Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4728: EXPLORING NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH ELECTRO-SPINNING: DESIGN, EXPERIMENT, AND DISCOVER!Ms. Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University Jennifer S. Atchison holds a bachelor’s of science in materials engineering and is currently a Ph.D. can- didate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. Before returning to Drexel for her graduate education, she worked at the American Competitiveness Institute and JDS Uniphase as a Reliability Engineer. Her research, under the guidance of Dr. Caroline Schauer, is fo- cused on exploring electrospun polyelectrolyte nanofiber composites for sensing applications. She also has experience in optics, photonics, and near field scanning probe

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2007-2791: A REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE USING LINKAGES TO TEACHDESIGN, ANALYSIS, CAD AND TECHNICAL WRITINGJames Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Dr. Sherwood joined the University in 1993. He worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and BF Goodrich as a structural engineer before entering academia. He is currently Director of the Baseball Research Center and Co-Director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textiles Laboratory. His scholarly interests include constitutive modeling, mechanical behavior of materials with emphasis on composites, finite element methods with emphasis on high speed impact, sports engineering with emphasis on baseball and innovative teaching methods in

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College; David Hunt, State University of New York, Alfred

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Engineering Technology

engineering education in a variety of undergraduatelaboratory settings and can be adapted for different learning levels and environments. Asreported in the literature 4,5,6, virtual instruments offer versatility in measurement and thedevelopment of laboratory procedures as well as emulate industry standard practices. A virtualinstrument can be easily modified to create an individualized laboratory experience based on theskills and knowledge of students while maintaining the fundamentals of the experiments. One ofthe most desirable technical skills of engineering technology graduates is the ability to conductand design experiments (ABET Engineering Criteria c) .Course Format and DescriptionThe Electromechanical Analysis course is a four-credit course

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae-do Park, University of Colorado, Denver

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Electrical and Computer

implementation of the instructional electric machine laboratory is describedin this paper. The objectives of this project are to upgrade 50-year old laboratory equipmentand to provide students with hands-on experience on up-to-date electric machines, drives andinstruments, as well as to improve their understanding of the theory learned from lectures.Instead of the systems especially designed for educational purpose, off-the-shelf industrialdevices have been selected for the experiments to make them more realistic and thus closer towork situations, as well as more cost effective. Experiments, hardware components,instruments and student feedback about the laboratory course offered are presented.1. IntroductionThe importance of power engineering education

Conference Session

Innovation & Assessment in the delivery of IT/IET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Andrew Oxendine, Elizabeth City State University; Chelsey Daniels, Elizabeth City State University

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Engineering Technology

is a senior student in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University and 2006 McNair Scholar. Her research interests are in control, robotics, and automation. Page 13.79.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A PLC Project in a Control Course LaboratoryAbstractThis paper describes the design, development, and implementation of an automated labelingprocess in an undergraduate control course laboratory. This effort provided students withvaluable hands–on experience in computer assisted control system. The objective of this projectis to design an automated labeling system that

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Bazil, Purdue University; Aaron Kyle, Purdue University; Suneera Bhatia, Purdue University; Brain Moerdyk, Purdue University; Thomas Talavage, Purdue University; Andrew Brightman, Purdue University; Allison Sieving, Purdue University; George Graber, Purdue University; Ann Rundell, Purdue University

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Biomedical

potential solution. In addition to graded lab reports, students’ comprehension was quantified throughout thesemester via three exams and a laboratory practical. Midterm and final examinations were usedto gauge the students’ abilities to solve circuit problems and interpret recorded data. Alaboratory practical exam evaluated the students’ ability to properly construct a circuit from aschematic, design measurement experiments, and utilize electrical laboratory equipment.4 Laboratory Course Content The learning objectives set forth for this course state that upon completion of the course eachstudent will be able to: 1. Employ circuit models and analysis techniques to understand, interpret, and predict bioelectric system behaviors 2

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (ELOS) Technical Session 2: Manurfacturing, Simulation, Safety, and Technical Writing

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deeksha Seth, Villanova University; Garrett Miles Clayton, Villanova University; David Jamison, Villanova University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Paper ID #40269Integration of Design Process, 3D printing, Simulations and ExperimentalTesting in a Laboratory through Design-Build-Test CycleDr. Deeksha Seth, Villanova University Deeksha Seth is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Villanova Univer- sity. Her primary research interests include bio-robotics, mechatronics, engineering design and STEM education.Dr. Garrett Miles Clayton, The College of New Jersey Garrett M. Clayton received his B.S.M.E. from Seattle University and his M.S.M.E. and Ph.D. in mechan- ical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is an Assistant

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

supported by laboratory manuals, this paper willinvestigate the importance of laboratory manuals on laboratory instruction effectiveness andpropose a process for its continuous revision with the goal of achieving more effective laboratoryexperience for students overall. Most hands-on laboratories offered in standard engineering curriculums are designed toenhance the basic knowledge that students have previously acquired from fundamental coursesthat they have taken in their sophomore or early junior years. Laboratory manuals for thesecourses, for most part, serve as instruction manuals detailing the procedures necessary to conductthe experiments. They are often referred to as descriptive laboratory manuals. Students aremainly instructed to

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Russell Rhinehart; Benjamin Lawrence; Sundararajan Madihally

Session #2313 A Unit Operations Lab Project that Combines the Concepts of Reactor Design and Transport Phenomena Benjamin J. Lawrence, Sundararajan V. Madihally, R. Russell Rhinehart School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OKIntroduction A laboratory course on Unit Operations is a critical component in the chemical engineeringundergraduate curriculum, because it provides hands-on experience on the application oftheoretical concepts learned in core classes such as chemical kinetics and reactor design, transportphenomena, and mass transfer operations. Typically, students

