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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

drives them to seek additional funding through external employment, leavingstudents with little time for study outside of the classroom. In addition, 5% of engineeringstudents are over the age of 30 and potentially have to support their families in addition to theirstudies. Living off campus is common among all students; such students have less access tostudy and support groups, which leads to the creation of a dispersed community of practice.Research has shown that having a weak community of practice, negatively influences studentsfeelings of belonging and learning6.Overall, the state has a low rate of funding for education, suggesting that its students start outless prepared for college coursework in engineering relative to the national

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

have developed case studies that reflect the role of national “technologicalculture” in the diverse American and Dutch responses to the risk of flooding (which involvesstudents performing calculations as well as reading and discussion relevant fiction, and builds toan in-class design experience); that consider the capabilities and the complexities of improvedprosthetic designs for competitive athletes; and that describe the interdependence of the historyof aviation, and airplane design evolution, with engineering beam theory. Our approach to theinclusion of professional ethics in technical coursework appreciates the reasoning of Lynch andKline18-19, and focuses on “culturally embedded engineering practice.” Several of the case studiesalso