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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Allison Serrano; Axel Alvarez Loya, California State University, Fullerton; Nikol Miojevic; Kimberly Krystal Lopez-Zepeda; Madeline E. Rasche

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Paper ID #31776Enhancing Middle/High School Female Students Self-Confidence andMotivation in Pursuing STEM Careers through Increasing Diversity inEngineering And Labor-force (IDEAL) Outreach Summer ProgramDr. Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton Dr. Nina Robson is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University at Fullerton.Allison SerranoMr. Axel Alvarez Loya, California State University, Fullerton I’m in my third year at California State University, Fullerton as a Mechanical engineering student.Nikol Miojevic, Nikol Miojevic is a 9th grader at Ithaca High School

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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Farid Breidi; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana; Madelyn D. Sturgeon; Justin Michael Amos, University of Southern Indiana

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numerous elements. The System Engineering and Freshman Designcourse at the University of Southern Indiana is intended to help students develop qualities neededto prepare them for the remainder of their collegiate courses and for their career. In addition,freshman students gain exposure to engineering design early in their college education which is 1essential to continuing in the engineering courses. Researchers suggest that the learner-learnerinteraction can enrich learning outcomes [1]. Thus, peer-oriented educational activities such as thecreation of a functioning miniature racing car are critical in the learning journey of engineeringstudents

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

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, which heldundergraduate research positions, expressed greater confidence in research and professionalabilities, 88% reported significant growth in structuring and conducting a research project, and73% attested awareness of a graduate school environment [2], [3], [7]. According to Hurtado et al.[1], these undergraduate research opportunities have further facilitated the decision of pursuingSTEM careers and Ph.D. studies post-graduation [5].However, experiencing success, such as procuring an internship position, joining an undergraduateresearch laboratory, or being able to attend graduate school, highly depends on maintaining acompetitive grade-point average (GPA). Grades in higher education are of great value since theyinfluence multiple

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico

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applications would be helpful to prepare them fortheir career[6]. Engineering graduates, especially in Northern California, with a knowledge ofnanofabrication and characterization techniques will be advantaged in job search, be betterprepared for handling tasks if they join a high-tech industry, and may be more motivated foradvancing their knowledge and skills in a nano-related field. In addition, Nanotechnology is aneffective way to introduce students to interdisciplinary sciences[7]. Therefore, in order tointroduce nanoscience and nanotechnology to undergraduate Mechanical and MechatronicEngineering students, an upper-level elective course, Nanoscale Science and Engineering MECH430, has been designed and added to the Mechanical and Mechatronic

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler

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careers. Two groups/cohorts have beenthrough this approach (of a sequence of courses) so far. The results suggest that the approachmay have better results than working in a senior design project without the previousexperience/knowledge gained through the approach presented in this paper. Results from thesetwo groups/cohorts also suggest that the interest the project generates in the students is a keyfactor for the overall goal of the approach.IntroductionIn 2008, using data collected by the National Survey of Student Engagement, George Kuh [1]examined several educational practices thought to be high-impact in terms of the benefits theyoffer students. One of the practices highlighted was the capstone or senior project, which utilizesmany of the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Eliana Christou, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University

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practices as they relate to computational modeling. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better understand the mechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues and human movement.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

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Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Emily Kate Bierman, The Citadel

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between high school and college, often in a career or in the military.The course summaries for the four courses in question are shown below in Figures 1-4.Figure 1. MECH 310 Course DescriptionFigure 2. MECH 311 Course Description © American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 2020 ASEE Annual Conference and ExpositionFigure 3. MECH 340 Course DescriptionFigure 4. MECH 415 Course DescriptionImportantly, the authors all kept the number of homework problems assigned over the entiresemester very nearly the same, regardless of homework frequency. Weekly homeworkassignments would have three or four problems each, while daily homework assignments wouldonly have one. This results in roughly the same

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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disadvantaged andacademically talented undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department from2009 to the present. The NSF funded S-STEM project focuses resources on financial support,coupled with curricular and co-curricular activities designed to facilitate student degreeattainment, career development, employability in STEM-related jobs, and enrollment in graduateschool. In addition, our S-STEM program proactively implements engineering researchactivities, including in-depth lab tours, seminars, REUs, research conference support, featuringresearch/internship on our website, and presentations to recruit students for research, etc. In this study, we present preliminary data that reveal the attitudes and perceptions of thecurrent 25

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Daeyeoul Lee, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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is a Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers (ASME), where he serves on the Design Engineering Division’s Technical Committees on Micro/Nanosystems and Vibration and Sound, as well as the Design, Materials, and Manufacturing (DMM) Segment Leadership Team. Dr. Rhoads is a recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, including the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award; the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best Teacher Award (twice), Robert W. Fox Outstanding Instructor Award, and B.F.S. Schaefer Outstanding Young Faculty Scholar Award; the ASEE

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Shelby Ann McNeilly, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University

