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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zahira H. Merchant

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Paper ID #22615Implementation and Assessment of a Remotely Accessible Laboratory in anEngineering Dynamic Systems CourseDr. Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Nolan Tsuchiya is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Tsuchiya obtained his Ph.D. from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA in the area of Dynamic Systems and Control). Dr. Tsuchiya teaches Controls Engineering, System Dy- namics, and Computer Programming courses using MATLAB/SIMULINK at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is currently the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors

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-4 (3 lecture hours-2 lab hour-4 credits)credits course which had 2 one-and-half-hour lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week.Main topics of the course were stress and strain calculations, failure theories resulting from staticloading, fatigue failure resulting from cyclic loading, and design of typical mechanicalcomponents. The textbook used for this course was Shrigley’s Engineering Design [1].According to the syllabus of this course, fatigue theory was covered in two-weeks out of the total14-week-semester. For this course, we had both lecture and laboratory, so we developed andimplemented an integrated active learning approach for teaching fatigue theory which includedfour different exposures to discuss and to explore fatigue theory

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Tim Ashcraft, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy; Matthew Miller, United States Military Academy; Michael J Benson, U.S. Military Academy

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from course evaluations, andrecommendations for instructors seeking to implement similar projects in their courses.IntroductionIn recent years, inquiry and problem-based learning within engineering education has gainedmomentum and has proliferated across many engineering programs. A literature review revealednumerous examples of development and implantation of these techniques into classrooms [2, 4-6]. Kolb[7] has written extensively on the model of experiential learning and how this technique enhanceslearning and mastery of engineering concepts. Experiential or laboratory based learning fits within theactive learning dimension within their index of learning styles (ILS) described by Felder and Silverman [7-8]. The basis of ILS is that

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy, University of California, Davis

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Paper ID #22280Work in Progress: Retrospective Analysis on the Perspective of Instructorsabout Transitioning to Using Active-learning Strategies to Teach MechanicalEngineering ClassesMr. Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy, University of California - Davis Mr. Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cali- fornia - Davis. He works as a Graduate Student Researcher at the Western Cooling Efficiency Laboratory and as a Teaching Assistant Consultant at the Center for Educational Effectiveness, both on the UC Davis campus. As a Teaching Assistant Consultant, Sreenidhi focuses on improving

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rambod Rayegan, Prairie View A&M University; Karla C. Lewis Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, SERVE Center

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Paper ID #23532Using Distinctive Student Engagement Elements in a Technical Elective CourseDr. Rambod Rayegan, Prairie View A&M University Rambod Rayegan is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Prairie view A & M University. He has a strong background in conducting research in building energy efficiency and renewable power generation for buildings. He served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at University of North Texas before joining PVAMU. He oversaw the research in the Zero Energy Laboratory at UNT and worked as a researcher at UNT in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trung H. Duong, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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with a better system rather than being forced to programthese robots via an obsolete programming language. Therefore, in this work, we proposed aframework to interface the existing manipulators with a modern programming environment. The reminder of this paper is organized as follows. Literature review is presented in the nextsection followed by the curricular context. After that, we introduces hardware setup and thensoftware development. The next section describes the evaluation of students’ survey followed bythe conclusions section.Literature Review Throughout engineering education curriculum in general as well as in our institution, thehands-on experiments and laboratory projects play an essential role in the success of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Brian Sylcott, East Carolina University

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. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as a Scientific Assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics and Virtual Reality. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles particularly flapping flight, mechatronics, robotics, MEMS, virtual reality and haptics, and teaching with technology. He has ongoing research in flapping flight, Frisbee flight dynamics, lift in porous material and brain injury He is an

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobby G Crawford P.E., Quinnipiac University; Jose Antonio Riofrio, Quinnipiac University; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

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single introductory Circuits course. Such a course is often designed and taughtby Electrical Engineering (EE) faculty and taken by students from various Engineeringdisciplines, including EE.At Quinnipiac University (QU), there is no EE program and only Mechanical Engineeringstudents are required to take an introductory circuits course. This presented an opportunity tocarefully design a course tailored to the specific needs of our students in the context of ourcurriculum, the post-graduation expectations of our constituents, and current trends inelectromechanical system integration. Furthermore, with Mechanical Engineering being a newprogram at QU, there was also a rare opportunity to design a circuits laboratory space fromscratch (infrastructure

