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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

demonstration is a powerful teaching strategy forengineering students. This style of teaching was incorporated into an engineering materialsselection course. Students realize that changing material properties play an important role inunderstanding why materials are selected for different design specifications. Engineeringstudents take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite element analysis andcapstone senior projects. These courses require students to call out and specify the best and leastexpensive material according to some type of chemical, physical or mechanical loadingconditions. Students should understand the way a material behaves in service depends upon itsalloy composition, crystalline structure, manufacturing process and

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samia A. Suliman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1511: SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING TOOLS FOR STATICS ANDSTRENGTH OF MATERIALSCliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Cliff J. Lissenden, Ph.D. (University of Virginia, 1993) is a professor of Engineering Science and Me- chanics at Penn State. In addition to teaching engineering mechanics courses ranging from sophomore level statics to graduate level mechanical behavior of materials, he researches structural health monitoring for aerospace, mechanical, and civil infrastructure applications. He is a member of ASEE, ASNT, ASME, ASCE, ASM, SES, and Sigma Xi.Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Christine Masters is an Associate Professor in the Engineering

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Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1028: INTRODUCTION OF A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE USINGA TEAM PROJECT IN A STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSEDean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dean Lewis has been a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College for five years teaching courses in design, mechanics, and mechanical engineering. His research interests include attachment design for plastic parts and engineering education.Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas R. Carroll, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1910: THE EFFECT OF ON-LINE VIDEOS ON LEARNER OUT-COMES IN A MECHANICS OF MATERIALS COURSEJeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science and Technology Jeffery Thomas is an assistant teaching professor in the department of Civil, Architectural and Environ- mental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. He received a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Missouri S&T. He is a licensed professional engineer. His technical interests are in mechanical characterization, construction, and the influence of force on biological systems. His artistic interests are in music.Richard H Hall, Missouri University of Science &

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

wear of orthopaedic biomaterials such as UHMWPE, the connections between surface properties in tactility of polymer materials, and the modes of skin friction and damage. He is a licensed professional engineer and an engineering consultant. As a senior research engineer at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) from 1998 to 2003, he served as a project manager, mechanical designer, and technical investigator, and holds three patents. He is a faculty member of the Polymer Tech- nology Center, the Institute for Innovation and Design in Engineering, and the Biotechnology Program at Texas A&M. He has taught in the areas of materials science, mechanics, statistics, tribology, and engi- neering design and has been

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Hartley T. Grandin Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanics

developed and used by the authors to integrate adesign project into an introductory undergraduate mechanics of materials course. The designproject discussed in-depth is a statically determinate hoist frame structure. The hoist is used tolift an object of weight. It is assembled with smooth pins and is symmetric about the two-dimensional plane. Three other design projects discussed briefly include a brace structure, beamhanger, and simple hoist structure. Lecture examples, homework problems, and design projectproblems are solved with all equations formulated symbolically. One major advantage is thatsymbolic equations can be solved for any variable value. Furthermore, the design processgenerally requires solving problems over a range of variable

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C.J. Egelhoff, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; K.L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanics

Colorado, a M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho. She is a licensed Professional Engineer.K.L. Burns Page 22.48.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Heuristic to Aid Teaching, Learning and Problem-Solving for Mechanics of MaterialsAbstractA concept map heuristic is offered as a tool for teaching and learning in Mechanics of Materialscourses. In this paper, we present a literature review wherein we list previous efforts to improveMechanics of Materials

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Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev K. Khanna, University of Missouri

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-177: IMPLEMENTING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING IN MA-TERIALS SCIENCEDavid H Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia Dr. David Jonassen is Curators’ Professor at the University of Missouri where he teaches in the areas of Learning Technologies and Educational Psychology.Sanjeev K Khanna, University of Missouri Dr. Khanna is a La Pierre Professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the University of Missouri. His pedagogical research interests include integrated teaching of mechanics, materials and design, introducing problem based learning in undergraduate level engineering courses, and promoting the engineering discipline among high school teachers and students. He is the coauthor of a book

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2011-77: MEASURING ANGLE OF TWIST IN A TORSION EXPERI-MENTSurendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) ”Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of Ma- terials 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.Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology Senior Mechanical Technician - Mechanical Engineering Department

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven W. Gyeszly, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Materials

AC 2011-58: IT BASED INTERACTIVE TEACHING OF MATERIALS SCI-ENCESteven W. Gyeszly, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar Will be provided after the paper is accepted. Page 22.982.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Information Technology Based Interactive Teaching of Materials ScienceIntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to describe an information technology-based interactive method ofteaching a sophomore level Materials Science course for mechanical engineering students.Materials science is a unique course within the mechanical engineering curriculum in partbecause it is a

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Johnson, Central Washington University; Arthur D. Morken, Central Washington University

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Materials

AC 2011-1144: ASYNCHRONOUS USE OF ENGINEERING (MATERI-ALS) EDUCATION VIDEOSCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Craig Johnson, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at Central Washington University teaching materials courses and managing their foundry. He coordinates both the Mechanical Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology Cast Metals programs.Arthur D. Morken, Central Washington University Mr. Morken is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Central Washington University. With more than ten years experience as an educator Mr. Morken has been immersed in educational technology relevant issues. Due to the escalating demands placed on instructors he is constantly looking for more efficient methods of student

