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Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

of a reasonable solution.Rowland [1] described how units can be used to deduce how given quantities should becombined to give a particular result (for instance, how velocity and area can be used to determinevolumetric flow rate). He also discussed how the units cancellation process can provide a checkof the validity of equations, both in choice of governing equations and whether any algebraicmanipulations were done properly. His study suggested that students accept governing equationswithout much thought about the need for dimensional homogeneity, supporting the finding bycognitive scientists that “humans tend to discriminate only as finely as necessary.” He discussedthe inclination of students to interpret constants in relationships as

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Bo Tao, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

regularly gained a deeper understanding ofthe materials and achieved a better grade as part of the participants' academic performance.IntroductionGroup studying has become more and more popular in today’s teamwork-focused highereducation environment. Through meta-analysis of outcome research in undergraduate STEMeducation, Springer, et.al.1 show that various forms of small group learning are effective inpromoting greater academic achievement and increased persistence through STEM courses andprograms. The group studying environment offers students the opportunity to engage in a morein-depth discussion with peers, sharing information and knowledge about a course they are 1collectively enrolled in

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver; Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver; Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver

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Mechanical Engineering

first-year engineering experiences, engineering assessment, and active learning pedagogy.Dr. Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver Dr. Matt Gordon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. His research areas include numerical and experimental plasma physics, chemical and physical vapor depo- sition, electronic packaging, and bio-medical engineering. He has supervised to completion 26 MSME students and 5 PhD students. Publications include 1 book chapter, 32 journal publications, 47 refereed conference proceedings, 29 non-refereed publications, and 27 non-refereed presentations. He is respon- sible for funds as PI or Co-PI from 52 separate proposals totaling almost $6,500,000

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Canino, Trine University; Brett Batson, Trine University

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Mechanical Engineering

using collaborative quizzes. However, they did findthat collaborative quizzes encouraged students to come to class prepared and students who tookcollaborative quizzes viewed the quizzes more favorably. Enz and Frosch come to a similarconclusion stating “Peer collaboration improves quiz scores, is favorably perceived by studentsand enhances their course satisfaction, but does not improve subsequent performance on midtermand final examinations taken noncollaboratively.”13 However, Roa, Collins, and DiCarlo find“completing the quizzes in groups enhances the understanding of the material.”14 Moreover,Leight et al. hypothesis that collaborative testing might improve students’ obtainment of lower-order learning outcomes (Bloom’s levels 1 and 2), but

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Dyreson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Corinne R. Henak, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

coursework for ME, biomedical (BME), civil, and some otherengineering majors and is typically taken during the sophomore year. Other engineering studentscan take the course as an elective; prerequisites include statics and calculus. The traditionalcourse used the three 50-minute weekly class meetings for lecture. The blended course used thesame class meetings for a mixture of lecture, in-class activities, and problem solving (Table 1).The two non-lecture days were held in a classroom specifically designed to facilitate group workand active learning. The two classes used the same online homework and exam formats.Table 1: Weekly course structures for Traditional and Blended courses in this study Before class Monday

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University

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Mechanical Engineering

​ρ​, Specific volume ​v​, internal energy ​u​, and enthalpy ​h ​areintroduced. Water undergoing boiling at atmospheric pressure is used to demonstrate theexistence of mixture phase with liquid and vapor phases coexisting. The mixture quality ​x​ isdefined to quantify the extent of phase change. A ​T-v​ diagram, such as Fig. 1, is effective fordepicting the constant temperature phase change processes at different pressures, leading to thefamiliar vapor dome. This depiction is important to contextualize the property regions beforeintroducing the steam tables. Because the steam tables serve as the primary source for retrievingthe properties when solving problems, the ​T-v​ diagram is a convenient visual aid to highlight thediscrete regions that

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

teams.”1 In thebusiness environment, a team can be defined as: “A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project. Team members (1) operate with a high degree of interdependence, (2) share authority and responsibility for self-management, (3) are accountable for the collective performance, and (4) work toward a common goal and shared rewards(s). A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members.”2Thus, the purpose of a team is to accomplish a task that, in the end, results in a better, morecomplete

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John S Gero, UNCC; Ting Song, South Puget Sound Community College

