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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-476: USING A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEFOR ASSESSMENTKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft, he completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1600: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE INTELLIGENTSYSTEMS LABORATORY AND CLASSJohn-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University JOHN-DAVID YODER is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ONU. His Doctorate is from the University of Notre Dame. Research interests include education, controls, robotics, and information processing. Prior to teaching, he ran a small consulting and R&D company and served as proposal engineering supervisor for GROB Systems, Inc.Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame MIHIR SEN received his Doctorate from MIT, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

laboratory experiment?Sure, our experience has shown that students express some slight disappointment whenthey find out that the experiment in question does not involve any loud explosions orflashes of light, and that the food amounts are miniscule (on the order of a few grams,sealed in an unappetizing gelatin capsule); but, overall, students greatly enjoy performingthe experiment described in this paper, and along the way learn some important lessonsabout applying the First Law of Thermodynamics and its relevance to our everyday lives.In this paper we describe a thermodynamics experiment that involves measuring theenergy content of a food sample, whose contents are unknown to the students. This isachieved by burning the sample in a combustion bomb

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Yang, Troy High; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

system.Once acquainted with the basic operations, users can design and develop their own experiments.The design, construction and testing of the board has been completed. The system was testedsuccessfully with limited number of students to test its feasibility in a classroom.References 1. Ramachandran, Farrell and Mariappan, 2000, A Multidisciplinary Control Systems Laboratory , ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis , Missouri , Session 1526, June 18—21 2. Mariappan, Cameron, and Berry , 1996, Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Mechatronic Experiments , Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City , UT 3. Mariappan, and Berry , 1996, Mechatronics at GMI, Proceedings of Mechatronics ¢ 96, pp. 78-83, San Francisco

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin; Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

use them as forms tocreate a set of reusable molds. Students could then produce their own “customized” models bycasting them in plastic and modifying them with modeling clay.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to express their appreciation to Department of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory for FreeformFabrication, and to Mr. Billy Wood and Dr. Richard Crawford for sharing their expertise throughout the project andfor their assistance in producing the test prototypes.References[1] Schmidt, P.S. and Joseph J. Beaman, PROCEED: A Department-Wide Curriculum Reform Initiative in Project-Centered Education, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Session 2366, June, 2003

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo; K Cyril Masiulaniec, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2198: LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT: A STUDENT PROJECT TODEVELOP INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION AS A PERMANENT STATE OFMINDSorin Cioc, University of Toledo Sorin Cioc is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), College of Engineering, University of Toledo. He received a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. His main research and publishing area is tribology. He is a past recipient of the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for the best paper on the practical aspects of lubrication

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Matsson, Oral Roberts University

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Mechanical Engineering

themain hardware components but excluding the cost for LabVIEW software, wind tunnel andcomputer.Bibliography1. Jacobs E.N., Stack J. and Pinkerton R.M. “Airfoil Pressure Distribution Investigation in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel.” NACA Report No. 353, 1930.2. Marchman III J.F and Werme T.D. “Clark-Y Airfoil Performance at Low Reynolds Numbers.” AIAA-84- 0052, 1984.3. Stern F., Muste M., Houser D., Wilson M. and Ghosh S. “Measurement of Pressure Distribution and Forces acting on an Airfoil.”, Laboratory Experiment #3, 57:020 Mechanics of Fluids and Transfer Processes (http://css.engineering.uiowa.edu/fluidslab/pdfs/57-020/airfoil.doc)4. Warner E.P. “Airplane Design: Performance.” McGraw-Hill, New York, 1936.5. Hurst

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

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Mechanical Engineering

Applied Physics Laboratory Brian J. Olson received the B.S. (1999), M.S. (2001), and Ph.D. (2006) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. He is currently a senior staff engineer in the Air and Missile Defense Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics and vibrations, application of stability and bifurcation theories to engineering systems, design of vibration absorbers, rotating flexible structures, coupled oscillators with cyclic symmetry, and vehicle dynamics. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and also the Society for Industrial and Applied

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York; Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1284: A NOVEL LABWORK APPROACH FOR TEACHING AMECHATRONICS COURSEIoana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York Professor Ioana Voiculescu received a Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania, in 1997 in the field of Precision Mechanics. She finished her second doctorate in 2005, also in Mechanical Engineering, but with the emphasis in MEMS. She has worked for five years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC in the area of MEMS gas sensors and gas preconcentrators. Currently, she is developing a MEMS laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at City College of New York. She is an IEEE

