Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

library of motions foranalysis, and adding a laboratory experiments component are some of the future goals for thecourse.1. IntroductionExposing our undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students to wider engineering topics, andspecifically to Biomedical Engineering, was one recommendation made to us by ABET as partof the continuous improvement process of our program. Biomedical Engineering is an area ofhigh growth according to the U.S. Department of Labor projections data for 2006-20161. Inresponse to this continued demand, many Biomedical Engineering programs have been added inuniversities across the United States. In addition, Biomedical Engineering is taught as part of thecurriculum of other engineering disciplines as well2, benefiting the

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Mechanical Engineering

their performance. The students were made aware ofthe fact that a material and the process for making it must be chosen in concert. This papersummarizes the overall experience of the mechanical engineering sophomore students onmaterial and process selection for a wide range of consumer products chosen by them.INTRODUCTIONProduct dissection (teardown) process has become a popular way to teach students aboutengineering concepts and design principles associated with engineered products around them.This process of reverse engineering helps the student design teams learn how the productfunctions and how the parts or subassemblies interact with one another. The reverse engineeringprojects have been incorporated as a laboratory component of a

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

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Mechanical Engineering

student at their convenience (an element of the Flipped classroom) thus freeingup class time for various Active Learning experiences including conceptual questions, Think-Pair-Share activities, Ranking tasks, individual and team quizzes, and collaborative problem solving.Project Based Learning (PBL) was used through two large team-based design projects undertakenduring a weekly laboratory session. A mixed-methods assessment strategy was employed toevaluate the success of these approaches. Quantitative data was obtained from final examperformance for both conceptual understanding and problem solving competency which wascompared directly to the same class taught in a traditional manner. Other quantitative andqualitative data, including student’s

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

problems, example problems, and laboratory experiences. Theseare integrated through a Website that provides a framework for the coursework, as well as aportal for independent inquiry into related topics. When fully implemented, specific CATs willfollow cohorts through their 4-year curriculum.The concept of CATs draws inspiration from aeronautical engineering for which exists aninherent application thread—an aircraft—touched upon throughout the curriculum, and also thesubject of a focused capstone design experience; the latter is a course taught by the author for thepast 12 years. The result is a more unified, though admittedly narrower, view of fundamentalengineering concepts, and an exposure to a critical systems engineering lesson—that

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin T. Garner, University of Virginia

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #7895Programming Printers Printed by 3D PrintersProf. Gavin T. Garner, University of Virginia Gavin Garner holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Colby College and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. His primary area of expertise lies in the burgeoning field of mechatronics (aka robotics). Over the past decade, he has built UVA’s mechatronics program from scratch, developing over 50 hours of unique laboratory experiments as well as dozens of open-ended design projects. Through this experience, he has gained valuable insight into how to engage

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, San Diego State University; Enrique A. Ainsworth, University of California - Los Angeles; Casey Ann Shapiro, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Hannah Whang Sayson, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, University of California - Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

experience through supplementalworkshops and seminars. Considering previous research, the Translational Application ofNanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS) research center designed, implemented and assesseda comprehensive REU program to engage students in research during both the academic year andsummer months. TANMS’s REU is an eight-week research experience for undergraduates frommultiple 4-year universities and community colleges. The program components include researchin one of TANMS laboratories, seminars on ethics and diversity, workshops on entrepreneurship,and social events. These activities are woven into an experience to instill sixteen specific skillsthat were grouped into five core categories: I) communication (2 skills); II

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Ira Jerome Hill, University of Florida; Philip Jackson, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

courses aretraditionally courses with enrollments of students from a diversity of engineering majorstaken during the second year of undergraduate studies.‘Computer Programming for Engineers Lab’ is a laboratory course, held in a technology-enabled classroom (Figure1). Each laboratory section is capped at a maximum of 60students, with each student bringing their own computer to the technology classroom,which is equipped with interactive group table seating. The structure of the laboratorycourse and classroom makes for an interactive experience for students. These laboratorycourses serve students from Aerospace, Biomedical, Biological, Chemical, Electrical,Materials Science, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering. Additionally, some studentswishing to

Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Medina, California State University, Los Angeles; Ashkan Motamedi, California State University, Los Angeles; Murat Okcay, Interactive Flow Studies Corporation; B. Uygar Oztekin, Interactive Flow Studies Corporation; Gustavo Borel Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo J. Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-5482: ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN SOURCE CFDSYSTEM TO FLOW VISUALIZATION IN FLUID MECHANICSRicardo Medina, California State University, Los AngelesMr. Ashkan Motamedi, California State University, Los AngelesDr. Murat Okcay, Interactive Flow Studies Corporation Murat Okcay, CEO, obtained his doctorate in mechanical engineering, specializing in fluid mechanics, in 1993 from Bristol University, England. After several years as a lecturer teaching fluid mechanics in the classroom and laboratories at the University he joined Smiths Industries Plc. and has continually pushed the envelope in the field of fluid mechanics as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, publishing papers and receiving patents for his designs

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

processes of particle transport,deposition and removal and re-entrainment were described. Computational simulationmethods as well laboratory experiments are integrated into the curriculum. In addition, acomprehensive website was developed for these courses, and the courses were taught attwo universities simultaneously on several occasions.Course Modules Four course modules are included into these combined research and curriculumdevelopment (CRCD) courses. These are: Page 14.942.2 ≠ Fundamentals of particle transport, deposition and removal. 1 ≠ Computational modeling of particle transport and

Conference Session

Machine Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Jones, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

University - Purdue University Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles and 3D printed plastics and metals. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. He has two masters degrees: one M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.F.A. in Television Production. He also has three B.S. degrees in Liberal Arts, Mechanical Engineering, and Sustainable Energy. American

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

defenseindustry. Particular interest and expertise in structural engineering of truss-built structures such asairframes and ground vehicles.EDUCATION:George Mason University Mechanical Engineering BS 2020 Minor: Entrepreneurship Capstone Design Project: Ergonomic and performance improvements of a hand-powered bicycle utilized competitively by a wounded veteran.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Summer 2019 Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) Engineering Intern Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Conducted experimental research in structures laboratory assessing failure modes of novel alloys.2018-2019

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

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Mechanical Engineering

of theircurriculum.In recent years, many studies have been presented on the effectiveness of using computationalmethods to enhance the teaching of heat transfer 1,2,3,4. Though numerical analysis is an integralpart of engineering education, it is largely agreed that simulation can not replace hands-onlearning5. As a result, there is an effort to establish laboratory work that supplements numerical Page 14.777.2investigations in the field 6.In both the numerical analysis and the experimental testing, students work in groups of two tofour students. This was done to promote teamwork and also give the students the chance to learnfrom each other

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

CourseAbstractThis study reports on addition of a simulation module based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA)to Mechanical Engineering Materials and Laboratory course at University of Hartford. The studyaddresses two topics: (1) mastering different levels of knowledge with the help of simulations,and (2) honing new simulation skills. The course has a weekly lab session where studentsperform various materials testing such as tensile, shear, bending, and impact. The lecture portiondeals with the theories behind materials’ formation, bonding and how those relate to the materialproperties. In the recently added simulation module, students were assigned projects to simulatethe mechanical testing procedures performed in the lab. The simulations were done using

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trung H. Duong, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Mechanical Engineering

with a better system rather than being forced to programthese robots via an obsolete programming language. Therefore, in this work, we proposed aframework to interface the existing manipulators with a modern programming environment. The reminder of this paper is organized as follows. Literature review is presented in the nextsection followed by the curricular context. After that, we introduces hardware setup and thensoftware development. The next section describes the evaluation of students’ survey followed bythe conclusions section.Literature Review Throughout engineering education curriculum in general as well as in our institution, thehands-on experiments and laboratory projects play an essential role in the success of the