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

lower the window panes. The force required to adjust the windowsis often much too large for the nursing home tenants, making it very difficult for them to regulatetheir room temperature.Your team has been tasked with designing a device that will assist the elderly tenants withraising and lowering the building’s windows. You will produce a complete engineering designsolution for the client. Someone should be able to build the device from your solution withoutany questions. Since each window is not guaranteed to be located near an electrical socket, thisdevice should not rely on electric power.The building’s windows are double-hung, Figure 1. The double-hung window consists of anupper and lower sash that slide vertically in separate grooves in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

results and describe opportunities forfuture work, encouraging continued involvement in research. Many FIRE students continue toparticipate in research after the program concludes and note that the program influenced theirdecision to attend UT Austin and confirmed their interest in the field of mechanical engineering.The general structure of the FIRE program is documented in this paper, along with investigationsof its impact on participants’ GPA, retention within the major, rate of participation in undergraduateresearch, and intention to pursue higher education. Student perceptions of the program andopportunities for improving it are also discussed. 1. Introduction Participation in undergraduate research provides students with

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

refers to educating adult, self-directed learners. A searchfor the two topics in the Journal for Engineering Education returns 277 articles associated withthe term pedagogy compared to 2 for andragogy, for a ratio of over 138:1. For the InternationalJournal of Engineering Education the ratio is 119:1. A similar search of all ASEE conferencearticles since 1996 returns over 104:1. The initial conclusion of these findings is that the topic ofandragogy is less prevalent than pedagogy in engineering education publications. This isproblematic considering these two learner orientations bring with them a set of conflictingunderlying assumptions regarding the learner themselves, with the pedagogical assumptions lessconsistent with ABET student outcomes

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Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors; Vitaliy Victorovich Saykin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mohammed Khalid Alhuwayrini

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Mechanical Engineering

conducted data analysis. Through the research, studentsgained hands-on research experience and had a better understanding of the mechanical propertiesand their statistical descriptions of materials. Some students showed great interest in doingresearch in future. Through this research, it was shown that some fundamental commonquestions or topics raised by the students during their courses can be used as undergraduateresearch projects. Students benefit greatly from such research projects.1. IntroductionThe mechanical properties of materials gathered from tensile tests are critical strength data formechanical design. In the course MECH2500- Mechanics of Materials, tensile tests wereconducted on an Instron Universal Testing machine to obtain a stress

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Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Timothy Neil Thomas, CADENAS PARTsolutions LLC

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Mechanical Engineering

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), and for the entire lifecycle of theproduct or system (PLM – Siemens 2015). One of the factors that has justified many of the existingtrends and methodologies being currently used is the improvement of (engineering) designefficiency.Studies indicate that there is a potential for significant reduction in design cycle time (up to 45%,as stated in Thomas 2015) whenever reutilization of parts and models is carried out. Some datacollected when a particular application was implemented in the industrial setting indicates that,even when there is an increase in the number of assemblies and version as the product matures, areduction in the number of parts being utilized for such expansion is achieved (Figure 1). The useof

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Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Mechanical Engineering

the substance condenses. Students should also understand that some substances rarelybehave as an ideal gas (H2O, Refrigerants), but in certain cases they can behave as ideal gases(superheated vapor at low pressures). It has been observed that some students will apply Pv = RTwhen it is not justified, and fail to use it when it is justified. 4In heat transfer students have difficulty applying the boundary conditions correctly when usingheat conduction equation when solving a conduction problem, under what condition the availableequations for one dimensional heat conduction can be used (e.g., why Bi must be << 1), underwhat conditions the lumped capacity solution can be used for a transient heat conduction problem,or under what conditions

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Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zaker Ali Syed, Clemson University; Tianwei Wang, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Jeff Bertrand; Rebecca S. Hartley, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

. However, one concern is the student participation level given that the materials areoptional in the class.I. Introduction University education involves teaching and training students to be proficient in theirrespective fields, and successfully embrace challenges that may present themselves on the job.Accordingly, students are taught key skills that may be immediately required in the corporateworld along with fundamental concepts that supplement their primary roles in the workplace.This diversified training helps students in adapting to different types of job roles that may berequired of them after graduation. Recently, a greater emphasis is being placed on selectskills that are referred to as employability qualifications. Azami et al.1 studied

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Learning and Assessment in ME 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Anne Wingate, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Kadel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amanda G. Madden, C21U

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Mechanical Engineering

the most difficult,and which concepts best discriminate between high- and low-performing students. It isfound that in combined static loading cases, students are easily able to determine thecross sectional area to utilize when calculating an axial stress, but struggle to determinethe direction stresses act in or identify all of the types of stresses present at a point.Preliminary analysis suggests students who are able to identify the correct cross sectionalarea to calculate stresses with have a much higher final course grade than students whoare not able to do this. Interestingly, a student's ability to grasp a fundamental concept didnot seem to have a huge impact on whether or not they completed the MOOC.1. IntroductionThe goal of this

