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

wall, (ii) develop a stress-mediated model of urinary bladder adaptive response, and (iii) understand the fundamental mechanisms that correlate the mechanical environment and the biological process of remodeling in the presence of an outlet obstruction.Dr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Dr. Recktenwald is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University where he teaches courses in in mechanics and mathematical methods. He completed his degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in stability and parametric excitation. His active areas of research are dynamic stability, online assessment, and instructional pedagogy. c American Society

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

different professors taught sections EngineeringStatics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with no common syllabus or commonassignments. Drop, withdraw, fail (DWF) rates varied from 2% to 78% – students picked theircourse section based on grade expectation. Over the years between 2005 and 2013, I taught moreand more of the offered sections, effectively reducing course drift and enforcing a common set oflearning objectives.Figure 1. Total Enrollment in Statics Total as taughtinby Enrollment Howard Statics, Fall and Spring Author's sections, Other faculty's

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

includes the course syllabus. The changes introduced in the second year arehighlighted in the blue and the changes that introduced in the third year are highlighted in thered. The instructor information and the names are blacked out.5. ResultsThe end of semester survey and students final grades are used to evaluate the effectiveness of thenew introduced teaching methodology. Table 1 Provides statistics on student enrollment at eachyear. One student dropped the course during the second year due to family issues and anotherstudent dropped the course during the third year due to financial issues.Figure 2 shows samples of students’ work during the second and third year. It was interesting forus to see students’ ability to come up with different

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University; Galen I. Papkov, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Mechanics

(FGCU). Success in this course is critical to success in follow-up mechanics coursesand upper-level engineering courses. Data has been collected on students’ performance onhomework, quizzes and exams, and also on the students’ thoughts on learning and coursedelivery. Thus far, we have concluded that the use of traditional hand-written homework,frequent assessment via quizzes [1], or the Pearson Mastering Engineering [2] software forformative assessment did not have a significant impact on students’ performance on exams. Itwas also observed that neither traditional nor online homework scores correlated well with examscores; however, in-class quizzes did correlate with final exam scores. Most recently, using theMastering Engineering Online system

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna K.T. Howard, North Carolina State University

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Mechanics

number of students who can succeed onthe first attempt through the course without lowering the standards needed to pass. In theredesign effort for that course, I've added a number of demonstrations throughout the semester toclarify common misconceptions.[5] None of these demos have been hands-on because of thelarge numbers in my classes each year (around 500).As 3D printing has become available on my campus and available at prices that students canreasonably be expected to afford, I have begun looking at what can be done in basic mechanicscourses for students to have hands-on demonstrations.Current Project:My Statics syllabus includes area moments of inertia by both integration and by compositebodies (the additive/tabular method for composite