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MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayden J Wulf, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She was an inaugural faculty member of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is currently a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Her role in the College of Engineering at UNL is to lead the disciplinary-based education research initiative, establishing a cadre of engineering education research faculty in the engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment

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MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Instiutes for Research (AIR); David L Burris, University of Delaware; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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• Practice inquiring about internship opportunities in research labs and in industryFigure 1. Throughout the course students conducted structured critiques of sample technicalwriting: (a) structured critique worksheet for x-y scatterplots and line graphs and (b) scatterplotfrom a technical writing sample.Two major summative assignments were designed to integrate multiple communication skills(Figure 2). These were multi-week assignments (6-7 weeks) with a mandatory draft submission(due week 4-5, 5% grade) with feedback from teaching assistants followed by a final submission(95% of grade), which was graded by the instructor. Like weekly assignments, the summativeassignments required students to take on the role of product engineer at Melissa and Doug

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MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Szwalek, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Christopher Carducci, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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basics of CAD modeling (simple geometry and drawings).It also incorporates building a physical model using traditional machine shop techniques and 3-Dprinters. While ME 250 is an important course for developing engineering identity, ME 347actually develops the mechanical engineering design identity due to the open-ended nature of theproject and considerations of manufacturability and practicality. ME 347 builds upon the CADskills learned in ME 250 and incorporates more detailed geometric modeling with advancedmates and engineering drawings. Generally, about 100 students enroll in this course persemester, with 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab per week. The lab sessions are smaller, withabout 35 students, and run by multiple graduate teaching

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MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Li, University of Calgary; Yves Pauchard, University of Calgary; Ahmad Ghasemloonia, University of Calgary

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two less formal approaches and expect to collecthandful representative references to understand the landscape of alternative grading workwithout aiming to exhaust all relevant papers.In the first approach, we used two keywords: “alternative grading” and “higher education” tosearch two education databases: Education Research Complete and Education ResourcesInformation Center (ERIC). In our screening process, we selected journal papers only andskipped papers that discussed the accuracy (or statistical) improvement of grading or simplyadopted new grading practices without the context of traditional grading. As a result of thissearch, we identify 28 references for the review. In the second approach, we utilize the searchresults from a recent

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MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University; Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #43173Comparing the Impact of Individual v. Cooperative Bloom’s Taxonomy-basedIn-class Assignments on Student Learning and Metacognition in an UndergraduateFluid Mechanics CourseDr. Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University Phapanin Charoenphol is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She teaches thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, engineering laboratory, and senior design studio courses. Her research interests include engineering education and targeted

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MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

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University, IN, USA. She also holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy and Meteorology from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Her work centers on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary engineering education research as a psychometrician, data analyst, and program evaluator with research interests in spatial ability, STEAM education, workplace climate, and research synthesis with a particular focus on meta-analysis. She has developed, validated, revised, and copyrighted several instruments beneficial for STEM education research and practice. Dr. Yoon has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Edward Torello, Georgia Institute of Technology

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parallel, there is a “dissatisfaction with the rate ofimplementation, adoption, and scale-up of research-based instructional strategies (RBIS)” [2, p. 221] thatis apparent in thought leaders and funding agencies. The lack of impact from RBIS driven change effortscreates a nearly circular effect - low impact suggests the need for more programs that have limited impact,which suggests the need for more programs. However, we know little about how faculty experience thesecalls for change or put them into practice. What we do know about the results of change efforts isillustrative. First, some faculty see coordinated efforts as disempowering when historically informalacademic systems are formalized [10]. Second, many, if not most, teaching changes are

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Foster, George Fox University; Luann Foster

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PsyD from George Fox University. She has taught, supervised, and mentored PsyD students for the past 10 years. She also provides therapy through her private practice. Her research interests include teaching and mentoring, assessment and management of suicidal ideation, trauma, grief, and integration of faith, learning, and practice. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Mixed Methods, Longitudinal Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning and Inquiry-Based Activities in a Heat Transfer Course and LabAbstractThis paper describes 10 years of pre/post assessment data from a heat transfer course taughtusing problem-based learning and an

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MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew S Ballard, Utah Valley University; Taten McConahay, Utah Valley University; Brett Swain, Utah Valley University; Sarah Dayley, Utah Valley University

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of engineering fundamentals, to enhancetheir capacity for problem solving and communication, and to develop specific engineering-related skills. Here, we describe the efforts of a team of undergraduate students in creating asilicone venous valve model and experimental flow control setup, and in demonstrating the basiccapabilities of the overall experimental system. We describe the process of designing andbuilding the venous valve models and test setup and lessons learned by the students through thisexperience. In addition to providing invaluable experience for the students involved, this projecthas provided a visual demonstration of the function of venous valves, and provides a platform forfundamental research on the effect of venous valve

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University; Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University; Sean Tolman P.E., Utah Valley University; Amanda C Bordelon, Utah Valley University; Bennington J Willardson, Utah Valley University; Janis P Raje

