Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

democratization of manufacturingand programmable electronics. The design experience in the class provides students an outlet forexercising their creativity at the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy. ∗A web-based, private beta version was provided to students in the Fall 2015 to assist them with their projects.Figure 5: A few pictures of the projects from the Final Robot Design Project Demo day, Fall 2015;see complete gallery of pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/WhYmy4kxFoStwNQz7References1 Shen, Q., Al-Smadi, Y. M., Martin, P. J., Russell, K., and Sodhi, R. S., 2009, “An extension of mechanism design optimization for motion generation”, Mechanism and machine theory, 44(9), pp. 1759–1767.2 The National Academy of Engineering, 2005, Educating the

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

responded in that category. Results are from Spring 2015 class.In both Spring of 2014 and 2015, the useful of the PLG sessions was very dependent on theindividual PLG leader. During both semesters, there was one PLG leader (PLGL1) whofollowed the exact procedure laid out in the methods section (15 minutes of Q&A, 45 minutes ofprepared exercise, 1 hour of work time). Additionally, each semester, the other PLG leader(PLGL2) did not follow the procedure and spent the majority of the time helping students withtheir assignments. PLGL1 had a small group of students who attended the sessions each week.These students were not struggling in the class, but actually using these sessions to enhance theiralready proficient level of understanding. PLGL2 had

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

for each class period.Questions posted to the Piazza discussion board were answered by the instructor, teachingassistants, and/or peers and ones that were common were addressed by the instructor at thebeginning of each class period. Questions submitted to the in-class drop box were also answeredby the instructor at the beginning of each class period. This Q&A was used to promoteconstructive learning. However, as students were not required to submit questions and/oranswers to the questions, this activity was only applicable to some of the students, those whosubmitted the questions and/or answers. In future offerings of this course, this activity could bemodified to requiring students to submit either question(s) that they have or a summary

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rhudy, Pennsylvania State University - Berks; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University - Berks

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Mechanical Engineering

. 17-21. Brindza, J., Szweda, J., Liao, Q., Jiang, Y., & Striegel, A., “WiiLab: bringing together the Nintendo Wiimote and13MATLAB,” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009, pp. 1-6. Al-Masoud, N., “Development of MATLAB Graphical User Interface for Teaching Statics,” ASME International14Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, 2005.15 Azemi, A., and Stook, C., “Utilizing MATLAB in Undergraduate Electric Circuits Courses,” IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Vol. 2, 1996. Sathyamoorthy, M., “Integrating MATLAB in Mechanics and Structural Analysis Courses,” ASEE Annual16Conference and Exposition, 2003.17 Clough, D. E., Chapra, S. C., & Huvard, G. S., “A change in approach to engineering computing for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, San Diego State University; Enrique A. Ainsworth, University of California - Los Angeles; Casey Ann Shapiro, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Hannah Whang Sayson, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, University of California - Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

28th … 1998.[12] Chaplin S. Introducing freshmen to investigative research--a course for biology majors at Minnesota’s University of St. Thomas: How“ investigative labs” change the student from. J Coll Sci … 1998.[13] Hippel W, Lerner J. Undergraduate student-faculty research partnerships affect student retention. Rev High … 1998.[14] Mabrouk P, Peters K. Student perspectives on undergraduate research (UR) experiences in chemistry and biology. CUR Q 2000.[15] Gates A, Teller P. Meeting the challenge of expanding participation in the undergraduate research experience. Front Educ … 1998.[16] Aspray W, Bernat A. Recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority graduate students in computer science. Rep

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

into two three-credit classes over two semesters. Typically there are around sevenprojects supporting five to eight students depending on the complexity of the project. At thebeginning of the year, the engineering students took the Kolb learning style quick assessment.Retrieved from https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kolb+quick+assessment. This quickassessment consists of twenty questions that determine the learning style or preference of astudent as described in table 1. Engineering students with project teams consisted mostly ofstudent learning styles that are converging and assimilating. However, each team also had one ortwo students with learning styles of diverging and accommodating. Therefore, each teamconsisted of individual learning

Conference Session

Computer Modeling/CAD in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University; Prathamesh Prashant Deshpande, Michigan Technological University; Madhu Kolati, Michigan Technological University; Datta Sandesh Manjunath, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

and their weights and how these terms relate to the physicsbeing captured. The weights of differential equations are generally design (structural or fluid)parameters or properties. Some classical examples are provided in equation 1 and equation2. ∂u ∂ 2u ∂ 2u ∂ 2u q˙ =α 2 + 2+ 2 + (1) ∂t ∂x ∂y ∂z ρcp ∂ 2u ∂ 2u =c (2) ∂t2 ∂x2The heat