hands-on experiences in engineering education has been recognized fordecades. Yet creating and running an effective hands-on experience, especially in the thermalsciences is challenging. This paper will outline a project that asks students to design, build, andtest a heat exchanger. In addition to being hands-on, the project incorporates two high-impacteducational practices. First, the project is collaborative as groups of 4-5 students work ondesigning their heat exchangers. Second, the project serves a sort of “capstone project” for thethermal science classes by integrating topics from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heattransfer. While attempts to incorporate designing, building, and testing of heat exchangers as partof a mechanical
Paper ID #33425Open-Ended Modeling Group Projects in Introductory Statics and DynamicsCoursesDr. Emma Treadway, Trinity University Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University, San Antonio. Her primary research interests include human-robot interaction and haptics.Dr. Jessica E.S. Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (CoE
student survey and instructor-assessed elements. The tool is beingused in the capstone design course sequence, and the results from three semesters ofimplementation are reported and briefly discussed. Compared to the previous method of peer-evaluation alone, the new tool allows each sub-outcome to be measured and evaluated.IntroductionMechanical engineering seniors at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) complete acapstone design project: either an SAE collegiate design series (CDS) competition or anindustry-sponsored project (ISP). These capstone projects serve as a summative assessment,bringing together machine design, thermo-fluids, manufacturing, and mechatronics topics into areal-world design experience. Relative coverage of these topics
Paper ID #33514Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset through a Hands-on Design Project in aMechanism Design CourseDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu earned her BEng in Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University, with a focus on computational solid mechanics. Dr. Zhu is a Senior Lecturer of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and the recipient of the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award. In this role, she focuses on designing the curriculum
Paper ID #34915Longitudinal Study of a Project-based Learning Methods Replacement forLecture Based CoursesDr. Alan Jones, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Alan Jones is the Associate Chair and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana Uni- versity - Purdue University, Indianapolis where he has taught since 2005. He received his B.S. from Bradley University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His current inter- ests include multi-functional composites, material modeling, engineering education and virtual reality for engineering.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana
Paper ID #33534WIP: Student-Guided Project for Measurement System Development withABETand EM AssessmentDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Associate Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical En- gineering at Lawrence Technological University. He serves as director for the BS in Robotics Engineering and MS in Mechatronic Systems Engineering programs. His research interests include mechatronics, dy- namic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team
Paper ID #33106Work in Progress: Project-Based Homework: An Ongoing Study onEngineering Analysis-DynamicsDr. Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida Dr. Sudeshna Pal received her Ph.D. degree in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering from Michigan State University in 2009. She is a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she teaches courses in the areas of system dynamics, controls, and biomedical engineering. Her current research focus is engineering education and includes blended learning, project-based learning, digital education, and
activities are essentially nolonger possible. Mechanical Engineering Design (i.e., Machine Design) at California StateUniversity Chico normally facilitates a semester-long design and fabrication project to givestudents a real-world engineering experience. As an alternative, this paper considers theeffectiveness and benefit of focusing on the documentation and presentation of engineeringanalysis and design work rather than hands-on projects. In a series of activity assignments,students are required to compose short technical reports which document their engineeringanalysis in professional form. Each subsequent assignment had an increased level of analysiscomplexity and documentation which related to the course material. A mid-semester survey
Paper ID #34131The Influence of Participation in a Multi-Disciplinary CollaborativeService Learning Project on the Effectiveness of Team Members in a100-level Mechanical Engineering ClassDr. Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University Stacie Ringleb is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Old Do- minion University. Dr. Ringleb received a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1997, a M.S.E. from Temple University in Mechanical Engineering in 1999, and a PhD from Drexel University in Mechanical Engineering in 2003. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in
Paper ID #32825A Thermodynamics Design Project that Applies Theory, Explores RenewableEnergy Topics, and Considers the Economic and Social Impacts of theDesignsProf. Melissa M. Gibbons, University of San Diego Melissa Gibbons is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami, and her MS and PhD in Me- chanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship while working in the Biomathematics Department at University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining
Paper ID #33503Incorporating a Mid-semester Project to Evaluate Communication, andLeadership Skills for Undergraduate Engineering Students in theStatics/Strength of Materials Course: A Comparative Assessment Beforeand During COVID-19Dr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. is an Education Specialist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Garc´ıa helps fa- cilitate professional development to both formal and informal STEM educators utilizing NASA resources with a