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2011-447: DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY MODULE IN HY-BRID BIODEGRADABLE CORNSTARCH MATERIALSSpencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dr. Spencer Seung-hyun Kim is Associate Professor in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology/Packaging Science (MMETPS) Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He works as Associate Director in American Packaging Corp. (APC) Center for Packaging Innovation at RIT. Dr. Kim’s research interests are in advanced materials synthesis and characterization. His research area fo- cuses on packaging science and technology. Dr. S. Kim graduated with B.S. in Ceramics Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (1979) and obtained M.S. (1989) and

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

AC 2011-2370: INFORMATION LITERACY AS PART OF THE MATERI-ALS SCIENCE COURSEMary B. Vollaro, Western New England College Mary B. Vollaro is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Vollaro received her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut, her M.S. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and her B.S.M.E. at Western New England College. She has held engineering positions in industry (in particular, the materials science area) and was former Chair of the ASEE Materials Division. Page 22.873.1 c American Society for

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Special Session: Creating, Using, and Assessing with Concept Maps in Introductory Materials Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

. Page 22.472.9As an additional example of how to construct a CCmap, we will examine a section of an existingCCmap that contains various expressed models of the fatigue mechanism of failure in metals. A good starting point is to place the concept in a box or bubble. Next, a brief definition may be included to describe the concept. Here is a picture that illustrates the real world implications of fatigue failure. When learning about materials science and engineering, real world relevance helps students

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew P. Conkey, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Richard B. Griffin, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Materials

AC 2011-2789: USE OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT IN UNDERGRAD-UATE MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING AND EXPERIMENTATIONCOURSES.Dr. Andrew P Conkey, Texas A&M University at Qatar Andrew Conkey has been an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M at Qatar since January 2009. He is involved with the mechanical engineering capstone design class as well as vibrations, and mechanics of materials. His research interests are in fiber optic based vibration sensor for machinery condition monitoring.Richard B. Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar Richard B. Griffin, Ph. D., P. E. (TX) has been a faculty member at Texas A&M University since 1977. He earned his BS at Pennsylvania State University (1964) in Metallurgy

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith J. Bowman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University

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Materials

creative thinking and strategies to solve practical problems generated by needs and wants.4Throughout the Massachusetts science standards this pairing of materials to engineering designprovides a fertile context for problems derived from an interdisciplinary spectrum of materialsscience and engineering topics. These standards rely strongly on mechanical properties for gradelevels wherein abstract understanding of how bonding and atomic arrangements may lead tomaterials properties. At the middle school level the Materials and Tools elements includeconsideration of specific classes of materials and materials processing and the EngineeringDesign elements are upgraded to include iteration and constraints.The 2010 Indiana Science Standards5

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Innovations in Materials Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Ferro, Gonzaga University

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Materials

AC 2011-309: USE OF FINK’S TAXONOMY IN ESTABLISHING COURSEOBJECTIVES FOR A RE-DESIGNED MATERIALS ENGINEERING COURSEPatrick Ferro, Gonzaga University Pat Ferro is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. Pat’s background includes five years of teaching Materials Engineering and more than ten years of experience as a Process Engineer in manufacturing. Page 22.1591.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Use of Fink’s Taxonomy in Establishing Course Objectives for a Re-designed Materials Engineering CourseAbstractThe course

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John A. Nychka, University of Alberta

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Materials

access many learning styles, especially the visual and active learners: hands-onstudent-centered demonstration kits.Case study: “What’s in the Box?”The “Room with A VUE” system has been applied in an introductory materials engineeringcourse to large groups of students (3 sections of 100+ students each; all taking labs) with greatsuccess. The creation of a demonstration kit called “What’s in the Box?” has allowed for directapplication of “Room with A VUE” in the laboratory along with the lecture hall. Students arerequired to purchase a kit containing common objects ranging from mechanical pencils to paperclips (Accessible) – see Figure 4. Presently the kits have 7 formalized experiments. Thedemonstration labs run 3 times, and for each lab session

Conference Session

Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David S. Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1995. He is a reg- istered Professional Engineer with the Commonwealth of Virginia. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Chung-Suk Cho is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Wahyu Lestari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Shirley Anne Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona

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Materials

structural and materials failure mechanisms, Page 22.645.3highlighting the aerospace industry. This unique course is composed of learning modulesincluding advanced fatigue and fracture, thermo-mechanical failure, fastener failure, wear,corrosion, impact, composite materials failure, statistical analysis of failures, non-destructiveevaluation (NDE), and structural health monitoring. Typically, these topics are not presented inundergraduate engineering degree programs, especially in a laboratory-based format.The lecture is held twice a week for a duration of one hour (worth two credit hours) and thelaboratory is conducted once each week for two hours

