The Sophomore Year: Continuing the Experience

Dr. Dianne DorlandDr. Patricia Mosto

The Sophomore Year: Continuing the Experience

Integrating requirements

Focus and goals

Course

Design module examples

What works

What’s next

Engineering Clinics

Yr Clinic Theme (Fall) Clinic Theme (Spring)

Fr Engineering Measurements

Reverse Engineering

So Multidisciplinary Project Writing

Multidisciplinary Project Public Speaking

Jr Process or Product Development 

Sr  Multidisciplinary Capstone Designor Research Project

General Education Requirements

Non-engineering College Composition I College Composition II Public Speaking upper-division

writing-intensive course

Engineering College Composition I Sophomore Clinic I Sophomore Clinic II Junior/Senior Clinic

Sophomore Clinic

Integration of Communications Fall Semester: Writing II Spring Semester: Public Speaking

Communications in the Engineering Clinics meets ABET

requirements efficient integration

Sophomore Clinics

Taught jointly by engineering, writing arts and communication studies faculty

Engineering one lab: 160 min

Communications two lectures:

75 min each

Goals

Produce effective engineering communicators Deliver technical information to a

non-technical audience Promote

creative writing

Course Structure

Integrates engineering design project Requires “communication deliverables” Teaches written and oral communication Has entrepreneurial

focus

Course Planning

Communication and engineering faculty team design course

Faculty team meets for planning prior and during the semester

Single syllabus, assignments, requirements and grades

Course Delivery

Team Taught Engineering Faculty:

provide feedback for technical speeches Communications Faculty:

provide feedback for final presentations

Course Grading Project evaluated through written deliverables Graded jointly

writing participation final grade

Graded separately speeches

Fall Project: The Hoistinator

Design, build, and test crane arm Use aluminum or

plastic Lift 400 lbs,

2 ft high in 4 sec (max 1200 lbs)

Design, build, and test timing device for lift

The Hoistinator: Demonstrations

Spring Project: Microbial Fuel Cell

Design and construct battery powered Lego® Mindstorms robot

Demonstrate reactions stoichiometry/yield metabolic pathways growth curves doubling time

Spring Project: Rocket Launch

Design, build, and test a rocket

Spring Project: Clean Energy

Design, build, and install a photovoltaic system Understand energy and sustainability Demonstrate industry and community impact

Other Projects Guitar effects pedal Can crusher Energy audit Human stair climber NASA Mars mission Backyard bridge Campus recycling Greenhouse gas

emissions

What Works!

Discipline-specific communication skills Project-based learning in the context of

communication Interdisciplinary collaboration Papers, articles, proposals produced jointly

What’s Next!

Reinforce other course communication skills Provide communication resources for

Junior/Senior clinics Continue

assessment Enhance

integration between disciplines

Tesekkürler!