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Stephen Pierson; Josh Goss; Han Hu

machining toolpath simulations the student generates in Fusion 360and the manufacturer’s simulator are error-free and won’t cause damage to the tool or mill. Otherpain points the course may experience early in its life include a steep learning curve with Fusion360, compiling sufficient multi-media material, and establishing appropriate final project timeallotment, milestones, and design specifications. These potential problems may be resolved as theymight arise although it will almost certainly take a couple of years for the course to fully mature.ConclusionIn accordance with the need to reconcile the hiring needs of industry with mechanical engineeringcurricula, introducing a CAM/CNC course would fill a hole in mechanical engineering educationby

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Christy Dunlap; Jeff Pummill; Han Hu

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Infusing High-Performance Computing and Machine Learning in Mechanical Engineering Education Christy Dunlap1, Jeff Pummill2, Han Hu1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 727012 Arkansas High Performance Computing Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractThis paper presents the integration of parallel computing into engineering education. This paperwill discuss the role of scientific computing in molecular dynamics simulations, densityfunctional theory simulations, and deep learning model training. It is becoming more critical

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Sara E. Wilson

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Developing Community and Research Experience In A Freshman Mechanical Engineering Programming Course Sara E. Wilson Mechanical Engineering, University of KansasAbstractIn this paper, group research projects in a freshman Mechanical Engineering programmingcourse are examined as a method to better integrate and engage first-generation students and togenerate interest in research and research careers. First-generation students have been found tohave an achievement gap, possibly due to social isolation and a lack of cultural capital. Creatingproject groups that maintain connection and

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Pavel Navitski; Elena Gregg; Robert Leland; Viktar Taustyka; Andrzej Gawlik

COVIDbecame a common word. Some lost family members. During 2021-2022 it was much moredifficult to motivate students and keep them on schedule with projects. The difference in studentengagement from the pandemic year before was very noticeable. In this paper we describe someof the approaches and individual experiences of teaching engineering courses during thepandemic reported by faculty from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK USA) and WestPomeranian University of Technology (Szczecin, Poland). Due to the diversity of cultural andgraphic features of the universities represented, the materials of this article can be used byfaculty at a wide variety of institutions.KeywordsTeaching, Pandemic, Engineering, Online PlatformIntroductionOral Roberts

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Mohamed Adawi; Landon Perdue; Robert A. Fleming

cementationof particulate soils on glass surfaces, molecular dynamics simulations of dislocations innanostructures, and first-principles density functional theory calculations of surface phenomena.At A-State, he is primarily responsible for the upper-level machine design/mechanical systemdesign course sequence, as well as undergraduate materials science electives and graduate-levelsolid mechanics. He is also the faculty sponsor for A-State’s ASME Human Powered VehicleCompetition (HPVC) team. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Dan Kilula; Mohamed Adawi; Shivan Haran

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Design of a Robotics Learning Kit incorporating Computer Vision Dan Kilula, Mohamed Adawi, and Shivan Haran Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arkansas State UniversityAbstract Computer vision is the branch of computer science that focuses on the understanding,analysis, and processing of images and videos by computers. Along with robotics, computervision is used to automate tasks in automotive, manufacturing, and numerous other industriesgiving rise to intelligent systems. This is especially useful as the need for increased automationin warehouses and industries has risen steeply. A python-based computer vision

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Gerardo Urdaneta; Jacob Crawford; Andres Dewendt; Zuhanee Khan; Kyle McMillan; Christopher Meyers; Seyed Ehsan Hosseini

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Evaluation of a Hybrid Copter Drone Using Hydrogen fuel cell and Batteries Gerardo Urdaneta, Jacob Crawford, Andres Dewendt, Zuhanee Khan, Kyle McMillan, Christopher Meyers, and Seyed Ehsan Hosseini Senior Research Assistant, Junior Research Assistant, Senior Research Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant, Junior Research Assistant, Senior Research Assistant, and Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringAbstract Copter drone use has been a steady increase over the last couple of decades. The mainobstacle that has slowed down the widespread use of these systems has been their limited flighttime. This research paper will focus on

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David C. Jensen; James A. Davis Jr.

for the same course, during both in-person and remotepresentations of the course. This data was collected to evaluate the impact of remote and in-personlearning and the exam format which support effective assessment while maintaining integrity standards.Like most Universities in the US, the University of Arkansas transitioned to remote learning formats inresponse to the Covid-19 pandemic. This led to additional stress on both instructors and students to adaptestablished teaching, learning, and assessment strategies. The Solid Dynamics course discussed in thispaper is taught as a required course at the Sophomore level in the Mechanical Engineering Departmentat the University of Arkansas. Prior to moving the course to remote learning, the

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Nanziri E. Kayondo; Shreya Vemuganti

in cement MWCNTs in the past [6].MWCNTs have also been proven to improve the mechanical properties of cement paste, andhence would not affect the cement integrity [9]. To build on the existing research showing thedemonstration of a band gap, this paper takes it a step further by performing computersimulations to show the behavior of these band gap materials under different conditions. Westudy the effect of filling fraction on the size and number of band gaps, and determine theoptimal filling fraction. After determining this optimal design, we analyze the effect of topologyon the wave transmission. We demonstrate not only the effects on the band gap, but alsodemonstrate the concept of wave guiding by topology optimization. Lastly, we study

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Amanda Williams; Hari Pandey; Han Hu

