Lu, W. (2014, June), Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating the Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--23256

\bibitem{asee_peer_23256}
  Lu, W. (2014, June), \emph{Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating the Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--23256

Wayne Lu.  "Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating the Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/23256 Internet.  07 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23256}
  Wayne Lu.
  "Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating the Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/23256 Internet.  07 Jun, 2024

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AB  -               Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool                    for Demonstrating the Ability to Function                           on Multidisciplinary TeamsIn a junior level EE 333 Computer Organization course required by CS and EE majors, it hasbeen a challenge to define an effective performance indicator to assess a benchmark studentoutcome designated to the course: ABET student outcome (d), an ability to function onmultidisciplinary teams. In order to have a measurable assessment tool, design projects relatedto computer hardware are assigned to teams of CS and EE majors. However, these projects tendto be hardware-oriented and force EE majors to be main contributors of the projects.This paper presents an experience on using a case study research project as an active learningtool for demonstrating the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams as specified by ABETstudent outcome (d). The research project not only can stimulate student’s motivation onexpanding their learning beyond the classroom discussion, but also encourage collaborationbetween team members with different majors. A case study on the frontier of computingapplications as a term project was assigned to teams of EE and CS majors. The project was toperform in-depth technical research on the processors and system architectures employed in oneof the five emerging computing applications: big data, cloud computing, self-driving vehicles,desktop virtualization, and No. 1 supercomputers in the recent three years of thetop500supercomputer lists.Each team can choose one of the five categories and the project requirement is to report theteam’s research results and to create a poster presentation. Each team’s score is graded based ontheir report content and poster presentation. This approach gives EE and CS majors equalopportunity to contribute to the project on their multidisciplinary teams.This paper details the experience on implementing this case study approach. The Introductionsection gives a summary of the motivation and the background of this approach. The ProjectAssignment section details the features of processors and system architectures each team needsto research. The Project Poster Presentation section details the format, guideline and evaluationrubric. The Assessment section details how the project report and poster presentation areassessed and how it fulfills the ABET Student Outcome (d). The Summary section summarizesthe results on types of applications students chose, overall performance of the teams, thedifficulties encountered by the students, and the instructor’s experience executing this case studyapproach. Finally, the Future Work section offers suggestions for improving the approach in thefuture and also suggests other approaches for implementing case study research.
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