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

ASME and SPE, and he has received a best paper award from SPE’s Injection Molding Division, the distinguished Assistant Professor Award at Stevens Institute of Technology, an Honorary Master’s Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, and the Tau Beta Pi Academic Excellence Award. Page 12.675.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enhancing the Learning Experience Using Simulation and Experimentation to Teach Mechanical VibrationsAbstractMechanical vibrations represent an important subject in mechanical engineering. This paperdescribes a simulation-based online laboratory

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanical Engineering

conditions, and data postprocessing. However, this design has its drawbacks, allowingthe instructor only limited capabilities in adopting the software.The experience of introducing FlowLab into the Fluid Mechanics course at Grand Valley StateUniversity (GVSU) was mixed. The course was offered with an integrated laboratory.Complexities arose from the need to introduce the Fluid Mechanics fundamentals before anyproductive work in FlowLab could be performed, leaving limited time for thorough integration.After a few introductory demonstrations and tutorials, students used FlowLab to simulate theexperimental results from laboratories on the converging-diverging channel, flow over acylinder, and flow over an airfoil. The results were mixed, ranging from

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

curriculum.Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York Professor Ioana Voiculescu received a Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania, in 1997 in the field of Precision Mechanics. She finished her second doctorate in 2005, also in Mechanical Engineering, but with the emphasis in MEMS. She has worked for more than five years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC in the area of MEMS gas sensors and gas concentrators. Currently, she is developing a MEMS laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at City College University. She is an IEEE member, an ASME member and a reviewer for IEEE Sensors Journal in 2004

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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU and is the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator. He is on the ASME PTC committee on Air-Cooled Condensers.Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University Bruce L. Cain is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. He teaches courses in laboratory techniques and experiment design, and traditional courses in energy conversion, system dynamics and automation, and materials engineering. His

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Prepare students for and begin their integration into the culture of the mechanical engineering program.Course StructureThe three-credit course was taught in a lecture and laboratory format. A syllabus for the coursemay be found in Appendix 1. Lectures were held twice per week for 50 minutes each. Thelaboratory sessions also met twice per week for 80 minutes each. To provide students with Page 12.931.2continuity and a logical connection between the lecture topics and the practice of solutionmethods in the laboratory sessions, lectures and laboratory sessions met on the same days of theweek (Tuesdays and Thursdays), with lectures given in a

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Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Baughn, University of California-Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic years. Page 12.1369.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Psychrometry to Undergraduates by Michael R. Maixner United States Air Force Academy and James W. Baughn University of California at Davis AbstractA mutli-faceted approach (lecture, spreadsheet and laboratory)used to teach introductory psychrometric concepts and processesis reviewed. During introductory lectures, basic thermodynamicprinciples

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jesse Maddren, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. There are a fewdifferent thermal systems design textbooks available. The topics that are most commonlyincluded are: the design process, numerical modeling and simulation, economics, optimization,in addition to topics such as piping system design, heat exchangers, etc.The paper describes the changes made in a senior level thermal systems design course over aperiod of approximately seven years. The course is taught in the lecture/laboratory mode and theprincipal changes were made in the laboratory. In the past, the lab component was acomputational lab that solved individual weekly problems using Engineering Equation Solver(EES). EES is a commonly used software application for solving thermal systems problems, suchas system simulation problems

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Alfred Gates, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University

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Mechanical Engineering

placefully qualified engineering, math and science faculty, technical and computer laboratories,established linkages with industry — as well as data gleaned from previous feasibility studies onengineering at CCSU. All of this was the result of a well developed strategic plan andconsequent strategic management. At the moment of expanding its academic offer to includeengineering, the school had four engineering technology majors, three technology majors, andalso programs in technology education and applied sciences.As always is the case with new academic disciplines, implementation of the new mechanicalengineering program was a tremendous challenge, both in terms of logistics and resources, butforemost in regard to curriculum and program mission.Along

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2053: AN INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE DYNAMIC SYSTEMSTEACHING METHODOLOGY UTILIZING ANALYTICAL ANDEXPERIMENTAL APPROACHESPeter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME, IES and SEM. Page 12.222.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 AN INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE

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Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Malicky, University of San Diego; James Kohl, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego

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Mechanical Engineering

less compartmentalization of knowledge,greater student enthusiasm, and deeper learning of concepts. Integration of MENG 351 occursacross a number of courses, including Systems Laboratory, Mechanics of Materials, MachineDesign, Thermodynamics, and others.Projects were carefully chosen to achieve the learning objectives of MENG 351 and to interfacewith future courses in the inductive learning process. The shop portion of MENG 351 is aimedat developing skills in woodworking, manual machining, and sheetmetal fabrication. In a latercourse (Manufacturing Processes), students develop CNC and welding skills. Students workedin teams of 2 for almost all projects. In the shop, this buddy-system arrangement helped ensurestudents were attentive to each

