Course-Based Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Outcomes Analysis & Assessment

This paper presents a course-based STEM undergraduate research experience. The objective of the course is to provide students with proven hands-on experience, through integration of discipline-specific knowledge with engineering practice on challenging multidisciplinary projects. The idea consists of an elective 3-credit hour special topics course for senior standing and junior under instructor approval. The collected feedback shows that the benefits include increasing interaction with the faculty and increasing intellectual maturity, and confidence for the students. As for the faculty, this includes furthering of research projects and achieving some of program objectives as required by accreditation boards. Furthermore, the course can be used by the ABET Committee. Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 can be evaluated. Assessment and outcomes analysis showed the course significant contribution to engineering program objectives achievement. Updated used rubrics and surveys will also be presented and discussed.