V58 2 445 11.86 1316 293 0.33 884 V58 3 414 11.86 1316 272 0.26 1057 V54 1 440 11.84 1316 290 0.22 1310 V54 2 454 11.84 1316 299 0.31 953 V54 3 440 11.84 1316 290 0.31 925These hub-to-hub stiffness results compare favorably with measured results of hub-to-hubstiffness of a Cornell vehicle at 995 Nm/deg [24], University of Southern Queensland vehiclesfrom 2005 (485 Nm/deg) and 2004 (233 Nm/deg) [25], and the calculated (FEA) chassisstiffness of 616 Nm/deg from Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology
Biomedical Engi- neering.Mr. Francisco Cima, Old Dominion University Francisco Cima is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Old Dominion University. He obtained his Masters in Business Planning and Regional Development from the Techno- logical Institute of Merida. His areas of interest are innovation practices in organizations, communication technology in organizations, knowledge management, and team processes.Dr. Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University Dr. Ayala received his BS in Mechanical Engineering with honors (Cum Laude) from Universidad de Ori- ente (Venezuela) in 1995, MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2005, both from University of
Paper ID #33514Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset through a Hands-on Design Project in aMechanism Design CourseDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu earned her BEng in Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University, with a focus on computational solid mechanics. Dr. Zhu is a Senior Lecturer of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU) and the recipient of the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award. In this role, she focuses on designing the curriculum
of simulation assignments.References[1] F. Stern et al., "Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories," International Journal of Learning Technology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 28-48, 2006.[2] K. A. Shollenberger, "Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) within undergraduate programs," in ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2007, pp. 361-366: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection.[3] K. Volkov, "Thermofluids Virtual Learning Environment for Inquiry-Based Engineering Education," WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, no. 3, pp. 94-107, 2011.[4] S. Noor and A. Rahman, "Recent advances in the use of
Cognitive Load Theory to Improve Traditional and Non-Traditional Student Learning of Computer Programming for Mechanical Engineers: Quantitative Assessment ABSTRACTThis paper reports on the re-design of a computer programming class for students of mechanicalengineering. The content was re-designed using Cognitive Load Theory; the delivery was re-designed using on-line technologies. Student learning was objectively assessed; it improved andthe drop-out rate reduced. A previous paper reported on greatly improved student attitudes andinstructor reviews. This paper reports on objective data: comparing student performance onidentical final exams. Note is made of
2006-324: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF AN MSC.ADAMS CONTROLDESIGN PROJECT IN UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGLouis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso Louis J. Everett is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and has research interests in the use of technology in the classroom. His technical research interests include robotics, machine design, dynamics and control systems. leverett@utep.edu http://research.utep.edu/pacelab Page 11.95.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006A
courses aretraditionally courses with enrollments of students from a diversity of engineering majorstaken during the second year of undergraduate studies.‘Computer Programming for Engineers Lab’ is a laboratory course, held in a technology-enabled classroom (Figure1). Each laboratory section is capped at a maximum of 60students, with each student bringing their own computer to the technology classroom,which is equipped with interactive group table seating. The structure of the laboratorycourse and classroom makes for an interactive experience for students. These laboratorycourses serve students from Aerospace, Biomedical, Biological, Chemical, Electrical,Materials Science, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering. Additionally, some studentswishing to
expected.Additionally, two more cases will be explored; one in which a student has limited involvement inresearch, and a third case: a student is introduced to research in the senior year of hisundergraduate degree. Ultimately, the research and educational experiences can come together in producing aninnovative and industry-level capstone design project that could lay the foundation for asuccessful graduate thesis or dissertation if desired. Undergraduate research throughout anengineering education can provide a fuller look at engineering technologies that allows forinnovation and well-rounded thinking that can produce the solutions to academic, scientific, andpractical problems alike.Introduction With ever-developing technological advances, it is
AC 2010-175: DESALINATION DESIGN PROJECT FOR THERMODYNAMICSLABThomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Thomas Shepard is a Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota. He received an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University and B.A. in Physics from Colorado College. His teaching interests include undergraduate courses in the thermal/fluid sciences, experimental methods and renewable energy technologies. He has research interests in experimental fluid mechanics, energy conversion, and engineering education.Camille George, University of St. Thomas Camille George is an Associate Professor and the Program Director of Mechanical Engineering at
on automotive research. The Automotive Research and IndustrialMentorship (ARIM) REU program at Oakland University 1 aims to engage participants inrewarding automotive research experiences that excite and motivate them to pursue careers inscientific and engineering research, and seeks to address the nationwide problem of the under-representation of women and minorities in the sciences, technology, engineering andmath (STEM).The automotive focus of this program was a natural choice given OU’s close ties to and locationnear the world headquarters and engineering centers of the Big-Three automakers, as well asover one hundred automotive suppliers in southeast Michigan. So, in the summer of 2006, tenundergraduate engineering students from across
