeing and assessing the freshmen engineering program and international programs to enhance and support the engineering education at the School of Engineering. Dr. Wu received her Ph.D. degree in Engineering, with a concentration in Materials and Manufacturing Technology, from the University of California, Irvine with primary research focuses on the design, development and integration of microfluidic systems for biomedical applications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing Best
lecturer in 2018 to teach design related courses in the mechanical engineering program. He specializes in product design, instrumentation, controls, and automation. Dr. Al-Hamidi founded the Engineering Enrichment Program in 2016, which is currently one of the Center for Teaching and Learning pillars. He received three Transformative Engineering Education grants related to multidisciplinary education in 2018, 2021 and 2022. In 2021 Dr. Al-Hamidi received the Dean’s Achievement Award to recognize his contribution to the campus within that year. In 2015 he received the Association of Former Students AFS Distinguished Achievement Award as a recognition for his commitment, performance and positive impact on Aggie students
Paper ID #43968Leading College Engineering Competition Teams as an Informal LearningExperience ItselfDr. Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Micah Lande, PhD is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Dr. Lande directs the Holistic Engineering Lab & Observatory. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their
InterviewPractice, Technical Writing, and Visual Design. Students may schedule appointments to practiceconversing in English or improve their overall English skills; revise resumes, cover letters, andstatements of purpose for job or graduate school applications; revise a class assignment or ajournal article at any stage, from early draft to near completion; rehearse a presentation; reformata data visualization; and more. Consultants are either lecturers or graduate students in theWhiting School of Engineering. Managers of technical communication labs need empirical data to assess how effectiveand satisfying their labs’ services are for students and consultants. Some studies of writingcenters have used surveys to analyze satisfaction [16]. The MIT
data science micro-credential have unique opportunities to improve critical super-skills, including writtencommunication, project management, iterative thinking, and real-world problem-solving.THE NEED FOR DATA ACUMENEngineering disciplines are increasingly adopting and integrating data science into their problem-solving and experimental approaches [1-3]; yet few engineering programs directly integrate datascience and visualization into their curriculum. In an effort to address this need and respond tothe NASEM report on Data Science for Undergraduates, which calls on institutions to increase“data acumen” through “a range of educational pathways,” [REDACTED] School ofEngineering and Applied Sciences launched an undergraduate micro-credential
Paper ID #38772[Work-in-Progress] Broadening Engineering Formation: Lessons Learnedfrom Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) Degree at The University ofConnecticutDr. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the De- partment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 19Dr. Jorge Paricio Garcia, University of Connecticut Dr. Jorge Paricio is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in Industrial Design, at the Mechanical Engi
computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectivelDr. David Quintero, San Francisco State University Dr. David Quintero received B.S. degree from Texas A&M University, a M.S. degree from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas all in mechanical engineering. He is now an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at San Francisco State University representing as a Hispanic-Serving Institution with research focus on design and control of wearable robotic systems, and engineering education in the field areas of mechatronics
to Foster Global Competence via Interdisciplinary LearningAbstractABET accreditation for engineering and technology programs expects that students consider andtake professional responsibility for the impact of public health, safety, and welfare, as well asglobal, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors in engineering decisions. Toaddress these objectives, the engineering professor, Dr. Yanjun Yan, taught three types ofcourses in the past: (1) an on-campus, first-year seminar course in project-based learning forengineering and technology students; (2) a faculty-led trip offering a single engineering course in2018; and (3) multidisciplinary co-led faculty trips with a sports management professor in