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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Arnold Lotring, Submarine Learning Center; Robert Klein, Submarine Learning Center; Thomas Campbell, Submarine Learning Center

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Mechanical Engineering

. This approachcombines exacting simulations of actual operating systems along with opportunities for the student tomaster complex engineering principles through the association of real life observations of theiracquired experiences and understanding. Because of that, the system comprises two major parts: (1) Page 11.770.2modules that simulate the operation of the major submarine systems and devices (ENGSKILLSNET),and (2) modules that help visualize what are the underlying principles for these systems and devices(Applied Engineering Principles).The Applied Engineering Principles curriculum design adapts and integrates cognitiveinformation

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Brent Cobb, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

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Mechanical Engineering

role for the methodology and the development ofALPs. We selected two methods to categorize student’s learning styles: (1) MBTI, (2) VARK,and five models of the learning process: (1) Kolb, (2) Bloom’s taxonomy, (3) Scaffolding, (4)Inductive / Deductive flows, and (5) Learning from Multimedia. Each of these is describedbriefly below. Although these educational or psychological theories are, of course, not ouroriginal work, there are aspects of the use of these in our educational innovations that areoriginal. These include 1) the particular mix of two methods to categorize student’s learningstyles and four models of the learning process which gives our work a more balancedfoundation than may be possible if one bases their approach on one or two

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley; Sarah Zappe; Meng-Fen Hsieh, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. 1. While these demos allow the students to see fluidmechanics in action, they are still somewhat remote, particularly for those students sitting in theback of a large classroom. Furthermore, the students do not get to actually touch or run theexperiments themselves. Flow Parabolic surface (a) (b) (c)Figure 1. Some sample class demos used in the undergraduate fluid mechanics class: (a) a U-tube manometer with higher pressure on the right column, (b) a converging-diverging nozzlewith air flow from left to right demonstrating the Bernoulli principle of lower pressure at thethroat

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Burkhardt, U.S. Naval Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

capabilities in I-DEAS. After the hook design is finalized theCNC code required to manufacture the hookis generated, uploaded onto a CNC mill andthe hook is manufactured. The resulting hookis then tested under uniaxial loading. Theaccuracy of the team’s finite element analysisis then determined by comparing theexperimental and finite element analysispredictions. The project is assigned to teams oftwo students who are to design, build and testa simplified lift hook. The lift hook is to beconstructed from ½-in PVC sheeting. Eachlift hook is required to fit within a 6”x10”rectangle. Two circular cuts through thethickness of the hook are required. A 1”diameter hole is required at the “top” of thehook to mimic the lift hook’s attachment to acrane

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

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Mechanical Engineering

this combined enterprise.Roughly 1/3 of the design teams have both ME and EE members, 1/3 have only ME members,and 1/3 have only EE members. All teams are required to respond to the needs of an externalcustomer, maintain personal logbooks, prepare a problem statement with specifications, presenttheir solution in various design reviews, fabricate a working prototype, write a design report, anddocument their design process on a course web page (http://seniordesign.engr.uidaho.edu). Page 11.895.3Our capstone course design parallels many other capstone programs across the country6,7 andfollows the methodology advocated by standard design

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

accomplish design, development, and implementation should be available.With this overall mission, the ME faculty members place considerable emphasis on all graduatespossessing professional competence. To achieve this outcome, Western Kentucky UniversityME students are given a structured Professional Component where they can acquire design toolsand skills, as well as competency in mathematical and technical analysis, and communication.The implementation of a Professional Component allows Western Kentucky University toprovide consistent and properly assessed instruction, assuring that students will be successful inthese experiences [1].The Western Kentucky University Professional Component coincides with the Criterion 4requirements EAC of ABET

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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

use of CAE tools andtheir relationship to the engineering fundamentals covered within the core undergraduatecurriculum. Learning supports embedded within these modules will explicitly reinforce basicengineering fundamentals and highlight how these principles relate to the types of engineeringproblems that are encountered in practice. Ultimately envisioned is a library of such moduleswhich would enable the seamless incorporation of CAE tools throughout the undergraduatecurriculum. These modules leverage two important characteristics of these CAE tools: 1) thevisualization capabilities of the CAE software, and 2) the ability to solve more complexproblems than those typically covered within a traditional lecture-based format. Such tools

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University; Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

numericalproblems and generate charts and graphs using MATLAB. This course is designed to givestudents opportunities for hands-on practice through the lab work and project studies. The authoralso instructed senior students to use MATLAB for experimental data analysis in course MEEN4131 (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory). In this paper, these successful teaching experiencesare summarized and some additional suggestion is also addressed.IntroductionMATLAB has been largely used in many engineering schools, because it provides a friendlyinteractive system that incorporates numeric computation, symbolic computation, and scientificvisualization [1-2, 4-10]. Authors taught a sophomore course to help the students apply theMALAB tool for engineering problem

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

theaerospace engineering and computer science departments. The ARLISS project has greatpotential to provide students with experience in multidisciplinary design, expanding uponknowledge gained in the classroom. The nature of the project provides a fun and entertainingvenue for education without the constraints of a required course.1 IntroductionIt is commonly accepted that hands-on experience leads to the great educational gains.These gains are further increased if the hands-on projects build upon previous experiencesin an interesting and exciting way1 . Unfortunately, design projects that require studentsto work on teams to build working prototypes are often difficult to grade. Furthermore,students worry about their grade and have conflicts with

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. The students are always trying to push the envelope, and look for theadvisor’s help to achieve this.The department and college also benefit from student design competitions. Student teamsperforming well at the competition bring recognition to their school. Since their experienceshave increased their bond with the school, students often become active, contributing alumniafter graduation. Design projects are a real draw to prospective new students, and can help theschool attract the best and brightest.Educational risks seen in current competitionsThere are many challenges or issues for students working on vehicles for these designcompetitions. Table 1 provides a list of issues or problems that have been observed with thetypical extracurricular

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

moreappropriate strategy of introducing engineering courses than classical lectures.1. IntroductionFluid mechanics, as most other university courses, is usually presented in the form of lectureswhere the students listen to the “professor” as he delivers his lecture. The students in classwould probably get a good deal of knowledge and would, hopefully, be convinced with theformulas through their derivation that takes place in the classroom.1.1 The Quest for Change Page 11.170.2Apart from the amount of knowledge that the students grasp, such mechanism of “knowledgedelivery” lacks capturing the students’ interest in science. Therefore, graduates from

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Mechanical Engineering

effort to provide students with an opportunity to combine learning experiences inthe application of technology to socially relevant challenges. This Service Learning initiative isbased on successful programs implemented by the Tufts Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment both locally in Massachusetts 1-4 and internationally5. Community-based servicelearning (CSL) is a pedagogical tool that helps students develop a deeper appreciation ofengineering as well as to communicate their engineering solutions to both technical and layaudiences. Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students were particularly active in organizingthe student EWB chapter and solicited projects that required skills in mechanical design. Theallure of service

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

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Mechanical Engineering

skills.Course outcomes related to the ABET criteriaA detailed set of course outcomes has been developed for Dynamics course. These courseoutcomes will be used to determine the effectiveness of teaching/learning process inachieving the program outcomes. It fulfills outcomes a, e, g, I, and k in 1ABET Criterion3 (a-k), and it has consistency with the program mission, the objectives and thecurriculum outcomes. The students are expected to demonstrate the following learningoutcomes:1. (a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering Mathematics foundations: To be able to use derivatives and integrals for solving mechanics problems in a variety of coordinate systems. Scientific foundations: To be able to use

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renuka Thota, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering

the product life cycle, from conception through disposal, includingquality, cost, schedule, and user requirements. Based on successful utilization of theopportunities offered by the latest technologies the process aims for the implementation of globaldesign and manufacturing in a global environment 1.Product Realization Process (PRP) includes determining the customer’s needs, developingspecifications, generating conceptual designs, and designing the final product as well as itssupport processes 1, 6. This tool improves the design methodology, which is recognized as thesingle- most essential step in industrial excellence and national competitiveness. Thus integratingindustry-sponsored projects into the curriculum through product realization5

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Huang, University of San Diego; James Kohl, University of San Diego; Veronica Galvan, University of San Diego

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Mechanical Engineering

courses in dynamics and design of machinery (formally MENG375 Dynamics and MENG 380 Machine Design I in the ME curriculum at USD) by changingtheir sequence from serial to parallel; namely, the two courses were offered in the same semesterand taken by the same group of students. It was postulated that 1) through careful coordination,basic dynamics concepts and knowledge needed for the applied design of machinery coursecould be covered in a just-in-time manner, and 2) coupling a foundational course (e.g., dynamics)with a directly related applied course (e.g., design of machinery) would accentuate theassociations between materials and broaden understanding. In this experiment, a third course on

