Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2653: INTEGRATED HANDS-ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS LAB-ORATORIESArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University ARIF SIRINTERLIKCI received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Tech- nical University, Turkey, and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. Currently, he is a Professor of Engineering as well as Co-Head of Research and Outreach Cen- ter at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. His teaching and research areas include rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, robotics and automation, bioengineering, and entertainment technology. He has been active in ASEE and SME, serving as an officer of the ASEE Manufacturing

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Dickrell, University of Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-710: INDIVIDUAL DATA ACQUISITION AND EXPERIMENTA-TION IN UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORA-TORIESDaniel Dickrell, University of Florida Page 22.861.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Individual Data Acquisition and Experimentation in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering LaboratoriesIntroductionUndergraduate teaching laboratories in mechanical engineering curriculum are traditionallygroup-oriented courses with activities centered on large, singularly-purposed experimentalapparatus. This is often caused by the cost and maintenance support of the experiments and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Stephen Gent, South Dakota State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-896: ASSESSING AND UPDATING AN UNDERGRADUATE THERMO-FLUIDS LABORATORY COURSEGregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University Gregory Michna is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006, held positions as a Lecturer at Iowa State University and as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and joined the faculty at SDSU in 2009. He teaches courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and energy systems. His main research interests lie in the areas of thermal management of electronics and two-phase heat transfer.Stephen Gent

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

usingSolidWorks and Simulation [1, 2, 3 and 4] can be extended to enhancing student theoreticalvisualization and laboratory experiences. This paper presents two examples of a balancedapproach for using virtual experiments with physical experimentation in teaching basic conceptsof heat transfer; one dimensional conduction and conduction in extended surfaces. The internaltemperature distributions in these two examples are compared to theory and available laboratoryhardware. Page 22.275.2One Dimensional Heat Transfer:References [5 and 6] provide a traditional development of the general heat conduction equationin both rectangular and cylindrical coordinate

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

gauge the value of the service learning component of the course.I. IntroductionFluid mechanics is often seen as a difficult core subject for engineering students. The difficultystems from the necessity to visualize complex flow patterns and fluid behavior modeled by highlevel mathematics. In textbooks and classroom lectures fluid mechanics is often treated asabstract, mathematical and conceptual. Innovative teaching methods that will enhance studentlearning in this area are being explored within the curriculum of the mechanical engineering Page 22.753.2(ME) program offered at Mesa State College (MSC) located in Grand Junction, Colorado as

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1108: A DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS EXPERIMENT FOR THEFLUID MECHANICS CLASSROOMCharles Forsberg, Hofstra University Charles H. Forsberg is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hofstra University, where he primarily teaches courses in the thermal/fluids area. He received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Polytech- nic Institute of Brooklyn and an M. S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph. D. from Columbia University. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State. Page 22.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Dimensional Analysis

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-731: LEARNING IN LABORATORY COMPLIMENTS TO LEC-TURE COURSES VIA STUDENT DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED EX-PERIMENTSJohn M Mativo, University of Georgia Taught and researched at university level for 16 years of which 6 served as department chair. Subject area involvement in teaching and research were in engineering education; product development and manufac- turing; and energy systems. Member of ASME, ASEE, ITEEA and Sigma Xi.Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana Page 22.1005.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Learning in Laboratory Compliments to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

and one agreed with achieving thatlearning outcome.From an engineering education research standpoint, it would be very useful to compare thecourse learning outcomes with and without the laboratory component. Unfortunately there wasno lecture-only vibrations course taught before the lab was developed at USI that could be usedfor comparison. Also, it would not be fair to current students to intentionally teach the vibrationscourse without a hands-on laboratory component.Table 1: Assessment of some of the laboratory learning objectives as evaluated for the 2009 fall semester.Each student evaluated each objective as 1 for strongly disagree, 2 for disagree, 3 for neutral, 4 for agree, and5 for strongly agree. The average score is based on 7

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. students tocomplete a Teaching Practicum course during their doctoral studies. Students work closely withfaculty mentors in teaching a course. While the focus of the class is on pedagogy, the goal is forstudents to find the experience useful regardless of whether they are going into academia,industry, a research laboratory, or other career pursuits. In addition to issues dealing withteaching engineering, sessions are organized for career planning, success in both academia andindustry, ethics, and basic counseling and mentoring skills. This paper is a study of theeffectiveness of the Teaching Practicum experience. Survey responses are analyzed from nearly100 Ph.D. alumni for the period from the summer of 1996 to the spring of 2009. The

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip M. Gerhart P.E., University of Evansville

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1722: USING FAMILIAR ANALOGIES TO TEACH FUNDAMEN-TAL CONCEPTS IN THERMO-FLUIDS COURSESAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical 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, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and member

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

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Mechanical Engineering

of Formulas, Solutions, and MATLAB Toolboxes”.Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, USC Dr. ChengYuan Jerry Chen is fulltime Lecturer of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, who has in- volved with AME laboratory teaching for more than 8 years in AME341, 441, and 443 classes. His expertise is not only in analytical and computational of dynamic and control systems, but also in exper- imental and laboratory hardware implementations. He has more than 20 years of advanced machining experience and has accomplished enormous projects in mechanical and electrical designs. He is currently the head leader of the instructional laboratory in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Keith Berrier, University of Saint Thomas; Andrea Guggenbuehl, University of Saint Thomas, Health and Human Performance Department

