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Resumen de Transdisciplinary collaborative research exploration for undergraduate engineering students

Turgut Batuhan Baturalp, Atila Ertas, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Kellilynn M. Frias, Utku Gulbulak

  • This paper describes the creation of a Transdisciplinary Design Studio (TD2S) for Collaborative Research and Education(CORE) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University and a study of this pedagogy forundergraduate engineering students. More specifically, this paper highlights a project-based TD design class whichencouraged small student research groups to take on new behaviors of work—collaboration and teamwork—to solvecomplex problems. To create engagement in the class, an active learning and design-based research pedagogy wasincorporated. Three main components (digital learning, creativity tools & techniques, and domain experts) of the TDdesign studio were examined for their contribution to student learning. We highlight the overlooked role oftransdisciplinary design training in the undergraduate research experience and make specific reference to the impact ofthese pedagogical techniques on the learning outcomes for both Caucasian and under-represented minorities. Students’collaboration and creativity skills (TD skills) were tested and the results are presented. The ultimate goal of the TD class isto promote the creative, innovative, and divergent thinking of students.This research study validated that TD-methods support the learning of underrepresented groups: transdisciplinarypractice showed positive impact on underrepresented minority students’ learning.


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