Conference Session

Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Donald M. Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2012-3954: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT CAPSTONE DE-SIGN PROJECT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETDr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University Ahad Ali is an Assistant Professor and Director of the master’s of science in industrial engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Mich., USA. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Tech- nology, Bangladesh; M.S. in systems and engineering management from Nanyang Technological Uni- versity, Singapore, and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He has published journal and conference papers. His research interests include

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Hendricks

designed and built toClass 10,000 cleanroom standards, with strong support from the Virginia semiconductorindustry, the facility is operated as if it were a Class 1000 facility in order to prepare students forthe mindset necessary to successfully work in both our advanced research facility and in thesemiconductor industry where they co-op and seek employment.I. IntroductionMany universities have built excellent facilities for training students for either microelectronicsresearch or employment in the semiconductor industry. Most of these have been designed foradvanced undergraduates or graduate students who have had prerequisite courses insemiconductor physics and/or devices. They are equipped with advanced processing tools, oftendonated by

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

, including yourself? Include technical, analytical, organizational, documentation, creativity, research, leadership, construction, etc. 3. Rate your opinion of yourself and each of your groupmate understands of the concepts Page 5.622.5 involved in this project, on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). 4. Comment on your interaction with other group(s) that your group heavily relies on.This peer evaluation has been a very successful way for faculty advisors to identify anyteamwork problems within a particular group and with other groups.6. Team and Group StructureAt the beginning of the academic year the team was divided into the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

David R. Haws

much in the categorical imperative to compel faculty to mentor anyone, and since we can’t mentor everyone, selective mentoring may even seem a little unfair.• Utility: There are probably three options from a Utilitarian point of view. The first (and perhaps most common), is that the greater good would be served by faculty writing research grants (bringing in money for the university) and teaching only those students who manage to “get it” with some minimal combination of lecture and self-study. This might be consistent with the Act Utilitarianism of Mill, would optimize the use of faculty time and therefore produce the greatest good for the greatest number (with the least amount of faculty resources). Rule Utilitarianism

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary H. McDonald; Charles V. Knight

activities that were considered during the development of the laboratory alongwith the specific content of each laboratory. IntroductionEngineering laboratories have historically been underfunded and neglected at most universities.This has resulted from the university not giving adequate workload credit for development andteaching of labs as compared to that given for research [2]. This has promoted laboratoryobsolescence as faculty interest and support for providing on-going development of new labs andsupportive skills have declined. Yet, today our industry advisors tell us they expect our graduatesto have skills that can only be learned in a laboratory setting where modern instrumentation andcomputers

Conference Session

Advancements in Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Walker, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Romaim Hernandez; Chasisty Melo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology ; Samuel Hernandez; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

. Shouling He is a professor of Engineering and Technology at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, where she teaches the courses in Mechatronics Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include Robotics, PLCs, automation and engineering education.Dr. Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 MAKER: Elevating and Scoring Mechanism for Mobile RobotsAbstractThe VEX Robotics 2023-2024 game “Over Under” is a game where two teams of two robotseach compete to score points within a 2-minute time limit. Robots must be able to score pointsboth autonomously and with input from their drivers. Points can be scored by moving

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey N. Phillips, Hanover College; Kathryn A. Lowe Schneider, Hanover College

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #41855Strategies for Improving Retention in a New Undergraduate EngineeringProgramDr. Jeffrey N. Phillips, Hanover College Launched Hanover College’s Engineering program in 2018 after working for more than 30 years in R&D organizations in the energy industry. Currently teach Mechanical Engineering and design-related classes at Hanover.Ms. Kathryn A. Lowe Schneider, Hanover College Kathryn Lowe Schneider, Associate Provost for Student Outcomes. Areas of research interests: identifying paths of college persistence for first-generation limited income students. Current work: piloting a cohort building

