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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-361: A CASE STUDY OF A THERMODYNAMICS COURSE:INFORMING ONLINE COURSE DESIGNSimin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Polytechnic Institute. Her applied research in education is focused on cognitive processes and motivational factors in problem solving in computationally intensive courses such as engineering using online technology. Prior to joining ME at Virginia Tech, she completed a collaborative research project between the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering at Texas A&M, and Department of Sociology at University

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2146: TEACHING ENGINEERING REASONING USING A BEAMDEFLECTION LABNatasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana Page 15.1173.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Engineering Reasoning using a Beam Deflection LabAbstractWell crafted laboratories reinforce theoretical concepts presented in class, but also sharpenstudents’ technical reasoning skills and provide practice in technical communication. This paperpresents an introductory mechanics laboratory on beam deflection, suitable for freshmenengineering courses or as an opening week experiment for Strengths of Materials. The labconsists of 4 distinct experiments, each requiring students to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chasnov

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Mechanical Engineering

Energy: Properties and Policy IssuesAbstractStudents following a curriculum designed to provide a degree in mechanical engineering (ME)inevitably take one or more courses in Thermodynamics along the way. One of the many keysbeing addressed in such courses is the Principle of Conservation of Energy, otherwise known asthe First Law of Thermodynamics. Whereas one of the program accreditation requirementsspecifically addresses the need to incorporate design of components or processes of thermalsystems1 into the curriculum, does this necessarily include all (or any) of the following: fossilfuel combustion, greenhouse gas production, alternative energy sources, energy conservation, orenergy policy?It is our contention

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1510: CONCEPT BASED LEARNING: DEMONSTRATING ITSEFFECTIVENESS IN THERMODYNAMICSMathew Hagge, Iowa State UniversityGloria Starns, Iowa State University Page 15.307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Concept Based Learning: Demonstrating its Effectiveness in Thermodynamics1. Project OverviewFeatures:This project examines the coupling of concept based learning and findings from the fields ofneurology and cognitive science to empower students to solve problems of increasingcomplexity. The central question the authors seek to answer is: does concept based learningoffer an advantage to students in terms of their ability

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Walchko, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

demonstrations exist to aid in thisunderstanding of motion and rigid body kinetics, however, the military tank is one of the bestexamples for many aspects of rigid body kinematics covered in an undergraduate dynamicscourse. Nearly every student can picture, in his or her mind, a military tank and the motion ofthe chassis and the independent motion of the turret atop this chassis. It is this easy vision whichallows the military tank to become such a powerful model for student understanding of rigidbody kinematics in an undergraduate engineering course. The military tank is useful to showkinematic concepts of relative velocity, rotating reference frames, relative motion, andinstantaneous centers of rotations. The military tank is a single example that an

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Richard Dippery, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1006: TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES OF ANUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSERaghu Echempati, Kettering UniversityRichard Dippery, Kettering University Page 15.1166.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES OF AN UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEAbstractTeaching and learning a fundamental core course such as Mechanical Engineering Design (orMachine Design) continues to be fun but a challenging task for many instructors, as well as forstudents. It certainly helps if an instructor has both hands on and/or professional consultingexperience to share their rich and real-life knowledge to keep

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Goulet, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-848: INDIVIDUALIZED HOMEWORK: AN EFFECTIVE LEARNINGSTRATEGYRonald Goulet, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Page 15.727.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Individualized Homework: An Effective Learning StrategyAbstractAlthough evidence that homework improves learning outcomes at the university level is sparse,instructor opinion about the importance of and the role of out-of-class assignments suggests thathomework is the most important factor to maximizing achievement of learning outcomes, whenit is significantly weighted, relevant, promptly scored and returned. That said, these sameinstructors express a reluctance to assign much homework or

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yunfeng Wang, The College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, The College of New Jersey; Teresa Nakra, The College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, The College of New Jersey; Meredith Stone, Independent Evaluator

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-279: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE COURSEBRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND THE ARTSYunfeng Wang, The College of New JerseyChristopher Ault, The College of New JerseyTeresa Nakra, The College of New JerseyAndrea Salgian, The College of New JerseyMeredith Stone, Independent Evaluator Page 15.166.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Course Bridging the Gaps between Engineering, Science, and the ArtsAbstractThis paper presents an innovative interdisciplinary undergraduate course that simultaneouslyengages the disciplines of engineering, science and arts. This course is

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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Mechanical Engineering

the entire curriculum that (1)reinforces student understanding and retention through reinforcement at short intervals, and (2)minimizes fading of conceptual knowledge due to extended disuse – as is often problematic inthe traditional ME curriculum.IntroductionHistorically, engineering education has followed a linear model in which engineering topics aretaught in separate, disconnected classes that “serially encapsulate” the course material in thestudents’ minds. In contrast, our newly developed first-year course sequence, funded by a CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement Phase 1 Grant from the National Science Foundationtitled “Design-Based SPIRAL Learning Curriculum” (DUE-0837759), strives to integrate avariety of engineering topics in

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Fralick, Purdue University; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-49: STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS DESIGNING EXPERIMENTSBethany Fralick, Purdue UniversityJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Page 15.1112.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Attitudes towards Designing ExperimentsAbstractThe broad objective of this research is to contribute to our understanding of how mechanicalengineers learn to design and conduct experiments. Specifically, this study investigatedundergraduate student attitudes towards the design of open-ended experimental projects, andhow these attitudes are different among freshmen, juniors and seniors. Freshman, junior, andsenior mechanical engineering students all were given

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-822: EXTREME EXPERIENCE INTERVIEWS FOR INNOVATIVEDESIGNS: CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT OF A NEW NEEDS-GATHERINGMETHODMatthew Green, LeTourneau University Dr. Matthew G. Green is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at LeTourneau University, Longview. His objective is to practice and promote engineering as a serving profession, with special interest in improving the quality of life in developing countries. Focus areas include remote power generation, design methods for frontier environments, and assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Contact: MatthewGreen@letu.edu.Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Carolyn C. Seepersad is an assisstant professor of

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Chintalapati, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2210: EVALUATION OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM USING EYETRACKERArun Chintalapati, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard Hall, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRobert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.541.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Evaluation of Rapid Development System using Eye TrackerAbstractThis paper presents the results of the evaluation of Linear Axis Rapid Development System10(RDS), which is under development as part of a NSF funded project. The Linear Axis RDS isused in teaching control design/insertion in the