Paper ID #32730The Influence of Program Concentrations on Enrollment and PlacementDr. David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University David R. Mikesell is chair and professor of mechanical engineering at Ohio Northern University. His research interests are in land vehicle dynamics, autonomous vehicles, and robotics. His background includes work in automotive engineering at Ohio State (PhD), six years designing automated assembly machines and metal-cutting tools for Grob Systems, and four years service as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He holds bachelor degrees in German (Duke) and Mechanical Engineering (ONU).Dr. John-David S
Paper ID #33651Design Across The Curriculum: An Evaluation Of Design Instruction in aNew Mechanical Engineering Program.Dr. Sean Stephen Tolman, Utah Valley University Sean S. Tolman is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Utah Valley Uni- versity in Orem, UT. He earned his BSME degree at Brigham Young University in 2002 and a MSME degree from the University of Utah in 2008 before returning to BYU to pursue doctoral studies complet- ing a PhD in 2014. He spent 8 years working in the automotive safety industry specializing in forensic accident reconstruction before becoming a professor. He teaches
Paper ID #32318A New Approach to Teaching Programming at Freshman Level in Mechani-calEngineeringDr. Pavan Karra, Minnesota State University, Mankato Pavan Karra is Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University where he teaches in the field of Dynamics and Controls. He can be reached at pavan.karra@mnsu.edu. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A new approach to teaching programming at freshman level in mechanical engineeringAbstract:Introduction to programming (MATLAB) course at Minnesota State University(MSU
teaching qualitative research methods in engineering education in the Engineering Education Systems and Design PhD program at ASU. She is deputy editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa
are primarily in the areas of programming education, mobile computing, and usability. Mr. Williams is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).Dr. David Calamas, Georgia Southern University Dr. David Calamas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University. He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama. His research interests are in the areas of biologically-inspired thermal and fluid transport processes, active and passive thermal management, and engineering education. He teaches in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer.Dr. Junghun Choi, Georgia
the number of independent equations. The solution may be obtained by hand, and this generally requires algebraic manipulation. Alternatively, the solution of any number of equations, linear or non-linear, can be achieved with a modern engineering tool. With the intelligent application of verification (Step 8), the computer program is a much more reliable calculation device than a calculator. The students are allowed to select the modern engineering tool of their choice, and this might include Mathcad [11], Matlab [12], and TKSolver [13]. The authors have not seen this solution procedure in any machine design or mechanics of materials textbook.8. Verify. This critical step is a critique of the answer and is discussed in-depth in
Paper ID #33054Transforming an Engineering Design Course into an Engaging LearningExperience Using a Series of Self-Directed Mini-Projects andePortfolios: Face-to-Face Versus Online-only InstructionMiss Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Taylor Tucker graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics. She is now pursuing a master’s degree at UIUC through the Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Agency program in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is interested in design thinking as it applies to engineering
Paper ID #33291Sustainability Incorporation in Courses in Mechanical, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering: Insights from AASHE STARS DataMs. Joan Kathryn Tisdale, University of Colorado Boulder Joan Tisdale holds degrees in both Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and MIT, respectively, and is pursuing a PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has worked in renewable energy at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and has taught STEM related courses both at the high school and college levels.Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is
Paper ID #32775Are you sure about that? Introducing Uncertainty in UndergraduateEngineeringSophia V. Yates, Smith College Sophia V. Yates is a junior studying engineering sciences in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. She is interested in structural engineering and engineering education. Yates is planning on pursuing a graduate degree in STEM education after her time at Smith College.Dr. Christopher H. Conley, Smith College Chris Conley is currently a research affiliate with the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. He has served on the faculties of four institutions over the last three decades. He has
and worldwide in mechanical, aerospace andmultidisciplinary engineering programs, with extension to other engineering programs andrequire a high-level student engagement for the student learning and success. Due to the hybridnature of the classes, it requires more effort, hard work and innovation by the instructors to makesure that the students learn the material effectively as well as retain the knowledge. This gavebirth to an idea to develop a course learning structure for effective student learning and success.The course structure discussed can be applied to hybrid as well as online only course learningenvironments with full application to traditional face-to-face learning. The course structurediscussed can also be extended to all STEM
the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Internship Prevalence and Factors Related to ParticipationThe value of internship experiences for engineering students is