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University; Stephen Howard, Western Kentucky University; Paul Graves, Western Kentucky University; Jonathan Martin, Western Kentucky University; Chris Kruckenberg, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

airflow test bench system was designed, built and tested for the undergraduate mechanicalengineering thermal fluids laboratory at Western Kentucky University. A two-semester seniorcapstone design sequence, ME 400 – Mechanical Engineering Design and ME 412 – MechanicalEngineering Senior Project, provided a four-member mechanical engineering student team withsufficient time to plan and execute this engineering process.The final airflow test system is primarily intended for instructional situations, but has thepotential for external industrial interaction as well. The system delivered by the project team isusable over a range of flows and system impedances. Primary benefactors of this test bed will befuture students in Mechanical Engineering Senior

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; William Arbegast, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-831: PROJECT-BASED SOFTWARE APPLICATION ANALYSES INUNDERGRADUATE HEAT TRANSFERMichael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Langerman is professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Co-director of the Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. His career spans 32 years including sixteen years in higher education. His primary academic interest is in thermal science.William Arbegast, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Mr. Arbegast is the director of the Advanced Material Processing (AMP) center at the South Dakota School of Mines & TechnologyDaniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Efstathios Michaelides, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mechanical Engineering

4 CSCE1020 Mechanics 3 PHYS1710Learning to learn 2 EENG1910 Mechanics Lab 1 PHYS1730MEE practice I 1 MEEN1110 Gen. Chemistry for Science Majors 3 CHEM1410UCC course (Wellness) 3 Laboratory for Gen. Chemistry 1 CHEM1430English 3 ENGL1310/13 Technical Writing (UCC) 3 ENGL2700 MEE practice II 1 MEEN1210Total credit hours 17 15 Table B. Sophomore

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Knudson, Oregon State University; John Schmitt, Oregon State University

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Mechanical Engineering

allows the professor ample time to present the wide range of topics that typicallyform the foundation of control theory and mechatronics. Additionally it is the best option for alimited funding situation, as students require few external resources.Alternatively, a course laboratory section can be developed, requiring students to spend aspecific amount of time external to the lecture hall applying theory to real-world, physical,problems. This provides the best opportunity for the students to prepare for applicationsencountered in industry. However, it may also require that the professor spend a significantamount of lecture time providing supplementary education for the laboratory experiments. Thiscan strongly affect the course lecture schedule

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-150: MECHATRONICS COURSE WITH A TWO-TIERED PROJECTAPPROACHHakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of School of Engineering and Computer Science and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality. Page 12.1052.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Mechatronics Course with a Two-tiered Project ApproachAbstract - In this paper, we present a

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 12.342.1 U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama. During his employment there, his research focused on aircrew protection and head-supported mass and center of mass placement for the U.S. Army aviation.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Page 12.342.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Capstone Design Course as a Tool for Assessment and ImprovementAbstractThis paper discusses the role of the Capstone Design course in achieving the goal of theMechanical Engineering (ME) Program at Alabama A&M University. The course is mappedto the ME Program educational objective and

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering.Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor, Mechanical Engineering. Director of the Heat Transfer Laboratory. Page 12.1274.1Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University; Taher Abu-Lebdeh, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Mechanical Engineering

provide meaningful instruction that deal with the significant concepts of a discipline, incorporate critical thinking skills, and allow substantial time for discussion and idea sharing among students (Peterson, 1995).4. The instructor should create active learning environments to strengthen the Page 12.1227.3 relationships among teachers, students, and knowledge. Active environments require collaboration and communication, and encourage more analysis than do traditional classrooms (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 2000).5. The instructor should provide more learning options, because not all students learn in the same way, or at

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Kim Shollenberger, California Polytechnic State University; Jane Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, before joining the faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Currently she teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Her research is in the area of multiphase flows and computational modeling of thermal-fluid systems.Jane Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University Jane Kennedy is a lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She received her B.S. from UCLA in 1991 and her M.S. from Cal Poly in 1996. She is the Research Director of Investors Internet Inc. and co-author of the book "The

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Mechanical Engineering

emphasis on fuel efficiency and alternativefuel sources (fuel cell, biodiesel, and engine technologies). Some of the key aspects of thisundergraduate experience are: 1. A strong three-tier mentorship program involving faculty, industrial mentors and graduate students in a mechanical engineering department with higher-than-average women student and faculty representation (23.9% and 25%, respectively, compared to national figures of 13.2% and 6.7%) 2, 22, 23. 2. A commitment from several automotive companies (e.g., General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Ovonic Fuel Cell Co., FEV Technology) and individuals with extensive industrial experience to provide mentorship to the student researchers and access to laboratory