Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy; Aaron St. Leger, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher Michael Korpela, U. S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Colonel Korpela was selected as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. An active duty Army officer, LTC Korpela has deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan serving in various command and staff positions. As a researcher, he has coordinated research projects and grants across the U.S. Department of Defense, academia, and industry in the field of robotics, control, and autonomy. He has authored and coauthored over 35 scientific and professional papers, including journal and conference papers, as well as book chapters in the field of unmanned aerial systems and robotics. LTC Korpela is a WISE (Washington Internship for Students of Engineering) Fellow and Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Averill, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

projects and students in a study group practicing solutions to challenging problems. The success of a team usually depends on the leadership, goal setting, task planning and other teamwork skills of its members.Note that these are not steps for engineering problem solving. Rather, they are the maincomponents or ingredients that are required to solve problems. In most problems, many of theSeven C’s will play a role, though perhaps not all of them at once.In addition to providing a framework for organizing new knowledge and skills, the structure andvocabulary of the Seven C’s can be used to identify specific areas of learning strength andweakness. A general statement such as, “I am not good at solving this type of problem” might bereplaced

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

in preparation andgrading for a minimum of 480 man-hours of time gained. Perhaps most important, is that thetime gained did not come at the expense of results on Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanicsrelated questions on the FEE. The past decade has seen an increase in the number andcomplexity of Mechanical Engineering capstone projects requiring faculty advisors to spendadditional time with their teams. It is likely that this increased time spent with the capstoneprojects would have not been possible without a corresponding decrease in time spent in teachingtwo courses to all of the engineering majors at the institution. The largest disadvantage of the integrated approach to these two courses is in seekingequivalence at other

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J Cox, University of North Florida; Lawrence K. Mao, University of North Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

, W., “Innovative Instruction for Undergraduate Aircraft Dynamics and Control,” Proceedings of the ASEE 2011 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2011.[12] Cooper, D., “Picles - A Simulator for Virtual World Education and Training in Process Dynamcis and Control ,” Proceedings of the ASEE 1996 Annual Conference and Exposition, 1996.[13] Cox, D., Meric, Z., Bartz, R., and Ctistis, C., “Complementary Simulation and Remote Laboratory Experiences to Hands-on Control Systems Curriculum,” International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE 2010), Gliwice, July 2010. ISSN 1562-3580.[14] Cox, D. and Bartz, R., “Development and Integration of Project-Centered Modules into RLab Remote System Environment

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Deify Law, California State University, Fresno

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Mechanical Engineering

could cheat on any assignment, project, quiz or examwithout being caught. Since instructors need to grade the students on something, and they couldpossibly cheat on most types of assessment, the instructor is left with little choice. On the otherhand is the logic that passively accepting that academic misconduct, or any ethical violation, ishappening is akin to cooperating with the misconduct. A sobering figure from a survey of 643undergraduate engineering students at 11 institutions9 is that only 51.2% of engineering studentsbelieve that their faculty support their institution’s academic dishonesty policies. While the Page 26.24.10reader is

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

. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carmine Vaccaro, Hofstra University; Kevin C. Craig, Hofstra University; Alexander Hans Pesch, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

key to multidisciplinary engineeringpractice? A physical model of a design concept, based on simplifying assumptions (whichchange as the project progresses and one learns better what effects matter more than others), iscreated. This is an approximation of the real system and a hierarchy of models is possibledepending on the reason for modeling (see Figure 2). Laws of nature (e.g., Newton’s Laws,Maxwell’s Equations) are applied to the model, along with component model equations, togenerate the equations of motion for the multidisciplinary engineering system. These equations– nonlinear and coupled – are solved with Simulink, SimMechanics, SimHydraulics, LabVIEW,etc. to predict how the model will behave when various inputs – desired and

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cody McKenzie, Clemson University; Todd Schweisinger, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Romanian Orthodox Monasteries and Churches”, Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 1, no. 12, pp. 199-204, 2010.7. Legge, K. A., and Petrolito, J., “Aspects of Numerical Techniques for the Design of Musical Structures”, proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics, 17th National Congress, WC0005, pp.1-4, Brisbane, Australia, 2006.8. Meneghetti, G., and Rossi, B., “An Analytical Model Based on Lumped Parameters for the Dynamic Analysis of Church Bells”, Engineering Structures, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 3363-3376, October 2010.9. Haworth, J., “Making Wind Chimes”, http://www.geocities.com/teeley2/chimeart.html?200925, accessed September 2016.10. Baxter, G.W., and Hagenbuch, K., “A Student Project on Wind Chimes”, The Physics Teacher

