Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University; Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University; Anthony Vizzini, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2010-610: EMPORIUM BASED REDESIGN OF STATICS: AN INNOVATIVEAPPROACH TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND REDUCE COSTSMasoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University Masoud Rais-Rohani is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He teaches courses in aircraft structures, structural mechanics, and design optimization, and his primary research activities are in the area of structural and multidisciplinary design optimization.Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University Andrew Walters is an instructor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. His primary area of teaching is undergraduate engineering mechanics courses such as Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Prior to joining

Conference Session

Making Mechanics Courses Fun and More Effective

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Todd Haskell, Western Washington University; Lee W. Singleton, Whatcom Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Members.Activity 3: Two and Three Force MembersFigure 5 shows the last activity in this module on rigid body equilibrium analysis. This activityusually takes about an hour. Students construct a free-body diagram of member BC. They have asecond copy of this model. The model has spherical ends at B and C. We instruct students tohold the piece with one finger on either end so they can feel how the forces at B and C must becollinear to maintain stable equilibrium.They draw a free-body diagram and perform a quantitative analysis to solve for the forces onmember AC. Then we ask them to perform some conceptual analysis of the problem andconsider how they can use the fact that AC is a three-force member to reason through thefollowing prompt: Suppose the

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Robert C Calfee, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University; Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

and an Experimental Learning Management System," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, AC 2003-2793, 10pp.23 Rovai, A. A. (2002) “A Preliminary Look at the Structural Differences of Higher Education Classroom Communities in Traditional and ALN Courses,” Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 6(1).24 Shallert, D. and Reed, J. (2003) “Intellectual, Motivational, Textual, and Cultural Considerations in Teaching and Learning with Computer-Mediated Discussion,” Journal of Research on Tech- nology in Education, 36(2): 103-119.25 Sheppard, S.D., Macatangay, K., Colby, A., Sullivan, W.M. (2008) Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field, Jossey-Bass (Wiley), 272 pp.26 Sheppard, S., Gilmartin, S

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1028: INTRODUCTION OF A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE USINGA TEAM PROJECT IN A STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSEDean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dean Lewis has been a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College for five years teaching courses in design, mechanics, and mechanical engineering. His research interests include attachment design for plastic parts and engineering education.Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2012-4827: REVAMPING DELTA DESIGN FOR INTRODUCTORY ME-CHANICSMs. Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy Michelle Grau is a junior in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, and was one of the students in the first revision of ENGR 14, Introduction to Solid Mechanics. Her research interests include engineering education, robotics in space applications, and using robots to introduce engineering to middle school students. She is passionate about the FIRST Robotics program, in which she coaches teams and volunteers at competitions. She also does wushu and gymnastics.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Besides

Conference Session

Innovations in Solid Mechanics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Wolfsteiner, Munich University of Applied Sciences

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Mechanics

AC 2012-3164: TEACHING MULTIBODY SYSTEM SIMULATION: ANAPPROACH WITH MATLABDr. Peter Wolfsteiner, Munich University of Applied Sciences Peter Wolfsteiner is professor in mechanical engineering at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM) in Germany. He received his Ph.D. degree in M.E. from the Technical University Munich. Prior to joining the faculty at HM, he worked at Knorr-Bremse Group as a Manager in the area of new technologies for rail vehicle braking systems. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in statics, strength of materials, dynamics, controls, numerics, and simulation of dynamical systems. Research interests include simulation, nonlinear dynamics, random vibrations, and fatigue. He is