Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

. They also rely onstudent input to help design and improve the curriculum every year. This paper describes theapproach we have taken at the University of Pennsylvania, which integrates selected teaching Page 13.81.3techniques into a cohesive mechanical engineering curriculum aimed at facilitating our students’development into competent, motivated, independent engineers.ProgressionFull curriculum integration has several advantages over labs that are simply tied to individualcourses. The most obvious benefit is the potential for projects to apply integrated concepts thatcross many courses. At the same time, soft skills such as teamwork

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

has unveiled the 14 Grand Challenges that are awaitingengineering solutions www.engineeringchallenges.org/ in energy, infrastructure & theenvironment, health & medicine, security, and in technology and tools for research and forinstruction & learning. A common thread in the 14 Grand Challenges lies in ensuring that theeducational system equips engineers with the skills needed to tackle these grand technicalproblems. At the recent March 2-3, 2009 NAE Summit in Durham, North Carolina, several ofthese challenges were discussed, and the imperative of having strong math and scientificfoundations, a knowledge of business and entrepreneurship, an awareness of the globalenvironment, and soft-skills development in engineering education was

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

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Mechanical Engineering

"soft skills" (a.k.a."essential skills") as advocated by ABET 2000. A more recent example is provided by Boylan-Ashraf who includes hands-on lab activities as part of an arsenal of active strategies applied in anintroductory solid mechanics course (based on presented topical coverage the course would serveas a course in statics). Indicated advantages of active strategies include their increasedlikelihood (compared to lecture-based activities) to provide experiences that are significantenough to build connections as well as a strong association with improved self-efficacy. It isfurther suggested that hands-on learning may promote student retention.Developing contextual knowledge for the "machines" topic In spite of the potential advantages

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas; Carl W. Luchies, University of Kansas; Adrian Joseph Villicana, University of Kansas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

of pharmaceutical education, 74(2), 35.Dana, S. W. (2007). Implementing team-based learning in an introduction to law course. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 24(1), 59.Haidet, P., Kubitz, K., & McCormack, W. T. (2014). Analysis of the team-based learning literature: TBL comes of age. Journal on excellence in college teaching, 25(3-4), 303.Kumar, S., & Hsiao, J. K. (2007). Engineers learn “soft skills the hard way”: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 7(1), 18- 23.Layton, R. A., Loughry, M. L., Ohland, M. W., & Ricco, G. D. (2010). Design and validation of a web-based system for assigning members to teams using instructor

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

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Mechanical Engineering

wavy fibers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Redesign of an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course to Keep Students Engaged and InterestedAbstractAn Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course is redesigned by integrating activities thatinvolve experimentation, exploration, analysis, and discovery. The course includes a briefintroduction of principal subject areas in the major and basic training with select software tools.Technical subjects are supplemented by presenting and discussing other important topicsincluding engineering ethics. Behaviors that promote future success such as class attendancealong with teamwork, communication, and other soft skills

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver; Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

and Parikhh, Samir, “Teaaching 'soft' skkills to engineers,” Internaational Journaal of Electrical E Engiineering Educcation 40.4 (O Oct 2003): 2443-254. 3. Kumar, K Sanjeeev, and Hsiao, J Kent, “Engineers Learnn 'Soft Skills tthe Hard Wayy': Planting a Seed off Leadership in Engineerinng Classes,” Leadership L annd Managemeent in Engineeering 7.1 (20007): 18 8-23. 4. R. R Kim Craft & Joe G. Bakeer, “Do Economists Make Better Lawyyers? Undergrraduate Degreee Field and Lawyer Earnings,,” The Journaal of Economiic Education, 34:3 (2003), 263-281, DO OI

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

members involved in teaching required coursesmust now understand and be involved in the accreditation process on a continuing basis, notjust in the months preceding each visit.The connection between active/ cooperative learning and EC2000 is strong. Active/cooperative learning seems to be an efficient way to address the requirements of ABETEC2000. The careful design of an active/ cooperative learning course ensures that studentswill acquire technical as well as non-technical or soft skills specified in the famous eleven 3a-3k outcomes. Felder et al2 discuss the instructional paradigms of cooperative learning andproblem-based learning and estimates that each of them has the potential to address all eleven

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

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Mechanical Engineering

designing engineering solutions under cultural constraints waspositively impacted in ways that would not change over time.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the U.S.-Brazil Partnership Program and the U.S.Department of Education, as well as the Brazil Ministry of Education for the funds that Page 23.643.15have supported this educational experience.Bibliography1. Del Vitto, C. (2008) Cross-cultural ‘soft skills’ and the global engineer: Corporate best practices and trainer methodologies, Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 3(1) 1-9.2. Downey, G., Lucena, J., Moskal, B., Parkhurst, R., Bigley, T., Hays, C., Jesiek, B. Kelly, L

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University; Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University

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Mechanical Engineering

course (no. 43), an obviousindicator of the importance of the communication and other soft skills that should be looked at. Page 15.825.12 Correlation with Graduate/Current GPA 1.00 Semester 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.75 Plot 8 2002 0.50

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

), there seem to beenough data to support the thesis that a design course or something that contains many of itselements—including projects, teams, written and oral communication—can produce positivechanges in engineering student retention rates.In terms of other measures of potential benefits of first-year design courses, little data areavailable. Purdue’s EPICS program reports that students regarded teamwork, communication andtime management and/or organization as “the three most valuable things . . . learned” fromhaving taken the EPICS course30. The skills acquired here are the “soft” skills that ABET’s EC2000 is trying to promote. These results are quite consistent with—and supportive of—theanecdotal data heard from most teachers of such