Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

writing include project reports, lab reports, essays, and researchpapers.ImplementationTo highlight real-world applications of course content, I elected to add a new assignment andshort presentation to the course. The learning objective for the assignment is for each student toinvestigate and explain one real-world application of a concept in the course. To demonstrate thatthey have achieved this objective, each student writes a one-page, double-spaced, summarydescribing how their real-world application applies to a course topic. Then, to leverage the diverseexperiences of students in the course, each student is asked to share their application witheveryone in a short TED-style talk on the last day of class. Since the last day of class is usually

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-29: IS IT REAL OR IS IT MEMOREX: A DISTANCE LEARNINGEXPERIENCEWayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology WAYNE E. WHITEMAN Wayne E. Whiteman is a Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS degree from the United States Military Academy in 1979, a master’s degree from MIT in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1996. Whiteman is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and completed 24 years of active military service. He served on the West Point faculty from 1987 to 1990, and 1998 to 2003.Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Mativo, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Kathryn Marie Youngblood, University of Georgia; Doug Brouillard, Eaton Corp. Supercharger; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, robotics, and superchargers. Most importantly, students made connections betweenengineering principles and real-world applications: “My group had a real-world concept where statics are typically considered, but dynamics was needed as well. We were able to take into account the moving components in order to best select an appropriate life assist that is cost effective and could carry the load capacity. This was important to save the company money in the futures, as well as improve production.” “Our team had not covered tension in pulley systems in that manner. We had to understand that the tension on one side did not equal the tension on the other and work through the system.”Group dynamicsStudents

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

authors to connect students to real-world applications that mechanical engineeringstudents might encountering in their future careers. Campell20 uses an enticing approach in hisuse of “model making and breaking”. Students design structures to strict specifications and thenbuild and test the structures to the point of breaking. The appeal to the student is high because itis fun to break things, and the relevance is there for structural engineers, but mechanicalengineering students may still struggle to see the connection to their careers. Sophomore-levelstudents do not yet have the experience to see that the tools used in analyzing structures will alsobe useful in analyzing moving parts--unless we give specific examples.Some real-world problems

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

size, N=6, was small. We chosenot to use a consensus-based norming session to improve inter-rater reliability becausewe wanted to measure first impressions. Instead, we measured the difference betweenrater perceptions of actual and expected performance. We averaged the scores todetermine the category of average actual performance and average expected performancefor each question. Because each rater brings different assumptions about what thesecategories mean in the “real” and “academic” world, we calculated the differencebetween actual and expected ratings for each question and determined the average delta,or “room for improvement.”Table 4.1 shows a summary of the average performance category for students, averageexpected performance category

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

national labs and industry to maintain course projects with real world application. The products of the class and research projects are then tailored to hands on activities for k-12 STEM education outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Design Applications in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Authors: _____ New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyIntroductionAt the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), mechanical engineering majorsare required to take an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course. In essence, this course istheir first impression of

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; William Arbegast, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Studentsattend regular meetings of the research team and are expected to contribute to reachingthe research objectives.It is apparent that the scope and nature of the undergraduate AMP projects (Table 2) offera variety of project-based learning and analysis opportunities, based upon real-world de-sign challenges, which can be brought into the classroom. The ME program is planningto exploit this capability, experience, and expertise, to bring opportunities to do meaning- Page 12.1197.6ful design analysis into the undergraduate engineering science curriculum. Table2 – Summary of AMP Project-Based Learning and Analysis Experiences Year Department

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brooke-Lynn Caprice Andrade, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Douglas Hagemeier, Boise State University; Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Diana Bairaktarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Through real-world engineering applications, Dr. Bairaktarova’s experiential learning research spans from engineering to psychology to learning sciences, as she uncovers how individual performance is influenced by aptitudes, spatial skills, personal interests and direct manipulation of mechanical objects.Mr. Douglas Hagemeier, Boise State UniversityProf. Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University Dr

