Conference Session

Learning Mechanics Through Experimentation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathleen Bieryla, University of Portland; Nikolene A. Schulz P.E., University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

knowledge of mass momentsof inertia and the entrepreneurial mindset.The research goal of the project was to determine if two hands-on activities in an engineeringstatics course could help students engage more fully with mass moment of inertia and improvetheir understanding of the concept. The activities are also part of a larger effort at the XXX toembed the entrepreneurial mindset across the curriculum[7]. The entrepreneurial mindsetincludes helping students connect engineering topics with real world systems and buildingcuriosity about systems. To assess understanding, a class using traditional learning techniques(control) was used to compare to a class using the activities. It was hypothesized students whocomplete the two in class activities will