O'Brien, J., & Sirokman, G., & Rueckert, F. J. (2016, June), Undergraduate Research in Science as an Elective Course for Engineers  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.27094

\bibitem{asee_peer_27094}
  O'Brien, J., \& Sirokman, G., \& Rueckert, F. J. (2016, June), \emph{Undergraduate Research in Science as an Elective Course for Engineers}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.27094

James O'Brien, Gergely Sirokman, and Franz J Rueckert.  "Undergraduate Research in Science as an Elective Course for Engineers".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://strategy.asee.org/27094 Internet.  09 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_27094}
  James O'Brien, Gergely Sirokman, and Franz J Rueckert.
  "Undergraduate Research in Science as an Elective Course for Engineers".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://strategy.asee.org/27094 Internet.  09 Jun, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Undergraduate research has become more and more integral to the functioning of higher educational institutions.  At many institutions undergraduate research is conducted as capstone projects in the pure sciences, however, science faculty at some schools (including that of the authors) face the challenge of not having science majors.  Even at these institutions select population of high achieving engineering students often express a keen interest in conducting pure science research.  Since a foray into science research provides the student the full exposure to the scientific method and scientific collaboration, the experience can be quite rewarding, and beneficial to the development of the student as a professional.  To this end, the authors have been working to find new contexts in which to offer research experiences to non-science majors, including offering a new undergraduate research class, conducted by physics and chemistry faculty. These courses are inherently interdisciplinary, as students in the engineering and computer science fields step into physics and chemistry labs to solve science problems, often invoking their own relevant expertise.  In this paper we start by discussing the common themes and outcomes of the course.  Then we discuss three particular projects that were conducted with engineering students and focus on how the undergraduate research experience enhanced their already rigorous engineering curriculum.

Keywords

Undergraduate research, Physics Education, Laboratory Instruction, Interactive 
Learning, Physics Pedagogy

AU  - James O'Brien
AU  - Gergely Sirokman
AU  - Franz J Rueckert
CY  - New Orleans, Louisiana
DA  - 2016/06/26
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Undergraduate Research in Science as an Elective Course for Engineers
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DO  - 10.18260/p.27094
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