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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Tom Eldredge, Liberty University; John H. Jones, Liberty University

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based on the various governing equations fromthermal science textbooks and an open-literature critical heat flux (CHF) correlation,which is used to provide a safety factor. The problem formulation is followed by a list ofthe assumptions used in the problem. The problem specific inputs are contained in thenext section, which is followed by the results. A pre- and post-project learningassessment was performed to determine if the students’ understanding of integratedthermal science improved as a result of the project. The Appendix contains the learningassessment provided to the students.The Nomenclature section describes all of the variables used in this paper.Problem FormulationThe first law of thermodynamics is required to generate an axial

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

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Paper ID #31301A Cross-Cohort Dynamics Project StudyDr. Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo PhD, PEng Lecturer Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department DepartmentDr. Homeyra Pourmohammadali, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University ofWaterloo Dr. Homeyra Pourmohammadali received her PhD in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering program and did her postdoctoral fellowship in Applied Mathematics, both at the University of Waterloo and in the biomedical field. She has broad experience in multidisciplinary experimental research and has acted as the lecturer of various engineering courses

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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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Paper ID #28277Engineering Project Development through Sequence of CoursesDr. Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler Nelson Fumo is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Tyler. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida. He has been in academia for 30 years and has published more than 60 Journal and Conference papers. His research area is mainly related to buildings energy use with focus on whole building energy modeling, thermal energy systems design and optimization, and HVAC and solar energy

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

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Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest; Alain S. Togbe, Purdue University Northwest

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Paper ID #28924Engineering Application Projects for Teaching Engineering Mathematicsand Numerical MethodsProf. Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest Shengyong Zhang (syzhang@pnw.edu) is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Pur- due University Northwest. He has teaching and research interest in the areas of computer modeling and simulation, vibration and acoustics, system dynamics, and automobile lightweight design.Prof. Alain S Togbe, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Alain Togbe is a professor of Mathematics at Purdue University Northwest. He received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Universite Laval

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Performance Balanced Team Formation for Group Study and Design ProjectsAbstractStudents should learn to work in teams in undergraduate engineering courses. In many casesstudents form their own teams for group study and design projects. This paper describes aperformance-based team formation method implemented in two upper-division mechanicalengineering thermal science courses. The instructor formed teams based on early academicperformance in the class. Students with the highest exam scores were assigned as team leaders,and other students were distributed among the teams based on their exam scores in order to balancethe talent among the teams. The team

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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: 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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Paper ID #28989An Interdisciplinary Project-Based Service Learning and Action ResearchProject with Mechanical Engineering and Speech-Language PathologyStudentsDr. James D Carrico, University of Mary James Carrico is an Assistant Professor at the University of Mary. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2018. The focus of his doctoral studies was the design, 3D printing, and control of ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuators, for use in soft robotics. His interests include engineering education, design, active polymers, additive manufacturing, and assistive technology.Dr

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Lan He, Beihang University; Jingjun Yu, Beihang University

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undertaken the teaching of six undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and presided over a number of research projects. He aims to help students turn the knowledge in class into practical ability to the greatest extent by means of carrying out educational and teaching research as well as adhereing to the concept of ”research-based teaching”. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Building the bridge between mechanical curricula and practical application through a mechatronic projectAbstract:In order to build the bridge between mechanical curricula and practical application, acomplete mechatronics project “handwriting robot” is chosen for motivating students tointegrate the

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

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Paper ID #28928Electric Ceiling Hoist: A Semester Project with Competing Forces toEnhance Student Learning in Machine DesignDr. Dennis O’Connor, California State University, Chico Dr. Dennis O’Connor received his B.S. (2004) and M.S. (2007) in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Ph.D. (2014) in Engineering Science from Southern Illinois Univer- sity Carbondale. His major research interests are dynamics and vibration including nonlinear systems and numerical methods. He joined the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Sus- tainable Manufacturing (MMEM) at California

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

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FEA software and then ask students to conduct a team-design project with an FEAsimulation. The commercial FEA software typically has a user-friendly interface. Students cansuccessfully follow the lecturing and demonstration of the main skills, and implement skills tocomplete homework. However, we found that most of the students had difficulty initiating andcarrying through such FEA simulations on a design project. To solve this issue in our FEA-related course, we created a faculty-guided team design project (a minor design project) beforethe major design project on a real product. The main objective of this faculty-guided teamdesign project is to support the development of student’s FEA simulation skills through thisproject. The faculty

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tomas Fajardo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Joshua James Blank, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Paper ID #28559Structuring a Mechatronics Open Design Project to Reinforce MechanicalEngineering Concepts and Design SkillsDr. Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Camilo Ordonez received the B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Pontificia Bolivariana University in 2003. He obtained his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and 2010. Currently, Camilo is a Teaching Faculty at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His research interests include dynamic modeling of legged and wheeled vehicles, terrain identification, motion planning, and low level

