Rodgers, L., & Benish, C. (2021, July), Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--36723

\bibitem{asee_peer_36723}
  Rodgers, L., \& Benish, C. (2021, July), \emph{Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops}
  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference.
  10.18260/1-2--36723

Lennon Rodgers and Caroline Benish.  "Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops".  2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2021.  https://strategy.asee.org/36723 Internet.  13 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_36723}
  Lennon Rodgers and Caroline Benish.
  "Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops".
  \emph{2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2021.
  https://strategy.asee.org/36723 Internet.  13 May, 2024

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author = "Lennon Rodgers and Caroline Benish"
title = "Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops"
booktitle = "2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access"
year = "2021"
month = "July"
address = "Virtual Conference"
publisher = "ASEE Conferences"
note = {https://strategy.asee.org/36723}
number = {10.18260/1-2--36723}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This paper first investigates the value that engineering companies place on (1) interdisciplinary experiences and (2) hands-on skills learned in university makerspaces and machine shops. A survey was completed by 259 company representatives at the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering (UW CoE) career fair and over 90% said that interdisciplinary experiences are valuable to their company and they would be more likely to hire an engineering student with them. Certain hands-on skills such as 3D printing were considered valuable, though they did not score as high as interdisciplinary experiences. Thus, to provide more value to students, makerspaces and machine shops could be used to provide both hands-on skills and interdisciplinary experiences. 

Secondly, this paper explores how the UW CoE fostered interdisciplinary activities through their makerspace and machine shop by offering targeted courses, workshops and programs. The overall aim was to create an academic pathway of interdisciplinary experiences for engineering students from pre-college programs through a master’s degree. Data was used to quantify the amount of interdisciplinary activity, which showed that 85% of the 1600 makerspace workshop attendees were there to gain skills outside their disciplines. This indicates that a makerspace may be well suited to foster interdisciplinary activities. 
AU  - Lennon Rodgers
AU  - Caroline Benish
CY  - Virtual Conference
DA  - 2021/07/26
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine Shops
UR  - https://strategy.asee.org/36723
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--36723
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