Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

2006-780: THE EFFECT TECHNOLOGY AND A STRUCTURED DESIGNPROBLEM HAS ON STUDENT ATTITUDES ABOUT THEORY IN A DYNAMICSCLASSLouis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso Louis J. Everett is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and has research interests in the use of technology in the classroom. His technical research interests include robotics, machine design, dynamics and control systems. leverett@utep.edu http://research.utep.edu/pacelabArun Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso Arunkumar Pennathur is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

premise was to instill a visual image of the engineering principalbeing “discovered” then relate that “discovery” to an equation or concept in hopes of establishinga better understanding in the minds of the students. As an example, the concept of stability andequilibrium are introduced using “the point”, “the line”, and “the plane” models2. First, aconceptual discussion about translations and rotations is presented. Then a more specificdiscussion ensues where the degrees of freedom are established (3, 5, or 6 degrees of freedomdepending on which model is being examined) and whether those degrees of freedom aretranslational or rotational. And that’s the extent of the discussion, no “x”, “y”, or “z”, justmovement in this direction or rotation about

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honghui Yu, The City College of New York; Feridun Delale, The City College of New York

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

2006-1652: INTRODUCTION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN MECHANICSOF MATERIALSHonghui Yu, The City College of New YorkFeridun Delale, The City College of New York Page 11.839.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Introduction of Emerging Technologies in Mechanics of Materials Abstract Though technologies have advanced dramatically in the last century and Mechanicsof Materials(MoM) has found more applications in many new technologies, the MoMcurriculum has been fixed for decades. This paper presents our efforts in keeping MOMcurriculum current with the times by incorporating examples from emerging technologiesand everyday

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Mary Hansen, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

future efforts will be to refine the feedback weoffer, to measure the effectiveness of such follow-on instruction, and to improve upon it.AcknowledgementsSupport by the National Science Foundation under grant REC-0440295 and by theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is gratefullyacknowledged.BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION1. P. Black and D. William, “Assessment and Classroom Learning, “Assessment in Education, Vol. 5(1), pp. 7-73, 1998.2. National Research Council, Knowing What Students Know: the Science and Design of Educational Assessment, J.W. Pellegrino, N. Chudowsky, and R. Glaser (Eds.), Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 2001.3. National Research Council, How people learn: Brain, mind