Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Andrew Foley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Earnest Greene, US Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

forThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Courses”, Proceedings of the 2008 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008[2] Edwards, R. “A Simple Hairdryer Experiment to Demonstrate the First Law ofThermodynamics” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2005[3] Volino, R & Smith, A. “A Laboratory Providing Hands-On Experience With a Spark IgnitionEngine in a Required Thermodynamics Course”, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006 Page

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthias Lang, University of Texas, Austin; Dinesh Rabindran, University of Texas, Austin; Tricia Berry, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

its environment. estimated torque, the blue line shows theSometimes manufacturers allow joint torque control experimental torque data, and green dashedvia joint current control. However the mapping line shows a least square fit for this data.between joint current and joint torque is not trivial and needs to be experimentally determined. Inour project we determined this mapping for a commercially available modular robot actuator: thePR-110 powercube module from Amtec GmbH, Germany.A laboratory experiment similar to the one reported in this work was previously conducted byRabindran et al4. During their preliminary experimental study on a PR-110 joint module, theyfound that there is a linear relationship

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

used withstudents as young as 5 years old to emphasize the kind of interactive and interdependentgroup learning that fosters growth in social skills, giving children the opportunity to thinkand act critically in society.Although aspects of systems engineering are utilized in various stages throughout K-20academia, the suggestions and results reported herein are novel in that they may be easilyapplied in any given classroom/laboratory setting and are tied to an innovative learningstrategy called Activities, Project, and Problem-Based Learning (APP-B Learning).An Industry PerspectiveCommenting on the relationship systems engineering has in industry, Albert A. Winn, theVice President of Government and Apache Rotorcraft Programs and former

Conference Session

Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

complete a junior level course in dynamics (MECH 320). Based onNewtonian Mechanics, this course requires students to model and analyze the motion of particlesand rigid bodies, with and without forces applied. Historically, this course endures large classsizes and/or multiple sections to accommodate the high volume of students enrolling. As well,the course content of Dynamics has largely focused on homework, quizzes and exams. Notsurprisingly, students often suffer difficulty in understanding the key concepts which aremathematically intensive. Worse still, many are unable to appreciate the relevance of dynamicswithin their respective majors and become disaffected. Including a laboratory component inwhich students perform several experiments to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan W Krauss, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

[4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. However, some approaches to real-time feedbackcontrol experiments require custom hardware and/or software and can be quite expensive.The cost of maintaining on-campus feedback control laboratories has sparked an interested inlow-cost experiments that can potentially be student owned [9, 10, 11].A very promising approach combines flipped instruction with student owned experimentsusing an Arduino microcontroller and Matlab [12].The work presented in this paper uses an Arduino microcontroller combined with Python sothat the hardware is inexpensive and all of the software is free.Pedagogical QuestionPrimarily, this paper seeks to answer the question “How effective was the frequency re-sponse/Bode learning module?”. The Bode

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yeow Siow, University of Illinois Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 26.938.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Incorporating Active Learning of Complex Shapes in STEM CoursesAbstractA major obstacle students encounter in many STEM subjects is visualization of complex three-dimensional shapes, such as the p-v-T surface in thermodynamics. Conventional means ofcontent delivery, such as textbooks and projector screens, are passive in nature and areineffective in many situations. Alternatives such as immersive visualization technology are oftencostly and require specialized laboratory, creating a disconnect between lecture and spatiallearning. An exploratory method is introduced whereby learners can achieve meaningful

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

using and practicing real life scenarios.Bringing real life examples to impart engineering experience to a student has been verychallenging perhaps due to the way the curricula have been designed. Laboratory experimentstend to supplement what we teach in theory classes; however, not always they go hand in hand toget the students‟ attention and ability to gain insights in to a clear understanding of theunderlying concepts discussed in the theory that they perceive. As instructors, we try our levelbest to narrow this gap by bringing demonstration apparatuses to classes, involve industryspeakers to speak to the class, or show media clips, etc., which certainly help the majority ofstudents to learn engineering principles just in time. Organizations

