Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin; Jeffrey Swab, United States Military Academy

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Materials

AC 2009-966: A SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVE, DEMONSTRATION OF POLYMERICMECHANICAL BEHAVIORLanny Griffin,Jeffrey Swab, United States Military Academy Page 14.104.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Simple, Yet Effective, Demonstration of Polymeric Mechanical BehaviorAbstractDeveloping an appreciation for the mechanical behavior of polymers materials in a lecture modecan be challenging for students if they have not had the benefit of a laboratory experience. Wehave developed a simple demonstration of thermoplastic polymeric behavior using low-densitypolyethylene bags. The demonstration illustrates strengthening, rate effects

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Rowshan, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Materials

’ have designed, rapid prototyped, cast, and tested alink in the laboratory portion of a materials and manufacturing course. A portion of this activitywas described originally in a 2005 ASEE Conference paper. The activity has been used forseveral years in the laboratory portion of the course and it has been very successful. However,one question that comes to mind is May we compare cast mechanical properties with those ofwrought properties for similar alloys. During lecture, comparisons of wrought and cast propertiesare frequently made, and it is shown that ratio of wrought to cast properties is frequently greaterthan one. To date, the direct comparison has not been done in this course. Using the studentdesigned solid models, it is possible to

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Habib Sadid, Idaho State University; Richard Wabrek, Idaho State University

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Mechanics

AC 2009-2214: A NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING MECHANICS OFMATERIALSHabib Sadid, Idaho State UniversityRichard Wabrek, Idaho State University Page 14.71.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A New Approach to Teaching Mechanics of MaterialsAbstractMechanics of materials is one the most fundamental topics in a number of engineeringdisciplines including civil and mechanical. This course introduces concepts associated with thebehavior of elastic solids subject to applied loads and provides tools for the analysis and designof structural and machine components. The number of equations introduced in this course islimited; however, the importance of these equations in

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

AC 2009-1685: HANDS-ON LAB DEMONSTRATION TO TEACH HOWMECHANICAL PROPERTIES CHANGE DUE TO COLD WORKING ANDRECRYSTALLIZATIONDaniel Magda, Weber State University Page 14.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Hands on Lab Demonstration to Teach how Mechanical Properties Change Due to Cold Working and RecrystallizationAbstractLaboratories that employ hands-on demonstration to change material properties play animportant role in understanding why materials are selected for different design specifications.Engineering students take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite elementanalysis and capstone senior projects. These courses require

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University

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Materials

AC 2009-1002: SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTIONSomnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University Page 14.1046.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Selection of Materials for ConstructionABSTRACT A systematic way of selecting materials for construction of buildings has been presented.This involves a study of relevant physical and mechanical properties, and how the deflectionsand stresses are related to the applied loads. The strength and stiffness characteristics are thenused to determine the composite parameters based on mechanical properties and these arethen input to a computerized database to facilitate the selection process. It is shown

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2009-294: TEACHING MANY SECTIONS OF MATERIALS SCIENCELABORATORYSurendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of Materials Science & Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY). He is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Mechanics, Computational Techniques, and Materials Science. Page 14.1143.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching many sections of

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

dinnerware. Each student selected one application for analysis. A tech memo was therequired deliverable with emphasis on supporting information from the CES EDUPack software.The assignment questions were as follows. 1) What are the normal uses of this product or component? What are the normal operating conditions in terms of temperature, loadings, impacts, corrosive media, and so on? Are there any unusual extremes?1 2) What are the major properties or characteristics that the material must possess in order for the product to function?1 Specifically, identify the physical and mechanical properties needed for the functionality of your product. Use CES to help you identify reasonable choices of materials

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Christiansen, Brigham Young University; Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young Univeristy; Gaurab Paudel, Brigham Young University

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Mechanics

University in 2002. He currently serves as the undergraduate coordinator in the department. His research efforts focus on pavements and materials.Gaurab Paudel, Brigham Young University Gaurab Paudel is an undergraduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University and a teaching assistant in the Engineering Mechanics Instructional Laboratory. Page 14.522.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Efficient Teaching of Elementary Engineering Mechanics CoursesAbstractElementary Engineering Mechanics classes (i.e. Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials)provide an

