Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul E. Slaboch, St. Martin's University; Floraliza Bornasal, Oregon State University; Rico Picone, Saint Martin's University

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Mechanical Engineering

authors developed an exploratory pilot interview focusing on students’identification and recognition of the application of course concepts into their senior designprojects. The pilot interview was qualitative, semi-structured, and open-ended in nature.2,3 Theinterview protocol is listed in table 4.In order to explore students’ ability to recognize and identify mechatronics, instrumentation, andexperimental design concepts without biasing their answers at the initiation of the interview, theprotocol followed a specified format. The first stage of the interview allowed the students toexplain their senior design project (i.e. their roles, problems faced, and stage in design). Thesecond stage of the interview engaged students in talk about concepts

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Daniel D. Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

teamwork, ethics, social context, and other broadconsiderations. The need to teach design has traditionally been addressed in Capstone courses.There is a trend to introduce design earlier in the curriculum such as through first-yearintroduction to engineering subjects or through required design “cornerstone” subjects2.A difficulty frequently observed in design projects is that students begin work too late. This hasbeen referred to as “time scallop” -- as deadlines are approached, effort levels rise rapidly andfall back to low levels repeatedly2. A challenge to implementing early design experiences inengineering programs is the readiness of the student population for hands-on design work. Fewstudents have been exposed to manufacturing equipment in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hope L. Weiss, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

control systems, disease dynamics, and improving pre-requisite knowledge retention. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Using videos for improvement in knowledge of prerequisite materialAbstractThis work in progress paper outlines a project aimed at increasing the mastery of prerequisitematerial in mechanical engineering (ME) courses. One reason for the failure in an engineeringcourse is a weak foundation of the students' prerequisite knowledge. Although students havecompleted the prerequisite courses, they may not have mastered or cannot recall the necessarysubject matter. Even though most instructors spend at least a week of the semester on review ofprerequisite

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

final exam questions, are included.Preliminary findings indicate that in general this approach can work, but that there arecertain content areas in which the available resources are very weak. A summary ofresources used and student ratings of each will also be provided.BACKGROUNDThis paper describes work completed at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small, private,comprehensive university focused on undergraduate education. At ONU, engineeringstudents are heavily involved in design projects throughout the curriculum. A course in thesenior year called “Process of Design” is required for all mechanical engineering students.This course provides content to accompany the capstone projects, a model that is notunique1.Previously, this course was

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

, 2017 Teams and Team Building at Baylor University: Why Should We Do This and Where Should This Occur in the Curriculum?AbstractExperience with teams is a desirable outcome with employers. Academic programs often havestudent teams accomplish course, design, and lab projects starting with the freshmen introductorycourses and culminating with capstone senior design. Where do students learn about teams in thecurriculum? How do they learn to be good team members? It seems the most pervasive approachto teams in higher education is a “sink or swim” attitude where teams are allowed to form on theirown and work out any issues that arise. Little, if any, formal instruction on being a team memberis given throughout the curriculum. Even less

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

Inc. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from BUET.Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University Dr. Abdul Jalloh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Jalloh has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and conducting research in composite materials, manufacturing processes, structural dynamics and the finite element method. He also spent many years in industry as a project engineer. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sierra Leone

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

EngineeringPractice, Research, and Education report,6 indicates that, despite the growing importance tosociety of engineering practice, the engineering profession still tends to be held in relatively lowregard compared to other professions. The report also noted that industry tends to viewengineers as disposable commodities, replaceable by less expensive offshore engineeringservices.In response to polls showing that K–12 teachers and students generally have a poorunderstanding of what engineers do, a National Academy of Engineering (NAE) project, asreported in Changing the Conversation7, identified, tested, and disseminated a small number ofmessages intended to improve public understanding of engineering. Most current messages areframed to emphasize the

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Awlad Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

due to a combinationof more difficult mathematics and the use of material parameters that are less intuitive.Therefore, we use a combination of analytical, numerical, and experimental studies to improvethe students’ understanding of this topic. This paper documents development of this integratedheat transfer project and our plans to assess how it influences the students’ understanding oftransient heat transfer.The two projects discussed here vary the surface area and thermal diffusivity of samples to showthat these parameters are important in transient cooling. In the first project, the temperaturedistribution of different objects (or shapes) having the same volume but different surface area areanalyzed and measured. The use of finite element

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rhudy, Pennsylvania State University - Berks; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University - Berks

