Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #12089Using an Article in a Sophomore Engineering Science Class to Boost Life-longLearning ConfidenceDr. Laura P Ford, University of Tulsa LAURA P. FORD is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She teaches engineering science thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, mass transfer, and chemical engineer- ing senior labs. She is a co-advisor for TU’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA and has recently advised students on TU’s Hydrate Flow Assurance joint industry project. Her email address is laura-ford@utulsa.edu

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Darwin; Joseph Patrick Kale, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #15447MAKER: A Maker Space Smart Badging SystemJulie DarwinMr. Joseph Patrick Kale, Bucknell UniversityProf. Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University Prof. Thompson is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA. While his teaching responsibilities typically include digital design, computer engineering electives, and senior design, his focus in the classroom is to ignite passion in his students for engineering and design through his own enthusiasm, open-ended student-selected projects, and connecting engineering to the world around

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

of glass at room and high temperature. Dr. Gonzalez has also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian H. Kang, Texas A&M University

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Construction

and Construction (VDC) technology for nuclear powerplant design and construction since 1993. Page 25.611.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Experimental Application of Personalized Leaning Method to a BIM ClassBIM for ConstructionAccording to Smart Market Report on BIM released by McGraw Hill in 20091, there isconsensus in the construction industry, especially among contractors, that Building InformationModeling (BIM) helps to reduce conflicts and changes during construction. It also helps toimprove collective understanding of design intent and project quality. Most contractors

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

they often lack the mentorship, educational opportunities, or role modelsnecessary to make this a realistic career path. The educational system further narrows theselection of students in engineering as most technologically rich courses are delivered in asequential manner with no active exercises or connection to the real world. This approach placeschildren who learn in global, sensing, visual, and active modes at a disadvantage and restrictsopportunities for diversity. Engineering outreach that provides interactive projects and addressesthe spectrum of learning styles can enhance both interest and diversity in engineering. A modelfor K-12 outreach teaching has been incorporated into an undergraduate engineering courseentitled, Structural

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

project management, and close interaction with faculty serving as coaches and mentors.This course’s organizing project gives plenty of opportunity for creativity and enough breadth to touch onall appropriate disciplines. Students are organized in small problem-solving design teams. Traditionallectures and evaluations are replaced with web-based instruction and hands-on projects. Computer toolsare employed where appropriate, and students are evaluated on both individual comprehension and groupexecution of the project. Throughout the semester, design teams deliver two oral presentations and a finalwritten report.The course gives students early experience wrestling with challenging educational outcomes; studentsapply the systems engineering approach

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins

development ofcritical problem-solving skills for open-ended problems, and the practical application oftechniques learned in other courses of the three departmental curriculums. The course is designedto mimic assignments that newly hired petroleum engineers, geologists, or geophysicists mayencounter. Two major projects, each lasting 6-7 weeks, are assigned during this semester-longcourse. For each of the projects, the students are divided into self-directed work teams of 4-6members. Ideally, each team is comprised of a least one GE member and one GP member, withthe remaining members from the PE discipline. Historically, the class contains a majority of PEmajors (60-80%) since it is a required course for this discipline and optional for the GE and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

QuantitativeApproach as a text. Students were required to implement three projects simulating variousaspects of a microarchitecture (cache, branch predictor, dynamic instruction scheduler). Thenthey engaged in an experimental analysis to find the best configuration in a design space. Theywere encouraged to pair-program, and data were gathered on their experience.1. IntroductionPair programming is one of the twelve practices of Extreme Programming (XP), which is thebest known of the “agile” software-development methodologies that have gained widespreadattention in recent years. Agile methodologies attempt to mitigate some of the up-front designcosts of heavyweight methodologies, which expend a lot of effort on design before code iswritten, and to adapt more

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Natalie D. Segal

, and so, working with an intellectual property attorney, we teach the patentprocess as part of the class. In this paper, we discuss the organization of the project itselfand how we teach the patent process, as well as how students respond both to the projectand the possibility of graduating with the words “patent pending” on their résumés.How We BeginThe ability to work on a team is unquestionably a required skill for anyone working inindustry today. Consequently, Ward College of Technology students who take English481, Advanced Technical Communications, are required to work on a team project. Theproject is actually one of a series of possible capstone projects for undergraduateTechnology students, but since all Ward students must take EN 481

