Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Ashland O. Brown P.E., University of the Pacific; Christina Kay White, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Education. 90(3): 363- 374. 3. Jensen, D., D. Rhymer, et al. (2002). "A rocky journey toward effective assessment of visualization modules for learning enhancement in Engineering Mechanics." Educational Technology & Society. 5(3): 150-162. 4. Linsey, J., Talley, A., et al., (2009) “From Tootsie Rolls to Broken Bones: An Innovative Approach for Active Learning in Mechanics of Materials”, Advances in Engineering Education Journal, Vol. 1, Number3, Winter. 5. Raucent, B. (2001). "Introducing problem-based learning in a machine design curriculum: result of an experiment." Journal of Engineering Design 12(4): 293-308. 6. Mills, J. and D. Treagust (2003). "Engineering Education: Is Problem-Based or Project- Based Learning the Answer?" Australasian

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; James Sawyer, Macomb Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 13.361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design and Implementation of Virtual Hybrid Electric Vehicle Simulator for Educational PurposeAbstractThe objective of this paper is to describe the development of an educational purpose computer-based simulator for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) technology. The tremendous capitalinvestment, tedious and time-consuming tasks required to establish a full function of HEVlaboratory are convincing evidence that the HEV curriculum is in need of a low-cost, computer-based virtual HEV simulator. An interactive, LabVIEW-based simulation software wasdeveloped for different configurations of hybrid powertrains under several driving conditions.The developed

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. It is believed that such integration of DBR with 7E can augment the overallteaching outcomes [31]-[34]. However, such approach is yet to be available in the state-of-the-artliterature.Hence, the objective of this paper is to develop an application model of the 7E method for teachingthe mechatronics course at college level, implement the model in actual classroom setting, assessthe student outcomes and modify the 7E application in cyclic order following the DBR methodbased on the feedbacks of the outcomes, which is referred in this paper as the closed-loop 7Emodel. The following two research questions are addressed: (i) Whether it is feasible to design the instruction for the mechatronics course fitting within the framework of

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Estelle M. Eke, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

type of controller and must show that the desired requirements are not met. Thisprovides an opportunity for the students to see how design constraints are established. Based onmy observations so far, as well as on student feedback, students become very highly motivatedby the design component of the course, and many end up with a thorough grasp of thefundamental principles of control systems design. The open-ended approach allows forcreativity and flexibility in the design process, with both the instructor and students benefittingfrom an array of designs. A few examples of actual student projects will be presented.MotivationThe incorporation of project-based learning (PBL) in the curriculum has been known to helpstudents develop an intuitive

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

learning is the inclusion of student skills associated with anentrepreneurial mindset, such as integrating information from many sources to gain insight,conveying engineering solutions in economic terms, and identifying unexpected opportunities.The resulting entrepreneurially minded learning activities emphasize “discovery, opportunityidentification, and value creation with attention given to effectual thinking over causal(predictive) thinking” [3]. At Lawrence Tech approximately 75% of the engineering curriculum,including mathematics and general education, is being modified to include ACL, PBL, and EML.These courses span the curriculum and range from multidisciplinary Introduction toEngineering [6, 7] to junior level technical courses [8, 9] to

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

product development into a mechatronics capstone course. This paperdescribes the method used, Scrum, and the context of the studied mechatronics capstonecourse. Mechatronics is here defined as “synergistic integration” of electronics, mechanicalengineering, control and software engineering. Mechatronics product development, in thiscontext, therefore deals with the development of complex and intelligent products, whichimplies multi-disciplinary work and the use of models etc. from several domains and areas.With the integration of Scrum into the mechatronics capstone course, an educational favorablealternative is identified, to previously used design methodologies such as more traditionalstage-gate methods as the Waterfall or method or the V-model

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, The University of Oklahoma; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan McNeill, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

” [5, p. 131]. Project-based learning has the same attributes as PBL, but projects can span Page 24.269.2several problems resulting in a larger scope, thus providing an emphasis on integrating previouslyacquired knowledge [5]. Scholars suggest that problem-based and project- based learning in engineering educationis more effective than traditional forms of instruction [3, 6, 7]. The pedagogical importance ofinductive learning methods such as a project-based approach can create an environment in whichstudents are driven by their passion, curiosity, engagement, and dreams [8]. It has been argued that project-based learning is an