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

within an Undergraduate Dynamics CourseAbstract This project introduces a method of teaching undergraduate students MATLABprogramming within a typical engineering lecture course, dynamics. This particular course waschosen because its content offers natural connections between engineering and programmingconcepts. The MATLAB programming instruction and assignments were approached throughthe context of the dynamics course material. This allowed students to make connections betweentheir typical dynamics course content and the more abstract programming concepts which cansometimes be difficult for them to understand. This idea was indicated to be effective throughanonymous student comments from student evaluations.Introduction Although

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2879: USING THE SAE COLLEGIATE DESIGN SERIES TO PROVIDERESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATESGregory Davis, Kettering University DR. GREGORY W. DAVIS is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute. Acting in this capacity, he teaches courses in the Automotive and Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves a Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory, where he conducts research in alternative fuels and engines. Currently, Greg serves as co-faculty advisor for the world's largest Student Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Clean Snowmobile Challenge Project. Greg is

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; Henry Sodano, Michigan Technological University; Harold Evensen, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 11.722.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Implementation of Some Dynamic Systems Material into the Mechanical Engineering CurriculumIntroductionIn today’s engineering education environment it is important to provide students with educationalmaterial that will enhance or supplement their learning process. It is obvious that the multimediaand internet capabilities available today, provide a tremendous opportunity for innovativelearning pedagogy. An example of this innovation is a new multisemester interwoven dynamicsystems project that has been developed by UMass-Lowell through a grant from NSF. Theproject goal is to better integrate material from differential equations, mathematical methods

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Philip Ring, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

 fields.In this paper we describe our efforts at the University of _________ to design and implement a lowcost PIV system. The design has progressed iteratively: first as a summer project for incoming freshmenas a part of an extant National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)Grant, then as a part of undergraduate research (UGR) as part of several local UGR student grants,then for senior capstone design projects aimed at design of systems to make quality measurements tosupport our overall research goals. Details of design, costs, strengths, and challenges are presented. Wenow seek to engage students with PIV, our initial ideas regarding this direction are discussed.IntroductionExperimental fluid dynamics is a field that is

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter H. Meckl, Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

outside of the lab and utilize for their own projects aftercompleting the course. The STM32VLDiscovery board is readily available and inexpensive(4. Keil Embedded Development Tools. at 5. Company Profile - ARM. at 6. Enikov, E. T. & Campa, G. USB-powered portable experiment for classical control with MATLAB Real-Time Windows Target. in 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 10, 2012 - June 13, 2012 (American Society for Engineering Education, 2012). Page 23.905.8Appendix A: Course Sequence and Laboratory ActivitiesSession Topic Laboratory Activity Introduction to

Conference Session

Accreditation Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Biney, Prairie View A&M University; Raghava Kommalapati, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Gyamerah, Prairie View A&M University; Annamalai Annamalai, Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University; Nripendra Sarker, Prairie View A&M University; Ravindra Iyengar, Prairie View A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

criteria were developed for this outcome.For each performance criteria, detailed guide for assessing the performance criteria were alsoprovided. The five performance criteria developed for this outcome, are based on1. Ability to define the problem This performance criterion is assessed by determining if students are able to (i) identify the customer and the needs, (ii) identify and list the design objectives, and (iii) identify the design constraints.2. Ability to plan the project This performance criterion is also assessed by determining if students are able to (i) define the design strategy and methodology, (ii) identify and break down work into tasks and subtasks, and identify the personnel and deliverables for each, (iii) develop a

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2017 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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and hydraulics. Two core undergraduate mechanical engineeringcourses were modified to enhance fluid power content: Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.Based on existing course content, Thermodynamics modifications focused on pneumatics whileFluid Mechanics modifications focused on hydraulics.Starting in Fall 2016, the authors developed the fluid-power based modules and piloted them intwo sections of Fluid Mechanics and two sections of Thermodynamics classes. Modules includea mix of low-effort in-class ACL activities, in-class demonstrations, individual homeworkassignments, and larger-scale PBL design projects. Preliminary direct and indirect assessmentwas performed after Fall 2016. Direct assessment via rubrics, to be reported in future work

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Govind Puttaiah P.E., West Virginia University; Timothy A. Drennen; Samuel C. Brunetti; Christopher M. Traylor

