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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Birch has over 20 years of experience in detail design, engineering, and engineering management in the aerospace and process equipment industries. Page 26.991.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Integrating MS Excel into ET Curriculum Page 26.991.2 Integrating MS Excel into ET CurriculumAbstract: All STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields requirefundamental knowledge and application of

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoman; Lucas Balmer, University of Oklahoma; Warren F. Smith, UNSW, Canberra, Australia

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Mechanical Engineering

and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Lalley P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Umesh A. Korde, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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development of this curriculum has been iterative andwill likely continue to be so. There is an immediate plan to include an alternate path within thefreshman year including marketing and graphic design. The concept here is to enable thestudents less interest in hands-on manufacturing to develop an alternate skill set thatcomplements the manufacturing skill set. For the second half of the course the freshmanstudents from both training options would be integrated into project groups for better-roundedteams. Introduction of the innovative design process at the freshman level has been proposed,developing an innovative mindset earlier while allowing the students to repeat the process andimprove their understanding at the sophomore level.The long term

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Lulay, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Deborah S. Munro, University of Portland; Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland

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part of Mechanics of Fluids II Page 26.903.13curriculum at the University of Portland. The cost of construction is quite minimal, less than tendollars per team. 12Instructor Assessment: The primary educational objective for this project is for students to learnthat theory and analysis can at times take you only so far in engineering design, and that testingshould be an integral part of the design process rather than an activity done at the end of theprocess for validation. Teams that test early and often and make incremental improvements areable to achieve the design goal. Teams that do not

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Anstaett Metzler P.E., Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University

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Mechanical Engineering

the design of mechatronic applications and devicesthroughout their career21, it is important that they have an understanding of not only theengineering science governing mechatronic functions, but also how they are designed andmanufactured. In addition, both alumni and prospective employers have recently voiced a desirefor additional coursework and education in hands-on engineering skills and knowledge.Furthermore, alumni and graduating students at Ohio State, as along with many other voices inthe literature, often bemoan the lack of integration between an academically rigorous engineeringscience curriculum and the application of this subject matter to real world problems and models.This lack of integration and application is often cited as a

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland

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Mechanical Engineering

to identify when these results do not make physical sense.Another concern about the coverage of FEA in our program was that the curriculum did notinclude an opportunity for students to exercise FEA as it is used in industry in terms of guidingthe development of prototypes which are then fabricated and physically tested. Our departmenthas a machine shop with versatile manufacturing and fabrication equipment, but we lackedgenuine, cost-effective, rapid prototyping capabilities. To address this issue, which was broaderthan just achieving effective instruction in FEA, the department purchased a Stratasys ObjectModel 30 three-dimensional (3D) printer in the spring of 2013. 3D printing is an additivemanufacturing technology where physical parts

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Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Jeff Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

, if not expertise in, each of the four mechatroniccomponents.The course described in this paper, MSE 5183 Mechatronic Systems I at Lawrence Tech, servesas an entry-level graduate course for students enrolled in the Lawrence Tech Master of Sciencein Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSMSE) program as well as a technical elective forundergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and BiomedicalEngineering. For many undergraduate and graduate students, this course serves as a firstexperience with the integration of sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. Control theory is notintroduced but is instead offered in subsequent courses.Mechatronic Design ProjectBefore discussing course modifications and assessment, the

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Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derrick Rodriguez P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Joel M. Bach, Colorado School of Mines

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13942Letting students learn through making mistakes: Teaching hardware andsoftware early in an academic career.Dr. Derrick Rodriguez P.E., Colorado School of Mines Dr. Rodriguez is a Teaching Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has taught over 30 courses and specializes in Thermal/Fluid Systems.Prof. Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Jenifer Blacklock is the Assistant Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering department at Col- orado School of Mines. Jenifer is active in the Undergraduate Curriculum in the Mechanical Engineering

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Dynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

coaster project allows students to investigate and creatively apply their analytic skillsto an ambiguous, real-world problem that they are highly motivated to explore. It both reinforcesthe underlying curriculum and also helps students develop intellectually, as the project isdesigned to teach that dynamics isn’t so much about looking for the “right answer” as it is aboutchoices and simplifications made in modeling reality.Although roller coaster design projects have been used as the basis for entire undergraduatecourses and also in STEM activities for pre-college students, the author is unaware of a similarproject being included as part of a first course in dynamics. For this project, students in teams ofthree were tasked with designing