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Microscopic and Video-Based Optical Techniques in Engineering Education Amanda Williams, Hari Pandey, and Han Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractThis paper explores the advantages of the integration of microscopic and video-based opticaltechniques into engineering education. Courses involving instrument training, such as Lab I, couldhelp to provide first-year students with the ability to analyze images and videos to obtain highlyprecise data. This student paper explores video-based optical systems and a modular zoom lenssystem that

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Jackson Marsh; Christy Dunlap; Stephen Pierson; Han Hu

research interests lie in the applications of materials science and advancedmanufacturing techniques. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceHan HuHan Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universityof Arkansas. He leads the Nano Energy and Data-Driven Discovery (NED3) Laboratory and hisresearch interests cover experimental characterization and multi-scale modeling of two-phaseheat transfer enhancement on micro-/nano-structured surfaces, immersion cooling of powerelectronics, diffusion kinetics in high-entropy alloys, and multimodal data fusion. © American Society for Engineering

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Laura P. Ford

 is equal to one. This lecture material was intended to seed the students with © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceassumptions for the analysis which may or may not apply to the experiment, primarily theassumption of no forced convection.Methods & ResultsIn the experiment, the professor opened a bottle of body splash and set it on a table at the front ofthe classroom. The students were asked to record the elapsed time to when they smelled thebody splash. After some time spent on other activities while the body splash diffused across theroom, the professor collected the times from the students, estimated the distances from the

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Charles Baukal; Christopher Langley

is brittle and the thicker the pasta the more brittle it is. Pasta with arectangular cross section is flexible when bent perpendicular to the longer dimension andrelatively inflexible when bent perpendicular to the short dimension.Pasta is an inexpensive material that can be used to demonstrate ultimate strength in bendingwhich is defined as the maximum strain a material can endure before fracturing. On thesignificance of this phenomenon, Heisser et al. (2018) write, “Understanding and controllingfracture dynamics remain one of the foremost theoretical and practical challenges in materialscience and physics” [7]. Bucciarelli (2003) [8] has posted online the directions including thetheory for the lab discussed here which has been one of the

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Sohrab Asgarpoor; Amanda Bergeron-Bauer; Eric Einspahr

grade in the course.The second strategy revealed that these students have an equal rate of succeeding in Calculus Ion their next attempt. Another early alert system was implemented in a Mechanics of Materialscourse [6]. The model developed a method for detecting students at risk of failing and helpingthem plan proactive approaches to be successful. It also predicted the performance of thestudents with exceptional accuracy. In a 2021 study [7], a comparison of students who completedproactive intervention behavior modules revealed a significant correlation between the numberof modules completed and the final grade obtained in the course.The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impact of an Early Alert & InterventionSystem

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Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

the laboratory environment of Invista. The students did comment that morecompanies related to their specific backgrounds, such as pharmaceuticals and other applicationsfalling closer to bio or mechanical engineering, would also have been appreciated. Regardless,final meeting feedback showed the exposure to the professional industry environment was apositive influence on the desire of the REM students to enter STEM fields.Both the students and the program managers were pleased with the outcome of the finalpresentations and reports. Figure 2 contains a collection of results obtained by the REU and REMstudents. As previously discussed, the efforts taken to provide the students time to practice andrefine both products were initially stressful for

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Dominic Halsmer; Chris Jacob; Josiah Kessler; Jasmin Marko

perspectives on origins might be reconciled.Admittedly, this seems like a lot of material to cover in a single two-hour lab class, especiallysince much discussion is anticipated, and encouraged. But the idea is to introduce the students tothese issues, while providing plenty of sources for further information on each topic. In additionto the above objectives, one of the primary goals of this unit is to help students approach suchcontroversial subjects with an open and objective mindset that enables respectful and friendlydiscussion with those who may come to different conclusions. This is the idea behind the lastlearning objective.Each of these learning objectives can translate to some degree into the elementary, middleschool, and high school learning

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Alexa G. Moreno; Thomas W. Smith; Edgar C. Clausen

in the classroom. Almost all of theexperiments were constructed from scrap materials or materials that were readily available inmost engineering machine shops. One of these experiments investigated the heat transfer froman upward facing horizontal flat plate by free convection [5]. The experiment gave reasonable 𝑊𝑊 𝑊𝑊results (hEXP = 8 𝑚𝑚2 𝐾𝐾 vs. hCORR = 5.6𝑚𝑚2 𝐾𝐾 ) but the aluminum plate utilized in the experimentalwork was a bit heavy and cumbersome in size (45.7 cm x 30.5 cm x 3.8 cm, weighing 14.4 kg),while the heat-up time in an insulated box using a hair dryer was too long (nearly an hour) andthe cool down time was also a bit too long (over an hour) to easily accomplish the experiment ina

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Yang-Seon Kim; Keren Tshimanga

ASU Mentorship 360. Authors appreciate Dr. Gu to encourage hisstudents to participate this PBL activityReferences[1] D. Garcia-Garcia, N. Montanes, L. Quiles-Carrillo, J. Ivorra-Martínez, and R. Sanchis, “IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING METHODOLOGY IN THE ‘MATERIALS. DESIGN AND RESTYLING’ SUBJECT,” Online Conference, Mar. 2021, pp. 9883–9891. doi: 10.21125/inted.2021.2057.[2] A. Yousuf, M. Mustafa, and A. De La Cruz, “Project Based Learning,” in 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Louisville, Kentucky, Jun. 2010, p. 15.996.1- 15.996.8. doi: 10.18260/1-2--16081.[3] S. Krishnan and M. R. Nalim, “Project Based Learning In Introductory Thermodynamics,” in 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition