Conference Session

Thermal Fluid Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John M. Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin - Madison; David J Gagnon, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #34841ThermoVR: A Virtual Laboratory to Enhance Learning in UndergraduateThermodynamicsProf. John M. Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin - Madison Professor John M. Pfotenhauer earned his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in physics from St. Olaf College and the University of Oregon in 1979, 1981, and 1984. For eight years he conducted research as part of the Applied Superconductivity Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison before joining the faculty there in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Physics in 1993. In addition to his research in cryogenics, and in educational games, he teaches

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1600: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE INTELLIGENTSYSTEMS LABORATORY AND CLASSJohn-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University JOHN-DAVID YODER is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ONU. His Doctorate is from the University of Notre Dame. Research interests include education, controls, robotics, and information processing. Prior to teaching, he ran a small consulting and R&D company and served as proposal engineering supervisor for GROB Systems, Inc.Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame MIHIR SEN received his Doctorate from MIT, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Wagner, Clemson University; Katie Knaub, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

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Mechanical Engineering

Laboratory AssessmentTo evaluate each laboratory experiment, an assessment tool will be administered at theconclusion of the given exercise to gather student feedback. The assessment document (refer to Page 14.1271.16Appendix) has been divided into four areas. The first three segments seek information regardingthe performance of the laboratory teaching assistants (Questions 1-2), student work load anddifficulty for the laboratory (Questions 3-4), and whether the assignment reinforced engineeringconcepts and student skills (writing, software, statistics, design and conducting experiments) perQuestions 5-10. The responses are entered on a strongly

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Trends and Tools

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-5274: DEVELOPMENT OF A WRITING WORKSHOP FOR AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEDr. Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky Vincent R. Capece is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering. Capece received his B.S. de- gree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 1980, M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1982, and Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1987. Page 25.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development of a Writing Workshop for a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; William Moses, Mercer University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 14.52.7engineering laboratories at Mercer University.References1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs—Effective forEvaluations During the 2009—2010 Accreditation Cycle,” ABET, Inc., December 2008.2. Mullisen, R.S. “A mechanical engineering programme categorized into curricular threads,” InternationalJournal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 230-234, July 1999.3. Moller, J.C., Schmahl, K.E., Bardes, B.P, and Shinn, K.D. "Manufacturing Design thread in a manufacturingengineering curriculum," 27th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Teaching and Learning in an Era ofChange, Proceedings, Vol. 3, pp. 1308-1311, 1997.4. Metz, P. O., "MAE 402L, Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Schertzer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Patricia Iglesias Victoria, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); John D. Wellin, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE)

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #8574Enhancement of the Engineering Measurements Laboratory for SemesterConversionDr. Michael J. Schertzer, Rochester Institute of Technology Michael J. Schertzer received the Bachelor of Engineering and Management and Master of Applied Sci- ence degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, On- tario, Canada. He earned his Doctorate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto for his work characterizing the motion and mixing of droplets in Electrowetting on Dielectric Devices. Before joining the Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2118: COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARYSTUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State UniversityDarrell Wallace, Youngstown State University Page 15.285.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009AbstractFor the past couple of years, a disconcerting and repeated criticism by the engineering industryof recent college engineering graduates is the inability to creatively solve problems coupled withineffective communication with workers in other disciplines or trades. Additionally, a lack ofdiscipline has also been noted. Typically, these

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven P Marra P.E., Johns Hopkins University

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Mechanical Engineering

boom and a budget not to exceed$15 per group. Results of this project will be presented at the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference.Final remarksWhen the Mechanics Based Design Laboratory course was first developed in 2012, assessmenttools were not included in the curriculum to provide information on the effectiveness of thecourse. Anecdotal comments from the students and from the teaching assistances (several ofwhom had taken the four-credit course prior to 2012) indicate that the laboratory course isdelivering the hands-on experiences and the machine design instruction that was missing prior toits inception.Reference 1 Nagurka and Anton, “Discovery learning experiments in a new machine design laboratory,” Proceeding from the 2013 ASEE

