Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

Nature of Thermodynamics Learning ProblemsIt is critical to understand and to correctly frame problems associated with thermodynamicslearning and teaching. It is also essential to identify the root causes of these problems. Doingthis can form a foundation for eradicating these problems, and can guide curriculum and Page 23.1280.11textbook design. It also can inform and positively influence new instructional strategies.Close scrutiny of the literature outlined above reveals that in addition to conceptual difficulties,students have difficulty integrating concepts and principles and recognizing their relevance insolving problems.10,15,22,32,47,66

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

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Mechanical Engineering

physical model, with the latter understanding being referred to herewith the label used in the literature of a mental model [26]. It is important to note in these data that lacking prior knowledge R and T for Problem 1results in failure to solve the problem (S8 and S15), consistent with the emphasis placed on priorknowledge in the Integrated Problem Solving Model.19 Failure to make the required assumptionsabout the reactions at C and D in Problem 2 in the context of a mental model will result in failureto solve the problem, as shown in Table 2 for S8, S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, S21, S22, and S26. Asserting prior knowledge late in the solution process, results in an extensive and inefficientsearch of equations as shown for S10 in Table 1. This

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

Learning Research Center (DLRC)Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for nearly 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co-leaders in 2013-2014 of the ASEE Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for mechanics educators across the country.Mr. Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nick Stites is pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include the development of novel

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University; Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 11.1433.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Virtual Prototyping: A Bridge between Design and ManufacturingAbstractThis paper intends to study integration of design curriculum and manufacturing curriculum viavirtual prototyping. Design and manufacturing are two important subject areas in mostengineering schools. Various courses are offered in these two areas. However under the currentcurriculum setting, the design program and manufacturing program have been developeddiscretely without regard to the potential benefits provided by the integration of both of them dueto lack of a curricular bridge to properly link them together.Virtual prototyping, which is also called dynamic

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

flight, form the basis for initiating the design process. This leads naturally to adiscussion of stability in steady level flight, and the need to provide by means of a tail therequired attitude of the airplane. It is further observed that the stability issues connected with thedetermination of attitude in steady level powered flight are similar to those associated with aglider in steady glide.The text used in this course is Introduction to Flight by John D. Anderson [2]. This book is oneof the introductory course texts used in a typical aerospace program curriculum. While it doesnot provide an in depth treatment of either experimentation or aerodynamic theory, it provides abroad treatment of the overall subject with emphasis on flight. In

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

teaching methods into our online classes and tomake continuous comparisons of student behavior and student success between the distance andon-campus student groups. It also provided us with the opportunity to learn about and toincorporate effective online learning practice into our face-to-face instruction. Through thefollowing case studies we attempt to chronicle our experiences and to look for lessons that can beinstructive to other faculty and that can guide our future endeavors. We respectfully acknowledgethat others with considerable experience in online teaching have established recommended bestpractices; those practices may be better supported and/or refined by any insights gleaned throughour case studies. An example of best practices for

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair T. Allison, Grove City College; Stephen Ludwick, Aerotech, Inc., and University of Pittsburgh; William P. Birmingham, Grove City College

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Mechanical Engineering

Interdisciplinary Team and an Industrial PartnerAbstractA team of undergraduate mechanical engineering and computer science students carried out acapstone project focused on the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of a three-axiscomputer controlled milling machine for notching thin-walled tubes. These notched tubes arejoined to other tubes to produce frames for vehicles for student competitions (e.g., Mini Baja orhuman powered vehicles). This paper reviews mechanical design efforts, fabrication, assembly,derivation of axis trajectories, software development efforts, and the integration of the hardwareand software components that resulted in a successful three-axis tube notcher. Thismultidisciplinary project required close cooperation between

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-283: HERDING CATS: WEAVING COHERENT APPLICATIONTHREADS THROUGH A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTO FACILITATE COURSE-TO-COURSE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMATERIAL RETENTIONDonald Wroblewski, Boston University Don Wroblewski is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Boston Univer- sity, and has been the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Aerospace Studies since 1998. He is a two-time winner of the department award for Excellence in Teaching and one of two inaugural winners of the College of Engineering’s Innovative Engineering Education Fellow award. He has been active in both curriculum and course innovations. He has developed 7 new courses including an on-line Mechanics course and

