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Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

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Paper ID #15824Hands-on Project Strategy for Effective Learning and Team Performance inan Accelerated Engineering Dynamics CourseDr. Anu Osta, Rowan University Dr Anu Osta is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Rowan University. His teaching interests are Engineering Mechanics and Materials Science.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University Jennifer Kadlowec is Professor and Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University, Henry M. Rowan of College of Engineering. She is interested in design education in mechanical and biomedical areas. c American

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Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Paper ID #15402Assessment of Retention Where Students Create and Teach Laboratory Ex-periments through a Capstone ProjectDr. Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University Professor, Mechanical Engineer, Ph.D. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Assessment of Retention Where Students Create and Teach Laboratory Experiments Through a Capstone ProjectAbstractThe objective of this paper is to improve student retention of their engineering mechanicseducation with a teaching/learning strategy implemented in their capstone design project class.There are many quotes from great historians and current

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Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W. Sanders, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #17119Scaling Up Project-based Learning for a Large Introductory Mechanics CourseUsing Mobile Phone Data Capture and Peer FeedbackMr. John W. Sanders, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign John W. Sanders is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at the Univer- sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has served as the official instructor for an undergraduate- level, introductory dynamics course for the past two summers. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Saint Louis University, and an M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hirohito Kobayashi, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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created, as part ofthe software termed Virtual Mechanics Laboratory (VML). We have created VML as a unifiedvideo motion and deformation analysis tool that can be used in both dynamics and mechanics ofmaterial course projects. In the project with VML mechanics of material module, first, studentswill capture a digital video image of a plate-shaped elastic object subjected to a plane-stressloading with a high-resolution digital camera that is widely available nowadays. Subsequentlyin the computer laboratory, students will select target region of interest (ROI) to “measure” thepixel displacement and material deformation within the ROI, using the digital motion trackingalgorithm termed “Digital Image Correlation (DIC)” algorithm built in the VML

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Raich, Lafayette College

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courses, while stillproviding students with the opportunity to learn the FE modeling and analysis skills needed to besuccessful in subsequent courses and in design project work. The change also increased theexposure students have to computational engineering tools, which is a stated desire of ABET andour departmental external advisory boards.This project studied the effectiveness of the approach taken to integrate FE modeling andanalysis content into four sections of Strength of Materials. The sections had studentenrollments of 20, 22, 30 and 18 and were taught by two different faculty members. The addedcontent was constructed with the following objectives: a) improve the student’s understanding ofspecific stress, strain and deformation topics

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Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger G. Hadgraft, University of Technology Sydney; David Lowe, The University of Sydney; Justine Lawson

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Paper ID #15694Enhancing Mechanics Education through Shared Assessment DesignProf. Roger G. Hadgraft, University of Technology Sydney Roger Hadgraft BE(Hons), MEngSc, DipCompSc, PhD, FIEAust is Professor of Engineering and IT Pro- fessional Practice in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a civil engineer with 25 years involvement in leading change in engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning (PBL), at RMIT, Monash, Melbourne and Central Queensland Universities. Roger is an ALTC (Australian Learning and Teaching Council) Discipline Scholar in

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Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin David McPheron, Roger Williams University; Joseph D Legris, Roger Williams University School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management; Charles Flynn; Aidan James Bradley, Roger Williams University; Ethan Thomas Daniels, Roger Williams University

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ofthe equipment used in engineering education; so low-cost alternatives can be constructed. Low-cost laboratory experiences should be designed according to the following requirements: theyshould provide a framework to assess the achievement of associated learning outcomes, theyshould provide a visual demonstration of theoretical information, they should be user friendly,and they should provide consistent results. This paper details the construction of a low-costspring mass damper apparatus and laboratory exercise, for system identification in a dynamicmodeling or vibrations course. This paper also describes the methods used for systemidentification, an assessment framework, and information for accessing the project materials viathe author’s

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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University; Daniel William Moller, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Timothy Reeves, Louisiana Tech University

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exercise problems,and sparse or incomplete coverage of the material covered in the texts, not to mention theadditional cost students incur for access to these systems.As an alternative, the authors have developed a robust set of integrated Statics and Mechanics ofMaterials exercise problems for use within a free, open-source, online homework delivery toolcalled WeBWorK (webwork.maa.org). This tool has seen wide adoption in mathematics coursesworldwide (now over 1000 institutions) and the authors’ institution has considerable experienceusing it in that context. This work is part of a currently funded National Science Foundation(NSF) funded project aimed at expanding the use of WeBWorK into engineering courses.Problem sets for two other sophomore