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong, University of Arkansas; William Springer, University of Arkansas

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Mechanics

institution where the authors teach in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, thecourse MEEG 4103 Machine Element Design is a course for mainly seniors in the curriculum.The specified prerequisite to this course is MEEG 3013 Mechanics of Materials. In MachineElement Design, we explain and emphasize the theories of failure resulting from either staticloading or fatigue (i.e., dynamic loading) as well as the design of components commonly used inmodern machines.The tension test is uniaxial (i.e., “simple”) and elongations are largest in the axial direction;therefore, strains and stresses can be measured and inferred up to “failure.” However, the state ofstress at a point of a machine component is usually not “simple.” Today the generally

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Wadzuk, Villanova University; David Dinehart, Villanova University; Edward Glynn, Villanova University; Shawn Gross, Villanova University; Frank Hampton, Villanova University

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Mechanics

courses. While many concepts that comprisetraditional courses must remain the same, the supplemental topics can evolve and thepresentation of the material must be updated to address the ever-changing environment theundergraduate student encounters. The Villanova University Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, as part of their continuous improvement program, has undertakenthe task to rethink its mechanics curriculum. Instead of looking at individual courses as a whole,a methodology that evaluates the individual topics within a curriculum was used and is describedherein.Essentially a Body of Knowledge (BOK) is developed that is targeted towards rethinking acurriculum at the course, discipline, and department levels. The methodology’s

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

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Materials

teaching approaches for introductory MSE classes.IntroductionIntroductory Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is a required course for engineeringstudents from fields which include materials, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,aerospace engineering, and chemical engineering. For students to be successful in the course andas engineers, they must develop an understanding of the basis for a material's macroscaleproperties. This requires an intuitive awareness of a material's structural, nanoscale, andmicroscale features and their influence on macroscopic properties. However, achieving this goalis a significant conceptual challenge that confronts all levels of learners in developing usefulmental models1 that link the concrete

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Materials

valves cannot keep pace with the commands ofthe computerized controllers.MR fluid, can “cycle” at a rate of 200 times per second. As a result, this technology willallow devices that can operate instantly and without mechanical valves. Increasedproductivity and better product quality through more dependable and responsiveautomated equipment is just a small part of what this maturing technology can deliver.The presentation will be followed by an actual demonstration of the materialexperiment and an opportunity for participants to actively engage this extraordinarysubstance.Student ActivityThis activity will be useful to students studying material technology as well as thoseinvolved in industrial power transmission, automation, and process control

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Crisca Bierwert, University of Michigan; Lindsay Shuller, University of Michigan

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Materials

AC 2009-1382: LEVERAGING SCREEN CASTS TO STRATEGICALLY CLARIFYUNCLEAR MATERIAL-SCIENCE CONCEPTSTershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan Tershia Pinder-Grover is the Assistant Director at the Center for Research on Learning in Teaching (CRLT) at the University of Michigan (U-M). In this role, she is responsible for teacher training for new engineering graduate student instructors (GSIs), consultations with faculty and GSIs on pedagogy, workshops on teaching and learning, and preparing future faculty programs. Prior to joining CRLT, she earned her B.S. degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

yourintroductory materials science course. For you, this course represents one of the last foundationalengineering courses you must complete before you start your major course sequence. Viewedanother way, this course is your gateway to the “real” engineering courses. You are feelingexcited but a bit nervous, anticipating what is sure to be a tough few years of engineeringeducation. You wonder about the students around you, how they did in the “weed out” courses,how smart they are, how far along in the program they may be.Your instructor enters, and all the whispers in the room quickly fall to silence. The instructor isfairly new to the mechanical engineering department, so you have not heard much about histeaching style. He is younger than you expected

