Conference Session

Assessing Conceptual Thinking about Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Samuel Van Horne, University of Delaware

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

/PSF13/Session/E1.413. Schoenfeld, A. H. (2014). Mathematical problem solving. Elsevier. Accessed: Jan. 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.elsevier.com/books/mathematical-problem-solving/schoenfeld/978-0-12-628870 -414. Martin, T., Rayne, K., Kemp, N.J., Hart, J., & Diller, K.R. (2005). Teaching for Adaptive Expertise in Biomedical Engineering Ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 11(2), pp. 257-276.15. Martin, T., Rivale, S.D., & Diller, K.R. (2007). Comparison of Student Learning in Challenge-based and Traditional Instruction in Biomedical Engineering. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 35, pp. 1312–1323.16. Rayne, K., Martin, T., Brophy, S., Kemp, N. J., Hart, J. D., & Diller, K.R. (2006

Conference Session

Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

percentage of students described the design, manufacture, and analysis/testing ofmachinery as the defining elements of mechanical engineering, many also highlighted the goalof engineering to solve problems to improve society in a safe and ethical way. While notexplicit, their descriptions focus on machinery and do not clearly indicate the thermal-fluids orthe electronic elements of mechanical engineering. This general idea that they will use solidmechanics knowledge more than fluid mechanics, thermal sciences, or electronic integration orcontrol is also shown in what sub-discipline they expect to use most and least (Fig. 1B). Almostall our students (88%) anticipate using solid mechanics knowledge more than any otherdiscipline in their future careers

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

instrument. The platform now has a bank of about 300 concept questions for Staticsand is very effective to elicit student written responses, drive conversation, and peer more deeplyinto student reasoning (Papadopoulos et al., 2022). However, even though there is a high rate ofstudent response, the corresponding grade weight was no more than 5% of the grade. In thiscontext, I have not yet established firm evidence that experience with concept questionsimproves performance on procedural test questions, although this has been previously argued(Koretsky et al., 2016)During the last decade or so, I have also begun to “contextualize” problems in both homeworkand exam settings to address issues of ethics, social justice and sustainability (Leydens &

Conference Session

Problem- and Project-based Learning in Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir H. Danesh-Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Aimee Monique Cloutier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sean Moseley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

average, students can work to understand their mistakes during the term instead of during the last week of the term after testing day. Also, an analysis of the class average design requires Statics skills but a competition-winning design requires a full consideration of the kinematics, best-case hole location, worst-case retraction angle and force, and accuracy of the laser cutter, amongst other concerns. The winning designs often have disturbingly small factors of safety, which might send a troubling message to students about engineering ethics. Simply put, the class average approach followed by Instructor C attempts to keep fundamental Statics skills at the center of the work. It also avoids the public