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- Unique Pedagogies for Mechanics Education
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- 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Amie Baisley, University of Florida; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University
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Paper ID #42429Different Teaching Styles and the Impacts on Test Design for DynamicsDr. Amie Baisley, University of Florida I am an Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Florida teaching primarily 2nd year mechanics courses. My teaching and research interests are alternative pedagogies, mastery-based learning and assessment, student persistence in their first two years, and faculty development.Dr. Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana Jul Davis is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana. He received his PhD in 2007 from Virginia Tech in
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1B
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mikayla R Hoyle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Melany Denise Opolz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jean-Christophe Raymond-Bertrand, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nikhil Chandra Admal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Thomas Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kellie M Halloran, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Shelby Hutchens, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Callan Luetkemeyer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Brian Mercer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Kersh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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production focused on producing online reference pages,computational assignments, and engineering design projects. By making these innovations widelyaccessible, this project not only advanced educational practices across higher education but alsoenhanced the preparedness of transfer students entering engineering through early admissionprograms.In this work, the research team observed a decline of textbook use by students through courseevaluation questionnaires, which further exposed the need to create alternative forms ofeducational resources for enhancing student engagement with course material outside theclassroom and fostering positive learning outcomes. The community of practice provided thestructure and support to create a centralized resource
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1B
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Amie Baisley, University of Florida
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Paper ID #47239Assessing the Impact of Teaching Style on Problem-Solving Skills and ConceptualUnderstanding in Undergraduate DynamicsDr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Geoff Recktenwald is a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Geoff holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Cedarville University. His research interests are focused on best practices for student learning and student success. He is currently developing and researching SMART
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1A
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Hartanto Wibowo, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Nathan Miner, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; TRAVIS HOSTENG, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
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focus on first-year and foundational courses that serve multiple engineering majors. He leads the Surface Sciences research group which focuses on issues that link biology, tribology, and design. This includes extensive work with the friction and wear of polymers, orthopedic biomaterials, tactility of polymer materials, and skin tribology. He has a special focus on using skin tribology investigation to improve tactual assistive technologies for persons with blindness or other visual impairment. He is a licensed professional engineer and an active engineering consultant. He has taught courses in the areas of engineering design, kinematics, materials science, mechanics, statistics, and tribology, and has been
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- Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking
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- Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York College of Pennsylvania
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graduate research program. At Trine University, a small private school in An- gola, Indiana, he focused on undergraduate education while teaching ten different courses ranging from introductory freshman courses to senior capstone. Scott also served as an advisor to many different un- dergraduate research projects. He then moved on to Michigan State University and took a position as a teaching specialist concentrating on undergraduate classroom instruction. Scott finally settled at York College of Pennsylvania. He has been at York College for over ten years and feels as if he has found a place where the focus on teaching and students aligns well with his background and interests.Dr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York
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- Digital Methods in Mechanics: Teaching with Digital Tools
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- Rick Hill, University of Detroit, Mercy
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, often4 https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/products/control-tutorials.html#dc-motor-position-pid-controller-designstudents perform their controller design for simple, linear systems for which they have a modeland can directly calculate the control gains to satisfy a given set of requirements. In practice, anengineer will have a model with uncertainty (or no model at all) and the system will havenonlinearities and complexity that prevents the theoretical design of a controller that guarantees agiven set of requirements will be met. Therefore, a professional controls engineer will often needto tune their controller experimentally following the calculation of their initial design. Despitethis, many students don’t get practice tuning a controller
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 2
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- Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Sarah Jane Grigg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
