mustpractice divergent thinking to explore the entire design space, which is an immensely importantskill for developing creative and effective solutions. Learning design via a team-based designproject promotes cognitive skills, social skills, management skills, and positive personal traits.Design and development of an open ended design project is discussed. The team-based projectprogresses over approximately ten weeks in an elementary strength of materials course. Thisprovides a significant design experience for engineering students that helps bridge the gapbetween the first-year engineering design course and the capstone design project that engineeringstudents typically do in their senior year. The project requires student teams to: work together
componentsof the course is also provided.IntroductionNC State University is very lucky to have a unit in the Provost’s office for distance learning andlearning technology applications (DELTA). DELTA maintains the learning technology softwareused across campus such as Moodle, our Learning Management Software (LMS). DELTA alsoadministers grant programs for faculty. The grant I received matches instructional designers,multi-media experts, and project managers with faculty to redesign portions of their course. Theinstructional designer on this project was Yan Shen. Ben Huckaby provided graphical designassistance, and David Tredwell was our team lead for multimedia development.DELTA has added a gamification module to Moodle for use at NC State. Before my
Theory, Signals and Systems, Electromagnetic Theory, Dig- ital Signal Processing, and Dynamic Modeling and Control. His research interests include Engineering Education, Robotics, Applied Digital Control, and Signal Processing.Joseph D Legris, Roger Williams University School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management I am a fourth year undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I have experience in Matlab, SolidWorks, C+ language, and all Microsoft office applications. I have spent my career thus far involved in autonomous robotics design, dynamic modelling,and material studies. I am currently part of a bio medical design team entering the VentureWell design competition.Charles FlynnMr
within the civil engineering curriculum and some schools mayopt out of requiring these courses for all civil engineering students to add flexibility to thecurriculum and reduce required credits.There is a trend that programs are moving to a track system. Sixteen of the surveyed schoolshave track systems; schools without a formal track system do tend to let students specialize in an Page 13.1124.7area with senior level electives and design projects. The most common two tracks areenvironmental and structural, although other common tracks are in transportation, waterresources and construction management. Fourteen of the sixteen schools that offer
Rico at Mayaguez in the traditional role of teaching and administering a modest research program. At Trine University, a small private school in Angola, Indiana, Scott taught ten different courses from introductory freshman courses to senior design, while serving as adviser to many undergraduate research projects. He recently moved to York College of Pennsylvania where he has been able to concentrate on undergraduate education in mechanical engineering.Dr. Stephen N Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania Dr. Stephen Kuchnicki has been an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania since January 2008. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers Uni- versity
design project has been found previously to be successful inthe educational setting both at the pre-college 1,2,3 and university levels 4 . Through these and othersimilar works, it has been found that the Rube Goldberg design project can trigger creativethinking processes as well as reinforce the students’ motivation for pursuing an engineeringdegree. 5,6 . This could therefore lead to increased retention in engineering programs by utilizingsuch a design project early in the students’ curriculum. The use of a project in which studentteams must work together to produce a completed machine has been shown to enhancecommunications, teamwork, time-management, and experimentation 7 .MethodsThe use of a Rube Goldberg based design project was
his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is currently teaching a course in the First Year Program as well as a course that has prerequisites in both the first and second year of the program. His professional interests include computer-aided engineering and design. Page 12.357.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Civil and Mechanical Engineering Students Learning Mechanics in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation SpiralThis paper describes how mechanical and civil engineering students are introduced to anddevelop an understanding of mechanics concepts through a sequence of integrated
AC 2012-4827: REVAMPING DELTA DESIGN FOR INTRODUCTORY ME-CHANICSMs. Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy Michelle Grau is a junior in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, and was one of the students in the first revision of ENGR 14, Introduction to Solid Mechanics. Her research interests include engineering education, robotics in space applications, and using robots to introduce engineering to middle school students. She is passionate about the FIRST Robotics program, in which she coaches teams and volunteers at competitions. She also does wushu and gymnastics.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Besides
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Exposing Sophomore Students to Engineering Design Using an Innovative Project-Based Learning Approach1. AbstractThis study presents a teaching methodology developed through a 3-year-long iterative-study inorder to incorporate hands-on experiences in engineering courses and expose sophomorestudents to engineering design. Sophomore engineering technology students enrolled in a 200-level Computer Aided Design course participated in this study. An innovative Project-Based-Learning (PBL) approach with an embedded Agile Project Management (APM) is implementedto promote skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and self-management. These are skills
