Paper ID #14932Impact of Class Size on Student Success in a Multidisciplinary Honors Pro-gramMrs. Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park Kylie King is Program Director of the Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Pro- gram. She has worked with the program since 2010 and currently teaches courses on defining and complet- ing innovation and consulting projects. She is also involved in QUEST’s learning outcomes assessment process. Kylie has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University and a M.S. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the
AC 2008-1880: PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS A CATALYST FOR ACADEMICEVOLUTION AND AS AN INCUBATOR FOR ACADEMIC INNOVATIONDaniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University Daniel Walsh is currently Associate Dean at the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his B.S. (Biomedical Engineering) , M.S. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Walsh was employed by General Dynamics Corporation, as a principal engineer and group leader in the Materials Division.Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert
2006-1279: INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARYENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE: INCREASING INTERDISCIPLINARYINTERACTIONSteven Northrup, Western New England College Page 11.766.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Innovation and Improvement of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Course: Increasing Interdisciplinary InteractionAbstractInnovations to a multidisciplinary team design experience have been made with the objective ofincreasing the level of interdisciplinary design required for successful project completion. Theproject required teams of four to five students to design, machine
Paper ID #25117Communicating the Value of a Transdisciplinary Degree: Comparing andContrasting Perceptions Across Student GroupsDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Bosman is an Assistant Professor in Technology Leadership and Innovation and the Program Co- ordinator for Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology. Her STEM education research interests include entrepreneurial mindset, renewable energy, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdis- ciplinary education, civic engagement, and faculty professional development. She spent the first part of her career working as a manufacturing
Paper ID #13673Interdisciplinary Design Course Structure: Lessons for Engineering Instruc-tors from a Capstone Design CourseDr. Karl Olsen, Washington State University Dr. Olsen has been a member of the WSU faculty since 2009 and is an committed to developing innova- tive and effective teaching methods. He has taught a diverse section of coursework and is very active in developing ways to improve the undergraduate education at Washington State University. He uses innova- tive teaching approaches and is extremely receptive to student feedback. His enthusiasm for engineering courses is contagious. Students witness a
Paper ID #14832Development and Implementation of Problem-based Chemistry Experimentsfor Engineering Students in a Multi-disciplinary CourseDr. Tiffany L. Hesser, University of New Haven Tiffany Hesser is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering and Applied Science Education Department and the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department at the University of New Haven. With an M.S. in science education and an Ed.D. in educational leadership, her research efforts have been concentrated on technology integration, student learning with a strong focus on under-prepared student populations, and classroom design. She is the course
Paper ID #21632International Engineering Student Motivation to Develop CommunicationSkills: a Case for an Integrated Training ApproachJohn Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia John Pringle M.Ed. (Applied Linguistics) has been teaching academic and professional writing for 15 years. He has previously researched the value of Systemic Functional Linguistics as pedagogical tool to teach report writing, and the benefits of collaborative writing on second-language acquisition.Dr. Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Dr. Gabriel Potvin is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and
Paper ID #25635A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Project: Development of an AutonomousRover For Mars ExplorationGiancarlo D’Orazio, University of the District of Columbia Giancarlo is a Mechanical Engineering major, class of 2020, at the University of the District Columbia.Dr. Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Jiajun Xu, P.E. is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at University of the District of Columbia. His research interests are Micro/Nanoscale materials for thermal Transport and Energy Conversion, Mechanical Design, Water Treatment techniques, and Multi-scale simulation. His
AC 2007-1195: TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH A PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT COURSE SEQUENCE FOR ENGINEERS — LESSONSLEARNEDRichard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLinda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 12.1383.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Ten Years of Experience with a Professional Development Course Sequence for Engineers—Lessons LearnedAbstractOver the past decade, the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hasdeveloped a unique educational component in Professional Development and Leadership for allEngineering undergraduates. Taught by the
AC 2007-390: BOUTIQUE ENGINEERING: STUDENT LEARNING IN AMULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING CONCEPTS AND METHODS COURSEJames Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University JAMES D. SWEENEY is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988 and 1983, respectively, and his Sc.B. Engineering degree (Biomedical Engineering) from Brown University in 1979. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and is an ABET Program Evaluator.Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf