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Batson, Trine University

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Mechanical Engineering

, the issue must be addressed laterthan might be preferable – if it is to be addressed at all. Further, if no program to mitigatestudents’ lack of understanding of learning practices exists – or students are not involved in aprogram – at the college freshman level, the solution, if any, must be effected after the freshmanyear.In a largely student-structured, project based learning environment, junior and senior engineeringstudents were included in a study [6] to enhance lifelong learning via metacognition.Cunningham et al. [7] included sophomores in the first phase of their study. Their approach wasto provide students with short videos and assignments to provide background and framework formetacognition.Clearly, non-freshmen undergraduates have

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Abhary, University of South Australia

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Mechanical Engineering

quick. It is therefore amost suitable tool not only for designers but for teaching force analysis of mechanisms too, as itdowngrades the project-type problems to the level of classroom tutorials. The teachingsignificance of the method further surfaces when the reader would recall that textbooks havemainly focused on frictionless mechanisms due to the complexity of frictional mechanisms.Keywor ds: Mechanisms, Planar mechanisms, Frictional mechanisms, Kinetic analysis, Forceanalysis, Kinetostatic analysis.Nomenclatur eci = angular acceleration of link iha = angular position of the velocity of joint, say, Aii = angular position of the acceleration-vector of centroid of link iia = angular position of the acceleration of

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

future directions and a section to which students writetheir comments on. The content of the lecture will be listed in the next section, followed by themethod and results of survey including student comments. In the last section, the effectivenessand outcomes of the lecture will be discussed based on the results followed by planned futurework. Page 25.850.4Lecture ContentThe microfluidics lecture was based on a presentation with 60 PowerPoint slides includingintroduction to microfluidics and scaling laws, basic theory, design methods, state-of-the-artapplications, current and projected market and career opportunities. The content covered

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

instruction or other remedialefforts to improve student learning, and to have a measure for demonstrating the effectiveness oftheir remedial/re-instruction efforts.While the content and skills trajectory research seeks to address curricular level efforts inassessment, in addition to mapping content and skill trajectories on a more detailed level, thisresearch also seeks to identify and categorize the methods of content and skills failure within thetrajectory structure. Unlike other efforts to evaluate student learning this project will look at Page 15.878.4failure of learning points rather than success. This analysis will be used to identify

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

students. The experience suggests that anin-lab support person is important and the ability for that individual to communicate with theremote student groups via an audio-visual interface can enhance the student experience. Inaddition to the above, future development of this project includes provision of a means to controlthe PTZ camera, adding an audio feed to give students additional feedback when useful (e.g.fluid flow labs) and developing pre-labs for students to better understand the equipment beingused. We are also considering various means to allow students to conference among separatelocations in and out of lab. Our plan is to refine the remote setups and redeploy for the comingyear and also develop/adapt laboratory experiences in our other

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

. Online student groups that performed well (B- or higher) also had multiple members inthe group who attended on-line office hours regularly.The workload for the course included two take-home exams, five homework assignments, and afinal project. Given that the course spanned a 6 week period, significant effort was required by thestudents in order to submit assignments by their due dates. Considerable latitude was given on theexams and homework assignments; collaboration was allowed within and across groups. Studentswere allowed and encouraged to post questions to other students and/or the instructor when theywere unable to determine a consistent answer to a problem or to apply concepts. Of the eightteams in the class, four distance education teams

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Lynna J. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Anonymous, Special Report: The Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education, Page 24.855.13Journal of Engineering Education, 95(4), 259-261, 2006.4. J.J. Duderstadt, Engineering for a changing world: A roadmap to the future of engineering practice,research, and education. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Millennium Project, The University of Michigan. Retrievedfrom: http://milproj.dc.umich.edu/., 20085. National Academy of Engineering, Grand Challenges for Engineering, National Academy of Science,Washington, DC, 2008.6. M.H. McCaulley, Psychological Types in Engineering: Implications for Teaching, Engineering

