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Douglas Bohl

Use of Flow Visualization Projects to Personalize Introductory Fluid Mechanics For StudentsDouglas BohlDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringClarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY 13676Introduction Introductory Fluid Dynamics classes are often viewed by engineering students as one ofthe most challenging courses in the curriculum. The course is content heavy with a strongreliance on complicated equations which can make the material appear dry and distant to manystudents. Beyond that, introductory fluids is a required course for many engineering disciplinesand has a wide range of student interest levels. At Clarkson University the introductory fluidmechanics class includes students from the

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Brian K Thorn; Daniel Tomaszewski; Andres Carrano

Carbon Footprint of Alternative Wood Product Retirement Strategies Brian K. Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Daniel Tomaszewski, Collins Aerospace, Vergennes, VT Andres Carrano, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GAAbstract: Like many undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, the Master ofEngineering (MEng) program in Sustainable Engineering at the Rochester Institute ofTechnology (RIT) concludes when students have completed a capstone project. As currentlyimplemented capstone projects can be individual or group projects. Students engaged in capstonetypically investigate specific problems for both on and off-campus clients. Projects are overseenby a

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Franz Foltz; Vinnie Gupta

A Scholarship Program for Students Transferring from Two-Year Colleges Franz Foltz1 and Surendra Gupta2 1 Departments of Science, Technology, and Society and Public Policy 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstract: This paper provides a mid-project report on a scholarship program funded by theNational Science Foundation that focuses on students who transfer at the 3rd year level from 2-year schools to the engineering and engineering technology BS programs at our university. Thegoals of the program are: (i) to expand and diversify the

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Michael E. Kuhl

todevelop the entrepreneurial mindset. Serious games are used by Bellotti et al. [3]. In addition,Korach and Gargac [4] discuss the use of active learning exercises to introduce the entrepreneurialmindset to first year engineering students. Vignola et al. [5] apply project-based learning in anengineering statistics course. And, Burden et al. [6] demonstrate how the entrepreneurial mindsetcan be developed through a software engineering course. These are just a few of the growing listof examples of how students can engage entrepreneurial mindset within their engineering courses.This paper investigates how an entrepreneurial mindset can be fostered in a systems simulationcourse. In particular, we develop activities/methods that encourage students to

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Agamemnon Crassidis; Daniel S. Kaputa

benefits students directly by allowing them to focus on an up-and-coming area, i.e., UASthat may be included in resume building and future projects related to UASs. We also outline afoundation for a regional UAS student competition to be housed at RIT’s existing outdoor UASnetted closure facility and, in the future, a student UAS related conference. In particular, weconsider the development of a final capstone requirement for the new proposed UAS relateddual-listed course for mandatory participation in the proposed UAS student competition andstudent conference as part of the curriculum enhancement effort. A new lecture for presentationto RIT’s graduate seminar series was developed in the topic of commercial applications andsocietal benefits of

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Jennifer A O'Neil

A Hands-on Activity to Assist Students in Making Connections between Topics in Heat Transfer Jennifer O’Neil, Ph.D. Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology Department College of Engineering Technology Rochester Institute of Technology 78 Lomb Memorial Drive, Office 70-1361, Rochester, NY 14623 Email: jaomet@rit.eduAbstractThe preliminary work presented here consists of an educational module designed for a course inthermal fluid sciences focused on fundamental thermodynamic and heat transfer principles. Thehands-on, project-based activity promotes

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Joel Abreu; Chris Cassidy; Jamie Kubeck; Jon Laos; Matthew McGarvey; Alexander Loui; Raymond Ptucha

friendly, and safe manner. Most car manufacturers are focusing on publicroad transportation, but an intermediate proving ground may be large industrial, government andacademic campuses. This paper discusses the design and integration of an autonomous golf cart vehiclecalled the Autonomous People Mover (APM) as part of a multidisciplinary capstone project for engineeringseniors. The APM has been through prior capstone projects which firstly made the vehicle remote control,and then added advanced sensors such as LiDAR, computer vision, and GPS. The focus of this research ison navigation, localization, and obstacle avoidance on a large college campus. Through theimplementation of a particle filter algorithm combined with A* navigation and image

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Amanda Bao

Institute of Technology ever since. The module includes both classdemo and small group project and testing.The intended learning outcomes for the hands-on active learning module are: 1) Observe the effects of different stiffness and mass on the frequency of structures. 2) Observe resonance of the building. 3) Calculate the natural frequency and stiffness of the building.The class demo project uses a 6-story comprehensive balsa wood building model simulating thereal-world building as shown in Figure 1, and the building details include mini-figures andfurniture on each floor to representing real loads, adjustable mass on each floor and adjustablelateral stiffness of the building. The input motions are simulated earthquake loads from

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Kyle Trenshaw; Emily Weber; Rachel Monfredo

evolved over the semesters. The course was first offered in the F2015 semester fora total enrollment of 59 students; it included bi-weekly course meetings and most of thereflective assignments, team projects, guest speakers, and final oral presentations discussedabove. Unfortunately, many of the students taking CHE 150 in the F2015 semester were alsoenrolled in organic chemistry together, and this course conflicted with the academic successworkshop, so only 28 students attended the in-person component. The 31 students concurrentlyenrolled in organic chemistry wrote reflective essays instead to replace those in-personexperiences. In the F2016 semester, the academic success workshops moved to being offeredweekly, and students received additional

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Raymond Lam; Michael Orozco; Erick Mendieta; Bernard Hunter; Joseph Seiter

projects have printed morethan 30,000 fuel nozzle tips in 2018 [2] and GE expects to print more than 100,000 additive partsby 2020 [3]. Engineering components printed by 3-dimensional printers are employed asmechanical structures in an assembly. In order for the printed components to be useful forengineering applications, mechanical properties of printed parts must be known for structuraldesign. The properties provide answers to the strength of the material, the types of stresses acomponent can endure before failure, and the size of a component based on the loads itexperiences. 3D printed materials have recently been studied for their mechanical properties [4,5, 6]. This study was undertaken to further understand the compressive mechanical

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Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili

programming, and non-linearprogramming.Moreover, in the undergraduate course (ENT 473), just the concepts of the above-mentioned subjects arediscussed.Each course is considered as a regular 3-credit-hour course. Additionally, the course of “Power SystemAnalysis 1” needs to be considered as the prerequisite course for ENT 573. Moreover, the students’ learningassessment will be based on students’ class participation, assignments, written exams, researches, computersimulation projects (just for ENT 573), and presentations.2. The Reasons for Addition of the Courses to CurriculumA considerable portion of energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming are related to thetransportation sector. Fig. 1 shows the air pollution in Donora, PA, US, on

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Kathryn Dimiduk; Orlay Santa; Hadas Ritz; Lesa Carter

Suggest starting lecture with a brief outline, 3-4 lines. Add headings in the lecture as well. Add a summary or take- away slide at the end or write on the board. Confusion on the course Suggest next lecture reviewing project information and then project using a muddiest-point- minute-paper to identify remaining points of confusion. Suggest a rubric. Students concerned they don’t Point students to learning outcomes. Potentially go over know what the exam will be some high-level review of the course showing how the ideas like are connected and what you consider