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

manufacturing, software development and applications; as well as remote and virtual laboratories. Page 13.817.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 IT-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Machine DynamicsAbstractChallenging problems of modern engineering education, teaching and learning methods are stillmostly based on traditional lectures and exercises, which fall short in their efforts to develop theengineering skills levels of today’s engineers. Information Technology (IT) can play a significantrole in the development learning environments and lead students through the processes ofstructuring of information into

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Tim Ashcraft, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy; Matthew Miller, United States Military Academy; Michael J Benson, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

currently an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has his Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy (1994), and his Master of Science (2003), Degree of Engineer (2003), and Ph.D. (2011) from Stanford University all in Mechanical Engineering. He has authored/co-authored papers in Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer, along with Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Teaching experimental design in a fluid mechanics courseAbstractIn this paper we discuss the development and implementation of a new Design of Experiment (DoE)experience in the junior-level Thermal-Fluid

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2146: TEACHING ENGINEERING REASONING USING A BEAMDEFLECTION LABNatasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana Page 15.1173.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Engineering Reasoning using a Beam Deflection LabAbstractWell crafted laboratories reinforce theoretical concepts presented in class, but also sharpenstudents’ technical reasoning skills and provide practice in technical communication. This paperpresents an introductory mechanics laboratory on beam deflection, suitable for freshmenengineering courses or as an opening week experiment for Strengths of Materials. The labconsists of 4 distinct experiments, each requiring students to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis E Monterrubio, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education, 2015 A Hands-on Approach in Teaching Machine DesignIntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present a modified curriculum for a Machine Design course. Themodified curriculum aims to provide students with hands-on experience in the development ofnew products following procedures used in the research and development departments in theindustry. The hands-on laboratories included in the course Machine Design are carried out afteran introduction to the design philosophy presented by Eggert 1 and most of the first two parts ofthe textbook by Budynas and Nisbett2. The design philosophy included in this course splits thedesign process in five phases1 (formulation, concept design, configuration design, parametricdesign

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport; Xingguo Xiong, University of Bridgeport

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Mechanical Engineering

on the numerical methodswith little emphasis on using the software and the other is to introduce a CFD software as avirtual reality laboratory in Fluid Mechanics class without emphasis on teaching software. In thefirst type, students need strong mathematical background to succeed in the class and also needfurther training to effectively use modern commercial software for real industrial application.While in the second type, students only learned an abstract form of CFD processes, thus they willnot be able to use CFD commercial software without further training in this area.This paper is about the use of CFD in teaching graduate students at this university who were in atwo year design track program. Many of these students did not have a good

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

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Mechanical Engineering

Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Dynamics Julie Y.-Z. Wang and Oguz Soysal Frostburg State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a process to directly assess the 1ABET learning outcomes at a courselevel in Dynamics. The outcomes from the student performance show that themathematics and physics preparation is an important factor to succeed the Dynamicscourse. The interactive activities in the class improve the quality of teaching/learning.The standard lecture/tutorial format of traditional instruction in the class is replaced by aseries of two-hour active-learning sessions involving short lectures and demonstrations,problem solving, classroom questioning and

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Rezaei, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Marco Schoen, Idaho State University; Gurdeep Hura, West Viginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Mechanical Engineering

effectiveness ofsimulation and animation to improve teaching effectiveness in the classroom. The classes thatthese tools are used are mostly upper level engineering courses were the theoretical concepts aremore difficult to understand by the students. The class sizes where these methods are appliedrange from 15 to 23 students.1. Robot Kinematics Visualization using Matlab™The treatment of kinematics and inverse kinematics in Robotics and Mechatronics classes canbecome rather abstract. Using industrial or educational robotic manipulators to demonstrate forexample the Denavit-Hartenberg parameters in class or laboratory environments is very Page