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberly J. Cornett

has also affirmed the importance of engineeringcommunication in their criteria for student outcomes [2]. Not only is communication importantin terms of professional skills and accreditation, but also for the welfare of the public. Failures incommunication have been shown to be significant factors in some engineering disasters [3]. Ineducation, learning communication in the context of engineering helps students develop bothengineering thinking and an engineering identity [3]. For these reasons, and others well-grounded in research, communication is a student outcome that engineering programs need toassess to make sure that students are making progress and achieve this essential competency.The focus of this paper will be to evaluate the current

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 4 - Assessments: Grading and deadlines

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Paper ID #41489Relaxed Deadlines: Do They Provide an Unfair Advantage?Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with research interests that include lab and design pedagogy, inclusive teaching, and neurodiversity in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Relaxed Deadlines: Do they provide an unfair advantage? Educators seeking academic rigor have historically included strict deadlines for studentwork as part of preparing students for the reality of life after college. However, during

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Paul Summerfield, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Will Cashel-Cordo; Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

retention of first-year engineering students [2] [3]. Literaturesuggests that two course components can help to attract and retain students: 1) the opportunity forhands-on learning [4] [5] and 2) the provision of clarity on what it means to be an engineer [6].This research has guided the redesign of the first-year engineering curriculum at our institution,and in particular, the design of the ENGR 1200 series.In this paper, we present several modules we designed for ENGR 1203, which was offered for thesecond time in the Fall 2023 semester. Included are several modules that were adapted fromprevious modules and several modules that have not been offered before. We show that thesemodules were viewed favorably by students. Our goal in sharing this work

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Scott Smith

nput C-elem and a T ment TH1n gate is equivalent s t to an n- -input OR ggate. NCL th hreshold gat may also include a reset input to initialize the output. tes o e . Circuit diagrams designate res settable gate by either a d or an n appearing i es inside the gate, along g with the gate’s thre e

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

engineering annually. Studentsenrolled at HCC and Cecil Community College (CCG) that are interested in pursuingengineering as a transfer student, have to travel or relocate to Baltimore City (26 miles),Baltimore County (42 miles), Prince George’s County (65 miles), or Newark Delaware (35miles). Since ECE graduates are already in high demand, our university has made an immediateand strategic initiative to offer an Electrical Engineering degree program to the residents in theHartford county area by delivering a combination of face-to-face (F2F) courses on the campus ofHCC and online courses that will be offered directly from the campus of MSU. Trends in higher education for the past 10 years have shown that enrollments in onlinecourses or online

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

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International

effectively in a world ofdiverse culture, language and aspirations. Examples include a variety of variable durationinternational study, design, research and exchange programs as well as curriculum revisions thatprovide greater cultural, language and international practice exposure1-11. In 2007 North Carolina State University conducted a Study Abroad program withZhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. Its purpose was to begin the development of arelationship to promote student exchange and faculty interaction. The plan for this six-weekprogram was to have NCSU students (1) enroll in six hours of credit that would be taught byaccompanying faculty and (2) engage in tours, cultural events, industry visits and social activitieswith Chinese

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

continue to speak with the students, always addressing them by name. Verysoon most begin to realize that I know all of them. Some, however, continue to doubt untilthey come to office hours and are greeted by name or until I happen to call on them duringclass.3 You all know this, right?One hidden difficulty in relating to a large class is the fact that the students often comeinto the class with a significantly different set of ideas and preconceptions than the professorrealizes. Recent research has indicated that this problem is not at all uncommon but, exceptin rare cases, is never explicitly addressed. A telling example comes from a Harvard study[4]. In this study investigators asked graduating seniors two questions which can be

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

multidisciplinary is unclear in terms of Civil Engineering Design courses. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Problems with the Current Engineering Curricula As shown in the previous section, current engineering curricula align with the traditional focus of preparing students for technically-oriented careers in research, development, and design. A review of the literature reveals at least three concerns with this current BS Engineering model as discussed briefly below. The first concern is captured by a 1992 National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) survey of engineering