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these quickly developing requirements comes an expectation of employeeexperience and skill sets. For individuals seeking a career in mechanical engineering, movingforward with the tools necessary for success in this continuously evolving world begins withhigher education. This paper is the first of a three-part series to report on the progress of BoiseState University’s Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department’s mission to implementa revolutionized curriculum in their academic program. This paper will describe theestablishment of goals and processes used to design a curriculum that will provideundergraduates with an effective foundation for the future. Integrating a change of thismagnitude necessitated consideration of a multitude of

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy I - Best Teaching Practices

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Prabhakar Venkateswaran, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael D Cook, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Christopher Sevier, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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student retention is being measured. In other words, in thisstudy "long-term" is associated with the students’ ability to retain content over the course of a10-week quarter, while in the future study, students’ content retention will be tracked overmultiple terms over a complete sequence of courses. This will provide a more meaningfulindicator of long-term content retention.IntroductionLong-term retention of engineering content is an important requirement for students to besuccessful in an engineering curriculum and to have a successful career after graduating. Coursesin a curriculum often build off each other and a weak foundation in a pre-requisite course canlead to students struggling and experiencing frustration in follow-on courses

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

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skills and decisionmaking in design problems.Students’ achievement was assessed by the project deliverables: status report, oral presentationand final report. Additionally, a survey was conducted on effectiveness of the simulation projectin developing students’ simulation skills and learning mechanical engineering concepts. I. IntroductionWhile use of advanced design tools and software is deemed imperative for engineers in bothresearch and industry settings, acquiring these skills is not typically embedded in theundergraduate curriculum. Some students may choose relevant professional electives; however,for majority, a steep learning curve is required to grasp and master the skills required forengineering career or graduate school [1]. There

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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Jennifer Lynne Tennison, Saint Louis University; Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Saint Louis University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University

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a way that, unlike other windmills, it rotates around a ring frame, leaving the central portion open for other uses. This enables VayuWind to extract wind power using existing structures such as commercial buildings and skywalks with minimal noise pollution. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Project-based smart systems module for early-stage mechanical engineering studentsAbstractSystems thinking is a key ingredient for an engineering career. In this paper, we present details ofa project-based systems thinking module for an early-stage mechanical engineering course. In thismodule, students learn systems engineering concepts through a series of

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

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Heather E. Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland

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device. However, the professional culture maycreate competing forces like cost and career progress. Gentile articulates that students must betrained in how to communicate ethical concerns to superiors, and the skill must then bepracticed. This module was designed to do both of these things for engineering students.The module developed had several learning objectives: 1. Develop an action plan to modify or address an ethics or character issue 2. Explore multiple solution paths 3. Identify the needs and motivations of various stakeholdersThe research goal of the project was to determine if a structured module in an engineering coursecould help students enhance the skill of building an action plan for ethics. The skill is importantfor

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University

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Swanson School of Engineering, he was with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC, performing technical policy analysis for vehicle fuel economy regulations.Dr. Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion was on the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for over 5 years before joining Carnegie Mellon as a Teaching Faculty in 2016. Dr. Be- dillion’s research interests include

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Donald Jerome Hake II, York College of Pennsylvania

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Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph Andrew completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Management (Business) at McMaster University in 2006. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster in the area of estimation theory

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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Vallorie Peridier, Temple University

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experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions. 7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Engineering students who gain genuine facility in the above seven competencies will likely haveimpactful subsequent careers. Consequently a Program’s commitment to systematically fosterstudent attainment in SO 1-7 is a worthy enterprise.2. Create seven SO oversight committees, one for each ABET SO.The foundational component of our Program’s CI regimen is its seven standing SO 1-7 oversightcommittees (SO-1, SO-2,…SO-7). Each committee consists of three or four faculty members,and each committee has oversight responsibility for the SO in its purview

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University

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typically female or male firstname but were otherwise identical. When asked to provide both quantitative and qualitativeassessment of qualifications of the two candidates, participating students gave the female resumelower quantitative marks and honed in on non-technical and language skills more so than they didin their evaluations of the male candidate. This paper presents the findings of this initial study andoutlines a path toward a more comprehensive look at gender-bias in engineering studentperceptions of qualifications.IntroductionIn the Fall of 2019, the author taught a required, senior-level mechanical engineering courseintended to develop student career readiness through discussions and guest lectures on topics suchas ethics, codes and

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

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Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Mingye Chen, University of Michigan, Flint; Sunzia Sultana, University of Michigan, Flint

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focus in engineering in education while othersreceive less than ten credit hours. [2]. A study by Kirkpatrick et al. [6][7], concluded that currentengineering education programs put minimal emphasis on professional skills and that givingthese skills a greater focus would be helpful to prepare students for future careers. This, in turn,would make the engineering field more accessible to students. Another study by Holloway et al.evaluated a few KSA (knowledge, skill, and ability) frameworks and reported that theframeworks compared had similar expectations for student outcomes, problem-solving,communication, and teamwork. Given how the ABET framework can put minimal emphasis onprofessional skills, other frameworks could have similar problems. [8

