Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B.K. Hodge

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Mechanical Engineering

these strategies forincreasing the capture ratio is appropriate. Increasing the rated input power would be moreexpensive and would mean more generator operation at less than the rated input. For example,increasing the rated input of the generator to 10.5 kW/m2 would result in a capture ratio to 0.682,an increase of only 5.5 percent in actual energy extracted. Increasing the cut-off speed muchgreater than 35 m/sec would require enhanced structural integrity of the tower, nacelle, andblades.Vestas Wind Systems, a leading manufacturer of large (MW range) wind turbines, presents aninteresting demonstration of the effectiveness of their control strategy for a Vestas V-52 850 kWwind turbine. Figure 10 illustrate the response of the generator output

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

elements of their previous education and focus only on what they assume to beimportant at the time. Within engineering, the areas of mathematics, chemistry, and physics willhold a greater place than the written document or the grammatical correctness of that document.Students will need to be continuously reminded of the importance of writing and speaking in aprofessional manner. If those reminders are performed on a regular basis by faculty who reallydo influence the lives of the students, then communication will be integrated into the life of theengineer and never be forgotten.In an earlier paper I wrote the following words. When considering a diverse group of individuals and the issues that are most often discussed in regard to their

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

to become interested in developing skills that provide the workforce base to enable advanced manufacturing to thrive. There is full agreement among SME and ASME that the educational aspiration is to have truly integrated product and process design and manufacturing, and that a common understanding of manufacturing is an important attribute of future mechanical and other engineers. Collaboration on achieving that vision would be a very positive Page 24.788.11 approach.  Developing faculty that can deliver a world-class manufacturing education in spite of a growing number of challenges. There is agreement

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-849: INTEGRATION OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP TOPICS IN TO DESIGN COURSES EXPERIENCES AND LESSONSLEARNEDRaghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is a professor of Mechanical Engineering with over 25 years of teaching, research and consulting experiences in Design and Simulation of Sheet Metal Forming Processes. He has published several educational and research papers at ASEE, ASME and other International Conferences. He has delivered many invited and keynote lectures, gave workshops, and organized technical sessions at SAE and other International Conferences. He is an active reviewer of several textbooks, research proposals, conference and journal papers of repute. He is member of ASME

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1307: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AT AN UNDERGRADUATEINSTITUTIONHui Shen, Ohio Northern University Dr. Shen is an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University. She teaches Statics, Dynamics, and Materials Science. She has conducted undergraduate research work for a few years since she came to Ohio Northern University.Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern UniversityDavid Sawyers, Ohio Northern University DAVID R. SAWYERS, JR. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University, where he teaches courses in General Engineering and in the Thermal Sciences. He received a BSME degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the MS and PhD, both in Mechanical

Conference Session

Thermal Sciences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georg Pingen, Union University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #6995Team-Based Learning and Screencasts in the Undergraduate Thermal-FluidSciences CurriculumDr. Georg Pingen, Union University Georg Pingen is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at Union University in Jackson, TN. He teaches courses across the Mechanical Engineering curriculum with a focus on thermal-fluid- sciences. His research interests are in the areas of computational fluid dynamics, topology optimization, and engineering education. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in aerospace engineer- ing sciences

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1837: INTEGRATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF MECHANICALENGINEERING SKILLS BEGINNING IN THE FIRST-YEAR DESIGNEXPERIENCEDebra Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah Stacy J. Morris Bamberg is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Andrew Fox, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

by the individualinstructors to suit their curriculum. It may be noted, however, that the success of thiscourse at the undergraduate/graduate (mezzanine) level seem to depend on theavailability of the state of the art and advanced CAE tools similar to those mentioned inthis paper. At Kettering University, NX-3 or NX-5 are taught in two undergraduatecourses. The first course covers drafting principles while the second course deals withpart modeling and assembly modeling with a brief introduction to FEA.ConclusionsIn this work in progress paper it has been demonstrated that mechanism and finiteelement analyses concepts can be integrated to make an attempt to teach a senior

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

projects over a five-yearperiod from 2002 to 2006 in an early mechanical engineering design course. All ten,semester-long team projects are hands-on and require the design, fabrication and testingof an artifact. Of the six individual projects described: two are experimental; onerequires reverse engineering; one is hands-on; and two are related to design evaluationand the design process. Example results are given for two of the team projects and twoof the individual projects. Student surveys indicate that engineering students enjoyworking on these projects and learn from the experience.IntroductionEarly, hands-on, design experiences in the BSME curriculum have become morecommon recently even though providing “hands-on” experiences in an

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

Engineering programs. A review of the top ten Mechanical Engineeringundergraduate programs, according to U.S. New and World Report, indicates that only oneschool offered an integrated Thermal-Fluids sequence.4 That school offered the traditionalThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics courses as well thus not fully switching the curriculum toan integrated method. The authors also examined the curriculum of the two peer serviceacademies’ ME programs and found that only the U.S. Naval Academy offered an integratedThermal-Fluids sequence, while retaining the traditional Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanicscourses in their offerings. The limited availability of integrated thermal-fluids textbooks,compared to the wide availability of Thermodynamics and Fluid