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Selin Arslan, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11691Multi-Course Problem-based Learning Module spanning across the Juniorand Senior Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Mechatronics, Fluid Me-chanic, and Heat TransferDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

packages are widely used in industry thereby making exposure to thistool an essential component of undergraduate engineering education. This paper discusses thedevelopment, implementation, and results of integrating active learning modules (ALM’s)throughout an engineering curriculum with the goal of providing an effective learning resourcethat reinforces fundamental, yet challenging, course concepts without requiring knowledge of therigorous mathematical theory underlying the finite element method. Fifteen ALM’s have beenimplemented into eight courses at six different universities; this paper focuses on four ALM’sthat have been implemented at the University of the Pacific for several years thereby providing asignificant amount of data. Assessment

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

23campuses of the California State University System. Cal Poly is primarily an undergraduateinstitution with approximately 18,500 enrolled undergraduates and 1180 faculty. 5000 studentsare enrolled in the College of Engineering which is comprised of nine departments. The largestdepartment, Mechanical Engineering, has approximately 1000 undergraduates, 60 MastersStudents and 28 full time tenure and tenure track faculty. The department awards about 200undergraduate degrees each year.Curriculum OverviewCal Poly’s Mechanical Engineering program is anchored by a comprehensive curriculum thatemphasizes fundamentals of engineering, laboratory “hands on” experiences and engineeringdesign throughout the four year program. Students are admitted into the

Conference Session

Thermal Fluid Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Lynch, Pennsylvania State University; H. J. Sommer III, Pennsylvania State University; Sean N. Brennan, Pennsylvania State University; Tak-Sing Wong, The Pennsylvania State University; Brian M. Foley, The Pennsylvania State University; Jean-Michel Mongeau, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel H. Cortes, Penn State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #32607A New Approach to Equip Students to Solve 21st-Century GlobalChallenges: Integrated Problem-Based Mechanical Engineering LaboratoryDr. Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Siu Ling Leung is an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania State University. She is developing a new engineering laboratory curriculum to empower students’ cognition skills and equipped them to solve real-world challenges. Her past engineering education experience includes undergraduate curriculum management, student advising

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanism Design app for iOS and Android platforms developed indigenously andincorporated in this class as a technology enabler (Fig 1). The MotionGen enables students toperform kinematic design of planar four-bar linkage mechanisms that can execute desired paths ormotions. In the recent years, Engineering educators havemandated an introduction of design concepts, in-novation, entrepreneurship, and projects early ina student’s education, promote teamwork, and in-troduce modern engineering tools. The NationalAcademy of Engineer’s “The Engineer of 2020”report concludes that the passive, lecture-based in-struction should be replaced or supplemented byactive, integrated, project-based learning with sig-nificant design component.2, 3 It is not

Conference Session

Computer Modeling/CAD in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University; Prathamesh Prashant Deshpande, Michigan Technological University; Madhu Kolati, Michigan Technological University; Datta Sandesh Manjunath, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

and the analytical solutions and methods to make good FEMpre-processing decisions. An exposure to analytical methods also allows students to designexperiments/technology and to analyse and interpret results and data obtained effectively. To dothis, a project is introduced in designing an orifice plate (standard flow measuring device) throughthe use of a commercial FEM package (the Hyperworks suite) with result validation obtainedfrom analytical solutions from the Theory of Elasticity (the Biharmonic equation is used).Our university is an ABET accredited university. The exercise described in this paper is inaccordance with ABET’s 2015-2016 criteria for accrediting engineering programs. ABET’scriteria states “The curriculum must require

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Jensen, University of Arkansas; Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

on methods of classroom instruction. Between 1980 and 2000, theyreached a higher level of scholarship maturity, yet kept their focus on curriculum and methods10,11.Since that point, there has been an emerging interest in the integration of educational psychologyand cognitive science theories into engineering education. For example, the theory of situatedcognition has been explored in the context of industrially situated virtual laboratories12 and STEMintegration in the precollege engineering classroom13,14. Situated cognition happens in a contextualized, real-world setting where the learner isdirectly interacting with other learners while learning important content. This is crucial in thediscipline of engineering design, as students