Conference Session

Intra-college Graduate Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

student work was tied to thestudents’ understanding of the needed synergy and their comfort with cross-disciplinarycommunication. Also, an interdisciplinary course, which grew out of the group’s experiences,provided systematic preparation for graduate research projects. The role of this course will bediscussed as it relates to the quality of collaborative experiences from both student and facultyperspectives.I. Introduction Engineering work is rarely confined to a single discipline. The successful application ofboth established technologies and new technologies often depend on the interdisciplinaryknowledge and abilities of the responsible engineers. Consequently, the needs for engineeringeducation to cross traditional boundaries and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Smith; Hisham Alnajjar; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Ladimer Nagurney; Devdas Shetty

Session 1398Integrating Engineering Design with Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences Using Integrative Learning Blocks Devdas Shetty, Donald Leone, Hisham Alnajjar, Saleh Keshawarz, Ladimer Nagurney and Leo T. Smith College of Engineering, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut 06117 Tel: 860 768 4615, Fax: 860 768 5073Abstract:The current paper highlights the impact of the National Science Foundation sponsoredcurriculum project, which has helped the curriculum innovation by design integration throughoutthe curriculum. This has been achieved

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W Simoneau, Keene State College; Megan C Piccus, Springfield Technical Community College; Gary Masciadrelli, Springfield Technical Community College

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Manufacturing

vocational education as a Master Teacher in the Plastics Technology program at Minuteman Regional Technical High School. He is also an adjunct professor for the Plastics Engineering Program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He has been a consultant to Ford Motor Company, Polaroid Inc., Timken Aerospace, and SMITHS Industries. He was also a guest scientist at the Army Materials Research in the Composite Development Division. He continues to co-teach Technology Studies courses with the technology faculty at Keene State College. He has published numerous articles over the years in engineering technology and materials research. He is a consultant on the Virtual Ideation Platform (VIP) project for Central Maine

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

W.D. Jemison; W. R. Haller; W. A. Hornfeck

experience with this printed circuitboard milling machine. Specifically, the paper will describe how the machine is beingused in a number of courses ranging from our first-year Introduction to Engineeringcourse, through sophomore and junior year laboratory projects, to our capstone seniordesign course. The integrated design process used by our students to design printedcircuit boards will be described and several representative designs will be discussed todemonstrate the level of design complexity that can be achieved using this technology.Finally, some initial assessment data regarding student reaction to the PCB millingmachine is provided.I. IntroductionVirtually all fundamental phenomena associated with the Electrical and ComputerEngineering

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

chemicalengineering department we have actively worked to introduce oral and written communication andgroup (team) work across the entire curriculum -- starting with the freshman orientation course allthe way through to the capstone senior level laboratory. We are beginning to introduceinterdisciplinary courses, where students bring their “domain competency” to a large team project.However, we have done very little in the way of focusing on putting the students in “trueleadership positions” such as they might encounter in industry as group or project leadersresponsible for several engineers.The Leadership and Mentoring course was introduced in Winter '95 as a 1 credit course offeredeach quarter for sophomores, juniors, or seniors. This was also linked with

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

creation process, the students led the direction of the project. In addition tothe completed videos, it was a major goal of the author to develop project management skills forthe students as well as a passion and love for structural steel engineering. In terms of projectmanagement skills, it was observed that they all learned new ways to work with each other,particularly remotely as the pandemic interrupted film development. It has only been three yearssince their graduation, so it is yet to be seen how they pursue leadership roles at their respectivecompanies, but two of the four have confirmed their acquisition of their PE license. In terms ofloving structural engineering and steel design, two of the four students are currently working

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

students. Apartnership built through the use COINS seeks to educate civil and construction engineeringstudents at the lower division and to introduce students to core engineering fundamentals thatform a basis for the knowledge on which they can build in upper division courses and at the sametime increase interest and excitement about engineering by incorporating project-based learningearly in the curriculum. The benefits for students include better preparation of students, asdemonstrated by increasing deeper understanding of project controls and constructability issues,for upper division coursework by implementing project planning and control systemsengineering design and implementation, realize an increase of 25% in the retention of studentswho