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Selin Arslan, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11691Multi-Course Problem-based Learning Module spanning across the Juniorand Senior Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Mechatronics, Fluid Me-chanic, and Heat TransferDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

packages are widely used in industry thereby making exposure to thistool an essential component of undergraduate engineering education. This paper discusses thedevelopment, implementation, and results of integrating active learning modules (ALM’s)throughout an engineering curriculum with the goal of providing an effective learning resourcethat reinforces fundamental, yet challenging, course concepts without requiring knowledge of therigorous mathematical theory underlying the finite element method. Fifteen ALM’s have beenimplemented into eight courses at six different universities; this paper focuses on four ALM’sthat have been implemented at the University of the Pacific for several years thereby providing asignificant amount of data. Assessment

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David C. Jensen, University of Arkansas; Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas

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Mechanical Engineering

on methods of classroom instruction. Between 1980 and 2000, theyreached a higher level of scholarship maturity, yet kept their focus on curriculum and methods10,11.Since that point, there has been an emerging interest in the integration of educational psychologyand cognitive science theories into engineering education. For example, the theory of situatedcognition has been explored in the context of industrially situated virtual laboratories12 and STEMintegration in the precollege engineering classroom13,14. Situated cognition happens in a contextualized, real-world setting where the learner isdirectly interacting with other learners while learning important content. This is crucial in thediscipline of engineering design, as students

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Dynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Bevill, Colorado Mesa University; Kelly Bevill, Colorado Mesa University

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Mechanical Engineering

asmartphone.The purpose of this communication is to describe the development and implementation of a laboratoryexercise to allow students to (1) use smartphones to collect kinematic data during a routine activity(driving an automobile), and (2) compare acceleration values measured using the on-board accelerometerwith acceleration values calculated from position and velocity data collected using the on-board assistedglobal positioning system (A-GPS).Materials and Methods - Smartphone Application Development and Data CollectionThe smartphone application was developed using the XCode 5 integrated development environment forApple mobile devices. When the application is activated, the smartphone’s built-in A-GPS is used toobtain position and velocity data

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

early museumaround the world and you will come upon artifacts holding scientific, artistic, and historicalimportance largely created by persons who apprenticed under others in their community. Eventoday, training in trades (e.g., bricklayer, carpenter) relies on apprenticeship. In academia,apprenticeship performs an integral role in many pedagogical activities and continues to evolve.In the last decade, there has been a focused shift to improve pedagogy, especially for STEMdisciplines. 3, 4 In order to compete in a rapidly changing, globalized world, educators need tocritically reexamine what skills engineers and scientists need in the future – and then designlearning environments that cultivate those skills. Our review of the literature

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Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Hassanein Jaleel Radhi, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering research. The NSF Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program [9] promotes and supports research involvement, and this activityclearly has the potential to benefit students. Pascarella and Terenzini [10] note several positiveoutcomes for students who participate in undergraduate research programs, among them greaterretention in the curriculum and greater likelihood of enrolling in graduate school.On the other hand, Seymour et al. [11] argue that most studies of undergraduate research did notinclude proper control groups, used biased samples or failed to provide sufficient details of theirevaluation methods. However, Kevin Gibbons et al. [12] have developed an approach to involve agroup of senior mechanical students that were

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Engineering Laboratory Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. Schertzer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Patricia Iglesias, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); John D. Wellin, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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study report at the Rochester Institute of Technology focused onchanges to the mechanical engineering curriculum during semester conversion identifiedEngineering Measurements Lab as an opportunity to develop a better understanding of (i)measurement techniques, (ii) experimental design, (iii) data acquisition, and (iv) sensors. Thesetopics were formally covered in courses that were discontinued during conversion from quartersto semesters in fall of 2013. As part of that process, Thermo-Fluids Lab I has evolved intoEngineering Measurements Lab. The goal of this change was to have students focus more ondeveloping proper measurement techniques and experimental design.The initial development of the Engineering Measurements Lab was described by the

