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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 13: Lab Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher John Greer, The Pennsylvania State University; Devon Eichfeld; Brianne Hargrove; Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University

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solution to an engaging, real-life problem. This paper will provide a teachingmodel for small and large class sizes and a laboratory course design strategy that motivatesstudents to apply their lower-order thinking skills, increase their confidence in transferring skillsto new applications, and realize the theory from their curriculum in real-world applications.Since Materials is a fundamental ME knowledge our program identified, we choose to emphasizeAmerican Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards in our laboratory course. Aftercompleting the four-week laboratory module, students will gain hands-on experience conductingmaterial property measurements by following standard procedures. They will understand relevantASTM standards by

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Umer Farooq, Texas A&M University; Hannah Farias, Texas A&M University; Digvijaysinh Barad, Texas A&M University; Matt Elliott; Bryan P. Rasmussen, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University

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projects aimed at enhancing learning experiences for students, trainees, and professionals.Hannah Farias, Texas A&M University Hannah Farias is a first-year master’s student in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M. She is passionate about energy generation, consumption, and reduction, as well as engineering education. In her time with the Gulf Coast Center of Excellence at Texas A&M, she hopes to develop high quality tools, videos, and educational curriculum that will enable students and industrial workers to make changes that will reduce energy waste.Mr. Digvijaysinh Barad, Texas A&M UniversityMatt ElliottDr. Bryan P. Rasmussen, Texas A&M University Dr. Bryan Rasmussen is the Leland T. Jordan

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ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martell Cartiaire Bell, The University of Iowa; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Rachel Vitali, The University of Iowa

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. It isthe complex, thoughtful and intentional integration of these towards some meaningful end” (p.435, [4]). Starting in the 1990s, one of the major modifications to engineering educationcurricula in the United States was the increased emphasis on design as a distinctive element ofengineering practice [5]. Most engineering curricula now include at least one capstone designcourse that introduces the practical side of engineering design to address previous concerns thatgraduates were unprepared for industry upon completion of an engineering program [6].However, these courses alone are not facilitating the desired retention gains. They are likely veryeffective in communicating the basics of the engineering design process but are not able

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ME Division 9: Enhancing Lab Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fahim Dorsey, Kennesaw State University; Connor Joseph Talley, Kennesaw State University; Razvan Cristian Voicu, Kennesaw State University; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University

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utilized in bistable mechanism designs, while pinned-pinned flexible beams function as buckling beams and serve as translational springs, makingthem useful in dwell mechanism designs. Module 2 enables users to analyze different motiontypes of flexible beams that can be integrated into slider-crank, four-bar, and dwell mechanisms.CM-Module 1 enhances the understanding of deformation analysis in compliant mechanisms byproviding examples such as a simple link under a vertical tip load, an inclined load, and apinned-guided link subjected to a translational force. It also explores the application of flexiblebeams in a parallel arm mechanism. CM-Modules 2 through 7 visualize the deformation analysisof well-known compliant mechanisms under selected

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ME Division 8: Measuring What Matters: Concept Inventories, FE Exam, and Learning Skills

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville; Jared Fulcher, University of Evansville

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students to participate in a 4-year Integrated DesignSequence, where student teams participate in engineering design projects every Spring semester,at a minimum. There is an associated Integrated Design course for each year of study. Additionalproject-based courses are required in the Fall semester for freshmen, as an introduction tomechanical engineering, and for seniors, as the first semester of a 2-semester senior designproject.Course embedded strategies for encouraging students to pass the FE Exam are summarized inTable 1. Phase 1 includes course elements that have existed prior to AY23-24, representing thebaseline level of professional licensure discussion in required courses. Other required courseswill be phasing in at least one quiz with FE

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Edward Torello, Georgia Institute of Technology

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; kinematics, kinetics of particles, rigid bodies inone, two, and three dimensions, Newton-Euler equations, as well as Work-energy and impulse-momentumprinciples. The primary textbook is a custom edition of Engineering Mechanics, an Introduction toDynamics [16]. A syllabus prepared for ABET accreditation purposes is hosted on the department website[17]. The course is a part of the required ME curriculum and a prerequisite for multiple later courses. Theexisting course used a flipped classroom design wherein students watch video lectures before coming toclass and then use class time to complete problem worksheets.The motivation for this project was the lead author’s emergent dissatisfaction with grading in their course- with the experience of that

