Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Patricia Lea Hardre, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

Educational Psychology, in the Instructional Psychology & Tech- nology program at the University of Oklahoma. Her broad range of research work and interests include: engineering education, teaching assistant professional development, instructional design, faculty work, performance standards, program evaluation, performance assessment, health professions, informal and community education.Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair and is the Director of the School of Aerospace and Me- chanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Farrokh’s current research focus is on learning how to attain a net zero energy / eco footprint in the built environment. His

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

rates and the likelihood ofcontinued research participation and higher education. A new initiative at the University of Texasat Austin (UT Austin), the Freshman Introduction to Research in Engineering (FIRE) program,offers a select group of first-year students with an opportunity to participate in semester-long,faculty-sponsored mechanical engineering research and development projects. In addition to theirresearch, students attend bi-monthly lectures that introduce them to various topics in mechanicalengineering and current research in the field, the successes (and roadblocks) in engineeringresearch and how to overcome them, and career opportunities in engineering. An end of semesterposter session allows students to showcase their research

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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Mechanical Engineering

the entire curriculum that (1)reinforces student understanding and retention through reinforcement at short intervals, and (2)minimizes fading of conceptual knowledge due to extended disuse – as is often problematic inthe traditional ME curriculum.IntroductionHistorically, engineering education has followed a linear model in which engineering topics aretaught in separate, disconnected classes that “serially encapsulate” the course material in thestudents’ minds. In contrast, our newly developed first-year course sequence, funded by a CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement Phase 1 Grant from the National Science Foundationtitled “Design-Based SPIRAL Learning Curriculum” (DUE-0837759), strives to integrate avariety of engineering topics in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Esmee Vernooij, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Catherine LaBore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ava R. Wolf, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois; Robert Thomas Baird; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

studentsto contextualize their coursework with anticipated professional work and can also improveinstructor evaluations [14]-[16].ePortfolios also serve to connect the academic setting with the professional engineeringenvironment [17], [18]. Additional value of the ePortfolio is rooted in its connective power,including its inherent ability to help students establish links among a range of experiences [10],[19]. When used for reflection, the ePortfolio can contribute to students’ development ofmetacognitive skills that support them to transition into their future careers [20], [21]. Its use inhigher education encourages proactive, student-centered learning and promotes interconnectionof concepts through knowledge acquisition and greater student

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

working prototype is the courses’ objective. Traditionally, exposure to the design process anddesign project was not seen by students until their third year. As such, one of the primarychanges made to the course after the instructor change was the addition and emphasis of thedesign process. It is for that reason a semester-long design project was added to the course. Figure 1: The Engineering Design Process [7]Additional education objectives are for the students to develop proficiency in Arduino andSolidworks. As a result, the students are required to perform a number of assignments in the twoprograms, both of which are directly used for their project. Instruction in Arduino andSolidWorks is delivered through the lab with

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; James William Altschuld, Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University; Daniel A. Mendelsohn, Ohio State University

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Mechanical Engineering

the labs and hands-onexperiences.This paper focuses on the new sophomore level design course which has been piloted as anabbreviated ten-week quarter long version in Autumn 2011 and Winter 2012. The sophomorecourse fills, in part, the major gap in design education that exists between the fundamentals ofengineering course sequence (and its honors equivalent, both of which serve as a prerequisite tothe major) and the senior-year capstone design course. And while the first year course sequencesinclude a design-build project, there exists a wide variance in the machine skills and experienceof entry-level Mechanical Engineering students. This new sophomore course attempts to level-set the practical knowledge of machining among students in addition

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Eric Hamilton, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

used for misconceptionidentification. Potential MEA topics and a sample MEA are provided and discussed in detail.Introduction to Model Eliciting ActivitiesThe following is an introduction to a comprehensive four-year effort by a team of researchersfrom six universities that focuses on models and modeling as a foundation for undergraduateSTEM curriculum and assessment. This effort is focusing on improving engineering education,with the present discussion focusing specifically on using models and modeling to elicit studentmisconceptions in thermal sciences.Our approach builds upon and extends a proven methodology: model-eliciting activities(MEAs)2,4,5. MEA research, which originated in the mathematics education community6, usesopen-ended case

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

aboutstudent skill development, engineering identity, education, and entrance into the workplace.Among other findings about student perceptions of design in the Academic Pathways Study finalreport, many students feel unprepared for capstone design projects and wish capstone occurredearlier in the curriculum [4]. Another finding was that students engaged in design projectsgenerally do not consider broad context [4]. A thrust of the current college-wide curricularmodification is the inclusion of PBL and EML in the junior year, such as the present work. Thisshould positively impact capstone design experiences in senior year by providing additionalsmaller-scale design experience (PBL and EML) and encouraging students to consider allstakeholders and the

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ava R. Wolf, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

the Professional Development of Engineering Graduate Students,” in Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, 2019, vol. 2018-Octob, pp. 1–5, doi: 10.1109/FIE.2018.8659192.[18] N. F. Liu and D. Carless, “Peer feedback: The learning element of peer assessment,” Teach. High. Educ., 2006, doi: 10.1080/13562510600680582.[19] J. W. Gikandi, “Promoting Competence-Based Learning and Assessment Through Innovative Use of Electronic Portfolios,” in Handbook of Research on Promoting Higher- Order Skills and Global Competencies in Life and Work, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 181–208.[20] C. E. Watson, G. D. Kuh, T. Rhodes, T. P. Light, and H. L. Chen, “ePortfolios–The eleventh high impact practice,” Int. J. ePortfolio, vol. 6

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

faculty of Wayne State University for 25 years, where she developed and implemented both undergraduate and graduate programs in biomedical engineering and helped to establish a department of biomedical engineering. Her endowed professorship at MSU focuses on research to increase the success of students in engineering through creative pedagogical techniques. Dr. Grimm completed her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The Johns Hopkins University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. She has just finished a 3-year rotation as a program director for three BME-related programs at the Na- tional Science Foundation. During this time, she served as co

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

are excluded from participation bycultural and structural elements of the teams. This paper offers recommendations to advisors,departments, and engineering educators about the scaffolding necessary to offer more authenticlearning opportunities and build teams that are more diverse.IntroductionThe development of individual skills such as leadership and communication along withopportunities for collaborating with diverse individuals in a team environment are consideredessential to prepare undergraduate engineering students to meet the grand challenges facingsociety.1, 2 This consideration is informed by the global need for engineers who can workeffectively toward solving complex issues in an increasingly diverse yet inter-connected