alsoproviding the groundwork to start to change the culture of colleges of engineering andprofessional practice. A senior capstone experience is required by ABET for accreditedengineering programs, and there has been growth of first-year engineering team design projectsas engineering departments seek to introduce students to the profession and promote retention(Knight, Carlson, & Sullivan, 2007). While students are working in groups, it is less clear thatthey are receiving intentional instruction or scaffolding for successful teamwork. Furthermore,in many engineering programs students might experience teamwork in the first and final years oftheir degree programs with little instruction or opportunity to team with engineering students intheir
, McGraw-Hill, co-authored with Roger Pressman). He is a past-President of the Global Online Laboratory Consortium, and is the convenor of the Australian Engineering Associate Deans (L&T) network.Ms. Justine Lawson c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Enhancing mechanics education through shared assessment designThere is considerable commonality between engineering undergraduate programs in terms ofcontent, pedagogies, course structures and assessment practices, particularly in terms ofengineering fundamentals such as mechanics. Despite this, and the availability of an array ofonline resources, there seems to be limited commitment to sharing
, design, measurements, and dynamics.Prof. Roelof Harm deVries P.E., Prof. deVries has been the Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown since 2008, with 25 years of experience in design and engineering management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 End Fixture Design to Enhance Column Buckling Laboratory ExperimentAbstract Column buckling is an important topic in strength of materials courses. This topic hasbeen emphasized with a compression/buckling experiment using a Satec uni-axial testingmachine to compressively load 1/2 inch diameter Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipe columns
Paper ID #21360Can It Work for Us Too? Results from Using West Point’s Fundamentals ofEngineering Mechanics and Design Course Redesign.Dr. Scott R. Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Scott Hamilton is the Coordinator for the new Civil Engineering Program at York College of Pennsylvania. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a Masters in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan
AC 2008-2105: LEARNING STATICS – A FOUNDATIONAL APPROACHSridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.Lawrence Boyer, Saint Louis University Page 13.845.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Learning Statics – A Foundational ApproachStatics is a pivotal course, whose concepts serve as the building blocks for future courses inengineering, mechanics of solids and design in particular. There is a common disappointmentamong many educators in the students’ abilities to apply the concepts to design/analyze realsystems in the subsequent courses. The literature review also
Paper ID #23342Using FEA as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching Machine Component DesignDr. Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University Wendy Reffeor is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She earned her Bachelors from GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Masters from Purdue University and Doctorate from Michigan State University. Her industrial experience includes designing quality systems for Allison Engine Company in Indianapolis. Since joining GVSU, she has focused on introducing design and build projects in
Paper ID #14395Design a New Set of Strength Labs for the Course, ’Mechanics of Materials’Dr. Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Associate professor, Ph.D, PE., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Wentworth In- stitute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 617-989-4223, Email: Lex@wit.edu, Specialization in Computer Aided Design, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Design and Solid Me- chanicsProf. Masoud Olia P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Olia received his BS, MS and Ph.D. in the field of mechanical engineering from Northeastern Uni- versity. He Has
. Overall the approach improves retention and recall ofmathematical and physical concepts appropriate for analysis. Discussion of specific examplesand performance data are presented from course topics of ideal flows in a class of advanced fluidmechanics. The paper lists relevant focal concepts and how conceptual links are further enhancedusing follow-on applications.IntroductionThe author conceptualized and managed Engineering Sciences Core Curriculum (ESCC) forseveral years as a part of ABET assessment for continuous learning improvement in MechanicalEngineering (ME) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The faculty participating in ESCCcollectively designed a seamless learning environment which may be emulated by others. ESCCassessment
serve students for semesters to come.IntroductionMany students in majors such as mechanical, aerospace, civil, manufacturing engineering, andapplied mechanics have some difficulty in thoroughly grasping concepts first encountered inmechanics of materials. The mechanics of materials, also known as Solid Mechanics, is one ofthe core courses for these students and provides the foundation for different key terminal coursesincluding design of machines and senior design. This course is also part of programs such asarchitectural engineering, engineering management, engineering technology, and metallurgicalengineering. The course is taken during the sophomore or junior years after students completedifferent pre-requisite courses such as statics
Hunter College in 2002, and a B.S. in Mathematics and Psychology from SUNY College at Geneseo in 1998. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Papkov was an actuarial analyst in New York City. His primary research focus is in the field of nonparametric density estimation with applications in the areas of classification & discrimination, bump hunting, and change-point analysis. He also has experience and interests in design and analysis of surveys, multivariate analysis, regression modeling, and data mining.Dr. Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Badir is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Department at the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering in Florida Gulf Coast University