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza A. Banu, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #16991Video-Based Concept Tutors with Assessment in Game Format for Engineer-ing CoursesEliza A. Banu, Auburn University Dr. Eliza Banu has a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Bucharest and completed her Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University in 2014. Dr. Banu’s research interests are in the dynamics of impact of rigid bodies and human with granular matter as well as developing innovative instructional materials. She has been working with LITEE (Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education) at Auburn University since 2010.Dr. P.K

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint, Michigan; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

system too. Oneof the ABET requirements previously was to prepare students to work professionally in boththermal and mechanical systems while requiring topics in each area. To meet this requirement,we added a standalone Thermal Systems Laboratory course (ME 4350) in fall 2010, in whichseveral thermodynamic systems experiments, designs, and applications are included.Furthermore, the prerequisite to the thermodynamics course, SCI2510 General Physics I,discusses several topics of thermodynamics through lectures on the theoretical aspects and labexperiments. Additionally, the current ABET requirement requires the program to preparestudents to work professionally in either thermal or mechanical systems, and not both, whilerequiring topics in each

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assist teachers with student engagement, helping them to be successful throughout the STEM pipeline. A few of these key areas include enhancing student’s spatial abilities (k-12 and higher education), integrating ser- vice learning into the classroom, implementing new instructional methodologies, and design optimization using additive manufacturing.Dr. Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Charles Dionisio Eggleton is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Maryland Baltimore County. He has twenty-two years of experience teaching theoretical and laboratory courses in thermo-fluids to undergraduate students and was Department Chair from 2011 - 2017

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heather E. Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #28288Students Taking Action on Engineering EthicsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland Jeff Welch is a doctoral student in

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the second author while the first author taught the MET classusing the same text at the third author had used for the MET course in 2008 and 2009 fromwhich data are not available in the same format as presented here.Figure 1 presents the instructor evaluation of the student performance for each of the courseobjectives. The student evaluation was based upon their scores on a mixture of homework,quizzes, laboratory reports, and exams that covered the topic. The mixture of these 4 elementswould change from topic to topic, but similar combinations of the instruments were normallyused from year to year. The average percentage scores on each instrument in a topic wereaveraged and then converted into the 0 – 4 grading scale used at EWU. Key points

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University, Engineering and Design Department; Hani S. Saad, Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

) heat transfer problems. Goldstein4 also used computational methods to teachseveral topics in heat transfer courses besides the standard in-class lectures. All of the abovementioned efforts were provided to strengthen the students’ understanding in several topics in aheat transfer course. In our institution, several laboratory experiments are usually conducted besides theregular lectures to enhance the students’ understanding of numerous concepts of heat transfer.This is definitely beneficial for our students to get real hands-on experience. However, someexperiments might be difficult to perform and time consuming. Additional experimental work toconduct parametric analysis is challenging. Therefore, computational (or numerical) analysis

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. students tocomplete a Teaching Practicum course during their doctoral studies. Students work closely withfaculty mentors in teaching a course. While the focus of the class is on pedagogy, the goal is forstudents to find the experience useful regardless of whether they are going into academia,industry, a research laboratory, or other career pursuits. In addition to issues dealing withteaching engineering, sessions are organized for career planning, success in both academia andindustry, ethics, and basic counseling and mentoring skills. This paper is a study of theeffectiveness of the Teaching Practicum experience. Survey responses are analyzed from nearly100 Ph.D. alumni for the period from the summer of 1996 to the spring of 2009. The

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manish Paliwal, College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of me- chanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. Sepahpour did his undergraduate studies at TCNJ and has degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He has served as the Chair of ASEE divisions of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS) in 2006-07 and Mechanical Engineering in 2007-08. Sepahpour is an active member of ASME and ASEE. Page 25.100.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A REVISED

