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Mary M McCall M.A., University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

indicating strong approval on the following statements regarding a teammember: contributed sufficient time and effort; properly communicated regarding attendancematters; communicated ideas and perspective in meetings; delivered work in a timely manner;delivered quality written work.ENGR 1021 – Intermediate Graphics and Computer Aided Design - Students continue to peerreview projects that include an assembly team assignment and producing/presenting graphicsposters based on raw data. Their assembly design project is done in groups of three and includesa reflection on team contributions.ENGR 3720 – Mechanics of Materials Lab – Students work alone, with a partner, and in teams toproduce reports that describe the material tests conducted. With team

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Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University; Sumaiya Benta Nasir, Grand Valley State University

parameter plays a pivotal rolein shaping the microstructure, crystallinity, and stress distribution within the part, ultimatelyaffecting its mechanical properties.Optimization of injection molding parameters is crucial for achieving the desired mechanicalproperties and minimizing defects in ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) and PP(Polypropylene) materials. Each parameter plays a significant role in shaping the microstructure,crystallinity, and stress distribution within the injection-molded part, ultimately affecting itsperformance and durability.In this study, a 2.5-inch length, 2.5-inch width, and 1.5-inch height of a 0.05-inch thickness of ahollow part is simulated suing Moldex3D software. A total of eight separate individualsimulations were

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Christopher Joseph Gioia; Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #45027Determining Student Self-Efficacy as Engineers Through a Multi-CohortMechanical Engineering Design ProjectChristopher Joseph GioiaMr. Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University Louis Christensen is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Slippery Rock University. His teaching interests include the thermal fluid sciences along with machine design. Louis studies the effect of design based learning on students engineering perceptions, and competence in addition to convective heat transfer in gas turbine engines. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

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Bilal Alhawamdeh, Western Michigan University; M Muchson; Ahmad Mohammad Rasheed Al-Bodour, Western Michigan University

number Civil and Construction Engineering CE 10 Chemical and Paper Engineering ChE 13 Computer Engineering and Electrical CEE 14 Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems DME 13 Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management IM 7 Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering MAE 41 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for

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Reza Harirforoush, Cleveland State University

, with the legs 3D printed using CAD software. Thisproject serves as a tangible demonstration of the real-world applications of an integratedengineering problem, encompassing kinematics, programming, electrical systems, andmanufacturing – all which students learned and practiced throughout a semester. In Figure 2, an automatic food cutter designed for both the food industry and household use isillustrated. After trial and error in the design process, the students opted for a vertically orientedcrank-slider mechanism. To enhance efficiency and capability, students recommended potentialimprovements, such as changing materials or using a cam and follower to move the blade insteadof linkages. The students note that their problem-solving skills

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Omar Ahmed Al-Shebeeb, West Virginia University; Thomas Guy Azinger, West Virginia University

M.S. and B.S. degrees in Production (Manufacturing) Engineering from the Production and Metallurgy Engineering Department at the University of Technology, Iraq. Dr. Al-Shebeeb was working as an As- sistant Professor (2011-2013) and Instructor (2007-2009) at the University of Diyala, Iraq. He had taught several courses in the mechanical, production, and manufacturing engineering fields. His areas of re- search interest are Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) and Design Efficiency, productivity improvement, advanced manufacturing, and technologies, Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing, and CAD/CAM/CIM/CIE systems and applications. Dr. Al-Shebeeb has been teaching more several gradu- ate and undergraduate

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Michael Patrick Hayes, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: hayesm33@msu.edu Geoffrey Recktenwald Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: gdr@msu.edu Rebecca Anthony Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824

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Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University

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Paper ID #44594Impact of Mentoring and Skills Sessions on Student ProfessionalPreparationDr. Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University Dr. Cavalli is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Impact of Mentoring and Skills Sessions on Student Professional Preparation Matthew N. Cavalli College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Joseph Carpenter Sheils, Marshall University; David A Dampier, Marshall University; Haroon Malik, Marshall University

corpus by using anembedding approach. Building on the mechanisms of Doc2Vec and Word2Vec, Top2Vec createsword, document, and topic vectors together in high-dimensional space.22,23 After finding clustersof documents, a topic is represented by the word vectors closest to the center of a document cluster,in contrast to the c-TF-IDF technique used in BERTopic.Among topic modeling techniques, Top2Vec provides exceptional search functionality, such as theability to (1) query topics: input any sequence of text and Top2Vec returns the topics closest to it,(2) search documents by topic: input a topic and Top2Vec returns the documents closest to it, (3)search topics: input a list of keywords and Top2Vec returns a choice of either the most similar orthe

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Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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student’s responses, providing feedback to one team after aproject update presentation using the feedback form: “FAA regulations have a significant impact on the ability of schools to train new aviation mechanics. However, there are initiatives to solve the problem. It is necessary to continue studying the effects of each of them from the perspective of the FAA. The analysis carried out by the team members is very important because they allowed me to understand the problem from the FAA perspective by applying the concepts covered in this course”.Instructor PerspectiveIt is my experience in this course that while the course material is interesting on its own, thestudents seem to be more engaged when the material is applied to current