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University; Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University; Sean Tolman P.E., Utah Valley University; Amanda C Bordelon, Utah Valley University; Bennington J Willardson, Utah Valley University; Janis P Raje

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progress toward a degree more quickly.Low Academic Preparedness. Many students enrolled in ME/CIVE majors are underprepared inSTEM subjects, particularly mathematics. ME and CIVE largely share the same curricular planfor the first two years, which assumes that first-year students enter the program “calculus ready.”Students who are unprepared to take calculus often take one or more semesters of preparatorymath which can delay their progress in their engineering curriculum or lead them to give up theirpursuit of an engineering degree. Also, in the first two years, students take the requiredmechanics core courses which include Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Thesecourses are the students’ first experience with engineering analysis

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 5: Preparing the Future Workforce

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University; Sadegh Poozesh, Tuskegee University; Hang Song, Auburn University; Karen S. McNeal, Auburn University ; Lauren E. Beckingham, Auburn University; Kelly Lazar, Clemson University

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on campus, demographics, and external factors. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016. 112: p. 3451-3463. 6. Redondo, I. and M. Puelles, The connection between environmental attitude-behavior gap and other individual inconsistencies: a call for strengthening self-control. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017. 26(2): p. 107-120. 7. Raivio, K., Sustainability as an educational agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2011. 19(16): p. 1906-1907. 8. Lambrechts, W., I. Mulà, K. Ceulemans, I. Molderez, and V. Gaeremynck, The integration of competences for sustainable development in higher education: an analysis of bachelor programs in management. Journal of Cleaner Production

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MECH - Technical Session 1: Foundations of Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Institutes for Research; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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Paper ID #41073The Mini-Mill Experience: A Self-Paced Introductory Machining Exercisefor Mechanical Engineering StudentsProf. Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware Dr. Buckley is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Delaware. She received her BS (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. She is the Co-Founder and President of The Perry Initiative, an organization focused on diversifying the talent pipeline in engineering and orthopaedics.Dr. Amy Trauth, American Institutes for

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ME Division 4: Broadening Participation and Building Resilience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francisco J Montalvo, Purdue University; Beth Hess, Purdue University; Lexy Chiwete Arinze, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alanna Nash, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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these experiences facilitate the integration of theory and practice, as well as skilldevelopment, further research is needed to better understand their impact on post-graduationoutcomes.Depth of ELA and Impact on Student LearningWe define depth as the duration of involvement in an ELA. Although a few studies have exploredthe impact of depth on student learning, most have focused on only one type of experientiallearning activity rather than comparing different ELA within a single study. In the followingsections, we review the literature on these different types of ELA with a focus on studies thatexplored the impacts of depth of participation.Global experiences (e.g., studying abroad)Research on the depth of study abroad has highlighted benefits

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 4: Professional Preparation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sommer Scott; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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is similar to their career aspiration, identify other LinkedIn users whocurrently hold positions similar to the freshman’s career aspiration, and evaluate the backgroundof these professionals to create a 5-year plan of steps the freshman should take to achieve theirgoal. Responses were submitted for grading to D2L (Desire2Learn), “an integrated learningplatform designed to create a single place online for instructors and students to interact” [21].Responses were organized in Microsoft Excel. The student's name, aspiring position andcompany were recorded. Each student was assigned a number to anonymize theirparticipation.(n=127, 3 semesters). The 127 students surveyed are considered representative of asingle-entry class.Nearly every company

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MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Institutes for Research; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Heather Doty, University of Delaware

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, disassembled size, cost, andassembly time, as well as to proof test the structural integrity of the frame by having one or moreteam members sit on the bike. Teams that passed the proof test could participate in an optionalbike race at the end of the semester.Figure 2. Example student work for final bike frame design: CAD assembly drawing (left) andassembled prototype (right).In addition to CAD modeling, Phases 3 and 4 of the EDP required students to perform astructural analysis of their bike frame. This analysis involved students abstracting their framedesigns into two-dimensional multi-body structures that were then decomposed into multiplerigid body subcomponents (Figure 3). Students were instructed to consider failure at both “pins”(bolt assemblies

