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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James G. Steuber

Machine ComponentDesign course are that students graduating from the Mechanical Engineering program should have:(1) an ability to apply principles of engineering . . . to model, analyze, design, and realize physicalsystems, components or processes; and (2) an ability to work professionally in . . . mechanicalsystems.Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4 Develop a project for Machine Component Design Educational objectives Practical experience Topical objectives Student motivation

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

other I have had so far.” “The problem solving skills I have learned in this class have been the most helpful in my job interviews.”We fully expect this program to thrive and provide a rich context for research on human-centereddesign learning. The challenges that await engineering students upon their graduation willcertainly require them to employ the principles of HCD. While many institutions are pursing theprinciples of HCD through service-learning and sustainability engineering design challenges,there are many open questions concerning human-centered design learning. At Harding, throughthe interdisciplinary approach of Ansanm, we expect and hope to generate further knowledgerelated to HCD learning as we explore this area

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

completea remote controlled robot project. The goal of the project is to program a robot that is outfittedwith the PLP system to navigate an obstacle course manually and autonomously (see appendixfor project description).The research phase lasts for approximately two weeks and teams learn in great detail the aspectsof their part of the overall design. Teams are asked to research information relevant to their partof the design, create block diagrams, fully define signals and protocols that impact the otherteam, and document all of their work on the course Wiki. At the end of the research phase, teamsdeliver formal presentations of their findings. Other students, as well as an assessment boardmade up of the course instructor, other knowledgeable

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David Che; David Clark; Tom Magnone

by our industry guests. In oneoccasion, we invited a former graduate back to give a guest lecture on plastics extrusionprocesses, because he was working for a local plastics extruding company. In another occasion,we invited a member of the board of trustees for the college to talk to the students abouteconomic and industrial development developments in the Huntsville, Alabama area. In yetanother lecture, we invited representatives from the hot-dip galvanizing industry to talk to ourstudents about the benefits of galvanization in combating corrosion in engineering structures andmachinery. These are all examples of bringing ―the factory‖ to the classroom.Bringing the classroom to the factoryIn the mechanical component design class, after we

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Karen Reynolds; Zulma Toro-Ramos

developing a coursethat provides a service learning experience is to expand each student’s perspective that engineerscan have a positive impact on their community and the world. This paper presents themotivation, content, and the assessment process of such a course.MOTIVATIONThe College of Engineering (CoE) at Wichita State University (WSU) has a very activeIndustrial Advisory Board (IAB) that recommends our graduates have a competitive advantagethat includes more than just the technical skills of an engineering degree. CoE faculty and theIAB have launched a strategic initiative, Engineer of 2020, in order to prepare graduates foreffective engagement in the engineering profession in the year 2020. This initiative is in partmotivated by two reports