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-16: DARING YOUNG ENGINEERS ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE:USING CIRCUS ARTS TO TEACH DYNAMICSAnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Her teaching and research focus on Engineering Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.Keith Berrier, St. Thomas UniversityMs. Andrea Guggenbuehl, University of St. Thomas, Health and Human Performance Department Andrea is a 2009 graduate of the University of St. Thomas where she majored in Health Promotion- Science. She is

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2215: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGRADUATEVIBRATIONS COURSEAnca L. Sala, Baker College Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA.Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is a professor of Mechanical Engineering with over 25 years of teaching, research and consulting experiences in Design and Simulation of Sheet Metal Forming Processes. He has published several educational and research papers at ASEE, ASME and other

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Spenko, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamal S. Yagoobi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

into Engineering EducationAbstractIn 2009 and 2010, the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Department at the Illinois Instituteof Technology held two workshops titled: “Integrating Innovation into Engineering Education.”Participants included representatives from NSF, national laboratories, universities, and industry.The focus of the workshops was to understand how to teach innovative thinking at theundergraduate level. Three specific questions were addressed: 1) what defines innovation in thecontext of engineering; 2) what skill sets are necessary for innovative thinking; and 3) how caneducators teach those skill sets in order to foster the innovative thought process. The results ofthese discussions are presented in this paper.1

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Cao, University of British Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

more, the virtual simulator development gains students interest andmotivates student in learning robotics. It allows more lab-type of learning. Some homework canalso be readily verified using the virtual robot. For future teaching plan, the developenvironment will be open to students‟ choice. Other engineering tools, such as simMechanics,ADAMS will be considered for dynamics and control design purpose.References[1] T., Hakan; G, Metin; B, Seta, “Hardware in the Loop Robot Simulators for On-site and Remote Education in Robotics”, International Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 22, Number 4, August 2006 , pp. 815- 828(14).[2] Costas S. Tzafestas, Nektaria Palaiologou, “Virtual and Remote Robotic Laboratory: Comparative

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-283: HERDING CATS: WEAVING COHERENT APPLICATIONTHREADS THROUGH A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTO FACILITATE COURSE-TO-COURSE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMATERIAL RETENTIONDonald Wroblewski, Boston University Don Wroblewski is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Boston Univer- sity, and has been the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Aerospace Studies since 1998. He is a two-time winner of the department award for Excellence in Teaching and one of two inaugural winners of the College of Engineering’s Innovative Engineering Education Fellow award. He has been active in both curriculum and course innovations. He has developed 7 new courses including an on-line Mechanics course and

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Bottomley, North Carolina State University Laura Bottomley received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from Virginia Tech. She received her Ph D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. Dr. Bottomley worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in Transmission Sys- tems from 1985 to 1987, during which time she worked in ISDN standards, including representing Bell Labs on an ANSI standards committee for physical layer ISDN standards. She received an Exceptional Contribution Award for her work during this time. After receiving her Ph D., Dr. Bottomley worked as a faculty member at Duke University and

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

learners.Unfortunately, almost all engineering and science instruction has been historically deductive innature (i.e. – lecture).Some of the characteristics of inductive learning identified by Prince and Felder4 are listedbelow: • Includes one or more of ‘inquiry learning’, ‘problem-based learning’, ‘project-based learning’, ‘case-based teaching’, ‘just-in-time learning’, ‘discovery learning’ • Is learner-centered, constructivist in philosophy, involves active learning, and is collaborative • Is never purely inductive – there are still deductive components • Filters new information through a person’s ‘schemata’ – the sum of prior experiences (knowledge, belief, preconception, prejudice, fear, etc.) Why develop an additional

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

department to participate in writing instruction for its students. Page 22.125.8 3. Department faculty generally will not spend extra time teaching or evaluating writing mechanics. 4. Problem sets, lab reports and design reports are the three main forms of writing done by undergraduate students in mechanical engineering.The writing program has two components: core courses targeted for writing instruction andcourses where writing is valued but where there is little or no explicit writing instruction. Corecourses targeted for writing instruction are ME2011 Introduction to Engineering, ME4031Measurements Laboratory and ME4054

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1503: WHY INDUSTRY SAYS THAT ENGINEERING GRADU-ATES HAVE POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: WHAT THE LITERA-TURE SAYSJeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell coordinates the Frank K. Webb Program in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches and coordinates the capstone design project sequence. She also teaches first-year engineering, manufacturing for sustainability, and graduate-level project management courses.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Montreal, Canada.8. Bhargava, P., et al. Virtual labs, real data for statics and Mechanics of Materials. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2003. Nashville, TN.9. Roylance, D., C.H. Jenkins, and S.K. Khanna. Innovations in teaching mechanics of materials in materials science and engineering departments. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2001. Albuquerque, NM.10. Steif, P.S. and A. Dollar, Integrating effective general classroom techniques with domain-specific conceptual needs, in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2004: Salt Lake City, UT.11. Goulet, R.U. and J. Owino. Experiential problem based learning in the mechanics of materials laboratory. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2002