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Cao, University of British Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-609: LEARNING ROBOTICS THROUGH DEVELOPING A VIR-TUAL ROBOT SIMULATOR IN MATLABYang Cao, University of British Columbia (Aug. 2007 - Present) Instructor, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan Cam- pus (Aug. 2005 - June 2007) Postdoc, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor Page 22.1006.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Learning Robotics through Developing A Virtual Robot Simulator in MatlabAbstractDue to the expensive nature of an industrial robot, not all universities are equipped with arealrobots for

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 22.480.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of a Robotic Platform for Teaching Model-Based Design Techniques in Dynamics and Control Program AbstractThis paper describes an on-going project of undergraduate curriculum innovation in ourdepartment, which is sponsored by Mathworks Inc. and our engineering school. The mainpurpose of the project is to develop a FANUC robotic platform, by which we shall significantlymodify two existing undergraduate laboratory courses in dynamics and control: Senior ProjectsLaboratory (100-110 students per year), and Control Systems Laboratory

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lulay, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Deborah S. Munro, University of Portland; Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

part of Mechanics of Fluids II Page 26.903.13curriculum at the University of Portland. The cost of construction is quite minimal, less than tendollars per team. 12Instructor Assessment: The primary educational objective for this project is for students to learnthat theory and analysis can at times take you only so far in engineering design, and that testingshould be an integral part of the design process rather than an activity done at the end of theprocess for validation. Teams that test early and often and make incremental improvements areable to achieve the design goal. Teams that do not

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 24.969.10 9CONCLUSIONS The development of a sequence of web-based courses on particle transport,deposition and removal was described. Different modules of the course are outlined andthe integration of simulations and experiments into the curriculum are described. Thestudent learning and the suitability of the course website in helping the student learningwere assessed. The results showed that the availability of the course material andcomputational modules on the website were very helpful to student learning, and studentsat multiple campuses could take the course simultaneously. The student evaluations ofthe experimental course suggested that the hands-on component was very well

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chean Chin Ngo, California State University, Fullerton; Sang June Oh, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

mechanical engineering technology programs,other degrees closely related to mechanical engineering being offered include degrees inaerospace engineering, materials science and engineering, manufacturing engineering, andsystems engineering, as summarized in Table 1. Most aerospace engineering degree programsreside in the mechanical engineering department, or there is a joint mechanical and aerospaceengineering department. The core curriculum requirement for an aerospace engineering degree issimilar to that of the mechanical engineering degree program. 67 programs (49 public and 18 Michigan 5 New York

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

all four years of the curriculum, assuring student success in developing theseskills. It is also necessary to assess the results and progress of students as they move through thecurriculum. These outcomes can be difficult to define and therefore assess, so previouslyagreed-upon descriptions and measurement tools help this process. A final benefit of the plans is Page 11.754.3the opportunity to make adjustments as the students develop; instead of observing professionalshortcomings at the senior level, earlier results can allow for more timely corrections to be made.The demonstrated result has been that the capstone course is an integrative

Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

knowledge of particle measurement techniques to plan and conduct an ambient aerosol measurement campaign near the University. The students analyzed their data and compared it to measurements from nearby monitors and related the data to national standards.As the next step, the course material is being prepared for online posting and adapted for integration with the theoretical modules described earlier.COURSE WEB EFFECTIVENESS:The effectiveness of the course website was assessed in two ways:1. Usability tests were conducted on an early version of the site and conducted again onthe revised version of the site. In both tests, participants were given tasks to find coursematerial and use the calculation model available on the site. The purpose

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul J. Van Susante, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Ibrahim Miskioglu, Michigan Technological University; Gregory M. Odegard, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

been focused on teaching junior and senior engineering design classes as well as educational and curriculum development. He is coordinator of the first new ME-Practice course in the revised Mechanical Engineering curriculum and faculty advisor of the Mining INnovation Enterprise.Dr. Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University As the Communications and Senior Design Program Advisor, Barr developed a multi-faceted technical communications program in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department at MTU. She delivers communication instruction to undergraduate and graduate students, assists faculty in crafting critical thinking/communication assignments, and trains GTAs and faculty in best practices in

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

tools and equipment that can’t be locked downthroughout the curriculum. For example, the freshmen might only need to use PVC cutters andsand paper, while juniors are expected to be able to use the band saw and drill press forfabrication tasks. These tools and skills are taught to students in small groups by Design StudioTAs during class time as needed.4 Impact on StudentsThe impact of the Design Studio on our undergraduate population was assessed as a subcategoryof outcomes in our Department’s standard alumni survey, which is administered approximatelyevery five years as part of the ABET accreditation process. In fall 2015, an online survey wasdistributed to all alumni of the department, both graduate and undergraduate, with active

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 Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shirley Fleischmann, Grand Valley State University; Janice Pawloski, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

the capstone seniorprojects and after the entire three-semester co-op experience is completed. In this scenario EGR409 loses its impact because it is too late in the curriculum. The present sequence is thereforeless beneficial to the students in terms of co-op experience and the senior project.InputsA survey of the employers and input gathered from discussions with them indicated that theywanted students to be better prepared with, among other things, a grasp of solid mechanics andwith a broader background in machine elements before they go for the first co-op. An ability toselect basic off-the-shelf machine components was also desirable. .Many employers also indicated that they wanted students to be familiar with the FEA tools andshould be

