Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamed Samandari, Miami University; Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Miami University

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Mechanics

? Instructor Rating Q6 The material covered in this course will help further my career and/or life goals Furthered my career/goalsFigure 3 summarizes the results of the end of semester survey collected each year. Results fromQ1 indicate that students believed they have gained a better understanding of material when PBLis implemented. Q1 rating for the third year when APM is implemented do not show a significantdifference when it is compared to PBL year only. Students were also asked to comment on howthis project helped them to analyze complex problems or think about complex issues through thecourse (Q2). Results from Q2

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Price Barnett; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Mechanics

Barnett (student: Mechanical Engineering Major) Dr. Nick Safai (Professor)Engineering Department, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT 84123 USA The most intimidating choice that students face at the beginning of their university yearsis the major that they will pursue. At the age of the majority of students, entering universities thestudents are maturing and learning about themselves, and the world. In today’s economy not onlyare there many more choices offered to them, students for the majority do not have practicalknowledge of what future careers may offer or what to expect from them. According to a reportby the U.S. Department of Education, among all STEM fields 35% of students changed

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #27284 on Micro/Nanosystems and Vibration and Sound, as well as the Design, Materials, and Manufacturing (DMM) Segment Leadership Team. Dr. Rhoads is a recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, including the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award; the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best Teacher Award (twice), Robert W. Fox Outstanding Instructor Award, and B.F.S. Schaefer Outstanding Young Faculty Scholar Award; the ASEE Mechanics Division’s Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

significant contributor in teaching of the solid mechanics courses. For the past ten years, he has been involved heavily in educational research at RIT and has also served as the coordinator of the Engineering Sciences Core Curriculum (ESCC) in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Challenges in Teaching Ideal Flows to ME Students concurrently with Senior DesignAbstractStudents in mechanical engineering need to learn important analytical and mathematicalconcepts of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) if they wish to choose a career in fluidmechanics. However, these tools are challenging to learn and are not always interesting to moststudents

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, Saint Cloud State University

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Mechanics

completed.Specifications grading provides the means for controlling the process parameters. Each time thestudent completes work that is within the process parameters, credit is given and the studentadvances toward fulfilling the course performance requirements.If we are going to help students engage in effective learning processes, then a natural place tostart is with courses that are early in the student’s career. From an engineering perspective, thisimplies the “gateway” courses that students first encounter in their engineering studies. Of these,the courses in Engineering Mechanics (Statics, Dynamics) provide an essential foundation forseveral engineering disciplines which makes them logical candidates for the implementation ofeffective learning

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

future.Although we recognize that many institutions do not have advanced motion capture capabilities,the findings from our work can still be applied to a number of other situations. As mentionedpreviously, inexpensive (or free) video software (Tracker) or MatLab can be used to analyzevideo files. Our projects were all primarily two-dimensional, and only a handful utilized a forceplate or force transducers. Our work also showed some of the benefits of working acrossdepartments. We hope that by involving students in the lab activities earlier in their education,more will be motivated to participate in research studies and to consider biomechanics and/orresearch careers. Finally, we hope to develop more interdisciplinary activities, such as

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Mechanics

Department of Mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University (2010-2011) he focused on developing meshfree numerical methods. Given his multidisciplinary background, he was appointed as the director of research in the Construction Materials Institute (2011-2013) at the University of Tehran and assistant professor at Islamic Azad University. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several industry-related research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre has authored and co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 20 undergraduate students. He has

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Davis, Grant MacEwan University; Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University

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Mechanics

to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A study of the efficacy of free-body diagrams for the solution of frame type mechanics problems with increasing difficulty levelAbstract The intent of this study was to conduct a quantitative assessment of students’ free-bodydiagrams (FBDs) using a predefined rubric to assess accuracy, and to determine the influence ofincreased difficulty level on the efficacy of these FBDs. Using final exams from a first-yearstatics course, the difficulties that students encountered when solving rigid body problems wereanalyzed

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Innovative Intervention to Infuse Diversity and Inclusion in a Statics CourseAbstractEngineering educators strive to prepare their students for success in the engineering workforce.Increasingly, many career paths will require engineering graduates to work in multidisciplinaryteams with individuals possessing a diversity of skill sets, backgrounds, and identities. Therefore,it is important not only for future engineers to have the opportunity to work in teams as students,but also to have specific instruction that teaches them about teamwork skills and the valuediversity and inclusion bring to engineering practice. Furthermore, it is important that thisinstruction occurs throughout their engineering coursework, giving

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Giancaspro P.E., University of Miami; Diana Arboleda, University of Miami

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Mechanics

infrastructure materials, digital image correlation, and undergraduate STEM education.Dr. Diana Arboleda, University of Miami Diana Arboleda, PhD, is a structural engineering Lecturer at the University of Miami, Florida. She re- ceived her B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Miami in 1988 and after a full career as a software engineer in corporate America she returned to academia by first earning an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 2010, and then a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Miami in 2014. Her research interests and experience are in the field of concrete sustain- ability, composite material systems for the civil infrastructure, and technology transfer

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Averill, Michigan State University; Sara Roccabianca, Michigan State University; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University

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Mechanics

solving sessions or other active learning during the weeks with noexam. The common exam times in this course model also reduce the total amount of time thatinstructors must spend developing new exams (by a factor of two if there are two coursesections).Implementation by early career faculty members (comments by Dr. Roccabianca). Thesuccessful implementation of the new assessment model requires some significant adjustmentsnot only by the students, as discussed above, but also by the instructor. For example, crafting anew exam during most weeks requires the instructor to invest a significant amount of time andenergy throughout the semester. Secondly, the significant reduction of lecture time means theinstructor must restructure much of the class