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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Mechanics

AC 2007-906: INTRADISCIPLINARY TEACHING IN THE ENGINEERINGSTUDIES CURRICULUM: APPLYING NUMERICAL MODELING TECHNIQUESTO STATICS PROBLEMSWayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University Wayne Johnson is currently an Assistant Professor in Engineering Studies at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA. He recently received his Ph. D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. His current research interests include mechatronics, vibrations and engineering education.Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University Priya T. Goeser is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering Studies at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA. She received her Ph.D. in mechanical

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University; William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics

Science for his professional integrity and his belief in engineer’s rights and responsibilities. The physical cause of the accident was the deformation at launch was in excess of the design allowable deformation. The primary cause was an administrative misjudgment of risk assessment and the potential benefits of the Challenger launch contrary to recommendation by the engineers. Page 12.1078.8

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Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

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Mechanics

studentwith a good basis for discussing sources of experimental uncertainty. We do not require a formalanalysis of experimental uncertainty since this is covered later in our curriculum, however, we dostrongly believe that it is important for students to begin developing an understanding ofexperimental uncertainty and ask them to comment on uncertainty in every lab write-up. Thesources of uncertainty in this lab include the accuracy of the spring scales, the accuracy of thelinear measurements, and the fact that we are ignoring the mass of the spring scales and chain. Page 12.151.8 12 T1y

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Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Gregory Broderick, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Richard Stanley, University of New Haven

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Mechanics

his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is currently teaching a course in the First Year Program as well as a course that has prerequisites in both the first and second year of the program. His professional interests include computer-aided engineering and design. Page 12.357.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Civil and Mechanical Engineering Students Learning Mechanics in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation SpiralThis paper describes how mechanical and civil engineering students are introduced to anddevelop an understanding of mechanics concepts through a sequence of integrated

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Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanics

a necessity for the today’sundergraduate mechanical engineering programs. At Grand Valley State University (GVSU), westrive to keep our curriculum up to date, reflecting the demands of industry. We have thereforebegun the process of integrating the use of FEA tools throughout the curriculum, instead ofdelaying it until the senior year either for senior design or elective courses. This paper describesthe introduction of FEA to students in the first course of Statics and Solid Mechanics. The firstpriority of this course is to build the foundation for Mechanics. The challenge therefore was todetermine the content without compromising the priority. Keeping this in mind, 1-D Barelements and 2-D Truss elements are introduced in the course. These

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What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Austin Talley, University of Texas--Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Rachel Kuhr, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

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Mechanics

Math and Science from 97-01. Dr. Eways received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He Page 12.770.1 received an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering and an M.S. and a B.S. in Electrical Engineer from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Eways is very interested in improving student retention, increased student success and better and more efficient ways to teach science.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Page 12.770.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 From Tootsie Rolls to Composites: Assessing a

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Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghodrat Karami, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University

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Mechanics

AC 2007-1702: ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARYMULTI-SCALE MECHANICSGhodrat Karami, North Dakota State University Dr. Karami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at North Dakota State University.Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University Page 12.625.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Education and Elementary Multiscale MechanicsAbstractClassical Mechanics addresses the foundation of engineering education at conventional scales.To include mechanics at smaller scales and especially nanoscience as part of engineeringeducation

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Angela Shih, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Mechanics

students’understanding of the basic concepts in engineering education. By undergoing a rigorous processof validation, engineering concept inventories can provide meaningful primary assessmentthroughout a curriculum or an specific course such as Vector Statics. The effectiveness of thiscourse is measuring by:1. Integrating previously developed and tested Concept Inventory test specifically for Staticsthroughout the course into weekly modules.2. Making the tests available to the students online via Blackboard and having students tocomplete the end-of-weekly-module test after each module has been completed.3. Collecting the student score data from each test scores for each concept and using them toimprove the course.4. Comparing the student test scores on Concept

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Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

A Web-based Electronic Book (eBook) for Solid MechanicsAbstractThe use of electronic media has been widely recognized as an effective and efficient tool indelivering course materials. Through electronic media, interactive and visual appealing mediasuch as texts, animations, graphics, simulations and sounds can be incorporated in theillustrations of engineering theories and concepts. The motivation of developing such media isto promote students’ interest in engineering education and perhaps have a positive impact on thequality of education. This paper presents an eBook in solid mechanics that is delivered via theweb (www.ecourses.ou.edu). The online eBook is intended to cover materials for a typicalintroductory solid mechanics (i.e