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Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University; Josh Wiseman, Ohio Northern University

is a prerequisite course in most engineering disciplines, including mechanical, civil,aeronautical, and even bioengineering.1 It is imperative that educators are equipped with the beststrategies that will improve student learning outcomes for Statics topics, which get built upon inother courses like Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials. Danielson and Hinks explored Staticseducators’ perceptions on the most important Statics skills and their estimated student masterylevels. A skill inventory was created using a multi-step Delphi process involving almost 20educators. They found that on a scale of 1-10, the skill “construct a correct free-body diagram ofa 3-dimensional “real world” situation” had an average reported importance of 10.2

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Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem, Marshall University

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Marshall University Huntington, WV 25705 ferdjallah@marshall.edu, asad.salem@marshall.edu AbstractThe objective of this study is to design a framework that allows undergraduate students, regardlessof their technical expertise, to actively participate in researching complex interdisciplinaryengineering projects. To illustrate this objective, we designed a framework focusing on modelingand simulating the settling of coal fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants. This studyfocuses on coal burning, aiming to raise awareness among future students about the

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Elizabeth Ann Thompson, Purdue University Fort Wayne

with this platform. They described the powerful capabilities of CASPOC toperform simulations and animations of power converter circuits enabling visualization, forexample, of how a motor starts to rotate. They further describe how CASPOC can be integratedwith other software packages to provide even more powerful analysis. Interfacing CASPOC withMATLAB/Simulink Control Toolbox enables creating system models of electric machines anddrives. Coupling CASPOC with ANSYS provides capability for solving electromagnetic, thermaland mechanical resonance effects. While recognizing the multiple benefits of simulation andanimation, they conclude that these are not a substitute for an actual laboratory exercise.In their power electronics laboratory

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Nicholas Brown, Western Michigan University; Johan Fanas Rojas, Western Michigan University; Alyssa K. Moon, Western Michigan University; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University; Pritesh Yashaswi Patil, Western Michigan University; Parth Kadav, Western Michigan University; Kira Hamelink, Western Michigan University; Wendy R. Swalla, Western Michigan University; Zachary D. Asher, Western Michigan University

interdisciplinary collaboration.Students from various majors such as mechanical engineering (ME), aerospace engineering,(AE), electrical engineering (EE), civil engineering (CE), and CS are encouraged to share theirexpertise, fostering an environment of peer-to-peer learning. This approach not only enhancesthe learning experience but also closely mirrors the collaborative nature of the professional AVengineering field. Additionally, the curriculum includes comprehensive hands-on labs that alignwith the course material and the group projects, ensuring that theoretical knowledge iscomplemented by practical application. These projects are integral to the course, offeringstudents the opportunity to work on real-world AV problems and develop solutions as a

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Aiden James Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Kerzmann began his career as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Robert Morris University which afforded him the opportunity to research, teach, and advise in numerous engineering roles. He served as the mechanical coordinator for the RMU Engineering Department for six years, and was the Director of Outreach for the Research and Outreach Center in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. In 2019, Dr. Kerzmann joined the Me- chanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS) department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the advising coordinator and associate professor in the MEMS department, where he positively engages with numerous mechanical

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John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati

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, American Society for Engineering Education 4 3. Robot’s appearance • Overall appearance – size / dimensions / materials – is described. described. • Specific attachments / appendages and their purposes are explained. • The reader can envision what the robot looks like. 4. Robot’s operation• Basic operation and control mechanisms are clear. explained • Student’s control of robot is described. • How robot functioned to complete various tasks is clear. 5. How did the robot• Student’s and robot’s performance of required tasks is

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Omar H Albalawi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center , University of Tabuk; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University

ASEE North Central Section Conference 2Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educationliterature review The literature review covers various studies that emphasize the importance of integratingvarious engineering disciplines, the role of project-based learning, and the benefits oftransdisciplinary knowledge in engineering education. A recent study [3] discuss the importance of integrating different engineering disciplinesin biomedical education. Traditionally, students learn subjects like mechanics, electronics, andprogramming separately and this makes them miss how these subjects connect to each other. Toaddress this challenge, the authors redesigned the curriculum at the

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Matthew R Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon University; Haoyong Lan, Carnegie Mellon University

standards workshop. Courses of interesttended to involve engineering research projects, product design, and capstone courses. As thereview of the curricula was aligned with recent course instructors, a short list of engineeringprofessors was identified for scenario ideation.The results of outreach to engineering faculty in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering,civil/environmental engineering, electrical/computer engineering, materials science/engineering,and mechanical engineering were encouraging. Three of the six departments that were contactedreplied in less than a week. Two of the replies indicated an assurance that instructors wouldconvey the opportunity to their students. One offered a new challenge to the effort - what if thestudents

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Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem; Yousef Sardahi, Marshall University