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

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Materials

who remained enrolled in the course, all students were engineeringmajors with 13 (34%) chemical engineers, 9 (24%) mechanical and aerospace engineers, 8 (21%)industrial engineers, 7 (18%) materials science engineers, and 1 (3%) bioengineer. There were 9(24%) females and 29 (76%) males.Teaching Methods and InterventionsThe introductory course in which the sample was drawn was a 15-week semester course requiredfor most engineering majors meeting for seventy-five minutes two times per week. The coursewas taught by a professor with a Ph.D. in engineering and 28 years teaching experience.Throughout instruction students were asked to frequently express their mental models in multiplemodes. Student expressions and explanations of thinking took place

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga

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Council of Sections

feedback tostudents is dependent on faculty time and the availability of grading support. The pressures onfaculty time are discussed at length at conferences and meetings, and institutional budgets dictatewhether grading support is available. In practice, this means that feedback is provided moreslowly than desired, but team testing provides immediate feedback by exposing students to theirpeers’ understanding of the material and testing their ability to contribute to the group’s solution.By providing students with more timely feedback, team testing reinforces foundationalknowledge that the remainder of the course requires.In the next section, we describe the baseline team testing implementation. Section 3 provides thepedagogical theory supporting

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering applications relevant to the province of NL. As Page 22.1624.6such, the goals of the materials science laboratory kit were clearly defined from the results of thequestionnaire, i.e. (1) to emphasize the primary roles of engineers as being to design, plan,develop, solve, build, and apply practical solutions to everyday problems, (2) to focus theexperimental modules in the laboratory kit on Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineeringexamples, as most commonly recognized by the NL community through the respondents, (3) touse the laboratory kit to emphasize five characteristics required of engineers: curiosity, passion,leadership

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanics

slope at hinge connections between segments, and (b) itcontains segments with different flexural rigidities (e.g., a stepped beam).■ Methodology and pedagogy of the method of superpositionThe method of superposition for the deflection of beams is a traditional method that can be foundin most textbooks on mechanics of materials.2-8 The methodology and pedagogy of this methodmay not require a detailed description in this paper.Basically, this method requires that a table containing a good collection of slope and deflectionformulas of selected beams, such as the one shown in Fig. 2, be available. In this method, theresulting deflection of a beam due to the various loads applied on the beam is taken to be thesame as the sum of the deflections of

Conference Session

ETD Design III: Materials and Metallurgy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-516: USING A SERIES OF ADVERTISING VIDEOS TO ILLUS-TRATE SOLID MECHANICS AND MATERIAL-RELATED DESIGN IS-SUES IN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University Professor DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington Uni- versity he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 22.1604.1

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Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Herding CATs: Weaving Coherent Application Threads through a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to Facilitate Course-to- Course Connectivity and Improve Material RetentionIntroductionMechanical engineering (ME) is a broad and varied field, one reason why it is a popular choicefor students pursuing engineering degrees. A down side of this breadth is that applications usedas contextual examples in engineering-science core courses are also varied and diverse: e.g.,bridges in introductory mechanics, I-beams in mechanics of materials, power plants inthermodynamics, pipe flows in fluid mechanics, etc.. Though useful in focusing students on thetopic at hand and exposing

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

three-phase WEC process is (1) to develop awriting plan based on discipline-specific writing outcomes desired for graduating majors, (2)implement the plan and (2) assess the plan and revise based on the assessment. The plan formechanical engineering defined nine attributes of mechanical engineering writing and 14 desiredwriting ability outcomes for graduating majors. Stakeholders agreed that problem sets were thenumber one form of writing for engineering students and that attention paid to writing a problemset would help students to learn the material. The plan was implemented by targeting three corecourses for explicit writing instruction and raising the awareness of writing in other requiredcourses in the program. Assessment is on-going and

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee K. Petersen, Washington State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University

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Mechanics

Environmental Engineering at Washington State University, where she teaches Statics, Mechanics of Materials and Engineering Administration. She was selected by the students of her department as the Outstanding Teacher for 2009. She is also the mother of two sons and two daughters. All four are college students, one pursuing a PhD in mathematics, one a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, one an MS in Civil Engineering, and one an undergraduate in Civil Engineering.Dr. Denny C. Davis P.E., Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Mechanics

AC 2011-66: INVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF STUDENTS’ SELF-ASSESSMENTS OF THEIR ABILITY IN STATICSJeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University Jeffrey L. Newcomer is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Washington University. He received B.S. (1988) and M.Eng. (1989) degreesin Aeronautical Engineering, a M.S. in Science and Technology Studies (1993), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1994) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is engaged in research to improve instruction and assessment in engineering, with an emphasis on engineering fundamentals such as mechanics Page

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

environmental engineeringstudents. Students often express fear at the course difficulty and a feeling of “wanting to get itover with.” The challenge then for faculty is to motivate the students’ desire to understand thematerial and to help the students understand the importance of the material not only to theirsubsequent coursework but also in becoming “Fluid Mechanics Literate” in a world aboundingwith scientific challenges related to basic fluid mechanics. To this end, Lifelong Learning isincorporated in the current Engineering Fluid Mechanics course objectives. This is in keepingwith one of the ABET outcomes for our students: recognition of the need for, and an ability toengage in Lifelong Learning.Two lifelong learning projects were assigned which