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Mechanical Engineering

sophomore course entitled“Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice,” and is a required course for mechanicalengineering majors. The course comprised of three hour-long lectures every week along with agroup project in reverse engineering. The lecture classes were devoted to the basic elements ofmechanical engineering practice which came from a text entitled “An Introduction toMechanical Engineering.” [1] This text introduced the students to the vocabulary, skills, andapplications associated with the mechanical engineering profession. Chapter 1 of the textintroduces the profession of mechanical engineering, and the next seven chapters talk about thevarious disciplines within mechanical engineering with intent to develop useful design

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura A. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

developing new software that could potentially beused by any instructor to incorporate these small skills into their thermodynamics course. Thesoftware will incorporate the quizlet questions as well as techniques used by video gamedevelopers.The paper presents more details on the quizlet questions and assessment. It also describes thecurrent state of the new software and how it is being incorporated into a thermodynamics course.1. IntroductionRecent research shows that the traditional lecture-based course structure is not the most effectiveteaching method.2 Many instructors have been adding active learning to the classroom, with the“flipped” classroom becoming very popular. 3 The author has experimented with flippingclasses with mixed results

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Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Reed Martin, Pennsylvania State University; Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Mechanical Engineering

are called on to design a cycle to meet certain criteria. In the module we detail here, students are provided costs and operational data for sets of candidate components from which to construct a Rankine cycle. Students are provided with fuel cost and the market value for electricity, and asked to make recommenda- tions for the system’s return on investment. To perform their analysis, students are provided a Python code implementing the PYroMat package, which they modify and run to determine the performance of their design. We provide advice on implementation and resources to support the module in a sophmore-level class.1 IntroductionIn this paper, we propose a Problem-Based-Learning (PBL) module for

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Rachal E. Thomassie, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Table 1. This tool shows graduation date, engineering-relatedwork experiences (internships and coops), student organization involvement (activities), mode ofmatriculation and other pursuits of each ambassador. For the purposes of this paper, this chartalso shows the typical profile of our ambassadors. Due to space limitations, only seven of thenine ambassadors for this term are shown.Table 1: Ambassador Profiles Spring 2017 MEEN AMBASSADORS Lead Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador NAME Ambassador 1 2 3 4 5 6 GRAD DATE

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Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

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Mechanical Engineering

Equilibrium; Sheppard and Tongue [1]  Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Statics and Mechanics; Beer, Johnston, Mazurek, Cornwell, and Self [2]  Engineering Mechanics: Statics; Meriam and Kraige [3]  Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics; Costanzo, Plesha, and Gray [4]  Engineering Statics; Condoor [5]  Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics; Hibbeler [6]  Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics; Bedford and Fowler [7]  Engineering Mechanics: Statics; Riley and Sturges [8] Although textbooks vary somewhat in their descriptions, a multi-member object containingat least one multi-force member would be appropriate for analysis by the methods presented in aframes and machines section of a textbook

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah A. Roller, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Francis Christopher Wessling, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Mechanical Engineering

, inquire about particular events, or simply reflect on why things happened the way they didin class. These are reflections-on-action. This collection of thinking about teaching can then beused to intentionally plan the next lesson, and begin the cycle again.For this paper, the Plan-Teach-Reflect-Apply Cycle that focuses on reflective teaching isextended to consider the larger Reflective Cycle of Course Development (Figure 1), and howreflection guided variations made in iterations of a senior level heat transfer course. Essentially,expanding the grain size of the cycle shifts from a lesson plan to a full course structure. Thus, thePlan stage references the teacher preparing and deciding on the course structure (content,routines, teaching methods

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Reissman, University of Dayton; Timothy Reissman, University of Dayton

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Mechanical Engineering

”. The course we have devised to meet this need has the followingfour learning objectives: (1) Given an experimental setup, know how to select an appropriatesensor based on characteristics and error (2) Given measurement results, be able to interpretmeasurements taken and experimental results with regard to sources of uncertainty, (3) Given ageneral product, system, or process, be able to formulate a testable hypothesis, and (4) Know howto utilize statistical experimental design to rigorously test a hypothesis. Each of these learningobjectives build upon one another, thus a scaffold approach is implemented to guide studentlearning [1-3].Within this work we aim to provide the reader with documentation of our scaffold approach andmetrics to

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Relmane Baptiste, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; DeOndre L Clark Jr, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

learningoutcomes of the projects are discussed.IntroductionSheet metal forming is generally referred to manufacturing processes in which sheet metal isdeformed plastically into a desired geometry of a product. Sheet metal forming has wideapplications in today’s industries such automotive, aerospace, defense, and so on. There areseveral sheet metal forming processes including stamping, hydroforming, deep drawing, rollforming, etc. The mechanics of sheet metal forming is mainly introduced in [1-2]. Formability isdefined as ability of sheet metal to be deformed plastically without any failure. In the recentyears, several studies have been conducted to characterize sheet metal formability [3-7]. Tocharacterize sheet metal formability, it is important to