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanical Engineering

conditions, and data postprocessing. However, this design has its drawbacks, allowingthe instructor only limited capabilities in adopting the software.The experience of introducing FlowLab into the Fluid Mechanics course at Grand Valley StateUniversity (GVSU) was mixed. The course was offered with an integrated laboratory.Complexities arose from the need to introduce the Fluid Mechanics fundamentals before anyproductive work in FlowLab could be performed, leaving limited time for thorough integration.After a few introductory demonstrations and tutorials, students used FlowLab to simulate theexperimental results from laboratories on the converging-diverging channel, flow over acylinder, and flow over an airfoil. The results were mixed, ranging from

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Miles Clayton, Villanova University; Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlińska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

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Mechanical Engineering

require a significant amount of design practice, along with proper reinforcement – onesuggestion is that several simple design problems precede the larger capstone design project [7].In addition, design and other engineering subjects are best learnt through hands on activelearning, e.g. project based learning [6, 8]. Therefore, the integration of impromptu designexercises into all aspects of the curriculum is motivated by the above research findings.In addition, the authors have found that these projects have a number of other advantagesincluding: • Using these hands-on activities give students concrete examples of the issues being discussed in class – e.g. students go through an impromptu design exercise (where they design and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon S. Wu, California State University, Fullerton; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

forquestions during class and asked to submit any MPs to an online forum for every lecture withany questions or confusing concepts that would be reviewed by the instructor and addressed atthe start of the following class. Asking students to write down what was least clear to them is a potentially powerful integrative exercise because it requires students to identify any misconceptions or difficulties they may be having with the material, opening a dialogue with the instructor and allowing students to a more profound learning outcome. Finally, for (7) engaging in experiential learning, the lecture materials offered heavy contextualization, such as emphasizing group work that related to real- world engineering problems. Implementation Surveys

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Arnold, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aman Yadav, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gregory Shaver, Purdue University; Eric Nauman, Purdue University

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Mechanical Engineering

Education:Designing an Adaptive System; Restructuring Engineering Education: A focus on Change;Shaping the Future; Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Math, Engineering, andTechnology; Reinventing Undergraduate Education) have called for a curriculum that is studentcentered and teaches problem solving, leadership, ethics, communication, and cooperation inteams.8 One way to incorporate learner-centered methodologies is through the use of case studiesto help students develop better conceptual understanding and critical thinking skills.Case-based instruction is an instructional technique that has been hypothesized to increasestudents’ critical thinking skills by allowing faculty to provide opportunities for students toengage in active learning

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vince Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William Howard, East Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

software for solving these same boundary value problems. Atthe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), the undergraduate curriculum culminatesin a senior-level capstone design experience wherein students integrate their accumulatedlearning with design intent foremost in mind. While all students have been exposed to the Page 13.730.2Manuscript Submission for the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and ExpositionJune 22-25, 2008 Pittsburgh, PAcommercial finite element software, as many as half of these students exercise itsubstantially in some element of their capstone design projects.Recently, Chalice Engineering [2

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

. Whenthis tool is properly integrated with effective pedagogies of engagement (like problem-basedlearning, or experiment-based learning), it can enhance students’ achievement of learning goalsand the development of essential skills such as teamwork, creativity, and digital skills. Also,online collaboration can facilitate peer assessment and peer learning. While it was found thatMiro was an effective learning tool in an engineering laboratory-intensive course, the smallsample size makes for the fact that these results cannot be generalized. A follow-up study withmore participants is required.ConclusionOur study confirms that Miro can be easily employed to facilitate effective online collaboration,thus enhancing student engagement. This is deemed to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #28296Implementing Competency-Based Assessment in an UndergraduateThermodynamics CourseDr. Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University Nicole Okamoto is professor and chair of Mechanical Engineering at San Jose State University. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research areas are thermal system modelling and thermal management of electronics. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the thermal sciences at SJSU and has been heavily involved with assessment and curriculum development for more than a decade. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Mechanical Engineering

reads: This course introduces the engineering sciences of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in an integrated manner. A unified approach to energy transfer in thermal and mechanical systems is presented. The course covers basic properties of fluids, fluid statics, simplified analyses of fluid motion, the basic laws of thermodynamics, and the application of control volume techniques to engineering problems. Power systems are introduced through a study of the Rankine cycle. Format: Lecture 3 hours, lab/tutorial 3 hours.The course is a fairly typical one for introductory engineering, and a comparable coursecan be found in almost every engineering program in North America.The syllabus

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 25.228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessment of Student Knowledge in an Introductory Thermodynamics CourseAbstractThe first course in thermodynamics builds the foundation for the thermal science courses in anundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. Students who master the fundamentalconcepts typically do well in the follow up thermal science courses. Therefore, assessment ofstudent knowledge in this course is essential for student success in the follow up courses.Assessment of student knowledge is usually achieved through homework assignments, one ortwo mid-semester exams, and a final examination. The difficulty is that only simple