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-2534: NONE OF MY LAB DATA MAKES ANY SENSE - LEARNING TOINTERPRET AND REPORT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTSJed Lyons, University of South Carolina At the University of South Carolina, Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has developed laboratory experiments for freshman engineering, engineering materials, measurements and instrumentation, and mechanical systems. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Center for Teaching Excellence, and is Chair of the Faculty Committee on Instructional Development Director, Director of the Center for Engineering and Computing Education, and Principal Investigator of a NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education award. With

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

usingSolidWorks and Simulation [1, 2, 3 and 4] can be extended to enhancing student theoreticalvisualization and laboratory experiences. This paper presents two examples of a balancedapproach for using virtual experiments with physical experimentation in teaching basic conceptsof heat transfer; one dimensional conduction and conduction in extended surfaces. The internaltemperature distributions in these two examples are compared to theory and available laboratoryhardware. Page 22.275.2One Dimensional Heat Transfer:References [5 and 6] provide a traditional development of the general heat conduction equationin both rectangular and cylindrical coordinate

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Bruce R. Babin, Kansas State University, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Emily Dringenberg, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State Uni- versity. He has been a part of the university for over 8 years. Previously he worked at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson Arizona and was a High School teacher in Topeka, Kansas.Dr. Emily Dringenberg, Kansas State University Dr. Dringenberg is a teaching assistant professor of general engineering at Kansas State University. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a MS in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (Purdue ’15). Her doctoral work focused on using qualitative methods to explore the experiences of students engaging with engineering design problems, and she is currently working to develop

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

gauge the value of the service learning component of the course.I. IntroductionFluid mechanics is often seen as a difficult core subject for engineering students. The difficultystems from the necessity to visualize complex flow patterns and fluid behavior modeled by highlevel mathematics. In textbooks and classroom lectures fluid mechanics is often treated asabstract, mathematical and conceptual. Innovative teaching methods that will enhance studentlearning in this area are being explored within the curriculum of the mechanical engineering Page 22.753.2(ME) program offered at Mesa State College (MSC) located in Grand Junction, Colorado as

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-2369: PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING USING LABORATORY TEAM PROJECTS:A CASE STUDYGregory Davis, Kettering University Gregory W. Davis, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute. Acting in this capacity, he teaches courses in the Automotive and Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves a Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory, where he conducts research in alternative fuels and engines. Greg is active on the professional level of SAE, currently serving as a Director on the SAE Board of Directors (term, 2007-2010), a Director on the Publications Board

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Langhoff, San Francisco State University; Sergey Dusheyko, San Francisco State University; McKenzie Suzanne Campagna, San Francisco State University; Ozkan Celik, San Francisco State University

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Mechanical Engineering

control systemsinstructional labs. With Arduino-based data acquisition, a low-cost sensor, and inexpensivehardware manufacturing, the build cost for our plant totals to approximately $150. This serves as Page 23.65.12an affordable and accessible solution to engineering departments seeking to outfit controlsystems or mechatronics laboratory classrooms with multiple laboratory setups for significantlyincreased opportunity for hands-on learning experience.References[1] C. Richard, A. M. Okamura, and M. R. Cutkosky, “Getting a feel for dynamics: Using haptic interface kits for teaching dynamics and controls,” in Proceedings of 1997 ASME IMECE 6th

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

12.1045.10AcknowledgementThe authors wish to thank Dr. Peggy Lin who, as a graduate student, diligently conductedmany of the preliminary tests of many types of food samples, as well as the calorimetercalibration experiments. She also took the time to train several teaching assistants in thepreparation of food samples.References1. Mark A. Palmer, Gary E. Wnek, Joseph Topich, John B. Hudson, and James A. Moore, “A One- Semester Engineering Chemistry Course,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition2. Carmela Amato-Wierda, Christopher F. Bauer, Eleanor Abrams, David Bourgeois, Anneliese Mueller, and Emma Torbert, “A Laboratory-Driven General Chemistry Course for Engineering and Physical Science

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Perwez Kalim, Wilkes University

