Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yimesker Yihun; AmirHossein MajidiRad

systems; recently, ADAMS simulation is used to design a new control strategy that reducestruck stopping distance (Kim, Kim et al. 2003, Kim, Hwang et al. 2008). Thus, equipping the nextgeneration engineers with required modeling and simulation training will inspire them to engagein real, industrial related problems and to develop entrepreneurial mindset, while actively engagedin their study. A recent study indicates that the traditional lecture and test-based teaching and evaluationmethods result in 55% failure rate with regards to student success. On the other hand, activelearning leads to increase in examination performance of students by an average grade of half aletter (Freeman, Eddy et al. 2014). Higher enrollment may impact the faculty