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

. EXPLAIN, DEFINE, REMEMBER, ILLUSTRATE, INTERPRET, ANALYZE, DERIVE and APPLY the fundamental principles governing fluid motion. DEFINE Lecture, supplemental Knowledge and COMPARE control volume and control mass reading, problem Repetition 3 approaches. DERIVE and APPLY conservation of mass solving, study session, Analysis (Continuity equation), viscous stress, pressure multiple laboratory Application measurements, momentum equations, and energy experiments. equation to SOLVE one-dimensional application problems. APPLY and DISCUSS Bernoulli's equation to incompressible and compressible fluid and its

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamal S. Yagoobi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

into Engineering EducationAbstractIn 2009 and 2010, the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Department at the Illinois Instituteof Technology held two workshops titled: “Integrating Innovation into Engineering Education.”Participants included representatives from NSF, national laboratories, universities, and industry.The focus of the workshops was to understand how to teach innovative thinking at theundergraduate level. Three specific questions were addressed: 1) what defines innovation in thecontext of engineering; 2) what skill sets are necessary for innovative thinking; and 3) how caneducators teach those skill sets in order to foster the innovative thought process. The results ofthese discussions are presented in this paper.1

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett M. Clayton, Villanova University; Rebecca A. Stein, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

Permanent Magnet Direct Current MotorsAbstractMotors are an important curricular component in freshman and sophomore introduction tomechanical engineering (ME) courses as well as in curricula developed for high school scienceand robotics clubs. In order to facilitate a hands-on introduction to motors, an inexpensivepermanent magnet direct current (PMDC) motor experiment has been developed that givesstudents an opportunity to build a PMDC motor from common office supplies along with a fewinexpensive laboratory components. The novelty of the presented experiment is that itincorporates many aspects of commercially available PMDC motors including, windings, a rotor,bearings, a commutator, and brushes. In this paper, the experiment is presented along

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Ohio University; Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #18997Examining Student Misconceptions of Conservation of Mass and Energy inPipe Flow using Very Low Cost ExperimentsProf. Robert F. Richards, Washington State University Dr. Robert Richards received the Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He then worked in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at NIST as a Post-Doctoral Researcher before joining the faculty of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. His research is in thermodynamics and heat and mass transfer. Over the last five years he has become involved in developing and disseminating

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J Benson P.E., United States Military Academy; Hans J Thomas, United States Military Academy; Shad A Reed, United States Air Force Academy; Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy; Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Military Academy, West Point, NY, 10996. E-mail: scondly@gmail.com Page 23.867.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Leveraging Summer Immersive Experiences into ABET CurriculaAbstractSummer immersive experiences for undergraduate students in Aeronautical and MechanicalEngineering programs come in varied forms and can represent a substantial effort by staff andfaculty, as well as considerable financial resources to coordinate. Experiences range from workin governmental laboratories and research centers to collaboration with industry partners, andmay include graduate research at

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Erik Knudsen, George Mason University

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Mechanical Engineering

author) for the mechanical engineering program, this forced me into an unexpectedsituation. As many other engineering professors can attest, teaching laboratory intensive classesand design courses adds additional layers of complexity within the online delivery mode.The co-author who taught two other sections of senior design and the first author had toimmediately devise a plan on how to continue to deliver a meaningful design experience tostudents online in the middle of the semester. While most programs in the country adjusted theircapstone programs to face the unexpected pandemic, our program had its own set of challengesto overcome. The first concern for the authors was how to continue to provide a meaningfuldesign experience to the students

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Design Project Based Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

Design and the Senior Project Design course sequence. Prior to teaching at WKU, he was a project engineer for Shell Oil, designing and building oil and gas production facilities for offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University Joel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamic systems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at Michelin Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design and manufacturing firms

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertise Tools: MS Word, Email, WWWJunior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4- Short Technical Reporting 6 pages each) Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4-6 pp. + App., Brief narrative of procedure, Individual); Technical Analysis, Economic measured data, deduced and analyzed Analysis, Recommendation for Action data, plotted results with discussion Tools: EES,Powerpoint and