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 15: Automation and Machine Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University

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, force and torque calculations, which presents a monotonous and (a) Six-Bar Mechanism (b) PrototypeFigure 2: A Six-bar mechanism (left) and prototype of the device (right) for STS motion shown inthe two extreme configurationspassive way to introduce a fascinating subject. Creation of mechanism design concepts is the mostcrucial step in the machine design process and usually requires creativity and experience. Synthesisrepresents the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy [28], thus mechanism design exercises are typi-cally postponed to later stages in the course, and are integrated into an end-of-the-semester designproject. By this time, it may be too late to cultivate students’ interest in synthesis or

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristian D. Jacome; Ting Dong, University of Florida; Matthew J. Traum, University of Florida

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mechanics course,Capstone includes an entire module in DC motor, stepper motor, and servo motor control. Thismodule provides students the hands-on skill set needed to create functional mechanicalengineering prototypes that move as they do not learn it elsewhere in the curriculum. Interestingly, students report enhanced course enjoyment fostered by the opportunity tolearn new skills. So, it is positive that they do learn these skills somewhere in the curriculum andthrough hands-on application in Capstone rather than a pure theory-based exposure. It is, however,worrisome that they are having these experiences for the first time in Capstone rather than learningin a prerequisite course, bringing those skills into Capstone, and using the

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MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew S Ballard, Utah Valley University; Taten McConahay, Utah Valley University; Brett Swain, Utah Valley University; Sarah Dayley, Utah Valley University

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impossible to truly learn without the learner being active in someway [2]. Active learning helps students to ascend above the initial cognition levels of rememberand understand from the revised Bloom’s taxonomy [3], requiring learners at the least to applyand analyze. Project-based learning is an important active learning technique, which allowsstudents to build upon what they already know from previous courses [1] and further deepentheir knowledge as they evaluate and create. In addition to deepening their knowledge of specifictechnical competencies from the engineering curriculum, project-based learning allows studentsto acquire skills that will be vital to them throughout their careers, including problem solving,communication, teamwork as well as

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, Texas State University; Logan Mallow, Texas State University

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and design area, are from the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, Dr. Austin Talley holds an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in Mechanical Engineering. His research is in engineering design theory and engineering education. He has published over 30 papers in engineering education journals and conference proceedings. He has worked to implement multiple National Science Foundation (NSF) grants focused on engineering education. He has been an instructor in more than ten week long summer K-12 teach Professional Development Institutes (PDI). He has received multiple teaching awards. He has developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Logan Mallow

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MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John T Solomon, Tuskegee University; Hang Song, Auburn University; Lauren E. Beckingham, Auburn University; Karen McNeal, Auburn University; Kelly Lazar, Clemson University

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, • Evaluate the gap between needed capabilities in sustainable industries and those perceived by students, • Assess how educational interventions change students' environmental knowledge, attitudes, willingness to engage with, and perceived preparedness for a career in GEI. The survey developed in this study helps measure students' environmental knowledge &attitude, and behavior toward sustainability, willingness & preparedness to join GEI, and theimpact of the educational interventions on these factors. The survey and interventional resultsmay provide transformable guidelines to create pro-environmental behavior in engineeringstudents. An amended curriculum and tailored educational program could cultivate

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 3: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia, Texas State University

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developing and implementing pedagogical methods in engineering education.Dr. Samuel Garcia, Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. serves as an Educator Professional Development Specialist at Kennedy Space Center. Prior to his position at Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Garc´ıa worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. As an education specialist, Dr. Garc´ıa is deeply committed to developing STEM educational mindsets, tools, and resources and facilitate educational experiences for educators and students. Prior to working as an education specialist, Dr. Garc´ıa served as secondary school educator in Rio Grande Valley in Texas for seven years. Dr. Garc´ıa, a first-generation college student, earned both