Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

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Mechanics

motivation13, there are still a large number offaculty members who continue to favor “delivering content” using lecture-based approaches.Most faculty development efforts tend to use the “develop-disseminate model” using shortduration workshops. Although some of these efforts have had success4, in most cases they donot result in widespread adoption7. Workshops and presentations at Frontiers in Education andthe American Society for Engineering Education can help make faculty members aware of new Page 24.1020.2practices in engineering education, but the participants in these programs are typically alreadyengaged in pedagogical innovations. Survey data

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Making Statics a Friend for LifeOverviewThis paper presents an alternative way to teach entry-level engineering principles, in this casestatics and strength of materials. The material presented focuses on engaging students throughthe use of hands-on model building activities, the re-packaging of engineering topics, and theimpact student contact time has on the success of a program. An emeritus faculty membercoined the phrase noted above and this paper outlines how this new course sequence has givennew life to both students and faculty at our institution in hopes of making statics a friend for life.HistoricalFive years ago a charge was made by the Cal Poly Architectural

Conference Session

Anything New in the Mechanics of Materials?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Bob Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

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Mechanics

challenge is a lower difficulty level problem dealing with the topic. Thestudent is provided with information needed to understand the challenge. In the engineeringdesign process, this is the stage of problem definition. The steps shown below represent theremainder of the cycle, which prepare the students to complete the challenge. a. Generate ideas: Students are asked to generate a list of issues and answers that they think are relevant to the challenge; to share ideas with fellow students, and to appreciate which ideas are new and to revise their list. In the engineering design process, the stage of generating ideas is the brainstorm stage. b. Multiple perspectives: The student is asked to elicit ideas

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan B. Swithenbank, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas William DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

both faculty and students,we decided to implement this new model in a tightly controlled manner. For this initial study,only six topics of twenty were selected for presentation in the flipped classroom paradigm. Whenlooking at our syllabus, we identified core topics in the Newtonian dynamics class which we hadhistorically taught over multiple lecture periods. We wanted to choose topics that had more thanone day on the topic so that we could cover theory on the first day on the topic using a traditionallecture style. We then used the follow on days to video tape examples and have the studentswatch them as homework, and we used the lecture time for the students to work problems. Thesix topics were spread throughout the semester, with the first

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

kinds of courses until the last few years. In addition, there is a definitive lack ofengineering faculty who know how to teach online because it has not been done in the past.Teaching online, especially in a technical field such as engineering, is much different thanteaching in the face-to-face classroom.Lachiver & Tardif in 2002 noted during the 1990s that engineering education went throughsignificant changes to meet the needs of the industry. At the beginning of the 21st century,Lachiver & Tarif called for innovative changes in engineering education. However, thesechanges impacted only face-to-face classrooms because this was the way almost all engineeringcourses were being offered at this time. The key changes Lachiver and Tarif

Conference Session

Student Advancement in Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Paulette Doukakis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Mechanics

D,W,F percentage for ten semestersof Elements of Structures at 10.6% (p = .000531). A central concern for engineering educators is how to get students to master so manyequations and definitions while also understanding the physical mechanisms in such a limitedtime [2]. Recent research initiatives have demonstrated that engineering faculty do not possess agood solution. They found that contrary to high passing rates, students are failing tocomprehensively understand the concepts that they need to master in mechanics of solids courses[3]. This failure has prompted many researchers to investigate potential causes of thisdiscrepancy with the intention of identifying teaching and learning approaches that can helpstudents develop a

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

understanding, how conceptual understanding can beassessed, what are common alternative explanations that learners offer for physical phenomena,and how learners can be influenced, so that their explanations reflect common scientificunderstanding4. Duit maintains an active bibliography for this field that contains over 8000references5.Evaluating how mathematics from the first year is used downstream in the engineeringcurriculum is not new. In 1974, the Committee on Curricular Emphasis in Basic Mechanics(CCEBM) was formed out of concern within the Mechanics Division of ASEE for the quality ofinstruction in basic mechanics. This led to the development of an extensive national survey andpreparation of a readiness skills test for students entering their

Conference Session

Building Success in the Online Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Melanie Amadoro, Rowan University