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M. Mativo, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Kathryn Marie Youngblood, University of Georgia; Doug Brouillard, Eaton Corp. Supercharger; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Mechanical Engineering

) activities in the context of a sophomore dynamics class. The activities were developed inpartnership with an industry representative and have thus far been implemented in two iterations.Surveys conducted in Spring and Fall 2016 reveal how students experienced the activities. Thesurvey findings indicate that using PBL activities to complement a lecture-based approach indynamics provides an opportunity for students to connect abstract engineering principles to real-life situations, thereby increasing student motivation to learn and deepening conceptualunderstandings.IntroductionDynamics is taught as part of what the National Science Foundation [1] describes as theengineering “core” – i.e., the middle two years of the four year undergraduate experience

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Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University; Madeline Genevieve Carlisle Collins, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University

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Mechanical Engineering

technology(1 section). The problems are available at no cost at the National Problem Library(webwork.maa.org/wiki/Open_Problem_Library) which is maintained by the MathematicalAssociation of America (MAA), the developers of WeBWorK, and the NSF.The WeBWorK system delivers unique homework problems to each student’s web browser bydisplaying a randomized set of parameters for each problem, driving unique solutions. Eachstudent is given fields in their browser where answers may be entered. The student is then givenfeedback on the correctness of the answers submitted. The system is highly customizable to meetvarious instructor preferences; one can easily limit the total number of responses allowed for aproblem, set due dates and times, set up partial

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

fluid power andstudent practice of entrepreneurial skills.IntroductionAt Lawrence Technological University (Lawrence Tech), faculty are engaged in a multiyearprocess to incorporate active and collaborative learning (ACL), problem-based learning (PBL),and entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) into the engineering curriculum [1, 2, 3]. Activelearning requires students to actively discuss issues or work problems in the classroom, ratherthan listening passively to a lecture. If students informally assist one another in this process, thetechnique is deemed collaborative learning [4]. A related approach, problem-based learning,introduces engaging real-world problems for students to solve, usually as part of a group [5]. Anew twist on problem-based

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Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Jones, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Mechanical Engineering

homework assignments with paper homework assignmentsfrom the textbook in an introductory statistics course and found that students who used thecomputer-based homework performed better. Reports of students preferring online homeworkand performing better on exams in physics,2,6 chemistry,7,8 and calculus 9,10 are available. Whileit seems online homework is superior, counter examples can also be found. For example,Bonham, et al., compared online homework to paper homework in an introductory physicscourse and found no statistical difference in student performance.11 Hauk and Segalla found nodifference between online homework and paper homework in an algebra course.1 Cheng, et. al,evaluated graded and non-graded paper and online homework along with

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

low-cost pipe flow experiments in large Mechanical Engineeringlecture classrooms to examine how hands-on active learning can supplement moretraditional lecture classes to deepen student understanding of engineering principles.The low-cost pipe flow experiment was fabricated using a four step approach: (1) thegeometry of the pipe flow experiment was defined using CAD software, (2) A plasticmold of the experiment was 3-D printed using rapid prototyping, (3) the experimentalgeometry was molded in thin plastic sheets using vacuum forming, and (4) the finalexperiment was assembled from the vacuum formed sheets to produce multiple copies ofthe experiment. The resulting experimental hardware was simple, robust and inexpensiveenough to distribute

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yeow Siow, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

includes comparison of average test and course grades betweencontrol groups and other terms with this project implemented. End-of-semester courseevaluation data and comments are also compiled and analyzed. Both quantitative and qualitativedata indicate a positive and compelling effect of the project.IntroductionThermodynamics is a challenging class,1 and is an important subject relevant to multipleengineering disciplines. An introduction to thermodynamics course, therefore, is typicallyrequired across majors. The diversity of student body in such a class presents unique challengesfor teaching and learning. The topics covered are mostly conceptual, such as property relations,heat, work, first and second laws, etc.2 and topics are usually presented

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ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

atraditional engineering second year course. A one-page demonstration design question flow-chart was created and followed in formation of the five-minute demonstrations. These tangiblebrief activities, which students can physically operate during the lecture based course, arestructured for students to develop a better engineering feel for the importance of theoreticalconcepts paralleled in the same lecture. With the need for innovative methods for engagingfuture engineers, these hands-on demonstrations are structured with the goal of realization ofpractical applications of mathematical based engineering course concepts [1]. Students haveopportunity to individually actuate the demonstrations shown by the instructor as they are passedaround the lecture