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Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Paper ID #29176Identifying NSF S-STEM-Sponsored Program Activities that have a PositiveImpact on Mechanical Engineering S-STEM ScholarsDr. Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Liang Zhu received her B.S. in Engineering Thermophysics from the University of Science and Technol- ogy of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, in 1988, and Ph.D. in Engineering from the City University of New York, New York, USA, in 1995. Currently, she is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research fields include using nanotechnology to improve treatment outcomes of cancer

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University

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Paper ID #28588The Portia Hypothesis: Mechanical Engineering Student Perceptions ofQualificationsDr. Leigh S McCue, George Mason University Leigh McCue is an Associate Professor in George Mason University’s Department of Mechanical Engi- neering. Dr. McCue received her BSE degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2000 from Princeton University. She earned her graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in Aerospace Engineering (MSE 2001) and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (MSE 2002, PhD 2004). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest; Alain S. Togbe, Purdue University Northwest

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Paper ID #28924Engineering Application Projects for Teaching Engineering Mathematicsand Numerical MethodsProf. Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest Shengyong Zhang (syzhang@pnw.edu) is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Pur- due University Northwest. He has teaching and research interest in the areas of computer modeling and simulation, vibration and acoustics, system dynamics, and automobile lightweight design.Prof. Alain S Togbe, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Alain Togbe is a professor of Mathematics at Purdue University Northwest. He received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Universite Laval

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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Jennifer Lynne Tennison, Saint Louis University; Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Saint Louis University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Saint Louis Unviersity, Dr. Gorlewicz is currently the director of the Collaborative Haptics, Robotics, and Mechatronics (CHROME) Lab. Her research interests are in medical robotics, haptic devices, human-machine interaction, and in creating and evaluating novel learning technologies.Dr. Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University Dr. Sridhar Condoor is a professor, KEEN fellow, a Coleman Fellow, and the editor of the Journal of En- gineering Entrepreneurship. He teaches sustainability, product design, and entrepreneurship. His research interests are in the areas of design theory and methodology, technology entrepreneurship, and sustain- ability. He is spearheading technology

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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Alexander Bryan Bailey, Alfred State College; Trevor S. Michelson, State University of New York, Alfred State; Reza Rashidi, State University of New York, Alfred State

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Paper ID #29785An Undergraduate Hands-On Approach to Microfabrication Applied Learn-ingTowards Developing a Silicon-Based Microfluidic Pressure Sensor ArrayMr. Alexander Bryan Bailey, Alfred State College I currently am a senior undergraduate student studying Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY Alfred State. I was a self-taught, homeschooled student before entering college, and I have now been engaged as an intern for a local manufacturing automation company for the past two years (2018-2019). When not directly pursuing academic interests, my hands turn to building drones and experimental model aircraft.Mr. Trevor S

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Haejune Kim, Texas A&M University

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Illustrator, Microsoft Word, Excel, Origin American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31061AWARDS • Chancellor’s Award at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee • Texas A&M University Engi-neering Scholarship • Dean’s Honor List at Korea UniversityACTIVITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE • Volunteer Judge at Texas Science and Engineering Fair • Trea-surer of International Christian Fellowship at Texas A&M University • Volunteer Teacher at Vision Ko-rean School in College station, TX • Volunteer Teacher at Saenal Night School in SeoulPUBLICATIONS 1. H. Kim, X. Huang, I. Guo, S. Cui, Z

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Allison Serrano; Axel Alvarez Loya, California State University, Fullerton; Nikol Miojevic; Kimberly Krystal Lopez-Zepeda; Madeline E. Rasche

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a STEM researchproject. National Science Foundation Middle/High School Student Attitudes Towards STEM (S-STEM) Survey [8] was used to assess the overall impact of the outreach program on the femalestudents’ self-confidence and motivation in pursuing future cross-disciplinary STEM careers.The results showed that the 21st Century skills related to critical-thinking, communication, andcollaboration was the section with the most radical improvement.Keywords: kinematics of mechanisms, protein kinematics, biomechanics, biochemistry, DNAnano-mechanismsIDEAL Online Summer Outreach Program Curriculum Plan and MethodsDuring the summer of 2019, mechanical engineering faculty and two undergraduate studentsfrom both NSM and ECS colleges offered a two

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Daeyeoul Lee, 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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new theylearned at the end of the lesson for promoting enactive mastery experiences. In addition,instructors could help students set clear and specific goals at the beginning of semester, becausegoal setting affects students’ initial self-efficacy beliefs for achieving the goal [11]. On the other hand, engineering undergraduate students’ test anxiety was not asignificantly negative predictor of their academic performance in a dynamics course, which isconsistent with Hsieh, et al.’s study finding [29]. The findings of the present study show that thepredictive power of test anxiety for academic performance in engineering education settings isdifferent from that in general academic settings. Although this difference has not been