Paper ID #6572A Hands-on, Introductory Course for First-year Engineering Students in Mi-crosystems and NanomaterialsDr. Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Hal Evensen is a Professor of Engineering Physics and the Program Coordinator for the Microsystems & Nanotechnology Engineering Program. Page 23.53.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Hands-on, Introductory Course for First-year Engineering Students in Microsystems and
Paper ID #5997Assessing Student and Employer Satisfaction in a Liberal Arts/EngineeringBachelor of Arts DegreeDr. Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University Michael Haungs is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at California Polytechnic State University. He received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, his M.S. degree in Computer Science from Clemson University, and his Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis. Over the last 8 years, Dr. Haungs has been actively involved in curriculum
AC 2011-1099: USING THE ECOCAR CHALLENGE AS A NON-TRADITIONALDOMAIN FOR SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING CAPSTONECOURSERichard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He instructs the capstone senior design course for computer and software engineering. His current research interests include unmanned aircraft, certification issues for unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the
AC 2011-2472: MAKING A COLLEGE-LEVEL MULTIDISCIPLINARYDESIGN PROGRAM EFFECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING THE OUT-COMESShanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist in the College of Engineering and the Design Science Pro- gram at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on teaching and learning design and innovation strategies in interdisciplinary contexts.A. Harvey Bell, University of Michigan . Harvey Bell, IV was appointed Professor of Engineering Practice and Co-Director of the Multidisci- plinary Design Program on September 1, 2010 after a 39 year career in the automotive industry with General Motors. During his career with General Motors some of his significant positions
AC 2010-228: THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT USING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT WITHINTEGRATED PROCESS DESIGNAnouk Desjardins, École Polytechnique de Montréal Anouk Desjardins has worked on the evolution and the teaching of the course Sustainable Development Capstone Project. After graduating in civil engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal she obtained a Master’s of Applied Science in 1999. Then she worked in industry as a process engineer. Since 2008 she joined Ecole Polytechnique as a research assistant for sustainable development projects and as a lecturer.Louise Millette, École Polytechnique de Montréal Louise Millette is, since 2002, the first (and only) woman to
AC 2010-476: IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPLEX MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE PROJECT FOR STIMULATING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTDEVELOPMENTRobert Rabb, United States Military AcademyJoseph Hitt, USMARobert Floersheim, US Military Academy Page 15.673.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Implementation of a Complex Multidisciplinary Capstone Project for Stimulating Undergraduate Student DevelopmentAbstractComplex, multidisciplinary capstone projects require multi-faceted teams of faculty and students,representing two or more technical areas of expertise. Engineering education has emphasizedmore multidisciplinary work as graduates are expected to perform on
AC 2011-1103: AGILE METHODOLOGIES FOR HARDWARE / SOFT-WARE TEAMS FOR A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE: LESSONS LEARNEDRichard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He instructs the capstone senior design course for computer and software engineering. His current research interests include unmanned aircraft, certification issues for unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department
AC 2010-2377: CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY – A MODEL FORINTEGRATION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, OUTREACH AND WORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTRupa Iyer, University of Houston Page 15.268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Center for Life Sciences Technology – A Model for Integration of Education, Research, Outreach and Workforce DevelopmentAbstractThe biotechnology industry that originated in the 1970’s has since mushroomed from $8 billionin revenues in 1992 to $50.7 billion and is one of the most research intensive industries in theworld. While biotechnology originated based largely on recombinant DNA techniques,tremendous research in biotechnology has
AC 2011-1223: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENT-FACULTYINTERACTION OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMSara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown CollegeTomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College Page 22.320.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Characteristics of successful student-faculty interaction outside the classroomAbstractStudent-faculty interaction, including contact outside the classroom, is one of the most importantfactors in undergraduate student motivation and performance. In engineering, both students andfaculty have limited time due to rigorous curricula and research expectation, and so
techniques. The module was geared towards researchers of all abilities but was moreeasily understood by those with some familiarity with optimization, matrix linear algebra, Python,and Jupyter notebooks. An outline of this module is as follows: 1) Introduction a. Safeguards 101 b. Data Science 101 c. Machine learning terminology 2) Unsupervised learning a. Clustering b. Dimensionality reduction c. Unsupervised deep learning 3) Natural language processing a. Preprocessing b. Numeric vectorization c. AnalysisPoll EverywherePoll Everywhere is a real-time engagement tool that was integrated into the Data Science andEngineering Summer School Power Point lectures. This