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Engineering, a master’s degree in Business Administration, and a graduate certificate in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University. She joined the Clemson faculty in 2012 and was a senior lecturer in the General Engineering Program teaching engineering courses in problem solving, programming, computer aided-design, and innovation and entrepreneurship before joining ERAU. Current research interests in engineering education includes the development of PROCESS framework and assessment for problem solving, iLEARNED modular scaffolding approach to organizing course content in a flipped classroom, and the incorporation of entrepreneurial minded learning into engineering courses
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 3
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- Mikayla R Hoyle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Melany Denise Opolz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jean-Christophe Raymond-Bertrand, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nikhil Chandra Admal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Thomas Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kellie M Halloran, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Callan Luetkemeyer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Brian Mercer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Kersh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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. These study results provide valuable insights into how students’ view theentrepreneurial mindset integration depending on the structure and resources of the course.IntroductionEngineering education that prioritizes theory and includes very few practical applications makestransitioning to industry difficult for everyone. Employers have increasingly voiced theirpreference for engineers who have a solid entrepreneurship education [1]. Many employers arewilling to pay more for people with good business skills such as good communication,problem-solving, and complex thinking [2]. Research and design engineering has moved tosmaller, entrepreneurial companies where engineers are often asked to take on more businessroles along with their engineering
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- Digital Methods in Mechanics: Teaching with Digital Tools
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Diana Arboleda, University of Miami; James Giancaspro, P.E., University of Miami; Max Cacchione, University of Miami; Mert Okyay, University of Colorado, Boulder
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systems for the civil infrastructure, engineering education, and technology transfer through education and community outreach.Dr. James Giancaspro, P.E., University of Miami James Giancaspro, Ph.D., P.E. is an associate professor of civil engineering with an emphasis on struc- tures and mechanics. He has two years of industry experience and 17 years of teaching and research experience at the University of Miami, where he is also currently a graduate program director. His current engineering education research interests include instructional technology in mechanics, undergraduate student retention, and graduate student support.Max Cacchione, University of Miami Agile technology executive with 20 years of experience
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 4
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William A Kitch P.E., Angelo State University; Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Dominic J Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University
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Practice (CoP), with the goal to steer students to addressthe essential underlying concept, yet in a manner that is not too suggestive of the correct answer.Indeed, prior research indicates that question wording [15] and “surface features” [16] cangreatly influence where students place their attention in answering questions. The results of thisstudy suggest that changes of wording can have tangible effects on how students interpret andrespond to questions, particularly the degree to which they address the key underlying issue.Therefore, it is important for instructors to use deliberate language in developing, deploying, anddiscussing such questions.2. MethodsThe Concept Warehouse’s ConceptTest under examination can is hereafter referred to as the
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 6
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- Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University; Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University
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research interests are in bringing together rigid body kinematics and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published 109 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and his research has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), NY-state SPIR, NY-state Center for Biotechnology, Sensor-CAT, SUNY Research Foundation, industry, Stony Brook University, and SUNY Office of Provost. He received A.T. Yang award for the best paper in Theoretical Kinematics at the 2017 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference and the MSC Software Simulation award for the best paper at the 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) . He is the recipient of the Presidential Award for
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- Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods
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- Robert A. Hume, P.E., United States Military Academy; Adrian Biggerstaff, United States Military Academy; Eric B. Williamson, U.S. Military Academy
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Paper ID #37490The Efficacy of Student-Revised Homework Assignments in an IntroductoryEngineering CourseCapt. Robert A. Hume, P.E., United States Military Academy Robert A. Hume is an Instructor of Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point and an active duty Army Engineer Officer. He is a graduate of West Point (B.S. in Civil Engineering) and the University of Cambridge (MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development). His research interests include sustainable infrastructure design, energy efficiency, and engineering education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Missouri.Lt. Col. Adrian
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 6
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Varuni A. Seneviratne, University of Vermont; Larry R Medsker, The George Washington University; Courtney D Giles, University of Vermont; Marlee Ottati, University of Vermont
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(SIGAI). Larry provides consulting services and seminars for managers and technologists on best practices for incorporating science and engineering advances into business, government, and educational organizations. All recommendations include attention to the ethical human-centered design and implementation of technology.Dr. Courtney D Giles, University of Vermont Courtney Giles is a Senior Lecturer in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of Curricular Enrichment in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Vermont. Her interests center on curriculum design, the first year experience, inclusive teaching in STEM, and supporting the scholarship of teaching and learning work