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aric Martin Gillispie, University of Central Oklahoma; Adam Dorety, University of Central Oklahoma; Andrew Meier, University of Central Oklahoma ; Grant M. Armstrong; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

the greater skillof engineering design2. A traditional engineering education will incorporate lectures, a fewproofs, a small number of hands on laboratories that relate to some of the topics being discussed,and are concluded with a capstone course that should serve as the culmination of all othercoursework and demonstrate the ability to follow the engineering design process. However, dueto the low number of retention (around 62 percent for all STEM majors1), and less than 5 percentof the nationally awarded degrees in engineering2, it is possible that the minimum engineeringcurriculum may not be enough to successfully graduate engineers. If the goal is to produce engineers that can effectively contribute to the work force, then itwould

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

used as a laboratory experiments to apply the first and second laws. Thereal-life experiments enhanced students learning of some thermodynamics principles. In a classproject, students were asked to select a commercial thermal cycle, analyze its performance anddiscuss the difference between the actual device and the theoretical model, Li and Zhou.29Toro et al.30 presented a desktop scale Rankine cycle with a solar-powered boiler for use as ahands-on laboratory experiment. Patterson31 collected real-life thermodynamic examples in abooklet to enhance teaching of thermodynamics. The examples were designed using parts of theconstructivist learning theory. Hands-on demonstrations built from common laboratorycomponents to enhance the learning in

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

Corporation researching the use of flow control in aggressive engine inlet ducts. After graduation, Dr. Vaccaro held a lead engineering position with General Electric Aviation in Lynn, Massachusetts. There, he designed the fan and compressor sections of aircraft engines. He frequently returns to General Electric Aviation as a consultant. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York where he teaches Fluid Mechanics, Com- pressible Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Laboratory, Aerodynamics, Measurements and Instrumentation Laboratory, and Senior Design in addition to conducting experimental aerodynamics un- dergraduate research projects.Dr

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Brian Sylcott, East Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as a Scientific Assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics and Virtual Reality. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles particularly flapping flight, mechatronics, robotics, MEMS, virtual reality and haptics, and teaching with technology. He has ongoing research in flapping flight, Frisbee flight dynamics, lift in porous material and brain injury He is an

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.789.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Integration of Sensors and Low-Cost Microcontrollers into the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Design SequenceAbstractIn most undergraduate engineering degree plans the engineering design curricula include classessuch as Introduction to Engineering, Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Solids. They usuallydo not have laboratory components to help students understand concepts through hands-onexperience. This paper presents the development and implementation of an educational low-costdevice/tool that can be set up and used by students in and out of their engineering classes toassist their learning. The goal of this project was

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 22.101.11AcknowledgementsThanks to Lance Mayhofer and Ann Hanks at PASCO for providing materials and technicalsupport to make this lab project possible.Bibliography1. An assessment of visualization modules for learning enhancement in mechanics. D. Rhymer, D. Jensen, M. Bowe. s.l. : ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.2. A remote laboratory for stress and deformation study. A. Choudhury, J. Rodriguez, S. Ramrattan, M. Keil, P. Ikonomov, A. Goyal. s.l. : ASEE, 2006.3. Web-based virtual torsion laboratory. P. Bhargava, J. Antonakakis, C. Cunningham, A.T. Zehnder. 1, s.l. : Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2006, Vol. 14.4. A remote laboratory in engineering measurement. M.T. Restivo, J. Mendes, A.M. Lopes, C.M. Silva, F

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

BSME program designs and implements its curriculum to preparestudents in either mechanical or thermal systems. This paper is also intended to discuss how eachprogram incorporates first-year experience, hands-on laboratory experience, and capstone designexperience in the curriculum. In summary, a map of higher education in mechanical engineering-related programs is provided in the first part of this paper, while the latter part will be helpful foreducators to learn of the current mechanical engineering curriculum trends in the United States.Introduction The bachelor’s degrees awarded in mechanical engineering has increased by 84% from17,375 in 2009 to 31,936 in 2018 [1]. Most mechanical engineering programs have experiencedfirst-hand the