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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Matsson, Oral Roberts University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-78: A STUDENT PROJECT ON AIRFOIL PERFORMANCEJohn Matsson, Oral Roberts University O. JOHN E. MATSSON is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988 and 1994, respectively. Page 12.123.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Student Project on Airfoil PerformanceAbstractThis paper shows a course project in an undergraduate engineering program with a mechanicalemphasis. The students used LabVIEW software for measurements of the

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-142: AIR FLOW TEST BENCH: A SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTRobert Choate, Western Kentucky University Robert Choate teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including the Sophomore Design, Junior Design, the Senior ME Lab I and the ME Senior Project Design course sequence. Prior to teaching at WKU, he was a principal engineer for CMAC Design Corporation, designing telecommunication, data communication and information technology equipment.Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University Kevin Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including the Freshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

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

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Kiefer, Tri-State University

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AC 2007-2593: PREPARING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS FORSENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS WITH ELECTRONICS COMPONENTSScott Kiefer, Tri-State University Scott Kiefer is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tri-State University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Page 12.1180.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Preparing Mechanical Engineering Students for Senior Design Projects with Electronics

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen McClain, Baylor University

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. Page 12.303.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Being Dr. Evil: Engaging Students with Humorous Project PremisesAbstractDesign projects or open-ended problems are assigned throughout the engineering curriculum atthe University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In senior design courses, assigning real-world design projects is imperative to prepare the students for the job they may be performingthe following year. In the basic engineering science courses, however, finding design projectsthat engage the students, that demonstrate the real-world applications of the basic engineeringscience, and that do not seem like “busy-work” to the students requires imagination. Over thepast four years, humorous projects, based on the Austin

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Domagoj Rubesa, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,

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AC 2007-1020: 3-PHASE MULTI SUBJECT PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS ADIDACTICAL METHOD IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING STUDIESEmilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of AutomotiveEngineering, Graz, Austria Emilia Bratschitsch is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well in Technical Journalism from the TU of Sofia and received her PhD

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-3085: ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING WIND TUNNELMODELS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN FLUID MECHANICSEric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin Eric Zissman is a December 2006 BSME graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Development and Director of the PROCEED Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Page 12.195.1© American Society for

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University; Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

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AC 2007-304: DEVELOPMENT OF CAE COURSE PROJECT FOCUSING ONDATA MANAGEMENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM DESIGNArnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University ARNALDO MAZZEI is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1998. He specializes in dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems and stability of drivetrains with universal joints. His current work relates to modal analysis, stability of drivetrains, finite element analysis and CAE. He is a member of ASME, ASEE and SEM.Yaomin Dong, Kettering University YAOMIN DONG is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Chris Kobus, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Alex Alkidas, Oakland University; Michael Latcha, Oakland University

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AC 2007-1491: GENERATING ENTHUSIASM FOR RESEARCH THROUGHAUTOMOTIVE PROJECTS AND INDUSTRIAL MENTORS: LESSONS LEARNEDFROM THE FIRST YEAR OF AN REU PROGRAMLaila Guessous, Oakland University LAILA GUESSOUS (Guessous@oakland.edu) is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University. She received her M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1999) from the University of Michigan and joined OU in August 2000. 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 Automotive Research and Industrial Mentorship REU program.Qian Zou, Oakland University

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Biney, Prairie View A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1556: ASSESSING ABET OUTCOMES USING CAPSTONE DESIGNCOURSESPaul Biney, Prairie View A&M University Page 12.261.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing ABET Outcomes Using Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis paper presents a methodology fo r using capstone design project courses for assessing anumber of ABET outcomes. In the advent of EC 2000, Engineering programs have grappledwith methods for assessing some of the ABET outcomes, especially those skills which are nottaught in the traditional engineering programs.Senior Design and Professionalism I and II are two capstone design courses taken by seniors inthe College of Engineering over a

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-2145: INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF COMPUTER SKILLS WITHAN INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSETimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON is an