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, State University of New York

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Architectural

students and facultyagree on levels of creativity when they see it, regardless of a set definition and without facultystating their opinions during the design and critique process. Students were asked to apply anumber of architectural design concepts to a simple one-day design problem. They thencomparatively analyzed and critiqued the projects in group discussion that was moderated by thefaculty. Students were also asked to privately journal their observations and select withoutdiscussion a set number of the most successful projects in the class. Successful projects weredefined as ones that applied these concepts in a creative way to produce a solution. Theproblems were purposely left somewhat ill-defined with few constraints that allowed for a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

hundred undergraduate and graduate students each year with the opportunity towork on real-world, design-build-test space systems projects. Such opportunities include themicrogravity flight experience available through NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student FlightOpportunities Program. By having a proposal accepted through a competitive evaluation process,students can design and fabricate an experimental payload that flies onboard a C-9 plane whoseparabolic flight trajectories permit short periods of microgravity test conditions.During August 2006, S3FL flew a C-9 microgravity test payload in support of the lab’s TetheredSATellite Testbed (TSATT) project, now known as the Tethered Satellite Ionospheric eXplorer(TSIX) satellite. In accordance with the 2004

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David John Orser, University of Minnesota; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota; John Sartori, University of Minnesota

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, self-taught “device descriptions” and “quick lessons”, students submit project proposals and developan IoT-based project. Student projects include a Google calendar-based alarm clock where theuser must solve a challenge before silencing the alarm. Other projects included smart parking,home security, plant care, and a web-based automated brewing system. At the end of the semester,students showcase their projects to faculty, staff, and other students.The IoT lab module was created to improve interest, motivation, diversity, and retention of stu-dents in ECE. Interest and motivation are tracked by University-wide Student Rating of Teaching(SRT) surveys. The results show a greater than one standard deviation improvement in studentsurvey scores

Conference Session

Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Harper, The Ohio State University; Hannah Christine Zierden, The Ohio State University; Kevin Robert Wegman; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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Student

development, not only of the students enrolled in classes, but of the unit’s teachingassistants (TAs). These undergraduate and graduate students serve in the classroom, gradeassignments, support open lab hours, and attend trainings. Additionally, some TAs choose tospend extra hours developing the spring semester robot design project offered to first-yearengineering students. Participating in this curriculum development project not only directlyimpacts the first-year students’ design experience but also gives the TAs a unique opportunity forprofessional development. They are responsible for all aspects of project development andcreation, including designing the competition scenario, constructing the physical course therobots compete upon, and

Conference Session

Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University; Robert D. Palumbo, Valparaiso University; Daniel Blood, Valparaiso University; Luke Jerod Venstrom, Valparaiso University

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Mechanical Engineering

Development of a Five kW Solar Furnace for Solar Thermal Chemistry ResearchAbstractNumerous publications have described positive student outcomes when undergraduateengineering students participate in meaningful, real-world projects. Moreover, even students notdirectly involved in the real-world projects benefit through formal classroom interactions andinformal social interactions with those students that are participating in the projects. Recently,students at Valparaiso University completed a massive, interdisciplinary project to design,manufacture, assemble, and test a half-million dollar, five kW solar furnace. Because of thescope of the project, 50 students spanning seven years of graduating classes and two

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

for Engineering Education, 2013 How Important is the WOW Factor in First Year Engineering Courses?AbstractThis paper discusses the effectiveness of using projects with a “wow factor,” that is, engagingand challenging hands-on projects, in a freshman engineering course to excite students aboutengineering and to motivate student retention and persistence. The course, offered at San JoséState University, enrolls approximately 700 students per year in a lecture/laboratory format.Projects include a solar cell evaluation, and the design, construction and testing of a scaled windturbine and an autonomous robot. Impact of the course content on students’ knowledge andattitudes about engineering is