(TCCIT), Committee on Faculty Development (CFD) and Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) initiative. Dr. O’Neill is a licensed Professional Engineer in California, Florida, Nevada and Virginia. He is a civil engineering program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). He is an American Society of Civil Engineering Fellow (ASCE), a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.Dr. Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Badir is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Department at the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering in Florida Gulf Coast University. He holds a Master
Paper ID #20475Knowledge Surveys in Engineering StaticsMr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. He previously was faculty and department chair of the engineering department at Everett Community College. Eric has been a member of ASEE since 2001. He currently serves as vice chair of the Pacific Northwest Section and was the recipient of the 2008 Section Outstanding Teaching Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Knowledge Surveys in Engineering
Paper ID #7260Initial Development of the Engineering Genome Project–an Engineering On-tology with Multimedia Resources for Teaching and Learning EngineeringMechanicsDr. Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia Ed Berger is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He teaches mostly sophomore mechanics courses. Page 23.753.1
science. 3. Understand geotechnical engineering. 4. Understand structural engineering. 5. Understand transportation engineering. 6. Understand water resources and environmental engineering. 7. Be able to design civil engineering systems and solve constrained problems with innovation. 8. Be able to use modern engineering tools, conduct experiments, and analyze uncertain data. 9. Be able to communicate ideas effectively, work in teams, and lead others. 10. Be familiar with professional practice, business management, and public administration. 11. Be aware of cultural, societal, contemporary, historical, global, and sustainability issues
Williams University and an Associate Professor and Director of the Civil Engineering Analysis Group at the United States Military Academy. Dr. O’ Neill is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been active at the national level with ASCE’s Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT), Committee on Faculty Development (CFD) and Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) initiative. Dr. O’Neill is a licensed Professional Engineer in California, Florida, Nevada and Virginia. He is a civil engineering program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). He is an American Society of Civil Engineering Fellow (ASCE), a member of the
styles using the Felder-Soloman index of learning styles (ILS) survey.The analysis shows that there are program-specific systemic barriers hindering student success.Furthermore, the learning style survey results indicate that student learning could improved byadopting a more balanced approach to teaching. Associated learning tools, specific to thedynamics curriculum, designed to address the learning outliers are suggested.1 IntroductionThe Schulich School of Engineering (SSE) at the University of Calgary consists of fivedepartments (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Geomatics, and Mechanical Engineering) and offersspecialized majors programs such as Oil and Gas. All students in the SSE take commonengineering courses in the first year of their
Paper ID #10682Utilizing Concept Maps to Improve Engineering Course Curriculum in Teach-ing MechanicsRuben Pierre-Antoine, Stanford University Ruben is a senior undergraduate student at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engi- neering. He joined the Designing Education Lab in the winter of 2013. He has always had a passion for education and enjoys the integration of entrepreneurship into a curriculum. Ruben loves to play sports, videogames, and eat at new restaurants. He also explores entrepreneurship in his free time.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor
Army and currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His is a former assistant profes- sor at the United States Military Academy. His research interests include capstone design teaching and assessment, undergraduate engineering student leadership development, and social network analysis.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education David Knight is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered De- sign Program. His research focuses on student learning outcomes in undergraduate engineering, learning analytics
Paper ID #25671Extent of Pre-class Video Viewing in Multiple Flipped Engineering CoursesBenjamin Keith Morris, University of Georgia Benjamin Morris is a senior at The University of Georgia with a major in Mechanical Engineering.Dr. Siddharth Savadatti, University of Georgia Dr. Siddharth Savadatti received his PhD in Computational Mechanics from North Carolina State Univer- sity in 2011 and has since been on the faculty of the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He teaches mechanics and numerical methods courses such as Statics, Fluid Mechanics, Programming, Numerical Methods for Engineers and Finite
underrepresented populations. She also teaches introductory engineering courses such as Problem Solving and Computer Programming, Statics, and Mechanics. Page 15.679.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Implementing an Inverted Classroom Model in Engineering Statics: Initial Results1. IntroductionThe “Inverted Classroom” is described by Lage et al. as an environment in which “eventsthat have traditionally taken place inside the classroom now take place outside theclassroom and vice versa”1. Typically, Inverted instruction requires students to completepreparatory activities and
hunting, and change-point analysis. He also has experience and interests in design and analysis of surveys, multivariate analysis, regression modeling, and data mining.Dr. Long D. Nguyen, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Long Nguyen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). Before joining FGCU, he was the deputy director of Tuan Le Construction and a lecturer at Bach Khoa University (BKU). Prior to his tenure at BKU, he worked as a construction consultant at Jax Kneppers Associates, Inc. in Walnut Creek, CA. He is a professional engineer registered in California. He earned his B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from BKU in 1999, M.Eng. in