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Medlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Deborah Mitchell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Materials

metallurgicalengineering curriculum as a kinesthetic teaching tool will be implemented in several levelsstarting at the sophomore level. The first metallurgical/materials engineering courses availablefor SDSM&T undergraduates are sophomore level courses and they include two concurrentcourses: a 3 credit hour lecture “Properties of Materials” (MET-232) and a 1 credit hourlaboratory “Structure and Properties of Materials Laboratory” (MET-231). The next set ofcourses in the undergraduate curriculum sequence are “Physics of Metals” (MET-330) and the“Physics of Metals Laboratory” (MET-330L), and finally “Mechanical Metallurgy” (MET-440)and the “Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory” (MET-440L). The curriculum modifications tothese lectures and laboratories are

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

infrastructure isfacing with challenging problems of aging metal components. These components are typicallymade out of structural steel and aluminum. This paper discusses development of a new shortcourse which introduces students with basic principles of reengineering design andmanufacturing procedures for aging metal components. Special emphasis is placed on the use oflightweight high strength fiberglass and carbon composites. This course is specifically designedfor the senior/first year graduate students from Mechanical, Civil, Architectural and Industrialengineering departments. Typically students taking this short course have prerequisites includingstrength of materials, machine design and material science. The proposed course will be useful

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-222: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ANINTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICALENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYJungHun Choi, Ohio UniversityWieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, HazletonKenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Page 14.1200.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of Teaching Materials for an Introductory Freshman Courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbstract This paper describes the content of two new introductory freshman courses used both theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs at Penn State. These

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Folz, Virginia Tech; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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Materials

Communications Program for the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM). Concurrent to this appointment, she serves as the publications liaison for MSE and the newsletter editor for ESM. She has an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech and B.A. in English Studies: Language from the University of the Philippines. Prior to her appointment, she was a member of the junior faculty at the University of the Philippines, Department of English and Comparative Literature, where she taught freshman composition and literature, introduction to linguistics, and phonology and morphology.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech Janis Terpenny is an

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

reshaped so that this course also serves asthe fundamental materials engineering component of a new three course sequence within a newminor in materials science. The minor is interdisciplinary so the student audience now includesengineering technology, chemistry, physics, geology, and manufacturing and supply chainmanagement majors.Biomedical devices and case studies, nanoengineering, and bioinspired materials have beenintroduced as focus areas with the intention of improving student learning in fundaments fromcrystal structure, to materials selection based on mechanical properties/design criteria, and tophase transformations. Also, the course content was changed to build student interest while alsofinding new and challenging ways to improve the

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

leads to understanding of materials engineeringand economic concepts. For example, the shape of the liquidus curve on the iron-carbon phasediagram helps explain why cast steels are more expensive to manufacture than cast irons.In this course, students develop graphical skills from lectures, handouts, and assignments. Forexample, students plot their own hardness readings together with an empirically-derived ASTMcurve, then they evaluate how well their data matches the curve. They create phase diagramsfrom alloy data. They create stress-strain diagrams from their own laboratory readings, andcalculate mechanical properties from the results. They learn how to deal with outliers on ahomework assignment. They learn that Excel’s built-in curve-fitting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Corkins, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

of theaccreditation criteria on student learning outcomes3. The first learning outcome of the ABET,Criterion 3 (a), states that, "Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering appropriate to thediscipline"3. Simply stated, this requires that students need to be able to transfer previouslyacquired knowledge and skills to new engineering learning situations and applications.One important subject area taught in a fundamental way in chemistry and in an applied way inengineering is the domain of materials. It is an area of fundamental conceptual knowledge that isapplied to a broad set of disciplines in chemical, mechanical, aerospace, physics and

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Jacquot, University of Wyoming; Jeffrey Anderson, University of Wyoming; David Walrath, University of Wyoming

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Mechanics

Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Mechanical Engineering Departments at the University of Wyoming. Email: janderso@uwyo.eduDavid Walrath, University of Wyoming David Walrath, Ph.D., P.E., earned his BSME and MSME degrees from the University of Wyoming in 1974 and 1975. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1986. He is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wyoming. His interests include solid mechanics and materials modeling and testing with emphasis on the study and use of fiber-reinforced composite materials. E-mail walrath@uwyo.edu