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

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John Palmore Jr., Virginia Tech

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asked on the platform. The platform does not have a good interface for the display ofdrawings or mathematical formulae, which are important in upper-division engineering courses.To work around this, this author began to exploit the image upload feature of Kahoot! to upload asingle image containing all drawings, necessary formula, and the multiple choice answerselections [20]. The students then simply choose the shape/color corresponding to ABCD in theKahoot! app. An example of such an image is demonstrated in fig. 2. It can be seen that thegeneric purple kahoot! background that was demonstrated in fig. 1 has been replaced by an imagecontaining the question. This example deals with the strain rate tensor, S, that had been recentlyintroduced in

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Karnveer Gill, Greensea Systems Inc. ; Nick Morales; David Quintero, San Francisco State University

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aspirations for growing the mechatronics curriculum. Afterreceiving student feedback from this course and improve the curriculum based on that feedback,we would like to develop a mechatronics course series that allow students to receive amechatronics minor to add concentration to their education before graduation. The course seriesmay address advanced mechatronics course topics such as embedded programming, processautomation, and wireless networks.Bibliography[1] M. K. Habib, "Mechatronics engineering the evolution, the needs and the challenges," IECON 2006-32nd Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics, pp. 4510-4515, 2006.[2] S. M. K. a. S. A. Y. Das, "Work in progress-the outgrowth of mechatronics curriculum development efforts: an

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

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Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Mohammed Aslam, University of Michigan, Flint; Fardeen Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

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modeled as laminar flow with a density of 1060 kg/m3, the specific heat of3513 J/Kg-K, the thermal conductivity of 0.44 W/m-K, and a viscosity of 0.003 Kg/m-s. Theblood entered through the two branches of the inlet at 0.3 m/sec velocity and left through thelarge main branch of the artery outlet. Mesh sensitivity analysis revealed the optimum meshconfiguration with 139,202 elements and 27,309 nodes. The meshed artery is presented in Figure5. Figure 5: Depiction of fine mesh configurationBlood flow refers to the movement of blood through a vessel, tissue, or organ and is initiated bythe contraction of the ventricles of the heart. Ventricular contraction ejects blood into the majorarteries, resulting in flow from regions of

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics II - Feel the Vibe

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Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College

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skills they need to tackle that next topic.One challenge was motivating even the strongest students to prepare for the more open-endedportions of the exams. With such clear goals for the proficiency analyses, many of the beststudents over prepared for these problems, at the expense of the higher-order skill set. Studentsmay need coaching on how to balance their preparation and how to develop the higher orderskills.Works Cited[1] B. S. Bloom, Human Characteristics and School Learning, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976.[2] B. S. Bloom, "The 2 sigma problem: The search for methods of group instruction as effective as one-to-one tutoring," Educational Researcher, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 4-16, 1984.[3] T. R. Guskey, "Lessons of Mastery Learning

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Siben Dasgupta, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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as an adjunct Professor. Prof. Dasgupta worked for Wentworth University for more than 19 years in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He taught various courses at Wentworth which includes. Motors and Controls, Power Systems, Analog and Digital Control Systems, Analog and Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Electrome- chanical Systems etc. Major achievements during Prof. Dasgupta ’s tenure at Wentworth are as follows: developments of Motors and controls lab, introduction of Power Systems course as an elective, develop- ment of Feedback and Controls lab, development of Digital signal processing lab, development of Analog and Digital Communication lab and introduction of PIC

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University

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almosta century, it started to become more popular in the 1970’s. See, for example, Spady’s work [2,3], which examines CBL for public K-12 education.There are many publications that discuss CBL in different settings. Henri, et al. [4] presented acomprehensive review in 2017. They indicate that CBL may be beneficial for the success of adiverse student body and may also serve the needs of industry, which needs a cadre of engineerswho have mastered fundamental engineering skills. Discussions of implementation of a varietyof CBL-related methods in engineering programs have been published, such as [5] and [6]. Somepapers focus heavily on CBL for the “soft skills” embedded within engineering programs, suchas [7]. Studies analyzing a wide range of

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Jordan Farina, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland ; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland

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from: https://engineeringunleashed.com/mindset-matters/framework.aspx2. Maixner M, Baughn J. Teaching psychrometry to undergraduates. In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2007.3. Shepard T, George C. Desalination Design Project for Thermodynamics Lab. In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2010. p. 15.345.4. Peuker JM, Peuker S. Incorporating Active Learning into a Thermal System Design Lecture. In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings [Internet]. Atlanta, GA; 2013 [cited 2020 Jan 17]. p. 23.727.1. Available from: https://peer.asee.org/incorporating-active-learning-into-a-thermal-system-design-lecture5. Somerton C, Genik L

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University

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departments asan initial step in deciding future curriculum changes. For example, Pitt may decide to make somerequired courses technical electives, in line with ASME Vision 2030’s suggestion for increasedcurricular flexibility. Likewise, CMU may decide to increase the flexibility of its curriculumeven further noting that other curricula (e.g., the MIT 2A curriculum) have substantially greaterflexibility. This method is transparent and adaptable by other universities as a first-step inanalyzing their own curricula.Challenges and limitations of this approach include the somewhat arbitrary separation ofengineering courses into Mechanical or non-Mechanical and the difficulty of categorizingcourses based on course descriptions alone. Furthermore, the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy I - Best Teaching Practices

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Philip Jackson, University of Florida; Ricker Lamphier, University of Florida

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-specific nouns and verbs. For a natural language algorithm to functionthe most robustly it must often contain a detailed dictionary of terms, their parts of speech, andbasic rules on how to use them. SimpleNLG handles the grammar of the English language wellenough, but for the purposes of writing word problems the language must be correlated tonumerical values. For example, a projectile may either be a baseball or a bullet. It is reasonablethat a baseball may travel 40 m/s and a bullet 500 m/s but not the other way around.Third, developing customizable images to accompany the word problem is costly in time andgraphic resources. While simple images that closely resemble the archetype images presentedearlier are easy to produce, even with the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ariadna Serrano-Reyes, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Israel Zamora-Hernandez

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Tecnologico de Monterrey. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL TO ENHANCE ACADEMIC QUALITY IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMSAbstractOne of the main challenges in all areas of education is to ensure that the academic quality of theteaching – learning process is enhanced continuously. In this work, we present a continuousimprovement process based on Deming´s Plan-Do-Check-Act (also known as PDCA) continuousquality improvement model which was implemented in the School of Engineering and Sciencesat Tecnologico de Monterrey campus Puebla. This model encompasses a one-year cycle, it startsin August and ends in July. Faculty of the Academic Departments participate in the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Eric A. Dieckman, University of New Haven; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Samuel D. Daniels P.E., University of New Haven

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drafts. In these sessions, the instructor reviews the paper whilemeeting with the student(s) and provides vocal comments in real time; the papers are notseparately marked up and returned. Students have one additional week to make revisions andsubmit the final versions. For the design project report, peer review/feedback is conducted. Inaddition to the checklists and sample materials provided, the instructor shares with the studentsthe rubric he employs in grading their reports. On average, the students’ performance in writtencommunication has increased by over 25% based on end of term grades. Once successfullycompleted, the students satisfy the W-course Curriculum requirement.Fourth yearIn the senior year lab, emphasis is on conveying results

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy I - Best Teaching Practices

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Technique," Maa-Cie Cooperative News, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-2, 1987.[2] A. Kaw, G. H. Besterfield, and J. Eison, "Assessment of a Web-Enhanced Course in Numerical Methods," International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 712-722, 2005.[3] A. Kaw and M. Hess, "Comparing Effectiveness of Instructional Delivery Modalities in an Engineering Course," International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 508-516, 2007.[4] S. Freeman, S. L. Eddy, M. McDonough, M. K. Smith, N. Okoroafor, H. Jordt, and M. P. Wenderoth, "Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 23

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tomas Fajardo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Joshua James Blank, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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, the project can be used to teach a concept about othermechanical engineering areas. In addition, it has a set of minimum requirements described belowto make sure that it qualifies as a mechatronic project. A. Open Design requirementsAll projects are completed in groups of two students to promote collaboration and interaction.The minimum hardware requirements include one actuator, two different sensors, LEDs, pushbuttons, and a form of display. In addition, the project must be a demonstration of a concept fromany mechanical engineering field(s), such as statics, dynamics, thermal fluids, robotics, ormaterials. The Mechatronics lab provides the students with hardware to meet the minimumrequirements. However, if the students wish to

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

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, such as effective teamwork, giving and receiving constructive feedback, time management, and peer-learning.Project Description: The project was prepared for the students to experience a hands-on activitywhere they were directly involved with an authentic - industrial design project. This provided anopportunity for the students to explore and research the existing available mechanisms andmachines and to use them in their design challenge. Each cohort had specific constraints to workwith and would develop a unique mechanism; by combining the two mechanisms they could builda machine capable of the requested task(s). The project was designed to expose students to a cross-cohort teamwork, to introduce them the usage of technical tools such as

