Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Chris Kobus, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Alex Alkidas, Oakland University; Michael Latcha, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students who had virtually no “hands-on” experience and who would hence Page 12.780.9greatly benefit from this type of experience, but we also wanted to include a few students whowere more familiar with automotive components or experimental techniques.Although we asked the applicants to rate their project preference, we felt that most studentswouldn’t be able to make a truly informed decision about their project selection, unless theywere given “live” information about each project by a faculty member and were given theopportunity to tour the lab facilities and ask questions before listing their preferences. We hencegave an overview of each project on

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Trimble, Arizona State University; Ronald Bengelink, Arizona State University; Valana Wells, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

beyondprofessional responsibilities. This course addresses these 21st Century trends as discussed below.Work/Life Balance. Students are challenged to make conscious decisions regarding how theyinvest their time after graduation. The benefits and problems associated with moving up thecorporate ladder are presented and then discussed in class.Professional Ethics. This is a major portion of the course. The general subject of professionalethics is initially presented along with the codes of ethics from several engineering societies.The skill of actually resolving an ethical situation is addressed by studying the 9-step processprovided by the Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club as reported on the National Institute forEngineering Ethics (NIEE) website

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

are willing to offer service-learning in their required courses to meet the goal of oneS-L course every semester for every student? (2) Will a significant number of studentsbe open to doing S-L projects? The SLICE program is a work in progress; however,there are some results so far to address these questions.Approaches, Methods, and ResultsThe approaches and methods to develop the project and answer these questions aredescribed below.FacultyME faculty were recruited via personal contacts and through workshops offered in thesummer and fall of 2004. All engineering faculty were invited. The summer workshopwas an all day affair with presentations by Dwight Giles as well as community partnersand breakout discussions. The second workshop was about