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, University of West Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students are very active asinformed through literature. Holden attempted to develop a simulation centered mechatronicscourse [12]. In [13], the authors defined multiple industry sectors’ workforce needs for educatedmechatronics technicians and the evolution of these programs from traditional technical programsin electronics, mechanical, electromechanical, automation and advanced manufacturingtechnology associate degrees to more integrated mechatronics programs. In [14], a modularcurriculum development project created by a four year university in the mechatronics engineeringtechnology field was described. In [15], the authors described the mechatronics curriculum of theiruniversity, the language-neutral teaching approach for mechatronics, and usage

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida; Anchalee Ngampornchai; Patsy Moskal, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Foundation. In 2011, she was given the honor of being named an Online Learning Consortium (previously Sloan-Consortium) Fellow. She has co-authored numerous arti- cles and chapters on blended and online learning and is a frequent presenter at conferences and to other researchers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Teaching Dynamics Using a Flipped Classroom Blended ApproachAbstractThis paper presents the results of a pilot study performed on flipping an undergraduatefoundation course in engineering into a blended or mixed-mode format. A blended instructionalmodel integrates face-to-face instruction with online

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah C. Baxter, University of St. Thomas; Ann Johnson, University of South Carolina; Bethany S. Fralick, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

discussed.The paper concludes with a discussion of plans to continue the process of refining the modules,adapting their inclusion more seamlessly into the Statics curriculum, and investigatingassessment tools that could be used to evaluate the visualization or critical thinking skills thatmight result from including Graphical Statics.ApplicationsThere are three concepts, the understanding of, on which student success in Statics seem to rest.The first is that vectors are defined by two things, magnitude and direction. As a result, they canbe described with respect to any coordinate system without changing their meaning; specificcoordinates might change but magnitude and direction remain the same. Putting in an arbitrarycoordinate system, and moving

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken C Stanton, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

reasonsbeyond follow up on the survey Figure 4. Analyzed responses to Question 3 regarding the relativequestions. In general, inquiries that importance of various specializationsfollowed up to the survey questionsprovided a means to elicit more detailedinput on the subject of the HEVE curriculum. Although the interviews were too unstructured tolend themselves to qualitative coding and analysis, they provided a window into the moredetailed concerns and need of the industry. As an example, one of the questions that we soughtanswers to was the role of fuel cell systems in the future of hybrid electric vehicles and HEVEeducation. The results of the surveys (see

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy; William Parker, Air Force Research Laboratories

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students view as a daunting topic, and provides a concrete link to the presentation most schools use while introducing the three modes of heat transfer. Again, it is a nice way to synthesize and integrate the topics covered in a standard heat transfer curriculum while using “real-world” problems as a vehicle.IX. ConclusionsPerhaps the best indicator of success of any such instructional program is the enthusiasm andextent with which the material taught is applied throughout other aspects of the curriculum.From the authors’ experience, it is “just in time teaching,” since there are routinely numerousinstances whereby the FDM has been put to practical use in the capstone sequence at USAFA.Student feedback indicates that the

Conference Session

Potpourri - A Mix of All Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

-grade components from manufacturers’ catalogs. The practicingautomation engineer needs to be able integrate various components such as gearbox, transmissionelements, motion controller, I/O cards, sensors, control devices and be able to program thecontroller using a high-level language to build an automatic machine.In this paper, we present a senior-level Automation course and its laboratory to address the gap.The novelty of the course is the balanced coverage of industrial practices and theoretical contentusing industrial components, manufacturer data sheets and catalogs. Theoretical calculations forsizing motors, gearboxes and other components are presented. Operating principles of drives andcontrol hardware are explained in detail. This is

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Educa- tion Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curricu- lum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored over 70 papers on faculty development, curricular change processes, curriculum redesign, and assessment. Prof. Froyd is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the Ameri- can Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), an ABET Program Evaluator, the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Education, and a Senior Associate Editor for the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

performance characteristics.This paper focuses on the DBT process of the test bed and the development of the experiment.Moreover, an assessment of the project is provided through an analysis of the following projectoutcomes: 1) The student worker’s learning experiences during the execution of thisextracurricular project inclusive of both technical and project management aspects and 2) Theimpact of the implementation of this extracurricular project as a course experiment in theExperimentation and Instrumentation course as part of the ME Program’s curriculum sequence.IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering (ME) Program at Western Kentucky University focuses on creatingprofessional learning experiences in order to “provide students with the opportunity