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lan He, Beihang University; Jingjun Yu, Beihang University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

apply their engineering knowledge in real-world practice.This imbalance between theory and practice is particularly serious in mechanical engineering.With mechanical engineering disciplines and industries covered a wider range, theundergraduates have to be taught more and more knowledge. As a result, many studentsbecome “indigestive”, even though with high scores, often do poorly when it comes to thepractical application of what they have learned [4]. In order to improve this situation, Chinesemechanical engineering educators have used the educational reforms of other countries forreference. For example, PBL (Project Based Learning) teaching mode has been successfullyapplied in Mechatronics Control Class, Robotics Class and some other classes

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, FactSage16 to name a few. Most of these applications must be locally installedon a PC and run only under the Windows operating system. Recently, Paolini and Bhattacharjeedeveloped a platform independent equilibrium calculation tool 17 that uses NASA CEAthermochemical data. It incorporates gas and condensed species and can calculate equilibriumcomposition along with other state properties for systems with tens of species.The Expert System for Thermodynamics or (“TEST”), accessible from the portalwww.thermofluids.net , was launched18 to make thermodynamic calculations completely webaccessible and user friendly. Licensed freely to academic institutions, TEST is currently used in135 universities around the world and even though registration is optional

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Relmane Baptiste, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; DeOndre L Clark Jr, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

with Teamwork outcome. Figure 34summarizes the assessment results for all the learning outcomes. As shown, all the outcomeshave been assessed above 80%, which is very encouraging.Further Observations on Student Learning1- The project exposed two students to design process of a real world electrochemical marking system for strain measurement application with realistic design requirements and design constraints.2- The students developed a design approach to design the electrochemical etching system.3- The students learned how to apply the fundamentals of mechanics of materials to measure and calculate plastic true strain using circle grid analysis.4- The students gained hands-on experience working with Multisim as a modern simulation

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Bevill, Colorado Mesa University; Kelly Bevill, Colorado Mesa University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

how it related to class and expanded on things we learned  Lab was applicable to situations everyone is familiar with  The relationship to real-world applications  I enjoyed using real-world data that we could gather ourselves again in the future  Real-life relevance to concepts presented in class  Real-world concept problems tend to help with understanding and reasoning  Taking real-world data and generating other useful data is helpful to my learning style Page 26.1377.9  I like examples where I may apply for my own experiments  Instructions were clear but still made me think things

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the broad nature of mechanical engineering, this compartmentalizedapproach can lead to a fractured understanding of the discipline. It also doesn’t map well ontoreal-world engineering problems that are best solved through an understanding of the integrationand interaction of the various core concepts. In addition, material retention can suffer due to thelack of connectivity among various core topics.Coherent Application Threads (CATs) are meant to address this issue. CATs are specificengineering application examples that are woven through the fabric of the ME curriculum,exposing students to the varied aspects of one application in the context of core ME principlescovered in engineering science coursesThis paper will describe the concept of

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10227Redesigning the First Course of Thermodynamics to Improve Student Con-ceptualization and Application of Entropy and Second Law ConceptsDr. Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University Dr. Jacobs is associate professor and undergraduate program coordinator at Texas A&M University De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His primary teaching interests are thermodynamics and internal combustion engines. Similarly, his research interests center on thermodynamics, performance, efficiency, and emissions of internal combustion engines. Dr. Jacobs received his Ph.D (2005), MS (2002), and BSE (1999) from

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Ira Jerome Hill, University of Florida; Philip Jackson, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Demonstrations developedin this laboratory are being considered for the large enrollment lecture sections of theassociated programming courses.Programming Demonstration 1: Roomba Exploration Robot: The iRobot Create 2provides students an excellent platform for exploring robotics and programming. Itincludes numerous sensors such as infrared and motor encoders and is fully functional asis. This demo takes advantage of the Create 2 to give students a glimpse of theengineering challenges of controlling a robot over wireless communication to exploreunknown environments. Students often have difficulty connecting introductoryprogramming concepts to real-world applications, and this demo helps make thatconnection. The learning outcomes include the following

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jordan Farina, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland ; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Identify and describe links between course knowledge and real-world systems. [connections]The research goal of the project was to determine if a structured module in an engineering coursecould help students engage more fully with psychrometrics. This module is also part of a largereffort at the University of Portland to embed the entrepreneurial mindset [1] across thecurriculum. The entrepreneurial mindset includes helping students connect engineering topicswith real world systems and building curiosity about systems. The learning objects of thismodule were aligned with this idea, and backward design was used to develop the evaporativecooling module.BackgroundThermodynamics students often struggle with the topic of psychrometrics. The topic

