Steps Toward Building the Postdisciplinary Engineer

Steps Toward Building the Postdisciplinary Engineer

Note to students:  Some links say "Link for faculty only" or just "Faculty only".  These take users to engineeringunleashed.com Links to an external site., the official site of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), which is a site restricted to faculty only.

 

What is a Postdisciplinary Engineer?

A postdisciplinary engineer can do all aspects of a problem, if given enough time and resources, whereas an interdisciplinary engineer is a jack of many trades and master of more than one, but not necessarily able to do “everything”.  More detail on what constitutes a postdisciplinary engineer can be found in Sections 1-3 of FITKEENmasterdocjuly2019v3.docx (pp. 4-8).

 

The Goals of A Postdisciplinary Engineer Program

  1. Introduction to the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) Goals
  2. Backstory
  3. Maker Engineer Expectations slide 1
  4. Postdisciplinary Engineer Expectations slide 2
  5. Nanotechnology Minor Curriculum slides 1-2
  6. ABET/KEEN Program Outcomes for Nanotechnology Minor

            ABEToutcomesandassessmentfall2021nanosciencecomponent.doc and ABETcourseeval20202021b.docx

  1. Taking Your Education Into Your Own Hands

 

Mindset and Skill Set Builders in Nanotechnology Minor

  1. Mindset Stage 1 (Freshman fall + every semester thereafter): Questions and Issues Sheet (Link for faculty only Links to an external site.)
  1. Skill Set Stage 1 (Freshman fall): Process Flowsheets HW's 3 through 7 in CHE 1101), Wiring Diagrams, Computer Science (LabView and Python modules), CAD, Machine Shop Links to an external site., 3D Printing, and Laser Cutting
  1. Mindset Stage 2 (Freshman fall): Semester-Long Project to Accompany Skill Set Stage 1
  2. Skill Set Stage 2 (Freshman spring): Wiring, Soldering, Arduino, Sensors (See Temperature Sensor, Load Cell Sensor, pH Sensor, and Electrical Conductivity/Salinity Sensor modules in the Basics of Making course.)
  1. Mindset Stage 3 (Soph. spring): Semester-Long Project to Accompany Skill Set Stage 2
  2. Mindset Stage 4 (Fresh/soph. spring): Nanotech Lab Ethics Exercise to Establish One's Philosophy of Productive Work (Fresh/soph spring) - Nanotechnology_Ethics_Exercise.docx. Link for faculty only Links to an external site.
  1. Mindset Stage 5 (Fresh/soph spring): Nanotech Lab Entrepreneurship Exercise as both an

            Introduction to Literature Reviews & to KEEN's 3C's (See also entrepreneurshipexerciseinstructions.rtf. Link for faculty only Links to an external site.)

  1. Skill Set Stage 3 (Fresh/soph spring): Synthesis Part of Nanotech Lab (See slides 3-6 of nanotechminorcurriculumbrief.pptx.)
  1. Skill Set Stage 4 (Fresh/soph spring): Materials Characterization Intro in Nanotech Lab

            (See slides 3 and 7-9 of nanotechminorcurriculumbrief.pptx.)

  1. Mindset Stage 6 (Soph fall/spring): Questions and Issues Sheet + Root Cause (Failure Mechanisms) Analysis in a Materials Sci/Engg. course.
  2. Mindset Stage 7 / Skill Set Stage 5: The Basics of Making Canvas course (Jr./Sr./Grad Fall) and KEEN card Links to an external site. (faculty only)
  1. Skill Set Stage 6: Materials Characterization Lab course (Opposite Jr./Sr./Grad Fall)

            See materialscharacterizationsummarypart1.pptx and materialscharacterizationsummarypart2.pptx.

  1. Mindset Stage 8 / Skill Set Stage 7: Nanotechnology Lecture course (Jr./Sr./Grad Spring)

Also see Literature Review KEEN card Links to an external site. (faculty only), Nanotechnology Lecture "basic hyperlinked syllabus", and an EML-infused, hyperlinked syllabus (still needs improvement).  An EML-infused, hyperlinked syllabus template may be the format for KEEN's new course decks.  The syllabi are in the following links:  CHE55672021.docx, nanotechbookoutline.docx, and CourseDeckHyperlinkedSyllabusTemplate.docx, respectively.

 

Not Yet Required (But Should Be) To Complete the Postdisciplinary Engineer

  1. Mindset Stage 9: Four Years of EML Outside the Classroom of Honors Dorm Programming Hooray for Hollywood KEEN card Links to an external site. (faculty only);

            summary PowerPoint slide 1 of honorsprogramintegration.pptx

  1. Skill Set Stage 8: "After Hours" Mentoring of Maker Skills Of/By Honors Students
  2. Mindset Stage 10 / Skill Set Stage 9: Capstone Postdisciplinary Engineer Design Sequence

            Faculty should see cards on The Design Process Links to an external site. and Designing and Making a Prototype: A Guide to How to Manage Making Projects Links to an external site.

  1. Skill Set Stage 10: Systems Engineering Curriculum (For a variant off of this that chemical and biomedical engineers would like, see #37!)
  1. Mindset and Skill Set Stage 11: Capstone for Systems Engineering Degree = Manage Postdisciplinary Engineer Design Course Project

Assessment of ABET/KEEN Course & Program Outcomes

All links in this section are available only to faculty upon request.

  1. Overall program view (See ABEToutcomesandassessmentfall2021nanosciencecomponent.doc.)
  1. CHE 1101 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering 1 p. 1
  2. MEE/AEE freshman design experience - to be added later
  3. ECE/BME freshman design experience - to be added later
  4. CHE/CHM 1091 - Nanotech Lab 1 p. 9
  5. CHE 3260 - Materials Science and Engineering p. 3
  6. CHE/BME 4568 - The Basics of Making pp. 6-7
  7. CHE/BME 4563 - Materials Characterization Lab p. 10
  8. CHE/BME 4567 - Nanotechnology Lecture p. 8

Entire Program Curricula

  1. Proposed Maker Minor Curriculum - pp. 7-8, 106-108
  2. Proposed BS/(BS or MS) ChE/BME double major + Nanotech Minor Curriculum - pp. 4-6, 101-105
  1. M.S. in Nanosystems Engineering Links to an external site. to complete the training (link for faculty only Links to an external site.)