IntroductionOften in the academic arena, biomedical engineering (BME) students identify unmet needs in a course and then do not have an avenue to pursue those ideas into a design-based course. Through funding from an NIH R25 Educational Grant the BME Department at the University of Delaware (UD) is building a bridge between two courses, Clinical Immersion for Engineers (BMEG350) and Senior Design (BMEG450), to translate umnet clinical needs into design projects. This paper discusses the two courses and how the unmet needs are bridged into Senior Design.

Professional Development Center for Educators. In her role, Amy works collaboratively with K-12 science and engineering teachers to develop and implement standards-based curricula and assessments. She also provides mentoring and coaching and co-teaching support to K-12 teachers across the entire trajectory of the profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education. Dr. Michael Chajes P.E., University of DelawareMichael Chajes is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on bridge testing, evaluation, and rehabilitation, as well as engineering education. During his 25 years at UD, Dr. Chajes has served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Chair of theCivil and Environmental Engineering Department. He is a registered Professional Engineer and was named Delaware Engineer of the Year in 2010. Paper ID #16743 successful academic and professional outcomes in an increasingly multi-cultural and diverse engineering environment. DrOn campus, Dean Vaughan is past-chair of the University-wide Risk Management Advisory Committee (RMAC), past-chair of the Campus Transfer Student Working Group, a member of the University Community Engagement Commission, the DuPont Scholars Selection Committee, the Assistant and Associate Dean Council and the University Career Services Center Advisory Committee.Off campus, he is or has been a member of various professional associations and currently sits on numerous boards and committees that focus on engineering education and issues that positively impact the lives of young people. Dean Vaughan served on the National Executive Committee of the GEM Consortium in Alexandria VA which funds graduate degrees in Engineering and Science. Dean Vaughan is a former President and former Treasurer of the Board of the GEM Corporation and past Chairman of the National GEM Investment Committee. Dean Vaughan was former Vice President of the board of directors and Operations Committee Chair of the National Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) based in Alexandria, Va. The JETS organization was a leading nonprofit educational enterprise dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to America's youth. Of the more than 40,000 students JETS served each year, 53 percent were from groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering and technology and 36 percent of participants were female. Dean Vaughan is a longstanding member of the President's Advisory Committee of the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council which encompasses girl scouting activities in all of the Delmarva Peninsula which includes Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. In addition, he is a former Board President of Delaware Futures of Wilmington, DE an organization which provides educational, social, and motivational support to high school students with unrealized potential to become successful college applicants. Dean Vaughan is also the convener and member of the External Advisory...

received her doctoral degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Delaware in 2004. Since then, she has been a National Research Council fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a post doctoral fellow at Rice University, and a research scientist at DePuy Synthes (companies of Johnson & Johnson).Stephens first joined BME in September 2013 as temporary faculty and is now an assistant professor of instruction and associate director of BME's undergraduate program. In this role, she will strengthen the department's connection with the local medical community, both in clinical and industrial settings, in order to foster undergraduate design projects as well as internship and employment opportunities for our students.

Professional Development Center for Educators. In her role, Amy works collaboratively with K-12 science and engineering teachers to develop and implement standards-based curricula and assessments. She also provides mentoring and coaching and co-teaching support to K-12 teachers across the entire trajectory of the profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Prof. Jeannie S. Stephens, University of Delaware Jeannie Stephens received her doctoral degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Delaware in 2004. Since then, she has been a National Research Council fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a post doctoral fellow at Rice University, and a research scientist at DePuy Synthes (companies of Johnson & Johnson). Stephens first joined BME in September 2013 as temporary faculty and is now an assistant professor of instruction and associate director of BME's undergraduate program. In this role, she will strengthen the department's connection with the local medical community, both in clinical and industrial settings, in order to foster undergraduate design projects as well as internship and employment opportunities for our students. IntroductionThis work in progress describes a cohort study of a recent modification to a wellestablished capstone engineering design program [1,2] to incorporate multidisciplinary student teams. As such, it presents a unique opportunity to evaluate student outcomes as it relates to working within multidisciplinary versus single-disciplinary teams for substantive engineering design projects. There has been much emphasis placed on the benefits of multidisplinary instruction and teaming [3][4][5] with little evidence to support such claims, in part because opportunities to directly compare multidisciplinary versus single-disciplinary teaming experiences are relatively rare.The capstone engineering course, Senior Design, historically has been a 6-credit, one semester course in fall semester for senior mechanical engineering undergraduates at a midsized, research-intensive university [1,2] . For the past three decades, Senior Design has involved teams of 4-5 students working on one of 15-25 projects sponsored by local industry, engineering firms, and in some instances industry-affiliated academic groups. A team of 4-6 full and parttime mechanical engineering faculty manages the course; each faculty member advises 3-5 teams each. Beginning in 2012, the newly formed biomedical engineering program adopted the mechanical engineering model for Senior Design and merged a large cohort of its students into interdisciplinary teams with mechanical engineers. More recently, smaller cohorts of electrical engineering and environmental engineering students have also joined the multidisciplinary section of the course, which focuses on projects in the biomedical, environmental, and industrial design sectors. Project sponsors represent the biotech and environmental engineering indus...