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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina C Adam, National Institute of Microtechnologies, Romania; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael George, Student- California Polytechnic State University; Benjamin Kevin Kraw, California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo, Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Student; Lindsey Chase, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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projects related to engineering and engineering education: value-added manufacturing (Dr. Katie Whitefoot), taxonomy of engineering education (Dr. Cynthia Finelli), pioneers in engineering education (Dr.Cynthia Atman) and inquiry-based learning in mechanics (Dr. Brian Self).Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane M Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Paper ID #16957Engineering Students Understand the Elastic Neutral Axis, but What Aboutthe Plastic Neutral Axis?Prof. Shane M Palmquist, Western Kentucky University He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University specializing in structures and cemen- titious materials. He is currently the Ritter Family Professor of Civil Engineering at Western Kentucky University where he has taught since 2004. He is the coordinator of civil engineering program and teaches courses in structural analysis and design as well as senior project. Prior to Western Kentucky University, he was a structural engineer for Lichtenstein

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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structural design of power generation equipment and is a registered professional engineer. He received his Ph.D. in mechanics from Princeton University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Analogy Methods to Address Warping and Plasticity in Torsion ABSTRACTThis project is primarily an experimental study on the membrane analogy and the sand-heapanalogy associated with plasticity (along with warping) when a prismatic bar (circular or non-circular) is twisted. This is a supplemental lab activity for the junior level Mechanics ofMaterials course. When a prismatic bar of arbitrary cross-section is twisted, it gets deformed intohelical curves as the

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Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jason W Morphew, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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second and third laboratory exercises of the semester(Lab 2 and Lab 3, respectively). In addition, a one‐week‐long Lab Practical exercise (Lab 3b) wasperformed after Lab 3, as shown in Table 2. The remaining lab exercises (Labs 1, 4, and a four‐week‐long design project) were conducted with no differences in instruction and were not used asa part of this study. Table 1. Laboratory agenda for M, W, F lab sections and Tu, Th lab sections. Lab Minutes M, W, & F Lab Section Activities Tu & Th Lab Section Activities Week 1: 0–15 TA gives introductory lecturette TA gives introductory lecturette Week 1: 15–45 Students work in groups to prepare Students work in groups to prepare

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Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Steven David Wood, Utah State University

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analysis have been developed or been the subject of studies. The intent ofthis study was to gain insight into and document how a physical truss manipulative affectsstudents’ understanding of internal forces. Some studies suggest that analysis of internal forces isdifficult for students – leading to a series of errors commonly made by students.16 The emphasiswas on seeking feedback from students to learn how they used the manipulative, rather thanseeking to quantify their improvements. This qualitative study contributes to the ongoingevidence-based research of physical manipulatives in engineering.Context of the StudyThe project was presented to the students in the statics class, and six volunteers were selectedrandomly from the statics courses

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Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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-labs,the lab session can turn into a formulaic following of the lab manual instead of activelyconstructing meaningful knowledge from it.Vertically Integrated Program on Hands-On LearningThe primary mechanism for the design of new experimental platforms for the dynamics course isthe Vertically Integrated Program (VIP) Hands-On Learning Team at Georgia Tech, establishedin 2015 under an NSF grant and advised by the two authors of this paper. The VIP program givesundergraduate students course credit to pursue research and design experience on projects that lastover multiple semesters. The VIP program is offered at a national consortium of 17 colleges and[http://vip.gatech.edu/new/vip-consortium]. We established our VIP Hands-On Learning team

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Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Jose Perez-Vargas, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Wadson C Phanord, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

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Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics, biomechanics, appropri- ate technology, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He is PI of two NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. Pa- padopoulos is currently Chair of the ASEE Mechanics Division and serves on numerous committees at UPRM that relate to undergraduate and graduate education.Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Aidsa I. Santiago-Rom´an is an Associated Professor in the General Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). Dr. Santiago earned a BA

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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Derek James Lura PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University