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions: Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

separate thermodynamics and fluidmechanics texts removed the requirement for a supplemental text, the drawbacks to this approachwere significant.We traded two books for two books, required students to navigate non-sequentially through thesebooks for two semesters, and reinforced student perception that fluid mechanics andthermodynamics are vastly different fields of study. This last result struck at one of the coreprinciples which initially drove the integration of the two courses into one two-course sequence.These frustrations fueled the decision to develop a text tailored to the integrated two-coursesequence as taught at West Point. It was during this writing project that many of the integrationand consistency issues which had been easy to

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Benson, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

learning as an acquisition and integration process, thisis further reinforced when the concept of a spiral curriculum is also considered. Kolb (2000) in his Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) highlights the necessity ofcyclical instruction. ELT divides the learning cycle in to four phases: experiencing, reflecting,thinking, and acting. As a model for education, this process is both planned (formatted) andresponsive to the situation and content/skills being learned: activities are structured and plannedbut flexible to include individual. The cyclical nature of ELT supports this project in thenecessity of revisiting concepts at various points, over time to solidify and deepen a learner’sknowledge or concept acquisition and mastery

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

the ISTEC 2008 workshop. Thus, SimCafeusers are likely to encounter the same learning structure and best-practices approach for differentproblems across the ME curriculum. Through these repeated encounters, students have a chanceto internalize best practices in their formative years and carry them into their careers.6. Evaluation ResultsIn 2009, an 18-item survey was administered to 57 students enrolled in M&AE 3272 MechanicalProperty & Performance Lab. The survey gathered data pertaining to user experience with theANSYS tutorials on SimCafe looking at content, navigation, presence of technical difficulties,clarity of material, real-world applicability and overall recommendations to project team.Almost all respondents reported having

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

“DesiredAttributes for an Engineer.”2 Many have also argued that a harmony of these two skills isnecessary to do either well. Cooney et al provide a review of critical thinking in engineeringeducation which includes discussions on writing as a means to assess critical and reflectivethinking for both open ended type activities as well as writing to articulate the design process.3Other organizations such as the Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO) initiative andthe Foundation for Critical Thinking provide resources for developing these abilities4.In addition to design projects (now being implemented in the earlier stages of curricula)laboratory work remains one of the principle ways in which students exercise critical thinkingand effective

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Maria J. Gerschutz, Trine University; David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University; Nimit Patel, National Science Foundation; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Craig Zywicki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering

. Nelson is Associate Director of the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D in World History from the University of California, Irvine in 2008. David has been involved in many educational research projects at Purdue, including published worked in the programming education, student engagement and academic performance in dynamics engineering courses, and educational modalities in engineering, technology and economics.Prof. Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette Charles M. Krousgrill is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same institution. He received his B.S.M.E

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

founds itself on a solid understanding ofpedagogical theory much the same way product design theory is tightly tied to anunderstanding of the physical world. This paper begins with a brief overview of learning stylesand pedagogical theory that guide hands-on activity development. Then the method isdescribed in detail with examples. A set of activities based on the methodology for combinedloading in mechanics of materials is outlined. The preliminary evaluation results from AustinCommunity College (ACC) and the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) show students feel theseactivities are improving what they learn. The future work for this project is then discussed.2. Learning Styles & Pedagogical Theory OverviewEducational theory plays a foundational

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sophia V. Yates, Smith College; Christopher H. Conley, Smith College; Aaron J. Rubin, Smith College

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Mechanical Engineering

outlined in Figure 3. Figure 3. Steps in the computational and physical modeling and simulation processes1 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cow-looking-over-split-rail-fence-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway-john-harmon.htmlOur case study comes from an undergraduate research project that was not part of a formalcourse. A local manufacturer wanted to investigate the possible application of a product in a newmarket. They had the capability to manufacture 8ft long 4in diameter solid rods from a blend ofrecycled polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), and wanted to explore the use of these rodsas fence rails in agricultural applications. Developing a polymer blend was motivated by PPhaving higher inherent stiffness but somewhat limited