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

theories. 2. The professor uses the principles to derive the mathematical models. 3. The professor provides examples and applications. 4. The professor assigns homework to practice similar derivations and applications. 5. The professor tests the ability of the students to do similar things in exams. A typical weakness of the traditional deductive learning methodology is that theusefulness of the general principles and theories being taught in class may not be evident.Typical questions a student could ask are “Why am I learning this material?”, or “Is this materialpractical and useful in real-world engineering applications?”. If the answers to these questionsare not evident, students may lose interest and motivation in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University; Samuel Molina, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

real-world problems are integrated and leveraged as a vehicle to tap into students’ priorknowledge that enhances scholarship aptitudes and elucidates the usefulness of engineeringprinciples in design applications. Such pedagogical technique has been extensively implementedfor professional training in medicine and related health professions, but given its educationalversatility, various engineering educators have embraced it as an alternative solution towardsalleviating instructional quandaries [1]. Despite its potential to positively impact student learningand transform the learning environment, its utilization is not frequent amongst most engineeringeducators. The literature reports only a small number of engineering programs such as

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

support forthe rapid development of GUIs and for processing user commands and communicatingexperimental results between the user and the application server. They also provide for theinteractivity between the users and the VRML worlds and make the VRML fully functional andportable. Examples from real engineering systems (e.g. a water-tank system, a cam-followersystem, a motorcycle, a car, etc.) provide a link between the theoretical concepts and the realengineering world, thus helping the students to capture the essential aspects of the problems in amodel, making reasonable simplifying assumptions, and reducing these models into solvableproblems such as free and forced vibrations.Through instruments in the simulated environment, students gain a

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B.K. Hodge, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 15.527.12 Figure 15. World energy utilization from 1997 to 20061.A corollary issue is the production of greenhouse gases. Figure 16 illustrates the long termeffect: a monotonic increase in the production of carbon dioxide.Where Do We Go From HereThe energy crisis is real and is likely to get worse. If we are to meet the increasing United Statesand world energy demands, then conservation, more efficient use of existing resources, the useof alternative energy sources, and the alternative use of existing energy sources must beaggressively pursued. Three of the fourteen Grand Challenges for Engineering6(www.engineeringchallenges.org), as promulgated by the National Academy of Engineering in2008, are directly associated

Conference Session

Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

generic gantry crane.Building on the existing PBL structure, project descriptions and staging in Fall 2015 and Fall 2016years were modified to explicitly facilitate growth in the entrepreneurial mindset. As in Fall 2014,the problem descriptions provided to students in Fall 2015 and Fall 2016 identified real-worldproblems: water purification in Fall 2015 and widespread application of selective laser sintering(SLS) in Fall 2016. Unlike previous iterations, these problems were posed to students from adesignated customer: the Dr. Mynderse World Improvement Foundation (DMWIF). Whileadmittedly silly, the DMWIF provided a customer face and allowed students to ask technicalquestions of the instructor as well as customer preference questions of the DMWIF

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

a deeper approach to learning, andhelps students retain knowledge longer than traditional instruction. Implementation of PBLtechnique in various levels of engineering courses is not a novel practice [12, 13, and 14].Literature has found that PBL increased students learning skills, including problem-solving skill,literature searching skill, collaboration skill, and critical thinking skill – skills deemed critical oflifelong learning [15, 16, 17, 18, and 19].Faculty and student perception of undergraduate control systems course varies widely. ControlSystems course, by nature, mainly focuses on theoretical and abstract subjects. Even though thesubject material has significant implications and applications in real world, it is very

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rambod Rayegan, Prairie View A&M University; Karla C. Lewis Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, SERVE Center