Paper ID #33054Transforming an Engineering Design Course into an Engaging LearningExperience Using a Series of Self-Directed Mini-Projects andePortfolios: Face-to-Face Versus Online-only InstructionMiss Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Taylor Tucker graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics. She is now pursuing a master’s degree at UIUC through the Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Agency program in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is interested in design thinking as it applies to engineering
creative ways to solve real-world engineering problems and ensures students get experience in planning, design, research, manufacturing and project management before they graduate. Dr. Kathir is a member of ASCE’s Committee on Accreditation.Dr. Erik Knudsen, George Mason University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Capstone Design - Unexpected Challenges and Opportunities due to the Covid-19 PandemicAbstractDue to the Covid-19 pandemic George Mason University (Mason), similar to many institutions,had to suddenly switch to online delivery of all courses in March 2020. As the director of seniorprojects (first
a Polymer Processing Learning ModuleAbstractA polymer processes module has been introduced into a manufacturing course for mechanicalengineers. The module takes place over two 2-hour class periods and includes an injectionmolding lab, question formulation technique activity, jigsaw activity, and business proposalmini-project. In addition to polymer process knowledge, the module targets learning objectivessuch as curiosity, customer focus, economic decision making, and motivation for continuedlearning. In Fall 2020, the learning objectives were assessed using a variety of methodsincluding an ABET outcome assessment instrument, assignment grading rubrics, quizzes, andsurveys. The assessment results show a promising level of learning on the
, selecting components from industrial product catalogs, calculations to match designrequirements and programming of multi-axis motion controllers. In this paper, a senior-levelAutomation course with laboratory is presented. Lectures present design of automated machinerythrough industrial component selections and through software design for integration. Thelaboratory has several miniaturized, simplified machines representing various industrial sectors.The paper explains the course content, the machinery and the weekly laboratory exercises.Assessment results from multiple offerings of the course are also discussed. This project wasfunded by a grant from the NSF-DUE.1 IntroductionThe academic community has made significant advances in developing
based courses. He created and co-teaches a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies.Mr. Danny Rubin, Rubin Danny Rubin is the founder of Rubin, a leading provider of online curriculum for business communication skills. Rubin, the company, provides its signature curriculum, called ”Emerge,” to engineering schools nationwide. Emerge features in-demand communication topics like email etiquette, phone etiquette, net- working, LinkedIn and more. Danny began his career as a local TV news reporter and national news consultant for NBC’s ”Meet
.” [1] Design has also been identified as a curricular pillar for modern engineeringprograms in recent reports such as in the “MIT Engineering Department Initiative on NewEngineering Education Transformation Report”.[2]A recently created Mechanical Engineering program has emphasized the engineering designprocess in its curriculum. Currently, students are introduced to the design process in their first-year engineering course. This course challenges students to learn and apply the design process toa semester-long design project. Design is also reinforced in several courses during the students’sophomore and junior years with emphasis on different aspects of the design process. Forexample, in a course on Machine Design, students are given a design
the new introductory course, andthe first cohort that did. All data evaluated their skill levels during their senior year capstonedesign experience. Therefore, the survey was a direct opportunity to assess the result of an earlyintroduction to the mechanical engineering profession and design process.The paper assesses the effect of the Intro to ME course on student grasp of the design processand their ability to apply the process to their capstone design project. Overall results were mixedwith faculty indicating that students who completed the Intro to ME course differentially appliedthe design process but also had fewer gaps in their knowledge of the tools associated with thedesign process. Furthermore, there were no indications that the
Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Francisco Herbert got his B.Sc. degree in engineering physics from the Monterrey Institute of Tech- nology and Higher Education (ITESM) in 2009, as well as the certificates of concentration in energy engineering and intelligent systems, his Ph.D. degree from the same institution in 2015, and completed a post-doctorate in the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2018. He has more than 12 years of experience in the wind energy field; he worked as as wind energy analyst and CFD specialist in DNV GL Energy. He has been involved in the development of large-scale wind farms and analyzed of 1.5 GW of wind projects in north, central, and south America. He is currently
, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives.A question pertinent to any engineering educator is, “Where, when and how do we satisfy thisoutcome?” As an example of this, Sangelkar et al [2] surveyed faculty in their mechanicalengineering program to identify teaming experiences throughout their curriculum. They found anumber of courses with collaborative learning experiences, projects staffed by multiple students,and some degree of instruction in teaming, but conclude that the teaming experience in acurriculum can contain significant gaps.One of the challenges of teamworking is finding the time to provide instructor guidance withinthe scheduled classroom time. Some of the key issues to be addressed in teaming instruction arenoted in [3] and [4
Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 34 years. He is a former department chair and collaborates the college of engineering introduction to engineering course, the inter-disciplinary capstone design course, and the FE review course. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active learning, design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Mr. JJ Petersen, University of Idaho American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming Introductory Engineering Courses to Match GenZ Learning