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University, Engineering and Design Department; Hani S. Saad, Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

design, and biomechanics. Dr. Saad received his high school education in Lebanon. His BS and MS were received from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. The emphasis of his master’s dissertation was on a finite element analysis of a solder joint under thermal loading. Dr. Saad received his PhD from Washington State University in Pullman, WA. His research focused on the energy dissipation function of an abrasive water jet cutting through steel. In addition to this, Dr. Saad has taught a vast number of engineering classes at many institutions and is currently teaching, among other classes, Statics, Strength of Materials, Dynamics and Senior Capstone at Eastern Washington University. Professor Durfee received his BS

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Celis, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

22.1255.4Timoshenko allows us access into a detailed and rich history of engineering education’sdevelopment during the first half of the tumultuous twentieth century. Universities, researchinstitutes, laboratories, scientists, faculty members and students have the most relevant place inthe Timoshenko’s autobiography As I Remember. In his narration, the Bolshevik Revolution,World War I, and the rise of Nazis in Germany are the context through which engineering andthe sciences go forward into a new technological era. Timoshenko also devotes many episodes toexplain his teaching and learning experiences and his vision about comparisons amongengineering curricula in different countries. He taught in Russia, Yugoslavia, and in theAmerican East, Midwest, and West

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2511: PROPOSED RENORMALIZED GRADE POINT AVERAGEACCOUNTING FOR CLASS GPARandall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Manteufel currently serves as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio where he has been on the faculty since 1997. His teaching and research interests are in the thermal sciences. He is currently the faculty advisor ASHRAE at UTSA.Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio Amir Karimi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineer- ing from the University of Kentucky in 1982. His

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering department. His research interests include machining, effective teaching and engineering mechanics. Before coming to academia, he was a design engineer, maintenance supervisor, and plant engineer. He is a registered professional engineer.Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University Robert O. Warrington is currently Director of the Institute for Leadership and Innovation, which houses the Enterprise program and the new Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Warrington was Dean of the College of Engineering from 1996 to 2007 and was the founder and Director of the Institute for Micromanufacturing at

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

perspectives.Unfortunately, in stress analysis courses, the depth of the mathematical analysis and limited timeand resources often restricts the focus to traditional closed-form solutions occasionallysupplemented with simple demonstrations. In order to enhance student engagement andunderstanding, a lab mini-project was developed for teaching Castigliano’s method for structuralanalysis in a stress analysis course.The mini-project consists of a design evaluation task which is investigated using three differentmethods: closed-form analysis, finite element analysis, and simple model build and test. Thetask is to select the better of two alternative support structures for a heavy-duty material-handlingconveyor belt. Acceptance criteria in the form of maximum deflection

Conference Session

Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1268: MOTIVATING DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SKILLS ACQUI-SITION WITH THE INFUSION OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITYPROJECTS THROUGHOUT A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICU-LUMJames M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and currently the Chair and the ASEE-DEED Division. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. He teaches mechanics and design courses and conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control and engineering education.Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent A Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

their analysis, and although engineering students generally havecourses on experimentation, such courses are rarely combined with any significant theoreticalmodeling activities.1.2 A Low-Cost Joint Design Project1.2.1 Course StructureIn order to address the disconnect between theory and real systems that often occurs inengineering education, we developed a low-cost design project, administered jointly between atheory-focused course on heat transfer (ME450) and an experimental laboratory course inthermo-fluid systems (ME495). Note that the heat transfer course has been renumbered since theprevious implementation of the design project, when the number was ME350. The ME450course is focused on the physics of heat transfer, calculating and

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunfeng Wang, College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, College of New Jersey; Teresa Marrin Nakra, College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, College of New Jersey; Meredith K. Stone, Independent Evaluator

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1725: THE OUTCOMES OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDER-GRADUATE COURSE INVOLVING ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND ARTSYunfeng Wang, The College of New Jersey Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New JerseyChristopher Ault, The College of New JerseyTeresa Marrin Nakra, The College of New Jersey Teresa Marrin Nakra is Associate Professor of Music at The College of New Jersey, where she teaches courses in Music Technology, Music Theory, and Interactive Multimedia. She runs Immersion Music Inc., a non-profit organization that provides technical solutions for performing arts organizations, museums, and schools. Her interactive conducting experiences have been showcased in public venues across the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Lorenzo M. Smith, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; David Schall, Oakland University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1309: AERIM AUTOMOTIVE-THEMED REU PROGRAM : OR-GANIZATION, ACTIVITIES, OUTCOMES AND LESSONS LEARNEDLaila Guessous, Oakland University Laila Guessous, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Oakland University (OU) in Rochester, MI. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on computational methods. She is the program director for the NSF and DoD funded AERIM REU program at OU, as well as co-director of an NSF-funded International Research Experience for Students (IRES) collaborative research program with China on fluid and thermal transport in fuel cells.Qian Zou, Oakland University Dr. Qian Zou is an