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 5
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- Amie Baisley, University of Florida; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Phillip Cornwell, U.S. Air Force Academy; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University
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teaching faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Geoff holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Cedarville University. His research interests are focused on best practices for student learning and student success. He is currently developing and researching SMART assessment, a modified mastery learning pedagogy for problem based courses. He created a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 4
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- Simon Livingston-Jha, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Matthew M Grondin, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kyle Ma, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Wensheng Hu, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jennifer Detlor, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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student completing a joint-degree in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Educational Psychology-Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research revolves around application of embodied learning in engineering education with a primary focus on assessments that bring equitable and inclusive practices to the diverse population of engineering undergraduate students. Matthew has been nominated for numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Kyle Ma, University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMr. Wensheng Hu, University of Wisconsin
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 3
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- Christine F. Goble, Centre College; Martha E. Grady, University of Kentucky
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and guidelines must be provided on aconvenient platform that allows participants to share implementation experiences and makesuggestions for improvement. 4) The kit design should be agile allowing for transition to anonline learning format. 5) Activities should align with best practices in STEM pedagogy.A detailed list of required resources for the Shoebox Kits is available in the Canvas LearningManagement System (LMS). The kits include items such as K’nex pieces, PVC pipe, nails, bolts,rulers, and sandpaper; all of which fit in a shoebox sized container. A spreadsheet is provided forsourcing materials. Additionally, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets are provided for eachactivity. Along with the supplies list and teaching resources, the
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1A
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- Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana
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], although this was not the case in our observations in Dynamics. Additionally, furtherresearch is needed to assess how ChatGPT impacts student motivation and engagement [6], asmeaningful learning occurs when students actively identify and address their own misconceptions.Studies suggest that when used appropriately, ChatGPT 4.0 can support the development ofessential skills such as algorithmic thinking, critical reasoning, problem-solving, and both basicand advanced programming techniques [7]. Therefore, exploring how AI-powered tools likeChatGPT can enhance student motivation and performance remains a significant area of interest.This study examined ChatGPT 4.0’s image processing capabilities in solving Mechanics problems.Existing research
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7A
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- Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
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survey distributed to themembers of the engineering mechanics division, on the contexts in which the flipped classroomsare being implemented, the instructional design choices made by the instructors, the experiencesof the instructors in teaching these courses, and the lessons learned over time. By compiling thisinformation, the authors seek to present a number of different strategies to implement a flippedclassroom and provide advice to aspiring flipped classroom instructors on the design choices thatmay work best for their contexts.Literature Review:The idea of the flipped classroom has been around for many years, first emerging in the 1980’s[6] and gaining popularity in the US throughout the 1990’s and 2000’s [1], [7]. The central aspectof the
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- Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7A
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- Edwin Lim, University of Georgia; Sadah Elizabeth Schell, University of Georgia; Ben Fahrman, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia
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Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis on innovative ways to cultivate and evaluate supportive teaching and learning networks in engineering departments and colleges. He received his doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering instructors during game-based learning activities, and how these practices affected student motivation
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- Assessing Conceptual Thinking about Engineering Mechanics
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- Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Samuel Van Horne, University of Delaware
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protocols for educational action-research. Active Learning in Higher Education, 20(3), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/146978741773561427. Nokes-Malach, T. J., & Mestre, J. P. (2013). Toward a model of transfer as sense-making. Educational Psychologist, 48(3), 184-207. DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2013.80755628. Nokes, T. J., & Belenky, D. M. (2011). Incorporating Motivation into a Theoretical Framework for Knowledge Transfer. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 109–135. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-387691-1.00004-129. Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2016). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Sage publications.30. Braun, C., Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Davey, L., & Jenkinson, E. (2023