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Mechanics

to their performance ina normal semester. The main issues faced by the faculty were 1. Struggling to keep up with the lecture posting deadlines. Video recording and processing took an average of twice the amount of time it would take to present the lecture in a classroom times a typical classroom lecture took 2. Designing the quizzes and homework on the online learning management system. While one of the instructors used WileyPlus, the other instructor used CANVAS. Since Wiley Plus has a test development suite inbuilt, in which the questions need to be selected, the CANVAS involved manually entering the question pool. Both the quizzes and the homework were automatically graded. 3. Developing the

Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Andrea S. Webb, The University of British Columbia; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan; Jennifer Kirkey, Douglas College

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Mechanics

Jennifer Kirkey has been teaching physics and astronomy at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada for 30 years. www.douglascollege.ca She is the chair of the provincial articulation committee for physics and astronomy. She is on the committee that developed and oversees the Engineer- ing Program at Douglas College. https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/explore-programs- courses/faculties/science-and-technology/engineering. She is an advocate for open textbooks and open educational resources in general. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Building Comprehensive Open Educational Resources in Mechanics

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

of life of the people living in Africa.” “I leaned that teamwork is important and that engineers can make a legitimate difference to improve the world.” “Teamwork is not always easy and occasionally not seeing eye to eye is ok.”Regarding improvement to the team project, students recommended that the project start earlierin the semester and not be due during finals week. Students were concerned about timemanagement of the project. Students also felt that the project should be worth more pointsbecause of the amount of work required. “Make it worth more of the grade. 5% is very low andit‟s a ton of work for only 5%. It should be like 15%.” And, “I think each team should have tomeet with a faculty member once or twice to go

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

invoke literary and artistic perspectives on the central issue. We felt it critical to includecase studies about construction, planning, and possibility, and not exclusively about structuralfailures and ethical lapses, in order to help students appreciate the engineering enabled by thecourse theories, and to develop a sense that ethical decision-making is relevant in all situations,not simply when trying to assign blame for a disaster.Transfer of Approach to New InstitutionThe relocation of one of the authors to a new college presented an opportunity to test our theorythat our approach was readily transferable. The institutions were similar in some ways: bothundergraduate liberal arts colleges. However, at the new institution only half the

Conference Session

Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; David G. Pollock P.E., George Fox University; Jennifer Light, Lewis & Clark College; Adam Lenz, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts.Dr. Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Riley has been teaching mechanics concepts for over 10 years and has been honored with both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Award (2012) and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award (2013). While he teaches freshman to graduate- level courses across the civil engineering curriculum, his focus is on engineering mechanics. He im- plements classroom demonstrations at every opportunity as part of a complete instructional strategy that seeks to overcome issues of student conceptual understanding.Dr. Luciana R Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech; Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Scott W Case, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

projects.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 approaches to improve educational practices and policies, interdisciplinary teaching and learn- ing, organizational change in colleges and universities, and international issues in higher education.Prof. Scott W Case, Virginia Tech Scott W. Case is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech. He has served as associate

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Faculty perceptions about barriers to active learning. College Teaching. 55 (2), 42-47. 7. Hazen, B.T., Y. Wu, C.S. Sankar. 2012. Factors that influence dissemination in engineering education. IEEE Transactions on Education. 55 (3), 384-393. 8. Seymour, E. and N.M. Hewitt. 1998. Talking about leaving: why undergraduates leave the sciences. Westview press, 444 pp. 9. Knutson, Kari. 2012. Study looks at why students leave STEM majors. University of Wisconsin Madison News. Oct. 16. http://www.news.wisc.edu/21173 Accessed June 11, 2013. 10. PCAST (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology). 2012. Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

80.00 60.00 40.00 20.00 0.00 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 YearFigure 1: Five Year Enrollment Averages for Engineering Mechanics CoursesThe Civil and Environmental Engineering Department administration responded with efforts tominimize multiple sections and to learn to effectively teach large sections of undergraduateengineering mechanics students. This has allowed the department to offer new faculty membersseveral years with minimum teaching expectations (usually only one class per semester andnever more than one new preparation