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

which was one of the better showings by a team from the MilitaryAcademy. They had some of their strongest comments from the technical inspectors whoremarked that their car had many traits that they normally expect from an experienced andestablished team. In other universities, mini-baja teams spend several years working on theircars, a situation that the Military Academy’s curriculum cannot support. Despite being at adisadvantage, Team Baja finished well above the 50 percentile of the teams that they competedagainst.In contrast, Team Design-Build-Fly (DBF) had numerous delays in the construction and testingof their aircraft and ultimately crashed just a few weeks before their competition, making itimpossible for the team to even compete. In the

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Farag K. Omar, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

design, andanalysis and proving of the final design. Thus there is a need to have inspiringcapstone projects that integrate machine elements, the impact of engineering designsand designers on society and the systematic design process. This paper describes thecarrying out of such a project and the lessons learned.2 Brief Description of the ProjectThe broad aim was to develop a capstone project that would (a) provide the learningexperience in using the knowledge and skills acquired by students from machinedesign courses during their residence in the university in an inspirational way and (b)enable them to become ambassadors for mechanical engineering by realizing andpreaching the impact mechanical engineering had and has on a global and

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven O'Halloran, University of Portland; Timothy Doughty, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-51: INTEGRATION OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTALTESTING INVOLVING HEAT TRANSFER FOR A SMALL HEATED CYLINDERDURING COOLINGSteven O'Halloran, University of PortlandTimothy Doughty, University of Portland Page 14.777.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integration of Numerical Analysis and Experimental Testing Involving Heat Transfer for a Small Heated Cylinder During CoolingAbstractHeat transfer projects can be focused on either experimental measurements or numericalanalysis. Due to time constraints in a class it can be difficult to solve complicated problemsusing both methods. The project

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

their undergraduate studies. At Cal Poly Pomona, mechanical engineering students useArduino in their control systems class, usually taken in their senior year. Many students also useArduino in their senior design projects. Witnessing that Arduino is being introduced at high schoollevel [11], and after experimenting with one section of first year students, we decided to introduceall mechanical engineering students to Arduino early in their first year. This gives an opportunityfor our students to learn about microcontrollers, circuits, electronics, sensor-actuator integrationand programming at the beginning of their education in a project-based environment. It is hopedthat the students will become more confidant in integrating mechanical parts

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

away.Phones have become an integral part of many student’s lives. When a student has a question, theyoften seek answers using their phone. The student feedback is overwhelming that instructorsshould not outlaw the use of phones in the classroom.IB_A(T)/U: Instructor Behavior Previously Acceptable (or at least tolerated) is nowUnacceptableThis section focuses on instructor behavior that was acceptable (or at least tolerated) in the past,but is increasingly unacceptable in the classroom. Many comments were extremely critical ofinstructors. In some cases, the instructor apparently had good intentions, but their actions causedconflict with the student(s): During our labs, he would yell at students when he saw them doing something incorrectly

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

components to use in machine design. In addition, the students are expected to integrate thisknowledge into the design of functioning machinery.The second research question is related to the student affective response to the class. By the third(and sometimes fourth) year in the curriculum students are familiar and comfortable with thetraditional lecture and homework style of teaching and learning and are sometimes uncomfortablewith the more active classroom making change difficult. We wanted to determine if studentsbecome comfortable with the active approach to MC/MSD and whether they might even prefer itto a traditional format.Lastly we wanted to understand the faculty experience of switching from a traditional approach toan Active Learning

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland; Karen Elizabeth Eifler, University of Portland; Zoë Yi Yin Hensler, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

, and T. A. Doughty, “Building Inclusive Undergraduate Project Teams,” in American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Conference, 2016, p. IMECE2016-65988.[5] K. Walczak, C. Finelli, M. Holsapple, J. Sutkus, T. Harding, and D. Carpenter, “Institutional Obstacles to Integrating Ethics into the Curriculum and Strategies for Overcoming Them,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2010, p. AC 2010-1506.[6] S. T. Fleischmann, “Essential ethics — embedding ethics into an engineering curriculum,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 369–381, Jun. 2004. 11[7] A. Colby and W. M. Sullivan, “Ethics Teaching in