Paper ID #27738Instruction Design of a Mechatronics Course Based on Closed-loop 7E ModelRefined with DBR MethodDr. S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida Mizanoor Rahman received Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineer- ing respectively from Mie University at Tsu, Japan. He then worked as a research fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, a researcher at Vrije University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium, and a postdoctoral associate at Clemson University, SC, USA, and New York University (NYU), NY, USA. During his
: A Public Research University PerspectiveAbstractThis paper describes an experiment at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)that uses a combination of technology and pedagogical approaches to improvelearning outcomes for engineering students while reducing course delivery costs.Like most public research universities, UCI faces the challenge of improvinglearning outcomes in the face of declining State and Federal funding. Thischallenge has many elements; 1) As class sizes increase, student participation ishindered and class enrollments often exceed classroom capacities; 2) A lack ofimmediate feedback on student learning hinders timely interventions that wouldotherwise help students succeed; 3) Operation of classes is burdened
structure between the two departments yieldsinteresting observations and areas for potential leveraging of advancements within the twodisciplines.Introduction “Education is the most powerful path to sustainability. Economic and technological solutions, political regulations or financial incentives are not enough. We need a fundamental change in the way we think and act.” Irina Bokova, Director - General of UNESCO [1]Sustainability awareness and action are of growing importance for the care and protection ofpeople, societies and cultures; profit, economic feasibility and responsibility; and for theenvironment and life preservation. Engineers have profound impacts on sustainability and itsdevelopment or lack thereof. And thus, it is
Balances. Nelson and Fosmire [13] workedwith the engineering technology faculty to examine information literacy standards in a non-technical course in their curriculum.Assessment of efforts to integrate information literacy instruction has been challenging.MacAlpine and Uddin [14] integrated information literacy instruction into all four years of anEngineering Science program but noted that assessment still needed to be more formal andsystemized. Nerz and Ballard [15] collected favorable assessment data from one of theassignments introduced after collaborating with the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineeringdepartment to create scaffolded information literacy assignments over four courses. Developingeffective assessment tools, processes, data, and
Paper ID #32436Effective Learning Strategies: Design of Course Structure forEngineering Courses Aimed for Hybrid ClassesDr. Muzammil Arshad, Texas A&M University Dr. Muzammil Arshad earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Arshad taught at Florida Institute of Technology and Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Platteville. His research interests are in the areas of Computational Fluid
Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, conducting research in Special Education.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph Andrew completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Management (Business) at McMaster University in 2006. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster in the area of estimation theory. Andrew worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharma- ceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
; North West University), before becoming a higher education consultant in Switzerlandwhere he worked with colleges of engineering and technology management. He is now a teaching asso-ciate professor at the UIUC. Leon is passionate about multidisciplinary research, particularly in the fieldsof energy engineering, biomedical engineering, and engineering education. His university research hasfocused on development of industrial energy-efficient technologies and cancer therapies using energy re-striction methods. His published research works enjoy an h-index of 26. Leon’ first love is however forteaching. He co-developed and taught a unique freshman course on ”Innovation”, where students work inso-called ”whole-mind” thinking teams when addressing
2006-264: LOW COST VARIABLE SPEED PUMP EXPERIMENTAL SETUPS. Perwez Kalim, Wilkes University Dr. Kalim has teaching interests in the curriculum evaluation, assessment and development using the technology in the classroom. His technical research interests are Finite Element Analysis, Thermal and Fluid Dynamics and Energy Systems. Syed.kalim@wilkes.edu, http://wilkes-fs1.wilkes.edu/~kalim Page 11.904.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Low Cost Variable Speed Pump Experimental SetupAbstractEducating students to practice engineering is the main goal of engineering education
, CA,August 2004.4. Schroeder, B., Melder, T., and Perry, E. : Using MERLOT in Teaching Math, Physics andEngineering. . Presented at the MERLOT International Conference, Nashville, TN, July 2005.5.Felder, R.M. & Silverman, L.K., Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 78, No. 7, pp. 674-681, (1988).6. Felder, R. M., Matters of Style, AEEE Prism, December Issue, pp. 18-23, (1996)7. Zwyno, M.S. A Contribution to Score meaning for Felder-Solomon Index of Learning Styles.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition. ASEE 2003-454, Nashville, TN, June 2003.8. IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee Draft standard for learning
Paper ID #25665Structural Design Optimization-Numerical and Simulation ApproachesDr. Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Akbar Eslami is a professor and Engineering Technology coordinator in the Department of Tech- nology at Elizabeth City State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are in Computer Aided Manufacturing and Design, Reverse Engineering, Finite Element Analysis, and Design Optimization.Mr. Momen Nasri Mohammad, Elizabeth City State University Momen N. Mohammad is a graduate of Elizabeth City State University, acquiring a
.3 The reasons for this difficulty may vary, and are not extensively studied,but they may be in part due to the need to integrate students’ knowledge of differential equationswith the engineering material that is presented. This is extremely important, however, and is infact part of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) objectives forengineering programs (A. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science andengineering, as well as K. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering toolsnecessary for engineering practice).4The development of the lab component of the course is subject to evaluation and improvement;evaluation of the lab is carried out through evaluation of students’ performance
