Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Billy L. Clark, The Citadel; Robert Hudson Imhoff IV; Luiz Dos Reis

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #23351Water Tunnel Design: A Senior Capstone Project to Promote Hands-on Learn-ing in FluidsDr. Nathan John Washuta, The Citadel Dr. Nathan Washuta is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Maryland – College Park. His primary research interests include Hydrodynamics, Turbulence, and Experimental Methods.Dr. Jason Howison, The Citadel Jason Howison is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The Citadel. His research areas include computational fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Education, Vol.10(2), pp. 184-199, 2009.6. P.C. Blumenfeld, E. Soloway, R.W. Marx, J.S. Krajcik, M. Guzdial, and A. Palinscar, Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning, Educ. Psychologist, Vol. 26, 1991, pp. 369-398.7. R.G. Belu, A Project-based Power Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas (CD Proceedings).8. R. Belu, Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate EngineeringTechnology Curriculum, 2011 ASEEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CDProceedings).9. ABET, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs”, ABET, Inc., 2010.10. R.M

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Buchholz, University of Iowa; Pablo M. Carrica, University of Iowa; Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Required courses • ME:5160 Intermediate fluid mechanics • ME:4175 Computational naval hydrodynamics • ME:4176 Experimental naval hydrodynamics Limited electives (students must complete one from each of the following categories): • Full-year capstone design elective (one semester is required for all students) OR one semester of supervised independent study, each focused on an approved Naval Hydrodynamics project • An approved introductory numerical methods course General electives • Students must complete one additional course from a selection of related courses including topics such as linear systems and dynamics, control systems and theory, and additional continuum mechanics and fluids