Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy; Erica Young, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

, video clipswere limited to strictly demonstrations, worksheet solutions, and laboratory demonstrations,limited to sizes between 9 and 15 MB. Supplemental materials such as PowerPoint presentationswere posted. Homework assignments and lab packets were posted to the website in the foldercorresponding to the lesson in which they were assigned to the resident students.The preferred assignment submission technique was email containing scanned copies of thestudent’s handwritten work. Due to a lack of access to reliable scanners, most students tookdigital photos of their assignments and emailed those. One student faxed all assignments to theinstructor. Both scanning and faxing proved to be fairly reliable methods of assignment turn-in.The digital

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Eric Hamilton, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

that might help repair misconceptions, it may be insufficient to fully convince themthat their long-held mental model is incorrect. Because of this, we will further extend the MEAconstruct to incorporate physical demonstrations and laboratory experiences. Many of thethermal science misconceptions previously discussed can be effectively addressed via “hands-on” experiences.AcknowledgementsThe authors thank Frank Schreiber and Teresa Ogletree for the assistance with this effort.Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation via Course, Curriculum, andLaboratory Improvement 070607: Collaborative Research: Improving Engineering Students’Learning Strategies Through Models and Modeling.References1. Miller, R.L., Streveler, R.A

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sivakumar Krishnan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; M. Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Mechanical Engineering

instructionmethodology applied to an introductory thermodynamics course in an undergraduate program inmechanical engineering at an urban research university.CurriculumStudents admitted into the freshman engineering program are required to take an introductoryengineering course that includes reverse engineering activities. This course is fairly hands-onand was designed to motivate the freshman engineering students and improve the retention ofinterested students. Those admitted into the undergraduate mechanical engineering program arerequired to take two courses involving design projects in team environments in their senior year.However, in their sophomore and junior years the classes are generally traditional i.e., lecture-based with separate laboratory

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

taught Circuits and Electronics, Mechatronics, Component Design and the interdisciplinary First-Year Engineering Projects. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. His foremost research interests include assessment of student learning, curriculum development and robotic controls.Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder LAWRENCE E. CARLSON is a founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, as well as professor of mechanical engineering. He received his M.S. and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. His primary educational passion is real-world design, and he spent his last sabbatical

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

implementeddigitally. Although the typical undergraduate curriculum is crowded enough as it is, and studentshave the ability to learn how to deal with these difficulties through elective courses and graduatestudy, it is important that the students come away knowing that these subtleties exist and thatthere are techniques out there for dealing with them. Much of the advancement taking place incontrols education seeks to address these deficiencies through laboratory work and project-basedlearning.1 2 A specific area of control system design and analysis that even many advanced graduatestudents are unaware of is that of discrete event system (DES) control. Discrete event control isoften confused with digital control. Whereas digital control systems

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

to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science Fellows program at Baylor University. She co-leads the Engineering & Computer Science Faculty Development Seminars, and is a KEEN Fellow. c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors; Vitaliy Victorovich Saykin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mohammed Khalid Alhuwayrini

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Mechanical Engineering

Research Laboratory: A Case Study”, the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 14-17, 2009, Austin, Texas, USA.[5]. Hsieh, S., “Research Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering Students”, the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 11[6]. Kaul, S., & Ferguson, C. W., & Yanik, P. M., & Yan, Y., “Importance of Undergraduate Research: Efficacy and Student Perceptions”, the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 26-29, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.[7]. ATSM E8/E8m-15a, Standard test methods for tension testing of metallic materials,[8]. R.C. Hibbeler, “Mechanics of Materials”, 10 Edition, Prentice Hall; 2013[9

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lan He, Beihang University; Jingjun Yu, Beihang University

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Mechanical Engineering

Effectiveness and Promoting Undergraduates' Innovation Experiment by CDIO Management", Research and exploration in laboratory, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 90-92, 2010[7] M. Zhou, "Chinese university students’ acceptance of MOOCs: A self-determination perspective. " Computers & Educations, vol. 92–93, pp. 194-203, 2016[8] C. M. Santos, R. A. Franco, D. Leon, D. B. Ovigli, and P. D. Colombo Junior, "Interdisciplinarity in Education: Overcoming Fragmentation in the Teaching-Learning Process." International Education Studies, vol. 10, no.10, pp. 71-77, 2017.

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Wes Ryan Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC

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Mechanical Engineering

variations of this experiment which can be used as a laboratory or as ademonstration. More combinations of straight hole sizes and counter-bored holes could be used.If more time is available, each group could test multiple tube lengths and conduct more repeatruns. Other fluids could be used as well.There are a few parameters where there is a significant potential for error. Only twomeasurements are made during the experiment: the drainage time and the amount of watercollected. In both cases, the larger these values the lower the relative error. For example, if thedrainage time is 30 s with a 1 s uncertainty, this equates to an uncertainty of 3.3%. However, ifthe drainage time is 5 min with an uncertainty of 1 s, that would only be an uncertainty of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis J. Everett, University of Texas, El Paso; Norman Love, University of Texas, El Paso; Md Moinuddin Shuvo, University of Texas at El Paso; Vishal Bhimrao Zade, University of Texas, El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #24851Efficacy of Social Media Communications for Enhancing Student SuccessDr. Louis J. Everett, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Everett is the MacGuire Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett’s current research is in the areas of Mechatronics, Freshman Programs and Student Engagement. Having multiple years of experience in several National Laboratories and Industries large and small, his teaching brings real world experiences to students. As a former NSF Program Director he works regularly helping faculty develop strong education proposals.Dr. Norman

