Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 5

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie A Brown, Utah State University; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

either game as we will explain the rules during class. Furthermore, someliterature suggests that students think gamification is an engaging form of learning regardless oftheir prior gaming experiences [22]. Based on the learning objectives from Engineering for OnePlanet, the gamified course will expose students to environmental and social sustainability andsystems thinking. Students will develop skills such as teamwork, communication,problem-solving, critical thinking, and environmental assessment. Finally, students will alsoexplore ethical and technical problems. Our game design process includes identifying gamegoals, elements, dynamics, and mechanics and connecting them to the technical knowledge andskill objectives for statics.Game GoalsThe

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Award (2012) and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award (2013). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Exploring the Capability of Generative AI as an Engineering Lab Report AssessmentAssisting Tool AbstractSince ChatGPT’s public launch in November 2022, considerable discussion and changes haveoccurred in higher education. Active educational research related to generative artificialintelligence (GAI) has been conducted in various areas, including student learning, ethics, andassessment. Although many authors have raised concerns about the impact of GAI

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

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Diversity

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/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

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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University (GWU) and at the University of Vermont. He is also a Research Affiliate at George Mason University’s Center for Assured Research and Engineering. He is a member of the GWU Human-Technology Collaboration Lab, and Founding Director of the university’s Master’s Program in Data Science. Larry specializes in areas of artificial intelligence, data science, computer science, neural computing, information systems, physics, and STEM education. He is the author of four books and over 200 publications on neural networks, AI, and physics. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of AI and Ethics, Associate Editor of Neural Computing and Applications, and Policy Officer for ACM’s Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse interests in structural mechanics, sustainable construction materials (with emphasis in bamboo), engineering ethics, and engineering education. He is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis, and after many years, he has finally (maybe) learned how to teach Statics, using an experiential and peer-based learning ”studio” model. As part of the UPRM Sustainability Engineering initiative to develop a new bachelor’s degree and curricular sequence, Papadopoulos is PI of A New Paradigm for Sustainability Engineering: A Transdisciplinary, Learner-Centered, and Diversity-Focused Approach, funded by the NSF HSI program. Papadopoulos is active in the

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

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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

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Carr, U.S. Air Force Academy; Phillip Cornwell, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

“Artificial Intelligence” or “AI” in the title. The set can beexpanded to over 100 by adding terms such as “Machine Learning”, “Large Language Models”,or “Generative”. Results are spread across most ASEE divisions, reflecting the intense interestengineering educators have in using modern AI-based tools in the classroom. Proposed uses ofAI are too many to enumerate here, but broad topics include techniques for teaching studentshow to use AI, recommendations to instructors on using AI tools to assist with curriculumdevelopment and assessment, the ethics of AI use in the classroom, and advances in AI forsolving engineering problems.Given the focus on these emerging tools by educators and students alike, it is imprudent toignore their use in any field of

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Golecki, University of Illinois at 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; Wayne L Chang, University of Illinois 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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design or engineering ethics. Future workbeing considered in this course is to expand the use of these real world applications beyondlectures and into homework assignments and student discussion activities. Table 2: Summary of Quantitative Survey Responses Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Statement 4 Response Creating Connections Curiosity Creating Future Value Value Agree Start: Combined 65.0% 62.8% 54.4% 65.6% End: Control 71.8% 75.0% 68.5% 70.2% End: Test 80.5% 74.2

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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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

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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

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 1A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacklyn Wyszynski, University of Pittsburgh; David Adam DeFrancisis, University of Pittsburgh; David Pabst, University of Pittsburgh; Lee Allen Dosse, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew M. Barry, University of Pittsburgh

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