Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Paul E Slaboch, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

writing instruction across thecurriculum. Writing activities include impromptu writing assignments, peer review, outliningand planning exercises. The overall approach to improving students’ skills was: “group-basedtechnical writing development”. Assessment tools include instructor-written observations,student surveys, and in-class analysis of short writing samples by peer evaluation. The courseitself, which focuses on experimental methods in fluid mechanics and heat transfer, stressesexperimental techniques, results presentation, and technical report writing. Experiences in thiscourse have also provided opportunities for honors work, and research opportunities forundergraduate engineering students.Motivation As writing in engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Deirdre D. Ragan, The Citadel; Jason Geathers, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

focused on underrepresented populations, specifically women and minorities, whileothers are implemented for the entire engineering student population. Mentoring efforts include:demographic-specific advisors, faculty advisors, peer mentors, faculty mentors, and engineeringindustry mentors. The School has taken a four-year approach to its mentoring efforts. Overallobjectives of the mentoring program are multifaceted: 1) to help new students transition to highereducation and identify with their particular program; 2) to help students who are struggling inupper level courses and in leadership positions or conducting undergraduate research; and 3) tohelp students with their transition to the engineering profession.This paper describes how one

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Rick Williams, Auburn University; Golbou Makki

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Mechanical Engineering

attention to an image is a proved brain pathway to involving the thinkingcortex, and hence facilitating the learning.Even before fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) made the pathways of visuallearning visible, the experiential evidence had proven visual thinking to be very effective inincreasing student engagement, class participation, language skills, writing skills, and visualliteracy [2, 3].Although evidence for the learning-enhancement effect of visual thinking has been available fora long time (a review of older research is available in [4]), its usage in teaching, especially inhigher education, has been largely overlooked. The enhancing connection between readingcomprehension and visual imagery was shown for children in third grade

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Cutler, Northern Arizona University; Perry Wood P.E., Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

effectof their tolerance values when they put the assembly together. The students write a report afterthey assemble their rapid prototype, addressing if their assembly meets the required form, fit, andfunction of the assignment. A lecture is constructed and given to students before their assemblydesign project. The lecture presents the basics of tolerancing, including the types of fits andwhen to implement them. The lecture content is reconstructed each semester for 3 semestersbased upon the students' feedback. Data is gathered through students' self-evaluation of theirlearning utilizing a questionnaire, as well as grading of their reports. After the first semester,students show signs of understanding tolerance theory concerning the types of fit

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon S. Wu, California State University, Fullerton; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Class The goal is to implement HIPs for mechanical engineering students who are still intheir early part of the core mechanical engineering program. This course would be one of thefirst mechanical engineering courses required by the university that is not considered part ofthe general education curriculum. The purpose of this study is to track the effects of HIPs withcarefully planned pedagogies that would provide numerous benefits for the students, such asoverall increased learning gains and graduation rates. There are seven HIPs characteristicsused to measure the results at the end of the semester: these are (1) interaction with faculty, (2)interaction with peers, (3) feedback from instructor, (4) quality time spent on the course

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

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Mechanical Engineering

– Method of assigning teams: by instructor based on students availability and preferenceDeliverables and student assessment – Deliverables: • Individual - 2 memos • Team – poster, presentation, and a written tech brief (2 pages) – Student assessment: • Memos – graded according to level of engagement • Poster and presentation – group vote (most votes earn bonus) • Tech Brief – graded according to rubric • Teamwork Evaluation (rubric, peer evaluation)Deployment and staging schedule – Three stages to deploy the module for a duration of 1.5 week, spread out in 3 in-class sessions (55 min) and 3 out-of-class assignments (6 to 8 hours) – Stage I: Pre-assignment (‘hook’) • Select a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingyu Wang, University of Oklahoma; Nyree Mason, Tuskegee University; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Prof. Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma Dr. Yingtao Liu is an assistant professor in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma (OU). Before joining OU, he was an assistant research scientist in the AIMS center at Arizona State University from 2012 to 2014. His research expertise include the development, ad- vanced manufacturing, and application of lightweight composites and nanocomposites

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Eslam Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Heidi Reuter

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

,temperature, pressure, buoyancy, etc.). There were two additional lectures on basicphotographic techniques: Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO, White Balance. This was primarily forthe benefit of all students, many of whom had little or no science or photography experience.Emphasis was placed on the quantitative aspects of optics and the interrelationship of spatial andtemporal resolution in the measurement of fluid flows.Six major topics were selected and for each topic a set of four class times was considered. Eachset of four classes was structured as 1) a lecture on the science and visualization techniques of atopic (Tuesday), 2) a photography session (Thursday), 3) edit/submit session to edit the imagesin Photoshop and write a report (Tuesday), 3