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville; Jared T. Fulcher, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

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algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, and/or calculus • Two years of science with an average grade of B including at least one year of chemistry with a laboratory • SAT-I (MATH only) score of 560 or higher; SAT-R (MATH only) score of 580 or higher; or an ACT (MATH only) score of 26 or higher • Four years of English Applicants whose native language is not English must achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (Paper Based Test), 79 (Internet Based Test), or 213 (Computer Based Test), or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. As an alternate language consideration, a SAT-R (Reading and Writing) minimum score of 560 or an ACT (English) minimum score of 23 may be submitted in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Meredith N. Silberstein, Cornell University; Nelly Andarawis-Puri, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

course no longer requires instructional support staff to maintaincomplicated laboratory equipment and train TAs on running each experiment; TA resources canbe used to make smaller discussion section class sizes; all students in the course complete eachlab during a single week instead of, due to overall class enrollment, having each experiment takeseveral weeks; students get more individual interaction with the experiments instead of runningblack box equipment. These benchtop labs let the students study physical examples of currentcourse content more frequently throughout the semester.The two versions of the uniaxial tension lab compared during the fall 2017 semester are atdifferent places on the spectrum from fully-guided learning to discovery

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivier Putzeys P.E., University of Maine; Masoud Rais-Rohani P.E., University of Maine; Serge Raymond Maalouf, University of Maine

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related literature shows that a variety of approaches has been consideredin different engineering disciplines such as Aerospace Engineering [1], Chemical andEnvironmental Engineering [4] and Mechanical Engineering [5], as well as courses devoted togeneral introduction to engineering [6]. The formats of these introductory courses vary fromprogram to program. In some cases, either a single one-hour seminar style course [7] or anextended three-credit course is used [8], whereas in others, the introductory contents arestretched over two or three courses [1]. Most involve some combination of lectures and hands-onactivities, with the latter often done in a laboratory setting [9]. Others involve introduction to theengineering design process and/or

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan W Krauss, Grand Valley State University

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[4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. However, some approaches to real-time feedbackcontrol experiments require custom hardware and/or software and can be quite expensive.The cost of maintaining on-campus feedback control laboratories has sparked an interested inlow-cost experiments that can potentially be student owned [9, 10, 11].A very promising approach combines flipped instruction with student owned experimentsusing an Arduino microcontroller and Matlab [12].The work presented in this paper uses an Arduino microcontroller combined with Python sothat the hardware is inexpensive and all of the software is free.Pedagogical QuestionPrimarily, this paper seeks to answer the question “How effective was the frequency re-sponse/Bode learning module?”. The Bode

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint, Michigan; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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system too. Oneof the ABET requirements previously was to prepare students to work professionally in boththermal and mechanical systems while requiring topics in each area. To meet this requirement,we added a standalone Thermal Systems Laboratory course (ME 4350) in fall 2010, in whichseveral thermodynamic systems experiments, designs, and applications are included.Furthermore, the prerequisite to the thermodynamics course, SCI2510 General Physics I,discusses several topics of thermodynamics through lectures on the theoretical aspects and labexperiments. Additionally, the current ABET requirement requires the program to preparestudents to work professionally in either thermal or mechanical systems, and not both, whilerequiring topics in each

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Aaron P Bauer, United States Air Force Academy; Blake Perez, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Milton Doria, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force; Luke Jensen, CREO

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design of Micro Air Vehicles, development of innovative de- sign methodologies and enhancement of engineering education. Dr Jensen has authored over 100 refereed papers and has been awarded over $4 million of research grants.Dr. Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Dr. Kristin L. Wood is currently a Professor and Head of Pillar, Engineering and Product Development (EPD), and Co-Director of the SUTD-MIT International Design Center (IDC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Dr. Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, where he was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Walelign Messele Nikshi, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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and STEM education.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Product Design and Development, and STEM Education. He has taught a variety courses at the undergraduate and gradu- ate level, is author or co