Paper ID #12851Capturing Technical Lectures on LightboardDr. J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University J. Alex Birdwell, is a lecturing professor with the Mechanical Engineering department at Northwestern University. His research was conducted at the intersection of robotics and biomechanics, in the field of human-machine interactions, and explored novel ways to control robotic prosthetic hands. He is very pas- sionate about student education and currently teaches five separate courses at the undergraduate level that include manufacturing, design, experimental methods, and thermodynamics. He greatly enjoys advising
Lifelong learning.The basic premise is that an individual learner must actively "build" knowledge and skills 3. Weknow that technology changes with time and an engineer must be motivated to continue to learnand stay current with technology. Constructivism is a method of teaching and learning based onthe principle that cognition (learning) is the result of mental construction, and this construction inquite individual. Knowledge is formed by reflecting on our experiences, by putting informationtogether with what we already thereby we construct knowledge in our head. Thus, we create ourown understanding of the world we live in. Learning is the process of adjusting our mentalmodels to fit with new experiences. Constructivist theorists maintain that
Portion of MST at MSUAbstractMathematics, Science, and Technology at Michigan State University (MST at MSU) is a twoweek long introduction to advanced science and technology for academically-gifted middle schoolstudents. Though the program consists of a number of academic courses, a cornerstone of thisprogram, and the focus of the present work, is a short course in mechanical engineering, whichis presently in its ninth year of existence. This course is intended to expose the students to thefundamentals of mechanical engineering, as well as a variety of practical engineering problemsrelated to the field. Though portions of this program were previously presented to the ASEE in2000, the program has undergone a significant evolution since the initial
as a member on the AIAA Microgravity and Space Processes Technical Committee. His interest in improving engineering education is supported by his experience in developing web-assisted material for his courses and the use of customizable, real-time, instruction assessment to improve the learning environment.Edward H. Perry, University of Memphis Professor and former department chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Memphis. Re- ceived B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology. Two-time recipient of his university’s Distinguished Teaching Service award and a recipient of the Herff College of Engi- neering’s Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. Currently Co-editor of the
AC 2011-781: THE IMPACT OF ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING, A NEWINSTRUCTIONAL METHOD, IN AN EXISTING MECHANICAL ENGI-NEERING CURRICULUM FOR FLUID MECHANICSLynn Albers, North Carolina State University Lynn Albers received her B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Music from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Nuclear Engineering at Manhattan College in 1996. After working for Nortel Networks and the North Carolina Solar Center, Lynn matriculated at North Carolina State University where she is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engi- neering. Her dissertation spans the Colleges of Engineering and Education and will be the first of its kind at NCSU.Laura
subject of on-goingefforts.Bibliographic Information1. McDonald, D., “Data Acquisition in a Vehicle Instrumentation Course,” 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society of Engineering Education.2. Zhang, Y., S. Cui, Y. Wang, and C. Akujuobi, “Taking Action: Enhancing Engineering Technology Laboratories with LabVIEW-Based Graphical Development Tools,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society of Engineering Education.3. Lohani, V., P. Delgoshaei, and C. Green, “Integrating LabVIEW and Real-Time Monitoring into Engineering Instruction,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society of Engineering Education.4. Delgoshaei, P., V. Lohani, and C. Green, “Introducing Dataflow Programming in a
AC 2012-5274: DEVELOPMENT OF A WRITING WORKSHOP FOR AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEDr. Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky Vincent R. Capece is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering. Capece received his B.S. de- gree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 1980, M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1982, and Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1987. Page 25.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development of a Writing Workshop for a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
AC 2012-4480: SIX HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNINGFLUID MECHANICSMs. Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University Lynn Albers received her B.S. in mathematics with a minor in music from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and her M.S. in mechanical engineering with a concentration in nuclear engineering at Manhattan College in 1996. After working for Nortel Networks and the North Carolina Solar Center, Albers matriculated at North Carolina State University, where she is a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering. Her dissertation spans the Colleges of Engineering and Education and will be the first of its kind at NCSU.Dr. Laura Bottomley
University of San Diego, she worked as a Senior Research Engineer at L3 Technologies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Thermodynamics Design Project that Applies Theory, Explores Renewable Energy Topics, and Considers the Economic and Social Impacts of the DesignsAbstractThermodynamics courses introduce theoretical concepts that can be applied to real-worldproblems using impactful project-based learning (PBL). Entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) can augment PBL by instilling an entrepreneurial mindset (EM), categorized by curiosity,making connections, and creating value, in the students. This paper describes a group