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

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Alexander Bryan Bailey, Alfred State College; Trevor S. Michelson, State University of New York, Alfred State; Reza Rashidi, State University of New York, Alfred State

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2009. He has over 18 years of industrial experience. Before joining Alfred State, Dr. Rashidi was a Senior Engineer at Siemens, where he worked on research projects from 2011 to 2016. His expertise is in the development of micro/nano sensors and actuators in Biomedical Engineering and Energy applications. Dr. Rashidi was a recipient of several awards including the 2008 British Columbia Innovation award, administered by BC province, Canada. He has written over 30 research articles and is currently a reviewer of several journals and conferences worldwide. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Undergraduate Hands-On Approach to Microfabrication Applied

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Siben Dasgupta, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #28884Cantilever Beam ExperimentDr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Tech- nology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Prof. Siben Dasgupta, Wentworth Institute of Technology Prof. Dasgupta received his

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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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introductorymechatronics hands-on course taught within the mechanical engineering program at the UnitedArab Emirates University. In particular, the development attempts to enhance the students’cognitive as well as their psychomotor skills by integrating the knowledge taught in the lectureswith the hands-on skills attained in the lab. Twelve well considered lab experiments were addedto the lab manual of the course. Microcontroller-based experiments were introduced to walkstudents, who have never been exposed to microcontroller use before, through the learningjourney using a number of mini projects. A survey among students to assess the developmentwas conducted. It showed 63% of the 35 students strongly agreeing that, the course has trainedthem well in building

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

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Daigo Misaki, Kogakuin University; Xiao Ge, Stanford University; Takuma Odaka, Kogakuin University

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multidisciplinary teamwork abilities. Despite heavyinvestment to improve mechanical engineering education in Japan, the effectiveness of theeducation has not been sufficiently discussed. Traditionally, students are assessed on their in-depthunderstanding of specialized knowledge. With the surge of project-based learning, evaluation islargely focused on students’ final product or research results. We take a different stance and jointhe emerging call to foster engineering students’ abilities of knowledge acquisition, communication,teamwork, and creativity. To evaluate these abilities, we have combined cultural perspectives witha student-centered approach to inquire what constitutes engineering and its practice in Japan. Wediscuss the challenges and propose

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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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Paper ID #30282Educational Opportunities of a Designed-Based Project that ChallengesFreshman Students to Build a Miniature Racing CarProf. Farid Breidi Farid Breidi is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana. He received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2010, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012, and his Ph.D. in the area of fluid power, dynamic systems and controls from Purdue University in 2016. His research interests include digital fluid power systems, modeling and simulation of dynamic

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University

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long project on identifying a consumer applicationthat would benefit from an IMU data logger was developed for an intermediate dynamics course.Over the course of the project, students are tasked with developing hardware for theirapplication, collecting data from an IMU, and presenting that data in a relevant, graphical form.This project places the mathematical tools that students need to learn in the context of acompelling, real-life situation, thereby making them more relevant. It also connects abstractmathematics to a specific hardware implementation, providing a valuable hands-on learningexperience that is often missing in this type of class. Finally, because the project focus is self-selected, students are intrinsically motivated and

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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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Mechanical Engineering

, the quality and quantity of the support staff, in particular undergraduateteaching assistants, were found to be more crucial than anticipated and a robust recruitmentprocess became necessary. The high-stake design project in ME 250 changes each semester toprevent students from obtaining a set of solutions or project reports from prior terms, so teachingassistant training is continuous. The specifics of each problem encountered will be described inthe paper, along with lesson learned on how best to handle each situation and create a structurewhere continuous improvement can be made sustainable.Keywords: first year design, mechanical engineering, Arduino, project-based engineering1 IntroductionME 250 is a first-year design course offered at

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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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with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a post- doctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a num- ber of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an elected Fellow 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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applied research in partnership.Rebecca D Levison, University of Portland Rebecca Levison is a graduate research fellow working on her doctorate in education at the University of Portland. As a research fellow, Rebecca works on a KEEN assessment project and partnership between the School of Education and the School of Engineering to improve engineering education. When not working on the KEEN project, she works full time for Portland Public Schools as an ESL Teacher on Special Assignment. In that role, Rebecca writes science curriculum accessible to language learners that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and trains teachers how to implement new strategies for all learners

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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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-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of IllinoisDr. Robert Thomas Baird, As Senior Associate Director at the Center for Innovation in Teaching And Learning Robert leads the faculty development, emerging educational technologies, media, and online instructional design units. He has extensive experience in technology-enhanced classrooms, online teaching environments, and web- based student writing and multimedia projects. Robert teaches cinema, new media, and digital video courses. His 1995 dissertation used cognitive psychology to understand how filmgoers can be frightened and startled by film scenes they know are fictional. In the early 1980s he worked as an assistant film editor in