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Transport Equation : the first law and then the second law as more of thesame. In a previous paper Foley (2005) describes a method of introducing the first law usingthe Reynolds Transport equation. Briefly a generic property B is considered with respectto a general ‘catch all’ control volume. (See Figure 1.)DB •B ? - Â B% net _ gen - Â (m% b) net _ in …….(1)Dt •tNote that the summation signs have been used instead of the integral sign to reflect thatmost of the problems in an introduction to thermodynamics course involve discreteinputs, outputs etc. While not to the ‘purists’ satisfaction it has worked well with studentswho later ‘ramp up’ to functional, continuous type inputs with little difficulty

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

sophomoredynamics class was obtained using a series of interventions. These improvementsand the interventions have been described elsewhere.1, 2One component of each intervention is the use of a counter-intuitive (CI) problembased classroom activity. The term “counter-intuitive” refers to a problem thatappears to have an obvious, simple answer yet displays a behavior opposite to“common sense”. The significance of these counter-intuitive activities wasdiscussed in previous publications and the hypothesis proposed to explain theirsignificance is that they produce learning moments by creating a sense of surpriseand excitement in the students.This paper presents a heuristic that can be used to help create new counter-intuitive learning activities. Although the

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University; Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

; ‚ Apply modern analytical techniques to mechanical systems; ‚ Apply computational techniques to mechanical systems; and ‚ Demonstrate effective communication skills through technical presentations and reports.During the first three weeks of the 11-week CAE course, students learn solid modeling,sketching, assembly modeling, drafting, parametric design and inter-part modeling. FIGURE 1 Page 12.531.2depicts an automotive door hinge. Students are required to design the inner hinge, the outerhinge and the hinge pin. All parts in the assembly have to be mated properly, so that the outerhinge is allowed to rotate unobstructed around the hinge pin

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

increasingly important. Education and research are of equal value andshould be viewed as complementary parts of any STEM education system3. Incorporating a research problem into a graduate level course4 presents challenges, and toincorporate a problem into an undergraduate level is even more challenging. These challengesinclude 1. the research problem may not address most of the topics of the course to justify the use of class time, 2. specific skills may be needed that are too time consuming to teach, 3. the problem may be out of scope for the education level of the students. In the Numerical Methods course, we were either able to meet or not have to face thesechallenges. In the next sections, the description

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-407: AN INTEGRAL ANALYTICAL-NUMERICAL-EXPERIMENTALPEDAGOGY FOR A SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND CONTROL COURSEBenjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York Professor Liaw received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington in 1983. After a year of post-doctoral research study at University of Washington, he joined the faculty of the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY) in 1984, where he is a Full Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering. During 2000-2002 he was also appointed Acting Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, School of Engineering. His interests include (1) the design, analysis, manufacturing and testing of composites and smart

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Jokar, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hamid Rad, Washington State University-Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

lessons learned are described.1. Course OutcomesThe Mech 101 is a 2-credit course with two 50-minute lectures per week. No textbook wasrequired but some were used as references in the course [1, 2]. Topics covered includedmechanical engineering as a profession, sub-disciplines, computer-based modeling, engineeringproblem solving, ethics and contemporary issues in engineering. Also, a design project wasassigned after introducing the mechanical engineering disciplines within a month into thesemester so that the students would have about 10 weeks to finish their projects.The following are the course outcomes based on the ABET accreditation criteria:Students will • review the fundamentals of physics and mechanics (criterion a), • teamwork to build

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

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Mechanical Engineering

appropriate PTC as a guide. At a medium-sized technical university, studentsread and reported on PTCs as part of a senior thermal science laboratory course. At a largeresearch university PTCs were used as reference material in a laboratory capstone design course.In addition to instructor’s experiences, assessment data from student surveys are presented.1. Introduction to Performance Test CodesA. What Are Performance Test Codes The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Performance Test Codes (PTCs) provide uniform rules and procedures for planning, preparation,and execution of performance tests and for reporting the results 1,2. A performance test is anengineering evaluation, based on measurements and calculations, whose results indicate

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

effectively k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Once it was decided that these three outcomes would be supported by the course, the faculty thendefined what was meant by each of the outcomes so that assessment could be done. Theexplanations are given below: a. design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data – not every experimental activity will have design, conduct, analyze and interpret. 1. Experiments done in teams of two or more will attempt to determine which students contributed to what parts of the laboratory experiments. The recommendation is to use an executive summary that each student