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

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Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Lopa Bakrania, Rowan University

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/tech/evidence-based- practices/finalreport.pdf.[3] Graham, R., (2018), “The global state of the art in engineering education,” New Engineering Education Transportation (NEET) Report, MIT, School of Engineering.[4] Gannon, K., (2019) “Teaching Online Will Make You a Better Teacher in Any Setting,” Retrieved on January 13th, 2020 from Chronicle of Higher Education, https://www.chronicle.com/article/Teaching-Online-Will-Make-You/247031/​.[5] Livingston, J., Summers, S., and Szabo, J., (2019) Incorporating Universal Design for Learning Principles in Online and Hybrid Technical Communication Courses, Journal of Online Engineering Education, (10) 2.[6] Kinney, L., & Liu, M., & Thornton, M. A. (2012), Faculty

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

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increase the replicability,reliability, and generalizability of the study. This approach will further validate the findings bydelving deeper into students’ perceptions and help understand students’ perspective on grades.REFERENCES[1] S Hurtado, K Eagan, T Figueroa, B Hughes. Reversing Underrepresentation: The Impact ofUndergraduate Research Programs on Enrollment in STEM Graduate Programs. Los Angeles:Higher Education Research Institute, 2014.[2] Russell SH, Hancock MP, McCullough J. The pipeline. Benefits of undergraduate researchexperiences. Science. 2007;316(5824):548–549.[3] Gregerman, S. (1999) Improving the Academic Success of Diverse Students ThroughUndergraduate Research." Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterlv, 20. 5459.[4] Petrella

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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James D. Carrico, University of Mary; Javad Anjum, University of Mary; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

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J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University

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-class activities such as video lectures, text-based materials, and online exercises and quizzes, in-class activities including methods such astraditional lectures, reviews of pre-class assignments, and active learning exercises, and post-classactivities such as quizzes or other homework exercises [4]. According to a meta-study performed byKarabulut-Ilgu interest in the technique was first observed the early 2000’s and, beginning around 2011,academic interest has grown rapidly, evidenced in both conference proceedings and journal publications[5]. Several substantial meta-studies have been published in the past few years attempting to distill theresults of this near decade of study [4-6]. While a distillation of relevant aspects of these studies

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Shelby Ann McNeilly, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University

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inaugural Faculty Associate for Mobile Learning. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming). He has approximately 25 publications/presentations. He is a member of the American Society for Engineer- ing Education (ASEE). He is the recipient of David S. Taylor Service to Students Award and Golden Apple Award from Boise State University. He is also the recipient of ASEE Pacific Northwest Section (PNW) Outstanding Teaching Award, ASEE Mechanical Engineering division’s Outstanding New Edu- cator Award and several course design awards. He serves as the campus representative (ASEE) for Boise State University and as the Chair-Elect for the ASEE PNW Section. His academic research

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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

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class or not.The majority of students are sympathetic to a student who may arrive late to class, and considerthis a “minor thing” as highlighted in the following comment: Professor absolutely disliked students walking in late in class and would ask them to leave if they walked a minute past the class start time. I think this was not only unwelcoming and embarrassing for the student(s) arriving late, but being forced to miss the lecture, despite paying for college tuition was unfair. This act of negative reinforcement also caused the student(s) to be behind and had to catch up on the material on their own time. While I understand that walking late into class can be distracting for the students and the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

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Julie Mendez, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus; Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville

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bothstudents and instructors. Students will likely perceive greater benefits from using concept mapsin courses evaluated on comprehensive applications. Students may also find the concept mapmore useful if it is modified to include more equations and analytical relationships. More datashould be collected to increase the sample size and control for variations in course offerings forconclusive evidence to be gathered on the impact of concept maps in undergraduate fluidmechanics.References[1] National Research Council, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.[2] S. Freeman et al., “Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Benjamin Finio, Cornell University; Elizabeth M. Fisher, Cornell University

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of class-scale testing perassessment), as well as the specificity of the subject matter tested, it is not possible to makegeneral validity claims about our assessments. However we hope that other researchers andpractitioners can learn from the specific examples of the types of insights which may be drawnfrom think-aloud interviews and how they supplement statistical measures.References [1] D. Sands, M. Parker, H. Hedgeland, S. Jordan, and R. Galloway, “Using concept inventories to measure understanding,” Higher Education Pedagogies, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 173–182, 2018. [2] D. Hestenes, M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer, “Force concept inventory,” The Physics Teacher, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 141–158, 1992. [3] P. S. Steif and J. A. Dantzler, “A