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luis E Monterrubio, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Mechanical Engineering

design of machine elements, as well as necessaryindustrial and manufacturing engineering tools (such as CAM, CAE, DFM, DFA and qualityanalysis) for improving machine design education. As quoted by Liu and Brown4 “ABET ismaking increasing demands to integrate projects into engineering curriculum”. The authors believethat the initiative will also strengthen the impact on the following ABET student outcomes of thecourses in focus5: Page 26.52.8(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints - manufacturability(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(k) an ability

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yeow Siow, University of Illinois Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

, long-term understanding of the material by constructing 3-D objects. This method was implemented ina thermodynamics course over two consecutive semesters at University of Illinois at Chicago.Overall, the observations suggest that the proposed method can yield a significant improvementin student learning of the subject.IntroductionThe current mechanical engineering curriculum at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)includes introductory and intermediate thermodynamics courses. In the introductory course,instructors primarily use traditional lecturing method, supplemented by an in-class display of aplastic mold of the p-v-T surface – the first examples of which were constructed by JamesThomson1 in 1871 and James Maxwell2 in 1874. Despite the

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Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J Cox, University of North Florida; Lawrence K. Mao, University of North Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

laboratory equipment has been found to be robust and durablegiven being subjected to undergraduate students performing hands-on experiments of complextheories often for the first time. An overview of some of the experiments which have been used Page 26.833.5in the curriculum in various course offerings is provided in Table 1. Table 1: ECP Systems Experiments [1-3] 205 210 220 System Identification X X X Rigid Body PD and PID Control X X X Disturbance Rejection

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Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; John Casci, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

was an introduction to the Matlab/Simulink environment and to LabVIEW. WhileLabVIEW was not used at all in any of the subsequent labs, at the start of the term there was stilla possibility that the equipment might be able to be integrated into the later part of the term’slabs, and so students were introduced to it in the initial lab. In the Matlab/Simulink portion ofthis lab, students modeled a simple first-order system in Simulink, then created an initializationscript file in Matlab so that they could easily change system parameters, then ran that system forseveral sets of values.Lab 2In lab 2, students derived equations for the dynamic system shown in Figure 1, using the bondgraph approach, constructed a Simulink model of the system, and

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Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Lafayette Amy S. Van Epps is an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue Uni- versity. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students, including Purdue’s first-year engineering program. Her research interests include finding effective meth- ods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Prof. Van Epps has a BA in engineering science from Lafayette College, her MSLS from Catholic University of America, a M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently working on her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue.Dr. Michael Thomas SmithDr. Sorin Adam Matei

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Jered H Dean, Colorado School of Mines

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Mechanical Engineering

 ‘right’  answer  is  unnerving  to  students.  Open-­‐ended  design  problem-­‐solving  is  a  difficult  concept  for  faculty  to  teach  to  students  and  for  students  to  learn  and  internalize  from  faculty  because  addressing  open-­‐ended  design  problems  requires  an  integrative  approach  that  is  not  taught  in  analytic  courses.  In  this  study  we  have  developed  and  refined  the  curriculum  to  produce  students  who  are  capable  of,  and  confident  in,  holistically  addressing  open-­‐ended  problems  in  a  design  context.    We  have  started  the  process  of  tracking  our  students’  comfort  in  addressing  open-­‐ended  problems.  To  achieve  this,  we  have  taken  a  “baseline  snapshot”  of  the

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Youssef, California State University, Northridge; J. Michael Kabo, California State University, Northridge

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an intensive writing and presentation experience with criticalfeedback engages students in a continuous reflection on the elements of the complete designprocess throughout the entire semester. It was found that this approach produces students whoare better prepared for their senior design projects and engineering practice. Students noted anincrease in their understanding of machine design concepts as an integration of all their priorpreparatory training. The effectiveness of the revised course structure was evaluated through asurvey of previous and current students.Introduction and backgroundPrior to 2011, one of the common concerns of the Mechanical Engineering department’s seniorstudents was the inability to “engineer” or practice “design