Conference Session

Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2011-314: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGINEERSMelanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Melanie Sattler is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. In her 7 years at UT Arlington, she has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator for 21 projects involving emissions measurement, air quality modeling, or air pollution control technologies. She teaches 5 graduate courses in air pollution, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Women in Engineering

and service-learning (S-L) in particular are more attractive to those from underrepresented groups inengineering than to their counterparts. Courses with service-learning projects have beenintegrated into existing required courses in engineering over the past six years in fivedepartments at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Entering engineering students have beensampled every fall with a “pre” survey, and then all students are surveyed “post” at the end of thespring semester. Evidence continues to mount of the significant difference in responses inattitudes toward community service and S-L in engineering with women especially and to alesser extent other minorities in engineering. Voluntary participation in S-L projects involvingwork

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac Heizelman, University of North Dakota; McKenna Rose Matt

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

chapter atUND.Kiley House, University of North Dakota Kiley House is a first-year student in the Biomedical Engineering B.S. program at UND.She is also pursuing a minor in chemical engineering.Mckenna Matt, University of North Dakota Mckenna Matt is a second-year student in the Chemical Engineering B.S. program atUND and is also pursuing a minor in biomedical engineering. She is a member of the Society ofWomen Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Chapter at UND.Abstract: Innovation-based learning (IBL) is a classroom structure that lets undergraduate studentschoose their own focus in projects while relating it to the core principles of the course. It takes ahands-on approach, allowing students to work on projects that have an

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

students apply design methods, they rarely practice needs finding.All Canadian undergraduate engineering students participate in a capstone project in their fourthyear. Engineering instructors at the University of Waterloo have identified a lack of opportunitiesfor students to practice their need finding skills prior to fourth year. As a result, a set of needfinding instructional activities were conducted in-class for one term. The objective of thisresearch is to conduct evidence-based program improvement by identifying the teachingpractices that improve need finding competencies in engineering graduates. More specifically, inthis ongoing study, the authors explore how students identify, select, and justify their capstoneproject problem; and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Why don’t commuter-school students pursue startups? AbstractThis paper reports the results of an empirical study of why student teams at commuter schools,particularly with underrepresented populations, do not pursue their course projects as startups.The study was conducted at a large public university at which 98% of undergraduate studentscommute to school, 84% are employed, and 80% are Hispanic-American. Interviews wereconducted with 16 students in an engineering major, a participation rate of 47% of the subjectpool. The interviews covered the students’ reasons for pursuing or not pursuing their courseproject after the conclusion of

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Loren Connell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

on bioprocess engineering.The protein production project was developed and implemented during the fall 2006 semesterand repeated during the fall 2007 semester. A key element of the protein production project wasthe competition between student groups. Group performance was rated using a productionrubric, and the team with the highest score was guaranteed an “A” on the project. The rubricincluded equipment rental costs and production bonuses for producing large quantities of proteinof high purity. The equipment rental costs were carefully determined to encourage continuedstudent experimentation in the laboratory. The competitive nature of the project capturesstudents driven by achievement or instrumental types of motivation, which are not

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. Shay PE, U.S. Military Academy; Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy; David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

project teams with a total of 112 students. The teamsrange from triples of computing majors to over a dozen students from six different majors andfour different departments. Reflection periods occur several times throughout the academic year,not just at the end. Some reflection consists of periods of silence spent individually. Otherreflection takes place in the context of lively group discussions. These techniques were developedby the authors, a team of three faculty who have co-taught this course for several years and whowanted our students to pursue deeper, more creative solutions to problems, to form more cohesiveteams, to be more deliberate in their decision-making and to avoid the last-minute rush tocompletion right before the final

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingyu Wang, University of Oklahoma; Noah C. Golly, University of Oklahoma; Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; James Ian Macdonald, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education with Integrated 3D Printing ApproachAbstractRecent advances in additive manufacturing have allowed the integration of multiple mechanicalengineering fields including design, materials, mechanics, and manufacturing, for enhancedexperiential learning and education. This paper reports the education projects and programsbeing developed at the University of Oklahoma to improve undergraduate mechanicalengineering education using 3D printing technologies and systems, emphasizing three coretopics: design, solid mechanics, and manufacturing. The interaction of design, materials, solidmechanics, and manufacturing is carried