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What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Nels Wirkkala, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-727: DYNAMIC SYSTEMS TEACHING ENHANCEMENT USING ALABORATORY BASED PROJECT (RUBE)Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Tracy is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts. She is currently working on her Master’s Degrees in the Modal Analysis and Controls

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo

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Mechanical Engineering

same university, where he taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on Strength of Materials, Elasticity and Finite Element Analysis. Presently, he is a Research Associate at the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at the University of Toledo (Ohio, USA). He has expertise in elasticity, piezoceramics and field responsive particulate suspensions. He is coauthor of 27 publications in international journals and conference proceedings. His current interest is in magnetorheological (MR) fluids and magneto-mechanical characterization of magnetic shape memory alloys. Page 11.1075.1

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

better meet our learningobjectives. The fourth improvement is “rewriting the script” of conventional experiments toimprove student engagement and reduce the tendency of students to “take the data and get out.”We observed improvements in both the quality of the questions students ask during the term andthe quality of their final presentations.IntroductionTraditional design of mechanical engineering laboratories is that of lectures supported bylaboratory assignments or vice versa. Typical topics include the principles of measurementdevices, data analysis, validation of engineering principles, and some experimental design. Thetypical objectives of such courses are for students to gain familiarity with basic experimentalmethods and technology and to

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Perwez Kalim, Wilkes University

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Mechanical Engineering

, whichdemands a curriculum that indulges students in thought provoking hands-on experiences.Creation of such environments invariably involves consumption of considerable financialresources, which are often limited and meager. In these circumstances, it is very difficult andburdensome to replace the outdated laboratory equipment with the expensive experimentalsetups. Even if these canned experimental systems are installed, they seldom offer operationaland design variations. And by and large, these systems permit only limited and a cookbookapproach to experiments. They are not only dreary but the implementation costs of these cannedsystems are ever more increasing. This is a dilemma, which are difficult to resolve. To assist inalleviating these

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Chastain, Clemson University; Harvin Smith, Clemson University; Mason Morehead, Clemson University; David Moline, Clemson University; John Wagner, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-1012: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY ATCLEMSON UNIVERSITY - EXPERIMENTS, LEARNING OBJECTIVES, ANDASSESSMENTJohn Chastain, Clemson UniversityHarvin Smith, Clemson UniversityMason Morehead, Clemson UniversityDavid Moline, Clemson UniversityJohn Wagner, Clemson University Page 11.1117.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Senior Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at Clemson University – Experiments, Learning Objectives, and AssessmentAbstractThe senior undergraduate laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ClemsonUniversity is the fourth and final course in the laboratory sequence. In this one hour course,engineering

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Volino, U.S. Naval Academy; Andrew Smith, U.S. Naval Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-743: A LABORATORY PROVIDING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH ASPARK IGNITION ENGINE IN A REQUIRED THERMODYNAMICS COURSERalph Volino, U.S. Naval Academy Associate Professor. Mechanical Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy since 1995. M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. B.S., Michigan State University.Andrew Smith, U.S. Naval Academy Assistant Professor. Mechanical Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy since 2001. Ph.D., University of Virginia. B.S., Villanova University. Page 11.59.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Laboratory Providing Hands-On Experience

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-2534: NONE OF MY LAB DATA MAKES ANY SENSE - LEARNING TOINTERPRET AND REPORT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTSJed Lyons, University of South Carolina At the University of South Carolina, Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has developed laboratory experiments for freshman engineering, engineering materials, measurements and instrumentation, and mechanical systems. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Center for Teaching Excellence, and is Chair of the Faculty Committee on Instructional Development Director, Director of the Center for Engineering and Computing Education, and Principal Investigator of a NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education award. With

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-856: UPDATING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS ANDINSTRUMENTATION – A CASE STUDYTheodore Heindel, Iowa State University Ted Heindel is the William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He taught ME 370 at ISU from spring 2003 through spring 2005 and was responsible for major course modifications, including development of several new laboratory exercises. He is currently teaching thermal science courses, including fluid mechanics and heat transfer. He also has an active research program in multiphase flow characterization and visualization and gas-liquid mass transfer enhancement, and is the director of a one-of-a-kind X-ray

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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; Henry Sodano, Michigan Technological University; Harold Evensen, Michigan Technological University

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Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.Henry Sodano, Michigan Technological University Henry A Sodano is a member of the Michigan Tech Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics. His research interests lie in power harvesting, vibration control, and the novel application of smart materials. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Tech. He is a member of ASME, AIAA, and SEM.Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University Jason Blough has been an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical

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Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

Preliminary Assessment of an MSC.ADAMS Control Design Project in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering1ABSTRACT The required undergraduate controls sequence at the University of Texas El Paso consists ofa lecture and laboratory. To supplement the hardware laboratory a design project was assigned.The project used simulation software to visually model the hardware. This format differed fromtraditional projects that use software such as Simulink because the students could see thehardware moving on their computer screens not just a “scope” output. The anticipated benefits ofthe project are: • Reduced hardware maintenance costs – the students cannot damage the equipment. • Enhanced learning experience – the visual simulator can

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renuka Thota, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering

to methods for generating parametric solutions to problems 2. Thus, a curriculumthat provides a base for future professional growth is highlighted and enhanced by launching a ”learning laboratory”, or “research laboratory”, with state- of- the- art rapid prototyping andexperimental stress analysis devices 4.In order to thrive in a competitive market, corporations must provide new products with superiorquality at an acceptable price. Recognizing the high cost involved in developing new products,more corporate efforts have been put into recruiting new and young engineering students whodemonstrate the promise and potential to achieve the defined corporate business strategy. Acertain level of competence in product design and manufacturing is

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What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-734: AN INTERWOVEN MULTISEMESTER DYNAMIC SYSTEMSPROJECT TO INTEGRATE STEM MATERIALPeter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Stephen Pennell is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell John R. White is a Professor in

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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley; Sarah Zappe; Meng-Fen Hsieh, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

analysis of student perception data collected via an onlinesurvey embedded in the homework assignment are discussed.IntroductionInstructors have reported various ways to introduce physical or numerical hands-on experienceinto traditional lecture-based courses, either in place of or as supplements to a traditionallaboratory experience. Among the papers that are published in archival journals or presented atengineering education conferences, the following alternatives to traditional engineeringlaboratory instruction are discussed: ‚ take-home experiments1, 2, 3 ‚ laboratories integrated with lecture4, 5 ‚ distance laboratories6, 7 ‚ simulated laboratories8, 9, 10Another portion of the literature that is important to this topic

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University; Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

numericalproblems and generate charts and graphs using MATLAB. This course is designed to givestudents opportunities for hands-on practice through the lab work and project studies. The authoralso instructed senior students to use MATLAB for experimental data analysis in course MEEN4131 (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory). In this paper, these successful teaching experiencesare summarized and some additional suggestion is also addressed.IntroductionMATLAB has been largely used in many engineering schools, because it provides a friendlyinteractive system that incorporates numeric computation, symbolic computation, and scientificvisualization [1-2, 4-10]. Authors taught a sophomore course to help the students apply theMALAB tool for engineering problem

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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Rounds, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Root, U.S. Military Academy; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

participated in two laboratory exercises, a tour of the West Point power plant, and acomprehensive Engineering Design Problem (EDP).The first laboratory exercise, conducted on lesson 12 of 40 uses an open channel trainer,normally used by Civil Engineering majors in a Hydrology course. This exercise reinforcednumerous concepts including conservation of mass, conservation of momentum, hydrostatics,control volume analysis, and manometry. Page 11.884.9 Sluice Gate 2 1

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Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

aerodynamic phenomena.To do justice to the subject invariably requires some significant attention to experimentation, notonly to discover and demonstrate the associated aerodynamic principles, but to validate how wellaerodynamic theory represents real physical characteristics. In an engineering program thatincludes a full aerospace program, this subject and the related topic areas would invariably bedeveloped in a multiple course sequence. Doing justice to the subject of aerodynamics isparticularly challenging when all the relevant topics must be focused into a single course, ratherthan part of a full aerospace program course sequence. The challenge is then to find the properbalance between the development of aerodynamic theory and laboratory

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-707: DEVELOPMENT OF VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR RESPONSE OF1ST AND 2ND ORDER DYNAMIC SYSTEMSPeter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Jeff Hodgkins is a Graduate Student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree in the Modal Analysis

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Shollenberger, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

eight years at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, before joining the faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Currently she teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Her research is in the area of multiphase flows and computational modeling of thermal-fluid systems. Page 11.1168.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Student use of Textbook Solution Manuals: Student and Faculty Perspectives in a Large Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstractAnecdotal evidence

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertise Tools: MS Word, Email, WWWJunior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4- Short Technical Reporting 6 pages each) Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4-6 pp. + App., Brief narrative of procedure, Individual); Technical Analysis, Economic measured data, deduced and analyzed Analysis, Recommendation for Action data, plotted results with discussion Tools: EES,Powerpoint and

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Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

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Steven Beyerlein is professor Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he coordinates the capstone design program and regularly participates in ongoing program assessment activities. For these efforts he won the UI Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001. Over the last three years he has assisted Dr. Odom in creating the Mindworks laboratory discussed in this paper. Currently he is collaborating on an NSF grant with other members of the Transferable Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to develop valid and reliable instruments for measuring student performance in design.Russ Porter, University of Idaho Russ Porter is the manager of the Mechanical Engineering Machine