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development of soft-skills and attributesvalued by the student and future employers or graduate schools. Mentors will also interact withscholars at CAM activities. They will submit documentation on these activities for assessmentand tracking progress. Faculty mentors also meet annually to discuss and review their efforts.The CAM Project Management Team will also investigate the impact of these mentoring andgroup-based activities on faculty workload. It is noted that each faculty member of the CAMProject Management Team will devote 1 month of his/her 9-month annual contract to thisproject.Peer mentoring is recognized as a best-practice strategy for promoting college student success(Collier, 2017). Undergraduate mentors may provide student-relevant

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University

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, and A. F. Mckenna,"Development of the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA),"Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018.[2] L. B. Nilson, "Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors," 2nded. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.[3] E.H.J. Yew and K. Goh, "Problem-Based Learning: An overview of its process and impacton learning," Health Professions Education, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 75-79, 2016. ISSN: 2452-3011.[Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpe.2016.01.004.[4] W. Mokhtar, P. Duesing, and R. Hildebrand, "Integration of Project-Based Learning (PBL)into mechanical engineering programs," International Journal of Learning, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 265-275, 2008

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick M Comiskey, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Prabhakar Venkateswaran, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Christopher Sevier, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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repetitive tasks, visualize important trends,analyze large data sets, perform parametric sensitivity studies to support design decisions, andstudents cultivate a logical problem-solving process. Furthermore, as the industrial landscapecontinues to rapidly advance with increasing penetration of automation and big data analysis,students will need to graduate ready to utilize modern tools in their engineering practice. Inmechanical engineering courses, computer-based assignments have significant potential toincrease experiential learning for students. For instance, in thermodynamics, instead of a studentanalyzing a Brayton cycle at a fixed set of conditions to generate one set of values for the poweroutput and efficiency, they can repeat the analysis

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MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Ashley J Earle, York College of Pennsylvania

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different undergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and interests.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took

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MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rungun Nathan, Penn State University

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statement.The survey also included a place for students to give any comments about the use ofcatalogs/manufacturer’s website etc. and are reproduced here. The comments are grouped underthree catagories. The first set of comments are more general, the second set of comments showhow students felt it was useful for the jobs they held after taking ME 367 – Machine Design andbefore graduating. The last set of comments show the impact students felt on their CapstoneDesign ME 448/449. “Most if not all courses should use catalogs in their projects. The concepts seem straightforward, but students need guidance when sifting through the details of each component specifically when comparing their calculations to actual parts. This practice would become

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Sterling, Auburn University

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Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Connecting Machine Design Concepts via an Undergraduate Forensic Engineering ActivityAbstractA typical Machine Design course covers a myriad of mechanical elements, each with a broad setof concepts, analytical methods, and best practices—which only become more complex whenassembled into an operational mechanical system. Often, the class becomes compartmentalizedto focus on one mechanical element at a time. While initially effective, allowing students totarget their efforts and study habits, it can be detrimental if no strong connections are builtbetween the different learning modules at the end of the class.This paper presents a case-study of a unique and highly engaging

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MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaac Koduah Kumi, Old Dominion University; Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Danielle Marie Rhemer, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology Department, Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Prior to joining ODU in 2013, Dr. Ayala spent three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware where he expanded his knowledge on simulation of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high-performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala held a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University; Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University

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University. She earned her M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She teaches thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, engineering laboratory, and senior design studio courses. Her research interests include engineering education and targeted drug delivery. In 2022, she was awarded the ASME Best Teacher Award and earned the ACUE Certificate in Effective College Instruction. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Comparative Study on the Role of Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Assignments and Project-based Learning on Student Performance in an Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics CourseAbstractThis paper compares and evaluates the role of two group-based active learning

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MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland, College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park; Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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changes must be tackled. This has occurred in one course,capstone design, because three of the core team are involved in teaching it. Forexample, quantification of environmental impacts (e.g. using life cycle assessment) andpositive social impacts is now required, but it is late in the curriculum to introduce theseconcepts, which would be better shifted to the first year. The requirement for faculty todevelop appropriate material for each course is a significant barrier, which we hope thatSCOP can help overcome.In general, a community of practice is needed in order to keep the conversation movingforward, to normalize and support the thinking about how to teach these topics, and toprovide a forum for exchanging ideas and information. This is

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MECH - Technical Session 1: Foundations of Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hiram Cover, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Education at Purdue University. She is currently a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Her role in the College of Engineering at UNL is to lead the disciplinary-based education research initiative, establishing a cadre of engineering education research faculty in the engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners.Dr. Grace Panther, University of Nebraska

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MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Mok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cong Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benita Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nicholas Xuanlai Fang, University of Hong Kong; John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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received Best Paper Awards at the American Society Engineering Education (ASEE) in 2020. Dr. Liu earned his B.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech and S.M. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, under an MIT-SUTD fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Educational Simulation for Understanding Atomic Force Microscopy Image ArtifactsAbstractThe atomic force microscope (AFM) is a fundamental imaging tool used to visualize minutefeatures, often on the scale of fractions of a nanometer. This is achieved by scanning a tip overa surface and monitoring the motions of the tip in response to forces between the tip

