Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Also, SOLEfacilitates the development of learning environments, which in conjunction with traditionalhands-on experiments – allow the expansion of the scope of the students’ laboratory experiencewell beyond the confines of what would be feasible in the context of traditional laboratories.For the reasons stated above, SIT has implemented a new undergraduate engineering curriculumthat reflects the latest trend towards enhancement of traditional lecture-based courses with both adesign spine and a laboratory experience propagating through the entire educational program toexpand educational opportunities for a larger number of students. Use of such tools can promotecollaborative learning, enhance critical thinking skills and give every student an

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

arethoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Chappell, Joseph and Keith Woodbury. Introducing Excel Based Steam Table Calculations into Thermodynamics Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.2. Wagner, W, J. R. Cooper, A. Dittmann, J. Kijima, H.-J. Kretzschmar, A.Kruse, R. Mares, K. Oguchi, H. Sato, I. Stocker, O. Sifner, Y. Takaishi, I. Tanishita, J. Trubenbach, Th. Willkommen. The IAPWS Industrial Formulation 1997 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Steam, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, p. 150-182. ASME, January 2000.3. Cengel, Yunus A. and Michael A. Boles. Thermodynamics: An

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

same way as the non-premixed daemons. The differencecomes from the fact that the Reaction Panel now has only two blocks – one for reactants and one Figure 11. The Process Panel set up for calculating the adiabatic temperature in a closed chamber.for products. Therefore the State Panel and the Device Panel are also modified to reflect a singleinlet and a single exit for the premixed reactor. Balancing a reaction requires selecting thereactants and products and entering amounts of (n − a) components, where n is the total numberof species that appear in the reaction and a is the number of atoms. For the theoreticalcombustion of methane, the reaction can be balanced by entering 1 kg of methane and 17.201 kgof air as reactants, selecting the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Rounds, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Root, U.S. Military Academy; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics for a variety of reasons. Clemson Universitydeveloped a similar course targeted to second semester sophomore Mechanical Engineeringmajors that sought to address several administration goals: create a curriculum that is morefeasibly completed within four years and one that reflects the faculty’s “sense of correctness”and ABET requirements.5 The administration placed this Foundations of Thermal-FluidSciences course as a prerequisite for the full courses of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.Similarly, when the Mechanical Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)restructured their undergraduate curriculum, they chose to implement an integrated thermal-fluidscience course.6 West Point’s specific

Conference Session

Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students’ difficulties. An effective practice is to rephrase andrepeat questions at the end of a lecture or the start of the next lecture. The technique of adaptivequestioning is effective at addressing common persistent misunderstandings. Examples of thesequence of questions are described. Student feedback shows the use of frequent and persistentquestions which focus on fundamental concepts are effective at improving student mastery offundamental concepts.IntroductionMany engineering students have difficulty explaining the fundamental concepts used in solvingengineering problems. They succeed at algorithmic problem solving but have difficulty explainingthe physical systems being described. This is reflected in low scores on concept inventoryexams

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Thomas W. DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Elizabeth (Elisha) M.H. Garcia, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

exception of the (U)nsatisfactoryrange. Program faculty elected to include a grade of “D” (60-70%) within the (U)nsatisfactory rather than in the(M)arginal category because earning a “D” on an assignment negatively impacts the Naval Architecture and MarineEngineering graduation requirement of a 2.0 GPA.Since most Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering student cohort sizes are not large enough to report overallpercentages (no statistical significance), raw scores in each category are used to better reflect the underlyingdistribution of performance. Therefore, to calculate the EAMU Vector, the raw number of Naval Architecture andMarine Engineering students earning a grade in each scoring band are tallied, not the overall percentage of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Jackson, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

as line, rectangle, and textbox primitivesfrom PyGame. Note that the process in the example is isometric, or constant volume. Thediagram reflects this fact in that the position of the piston has not risen or fallen. As the problemparameters change, that affects not only the data values shown in the figure but also the positionof the piston accordingly.Figure 7: Formatted output of problem descriptionAs was mentioned previously, rarely does automatically generated text not require some amountof human intervention in the form of additional post-processing to correct grammar mistakes, topossibly correct formatting, or to add a human flair or poetry to otherwise mechanical prose.Conclusions and Recommendations for Future WorkThe method outlined