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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-learning projecs to meet real community needs.Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Program Manager of numerous community-university projects. Work Environment Ph.D. candidate with major emphasis on work and environmental policy with minors in cleaner production/ pollution prevention and epidemiology. MS in community psychology.John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor and Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Received his Ph.D. in 1980 in the UK, then was a Visiting Scientist at MIT, and has been at UML since 1984. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ASME, and has been involved in the numerical simulation of thermal plasma systems for more

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Corder, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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and principles that will enable them tobecome contributing members of their social and professional communities, these tools includebasic science, mathematics, engineering science, and discipline-specific engineering principles.Many engineering programs provide exposure to real-world design challenges for their studentsbefore graduation. This paper discusses a program suitable for mechanical engineering seniordesign projects in support of the U.S. space program, specifically NASA, Johnson Space Center,Houston, Texas.The Texas Space Grant Consortium (“TSGC”) sponsors the TSGC DESIGN CHALLENGE, aunique experience for undergraduate students to propose, design and fabricate a solution to atopic of importance to NASA and its mission. After

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Perwez Kalim, Wilkes University

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reorganization of a sophomore level thermodynamics course addresses these issues. Themain objectives of this effort are to expand the boundaries of students’ knowledge by engagingthem with the planning, design, build, and test concepts. The process included the reorientationof theory taught in the class and required an active student participation in a special designproject. The whole idea was to incorporate a hands-on design project and other pedagogicalchanges to transform the student’s learning into a pleasant and fulfilling experience. The projectwas successfully completed for the first time in the spring of 2005. The students associated withthis approach were divided into several groups, where each group was assigned to develop aStirling engine

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Byrne, Western Kentucky University

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curricular and extra-curricular engineering projects. Thus, the creation of a project-basedenvironment built around the practice of engineering has resulted.Engaging students both in and out of the classroom is a means for fostering intellectual growthand contentment in students. In the undergraduate engineering programs this often meansstudent engagement in activities that connect the concepts from lectures or textbooks to tangibleengineering projects. In some academic environments the students in engineering programs maynot acquire meaningful project experience in the areas of faculty expertise. This can be due, inpart, to the expectations institutions place upon their faculty.The professional growth and creative scholarly contributions of faculty

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jesse Maddren, California Polytechnic State University

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with several unknowns and optimization problems with one ormore independent design variables. Over the years, the laboratory has been used to test othertypes of projects including longer term projects that are more applied, such as the design of asolar domestic hot water system for a dormitory and the design and construction of small thermalsystems, such as a soft drink cooler.This paper presents a survey of how thermal systems design is taught in mechanical engineeringprograms. The paper also outlines the author's personal experiences with teaching thermalsystems design, what has worked and what has not worked.BackgroundA brief investigation into different mechanical engineering programs across the United Statesshows that many programs offer

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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progressivelyevolved over the past several years. The new approach integrates materials that are taught inDifferential Equations, Mathematical Methods for Engineers, Mechanical Laboratory courses and thenonto the Dynamic Systems course. Some novel approaches for presenting the material along withhands-on experimentally acquired data have been developed. The Response Under Basic Excitation(RUBE) online experiment along with all of the supporting analytical and virtual tools that have beendeveloped over the past several years under an NSF funded project are described in this paper. Allmaterials are available online at http://dynsys.uml.edu/.1 - PROBLEMGenerally, students do not understand the need for basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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) Qian is an Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Qian earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Qian is the principal investigator of the high performance computing research and education project at AAMU.Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University Dr. Ruben Rojas-Oviedo is a Chairperson of the Mechanical Engineering Department at AAMU. Page 12.863.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Improving Teaching Technique for Outcome Based Fluid Mechanics

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming Huang, University of San Diego; James Kohl, University of San Diego; Veronica Galvan, University of San Diego

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commonly used in project management practices) was found to be veryuseful in coordinating the clustered instructions of the two courses.To heighten the learning effect, it was decided that a common integrated project, similar to thatreported by Yoder5, should be used in place of the three individual projects originally required inthe three courses involved. One natural consequence and benefit of using a single cross-course Page 12.10.3project was that the scope of the combined project could have more depth and breadth (thus moremeaningful) than the single-course one.ImplementationThe foregoing curriculum experiment was implemented in the Spring