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

project demonstrates an economical (approximate cost:$1000) hydrogen injection system that could be built from readily available, off-the-shelfcomponents for a gasoline engine equipped with an on-board (ECU) computer designedto control combustion. The primary learning objective of the project was to be able toconvert a gasoline engine to operate by burning hydrogen with gasoline or by itself as analternate fuel. Upon successful installation of the system on a computer-linked engine teststand, the plan is to enable students to conduct performance tests on a ‘dual-fuel’ engine.____________________________________________________________________ Page

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher E. Larsen, University of Missouri; Rose M. Marra Ph.D, University of Missouri, Columbia; Nai-En Tang; David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Robert Andrew Winholtz

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Mechanical Engineering

that collaborative tools for education are often chosen with thepurpose of supporting prevailing instructional practices rather than transforming instructionalstrategies. Second, they maintain that current research on collaborative technology has focusedon learner achievement while largely ignoring learning theory. This study describes the experiences of mechanical engineering students assigned to aseries of collaborative projects in two semesters of an engineering materials course.Participating students were given two different online collaborative tools, and two differentinstructional scaffolds for each semester. Participants worked in small groups to solve complexopen-ended problems. We interviewed student and faculty participants to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Sabine Linke, University of California, Davis; Ian C. Garretson, University of California, Davis; Fahad M. Jan, University of California, Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Mohamed M. Hafez, University of California, Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

. He is currently researching methods for sustainability assessment of abrasive processes for metal products.Mr. Fahad M. Jan, University of California, Davis Mr. Jan completed his undergraduate work at UC Davis majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He was named on the dean’s honor’s list in multiple quarters during his undergraduate studies. As part of his senior year at UC Davis, he interned at the Hydrogen Production & Utilization Laboratory at UC Davis in which he worked on a project to redesign a greenhouse gas monitoring trailer for Sandia National Laboratories. After completing his undergraduate degree, he worked in industry for a year and then came back to UC Davis to pursue a master’s degree in Mechanical

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven P Marra P.E., Johns Hopkins University

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Mechanical Engineering

components,terminology, standards, and design tools and methodologies. Laboratories, also scheduled everyone to two weeks, provide the students with opportunities to apply the lecture material to realmachine components and systems and to develop practical skills in design and machining. Eachlaboratory includes three separate activities for the students to perform, and almost all of thelaboratory equipment was designed and constructed in-house specifically for the course. Thethird component of the course is a design project, which is assigned at the beginning of thesemester and requires the students to integrate what they learn from the weekly lectures andlaboratories, in addition to the material they learn in the Mechanics Based Design lecture

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E. , Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

approach which included teaching fundamental concepts of FEA theory,teaching its commercial software and implementation of it in class design projects. Althoughsome students complained about the complexity of fundamental concepts of FEA theory andtedious theoretical calculations, 92.3% of students agreed that teaching the fundamental conceptsof FEA theory helped them to have a better understanding of the FEA commercial software.92.3% of students agreed that teaching the fundamental concepts of FEA theory should be keptas part of the course. At the end of the course, we asked students to take the CSWA-SCertification, 60% of students in the section with the proposed approach passed the certificationexam while other sections had an average 35.9% of

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

static equilibrium concepts as applied to trusses andother rigid bodies.The key assessment of the outcomes of the two intervention methods is the students’performance on the exams and on the final learning experiences, which is a final project. Eachquestion on the exams addresses a particular student learning outcome (SLO) and is based on theassigned class work and home work problems.The first intervention involved randomly asking students to present their group projects whichwere completed incrementally during the entire term. This intervention method has a goal ofmonitoring the quality of the final project which is a consolidation of work performed indifferent phases. The project scope has been similar in each term the course is taught. Each

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, Montana State University

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Mechanical Engineering

presented the material through a traditional lecturing medium, andthe second section of the course presented the material through several hands-on exercises andteam projects as described in this paper. The second section contained ninety eight students andwas the authors first time to offer the course. These sections also provide excellent cohort groupsto track through the early years of the ME program and measure the impact of each teach style.As a one credit course, the content and breadth of ME101 is severely limited by the low studentcontact hours. It may be difficult to determine the true impact of the course on student retentiondue to the range of motives of why students leave the ME program. However, the optimal impactand outcome from the

Conference Session

Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael R. Maughan, University of Idaho Department of Mechanical Engineering; Joel C. Perry, University of Idaho