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

during the first half of the term. During the second halfof the term perceived course emphasis exceeded perceived growth, just like all of the otherelements. This can be interpreted to mean that there was a larger growth in communication skillsduring the first half of the term than in the second half.In our judgment, if the difference between perceived emphasis and perceived growth is largerthan 0.2 then skill growth is not optimal and efforts should be initiated to modify course designand delivery to promote higher levels of skill development.Comparing Different Class SectionsAnother outcome of the survey is that differences between class sections can be used to diagnoseclassroom management issues. For example, one of the three classes in the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

programmingassignments. In addition, we present the results of interviews with teaching assistants inintroductory programming level courses to learn about the different grading methods they usewhen grading programming assignments, and the difficulties they face. Information gatheredthrough these two channels served to form the requirements for our tool design. Finally, wepresent our tool and an initial evaluation of its functionality.2. Related WorkFeedback is an important part of teaching and learning. Instructors provide feedback to studentsto evaluate their work, to inform them of their mistakes and suggest corrections, and to helpstudents improve their efforts. Feedback is usually provided verbally or in written form—eitherwritten by hand or typed using a

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Aerospace

, serving as chair elect of the Committee on Engineering Technology Accreditation, serving on the Board of Directors of the ASME Center for Education, and as a member of the Mechani- cal Engineering Technology Department Head Committee. He has been a program evaluator for both the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and ASME and currently serves on the Technology Accredita- tion Council (TAC) of ABET, representing ASME. He also serves on the SME’s Manufacturing Education and Research Community steering committee. Before joining ASU, he had been at North Dakota State University where he was a faculty member in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering department. His research interests include machining, effective

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

engineering annually. Studentsenrolled at HCC and Cecil Community College (CCG) that are interested in pursuingengineering as a transfer student, have to travel or relocate to Baltimore City (26 miles),Baltimore County (42 miles), Prince George’s County (65 miles), or Newark Delaware (35miles). Since ECE graduates are already in high demand, our university has made an immediateand strategic initiative to offer an Electrical Engineering degree program to the residents in theHartford county area by delivering a combination of face-to-face (F2F) courses on the campus ofHCC and online courses that will be offered directly from the campus of MSU. Trends in higher education for the past 10 years have shown that enrollments in onlinecourses or online

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 3.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Li, The University of Tulsa; Kevin Garcia-Estala, The University of Tulsa; Issai Gutierrez, The University of Tulsa

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

industry.Kevin Garcia-Estala, The University of Tulsa Kevin Garcia-Estala is an undergraduate from the University of Tulsa pursuing a degree in Computer Science. His academic interests include software engineering, electrical engineering, and game development. He is currently a tutor for the Computer Science department at The University of Tulsa, assisting students in undergraduate courses.Issai Gutierrez, The University of Tulsa Issai Gutierrez is an undergraduate from the University of Tulsa pursuing a degree in Computer Science. His research interests include Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, and Genetic Algorithms. He is currently a tutor for the Computer Science department at The University of Tulsa, assisting

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Engagement and Support in ECE Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #46303WIP: Gamification as an Engagement Tool in ECE CoursesDr. Victoria Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Yang V. Shao is a Teaching Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering department at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She earned her Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. She has worked with University of New Mexico before joining UIUC where she developed some graduate courses on Electromagnetics. Dr. Shao has research interests in curriculum development, assessment, student retention and student success in

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kapil Gangwar, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

research interests include dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing, artificial intelligent in Manufacturing, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work in Progress: Assessing ABET SO6 through Innovative Labs in Solid Mechanics: A comprehensive guide for Mechanical Engineering InstructorsAbstractDuring ABET Assessment Cycle 2 (Fall 2023-Summer 2024) Department of MechanicalEngineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT), unanimously included a sophomorecourse, Mechanics of Materials, to be assessed for Student Outcome 6 (SO6) starting from Fall2024 (September-December) semester. To assess this

Conference Session

Assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Sevier, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering

FEA is that the commercial software can feel like “magic”instead of the geometrical representation of a mathematical model it really is [4]. For example, inANSYS Workbench, students frequently have difficulty understanding that a “remotedisplacement” constraint really represents a hidden multi-point constraint element (usually rigid)between nodal degrees of freedom on a piece of selected geometry and another node representingthe “remote” location where the constraint is applied. Since ANSYS Workbench is developed asa pre-processor for other large codes, these discrepancies can occur often.Much is demanded from commercial FEA software in research and industry. To meet thesedemands, commercial software can now quickly mesh complicated 3D

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University; Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-2441: TEACHING REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS NETWORKINGAND ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNINGZaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University Zaydoun Rawashdeh has received his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He is currently a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University. Since 2007 he has been working as a Teaching Assistant in the department. His research area is Vehicular Ad hoc Networks.Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University Syed Masud Mahmud received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1984. Since 1988, he has been with Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

Arduino software and show them how towrite code and print text or variables to a screen (called the serial monitor in Arduino). Thisactivity teaches students how to use and define variables, void setup, void loop, and baud rate.Students were given about ten minutes as a team to come up with a code that printed “HelloWorld” to the serial monitor. The second activity is to create a variable which increments thenumber of times “Hello World” is printed to the screen and the delay feature is introduced so theprint to the screen is not unreadable text.We approached these initial class activities as a “Google it” adventure with teaching assistantswalking around and helping students. The rationale behind this approach is that coding requires alot of self

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1457: ASSESSMENT-DRIVEN EVOLUTION OF A FIRST-YEARPROGRAMRick Williams, East Carolina UniversityWilliam Howard, East Carolina University Page 15.210.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessment Driven Evolution of a First year ProgramAbstractThe general engineering program at East Carolina University (ECU) was established in 2004. Inthe fall of 2007, a major curriculum change was initiated that introduced three new courses intothe first year. These courses are Engineering Graphics, Introduction to Engineering, andComputer Applications in Engineering. Each of these courses contains projects or assignmentsthat directly assess the achievement of

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. Prior to joining academia, he worked for nearly five years as a project manager and structural analyst for Electric Boar Corporation. Dr. McGin- nis’ research interests include nondestructive evaluation of structures, response of structures to extreme events such as fire and earthquake, and improving undergraduate engineering education. He has published numerous articles concerning the application of digital image correlation, a non-contact photographic method of determining deformations, to study the behavior of unique structures under various loadings. In teaching and mentoring areas, Dr. McGinnis has been recognized by his peers as the

Conference Session

Motivating students to achieve

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

& Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education concerned with teaching need-for than how-to knowledge. The need-for is about appreciating the need for some type of action, while the how-to is about how specifically to perform that action effectively.The effect of applying these strategies was encouraging. We were initially surprised by howmany students readily provided us with feedback four months after the course was over.University-wide statistics show that typically only one or two students in a class of 20 or morerespond to queries after the end of a course. We had a 45% response rate and nearly all studentswere very positive about their experiences. To us, this indicates that

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and from this data predictionscan be made and conclusions drawn. Other variables give sensorial experience to complexfactors: using popsicle sticks on the surface of the inclined plane, creating a ‘switchback’ path,altering the marble with tape or clay, using a larger or a smaller marble, and so on.Following these experiences, students are also able to use Mabel’s story for an initial experienceof quantifying speed. In these lessons, children measure how far the marble travels in a fixedtime (5 seconds, for example). At this level, the Mabel Marble lessons are preparatory for thephysics work children will do with the inclined plane using a Hall’s carriage and various weightsin the upper elementary grades (grades 4-6).In the upper grades

Conference Session

ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, Hexagon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

details of these features. Moreover, not allFEA packages include fatigue modeling. With that said, some have had success with studentsmodeling individual features such as shoulders [17]; keyseats are possible but require largemodel sizes [28]. Additionally, iterative design of shafts requires many FEA skills and is verytime-consuming [27]; for students to make the most of this deep learning opportunity, thecontent and activities must be carefully be sequenced and paced. Some have found that it worksbest to combine FEA with hand calculations, using hand calculations to find an initial dimension,and to convert raw FEA stress results into fatigue stresses [26].Although FEA mostly finds use in machine design for static stress analysis, it is useful