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

curriculum contains four technical electives. Students can choose totake any elective or they can take three of these electives out of a sequence of linked electivecourses that constitute an option area. One of these option areas is mechatronics. Themechatronics option has its stem in the two junior level required courses that all students take.These are Mech 304 “Instrumentation and Measurement” and Mech 348 “System Dynamics.”After this introduction, students who choose to continue in the mechatronics option take the threeelectives: Mech 405 “Introduction to Microcontrollers”, Mech 467 “Automation” and Mech 468“Robotics.”The university catalog designation of Mech 405 is a 3-credit, lecture-only course. In the first 8weeks of the semester, the

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, citing thecriticisms of employers of engineering graduates who lacked communication skills, businessacumen, and “an understanding of men.” [sic]1Sir Eric Ashy writes in 1959 that he sees a higher purpose to a humanistic education, not just intaking specific courses, but in making sense of the technology the engineer employs in itswholeness, what he calls the essence of “technological humanism.”2Samuel Florman in 1968 provides five reasons for studying the liberal arts in the introductorychapter “The Civilized Engineer” of his book Engineering and the Liberal Arts. Three of thereasons are for the personal benefit for the engineer, including an appreciation of beauty,enhancing the imagination, and the development of leadership characteristics. Two

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

increase thestatus or decrease the grading load of the instructors, and it perpetuated a reductionist conceptionof technical communication that persists outside of the field to this day. Perhaps the moststriking feature of the situation was described by Kynell: “A great irony in the evolution oftechnical communication in an engineering curriculum was the virtual second class statusimposed on the discipline by [emphasis added] those who taught it” (p. 93). They accepted aposition that they typically agreed was below both the teaching of literature and the teaching ofengineering—and they got out of it as soon as possible, or perhaps just got used to it. Onceoutsourcing was established as a dominant model, it has been very difficult to dislodge, both

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

 curriculum.  Three of the  researchprojects have been part of senior capstone projects used in the University of  _____ courses ENGR4882/4892 that focus on a design­related engineering problem for an ongoing undergraduate researchproject. The classroom project (in a heat transfer class) used the PIV output velocity field to determinethe Nusselt (defined in heat transfer as the ratio of convective heat transfer to conductive heat transfer)number of fluid flowing through an isothermal circular tube.14 This project employed numericaltechniques15 to determine a value for Nusselt number and it was determined to be 3.58. This varies by2.2% difference from the accepted analytical value of 3.66. As described above there is also an ongoingproject using the

Conference Session

Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Patrick Kirby, University Of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Julius Omokiniovo Ejenavi, Morgan State University; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students are always challenged to apply their engineering knowledge and research skillsgained from an engineering curriculum toward design and implementation of challenging seniordesign projects. Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) is an apparatus that is used to studymaterials behavior under high speed deformation, where strain rate is very high. Hopkinson barsare usually custom made based on the needs of customers, who are mostly researchers inuniversities or research labs. In this work, in a form of a senior design project, the authorsprovided learning opportunities for engineering students to design a data acquisition system for asmall size split Hopkinson pressure bar previously designed by former students. The objectivesof this project are

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

was to design amechatronics course for students without any circuit analysis background. This course laid thefoundation based on Engineering Physics II knowledge. Objectives of this course are thefollowing: • Hands-on experience in circuit analysis, • Signal conditioning, • Integration of sensors into electro-mechanical application, • Integration of digital circuit and microcontroller into electro-mechanical application, and • System-level design experience using electronics, sensor, actuators, and microcontroller.Mechatronics is a 4-credit course and is taught in an integrated lecture-lab format. In this format,there is no separate laboratory time. Class meets three days a week for two hours each day. Theinstructor