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad W. Jassim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturability course (ME 350)was moved to the sophomore year and renumbered as ME 270 to have a required hands-ondesign experience in all four years of the curriculum. Because of the longitudinal nature of thetask, the team also decided to address other identified opportunities in the curriculum, such asimproving technical writing instruction and team skills.As a result, students began to see common graphics for the design process for each course in thesequence. The team began their development of the curriculum by formulating a unified designprocess flowchart for use in all courses. While students in the formative courses may not beexpected to memorize the design process flowchart, by the time they have reached their capstonecourse, they will have

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

class.But the reality is that some students will exploit this. New instructors are forewarned that theyshould expect heartrending emails and face-to-face begging from students who want to passwithout learning. Some students will do almost anything to get a grade changed. Instructorsshould be open to show a student how the final grade is computed, yet should not alter any gradesbecause the failing grade with bring dire consequences. All students must be graded using thesame grading criteria. Examples of recent emails are shared to help prepare new teachers, one isincluded here: Professor XXX, I have tried my best to do everything except write you and bother you again. I have truly become desperate and I want you to know that I have

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

design and present their results and findings to the class.The design portion of this class is emphasized through the use of semester-long projects,complimented with instruction about the design process through expert guest lectures fromindustry. The teams are allowed to experiment with their designs through SolidWorks and arerequired to build their entire prototype in SolidWorks using assemblies. Documentation is alsoan important aspect of the design process, as it requires students to have a series of status reportscontaining a portion of their project for each report. These reports help ensure that students aremaking progression throughout the semester and help them with skills to write an effective statusreport for future classes and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy; Aaron St. Leger, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher Michael Korpela, U. S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

research interests are in the flight dynamics of VTOL aircraft and UAVs and innovative teaching methods.Dr. Aaron St. Leger, U.S. Military Academy Aaron St. Leger is an Associate Professor and the Electrical Engineering Program Director at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is also the Class of 1950 Chair of Advanced Technology. He received his BSEE, MSEE and PhD degrees at Drexel University. His research and teaching interests include alternative energy, electric power systems, modeling and controls. He has over 60 peer-review publications on these subjects. His recent work has focused on integrating alternative energy and demand response controllers to improve electric power systems for military forward

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

school students to improve the effectiveness of K-12 STEM education.The review results in [10] state that social robots can be used in education as tutors or peer learners.The social robots have been proven effective at improving cognitive and affective outcomes. Theiroutcomes were found similar to those of human tutoring on some restricted tasks. This may happenbecause of their embodiment, physical presence, which traditional teaching/learning technologiescannot provide. In [11], a review study was conducted on the use of robots in education especiallyfor the young children. In [12], a systematic survey was conducted to explore the educationalpotential of robotics in schools. In [13], the authors explored the application of robotics in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College

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Mechanical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Evidence for design of mechanical engineering curriculumAbstractNumerous sources of evidence can be used in design of mechanical engineering curriculum, fromreports from large organizations, such as ASME’s Vision 2030, NAE’s Engineer of 2020, ABETCriteria, and NCEES’s exam specifications, to peer-reviewed journal articles, textbooks,handbooks, job advertisements, and contact with working engineers. Each source has differentbenefits and limitations. For example, reports from organizations are too broad to specify whichtextbook sections can be skipped without consequences. Therefore, a synthesis of numeroussources is necessary for design of an engineering curriculum. There is broad

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Olusola Olalekan Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Negar Beheshti Pour, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

ability to teach, advise, and recruit students. He has also proven himself to be a very effective researcher by publishing several journal articles. His resume has a substantial list of publications, including peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and conferences. Moreover, he has joined in several reputed conferences, for example American Physical Society (APS), and presented his scholarly works.Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University Kitana Kaiphanliam is a first-year doctoral student in the Chemical Engineering program at Washington State University (WSU). Her research interests include biomanufacturing for immunotherapy applications and miniaturized hands-on learning devices for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

demonstrations [31]-[34], etc. Theengagement methods used at this stage usually depend on the subject/topic to be instructed, andon the instructor himself/herself.ExploreExplore focuses on what students can find out in a lesson. This stage can promote a studentcentered and constructivist approach in learning. In this stage, the instructor may act as the facili-tator and the learners may assume a more participatory and moving-forward role in their ownlearning. To achieve this, the instructor should give opportunities to students to work togetherthrough group work or pair work. Peer teaching or tutoring can also be incorporated in this stage.ExplainIn this stage, the instructor takes a more direct role, and the learners are to expect more instructionsfrom

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Ryan Barb, Florida Atlantic University

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Mechanical Engineering

be used by teachers and students in the classroom, but it is primarily designedwith the long-term goal of large-scale web-based dissemination, targeting those who prefer self-paced and self-learning friendly environments. Examples of Statics concepts that the author andhis team plan to develop and integrate into the learning experience include: (a) games, (b)puzzles and teasers, (c) animations, (d) visual and intuitive daily-experiences-based examples,(e) movies and short video clips, (f) demonstrations, (g) hands-on activities (including thosebased on virtual reality and augmented reality), (h) team and communication exercises, (i) small-scale inquiry-based research, (j) presentations and peer-based teaching/learning, (k) visual click-based