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

evaluations usingCATME; (3) surveys during the CP experience; and (4) surveys in post-requisite courses. Thecomparison of these assessments provides cross-sectional and semi-longitudinal results. Notexplicitly indicated here are other forms of formative and summative assessment including:retention; grades; teaching evaluations; student and professor reflections. As students worked to complete the milestones previously highlighted in Table 3, thecompleted assignments were assessed by the instructor in a timely manner, and numerousopportunities were given for students to receive verbal and written feedback, inside and outsideof class. In most cases students’ work indicated increasing understanding of thermodynamics,enhanced capabilities of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

results in lower performance averages by students compared to PSVT:R problems forthis population. It is expected, based on Reusch et al.’s results [22], that there is a higherdifficulty level on the MCT problems used. This, in turn, may have been reflected by themoderate increase in EDA when we consider dividing this value by the time expended on theMCT problem-set as can be estimated from the two Figure 3 graphs (e.g., 0.05microSiemens/minute for MCT). The preliminary results of this pilot study corroborate thesefindings by suggesting a higher normalized arousal (or mean range-corrected EDA/timed event)found in these types of problems compared to PSVT:R (0.13 microSiemens/minute) and Staticsproblems (0.01 microSiemens/minute) (Figure 3).Parallel

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivier Putzeys P.E., University of Maine; Masoud Rais-Rohani P.E., University of Maine; Serge Raymond Maalouf, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

little trouble with Word and PowerPoint, but many students struggledinitially with Excel and Mathematica.The students were generally familiar with PowerPoint (PP) which was reflected through theirassignment results using this software. The first PP task was assigned using a set templateprovided to the students. The most common source of grade penalty was failure to use/follow theassigned template. This might seem a minor issue, but the students were admonished that thevalue of following the explicit instructions should not be underestimated in the success inEngineering College or any other career path.Most students had previous experience using Word. However, it is essential to note that moststudents were already accustomed to using Word for the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Anne Wingate, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen M. Feigh, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

stated as a reason for leaving engineering; the difficultyof the material was often compounded by attitudes and quality of instruction. Tyson [7]considers “Academic Integration” as a key factor in degree attainment, with academicintegration reflected in a sequence of classes- Physics I and II and Calculus I, II, and III.Zhang, et al. [8] considered the relative importance of 20 core science and math coursestaken by engineering majors, finding that grades in only 6 of them were significantpredictors of retention. It is interesting that the course that they found to have the highestpredictive value was General Chemistry 1 Lab, which is not a subject strongly associatedwith advanced topics in mechanical engineering. Indeed, one of the major

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Jay Oswald, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

significantly lowered theDEW rates for students over traditional delivery instruction. This supports the use of flipped andmixed methods to improve student achievement. Despite the improvement in DEW percentages,the rate of students achieving an A in the course was significantly higher in the mixed class thanin either the flipped or traditional sections. Overall, the grades reflected similar outcomes to theexams where students in the mixed section outperformed students in both the flipped andtraditional sections. This indicates that, despite some promise shown in the flipped coursesection, students in that section were still not able to achieve at the same level as their peers inthe mixed-delivery class. The reason for this outcome answer may be due to

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

/her experience believed that the well-planned lesson under the TPACK framework resulted inbetter motivation, satisfaction and engagement in the learners over the traditional instruction. Allthose might produce better learning outcomes for the TPACK case as reflected in Figure 5.Likewise, better motivation, satisfaction and learning outcomes of the learners might result inbetter satisfaction and confidence in the instructor as well because the instructor found his/hersuccess in teaching and thus achieved desired teaching outcomes for the TPACK case.Furthermore, it is realized that there is a good agreement between the qualitative assessment resultsas above and the quantitative results presented in Figures 4 and 5. Such combination and

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering at ASU. Her interests include innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation, innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, as well as structured reflective practices throughout the engineering curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Flipped Solid Mechanics Course Designed Based-on the Interactive, Constructive, Active, and Passive (ICAP) FrameworkIntroductionAccording to Lage et al., “Inverting the classroom means that events that have traditionally takenplace inside the classroom now take place outside the classroom and vice versa”1. The wordflipped sometimes is also used for a classroom environment like this. A flipped (or

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Anstaett Metzler P.E., Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

theirlives, have adequate supervision and hands-on training, for the sake of both safety andproficiency. Therefore, a sizeable number of students who had completed the pilot course wererecruited to act as Undergraduate Teaching Associates (UTAs) for the semester long version.The UTAs were all selected based on their performance in the course, as reflected both in thegrade they received as well as their competence in the hands-on aspects of the course. One of theinteresting outcomes of these selection criteria was that the resulting percentage of femalestudents selected as UTAs was significantly higher than the percentage of female studentsenrolled in the course. The percentage of female UTAs in the course has consistently beenbetween 40 and 50