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1918: MENTOR GRAPHICS’ SYSTEMVISION SOFTWARECURRICULUM INTEGRATIONMatthew Knudson, Oregon State University Matt Knudson is a second-year graduate student at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. in Electronics Engineering in 2005 from OSU and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a graduate minor in Computer Science. His research is in advanced system dynamics and intelligent control systems. Matt has designed and executed computer aided design projects for four academic terms of introductory system dynamics and control and is scheduled to teach introductory mechatronics Spring of 2007 at OSU. Matt currently mentors two senior design teams, one

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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effectively, and k) use thetechniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. As a coursetypically taken in the last semester of their senior year, students review topics taught in thefluids/thermodynamics/heat transfer stem of the mechanical engineering program, as well aslearn new experimental techniques. For the first half of the course, each week consists of a onehour lecture, a three hour practical measurement/demonstration session (often involvingcalibration techniques) and a three hour laboratory usually involving the measurementtechniques from that week’s measurement/demonstration session. The last half of the course is alaboratory project, accomplished in teams of two or three. For the laboratory project

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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of the program’s curriculum has been a short course inmechanical engineering. This course, which is taught by a representative of the mechanical engi-neering department (a faculty member or doctoral candidate) in conjunction with a local secondaryschool educator, is intended to introduce the fundamentals of mechanical engineering in an infor-mative, yet approachable, manner.Structurally, the mechanical engineering course is divided into ten two-hour academic units, eachof which includes a brief technical lecture (approximately twenty minutes in length), a varietyof hands-on demonstrations, and a competitive group project of a design-build-test nature. Thecourse’s curriculum presently consists of three distinct sections: (i) mechanical system

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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time, many previously underdeveloped countries took advantage of thatsituation and quickly implemented the most recent, more reliable and significantly improvedgeneration of technical systems. That same kind of opportunity was before us, when we startedour project.2. “The Engineer of 2020” – aspirations, attributes, findings, and recommendationsIn 2001 the National Academy of Engineering established a steering committee to develop avision for engineering and the role of engineers in the modern society of the future. From thebeginning, the committee was charged with revising current engineering education according totheir predictions of how the discipline will need to evolve to face the challenges of the futuretechnological revolution of the

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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AC 2007-72: FOSTERING CREATIVITY IN THE CAPSTONE ENGINEERINGDESIGN EXPERIENCEElvin Shields, Youngstown State University Dr. Elvin Shields is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His research has been generously sponsored by a University Research Professorship during the 2005-2006 academic year at Youngstown State University. Since 1995, Dr. Shields has coached approximately 250 mechanical engineering students through nearly 90 capstone design projects ranging from collegiate competitions to industrial problems. Page 12.757.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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functionality. They also had to provide a technical report ofthe design and construction of it. In addition, they were required to create complete experimentalprocedure, data sheets, and analysis and to describe the requirements for a lab report based on theexperiment that future students can complete and turn in for a grade in the heat transfer lab. Thelast part of the project that challenged the students to reflect on their own learning and the wayfuture students may learn the concepts. The reflection component may not be present in typicalprojects, and/or may not be probed. The learning of the students was probed via a survey of afew questions. The questions asked the students if the project increased their understanding ofthe technical concept they

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Jokar, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hamid Rad, Washington State University-Vancouver

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engineering, control, automation, and robotics, materials and manufacturing, computer-aided engineering, and machine design. • Engineering software skills; an introductory software called Working Model 2D, was taught and practiced in class in order to be used for solving real-world engineering problems, and to be used in individual or group design projects later in the semester. • Design project competition; a design project, entitled “Water-Powered Vehicle”, with a competition at the end was used as a motivation tool to instill critical thinking and creativeness. The twenty one enrolled students were divided into seven teams and each team was given a one-liter bottle of drinking water to use it as the only source of

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veronica Addison, University of South Carolina; Christian Hipp, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. His passion is engaging learners of all ages in the processes of inquiry and discovery through active engagement and problem-situation learning. Page 12.130.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Study of the Effects of Timing on Engineering Students’ Abilities to Solve Open-ended Problems with ComputersAbstractThis paper presents the design and preliminary results of an exploratory research project todetermine the best ways to