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

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Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Esmee Vernooij, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Catherine LaBore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ava R. Wolf, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois; Robert Thomas Baird; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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engineering students in order to promote collaborative problem solving and provide experience relevant to authentic work in industry.Ms. Esmee VernooijCatherine LaBore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Catherine LaBore is a sociocultural anthropologist and media production professional. She has had a long career producing educational media. As an ethnographer and media/content producer, she spent nine years supporting engineering research with colleagues developing intelligent systems for education. She’s worked on problems of user experience and design and higher-level content development (e.g. expert ontology and schemata) for systems designed to teach language skills, cross-cultural social interaction

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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James D. Carrico, University of Mary; Javad Anjum, University of Mary; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

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PBSL efforts may offer two additionaladvantages. First, since students are addressing concrete needs in an interprofessional workingenvironment, the interprofessional PBSL experience may help foster mature attitudes towardsprofessional practice. Second, the array of challenges, joys, and rewards associated with servingthe community in an interprofessional team may promote career readiness and confidence inone’s training and aptitude.The need for interprofessional education and collaborative practice is not unique to engineering.Training programs for pre-service professionals in allied health specialties, such as clinicalexercise physiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training, benefit frominterprofessional experiences

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Chean Chin Ngo, California State University, Fullerton; Sang June Oh, California State University, Fullerton

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to address is whether the current mechanical engineering curriculum isadequate to prepare the next generation of mechanical engineers for their profession in bothtraditional and emerging fields in mechanical engineering. The National Academy ofEngineering established a steering committee in 2001 to provide a vision for the engineers in2020 [5]. The career aspirations and desired attributes for future engineers were presented in thatreport. Similarly, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) also establishedASME Vision 2030 Task Force in 2008 to assess the state of ME education and providerecommendations for improving the curricula [6]-[7]. Four of the recommendations more closelyrelated to mechanical engineering curricula included

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

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

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& ENERGY EQS.CH 6: MOMENTUM ANALYSIS OF FLOW SYSTEMSCH 7: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSISCH 8: INTERNAL FLOWCH 11: EXTERNAL FLOW: DRAG & LIFT YOUR COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS Figure 2: Survey on how I learned each topic?When in sync, i.e., distributed and completed across the semester in a way that coincides withdelivery of each course topic, simulations may help students, but if students do not execute thesesimulations in sync, it could distract from other tasks. In both cases, students had a chance todeepen their understanding of the course material, learn modern computational skills, and improvetheir career-readiness.ResultsResults from the administered surveys are described here

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

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Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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Michele J. Grimm is the Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Her research has focused on injury biomechanics – from characterizing important tissue properties to developing appropriate models for the assessment of injury mechanisms. Most recently, this has included working with obstetricians to identify the pathomechanics of neonatal brachial plexus injury. Based on this work, she served on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Task Force on Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy. In addition to her scientific research, Dr. Grimm has spent a large part of her career focused on curriculum development and enhancement of student learning in engineering. She served on the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Khalifa H. Harib, United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rihab Kamal M. Hamza, United Arab Emirates University; Muthanna Ahmed Aziz, United Arab Emirates University

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in the UK. He started his career in the UK as the Senior Research Assistant at the SERC Engineering Design Centre. He joined Brunel University in 1995 where he worked for 18 years before joining United Arab Emirates University in August 2011. During his stay at Brunel he has worked with many British industries. Dr Sivaloganathan is a keen researcher in Design and was the Convenor for the International Engineering Design Conferences in 1998 and 2000. He has been a regular participant of the ASEE annual conference during the past few years. He has published more than 85 papers in reputed journals and conferences.Mrs. Rihab Kamal M. Hamza, UAE University Rihab K. M. Hamza joined the United Arab Emirates University in

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Molly McVey, University of Kansas; Carl W. Luchies, University of Kansas; Sara E. Wilson, University of Kansas; Lorin P. Maletsky, University of Kansas; Lin Liu, University of Kansas

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programs,Geisinger and Raman found six factors that drive students to leave: classroom and academicclimate, grades and conceptual understanding, self-efficacy and self-confidence, high schoolpreparation, interests and career goals, and race and gender [11]. In a multi-year study at a singleinstitution, another study narrowed it down to three factors causing students to leave: poorteaching and advising, curriculum difficulty, and lack of belonging [12], and interestingly foundthat the lack of belonging factor was the biggest reason why students left, regardless of genderand race/ethnicity. The same study found that female students who left the program werestronger, academically, than male students who left (GPA of 3.20 compared to 2.95

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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

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instructor, it is also important to understand that there can be many factors playing a role into why someone is walking in late. Being a student is hard and not everyone starts on the same level. And the more flexible and accepting a professor is of minor things, the more it makes students feel welcomed and excited about a class and also willing to approach the professor with academic, career, or even life questions.An instructor with a harsh response to a late student often alienates other students by projecting anunwelcoming attitude toward students.Some students commented on habitual tardiness. This is where some action by the instructor isjustified. Here is one such comment: Inappropriate student behavior involves

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Paper ID #31009Design Course in a Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Jamie Szwalek is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.Dr. Yeow Siow, The University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Yeow Siow has over fifteen years of combined experience as an engineering educator and practi- tioner. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Michigan Technological University where he began his teaching career. He then joined Navistar’s thermal-fluids system group as a senior engineer, and later brought