Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

too far from being true in undergraduate education in the United States wherein students arememorizing their way through most of the curriculum. In an US News and World Reportarticle2, “High School Students Need to Think, Not Memorize”, an Advanced Placement biologyteacher is quoted “Students go through the motions of their lab assignments without graspingwhy, and ‘the exam is largely a vocabulary test’”.David Perkins3, co-director of Harvard Project Zero, a research center for cognitivedevelopment, and senior research associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, pointsout several observations in his article on “Teaching for Understanding”. (1) “The student mightsimply be parroting the test and following memorized routines for stock

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Corey S. O'Hern, Yale University; Eric R. Dufresne, Yale University

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Mechanical Engineering

personal interests, club activities, research quests and classcomponents. Members who use the space benefit from an appropriate amount of staff oversight Page 24.1320.7that provides design instruction, enforces safe practices, and ensures that projects conform to theCenter’s norms.A Design Center’s Contribution to Design EducationThe design education program at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has beenadvanced in five unique ways as a result of the Center’s arrival on campus. One of the mostsignificant impacts has been the Center’s contribution to design skills associated withextracurricular activities. By showcasing the space

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

an obvious need toestablish a more sustainable assessment and evaluation process and oversight structure for longterm impact. Departmental leadership participated in several national workshops in 2010, tolearn best practices for sustainable assessment. As a result, new assessment and evaluationprocesses were established in Fall 2010 by engaging all constituents (faculty, industrial advisorycouncil) throughout the development and implementation process. The underlying philosophywas to focus on summative assessment of the program and minimize faculty and staff burden.New oversight structure and division of responsibilityThe current oversight structure, which was implemented in Summer/Fall 2010 leverages existingleadership positions in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satyajeet P. Deshpande, Kolano and Saha Engineers, Inc.; Mohan D. Rao, Tennessee Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

for educational use in emerging countries. An impedance tube capable of measuringabsorption coefficient and transmission loss is designed and built under a budget of $1500suitable for educational institutions in developing countries. The design, development andfabrication of the low-cost impedance tube along with measurement results demonstrating itsaccuracy is presented. Using a calibrated acoustic sample, data obtained from the low-costimpedance tube were compared with those from a standard commercial tube with encouragingresults. A parametric study was conducted showing the effects of various parameters on theaccuracy of the measured results. These include tube material, tube dimensions, frequency range,source transducer, pressure

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan B. Swithenbank, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas William DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

Paper ID #8918Using a ”Flipped Classroom” Model in Undergraduate Newtonian DynamicsProf. Susan B Swithenbank, US Coast Guard Academy Dr. Swithenbank is an Assistant Professor at the US Coast Guard Academy in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Prior to working at the USCGA, she was a researcher at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim Norway. She has a PhD from MIT in Ocean Engineering.Prof. Thomas William DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Thomas DeNucci is an Assistant Professor of Ship Design at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

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Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

. Caldwell’s primary research ex- periences included the development of design methods for lightweight systems (BMW Manufacturing Co.) and modeling the functionality and interactions of mechanical systems to support conceptual de- sign (National Science Foundation). Prior to his graduate work, Dr. Caldwell gained design experience working at Electrolux Major Appliances on a team designing and developing consumer bottom-mount refrigerators. Among other awards, Dr. Caldwell received the Graduate Teaching Fellowship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Departmental Doctoral and Masters Awards in Me- chanical Engineering from Clemson University, and the R.C. Edwards Graduate Recruiting Fellowship from

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard N. Shapiro, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

makea significant commitment to keeping up with the pace of the course. This is less of an issue withtraditional on-campus graduate students engaged in research and who have traditionalassistantship support. But those students were a minority in the course described here, which isincreasingly characteristic of online students and, as noted, on-campus students as well.Data reports from the course management system indicate that the online students accessed thewebsite primarily on the weekends and at rates that were about twice the average of the on-campus students. The synchronous class session for the online students was held on Wednesdays,but there was no apparent spike in web activity in preparation for the session. As noted, though,the

Conference Session

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talented ME Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; John J Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Christopher Allen Wejmar, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

has worked as a practicing engineer for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and MSC Software Corp., as well as various consulting and expert witness positions. He also held a faculty position at University of the Pacific and is an adjunct faculty member at University of Texas, Austin. He has received numerous professional awards including a NASA Post-Doctorial Fellowship, ASEE Best Paper Awards, the ASME Most Innovative Curriculum Award, the Ernest L. Boyer - International Award for Excellence in Teach- ing, the US Air Force Academy Seiler Award for Excellence in Engineering Research and the Outstanding Academy Educator Award. He has published over 100 technical articles and

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark F. Schar, Stanford University; Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Mechanical Engineering

initiated a engineering education research project on the impact of online activities on mechanics self-efficacy and achievement.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2003 Dr

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley S. Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver

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Mechanical Engineering

deposition to the lung, improved shipping and vial filling practices for biopharmaceuticals. Most recently her research group has moved to fluid-solid modeling to incorporate structural influences in the optimization of the fluid systems. Her work has been cited 300 times by more than 242 articles resulting in a web of science H-index of 10 and an average impact factor of 2.57. During her 13 years at the University of Denver she has received ˜$1.39 Million in external research funding and ˜2.62 Million in external educational funding from agencies like NSF, DHHS, DOL, DOD, State of Colorado, Keck Foundation among others. Dr. Lengsfeld serves as editorial in chief for the journal Atomization and Sprays