Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engagement. Inshort, active learning is any activity that engages students in a classroom, and demands studentsto do significant learning activities and analyze what they are doing, rather than simply focusingon traditional lecture. Student engagement in classroom via review, discussion, application andpractice, demonstrated that the students learn more than in traditional classrooms. In-classreading and writing exercises also, improve student engagement in learning process even in largesize classes.To improve student engagement in the class size of up to 40, in senior mechanical engineeringcourses, such as machine design. Every student was provided with similar problem havingdifferent variables to solve. The instructor was solving a similar problem

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn R. Gosselin, San Jose State University; Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, primarily-undergraduate institution. These changes were made with the goal of improving alignmentbetween in-class assessment practices and ABET assessment requirements. The first majorchange involves reviewing and revising the Performance Indicators for all Student LearningOutcomes. Specifically, the PI’s were rephrased for strong alignment with the revised Bloom’sTaxonomy, with a focus on higher order learning. The second major change is the developmentof descriptive rubrics for several major assessment tools. Two rubrics will be examined asexamples: one for peer assessment of team members’ contributions in the program’s capstonedesign project and the second for a position paper on contemporary issues related tothermodynamics. Initial results from

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. The later includedpresentations at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Colloquium. Assessment was based onstudents’ (1) work; (2) peer evaluations using Comprehensive Assessment of Team-MemberEffectiveness (CATME), a web-based tool; (3) surveys during the CP experience; and (4)surveys in post-requisite courses. The comparison of these assessments provides cross-sectionaland semi-longitudinal results. Cross-sectional results obtained in post-requisite courses indicatedthat CP students in comparison with non-CP students, typically had a higher level of agreementthat they understood thermodynamics; had built professional camaraderie with some of theirengineering classmates in thermodynamics; were excited to do undergraduate research; and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student’s schedule.Universities generally staff career services offices for their students, offering a host of resourceson finding internships, writing resumes and cover letters, and practicing effective interviewstrategies. However, nearly 40% of students never even visit their universities’ career servicesoffices [1]. Disseminating useful information on career and professional development, therefore,must occur through the individual department. And, the timing of such exposure should be suchthat the student can contextualize any career advice received; giving students advice in interviewstrategies, for example, when they are in the midst of finding internships is more effective thanadvice given pre-college, which is naturally proffered in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

addition, Hu and colleagues find that students who participate in undergraduate research havegreater interactions and relationships with their faculty, improved writing and communicationskills, and enhanced critical thinking skills [2]. Moreover, summer undergraduate research hasalso been found to support these outcomes, with Lopatto finding that such programs supportnetworking skills and professional development for students [3]. Due to these findings, TheCitadel initiated the Undergraduate Research Office in 2016 and the inaugural The CitadelSURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program in the summer of 2017. Notethat this program is not quite the same as typical REU programs where students come frommultiple universities to work on one

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Rick Williams, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

intermediate range of difficulty.The problem is designed to allow the students to test their learning of the basics, but also to buildupon the introductory concepts with collaborative discussion and critical thinking. The studentsstart by reading and setting-up the problem individually, taking 5-7 minutes. They then work insmall groups loosely formed by their own preferences. Usually there is walking and consultingamong the students and peer teaching happens quite frequently. The instructor periodically joinsdifferent groups and helps answer questions, preferably by asking other questions, which lead thestudents to more critical thinking, forming theories, and testing theories on their own. In the end,the students write a solution report and turn it

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

peer institution (who took circuitsas a service course from their EE department) via anonymous surveys administered to bothgroups (in both cases, 6 to 12 months after completion of the course). In addition, through aninternal end-of-semester assessment tool, we compare our students’ perception of their ability toachieve each course objective to embedded indicators based on performance in selected courseassessments. Finally, evidence of proficiency in circuit design and implementation is manifestedin students’ subsequent senior capstone projects, in which some groups have designed and builtPCBs to power and embody the main electronic components in their designed systems.`IntroductionIn the fall of 2012, QU held its first freshman engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

concepts. Both the TA and the instructor for this coursereinstated during the interview that having students work in groups would create moreopportunities for interaction between students, and thus make the classroom more engagingthrough peer-to-peer learning as opposed to a situation where the instructor simply works outproblems on the white-board. Furthermore, the instructor was very supportive of his TA tryinginnovative teaching methods that are not very common or frequently used in the departmentcourses as long as the goal was to improve student engagement. For this class of 40 students, theone and a half hour long, once-a-week discussion section was divided into 2 equal groups andoccurred in back-to back sessions following a half hour break

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward James Diehl P.E., University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

forewarned by their peers about thedifficulty of the courses and the drudgery they’re about to endure. Another objective inintroducing cartoons was to lighten the classroom mood. Described later when discussing thecharacter creation, Sir Isaac Newton is purposefully drawn to appear friendly and a little goofy tomake him more relatable than the stuffy portrait with a powered wig seen in Figure 2. Wettedand Vapes are characters who act as somewhat mischievous and silly mascots for the class. Apotential hazard here is to come off as childish and thereby turn off some students who mightfeel the cartoons were beneath them.In addition to the mnemonic nudge for breaking a Socratic question stalemate, students areencouraged to question the cartoons, even

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Batson, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

writing down the chapter title and thetitles of all the headings, subheadings, etc. For concept mapping, a student writes two conceptshaving similarities and differences, then lists those similarities and differences. For instance, theequations for the first law of thermodynamics for closed systems and for open systems may becontrasted.Flashcards are self-explanatory. Although some students do not believe they are helpful in thecourses included in this study, other students found them helpful. They have the advantage ofbeing flexible and handy. They can be made to nearly any size, so they can be carried in apocket or bookbag. A student can run through a set of flashcards while waiting in line for lunchor between classes.ExercisesOne of the most

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Jackson, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and more complex problems that were more indicative of whatunique real-world engineering analysis challenges might hold.Future WorkThere were two aspects of the original formulation of this study that were not incorporatedduring the first semester the discussed activities were implemented. The first was the use ofanonymous online leaderboards for students to track their performance in comparison to theirpeers. Students are given codes, in the form of simple digital image avatars, at the beginning ofthe challenge with which to identify their score on Canvas-published online leaderboards.Students do not know the corresponding avatars of their peers unless they volunteer to sharethem but can still track their performance on the challenge to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

of bearings)as well as some questions involving refining a design (e.g., based on which parts have lowerfactors of safety). This might not be an open-ended design experience, but it is more likely thanthe FE to measure ability to design a machine.Second, being able to write code, combine models of fluids, or design a machine constitutesminimal competency in these areas—an assessment that does not reach these levels cannotcredibly claim to show even minimal competency. Therefore, the FE is unlikely to have criterionvalidity, i.e., it is probably not predictive of preparedness for professional practice.The FE is not useful for assessment for ABETAligning FE results with ABET student outcomes is challenging. Other authors have notedmisalignment