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

that, overall, student reported significant pre-and post-change on only 3 out of 10 items regarding their skills/abilities.IntroductionStudents’ disconnectedness to the presented contents in engineering courses is a challengingissue in engineering education. Even in technical elective classes which students shouldexperience practical aspects of their core classes, they cannot make a connection betweentheoretical materials presented during lectures and real world projects. Wlodkowski’s model ofeffective instruction [1] listed expertise of the presenters/instructors, relevance of content, choicein application, practice and reflection, and group work as motivating factors for adult learners.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

applications in research projects.”“My favorite course demonstration was the potato clock. This concept is something everyone hasheard of before, but with this demonstration we are taught the theory behind why it works usinganodes and cathodes.”“I liked the demonstration of the potato clock because it shows the connection of what we arelearning about to real world application, and using food waste to generate power and developmore efficient ways to power things.”“My favorite course demonstration was the cell made from the zinc/copper electrodes and thepotatoes. I enjoyed how it brought in concepts from a science-fair-esque experiment we haveknown about for a long time, but not necessarily thought about more deeply than simply showingthat you can power

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

applications in thermo-fluid science courses. Even with the experimentsperformed during the semester, the majority of the course content is reserved for the massiveamount of topics, concepts and theory. Furthermore, the extensive theory cannot be easilyapplied to real world applications. Fluid flow is a complex phenomenon that usually requiresmodels far more complex than the undergraduate level understanding and numerical methods arefrequently employed for actual applications1,2. Computation fluid dynamics (CFD) is essentialbut, far more advanced for undergraduate level also. Even tough, there are efforts to introduceCFD to undergraduate curriculum, it is still hard for students to work on a problem on their ownand come up with solutions to real life

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Knudson, Oregon State University; John Schmitt, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

introductory mechatronic course work at OregonState University. The successes, failures, and recommendations for further integrationtechniques are addressed.1. IntroductionThe complexity of dynamic systems students will face upon entering into industry is increasingquickly. Students must develop strong foundations in system analysis and control design toobtain an intuition for how these systems behave and how control can produce efficient methodsof performing required system tasks. However, as system and control complexity increasesoutside of the classroom, care must be taken to ensure that classroom theory remains connectedto the real-world application of these basics. Ensuring that the students come away from basic

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

leadership skills.2. Projects with far-reaching social implications causes students to “think outside the technical box” to develop appropriate designs within constraints that are not easily reproduced in the classroom experience. The added dimension of building for sustainability provides students with challenges beyond that experienced in conventional capstone design courses. The knowledge that this program significantly impacts the client population builds commitment by students to ensure that all aspects of the design are well planned, well documented and feasible in the real world.3. Foreign travel complicates the implementation of the application phase, but this experience was considered to be one of the highlights of the project

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. The project gave me practice planning and capturing experimental data in a real-world setting. The project helped me learn new ways of producing visualizations in MATLAB. The expectations for the project deliverables were clear. The information provided by the instructor was sufficient for completing the project. The workload for the project was reasonable. I appreciated the opportunity to work with physical hardware during the project. I enjoyed working on the project. 1. What part of the project did you enjoy the most?2. What is the most significant thing you learned from the project?3. What aspect of

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Kumar Manoharan, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering issimply a collection of facts to be memorized and consequently drop out with little understandingor appreciation of what science is all about3. Furthermore, the types of problems students oftensolve in classrooms using the traditional teaching approach do not necessarily prepare them forthe real-world problems they will encounter as engineers. Real-world problems are complex andill-structured, often have conflicting goals and no clear solution, and can be presented in anumber of ways 4. Yadav et al.13 found that there was no significant difference betweentraditional lecture and case teaching method on improving students’ conceptual understanding ofengineering subjects. However, the use of case studies made the content more relevant to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

are some approaches that promoteactive learning. The following sections briefly describe these interactive learning modules tointegrate active learning into the classroom of the machine dynamics course.3.1 Problem-based learning (PBL)PBL is a way of designing and conducting educational activities using problems as stimulus andfocus for student activity. It is the classroom process that uses “real-world” problems to motivatestudents to identify and apply concepts, principles and information. It is intended to bridge thegap between a theoretical study of kinematics and the application to practical mechanisms. Inthis way, students should learn how to apply their basic knowledge to more realistic applicationsin a way that they may be able to