College London and from the University of Johannesburg. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Collaborative Learning in an Online-Only Design for Manufacturability CourseAbstractIn contemporary design-for-manufacturability education, the use of design-thinking (or human-centered design) and team-based design projects are ubiquitous. Students are typically taken on ajourney to better appreciate synthesis of the “big picture” while learning to consider an open-ended manufacturability problem from various perspectives and discovering the value inempathy and co-creation. However, with
ElementsAbstract:Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is an extremely important skill formechanical engineering students who will mainly design mechanical devices and components.However, a GD&T course is typically not included in an undergraduate mechanical engineeringcurriculum. In our mechanical engineering curriculum, bits of basic concepts of GD&T arebriefly mentioned or discussed in several different courses. It has been observed in the lastseveral years that some students in their senior capstone project designs still didn’t know how toproperly define assembly dimension tolerances or component dimension tolerances. In the lasttwo years, the authors used one and a half weeks out of a total of a fifteen-week semester toteach GD&T
programs atthe university (see Appendix A for the rubric). In addition to the institution-wide assessment ofinformation fluency, the Library department conducts its own assessment of information fluencyinstruction on an offsetting cycle from IWAC. In this assessment, librarians review therecommendations from previous IWAC findings and collected interim data to monitor theprogress and effectiveness of implemented changes.During the 2016-17 academic year, IWAC collected artifacts from seniors of all programs toassess this learning outcome. Mechanical Engineering students were assessed at the masterylevel using their senior lab reports, capstone project final reports, and engineering ethics papers.The results of the rubric scoring showed the
inthe previous semesters. Often, their challenges seem to stem from spatial visualization issues,including the inability to draw different views of a three-dimensional object or identify differenttypes and forms of stresses acting on a stress element.ME 470 builds upon ME 370 and focuses on different machine components and includes adesign project that runs throughout the semester where students must apply what they’ve learnedin both courses. Students have often heard of the components in ME 470 and may have seenthem before, but typically most have not held them in their hands or observed them closely.Many of the details of selecting or designing each component are tied into concepts from ME370, but there are many other details specific to the
Prof K. Prof K. 3500gets to play [redacted].Your team plays Among Us with Prof K and TAs 3500Your team gets to pick a project first for 4000Fluid-Mechanical DissectionMembers of your team get one additional homework/quiz 6500leniencyYour team receives MAE3230-themed temporary tattoos xxxxYour team picks its recitation seats first when we next xxxxxreshuffle the seating chartProf K lectures in costume for halloween xxx points from each of 8 teamsYour team gets a private hour of office hours with a TA in xxxxpreparation for written exam or mock job interview(subject to
expertise; manage and lead projects; understand basic businessprinciples needed in small and large companies; and ideate when there are not alreadyestablished explicit design specifications.As a curriculum, most Mechanical Engineering programs by necessity are discipline focused,without much flexibility. Curricular changes typically involve a long process and significantjustification. There are also a number of required foundational courses such as math, physics,and mechanics that are followed by the obligatory ME-focused courses such as thermodynamics,fluids, dynamics, labs, and design courses. The sheer breadth of required courses significantlyconstrains the time available to explore other critical skills. These curricula are additionallyshaped
, including problem sets and projects thatreinforce higher-order thinking skills, take time, and force learning from failures. Anothercommon myth is that the teacher does not play a central role. The keyword is "central" - theteachers play a prominent role but mainly in the background. On behalf of an instructor, it takesmore organization, effort, and resources in a flipped classroom than in a traditional lecture-basedclassroom. Lastly, the popular myth is that students learn by themselves. In a well-designedflipped classroom, the pre-class work only includes learning the basics of a topic and gettingrefamiliarized with the prerequisite course materials. In a proper flipped classroom, theobjectives, assignments, and tasks are expected to be clearly
students have access to the course materials from the first day of the course. The goals of thisstudy were to determine student perceptions of the course materials and to compare studentperformance to a previous course offering using a traditional textbook.Pedagogical Approach/MethodologyThe focus of this project is an undergraduate 3-credit-hour heat and mass transfer course. It is arequired course in the mechanical engineering curriculum and requires a fluid mechanics courseas a prerequisite. The course had previously been offered twice in a blended format by the sameinstructor [12]. In the revised Spring 2020 course using OER and other no-cost digital materials,the same course objectives and a similar module structure were used as in previous
changeto remote learning negatively impacted student learning. Due to reduced engagement in thismodality, students seemed to prefer in-person learning over remote learning. The facultyreported being more flexible in assessing student learning by offering open-book quizzes andtests. Some faculty have replaced exams with projects to accommodate students facingpandemic-related uncertainties. A majority of the faculty noted that time constraints made aconsiderable difference in how they were able to assess their students' learning and that the fastpace of events during the pandemic did not allow for much reflection. Overall, faculty felt that ajudicious mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods was most conducive tostudent success during