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University; Eugene Joseph Werner Jr., GAI Consultants, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

were fabricated in RMU’s a rapid prototyping laboratory, and werecreated similar to the turbine blades that were researched for the concept.6. All of the students onthe design team had little or no experience in rapid prototyping or with RMU’s fused deposition3D modeler. The students had to learn how to use the 3D printer, determine its limitations, anddiagnose any issues with their prototyped parts. The shaft was made of Stainless steel and waspurchased from a major distributor, while the shaft support was designed in SolidWorks with themajor design criteria of preventing vibration in the turbine and shaft, thereby maintaining Page

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-986: HYBRID COURSE FORMAT FOR PROJECTS IN ROBOTICSHakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of School of Engineering and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality. Dr. Gurocak is an ABET Program Evaluator for mechanical engineering. Page 15.659.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 HYBRID COURSE FORMAT

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

, for example that by graduation students must know and canapply basic principles of thermodynamics.At graduation, undergraduate students in mechanical engineering should be able to: 1. Apply knowledge of physics, mathematics, and engineering in their writing 2. Record and analyze activity related to laboratories and design projects 3. Visually represent designs and explain salient features of a part or concept 4. Synthesize and summarize key points 5. Strategize and demonstrate engineering project metrics such as productivity, costs and time to completion 6. Analyze the audience and create a document that meets the needs of the audience 7. Represent themselves professionally 8. Explain, discuss, and demonstrate

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

tunnel is located inthe Turbulence and Multiphase Flow Laboratory at Clarkson University. The laser usedwas a 120mJ Nd:YaG laser with a 20 adjustable width sheet generator. In thisexperiment, the sheet width was 0.5 mm. The digital camera that was used was a KodakES1.0 MegaPlus camera. The camera had a pixel range of 1008x1008. The pixel sizewas 25 micrometers and the interframe delay between pictures was 12 microseconds. Apicture of the experimental setup is show in Figure 3. A sample PIV measurement of thevelocity field behind a step is shown in Figure 4. The formation of a recirculation zone inthe separated flow can be seen from this figure. The other experimental study is to perform is the particle resuspensionexperiment. In this

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

infrastructuredevelopment and has evolved through a continuous stream of projects from regional industry,equipment donations from alumni and industry supporters, part-time graduate student supportfrom the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology, part-time graduate studentsupport from the Mechanical Engineering department, and two NSF educational research grants.Results from over 25 capstone design team projects are shared each year with the public, alumni,and industry partners at a signature university event known as the Design Expo. The universitycommitment to this program has resulted in construction of a 6000 ft2 design suite that includes aCNC-equipped machine shop, metrology lab, project assembly area, advanced CAD laboratory,3D printer

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Aaron P Bauer, United States Air Force Academy; Blake Perez, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Milton Doria, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force; Luke Jensen, CREO

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

design of Micro Air Vehicles, development of innovative de- sign methodologies and enhancement of engineering education. Dr Jensen has authored over 100 refereed papers and has been awarded over $4 million of research grants.Dr. Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Dr. Kristin L. Wood is currently a Professor and Head of Pillar, Engineering and Product Development (EPD), and Co-Director of the SUTD-MIT International Design Center (IDC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Dr. Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, where he was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D

Conference Session

Learn About Assessment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William W. Tsai, California State University Maritime Academy; Amber Janssen, California State University Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

contacted the Engineering Librarian to inquire if information literacy could be incorporated into the course. The instructor and Engineering Librarian identified an early lab report where students could use reference materials to verify or check the values they recorded during their lab experiments. Since this lesson plan was supplemental to the learning outcomes identified in other courses, it is an opportunity to reinforce exposure to literature in the discipline. • ME 349 (Fall Senior Year). ME 349 was the thermal/fluids laboratory course taken in the fall of senior year. Students wrote lab reports that included a full theory review, experimental setup, results, and discussion. The instructor