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Mechanical Engineering

solutions for upper extremity rehabilitation. Dr. Perry served as a University of Idaho Adjunct Faculty member from 2013-2014 through a European International Fellowship (Marie Curie COFUND) and joined the University of Idaho’s Mechanical Engineering Department as an assistant professor in 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Student performance improvement from a student-graded- logbook exerciseAbstract An exercise was designed and implemented for a mid-program design course in order toimprove student performance and effectiveness in the use of engineering logbooks in the contextof design projects. Over the course of two successive semesters

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico

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Mechanical Engineering

to provide opportunities for students to learn, study, and interact throughinterdisciplinary applications. The course had three hours of lecture per week. Contact hoursconsisted of formal lectures, guest speakers from both industry and academia, lab activities, andindividual and group projects. Formal lectures were generally delivered via instructorsPowerpoint slides prepared through nanotechnology textbooks, journal articles, video media,personal experience, etc. Nanomaterial characterization techniques lectures had both theory andexperimentation, where students observed microscopic and spectral analysis of the Table 1: Nanoscale Science and Engineering (MECH 430) course lecture topics Nanoscale Science

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Muthu Govindaraj, Thomas Jefferson University

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Mechanical Engineering

‘project’ that they dowith a few other students in a team as a final course. The students hardly think about humanempathy, interface, ethical questions, contemporary perspectives, and other issues critical in acapstone course. Concept maps help to emphasize the integrative elements of the senior designcourse. Placing all the important elements in a single diagram facilitates the students’understanding of the course. In this respect, we cannot overstate the importance of concept maps.Figure 1 shows the construction of the concept map for a senior design course in mechanicalengineering with the liberal arts, sciences, math, engineering, design theory, and methodology asthe ‘general concepts.’ Then the subconcepts, which expand and explain the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Momen Nasri Mohammad, Elizabeth City State University

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Mechanical Engineering

deflection. Real world applications, such as designing structural components oftrusses, bridges, cars, aircraft, and spacecraft can be formulated and solved as engineeringoptimization problems. The goal of this project is to utilize computational methods includingnumerical and simulation analyses to find various optimal values and study the behavior of thestructure. The MATLAB optimization solver is used to find optimum values numerically withoutviolating constraints. The optimal values are, in turn, used as design parameters in theSolidWorks simulation software for creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model andvirtually simulating a CAD model of the structure to ensure that the structure can withstand real-world physical behavior. This project

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5725, USA Particle transport, deposition and removal occur in many important processes inmicroelectronic, imaging and pharmaceutical industries. In addition, numerousenvironmental processes involve particle transport, deposition and removal. In the lastthree decades, significant research progress in the areas of particle transport, depositionand removal has been made. A series of courses were developed to make the newimportant research findings available to seniors and first year graduate students inengineering departments through specialized curricula. This project also involved anintegration of numerical simulations and experiments in a series of

Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, deposition and removal occur in many important processes inmicroelectronic, imaging and pharmaceutical industries. In addition, numerousenvironmental processes involve particle transport, deposition and removal. In the lasttwo decades, significant research progress in the areas of particle transport, depositionand removal has been made. A series of courses were developed to make the newimportant research findings available to seniors and first year graduate students inengineering departments through specialized curricula. This project also involved anintegration of numerical simulations and experiments in a series of courses. Thesecourses are composed of four modules: • Fundamentals of particle transport, dispersion, deposition, and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

of participating laboratories and projects, required applicationforms, and optional survey forms. An email promotional message was then developed whichprovided basic information about the REU program and referred interested parties to the websitefor detailed information. The email message was distributed to all undergraduate engineeringstudents at the host institution, to department chairs at other colleges and universities who hadpreviously agreed to help promote the program, and the Women in Engineering ProgramAdvocates Network (WEPAN) list-serve. The WEPAN list-serve allowed for nationwidedissemination of the REU program announcement. Nine participants were selected from the applicants based on their qualifications, interestin

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Eslam Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Heidi Reuter

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

variety ofaesthetic issues in the form of practical and creative assignments. The course consists oflectures on photography skills, fluid physics, visualization techniques, critique sessions, and aguest lecture. Assignments consist of images paired with written technical reports, and self-reflection sessions to learn "effective communication" skills. Other course objectives evaluatedthrough students’ assignments and projects are "creative thinking" and "integrative thinking".Some samples of student works are presented. This course proved to be very successful inattracting all students (male and female) in both engineering and non-engineering majors.IntroductionThere has been a great interest in bridging the science and art in recent. Three