Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Nektaria Tryfona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sindhu Chava, Virginia Tech; Ayush Dhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Taimoor Qamar, Virginia Tech ; Daniel Newman, The Boeing Company

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

engineering project in which deadlines, failures/setbacks, projectrevisions, client requested modifications, regular presentations/meetings, and other challengesare encountered. Through this experience, the students learned to plan, schedule, design, andimplement non-academic engineering solutions effectively.In doing so, the students also devised a unique solution for the vibration analysis problemdiscussed in the beginning of the paper. The solution can potentially help identify faults or detectfuture failures in rotating machinery on a real-time edge-analytics based system. This can beuseful in a wide variety of applications, such as those relevant to human safety, those in whichthe maintenance downtime for the equipment of interest is very long

Conference Session

Mathematics and Material Science

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Rebekah L Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

the math sequence in pre-calculusor a higher level of math if they score well on the math placement test and culminate thesequence in differential equations. The four-year graduation plan requires students to begin inCalculus I; however, almost half are only prepared for pre-calculus and are forced to start oneclass behind in the math sequence. Even with prerequisites in the curriculum and establishedmath tutoring resources, math progress continues to be an issue and one of the main reasonsstudents discontinue the program. This paper examines why math preparation and progresscontinue to be an issue at Virginia engineering programs and evaluates what solutions exist toovercome deficiencies. For schools in Virginia and West Virginia, this study

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Whitehurst, Mississippi State University; Nathaniel Hyams, Clemson University; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University; Matthew William Priddy, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

, providing meaningful feedback, listening intently to and64 addressing students’ problems, and maintaining respect for students all provides a platform on65 which to better instructor-student relationships14. The instructor may also play a vital role as a66 mediator for conflicts within the group and is ultimately responsible for structuring the course from67 start to finish, which includes deciding how to form groups, planning the goals of the assignment,68 and tracking the growth of learning throughout the semester. During the life cycle of a project,69 groups will inevitably experience problems at the design, operations, and output stages and will70 need proper guidance by the instructor5. Instructor moderation and input can thus