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

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Mechanical Engineering

report (completed afterthe first year of the course). As such, the present work contains a comprehensive overview of thecurrent program’s curriculum, organization, and, where instructional, evolution. As a whole, thework is intended to serve as a template for future mechanical engineering pre-college programs.1 IntroductionMathematics, Science, and Technology at Michigan State University (MST at MSU) is a two weeklong residential program with the stated purpose of introducing high-achieving middle school stu-dents with technical interests to a variety of scientific and technical disciplines (ranging from as-tronomy to zoology) and university life in general. Though the program has evolved significantlysince its creation, a lasting cornerstone

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University; Stephen Howard, Western Kentucky University; Paul Graves, Western Kentucky University; Jonathan Martin, Western Kentucky University; Chris Kruckenberg, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

distribution of these funds is based on the relevance of the proposal to educational endeavorsin the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) disciplines. 1, 2In 2004, ME seniors and their faculty advisor in the ME Senior Lab I course at WesternKentucky University submitted a proposal to the ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project GrantProgram, requesting funds to design, build and test (DBT) an airflow test bench. The proposalwas selected by ASHRAE as one of the projects to be funded for the 2005 – 2006 academic year. Page 12.192.2The objective of this project was to design, assemble, calibrate and test the performance of

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

the last three years we used the same project. The challenge was to design a machine to sortCD cases. The machine had to work as follows: CD sorting machine project 1. User will load a stack of CD cases into a stacking guide in the machine. Some cases will contain labels and be opaque; some will be empty and transparent. Presence of the CD cases in the stack must be detected. 2. When the user has placed the cases in the stack, he will press a START button. 3. The machine will then take the cases off the stack one at a time. If a case contains label, the machine will push it into the output stack for full cases. If it is

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Baughn, University of California-Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

teaching this subject3, thecurrent authors deemed it necessary to devote five lecturesto this material.Prior to their introduction to psychrometry, most studentsare familiar with many of the other diagrams associatedwith property variations: h-s, T-s, T-v, and p-v.Unfortunately, the psychrometry chart can be somewhat Page 12.1369.3intimidating the first time it is encountered by a buddingthermodynamics student, and some link with prior Figure 1: Basic layout of psychrometric chartknowledge facilitates the introduction of this topic. Figure 1 illustrates a fairly commonfirst exposure to the psychrometric chart. Unfortunately, most

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University; Richard Scott, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

availability and of its increasing use inundergraduate mathematics courses, MAPLE[1] is employed. The central goal of the work is tointroduce new phenomena, and the examples treated are: (i) The effect of viscous damping onthe stability of an inverted pendulum. It is shown that with a linear model viscous damping doesnot stabilize an unstable state, whereas damping plays an important role when a non-linear modelis considered. (ii) Forced harmonic motion of a non-linear hardening spring-mass system. Thenumerical simulation of the response illustrates the “jump phenomena” in which the steady stateamplitude undergoes a jump in passing through frequencies close to the linear resonancefrequency. (iii) A simple pendulum with an oscillating support

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

that are basedon student survey conducted via e-mail. These issues, together with the authors‟ limitedexperiences in this field are presented in this paper.IntroductionA lot of research has been done that deals with blended teaching and learning. However,there is no general consensus as to what is blended learning and what does it constitute.Figure 1 [Wikipedia1] shows one method of blended learning that comprise the formalclassroom learning and online learning using a stationary computer or a mobile devicesuch as a tablet or. With the advent of more technology, the cell phone can also be used.This form of learning already exists for example in a social atmosphere such as finding afavorite restaurant in a new city and navigating to reach its

Conference Session

Computing in the classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College; sina Shahbazmohamadi, University of Connecticut

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Mechanical Engineering

universities.IntroductionThrough the long history of teaching and learning, the medium of the interaction between theeducator and learner has evolved from merely oral interaction between teacher and students tothe recent tablets and smart devices. Advances in technology have played a significant role indeveloping new methods and devices for interaction. Table 1 1 summarizes a handful of devicesused during such an evolution since 1650 and a brief description of how they work.The advent of computers is by far one of the most important turning points in this field.Computers and subsequently internet provided the educators with a treasure trove of materials,images and already developed media to be used in their classrooms. Several softwares began todevelop to enhance the