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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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decade will require STEM skills. Yet only a quarter of womenare currently represented in these fields.While at the 2015 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium (FEES) at the NationalBeckman Center in Irvine, CA, the authors came to understand the differences in thinking anddoing things for middle and high school age students, where males tend to dominate femaleswhen working collaboratively on projects and how this reinforces preconceived negativestereotypes. The authors have combined the USDC employment predictions in science,technology and engineering with the FEES calls by integrating research-based high-impactpractices into a novel two-week long Increasing Diversity in Engineering and Labor-force(IDEAL) summer outreach workshop designed

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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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CourseAbstractThis study reports on addition of a simulation module based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA)to Mechanical Engineering Materials and Laboratory course at University of Hartford. The studyaddresses two topics: (1) mastering different levels of knowledge with the help of simulations,and (2) honing new simulation skills. The course has a weekly lab session where studentsperform various materials testing such as tensile, shear, bending, and impact. The lecture portiondeals with the theories behind materials’ formation, bonding and how those relate to the materialproperties. In the recently added simulation module, students were assigned projects to simulatethe mechanical testing procedures performed in the lab. The simulations were done using

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Karnveer Gill, Greensea Systems Inc. ; Nick Morales; David Quintero, San Francisco State University

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, 2020 Work In Progress: A System-Level Approach for an Introductory Mechatronics Laboratory Course for Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractMechatronics is an interdisciplinary engineering field that involves knowledge acrossmechanical, electrical, and software engineering. In general, undergraduate engineeringprograms teach mechatronics as individual topic labs that then request students in developing afull system-level mechatronics semester project utilizing skills of design, manufacturing, andelectronics. This lab format may not provide effectively the necessary learning skills to performsystem-level integration and debugging for multidisciplinary problems that are typicallyencountered in

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics II - Feel the Vibe

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Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College

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systems. Students will solve realistic, complex engineeringproblems (multi DOF vibrating systems) using modern analytical tools (MATLAB® andSimscape MultibodyTM [14]), including a special emphasis on appropriate approximationmethods (ABET 1). Students will design vibration isolators (ABET 2).Table 1: Course topics. Unit Topic Sessions Assessments 1 Lagrangian Mechanics 4 Exam I 2 1-DoF systems and Simscape 7 Exam II and Project 1 MultibodyTM 3 Multi-DoF Systems 8 Exam III and Project 2 + Simulation 4 Wave Equation

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Jordan Farina, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland ; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland

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Rebecca Levison is a graduate research fellow working on her doctorate in education at the University of Portland. As a research fellow, Rebecca works on a KEEN assessment project and partnership between the School of Education and the School of Engineering to improve engineering education. When not working on the KEEN project, she works full time for Portland Public Schools as an ESL Teacher on Special Assignment. In that role, Rebecca writes science curriculum accessible to language learners that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and trains teachers how to implement new strategies for all learners.Dr. Nicole Ralston, University of Portland c American Society for Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Michele Miller, Campbell University

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learning is becoming more common in engineering education. Litzinger et al.argue that expertise is developed through significant learning experiences such as applyingknowledge to real-world problems [1]. Solving real-world problem increases student motivationas well as promotes deep learning and development of expertise. Improvement in engineeringeducation can be realized by the introduction of more “authentic” learning experiences.Authentic learning is social as well as cognitive and includes interpersonal communication, self-directed research, and a focus on the customer just like in a real workplace [2]. Business contextis another element of authenticity. Projects that enhance the ability to create value areworthwhile for both budding

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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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to provide opportunities for students to learn, study, and interact throughinterdisciplinary applications. The course had three hours of lecture per week. Contact hoursconsisted of formal lectures, guest speakers from both industry and academia, lab activities, andindividual and group projects. Formal lectures were generally delivered via instructorsPowerpoint slides prepared through nanotechnology textbooks, journal articles, video media,personal experience, etc. Nanomaterial characterization techniques lectures had both theory andexperimentation, where students observed microscopic and spectral analysis of the Table 1: Nanoscale Science and Engineering (MECH 430) course lecture topics Nanoscale Science

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Muthu Govindaraj, Thomas Jefferson University

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‘project’ that they dowith a few other students in a team as a final course. The students hardly think about humanempathy, interface, ethical questions, contemporary perspectives, and other issues critical in acapstone course. Concept maps help to emphasize the integrative elements of the senior designcourse. Placing all the important elements in a single diagram facilitates the students’understanding of the course. In this respect, we cannot overstate the importance of concept maps.Figure 1 shows the construction of the concept map for a senior design course in mechanicalengineering with the liberal arts, sciences, math, engineering, design theory, and methodology asthe ‘general concepts.’ Then the subconcepts, which expand and explain the

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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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interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components