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Mechanical Engineering

efforts of severalstudent teams in fluid mechanics laboratory class. The main objectives of the project wereclearly articulated to all participating students. The process began with the assignment of distinctand different tasks to each team in the beginning of the semester. As a group they were requiredto design and build a modular pump experimental setup from scratch, and test the system tovalidate the engineering principles, determine the pump performance parameters and plot itscharacteristics. The collaboration and time management among all teams were overseen by theinstructor and a teaching assistant. Finally, the requirements of submission of a project report onthe designed system and its presentation by each team at the end of the semester

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; James Dautremont

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Mechanical Engineering

understandingthrough lab report scores as measured by teaching assistants. The results for the fluids and heattransfer laboratories showed that there was no significant difference in the learning of thestudents. Student perception of the remote lab experiences depended on the smooth running ofthe experiments. The pilot study suggests that some laboratory experiences can be successfullyported to a remote or online mode without sacrificing the student learning experience.IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering (ME) program is the most popular major at Iowa State Universitywith a current enrollment of approximately 1800 students and about 240 BSMEs being awardedevery year. An integral part of the ME curriculum are core courses that have integratedlaboratories to

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University; John Ridgely, California Polytechnic State University; Frank Owen, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-1786: INTEGRATING EXPERIMENT, MODELING AND DESIGN USINGA HANDS ON HYDRAULIC POSITIONING LABORATORY FOR MECHANICALCONTROL SYSTEMS EDUCATIONJames Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control and engineering education.Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University Charles Birdsong has expertise in vibrations, controls, signal processing, instrumentation

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

improved. Since we’ve started giving them “hands-on” experiences hooking up and checking out transducers using instructions from the manufacturer (i.e., not step-by-step instructions from us), they are now less afraid to try hooking up new ones. Our technicians report that students are more likely to try to hook up a transducer, and ask for help if it doesn’t work, rather than ask the technicians to set it up for them right from the start. 2. (workshops) A colleague teaching the follow-on senior laboratory course made the unsolicited comment that the quality of the uncertainty analyses is a notch better than before. 3. (workshops) The quality of the questions our students ask us is improved

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chastain, Clemson University; Harvin Smith, Clemson University; Mason Morehead, Clemson University; David Moline, Clemson University; John Wagner, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Petroleum Institute (AbuDhabi) with discussion of the experiments and corresponding educational objectives. Finally, ina slightly different context, Ghone et. al6 discussed the creation of a multi-disciplinarymechatronics laboratory at Clemson which features student created open-ended experiments. Thefocus on real world inspired laboratory experiments was well received by students and offeredopportunities to work with common manufacturing instrumentation and control systems.The bench top laboratory experiments have been custom created at Clemson University andduplicated to support four self contained work stations. The students are placed in teams of threeto four members. Typically, six sections are offered each semester; three teaching assistants

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #18300Five-Minute Demonstrations:MinimalFaculty InvestmentforMaximumLearn-ing ImpactDr. Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida Dr. Pamela Dickrell is the Associate Director of the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education (IE3) at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. She designs and teaches large enrollment service courses, and researches innovative educational methods for the delivery of curriculum to students across multiple engineering majors. Her prior appointment at UF was director of the engineering distance learning program, UF EDGE (Electronic Delivery of

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin; Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-3085: ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING WIND TUNNELMODELS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN FLUID MECHANICSEric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin Eric Zissman is a December 2006 BSME graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Development and Director of the PROCEED Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Page 12.195.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky

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Mechanical Engineering

software can provide students anexcellent visual learning experience in some cases. Another approach is to produce slow-motionvideo recordings of actual high speed physical events. However, professional-level high speedvideo equipment can cost thousands of dollars. Due to budgetary constraints, expensive high-speed video equipment is not affordable for many academic programs. This paper describes useof an affordable "off-the-shelf" camera that can record video at up to 1000 frames per second(fps) to assist in the teaching of a mechanical vibrations course and a fluid mechanics course in amechanical engineering curriculum. Examples used in the vibrations and fluid mechanicsclasses are overviewed, and lessons learned are discussed. In some cases