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

areas of computer simulations,scholarly research, team work, and oral presentation.The course will be further improved by creating our own library of motions for analysis, andadding laboratory experiments to supplement the computer analyses. In the area of assessment, astudent survey will be prepared and given to students to gather detailed data on students’perceptions of the class.Bibliography1. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Occupations Outlook Handbook, accessible at www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm2. R. Polikar, R.P. Ramachandran, L. Head, M. Tahamont, “Integrating BME into ECE Curriculum: An AlternateApproach”, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper AC2005-3993. D. Roberson, F. Hudson, “Biomechanics as a Tool for Teaching Minority Students

Conference Session

Machine Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John A. Mirth, St. Cloud State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives.A question pertinent to any engineering educator is, “Where, when and how do we satisfy thisoutcome?” As an example of this, Sangelkar et al [2] surveyed faculty in their mechanicalengineering program to identify teaming experiences throughout their curriculum. They found anumber of courses with collaborative learning experiences, projects staffed by multiple students,and some degree of instruction in teaming, but conclude that the teaming experience in acurriculum can contain significant gaps.One of the challenges of teamworking is finding the time to provide instructor guidance withinthe scheduled classroom time. Some of the key issues to be addressed in teaming instruction arenoted in [3] and [4

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1159: COMPREHENSIVE COURSE REDESIGN: INTRODUC-TION TO THE MECHANICS OF MATERIALSJefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is the Director of Faculty Climate and Development in the Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engi- neering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John G. Cherng P.E., University of Michigan-Dearborn; Ben Q. Li, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Narasimhamurthi Natarajan, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.424.2content for ME472 Principles and Applications of Mechatronic Systems Designs was approvedby the college curriculum committee in April 2012 and was offered in the fall semester of 2012.Undergraduate mechatronics courses have been implemented in many universities with variouscourse structures. For example, Dr. Vladimir Vantsevich, Professor and Director of MechatronicSystems Engineering Program at Lawrence Technological University, teaches an undergraduatemechatronics course [1] which replaces the conventional engineering controls course. ProfessorsBrent Gillespie and Shorya Awtar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Universityof Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan taught the graduate level Mechatronic Systems Design(ME552

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mechanics andother similar courses, which might also be very helpful for undergraduate students. In this paper,we present our efforts and outcomes of introducing the microfluidics module to theundergraduate fluid mechanics course - Fluid Systems - in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Our main aim was to introduce themicrofluidics world, give the students an insight to state-of-the-art fluid mechanics applicationsand micro-technology, and show them the concepts they were taught in the class are applicableto start-of-the-art applications, which could possibly lead to further interest in fluid mechanics.Microfluidics, as the name implies, is the science of fluid mechanics in the micro scale. Microscale

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Undergraduate Capstone Design: Inductively EnhancedAbstractThe Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy atWest Point, New York requires its graduates to complete an integrative, year-long capstonedesign during their senior year. One of the capstone projects available to the mechanicalengineering students in the department’s aerospace sub-discipline requires the design,construction, testing, and demonstration of a small, highly autonomous Uninhabited AerialVehicle (UAV) for a Department of Defense client. This particular project was added to the listof available capstone options in the fall of 2005

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2215: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGRADUATEVIBRATIONS COURSEAnca L. Sala, Baker College Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA.Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is a professor of Mechanical Engineering with over 25 years of teaching, research and consulting experiences in Design and Simulation of Sheet Metal Forming Processes. He has published several educational and research papers at ASEE, ASME and other

Conference Session

Potpourri - A Mix of All Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho; John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho; Barry Willis, University of Idaho; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho; JJ Petersen, University of Idaho

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #34742Transforming Introductory Engineering Courses to Match GenZ LearningStylesDr. Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho Dr. Sean M. Quallen teaches dynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. His interests include improving the representation of young women in engineering fields and the integration of gaming and entertainment into modern pedagogy.Dr. John Crepeau P.E., University of Idaho Professor John Crepeau received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Califor- nia, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Utah. After serving as an NSF-NATO

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1721: PERCEPTIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES OF THETHIRD YEAR OF A RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATESPROGRAMDavid Willis, Southern Methodist University David A. Willis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He received his B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in 1995 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in 1997 and 2001, respectively. His areas of research interests are heat transfer, phase change, and fluid mechanics problems associated with short pulse laser-material interactions. His research involves experimental studies of laser microfabrication, high power laser-ablation, laser