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sophia V. Yates, Smith College; Christopher H. Conley, Smith College; Aaron J. Rubin, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

also worked as a researcher at four federal laboratories. His research interests include modeling and simulation, both physical and numerical, with special interest in the response of structures to extreme loads. Helping others learn to apply engineering mechanics to better understand their world is a passion.Dr. Aaron J. Rubin, Smith College Aaron J. Rubin is a lecturer at Smith College where he teaches Junior and Senior level undergraduate engineering courses including Finite Element Modeling and Senior Design Clinic. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Are You Sure About That? Introducing Uncertainty in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Walelign Messele Nikshi, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and STEM education.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Product Design and Development, and STEM Education. He has taught a variety courses at the undergraduate and gradu- ate level, is author or co

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

was originally designed to have 9-10 predetermined labs.The laboratory experiments cover a wide set of topics including fluid properties, piston speedanalysis, to motor and pump performance analysis. However, students follow predeterminedprocedures and, thus, they lack critical thinking, real and complex problem solving as they areguided through the steps of the experiment and through its analysis by the guided questions. To help improve the students’ experiences and knowledge, two hands-on exercises were designedand added to the course content. The objectives of each exercise were designed to meet theCLOs of the course. Students would have to design, conduct tests and submit a report with alimited duration of time in and out of class.The

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Results for Introduction to Engineering High School Physics Level Current Mathematics Enrollment No High School Physics 5 Pre-Algebra 1 Algebra-Based Physics 22 Pre-Calculus 10 Calculus-Based Physics 11 Calculus I for Engineers 15 Calculus II for Engineers 5 Calculus III for Engineers 6The course consists of a 50-minute lecture section and a 3-hour laboratory section each week. Thefirst half of the semester is focused on content and skill development and the

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

new to engineering instruction. Feisel and Rosa10 give anextensive review of the historical role of instructional engineering laboratories. Howeverlaboratory or hands-on learning specifically for Statics instruction is a relatively modern conceptdeveloped in recent decades. Numerous authors have described hands-on instructional activitiesinvolving pulley systems, levers, cables, trusses, ladders and friction forces to demonstrate andteach basic principles of Statics.11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 The focus of their work is in improving theconceptual understanding of the student and helping the student relate theory to the physical.Some of the exercises also incorporate creativity and design.14,18 There is not, however, a directeffort by these

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

it wascompared to a traditional classroom course; at the end, it was determined that even though theonline course could be useful to help students understand fundamental concepts in Statics, itbecomes less effective than the face-to-face course when teaching students to solve a diversity ofpractical problems7. Kim et al.8 developed a hands-on mechanics laboratory, with online accessto some experimental setups. The laboratory was a co-requisite for ME students in the Staticscourse, but, it was optional for other majors. Such mechanics laboratory allowed students tounderstand Statics concepts better through instructor demonstrations and cooperative learninghands-on activities, group projects, and discussions; as a result, the failure and

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education, spatial disorientation, rehabilitation engineering, sports biomechanics, and aerospace physiology. He worked on a team that developed the Dynamics Concept Inventory and is currently collaborating on a grant to develop and assess Model Elic- iting Activities in engineering. Brian was the 2008-2010 ASEE Zone IV Chair and serves as Cal Poly’s ASEE Campus Representative.Lynne A Slivovsky

Conference Session

Outreach, Engagement, and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter John Arslanian, NASA/Computer Sciences Corporation; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering programs are challenged to thoroughly apply their learnedengineering knowledge and research skills toward design and implementation of a challengingsenior design project. A wind tunnel is often used in mechanical or aerospace engineeringprograms as a laboratory instrument to gather experimental data for investigation of fluid flowbehavior. The authors have conducted research to implement a comprehensive design of a smallsize inexpensive wind tunnel for instructional purposes {overall length: 1.8105m, maximumdiameter (contraction nozzle): 0.375m, working section dimensions: 0.25m in length X 0.125min diameter}. The objectives of this research project are to engage an undergraduate engineeringstudent: 1) to design a well-structured wind