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- Capstone Design
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- Brian J. Novoselich, United States Military Academy; James E. Bluman, United States Military Academy; Rebecca Zifchock, United States Military Academy; Matthew Dabkowski, United States Military Academy
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atcontinuous improvement of the mechanical engineering curriculum. Correspondingly, the resultsmay be considered anecdotal at best. Because the authors are all capstone design faculty, thereis an element of member-checking involved in the synthesis of results. A more robust process toensure trustworthiness of the results was not undertaken. Second, the results may be biasedtoward a positive impact of the Intro to ME course on student performance. As discussedpreviously, the mechanical engineering program implemented the Intro to ME course to bringthe CME Design Process forward in the curriculum and allow for greater practice and repetitionprior to the capstone design course in the senior year. Correspondingly, faculty may tend towarda confirmation
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- Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Danny Rubin, Rubin
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Paper ID #34660Creating a Communications Curriculum for the Modern EngineerDr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Geoff Recktenwald is a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Geoff holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Cedarville University. His research interests are focused on best practices for student learning and student success. He is currently developing and researching SMART assessment, a modified mastery learning pedagogy for problem
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- Design Related
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- Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ava R. Wolf, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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engineering from the University of Michigan in 2014. He received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He carries out research in the field of micro-manufacturing, precision control, manufacturing, and mechatronics. His research also includes control optimization and system identification. He is also a graduate teaching assistant of design for manufacturability.Dr. Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Leon is a Teaching Associate Professor in mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Liang Zhu, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland Baltimore County; L.D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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- Diversity
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predictors of STEM achievement and persistence. Thecurrent S-STEM Scholarship Program in our department actively promotes interaction betweenstudents and faculty, undergraduate participation in research projects, and service to thecommunity. In this study, we report the demographic data, academic performance, andsatisfaction with program activities of our current S-STEM Scholarship Program supported byNSF, and discuss the best practices and lessons learned.Methods Data related to the students’ demographics, including race, gender, age, economic status,and whether they transferred from a local community college to our institution, were collectedfrom the original application forms when students applied for our S-STEM scholarship. Dataonly from
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- Jenna Elizabeth Stolzman, Grand Valley State University; Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University
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School of Engineering at Grand Valley State Uni- versity. He received his BSE and MSE degrees in Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research inter- ests are in the thermo-fluids area and also focuses on promoting graduate education among undergraduate students via research collaborations. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Effectiveness of Dimples on a NACA Airfoil: A Numerical Investigation Conducted via an Independent StudyAbstractThis paper integrates research and education in an effort to enhance the critical thinking
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- Sophia V. Yates, Smith College; Christopher H. Conley, Smith College; Aaron J. Rubin, Smith College
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systems exhibiting behavior contrary to the simulation results on whichtheir design was based. The goal in writing this paper is to highlight the need for inculcating anappropriate skepticism in engineering undergraduates regarding modeling and simulation results.This is a work in progress. We are still trying to better assess how many engineeringundergraduates are introduced to uncertainty quantification (UQ) as regards physicalexperimentation and computational simulations. We are also seeking best practices forincorporating UQ into undergraduate engineering programs.BackgroundThe latest edition of the ABET criteria [12] includes as a student outcome for all engineeringprograms “an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation
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- Ulises Juan Trujillo Garcia, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Samantha Schauer, Boise State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University
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David S. Taylor Service to Students Award and Golden Apple Award from Boise State University. He is also the recipient of ASEE Pacific Northwest Section (PNW) Outstanding Teaching Award, ASEE Mechanical Engineering division’s Outstanding New Edu- cator Award and several course design awards. He serves as the campus representative (ASEE) for Boise State University and as the Chair-Elect for the ASEE PNW Section. His academic research interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Samantha Schauer, Boise State University Samantha Schauer is a graduate student at Boise State University, pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechani
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- Jack Elliott, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Lori Caldwell, Utah State University - Engineering Education
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design-based research in engineering education: Opportunities and challenges," Studies in Engineering Education, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 24, 2021. https://doi.org/10.21061/see.15[15] A. E. Kelly, "Design-based research in engineering education: Current state and next steps," in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.[16] A. Bakker, Design Research in Education: A Practical Guide for Early Career Researchers. London: Routledge, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203701010[17] H. Hierdeis, "From Meno to microlearning: a historical survey," in Didactics of microlearning. Concepts, discourses and examples, T. Hug, Ed. Muenster
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- Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC
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andnurturing areas in physics and mathematics. As such, numerous institutions have implementedadditional programs/centers that foster communication and leadership skills to undergraduatestudents, while various scholars have encouraged and implemented these skills in their researchgroups. Marquez and Garcia, for instance, studied the effects of incorporating communication andleadership skills, as a scaffolding process, with students participating in engineering undergraduateresearch [18]. In the study, five technical aspects, or scaffolds, were incorporated to reinforceengineering curriculum, develop research aptitude, and enhance cognitive development such asliterature review, design, implementation, testing, and research [18]. The communication
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- Brian Lani, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Campus; Charlotte Marr de Vries, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College
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the Statics course and identify areas of improvement. This paper discusses themotivation for intervening with Statics, the data collection procedure, and the recitation coursepedagogy.Intro:Statics is an introductory engineering course where sophomore-level students first synthesize thetechnical skills gained in math and physics courses. As such, it can be a challenging introductionto engineering concepts and routinely has a high attrition rate. Most engineering majors in thePenn State system require a Statics grade of C or better before graduation. As a result, poorgrades require students to repeat the course and failing Statics has a large impact on retention ofengineering students. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department at Penn State
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- Amir Karimi P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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kits with a net cost ranging between $20 and $40. Kits were purchased with the supportof the Mechanical Engineering department and were sent to the students’ homes. Then, studentswere tasked with designing, assembling, and operating a generalized measurement system, similar tothe ones available in the laboratory. Thereby, students were able to conduct experiments at home,attained the main objective of the laboratory assignment, and orally presented their results throughBCU. Students were allowed to keep the educational kits for use in other upper-division courses.Another author (Instructor B) taught a required undergraduate course in Thermodynamics (ME4293) with an enrollment of 92 students, as well as a graduate course in Advanced
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- 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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investigationson a series of engineering problems with increased complexity. Opportunities to utilize essentialpractical skills for engineers, include Data Acquisition, Data Analysis, Critical Thinking,Numerical Simulation, Problem Solving, Design of Experiments, and Communication Skills, havealso been incorporated into these lab modules. In this work, we summarize a total of nine multiple-week lab activities, which are designed to prepare students to work in fields related to both thermaland mechanical systems.Introduction and Literature ReviewThe engineering teaching laboratory is intended to be a place to integrate theory with practice. Itspurpose is widely accepted as a place to develop technical and personal skills and establishcognitive abilities to
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- Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania; Alison R. Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania
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disasters,or protests – highlight the effects that extreme stressors can have on students’ ability to learn [7].The pandemic has impacted the global education community and has lasted longer than typicalemergency education interventions. Many students struggle to stay hopeful and positive in thewake of disrupted patterns of learning, largely because many have not yet mastered how toemploy adaptive practices in times of crisis [8]. Although our college employed a HyFlex modelin the fall (students back on brick-and-mortar campus but rotating through attending class in-person versus on Zoom for different classes and different days), the learning environment is stillfar from what we would typically consider “normal.”We sought to quantify the ways in