consumption per capita(ranking 1st and 2nd in the nation, respectively (Yang et al., 2020)), there is no comprehensiveacademic program related to building energy systems in this state, thus limiting the production oflocal professional engineers in the field of building energy systems. Therefore, an increase incourses related to building energy systems may satisfy the demand of local professionalengineers. As AR technology makes students access the online course simpler through mobiledevices, it may help the state train more professional engineers through opening more onlinecourses related to building energy systems. However, as mentioned above, there are no mobileAR apps regarding the comprehensive education of building energy systems. This paper
Paper ID #33158Relating Senior Project Time on Task to Student ScoresDr. Jeunghwan Choi, Central Washington University John(Jeunghwan) Choi is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University. John teaches upper division courses including the Senior capstone course.Prof. Charles Pringle, Central Washington University Charles Pringle is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University. Charles teaches upper division courses including the senior capstone course. American c Society
University - Purdue University Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles and 3D printed plastics and metals. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. He has two masters degrees: one M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.F.A. in Television Production. He also has three B.S. degrees in Liberal Arts, Mechanical Engineering, and Sustainable Energy. American
and teaching in the freshman engineering program and the mechanical engineering program. She is also the Assistant Direc- tor of the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) at ASU and works closely with the Director to ensure the success of the program. Dr. Zhu has also been involved in the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy/Earned Admission Program, and the ASU Kern Project. She was a part of the team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course. She has also co-developed two unique MOOCs, Introduction to Engineering and Perspectives on Grand Challenges for
andnurturing areas in physics and mathematics. As such, numerous institutions have implementedadditional programs/centers that foster communication and leadership skills to undergraduatestudents, while various scholars have encouraged and implemented these skills in their researchgroups. Marquez and Garcia, for instance, studied the effects of incorporating communication andleadership skills, as a scaffolding process, with students participating in engineering undergraduateresearch [18]. In the study, five technical aspects, or scaffolds, were incorporated to reinforceengineering curriculum, develop research aptitude, and enhance cognitive development such asliterature review, design, implementation, testing, and research [18]. The communication
programs to control simple robots. Following the curriculumrequirement on the ABET program criteria, these experiments are designed to prepare students towork on either thermal or mechanical systems. The two options indicated in Table 1, starting fromlevel 1, provide students with alternatives to choose from depending on their interests.Experiments and ObjectivesThis laboratory course is arranged in a five-level hierarchical structure, as shown in Table 1.Students spend multiple weeks at each level to solve an instructor-defined problem related to oneof the modern engineering subtopics listed in Figure 1. We designed nine multiple weekexperiment modules, including one module for level 0 and two options for each of the other levels.In the following
Paper ID #34697Teaching GD&T Fundamentals in the Course Design of Machine ElementsDr. Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor, Ph.D., PE., Mechanical Engineering Program, School of Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 617-989-4223, Email: Lex@wit.edu, Specialization in Computer- Aided Design, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Design, Solid Mechanics and Engi- neering ReliabilityProf. Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Anthony W. Duva An Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department at
design education. She has published over 20 research and pedagogical journal and conference articles. She codirects the Biodesign Program in Rehabilitation Engineering at UCF. She received the 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award at UCF.Dr. Ricardo Zaurin P.E., University of Central Florida Dr. Zaurin is an Associate Lecturer for the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction En- gineering at the University of Central Florida. His research is dedicated to High Impact Teaching and Learning Practices, Active Learning, Experiential Learning, Project-Based Homework, Adaptive Learn- ing, e-portfolios, and Blended Instruction. In Fall 2013 he created IDEAS (Interdisciplinary Display for Engineering
notseeking help, and they would turn it over to the red side when they needed help. This served twoadditional purposes – one was that they could continue to work on a different problem whilewaiting for help, and second, was that it also alleviated the anxiety of introverted groups.Several times during the semester, the free-response questions were replaced by short in-classprojects which they would start using MATLAB programming and outlined for a post-classactivity. Examples of such problems include a) computing the length of a curve drawn using a sewing-ruler-flexible curve on an engineering graph paper, b) finding the volume occupied by a complex-shaped three-dimensional object such as a champagne glass via only
, Measurement, and Statistics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Statics Recitation Course (Work In Progress)Abstract:This work in progress paper describes the development and implementation of a StaticsRecitation Course designed to improve both the passing rate in a fundamental class and studentretention in the engineering program. The recitation’s effectiveness will be measured bycomparing the passing rate of Statics students who participated with those who did notparticipate in the recitation. This will be achieved by collecting data through a baseline periodwhen the course is not yet
, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives.A question pertinent to any engineering educator is, “Where, when and how do we satisfy thisoutcome?” As an example of this, Sangelkar et al [2] surveyed faculty in their mechanicalengineering program to identify teaming experiences throughout their curriculum. They found anumber of courses with collaborative learning experiences, projects staffed by multiple students,and some degree of instruction in teaming, but conclude that the teaming experience in acurriculum can contain significant gaps.One of the challenges of teamworking is finding the time to provide instructor guidance withinthe scheduled classroom time. Some of the key issues to be addressed in teaming instruction arenoted in [3] and [4
activities are essentially nolonger possible. Mechanical Engineering Design (i.e., Machine Design) at California StateUniversity Chico normally facilitates a semester-long design and fabrication project to givestudents a real-world engineering experience. As an alternative, this paper considers theeffectiveness and benefit of focusing on the documentation and presentation of engineeringanalysis and design work rather than hands-on projects. In a series of activity assignments,students are required to compose short technical reports which document their engineeringanalysis in professional form. Each subsequent assignment had an increased level of analysiscomplexity and documentation which related to the course material. A mid-semester survey
Engineering Department at Utah Valley University. She re- ceived her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering fields, Embedded Systems De- sign, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Nanotechnology, Data Mining and Databases. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Writing Triggers to Implement Business Rules in a Relational DatabaseAbstractOrganizations have many business rules (constraints) to implement in their daily operations. Thisis done mainly by action assertions traditionally implemented in procedural logic buried
. Betterunderstanding the relation between moral intuitions and ethical reasoning among an understudiedpopulation allows for the possibility of crafting more effective ethics education.MethodParticipantsParticipants were undergraduate engineering students enrolled in the course “Global EngineeringEthics” (GEE), at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute(UM-SJTU JI). The UM-SJTU JI is a US-Chinese educational institute founded in 2006 andlocated in the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. It offers BS,MS, and PhD degrees in engineering, and has ABET accredited programs in mechanicalengineering and electrical and computer engineering. To partially fulfill ABET student outcomesrelated to ethics, the UM
- oping novel materials and patterns for advanced light trapping in solar cells. Lyndsey has worked on a variety of space solar cell-related programs including thin film and organic cell development and dura- bility studies. She is currently the Principle Investigator on a research effort to develop perovskite solar cells for space. Outside of the lab, Lyndsey is dedicated to increasing opportunities for underrepresented individuals in STEM fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #32857Dr. Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Washington
theirdispositional components and to competency development. Similarly, we suggest programdevelopment work exploring the integration of these (and related) virtues into E/C programs anddevelopment of best practices for assessing effectiveness. Lastly, identifying these core virtueshighlights the need to raise the level of analysis in which our students engage, to address thegoals of engineering and the capacity of engineers to practice engineering in a way that promoteshuman flourishing [35].References[1] J. Annas, Intelligent Virtue. Oxford Press, 2011.[2] E. Pikkarainen, “Competence as a Key Concept of Educational Theory: A Semiotic Point of View,” J. Philos. Educ., vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 621–636, Nov. 2014, doi: 10.1111/1467- 9752.12080.[3
their third year of undergraduatestudy. During these introductory courses, students report the study of fluid mechanics as abstract,relying on difficult mathematical concepts, and presenting only uninteresting problems that lackconnection to real-world engineering challenges and applications [1]. Notably, researchers havereported that students’ experiences in introductory fluid mechanics courses relate to a negativeperspective shift in their perceptions toward the field [2]. Taken together, these observationssuggest that there is a need to involve students in fluid mechanics activities earlier, and withauthentic and interesting curricula for the purpose of garnering interest and intuition in the topicof fluid mechanics. Flow
, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1999. [3] C. Forsberg, "A Student Centered Senior Capstone Project In Heat Exchanger Design," in ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004. [4] G. J. Michna and T. Letcher, "Desiging 3-D Printed Heat Exchangers in a Senior- level Thermal Systems Course," in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, 2018. 15[5] J. J. Elmer and D. A. Kraut, "3-D Printing and Arduino in the Chemical Engineering Classroom: Protein Structures, Heat Exchangers, and Flow Cells," in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, 2018.[6] ABET , "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs," 2019.[7] R. M. Marra and T
Paper ID #33068Remote Versus In-Class Active Learning Exercises for an UndergraduateCourse in Fluid MechanicsMr. John Michael Cotter, University of South Florida John M. Cotter is a Philosophical Doctorate candidate at the University of South Florida. He began his career by attaining a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He continued his career through employment as an engineer at Freeport-McMoRan, a copper mining com- pany. Through his employment at Freeport, he attained roles of gradually increasing importance, starting as Mechanical Engineering Intern and finishing as a