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

23 3.96 0.69 integral calculus avg 4.04 st dev 0.14 3 12 6 2 23 3.30 0.80 I feel that I am prepared for MECE 3369 (mechanics of solids) and MECE 3336 (dynamics)As noted above, course surveys such as the ones already described in this document are notsufficient to demonstrate learning. Once it has been determined which Outcomes are to beassessed in which course, the next step is to determine exactly what type of assignments will beused to directly assess student learning related to these designated outcomes. Possibilitiesinclude specific homework assignments or problems, projects, laboratory

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Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Burkhardt, U.S. Naval Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

semestercourse is structured to have two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Coursecredit is split evenly between computer aided design content (CAD) and the capstone designproject. The CAD portion of the course is project driven covering topics in solid modeling,drafting, finite element analysis, assembly modeling and rapid prototyping. Approximately athird of this time is spent on design projects using finite element analysis. The specific analysesrequired include rods and beams, frames, linear elastic solids and heat transfer. The last threeprojects are team assignments. The finite element lecture content has changed from year to yearranging from a miniature finite element course to a just-in-time delivery model. The

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What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

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Mechanical Engineering

with the course outcomes. Examplesmay include one or more of the following: an individual quiz or an exam question, anindividual laboratory assignment, a project assignment, or an individual homeworkproblem2.Table 2 Assessment tools and their relationship to the course learning outcomesAssessment Tools Course Learning Outcomes a e g i k Math Physics Engineering1. Test 1 – Problem 1 X X2. Quiz 5 X X3. Test 3 (Take home) X X X X X X X

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

students have been able to participate inthe programs sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space FlightCenter, and Rolls Royce Corporation to name a few. One additional measure may beimplemented to further harness the benefits of the summer internship program. That is if anadditional seminar or class is included in the ME curriculum so that the students who haveparticipated in the program may present their research work (provided that their research is notsubjected to export or copy rights of the organization) and expose other students to the real worldengineering problems. It is believed that such class would prove to be extremely valuable forretention, especially retention at the Freshmen and Sophomore level

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Rezaei, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Marco Schoen, Idaho State University; Gurdeep Hura, West Viginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Mechanical Engineering

effectiveness ofsimulation and animation to improve teaching effectiveness in the classroom. The classes thatthese tools are used are mostly upper level engineering courses were the theoretical concepts aremore difficult to understand by the students. The class sizes where these methods are appliedrange from 15 to 23 students.1. Robot Kinematics Visualization using Matlab™The treatment of kinematics and inverse kinematics in Robotics and Mechatronics classes canbecome rather abstract. Using industrial or educational robotic manipulators to demonstrate forexample the Denavit-Hartenberg parameters in class or laboratory environments is very Page

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Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

by Product Dissection”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC., 1996.11. Lamancusa, J., Jorgensen, J., and Zayas-Castro, J., “The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 103-112, April 1997.12. Fincher, C., “Trends and Issues in Curricular Development in Higher Education”, Handbook of Theory and Research, vol. 2, 1986, Ed. J. Smart.13. Nicolai, L.M., “Designing a Better Engineer”, Aerospace America, pp. 30, April 1992.14. Beaudoin, D.L. and Ollis, D.F., “A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 279-285, July 1995.15. Felder, R

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Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Technology. He received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His primary research interests are spacecraft control, sway reduction in cranes, control of flexible structures, and active seat technology. Page 11.230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ARLISS: A Multidisciplinary Extracurricular Design Project for UndergraduatesAbstractDesign projects that require students to build working prototypes are an invaluable sup-plement to traditional lectures and laboratory exercises. Additionally, allowing students toparticipate in challenging design projects outside of any

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

taught Circuits and Electronics, Mechatronics, Component Design and the interdisciplinary First-Year Engineering Projects. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. His foremost research interests include assessment of student learning, curriculum development and robotic controls.Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder LAWRENCE E. CARLSON is a founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, as well as professor of mechanical engineering. He received his M.S. and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. His primary educational passion is real-world design, and he spent his last sabbatical

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

implementeddigitally. Although the typical undergraduate curriculum is crowded enough as it is, and studentshave the ability to learn how to deal with these difficulties through elective courses and graduatestudy, it is important that the students come away knowing that these subtleties exist and thatthere are techniques out there for dealing with them. Much of the advancement taking place incontrols education seeks to address these deficiencies through laboratory work and project-basedlearning.1 2 A specific area of control system design and analysis that even many advanced graduatestudents are unaware of is that of discrete event system (DES) control. Discrete event control isoften confused with digital control. Whereas digital control systems

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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Wedlick, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

-Baja teams at the College of New Jersey for the past twelve years. For years, he served as the advisor for the department’s ASME club. He teaches subjects related to Finite Elements, Machine Design and Advanced Stress Analyses.Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. In the period of September 1997 to 2002, he served as the Primary and Technical advisor of TCNJ Lunar Rover