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingyu Wang, University of Oklahoma; Noah C. Golly, University of Oklahoma; Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; James Ian Macdonald, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

the last two years, the project has been carried out asindependent undergraduate research projects for the senior students working in the authors’research laboratory. Under the detailed guidance, the undergraduate students were able toestablish a solid understanding of the 3D printing process, and effect of nanoparticles on theoverall materials’ mechanical properties. In addition, the experience in mechanical testingfollowing ASTM standards emphasized the solid mechanics knowledge the students learned intheir junir year. Three students have participated in the reported undergraduate 3D printing andmaterials testing research. Positive feedbacks were given by the students in the final classevaluation and survey.In order to benefit a broader

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #24780Implementation of Visual Supplements to Strengthen Pedagogical Practicesand Enhance the Physical Understanding of Fundamental Concepts in Engi-neering MechanicsDr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. currently serves as Educator Professional Development Specialist at the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and is an Assistant Professor of Practice for the LBJ Institute for Edu- cation and Research at Texas State

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

insulating device was only part of the task. A good mathematical model to simulate thepredicted behavior was equally important. This was done in the hope of avoiding any complexdesign for which building a model in the simulation software would be too challenging oroutright impossible – for example in FEHT it is possible to solve a problem which can be easilybuilt using Cartesian coordinate system or axi-symmetric geometry in cylindrical coordinatesystem. However, a mixture of two, for example, a rectangular prism envelope with cylindricalobject inside would not be easily modeled as the software package is not versatile enough likecommercial CAD or FEA packages. The laboratory facilities of the course were made availableto the students so that they

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard V. Melnyk, United States Military Academy; William Clarence Pyant III, United States Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner P.E., United States Military Academy; Daniel Richard Brown

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Mechanical Engineering

- versity of Maryland. He completed his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering under thesis advisor Dr. Roberto Celi in 2014. CPT Brown has taught and served as Course Director for both MC311 (Thermal-Fluid Systems I) and MC312 (Thermal-Fluid Systems II) for the USMA Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. He also has served as pilot for the department’s airplane and helicopter in-flight laboratories. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Assessment of Implementing an Undergraduate, Integrated Thermal-Fluids Course Sequence on the Results of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FEE)Introduction The purpose of this paper is to assess and analyze the impact that changing from

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Students in Engineering through Freshman Courses, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec.2. Johnson, J., & Niemi, A. D. (2015). A First-year Attrition Survey: Why Do They Say They Are Still Leaving? ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.3. Meyer, M. & Marx, S., (2014). “Engineering dropouts: A qualitative examination of why undergraduates leave engineering”, Journal of engineering education, Vol. 103, Issue 4, Pages 525-548, October 20144. Skurla, C., Thomas, B., & Bradley, W., (2004). Teaching Freshman Using Design Projects and Laboratory Exercises to Increase Retention, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.5. Hall, D., et al., (2008). “Living with the Lab

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

classified as Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC). Due to the timeconstraint in one quarter, seven (7) important AC and DC laboratory assignments pertaining toelectric machines are selected in one required course. Using MATLAB enables the in-depthteaching of these topics during the ten-week quarter period. MATLAB was used as a tool thatmade it possible to teach important electromechanical topics in electrical engineeringcurriculums, during a limited time, in one quarter or one semester.Use in Additional CoursesAt EWU the Mechanical Engineering (ME) students take a course in Engineering NumericalMethods while both the ME and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students take acourse in Industrial Robotics. Both the MATLAB course

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoman; Lucas Balmer, University of Oklahoma; Warren F. Smith, UNSW, Canberra, Australia

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Mechanical Engineering

school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Prof. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoman, Norman Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams. Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech – Savannah. He was also the Founding Director of the Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Farrokh’s current research focus is model-based realization of complex systems by managing uncertainty

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

- ing laboratories, in the HVAC concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through implementation of a student success focused approach in introduction to engineering courses. In addi- tion, his work in engineering education focuses on collaborative learning, student-industry cooperation, and developing innovative ways of merging engineering fundamentals and engineering in practice and research. He can be reached at speuker@calpoly.edu. Page 26.1686.1 c

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13933Using the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model to Develop Educational LearningModules: An Example from StaticsFrancesca G Polo, Purdue University Francesca G. Polo is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research investigates motivational and cognitive affordances in game design to inform pedagogy. She earned both M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Tech- nology and has over 15 years combined work experience in academia, industry, and a DOE sponsored laboratory. She is a member of ASEE, AAPT, and a Senior member of the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Andrea Strzelec, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

authors wish to acknowledge several organizations and persons who have made this workpossible. The National Science Foundation is acknowledged for providing the financial supportfor the first thermodynamics course redesign effort (NSF Award #1044875). The opinions and orviews expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of thesponsoring agency. Further, the authors wish to acknowledge members of the project’s AdvisoryPanel for their feedback on both the course redesign and the concept inventory. The panelmembers include Dr. William Cannella (Chevron Corporation), Dr. Philip Caruso (GeneralElectric Water and Power), Dr. C. Stuart Daw (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), (ChevronCorporation), Professor David