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Colin J. Reagle, George Mason University; Mary K. Handley, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

challenges.Dr. Mary K. Handley, James Madison University Dr. Handley received a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of California-Davis. She has been a faculty member in the Integrated Science and Technology Department at James Madison University since 1998, teaching courses in Environmental Science and Chemistry. She was the ISAT program assessment coordinator for 14 years. Dr. Handley’s primary interests are in program assessment, environmental education, and sustainable agriculture. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Flipping an Engineering Thermodynamics Course to Improve Student Self-EfficacyAbstractThermodynamics is well documented as

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Stephen Gent, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mechanical engineering students at South Dakota State University isThermo Fluids Laboratory. The purpose of this one-credit course, usually taken in a student’slast semester before graduation, is to enrich the student’s understanding of thermodynamics,fluid mechanics and heat transfer principles in an experimental laboratory setting. TheMechanical Engineering Department at SDSU recognizes the importance of laboratorycoursework in the curriculum, so a project was undertaken to improve student learning outcomesfrom this course. The goals of this project were to formally assess how well the current ThermoFluids Laboratory course achieves the desired course outcomes and to update the course contentand equipment based upon the findings of the

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

project-based course in an international context—anticipatingthat student participants would realize the benefits of both study-abroad and project-based learning.The Brazil-U.S. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)-Sustainable Energy and Aeronautical Engineering Program (SEAEP) integrates theacademic strengths of the two U.S. universities: Florida State University (FSU) and theUniversity of Pittsburgh (Pitt), as well as the two Brazilian universities: UniversidadeFederal de Itajubá (UNIFEI) and Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). This structuredexchange program provides an opportunity for U.S. and Brazilian students to expandtheir global, professional and technical competencies by leveraging a unique engineeringdesign

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanical Engineering

University (M.S. in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1988). She can be contacted at LPauley@psu.edu . Page 22.469.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011  Development and Implementation of an Intermediate Design Course Using Active LearningAbstractSix years ago, the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Penn State, after manyheated debates, approved a major curriculum change that included adding a required course inDesign Methodology. This action was taken to better align with ABET curriculum objectives,particularly in the area of Design. The course was designed from a

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Richard Dippery, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the students engaged in aclassroom and to add value to the course. A typical Machine Design course truly integrates thecore concepts taught in Linear Algebra, Statics and Mechanics of Materials courses to a greatextent that no other course sequence exists in an undergraduate engineering curriculum, the onlyexception could be a Capstone Design course that usually requires many other pre-requisites inorder to give a truly multi-disciplinary design experience. Use of some of the math and/or CAEtools as a part of a machine design course is believed to help performing parametric studies andto evolve alternative designs. Due to its nature, students should be taught to appreciate open-endedness and ambiguity of design requirements that are inherent

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-1880: AN ACTIVE LEARNING FLUID MECHANICS COURSE BASED ONOUTCOMES ASSESSMENTIbrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University Dr. Ibrahim A. Olwi is an Associate Professor in the Aeronautical Engineering Department of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He received his MS in 1980 from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in 1984 from Tulane University, New Orleans. He started his academic career 20 years ago and has been teaching Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics courses since then. He published numerous papers in applied aerodynamics and modeling of energy systems. However, his recent interests are focused on thinking based learning strategies and gifted education. He frequently

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Fairfield University; Scott James Reckinger, Brown University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, 2014, includelengthening the course from 2.5 hours per week to 4 hours per week, utilizing more traditionallecture, incorporating class discussions, adding student created supplementary video content inthe essence of classroom flipping3, and integrating an overarching humanitarian theme to allassignments in an effort to support the liberal arts goals of the university. Page 24.170.2Introduction/MotivationThis course design was motivated by many problems with the existing programming course, butfocused on addressing three issues:(a) the course being offered outside of an engineering department,(b) the extreme variability in the rate at which the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10253An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law ConceptsDr. Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University Dr. Timothy J. Jacobs is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests include thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, and ped- agogical improvements to content and integration of design in engineering science courses. His teaching interests include thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, and experimental design.Dr. Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University