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biomedical sciences. He has successfully published several peer-reviewed articles in biomedical sciences, physical medicine and rehabilitation, modeling and simulation of physiological signals, motion analysis, and engineering.Asad SalemDr. Yousef Sardahi, Marshall University Dr. Yousef Sardahi, an Associate Professor at Marshall University’s Mechanical and Industrial Engi- neering Department, completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Merced, in 2016. His research primarily focuses on control system design and multi-objective optimization. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Curriculum Design for Wind and Solar Energy Education Mohammed Ferdjallah1

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Claudia M Fajardo, Western Michigan University; Ghazal Rajabikhorasani, Western Michigan University

Paper ID #44637Revisiting Undergraduate Student Engagement Through Hands-On Labora-toryActivitiesDr. Claudia M Fajardo, Western Michigan UniversityGhazal Rajabikhorasani, Western Michigan University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Revisiting Undergraduate Student Engagement in Hands-On Laboratory Activities Ghazal Rajabikhorasani Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49009 Email

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Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University; Samantha (Sami Bortz

mechanisms of heat transfer,design generation and selection using sustainable processes and materials, collaboratingeffectively in an engineering team, and technical discussion of the designs. Students wererequired to generate two concepts, one that prioritized performance, and another that prioritizedcost and ease of implementation. Students presented their work in a written report as part of theiroverall summative assessment and through an oral presentation to the MC director. Overall,student project learning outcomes were achieved, and observations were noted that influencedcourse improvements. This work will be expanded in the future to assess educational outcomesand student perceptions of the projects, as well as extend the projects to a

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Omar Ahmed Al-Shebeeb, West Virginia University

Department for four years. Dr. Al-Shebeeb obtained his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Production (Manufacturing) Engineering from the Production and Metallurgy Engineering Department at the University of Technology, Iraq. Dr. Al-Shebeeb was working as an As- sistant Professor (2011-2013) and Instructor (2007-2009) at the University of Diyala, Iraq. He had taught several courses in the mechanical, production, and manufacturing engineering fields. His areas of re- search interest are Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) and Design Efficiency, productivity improvement, advanced manufacturing, and technologies, Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing, and CAD/CAM/CIM/CIE systems and applications. Dr. Al-Shebeeb has been

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Kevin Stinnette, Lawrence Technological University; George Pappas, Lawrence Technological University

itsweight, the center of gravity location, and the longitudinal and lateral (roll and pitch) moments ofinertia, as well as the relationship of these moments to the mass around the lateral axis. 1In contrast, the unsprung mass consists of components not supported by the suspension springs,such as the rims, tires, and control arms. A lighter unsprung mass responds more quickly to terrainchanges, resulting in improved traction and steering due to better contact with the terrain. 1 Figure 1: Quarter of Vehicle Sprung and Unsprung Representation“A vehicle suspension system is made of four main components: mechanism, spring, shockabsorber, and bushings”.2 Mechanisms of a suspension are all the components that physicallyconnect a wheel

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Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

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movement is having a positive impact on student performance and retention.MethodInstitutionAll data was collected from a mid-size public comprehensive university in the state of Michigan.This regionally accredited university serves approximately 19,000 undergraduate students and3,000 graduate students. The institution has an engineering department with more than 40 full-time faculty members serving approximately 2,000 students. Within the engineering department,students may earn a bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, mechanical, biomedical, productdesign and manufacturing, or interdisciplinary engineering. As part of the first-year sequence, allengineering students are required to complete and pass (grade of C or higher) an

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Promothes Saha, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Paper ID #44563Advancing Engineering Education with a Comprehensive and ContinuousCourse Assessment FrameworkDr. Promothes Saha, Purdue University Fort Wayne ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Advancing Engineering Education with a Comprehensive and Continuous Course Assessment Framework Promothes Saha Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Purdue University – Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN-46845

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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where this study is being conducted. With overseven years of experience in teaching and research in engineering education, the researcher nowserves as the course's instructor and coordinator within the research setting.Setting of the study This study is conducted at a public university in the northeastern region of Indiana,United States. The FYE program plays a crucial role in introducing fundamental engineeringconcepts for all new engineering students across the four engineering programs (computer,electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering) in two core engineering courses, the EngineeringFundamentals I (ENGR127) and II (ENGR128). Each engineering fundamentals course includesa lecture, a project studio, and a computer lab component

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Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University

alone.Point 2: Master’s topicA nice feature in many engineering curriculums is a general engineering course where studentscan experience different engineering fields in their first year of study. Many students think theylike the idea of engineering, but don’t really know what an engineer does or what the differentdisciplines are. Many can identify Computer and Mechanical engineering don’t know aboutchemical, aerospace, industrial or Product Design and Manufacturing engineering. After thesecond year of study, students must commit to an area of engineering they prefer. Even afterthis, students change their mind as they learn more about each program.In the 3rd or 4th year, as graduation gets closer, is a student ready to select an area to master?What is