Paper ID #25660Work in Progress: Building the Mechatronics and Robotics Education Com-munityProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987 from MIT
Paper ID #15908Multidisciplinary Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) Teams at the Universityof Hawaii: Challenges and SynergyDr. A Zachary Trimble, University of Hawaii at Manoa A Zachary Trimble is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and self described Gizmolo- gist. Zac received his bachelor’s from the University of Utah and both his Masters’ and PhD from Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for his work on Vibration Energy Harvesting. Currently Zac is pursuing research in precision astronomical instruments, Anisotropy in 3D printing, Frequency Tuning of Vibration Energy Harvesters, automating
AC 2007-539: ASEE’S NEW ROLE AS THE LEAD SOCIETY FOR ABETACCREDITATION REVIEW OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERINGPROGRAMS: AN UPDATE AND A LOOK AHEADJames Farison, Baylor University Dr. Jim Farison is currently professor and chair of the ECE Department at Baylor University, and is also administratively responsible for Baylor's B.S. in Engineering program. He currently serves as chair of ASEE's Multidisciplinary Engineering Division, and is a member of the ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee. He received his B.S.E.E. from The University of Toledo and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, before returning to serve on the faculty at UT in the EE and then the Bioengineering departments, and
AC 2008-1764: USING A POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW TO EXCITE INTERESTIN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH ENGINEERING: NUMB3RS FORTEACHERSCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of MinesMichael Ewing, Colorado School of MinesBarbara Moskal, Colorado School of MinesHeidi Barker, Regis University Page 13.1324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using a Popular Television Show to Excite Interest in Science and Mathematics through Engineering: NUMB3RS for TeachersAbstractAs part of a continuing effort to increase the mathematical and scientific literacy ofmiddle school teachers and their students, the Colorado School of Mines has offered aseries of summer workshops
AC 2009-796: IMPLEMENTATION OF A NOVEL BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMSENGINEERING CONCENTRATION WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED ANDEAC-OF-ABET ACCREDITED INTERDISCIPLINARY ELECTROMECHANICALENGINEERING PROGRAMSalah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor SALAH BADJOU, Ph.D. Wentworth Institute of Technology Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Department Boston, MA 02115 USA Email: badjous@wit.edu Telephone: 617 989 4113 Salah Badjou received a B.S. in physics and mathematics and a M.S.in physics from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and a Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He has a combined multidisciplinary experience of more than 24 years university
2006-403: A LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARYENGINEERING AREAS FOR WHICH ASEE IS NOW THE LEAD SOCIETY FORABET ACCREDITATION REVIEWJames Farison, Baylor University Dr. Jim Farison is currently professor and chair of the ECE Department at Baylor University, and is also administratively responsible for Baylor's B.S. in Engineering program. He currently serves as chair of ASEE's Multidisciplinary Engineering Division, and is a member of the ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee. He received his B.S.E.E. from the University of Toledo and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, before returning to serve on the faculty at UT in the EE and then the Bioengineering departments, and including
2006-947: THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF STUDENT PROJECT COLLABORATIONBETWEEN COLLEGES: A HINDSIGHT VIEW FROM TWO COMMUNITYCOLLEGESNikki Larson, Edmonds Community College Ms. Larson is currently an assistant professor in the engineering technology department of Western Washington University. Before this appointment, she was an instructor in the materials science technology program for Edmonds Community College. There she is developed the coursework and laboratory experiments necessary to make the new program a success. She has 6 years of industry experience implementing lean manufacturing techniques, managing development projects, and leading cross-functional teams to assess technical capability of
Paper ID #31644ASPiRe, a Ten-Week Summer One-to-One Mentoring Program and its Im-pact onUndergraduate Student Learning and ConfidenceDr. Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science at Hofstra University. Her previous academic contribution was as one of the founding five faculty/staff at Campbell University, helping the newly formed School of Engineering grow and establish roots in the community. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during out-of-school time programs, she believes that
Paper ID #22849Preparation of the Professional Engineer: Outcomes from 20 Years of a Mul-tidisciplinary and Cross-sectoral Capstone CourseDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alter- native energy technology; as a project manager and researcher with the Center for Information Technology and Research in the Interest of Society. Her background is in the development of characterization tech- niques and
Paper ID #19661An Investigation of Student Impressions of the Case Study Teaching MethodDr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, and Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering. Over the last ten years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has demonstrated excellence in teaching by using a variety of research-based, student-centered, pedagogical methods to increase diversity in STEM. Her teaching and engineering education work has resulted in her receiving the