Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Njock Libii, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Diversity

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Mechanics

for and importance of such connections to academicsuccess.Morrow and Ackerman found that 65% of students who leave their university depart for non-academic reasons and that academic progress and achievement are closely related to a sense ofbelonging [10]. Research has shown that one predictor of persistence in college is feeling asense of mattering and belonging [1], [37]. Commuter students are particularly at risk of notpersisting [1]. Mattering is defined as “the feeling one has when he/she feels that he/she isnoticed, cared about, needed, and valued by another person” [12] and the sense of belonging as“the perception of peer and faculty support, classroom comfort, and isolation [3], [11], [38]-[40].The challenge is how one goes about

Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Andrea S. Webb, The University of British Columbia; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan; Jennifer Kirkey, Douglas College

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Mechanics

sustainorganizational initiatives [31]. The fundamental principles for AI suggest that the inquiry shouldbegin with appreciation, should be collaborative, and should be applicable. AI begins with theidentification of positive attributes and then connects those attributes with the community’svision and action for change [32]. Thus, AI research methodology is highly generative in natureand consists of a 4-D cycle of phases: discovery, dream, destiny, and design. For example, AIresearch methodology places emphases on strategically engaging stakeholder representatives(key faculty at the host institutions, students, and graphic artists) in a networked improvementcommunity in order to gather relevant contextually bound data pertaining to each

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

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Mechanics

Paper ID #14025Active Learning and Engagement in Mechanics of SolidsProf. Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno Keri Ryan is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno. She has taught core courses in mechanics to engineering students for 8 years, and has led the charge to bring innovative teaching methods to this course at University of Nevada, Reno. Besides teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, she maintains an active research program in earthquake engineering.Dr. Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Michael Patrick Hannigan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Mechanics

learning, in which relevant problems are used to provide context and motivationfor learning2. Collaborative, cooperative, and problem-based learning are among the mostthoroughly discussed active learning methods2–5.The Engage Engineering project utilizes problem-based learning as one of “three research-basedstrategies to improve student day-to-day classroom and educational experience,” referred to asE3s or Everyday Examples in Engineering1. Motivated by the idea that students learn better whenthey are comfortable with the context and meaning of the teaching examples used in lessons, theEveryday Examples in Engineering project uses objects that students are familiar with (iPods,sausages, bicycles, etc.) to teach fundamental engineering concepts6-7