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali R. Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University; Salim M. Haidar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, 𝑑!" 6where hp is the horse power delivered, T is the shaft torque, N is shaft's rpm, dpC and dpDrespectively are gears C and D pitch diameters, and F1t and F2t are tangential gear forces on gearsC and D, respectively.Knowing the pressure angles, the radial forces on gears C and D are found, respectively, as:                      𝐹!!   = 𝐹!! 𝑡𝑎𝑛20! = 197  𝑙𝑏𝑓 and 𝐹!! = 𝐹!!   𝑡𝑎𝑛20! = 262  𝑙𝑏𝑓.The dynamical effects are considered by reflecting first on gear C's tilt of its axis relative to theshaft axis (See Fig. 2). x x x' x X Gear C

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; John Casci, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

there was not a true laboratory component in the course.The concerns identified by the students were often a reflection of their experiences during theirco-operative education rotations. Every student at Kettering University rotates between anacademic term and a co-operative education term, where students will work as engineeringinterns. The students do this rotation twice a year from the moment they enter the university.Because of this constant exposure to industry, students learn many of the ‘soft’ engineering skillsthat are difficult to teach in a classroom environment. However, this experience makes thestudents at Kettering ‘non-traditional’ students. They tend to filter their academic experiencesthrough their work experiences. The students

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

interests include innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation, innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, as well as structured reflective practices throughout the engineering curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementing Open-Ended Hands-on Design Projects throughout the Mechanical Engineering CurriculumIntroductionEngineers engage in design activities on a daily basis and thus engineering design has beenconsidered one of the most important topics in engineering education and one of the mostimportant skills that engineering students should possess when they graduate. Most first-yearintroduction to engineering courses

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad W. Jassim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and major Design Stem development of required courses as seen in Figure 6.Freshmen starting in Fall 2011 were the first to see the Computer Aided Design, MechanicalDesign I, and Mechanical Design II (ME 170, ME 370 and ME 371, respectively) improvements.The freshmen starting in Fall 2014 were the first class to see an integrated hands-on designsequence in all four years since Design for Manufacturability (ME 270) was first introduced tosophomores in Fall 2015. It should be noted that the four-year retention does not includestudents who transferred to other majors, and students who took longer than four years tograduate. While many factors influence student retention, the increase in retention is nonethelesspositive and reflects one of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Catherine A. Scott, Stony Brook University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

physicallydemanding for both the students and him – he was lecturing for almost five hours twice a weekand the students were expected to pay attention for an inordinate amount of time, but given verylittle time to absorb the material and practice problem solving. While there were clear learningobstacles to overcome in the class, it was even more challenging for part-time students who wereeither working to support themselves financially or doing an internship. Consider the followingtwo anonymous comments from students of the Summer 2015 class, which are reflective of someof the difficulties faced by the students: 1. Less homework. It’s impossible to finish if you work and have other priorities in life. 2. The difficulty of the class. The home works were

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students will study more, 20% will pass/fail the course, 12% will seek assistance withthe teaching assistant or instructor, 8% will pay more attention, and 4% will stop caring for theclass. These findings are paramount in engineering education as they reveal the emotional effectsand the actions taken by students when grades are not favorable. Low grades can further beassociated with student disengaging from lecture sessions or from the entire course.The open-ended responses reflect that most students will increase their effort to study more whengrades are not as expected, others will simply pass/fail the course. Students additionallyacknowledged that timing (e.g., drop deadlines) impacted their choice to study more or to withdrawfrom a course

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

be careful of actionsthat can be viewed as belittling, humiliating, ridiculing or shaming of students. It appears criticism,humor and raised voices are viewed as unhelpful by some students.Overall, there appears to be an increase in the number of student complaints. Maybe this is areflection of the increasingly litigious nature of society. Instructors need to evaluate periodicallytheir classroom policies to reflect the reality that expectations in 2020 are not the same as that of20 or 40 years ago, when many of today’s instructors were students.References:[1] C. Novoa, A.M. Ortiz, and K.G. Talley, Multi-Disciplinary Summer Orientation Sessions for First-YearStudents in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physics and Computer Science, Paper