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas Passmore, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Turns, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Carla Firetto, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

student, who made suggestions to improve thetext.After completion of the think-aloud sessions with the first two students, the interviewerbecame concerned that the problems used were not naturally eliciting much discussion ofcouples and moments by the students. He discussed this issue with the rest of the teamand they jointly arrived at a decision to modify the problems further. The loading on thebeam was changed to a pair of equal, opposite, non-collinear forces, .i.e., a couple.Problem 3 was modified to match the new loading and the wording was changed basedon the suggestions of the second student; the new form of the problem is shown in Figure3. In addition, a new problem was added at the beginning of the session that asked thestudents to

Conference Session

Concept Inventories in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sinéad C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Meredith Silberstein, Cornell University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

points are particularly noteworthy: ● Technology issues and glitches: As with all technology, if any issues were encountered, students, teaching assistants, and faculty became easily flustered or frustrated. ● Instructor confidence in deployment: Similar to technology issues, if the instructor seemed cautious or hesitant, the students easily read this and mirrored the hesitation toward the new platform. ● Technology overload: If combining the use of the CW with additional technological applications such as iClicker, Top Hat, Learning Catalytics, etc., the students might feel like there are too many links and apps to manage during class. ● Teaching assistant buy-in: If the teaching assistants did not use a platform or

Conference Session

Computer Tutors, Simulation, and Videos

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moe Tajvidi P.E., Utah State University; Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

pretest-posttest experiments can identify theimpacts of a curricular change on multi-course span. Second, changes in curriculum need toengage those parties impacted by the change who are outside academia to consider their concernsas well as those of the faculty and departmental leaders27. Since curricular changes are related toattitudes and skills as well as the content materials, not all faculty members can accept theintense, yet required integration of new attitude and skills within the content change. Therefore, Page 26.221.4the studies addressing entire curriculum changes are infrequent in the recent years27.Employing active learning

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Martin Knecht, South Texas College; Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Joan Walker, Long Island University; Araceli Ortiz, Tufts University

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Mechanics

asked to generate a list of issues and answers that they think are relevant to the challenge; to share ideas with fellow students; and to appreciate which ideas are “new” and to revise their list. Learner and community centered. Multiple perspectives: The student is asked to elicit ideas and approaches concerning this Page 15.397.4 challenge from “experts.” Community and knowledge centered. Research and revise: Reference materials to help the student reach the goals of exploring the challenge and to revise their original ideas are introduced here. Knowledge and learner centered. Test your mettle

Conference Session

Grading and Feedback Models in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Petros Sideris, Texas A&M University; Maria Koliou, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

, learning environment, andacademic concern. The TA section includes an overall rating for the teaching assistant (TA). Atthe end of each section, a “Comments/Suggestions” box is included, where the students areencouraged to write their comments. These surveys are administered typically at 1/3 (Week 5)and 2/3 (Week 10) of the semester.Based on the findings of each survey, the instructor makes a brief presentation during class,where the most frequent comments/issues are discussed along with actions to address them. Thethird survey further serves as a measure of the efficiency of the adopted actions from the secondsurvey. The fourth survey is administered by the university typically during Week 14 of thesemester and serves as a final assessment

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University; William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics

AC 2007-929: MOM IN ACTIONMadhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University Associate Professor, has research interest in computational mechanics. He is a Fellow of Wessex Institute of Great Britain. He was named MTU Distinguished Teacher in 1998 and Distinguished Faculty Member from the Michigan State in 1999. He is author of ‘Mechanics of Materials’ and ‘Intermediate Mechanics of Materials’ textbooks published by Oxford University Press. He is developing a stress analyzer called BEAMUP, details of which can be found at his webpage.William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University Director, Michigan Technological University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development, has research

Conference Session

Teaching Statics: What and How?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best Teacher Award (twice), Robert W. Fox Outstanding Instructor Award, and B.F.S. Schaefer Outstanding Young Faculty Scholar Award; the ASEE Mechanics Division’s Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award; and the ASME C. D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award. In 2014 Dr. Rhoads was included in ASEE Prism Magazine’s 20 Under 40.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University at West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for Engineering Mechanics Courses

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarilyn R. Ivancic, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Paper ID #22338Efforts to Improve Free Body DiagramsMs. Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology Ms. Kate Leipold has a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is currently lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She teaches graphics and design classes in Mechanical Engineering, as well as consulting with students and faculty on 3D solid modeling questions. Ms. Leipold’s area of expertise is the new product development process. Ms