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida; Anchalee Ngampornchai; Patsy Moskal, University of Central Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #30209Teaching Dynamics Using a Flipped Classroom Blended ApproachDr. Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida Dr. Sudeshna Pal received her PhD degree in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering from Michigan State University in 2009. She is a Lecturer in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she teaches courses in the areas of system dynamics, controls and biomedical engineering. Her current research interests include engineering education with focus on blended learning, project based learning, digital education and design education. She received

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

Majors,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition3. http://www.chem.queensu.ca/PROGRAMS/UG/Firstyearlabs/apsc100/calorimetry.htm. Accessed, March 3, 20074. Marty Matlock, Scott Osborn, Wayne LePori, and Cady Engler, “Development and Implementation of a Common Investigative Methods Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition5. H. W. Shawn Kim, “Improvement of an Undergraduate Thermal Fluid Laboratory Through Innovative Laboratory Design Projects,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Paper # 2004

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

realized in quality ofteaching and learning through the facilitation of access to educational resources and services, aswell as remote exchanges and collaboration. Students indicated that they would like to see use ofthese techniques in other classes as well.AcknowledgmentsThe author gratefully acknowledges the generous support received from Prof. ConstantinChassapis, Director of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute ofTechnology. Thanks also to the members of the ITR-Group, especially Prof. Sven K. Esche.References[1] Esche, S., K., (2002), “Project-Based Learning (PBL) in a course on mechanisms and machine dynamics”, World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 201-204.[2] Caballero, A. A

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

23 3.96 0.69 integral calculus avg 4.04 st dev 0.14 3 12 6 2 23 3.30 0.80 I feel that I am prepared for MECE 3369 (mechanics of solids) and MECE 3336 (dynamics)As noted above, course surveys such as the ones already described in this document are notsufficient to demonstrate learning. Once it has been determined which Outcomes are to beassessed in which course, the next step is to determine exactly what type of assignments will beused to directly assess student learning related to these designated outcomes. Possibilitiesinclude specific homework assignments or problems, projects, laboratory

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

realobject. Based on free responses it can be said that some students appreciated the link betweentheory and practice. The activity has gained interest at the author’s institution where two additional instructorshave adopted it. It is anticipated that it will evolve as a result of broader deployment.Acknowledgements The author acknowledges the James Madison University Quality Collaborative project,funded by Lumina Foundation.References[1] S. D. Sheppard and B. H. Tongue, Statics Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium (revisd edition), Danvers, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.[2] F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., D. F. Mazurek, P. J. Cornwell and B. P. Self, Vector Mechanics for Engineers (11th edition), New York, NY: McGraw

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Jackson, University of Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

numerical heat transfer, fluids, and magnetohydrodynamic simulations and facilitating undergraduate students to engage in similar projects. He is also focused on the implementation of engineering freshman design experiences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Generating Automated Problem Sets for Rapid Content Delivery and Adaptive Learning ModulesAbstractProblem solving plays a critical role in the education of young engineers. Word problem sets area vehicle that educators use to teach and assess that skill. While textbooks, problem repositories,and online learning systems provide a host of interesting problems there will always be a need togenerate new problems to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Juan Abelló P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

to continue developing further proposed taxonomies in mechanical engineering andother related engineering disciplines, as we continue to build problems that we plan to share onthe OPL.This work lays the foundation for educators to more easily contribute to and utilize the growingbody of open-source mechanical engineering problems in WeBWorK.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Dr. Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Technical University, for early supportof this project; Mr. Jim Sibley at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of AppliedScience Centre for Instructional Support for proposing some of the keyword categorysuggestions; and Dr. Srikanth Phani, UBC, for sharing his syllabus and textbook suggestions foradvanced

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

results.Homework assignments, examinations, end of semester design problem/project and student exitsurveys are used as metrics to check efficacy of pedagogy. This course on finite element methodstargets ABET criteria a,b,e,g,i,k.Paper OutlineThis paper describes (i) analytical mathematical techniques, viz., solution of differential equationsby the method of variables separable and Galerkin’s method of weighted residuals and (ii)computational tools, viz, MATLAB and its partial differential equations toolbox (pdetool) for anundergraduate elective course in finite element methods.In this paper, an introduction, literature review and brief philosophy of this study and the classdemographics are first described. A skill assessment exam is conducted to