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Mohammed Aslam, University of Michigan, Flint; Fardeen Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

visual representation of the hot spots found on the airfoil model.EFD using the wind tunnel provided invaluable laboratory experience and better insight intofluid mechanics in the aerodynamics industry.CFD analysis demonstrated the effects of various mesh sizes on the accuracy of resultsconcerning fluid flow through a 90-degree elbow. It was found that smaller element sizesresulted in a finer mesh configuration which improved the accuracy of the analysis. The solutionof the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations allowed the Ansys Fluent software to providea physical depiction of fluid flow in the form of contour maps. These contour maps show that asfluid flows through the bend, the maximum flow velocity occurs along the inner portion of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Donald Jerome Hake II, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a post- doctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a num- ber of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an elected Fellow of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Eliana Christou, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University

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Mechanical Engineering

practices as they relate to computational modeling. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better understand the mechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues and human movement.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Wedlick, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

-Baja teams at the College of New Jersey for the past twelve years. For years, he served as the advisor for the department’s ASME club. He teaches subjects related to Finite Elements, Machine Design and Advanced Stress Analyses.Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. In the period of September 1997 to 2002, he served as the Primary and Technical advisor of TCNJ Lunar Rover

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College of Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

Systems and Control” courseThis is a senior level course for Mechanical Engineering which introduces students to modelingand design of closed-loop control systems. The textbook used is “Modern Control Systems”, 12thedition, by Dorf and Bishop. Many Mechanical Engineering students find fundamental conceptssuch as closed-loop control systems and transfer functions as very abstract and difficult to grasp.The extensive mathematical derivations required are somewhat alleviated by the use of Matlaband Simulink throughout the course. As the course does not have a laboratory component there isa gap between theoretical concepts and practical applications in the class. The LEGO basedmodules were developed to bridge this gap at least partially. The first

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University; Ada Cheng, Kettering University; Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic

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Mechanical Engineering

Failure AnalysisThe research being conducted under the NSF’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory ImprovementProgram (CCLI) consists of pre-instruction and post-instruction assessment of student capabilitywith support topics and skills (integration, differentiation, dot product, equilibrium conditions,etc.) across the curriculum. Student responses to these assessment questions are analyzed todetermine the approach which each student took in addressing the problem and to identifyaspects of their thinking process: this is especially important in those problems where thestudents answered the assessment questions incorrectly. The different methods by whichstudents approach these problems are then be categorized and a catalog of the most common“modes of

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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Mechanical Engineering

the pressure from the framework andpeers. This trend is good for students in the view of their career placement or graduate schoolapplications.After the initial period, features of best projects start to emerge and can be divided into threeareas. The first is the industry related projects, especially with co-funding or sponsorship. With awell-defined and well-scheduled proposal from industry as well as strong financial and othersupports, this kind of project usually excels. Similarly, the research-oriented projects initiatedfrom an established research laboratories also usually succeed. Lastly, many projects areinvolved in major, and in many cases, international competitions. Faced with major challenges,many of these projects are successful

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Camille George, University of St. Thomas

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Mechanical Engineering

couldhave been accounted for in a more thorough Bill of Materials.ConclusionAn open ended desalination design project was created for use in an introductorythermodynamics laboratory on psychrometrics. The project was built from an innovativeconcept that lent itself to thermodynamic analysis and exposed students to the connectionbetween classroom material and real-world applications. Results from the project showthat the process of producing freshwater by evaporating saltwater and condensing thevapor requires greater care than one might initially expect as only 85% of the salt wasremoved. A student survey and subject specific questions on the final showed the projectto be successful in many of its aims with the group aspect and design freedom having

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Soutas-Little, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, Advanced Dynamics, Advanced Elasticity, Tissue Biomechanics and Biodynamics. He has won teaching excellence awards and the Distinguished Faculty Award. During his tenure at Michigan State University, he chaired the Department of Mechanical Engineering for 5 years and the Department of Biomechanics for 13 years. He directed the Biomechanics Evaluation Laboratory from 1990 until he retired in 2002. He served as Major Professor for 22 PhD students and over 100 MS students. He has received numerous research grants and consulted with engineering companies. He now is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard N. Shapiro, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

students elect the course as well. The on-campus version of the course has been taught for many years, with two meetings a week for a 15-week semester. Beginning about five years ago, the college began offering a master ofengineering degree that is not specialized in any particular engineering discipline. At that time, allnon-laboratory master’s courses in the college were required to include online sections that havebeen taught concurrently with the face-to-face sections. Faculty members teach both sections asone course assignment.The advanced engineering thermodynamics course had an initial enrollment of eight students at adistance who were pursuing their master of engineering degrees while employed full time andtwenty-eight on-campus students