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Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

always have an impact on student retention or graduation rates. This finding isconsistent with the understanding that curriculum and instruction have strong impacts on retention.Students who build connections between theoretical academic aspects of the curriculum andprofessional engineering practice are more likely to be retained in engineering. Likewise, those whobuild connections with other students develop a sense of belonging and are less likely to changemajors.The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) promotes practices and strategies forretaining students in engineering7. Based on best-practices submitted by College Deans from manyuniversities, a common theme was found: creating a “community” is important for student retention

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Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Estelle M. Eke, California State University, Sacramento

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Mechanical Engineering

type of controller and must show that the desired requirements are not met. Thisprovides an opportunity for the students to see how design constraints are established. Based onmy observations so far, as well as on student feedback, students become very highly motivatedby the design component of the course, and many end up with a thorough grasp of thefundamental principles of control systems design. The open-ended approach allows forcreativity and flexibility in the design process, with both the instructor and students benefittingfrom an array of designs. A few examples of actual student projects will be presented.MotivationThe incorporation of project-based learning (PBL) in the curriculum has been known to helpstudents develop an intuitive

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah C. Baxter, University of St. Thomas; Ann Johnson, University of South Carolina; Bethany S. Fralick, University of South Carolina

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discussed.The paper concludes with a discussion of plans to continue the process of refining the modules,adapting their inclusion more seamlessly into the Statics curriculum, and investigatingassessment tools that could be used to evaluate the visualization or critical thinking skills thatmight result from including Graphical Statics.ApplicationsThere are three concepts, the understanding of, on which student success in Statics seem to rest.The first is that vectors are defined by two things, magnitude and direction. As a result, they canbe described with respect to any coordinate system without changing their meaning; specificcoordinates might change but magnitude and direction remain the same. Putting in an arbitrarycoordinate system, and moving

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken C Stanton, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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Mechanical Engineering

reasonsbeyond follow up on the survey Figure 4. Analyzed responses to Question 3 regarding the relativequestions. In general, inquiries that importance of various specializationsfollowed up to the survey questionsprovided a means to elicit more detailedinput on the subject of the HEVE curriculum. Although the interviews were too unstructured tolend themselves to qualitative coding and analysis, they provided a window into the moredetailed concerns and need of the industry. As an example, one of the questions that we soughtanswers to was the role of fuel cell systems in the future of hybrid electric vehicles and HEVEeducation. The results of the surveys (see

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Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, citing thecriticisms of employers of engineering graduates who lacked communication skills, businessacumen, and “an understanding of men.” [sic]1Sir Eric Ashy writes in 1959 that he sees a higher purpose to a humanistic education, not just intaking specific courses, but in making sense of the technology the engineer employs in itswholeness, what he calls the essence of “technological humanism.”2Samuel Florman in 1968 provides five reasons for studying the liberal arts in the introductorychapter “The Civilized Engineer” of his book Engineering and the Liberal Arts. Three of thereasons are for the personal benefit for the engineer, including an appreciation of beauty,enhancing the imagination, and the development of leadership characteristics. Two

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Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

increase thestatus or decrease the grading load of the instructors, and it perpetuated a reductionist conceptionof technical communication that persists outside of the field to this day. Perhaps the moststriking feature of the situation was described by Kynell: “A great irony in the evolution oftechnical communication in an engineering curriculum was the virtual second class statusimposed on the discipline by [emphasis added] those who taught it” (p. 93). They accepted aposition that they typically agreed was below both the teaching of literature and the teaching ofengineering—and they got out of it as soon as possible, or perhaps just got used to it. Onceoutsourcing was established as a dominant model, it has been very difficult to dislodge, both

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Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Patrick Kirby, University Of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Julius Omokiniovo Ejenavi, Morgan State University; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

students are always challenged to apply their engineering knowledge and research skillsgained from an engineering curriculum toward design and implementation of challenging seniordesign projects. Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) is an apparatus that is used to studymaterials behavior under high speed deformation, where strain rate is very high. Hopkinson barsare usually custom made based on the needs of customers, who are mostly researchers inuniversities or research labs. In this work, in a form of a senior design project, the authorsprovided learning opportunities for engineering students to design a data acquisition system for asmall size split Hopkinson pressure bar previously designed by former students. The objectivesof this project are