Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith, George Mason University; James Yang

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inspired underwater robotics Leigh McCue, Adrian Hagarty, Jill Nelson, Cameron Nowzari, Ali Raz, Michael Riggi, Jessica L. Rosenberg, Daigo Shishika, Cynthia Smith, James YangAbstractFollowing our work-in-progress paper and presentation in 2022 [1], this paper documents effortsto develop a STEM outreach program in biologically inspired underwater robotics. This STEMoutreach program includes a prototype kit, a standards-aligned written curriculum for classroomimplementation, and supporting demonstration videos, assessed via focus group testing. The kitincludes three different hull shapes, emulating different maritime species, and two differentpropulsion mechanisms, e.g., propellers and flapping, in a lighter-than-air (blimp) platform

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Kathir, P.E., George Mason University; Mehdi Amiri

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was prototyped by a senior design teamof four ME students and is relatively small, lightweight, and fully programable. It providescapabilities to observe the deformation and crack growth in real-time under SEM.IntroductionFatigue failure is the degradation of a material due to repeated loading or repeated deformation[1]. Fatigue is one of the most predominant modes of failure in a diverse array of man-madecomponents and natural systems [1]. According to the National Bureau of Standards, the costsassociated with material fractures for a single year (1978) in the United States was $119 billiondollars per year (1982 dollars) of 4% of the Gross National Product [2]. Fatigue damage poses amajor safety risk to military and civilian aircraft

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeroen Pruyn, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

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yearwould have an integration project at the end of the year to further strengthen the integration ofknowledge learned in that year. Furthermore, course size was increased from 2-3 ECTS(European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) to 6 ECTS for all courses or in otherwords each course would be 10% of the yearly provided credits. Finally, many projects werecreated to allow the mathematics and physics subjects of that quarter to be applied in the samequarter. The result is presented in Figure 1.When considering the current study duration, this has improved with about 65% completingtheir studies within four years, this includes the 35% of the total students that finish in threeyears (based on the TU Delft Student statistics available to programme

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York, Maritime College; Martin S. Lawless, State University of New York, Maritime College; Kathryn R. Gosselin, State University of New York, Maritime College

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environment.Dr. Martin S. Lawless, State University of New York, Maritime College Martin Lawless earned his Ph.D. in Acoustics in 2018 from the Pennsylvania State University where he investigated the brainˆa C™s auditory and reward responses to room acoustics. At the Cooper Union, he continues studying sound perception, including 1) theDr. Kathryn R. Gosselin, State University of New York, Maritime College Kathryn R. Gosselin is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Mechanical & Facilities Engineering Depart- ment at SUNY Maritime College. She has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. She joined Maritime College in 2018 and teaches upper-division courses in the thermo- fluids area

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brahan, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas W. Denucci, United States Coast Guard Academy; Jaye Falls, United States Naval Academy; Paul H. Miller, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy

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-Based-Learning (PBL) for skillsdevelopment, motivation, and retention (both in terms of students staying in the major and interms of retaining learned skills) of engineering students. While all students take design coursesleading to their senior capstone projects, they do not all build prototypes of their work. Typically,in naval architecture and marine engineering programs, PBL projects focus on building smallmodels due to time, space, and cost issues with using full-scale vessels. Exceptions to thisapproach are taken at two colleges, where students may take elective courses that feature full-scale construction of 10-15 ft long plywood craft. At the United States Coast Guard Academy(USCGA), the first-year, 1-credit, course introduces

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincenzo Antonio Ventricelli, SUNY Maritime College; Paul M. Kump, SUNY Maritime College; Van-Hai Bui

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instructors a unique student perspective and insight into the efficacy of thecourse design. Our hope is that colleagues interested in teaching a similar course at their owninstitutions can adopt our methods, and thereby reduce their preparation work and increasestudent engagement.1: Introduction1.0: MotivationML is becoming an essential component of the modern, evolving maritime industry, with use-cases including autonomous navigation, ship maintenance and monitoring, voyage optimization,ship design, and smart utilization of onboard electrical power distribution systems [1], [2]. Withthe industry expected to spend almost three billion dollars between 2022 and 2027 on MLsolutions, ML scientists and engineers with domain-specific expertise and the

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University

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of engineering ethics in a sincere, deep, and substantial way can bechallenging. Often, students find the material to be distant and abstract. In seeking to overcomethese challenges in a senior-level elective course at a small engineering program, a new role-playing exercise was introduced.Educators across a wide range of engineering disciplines continue to turn to role-playingactivities as a pedagogy to meet a variety of learning outcomes, as it is well-documented toincrease and maintain student engagement, while also advancing the attainment of new skills andknowledge [1], [2]. One of the primary drivers, similar to the goal of this work, is to enhancestudents’ appreciation for engineering ethics, as well as social justice issues [2], [3