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin Ashmore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bo Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Geoff Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel Upton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Harrell, UC Berkeley; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janet Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Project Report to the Faculty. 2003, Virginia Polytechnic Institution.15. Smith, K.A., et al., Pedagogies of Engagement: Class-room-Based Practices. Journal of Enginering Education, 2005. 94(1 Special Issue: The Art and Science of Engineering Education Research): p. 87-102.16. Harding, J. Values, cognitive style and the curriculum. in Contributions to the Third Girls and Science and Technology Conference. 1985. Chelsea College: University of London.17. Sheppard, S.D. and B.H. Tongue, Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium. 2005, Danvers MA: John Wiley.18. Papert, S., Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. 1980, New York: Basic Books.19. Hanson, S.R., N.H. Narayanan

Conference Session

The 'Strengths' of Mechanics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford

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Mechanics

well as surveys forstudents’ self-assessment on the improvement of their technical writing skills from the beginningto the end of the semester. Both outcome assessment methods indicated an overall enhancementof students’ technical writing over the course of a semester. Nevertheless, a challenge stillremained is that students do not seem to fully implement the received feedback in their revisions,meaning that they only address some of the feedback and not all. Alternatively, in some cases,even though they have tried to correct the identified error, the revisions do not quite address thegiven feedback. To overcome these issues, development of a new process for giving feedback tostudents is explored and described in the following section.3

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Amir H Danesh-Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

, ingeneral, faculty members agreed on most of the elements found in these books, although therewas no consensus on the importance of including dimensions on a FBD. Of the two mnemonicsfor drawing FBDs: “The ABC’s of FBD’s” and “BREAD,” we found a slight preference for“BREAD,” but faculty members noted advantages and disadvantages for each of them.References1. Eke, E. M. (2017, April), Motion Visualization and Creation of Free-body and Kinetic Diagrams Paper presented at 2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting, Tempe, Arizona. https://peer.asee.org/292272. Wang, S. (2016, June), Free Body Diagrams with Animated GIF Files Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.269573. Shryock, K. J

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanics

should benoted that the last problem on the common final consisted of several concept questions, whichmay have favored the Bingo classes somewhat.ConclusionsThe techniques utilized in the dynamics course are not new, but in general are not applied inundergraduate statics and dynamics classes. Many other instructors resist using more activelearning or project based assignments in their class for fear of not getting through all of thematerial. The similarities in the final exam scores suggest that this should not be a concern. Themore important aspect to consider, which is extremely difficult to actually measure, is the longterm retention and understanding of the students. Problems based in engineering context (e.g., acatapult) should provide much

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

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Mechanics

the rest of the structure?Key parts of Project Manager role Concerned with the logistics of the Same as the original Delta Design design including: but added a maximum size limit to • Budget each module and a new cost based • Modular Construction on labor. • Construction TimeKey parts of Thermal Engineer Concerned with the thermal aspects Eliminated this role, but kept therole of the design: restriction that

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shelley, United States Air Force

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Mechanics

significant improvements in DCI scores. Addressing student concerns about the broadcast method of delivery directly bydiscussing literature, the “The No Significant Difference Phenomenon” (reference 11),and grade results from previous semesters early in the class may be comforting tostudents. But, it does not help them maintain classroom discipline throughout thesemester. Similarly, an orientation to the importance of the study of dynamics over thefour millennia beginning with Hammurabi’s code and ending with contemporaryengineering failures caused by dynamic conditions from recent newspaper articles mayaddress the ABET program outcomes f (ethical responsibility), h (societal context), and j(contemporary issues)18, but does not engage

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

interventions on diversity issues(e.g., Case & Rios, 2017; Garriott, Reiter, & Brownfield, 2016). Third, as argued by Noravianand Irvine (2014), to increase diversity in engineering, programs should help students learn theprocess of problem solving. Also, as stated before, there is a body of research on the positiveinfluence of team experiences in attraction and attainment of people of color to engineering(Busch-Vishniac & Jarosz, 2004; Gunasekera & Friedrich, 2009).MethodsParticipantsThe new assignment was piloted in a single section of Engineering Mechanics: Statics (hereafterStatics) in the spring 2018 semester. The total enrollment for the semester was 104 students, and76 students consented to have their responses analyzed. The