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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PS Dhanasekaran, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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chapter and research papers on machining of composites. He has a diverse industrial experience for 27 years, in design, research and manufacturing of electro me- chanical systems, such as design of various types of gear and gear boxes, antennas and light and heavy fabricated structures, for communication, TV telecast, natural disasters management and Telemedicine application. Dr PS, designed and manufactured various types of antenna’s weighing from 200 pounds to 100,000 pounds. He was also actively involved in configuring the antenna controls and selection of motor and motor controllers. Dr PS, has advised more than 40 senior/capstone projects. One of his project won the national award from Airforce Research Laboratory

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Rebecca A. Hunter, The Citadel; Breeanne Baker Swart, The Citadel; Shankar Madhab Banik, The Citadel; Michael P. Verdicchio, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel

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otherinstitutional requirements, The Citadel was not able to hold a traditional 8-10 weekprogram. Thus, by offering options for students, they were allowed to participate in the SUREprogram and complete their military and other obligations. Based on the number of weeks whichstudents worked, they were provided a stipend that ranged from $2,000-$3,000 along withhousing and meals. The faculty working with the students received a modest stipend whichranged from $1,000-$1,500. In addition to working in their research laboratories, students wererequired to participate in meetings with other SURE students, as well as present their outcomesduring the first week of fall 2017 at The Citadel.Brief Description of Several Research ProjectsDuring summer 2017

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Mechanical Engineering

exuded fromexcessive hand movements [14], [19], [20]. Accelerometers that are embedded in the sensorswere used to identify any additional movements by the participants and were used as criteria todetermine potential outliers in the data as described by others [28].Each electrodermal sensor recorded the electrical conductivity of the skin (in microSiemens, µS)at a frequency of 4Hz (period is 1/4 of a second) at a low electrical current of 1100mAh(Empatica, Boston, MA) during the laboratory session. Each participant was in the session for anaverage span of two hours, which yielded approximately 28,800 data points per participant. AllEDA datasets were normalized via range-correction that considers an individual’s autonomic(baseline) response as it

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

,presentations and simulation assignments. The three modeling and simulation assignments were: (1) Heat Radiation 1 d; (2) WaterPurification Reactor, and (3) Free Convection in a Water Glass. These were assigned for out-of-classroom individual work. The objective in each was to produce a working COMSOL file andassociated technical report for upload to the Blackboard®. At the beginning of the semester,instructions were given as to how to: access software either in the computer laboratory or on apersonal computer; download step-by-step tutorials; create mph files and brief technical report;and upload documentation to Blackboard®. Each simulation topic was also addressed in class asappropriate. For example, the Heat Radiation simulation was tied to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elyse Hill, University of Guelph; Andrew Lee, University of Guelph; Amy Domenique Gadsden, University of Alberta ; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania

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Maryland, Balti- more County. Andrew worked with a number of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), USDA, NIST, and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an ASME and IEEE member, and a Professional Engineer. Andrew was an Associate Editor for the Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers and is a reviewer for a number of ASME and IEEE jour- nals and international conferences. Andrew is a 2018 Ontario Early Researcher (ERA) award winner (on intelligent condition monitoring strategies), and has been nominated for the 2018 University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA) Teaching Award.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachal E Thomassie, Texas A&M University; Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University; Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University

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-developed an orientation course for first-semester students in the major. She continually looks for ways to enhance student learning, development and career preparedness.Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University Kathryn is a post-doctoral researcher in the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Laboratory at Penn State University. In addition to her technical research, Kathryn has been active in the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Department, working as the undergraduate curriculum advisor and developing content for undergraduate advising courses.Dr. Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs and Arthur L Glenn Professor of Engineering EducationDr

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Imane Khalil, University of San Diego

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Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego. She received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. She has an extensive background in industrial and government research from her years working at Hamilton Sundstrand and then Sandia National Laboratories. Her research interests are in numerical methods applied to solid and fluid mechanics, thermal hydraulics, reactor safety and uncertainty quantification applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Introducing Social Relevance and Global Context into the Introduction to Heat Transfer CourseAbstractLeaders, researchers

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

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2018 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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Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Assessment of Fluid Power Modules