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Dannenhoffer, Syracuse University; Joan Dannenhoffer, State University of New York, Morrisville

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

early and avoid the fruitless efforts that resultfrom errors made during the early parts of a solution. A pilot study has been conducted toquantitatively assess the effectiveness of the new system in helping students successfully solveproblems in Statics; over 65% of the students felt that ARCHIMEDES helped build theirconfidence in solving Statics problems. Additionally, 65% of the students also felt that usingARCHIMEDES would help them improve their grade and half wanted to have it available for theremainder of the semester.IntroductionEngineering mechanics, comprised of Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials, is asequence of lower-division courses that are the first real problem-solving courses that manyengineering students encounter

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1016: THE UBIQUITOUS MICROCONTROLLER IN MECHANICALENGINEERINGMichael Holden, California Maritime Academy Michael Holden is an assistant professor at the California Maritime Academy, a specialized campus of the California State University. He teaches instrumentation and controls. Professor Holden also works as an engineer in the autonomous vehicle field. Page 14.1258.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Ubiquitous Microcontroller in Mechanical EngineeringIntroductionThis paper will describe a project aimed at integrating the teaching of microcontroller skills inseveral classes

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-1955: A TWO-YEAR COMMON TEMPLATE FOR MECHANICALENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYEnrique Barbieri, University of Houston ENRIQUE BARBIERI received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1988. He was on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department (1988-96) and a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department (1996-98) at Tulane University. In 2002 he joined the University of Houston as Professor & Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology. His research interests are in control systems and applications to electromechanical systems. He is a member of IEEE and

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California, Berkeley

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Mechanics

group of people who are arranged in row uponrow of seats looking down upon teacher/actor. When done well, the line between lectures andperformance will, and should, become blurred [10].Greek actors had no difficulty in engaging their listeners because they were presenting anengrossing drama or comedy and the audience was there in order to hear it. Our task is morechallenging because the material often isn’t inherently compelling and exciting. Their audiences Page 14.584.2came voluntarily whereas ours are compelled by graduation requirements. It’s the rare studentwho’ll voluntarily opt for Mechanics of Rigid Bodies over an episode of The Office.Let

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janet Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

diagrams as a mechanism fordescribing and constraining a problem. This ability to abstract and define an idealized problemfrom complex objects in the world or textual descriptions ratchets the engineer's ability to solvethe problem. Sadly, however, students routinely leave this course having learned to "plug andchug" or jump to a mathematical equation without first defining the problem in a diagrammaticform that articulates the underlying principles. This can lead to serious problems in futurecourses as the fundamental approach to engineering problem solving has not been understood orembraced. As a foundational course, difficulties here can impact student academic confidenceresulting in a diminished sense of self-efficacy that is particularly

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-1062: THE USE OF RAPID PROTOTYPE MODELS IN MECHANICALDESIGN COURSESHolly Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Holly K. Ault received her BS, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, 1983 and 1988 respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Company and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was invited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, Department of Design Sciences, Lund

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University; Richard Scott, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

by means of simulation software", Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu - HI, 2007.3. A. Mazzei and R. A. Scott, "Introduction of modern problems into beginning mechanics curricula", Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh - PA, 2008.4. Y. Miyamoto, W. A. Kaysser, B. H. Rabin, A. Kawasaki, and R. G. Ford, Functionally graded materials: design, processing and applications, ed: 1, Springer, 1999.5. I. Y. Kim and O. L. deWeck, "Adaptive weighted-sum method for bi-objective optimization: Pareto front generation", Structural and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, Montana State University

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Mechanical Engineering

) program. Using techniques such as reverseengineering and design-build-test, students will be introduced to general mechanical engineeringtopics such as materials and structures and mechanical design. Integrated within each laboratorymodule are student presentations, curriculum investigation, and potential career opportunities.The success of this new approach will be discussed with regards to higher retention rates ofmechanical engineering students as the program progresses, as well as, student confidence indegree choice, improved understanding of future curriculum and career potential. II. IntroductionEvery university, college, department and program struggles with attracting and retaining newstudents. From this motive, a significant body of