Inter-disciplinary project teams are a fact of engineering careers. Inter-disciplinary thought and action are required to solve many of today's technological and social challenges. Government reports such as Educating the Engineer of 2020, Facilitating the Interdisciplinary Research, and Rising Above the Gathering Storm, have also advocated that we prepare engineers that can work in interdisciplinary environments. While more and more institutions have incorporated multidisciplinary projects in the freshman introductory courses, many students are not exposed to inter-disciplinary team environments until their senior design project.
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