Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Points (Weight) (0) (7) (10) Points Not completed, but Analysis correct and useful Everything None completed or completed and Weight: 10% Complete with minor correct errors Not thorough Thorough and Future Plan and/or reasonable None Provided Not reasonable

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

. Sponsored by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), the Engage Engineering project has partnerships with over 30universities and engineering colleges nationwide to implement E3 lesson plans and develop neweveryday examples that can be used to teach engineering concepts at the undergraduate level1.E3 lesson plans have been mostly formulated based on the 5 E’s format: Engage, Explore,Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate 8-9. This format, introduced by Atkin in 1962, is based on aconstructivist view of knowledge creation that encourages students to build their ownunderstanding of new ideas 8. Beginning with engage, students first encounter the topic at handas the lesson is designed to get their attention and interest from the start. The explore

Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

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Mechanics

engineeringculture.This paper describes a pair of statics courses taught to civil and environmentalengineering students at Syracuse University, both in the fall semester, for the past threeyears. These courses take a variety of approaches to inculcating engineering values andskills in the students. Issues such as the importance of understanding underlyingassumptions, the value of conservative assumptions, the value of sketching and diagramsin engineering communication, the difference between precision and accuracy, and basicknowledge about the products of the profession and its role in society, are all addressed.These courses have been taught for three. An evaluation team from the School Educationhas designed an evaluation plan to identify what if any effect the

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Moseley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

, no statistically significantdifferences are found. However, the low overall utilization of the resource may be masking thepotentially significant difference between the two treatments seen in the high-access group.This investigation into homework solution format, as well as best-practices with regards toencouraging student use of the resource, will continue. Specifically, investigations are planned tostudy if providing students with a worked-out-homework solution (from a similar but notassigned problem) before the assignment is due is a more effective intervention than providingsolutions after the due date.Bibliographic Information[1] Steif, P. S., and Dantzler, J. A. (2005). “A Statics Concept Inventory: Development and Psychometric

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

understanding the concept(s) c. Not knowing how to approach the problem d. Obvious mistakes in problem solving e. Other; please specify: 4. Based on your responses to the questions above, name at least three specific things you plan to do differently in preparing for the next exam. For instance, will you spend more time studying, change a specific study habit, try a new approach (if so, name it), work to strengthen math skills, solve more practice problems, study more collaboratively with your team, or something else? 5. What can Dr. ____ do to help support your learning and your preparation for the next exam?Adapted from:Ambrose, Susan A., Michael A. Bridges, Michele

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Georgette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

seen. In the future, weplan to have a more in-depth discussion after the first horizontal pull, then have them completethe second portion with the vertical pull. We are also planning on developing a simulation Page 23.761.12module that would indicate the direction of the friction under different forces. Additionally, wewill assign a homework problem, including some conceptual questions, to help solidify theirlearning.The Cylinder/Pipe IBLA was successful, but we did encounter some difficulties duringimplementation. It is important to make the ramp angle shallow – otherwise small differencesare exacerbated as the objects “race” to the bottom

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa Ivette Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Arturo Ponce, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Mechanics

II, and Structural Analysis. We are hopefulthat in the longer range we will, in fact, see a difference in student performance among thecohort of students who took Statics and Mechanics of Materials with the modules developed byour project.Finally, next semester (Spring 2013) will be the first introduction of new modules in theMechanics of Materials I course. Some of these modules will strategically build off of themodules introduced in statics, whereas others will be new. We plan, in particular, to introduce atleast one module that incorporates the use of finite element analysis software. While we believethat spreadsheets serve an important introduction to the idea of simulation in Statics, it isimportant to expose students to other