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of teaching and learning. Outside of course development, his primary re- search interests are in biomechanics, rehabilitation, prosthetics, and robotics. His current research projects include robotic methods modeling and predicting human motion, the functional evaluation of a variety of prosthetic devices, and the creating of low-cost virtual reality systems for stroke rehabilitation. His goals are to offer the best possible education to his students and to increase the mobility and manipulability of persons with disabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Homework Methods in Engineering Mechanics, Part TwoAbstractIn a previous paper, “Homework Methods in

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Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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1.5-2 hours of student traffic per week)  selecting and generating solutions to Tuesday worked examples (2-4 hours)  conducting Tuesday and Thursday sessions (3 hours)  web posting (1 hour)  course-related email (1-3 hours)  laboratory sessions (total of 4 labs + two-week analysis project) o content development (4-6 hours per lab) o facilitating lab session (2.5 hours)A worst-case scenario week would then involve in excess of 30 hours. The lecture preparationtime will not be required in future offerings, leaving more time to evolve the assessments and in-class examples.Despite the instructor’s efforts to work the most multi-faceted text examples, and to addadditional parts to the questions, there was

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Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Masoud Olia P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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concepts of stress/strain theory. 92% of our students overwhelminglyagreed that the virtual lab (FEA simulation) helped them to have a better understanding ofstress/strain theories. Also, 83.3 percent of students agreed that the virtual labs should becontinually included as a lab module in the “Mechanics of Materials” course.6. References[1] D. Rhymer, M. Bowe, and D. Jensen, (2001, June), “An Assessment of Visualization Modules for Learning Enhancement in Mechanics”, ASEE 2001Annual Conference, June 24-27, Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2] J. Zecher, “Development of Multimedia Instructional Tools for Strength of Materials”, ASEE 2005 Annual Conference, June 12-15, Portland, Oregon.[3] P. Schuster, “A Simple Lab Project Integrating Theoretical

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Baxter, University of St. Thomas; Bethany Fralick, University of South Carolina, Aiken

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finding valid active learning activities than on justifying active learning.However, the authors think that graphical techniques add value beyond just functioning as activelearning exercises. A more focused assessment of the specific skills and insight linked to theseactivities is a current and future goal of the project. It has been particularly challenging giventhat (1) the proposed activities, even with enthusiastic support, do not represent a significant timecomponent of the class and (2) the added value may be in higher-level outcomes, e.g.visualization of concepts, solving open ended problems; which are difficult to assess.4 Thus, theStatics Concept Exam16, a highly visual test, may be good way to assess visualization but isaffected by

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Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David A Evenhouse, Purdue University; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Craig Zywicki, Purdue University; Angelika N Zissimopoulos, University of Chicago; David B Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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at the University of Chicago.Dr. David B Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15591 David B. Nelson is Associate Director of the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D in World History from the University of California, Irvine in 2008. David has been involved in many educational research projects at Purdue, including published worked in the programming education, student engagement and academic performance in dynamics engineering courses, and educational modalities in engineering, technology

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Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University

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educational process.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to sincerely thank to College of Engineering and Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering for their support of the inversion of this course. Special thanks go tothe always reliable Victoria Minerva, College Coordinator of E-Learning for facilitating themaintenance of videos on the Mediasite system and for personally generating numerous usagereports. This study would not have been possible without her assistance.Bibliography 1. Mills, J.E. and Treagus, D.F. (2003) “Engineering Education, Is Problem-Based or Project-Based Learning the Answer?” Australian Journal of Engineering Education. 2. Perrenet, J., Bouhuijs, P., and Smits, J. (2000) “The Suitability of Problem-Based

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Lee, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

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assigned to provideextra practice and another method to measure performance. Second, a truss project was assignedto each group, in which a 2D truss was to be designed, built, and tested to failure to provide ahands-on application of course concepts. Third, an optional timed practice final exam was madeavailable for students from all three courses to directly compare student performance betweenthe three classes.Research MethodologyIn order to measure student performance between three distinct classes, standardized course coreoutcomes were used. This is the accepted concept inventory for Mechanics of Materials at thisuniversity and is the only feasible method to compare student performance between threedifferent classes. The five assigned homework

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Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meera NK Singh P.Eng, University of Calgary; Leszek Sudak P.Eng., University of Calgary; Philip Egberts P.Eng., University of Calgary

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