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MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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education, as well as control and optimization of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power and energy systems, multi-agent systems, robotics, and biomedicine. He is a recipient of UCSB’s Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation Best PhD Thesis award and a UCI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promoting transfer students’ success through articulation agreements: An empirical case study in mechanical engineeringAbstractThe desired diversification of the engineering workforce would benefit strongly from aninclusion of the diverse group of students served by community colleges [1

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MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Isaac Koduah Kumi, Old Dominion University; Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima; Danielle Marie Rhemer, Old Dominion University

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. Before that, Dr. Ayala held a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to the industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from the petroleum and natural gas industry to brewing and

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MECH - Technical Session 4: Innovation in Engineering Education Methods

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Vitali, The University of Iowa

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in engineering dynamics with applications to wearable technology for analysis of human motion in a variety of contexts ranging from warfighters to astronauts. In addition to her engineering work, she also has an interest in engineering education research, which most recently has focused on incorporating authentic engineering educational experiences through engineering history education and open-ended modeling problems designed to initiate the productive beginnings of engineering judgement and engineering identity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Incorporating History Lessons into a Second Year Mechanical Engineering SeminarIntroduction Unlike the other major

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MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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practices, and obstacles of designing and implementing standards-based andspecifications grading in engineering courses have been outlined in the literature [31, 19, 21]. Thebenefits include clear and consistent grading and feedback for students, connection of assessmentsto specific learning objectives, reduction of time spent grading, improved student learning, andeffectiveness for program assessment. Best practices include establishing a manageable set oflearning objectives at the beginning of the course that can be assessed multiple times throughoutthe course, with rubrics that clearly explain expectations for how the objectives will be assessedand how the final course grade will be assigned. Identified obstacles include a lack of familiarlywith

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Anstaett Metzler P.E., The Ohio State University; Annie Abell, The Ohio State University

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department faculty was formed and beganworking with a professional from the University Teaching Center, to help ensure they werefollowing best practices in instructional design. The committee employed the Backward DesignProcess [7] to ensure that the focus was on student learning outcomes and proficiencies, ratherthan specific course content.At present, the committee has developed a document summarizing the program goals, studentlearning objectives, and student proficiencies, which will be a basis for the revised curriculum.These have been mapped to the ABET required student learning outcomes [8]. This informationwas shared with the larger faculty of the department in November 2023 and feedback wascollected and integrated into the document.Much work

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MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Joan Tisdale, University of Colorado Boulder

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based on its sustainability commitment broadly and/or theavailability of courses related to sustainability. A possible alternative explanation is thatinstitutions with a greater commitment to sustainability have different admissions or financial aidpolicies that result in admitting more diverse students into engineering and/or systems to supportthese students to successful graduation. Research could be conducted to ask female students ifthe sustainability of the institution overall and/or the courses available impacted their collegeselection decision. The demographics of students enrolled in ME elective courses with stronglyvisible sustainability, such as Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, and Global Developmentcourses, could provide

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MECH - Technical Session 1: Foundations of Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas

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had practice with fully solving computational problems on thetopic. The students were told that error detection problems were fair game on the two midtermexams and final exam.In presenting the general concept of error detection problems, the instructors explained to thestudents that the problems were being implemented for the following reasons: • Literature suggests that seeing material both as an error detection problem and regular solution problem would improve their learning. • It can be common for an engineer in industry to review a colleague’s work for correctness. Thus, students would benefit from practicing a skill that may be used after graduation. • It was believed that error detection problems would

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MECH - Technical Session 13: Technological Advancements and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Penn State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Penn State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Penn State University; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Penn State University; Siu Ling Leung, Penn State University; Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University

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of three or four on the project. In the first half of the semester, each team producestwo documents. One is an initial design report that defines the design problem and typicallyidentifies the customer needs, metrics, and specifications for the project. The other document is aproposal that proposes a design concept to prototype. In the first half of the semester, while thedesign teams proceed through the design process and write the report and proposal, the studentswho are in Writing as an Engineer study best practices for writing these documents and assumeroles as lead writers on their teams. Moreover, at least one week before each submissiondeadline, the students in Writing as an Engineer submit a team draft for a critique session

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MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zahra Pournorouz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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teamwork among students.A detailed exploration will be presented for each outlines subject, shedding light on itsintricacies and unveiling unique assignments. What sets this course apart is its continuous threadof connection to AI, illuminating the relevance of advanced technology at every step.Automotive Engineering stands as an elective course, drawing an annual cohort of approximately25-30 students during the spring semester, comprising both undergraduate and graduate-levelenthusiasts of automotive engineering. The course attracts individuals genuinely passionateabout delving into automotive engineering concentrations. With a focus on the intersection oftheoretical knowledge and practical industry applications, each assignment within the