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

an excellent agreementin the case of the airfoil to questionable in the case of the flow over a cylinder. Nevertheless, inall cases FlowLab was an excellent tool in visualizing the flow.Adoption of the software created more work for students, which was reflected in their responses.Overall, students’ involvement ranged from low to very excited. Some students asked for morefeatures to solve real-world problems.A number of high quality publications have recently appeared on the topic, discussing theimplementation and integration of the package into existing courses and the redesign of teachingphilosophy. This paper continues the discussion, confirming that further improvements arewarranted on the instruction side as well as on the part of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

such as timelines, responsibility charts, etc. 4. Students will be able to participate effectively in multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrating that they are effective team members and evaluating the performance of team members.Students self assess their achievement of the course outcomes, with a 0 indicating nomastery and 10 very proficient. The results of the student self assessment and instructorgrade based assessment of the course outcomes are shown in Figure 8 for the spring 2007capstone class. A target score of 8.0 for each outcome reflects student demonstration ofcompetence in these professional components. Students’ self-evaluation was consistentlycomparable (slightly higher or lower) to faculty evaluation, and

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mechanicscourse represents a good candidate for such transformation because it is a mandatory coursefor several engineering programs. The fluid mechanics course under consideration in thepresent work is a 4-credit, 6-contact hours course and enrolls about 150 students in 5 sectionsper semester.The course was redesigned and delivered during the last semester for one section only inorder to compare results and evaluate the experience with respect to the other four sectionshaving classical lectures but using data shows and power point presentations. The new coursedesign reflected the 5 pillars of active learning, namely; positive interdependence, individualaccountability, face to face interaction, social cooperative skills, and group processing. Inorder to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

that may not be possible in a laboratory setting. The assigned report can be alengthy well-crafted technical paper, a brief research note, an oral presentation, or a combinationof these. The type of report assigned should be chosen to reflect the credit allotted for theexercise and the emphasis it deserves in the “big-picture” of the course. A specific example ofthe read-and-report exercise is described later in this paper. Page 12.1536.5Another potentially valuable use of PTCs is making them available as guides and/or referencematerials for student-designed experiments. In typical capstone design courses, students areoften given considerable

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.643.9the limited number of students interviewed, names/pseudonyms are not used whendiscussing the interviews. Instead, only the direct quotes are published to better protectthe anonymity of the students. Additionally, Senior Capstone Design project names werenot used, in an effort to protect the students interviewed.For the rated questions, a Likert-type scale was used. To determine mean ratings, anumerical value was assigned, where the low end of the scale = 1 and the high end of thescale = 5. The evaluator would read the questions to the interviewee during the phoneinterview and record the response. Table 5 reflects a portion of the rated questions.Students indicated that the FIPSE-SEAEP did meet their expectations (mean = 4.0

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Students thenengage in a set of reflective questions that ask them to explain their initial predictions andobservations. The goal is to have students explain the conceptual foundation for their predictionand when necessary use observations to modify or improve the foundational framework toimprove understanding and future predictions for similar situations. Inquiry-based activities areeffective at improving conceptual learning when activities have (i) unambiguous predictionswritten by the student, (ii) an action consisting of an experiment or simulation, and (iii) writtensummary or reconciliation (if needed) conducted by the student. Brief and repeatableexperiments are preferred since there is a perception that computer simulations can be “tricked

Conference Session

Computing in the classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan R. Goyings, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Department at The United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy, West Point; Bobby G Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. 4. Based on the focus group results, student‟s actual use of and preference for the electronic textbooks was considerably greater than their perceived preference. No students really wanted or used a hard copy book when the electronic book was available. Student‟s stated dislike of electronic texts may be a reflection of long-observed student resistance to reading engineering textbooks and thus be totally unrelated to the platform or format of the reading assignments. Further study would be required to answer this complex question. 5. Recommending certain tools to the students, especially an application similar to iAnnotate, may help to jump-start the student‟s note-taking and e-text adoption process if

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

longer enough to ensure success of the majority ofstudents in the educational environment today. Professors must evaluate techniques and methodsthat can assist in meeting the multiple learning styles of the students in their classes. For thestudent, transformation includes reflection, practice, and creating personal relevancy andmeaning in the learning process. This is the framework of this pilot study on an onlineEngineering Statics class.Literature ReviewOnline courses were created and deployed in numerous fields throughout the 1990s and 2000s.Online engineering courses lagged behind because of the difficulty of converting face-to-facemathematics and science courses to an online format.1 The technology was not advanced enoughto deploy these