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Feemster

emergence of such control orientedsoftware packages as the WINCON environment from Quanser Consulting and their associatedlinear power amplifiers, custom hardware prototypes can be easily integrated into design projectswith relative ease1 (Note: other software interfaces are available that may be successfully employedwithin an undergraduate laboratory setting2,3) thereby allowing students to test and evaluate theircontrol designs on actual hardware. This interaction with hardware also introduces more advancedtopics such as actuator saturation and other nonlinear modeling effects as static friction and loaddisturbances. Page 10.1440.1The

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Philip Ring, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

 conduct PIV research using a small budget. Our main concern washow well a relatively inexpensive laser could illuminate particles of algae and how an inexpensiveCMOS camera with limited resolution could be used to obtain images usable within PIV software. Wewere able to test this by simply shining the laser through a beaker filled with water seeded with algaeparticles shown in Fig. 4. Figure 4. Image of algae particles illuminated by a laser.A simple lift was also designed in order to aid in the positioning of the laser. The main goal of this earlyrevision was to determine if such a system could be viable in a University of _______ laboratory bytaking simple videos illuminating algae flowing in beakers and tubing.  Testing

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalilullah Mayar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Student

Staticsconcepts from the previous class, and the rest of the class is assigned for a highly visualized andinteractive type of lecture, and other course activities described in the course (syllabus).B. Motivations behind selecting this target domainMany teachers who teach Statics are disappointed regarding the inability of their students inapplying the learned concepts in analyzing and designing the real world problems in succeedingcourses for which Statics is considered as a cornerstone (Condoor et al., 2008). Based on theauthor's experience in teaching the subject topic, students normally struggle learning Statics, asmost of the time their main focus is on memorizing the mathematical modules and equationsused for solving the problems, while they miss

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

Session 1566 Utilization of the Learning Cycle and Design of Experiments to Enhance Understanding of Mechanical Engineering Concepts John S. Brader, Jed S. Lyons Department of Mechanical Engineering - University of South CarolinaAbstractThrough design of experiments, as part of an increasingly difficult series of laboratory exercises,students gain a greater understanding of the relevant engineering theory. This paper outlines athree part laboratory experience specifically designed to introduce freshmen to the variety ofengineering disciplines. The three experiments increase in difficulty

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

the power distribution system Page 7.606.1 focus of RDAC will complement the generation and transmission oriented laboratories alreadyavailable. RDAC will provide students with hands-on learning experiences in the analysis,operation and planning of electric power distribution systems.A comprehensive curriculum is targeted to expose all electrical and computer engineeringstudents to power distribution systems through RDAC laboratory modules and to provide moreformal education to upper-level electrical engineering students through full courses andlaboratories. RDAC is designed to be reconfigurable both in its physical construction

Conference Session

Learning to Design Aerospace Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Christopher Deline, University of Michigan; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Steven Sandoval, University of Michigan; Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

, University of Michigan Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Space Sciences Page 11.1332.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 THE STUDENT SPACE SYSTEMS FABRICATION LABORATORY: AN APPROACH TO SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAbstractThe Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL) is a student-led organizationdedicated to providing students with practical space systems design and fabrication experiencenot readily available through the usual academic curriculum. S3FL’s approach is to enhanceeducation by coupling classroom knowledge with practicum experience involving realengineering design, analysis, test

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hoehn, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; William Day, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

Laboratory at Middle Tennessee state University has resulted in the design,construction, and testing of a Closed Compartment Stage Incubator for the study and monitoringof living cells under a microscope.The implementation of the CCSI has shown to be very promising and generated good results todate. These include the preliminary tests that were performed with limited gas mixtures and fullyincorporated experiments over extended periods. The authors were pleased with the outcome ofthe PID control system, which demonstrated excellent temperature regulation abilities. Softwareenhancements will further the capability and quality of the CCSI system. The integration of theCCSI with a personal computer (PC) that allows a digital camera to take pictures of

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

toestablish their own experiment designs to explore chemical and physical phenomena related tojunior-level thermodynamics and transport courses. Concepts in statistics and numericalmethods, technical writing, engineering ethics, and laboratory and industrial safety are allintroduced in the scope of this course.This course serves as the first in our curriculum where students are responsible for the creation oflaboratory procedures, in contrast to their typical chemistry labs where experimental methods areprovided. Given a brief (1/2-1 page) prompt explaining the principle of interest and a list ofavailable laboratory equipment, students are required to explicitly outline the objective,hypothesis, and methods of their experiment, followed by

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Cangar; S. Engin Kilic; Ömer Anlagan; Burak Sari

2793WEB BASED CIM LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN ME CURRICULUM: PART DESIGN, NC-CODE GENERATION AND WORK ORDER DISPATCHING VIA INTERNET Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research Group Sari, B., Cangar, T., Anlagan, O. & Kilic, S. E. Department of Mechanical Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyAbstractThis paper focuses on how basic CIM laboratory work can be enhanced through the use ofInternet. In the typical CIM laboratory experiment students are asked to produce their NC-Codesfor a given task. By the

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Murphy, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Rates and Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Engineering Education, 2004.2. Courter, S. S., S. B. Millar, et al. "From the Students' Point of View: Experiences in a Freshman Engineering Design Course." Journal of Engineering Education 87(3): 283-288, 1998.3. Puccinelli, J.P., Nimunkar, A.J.. “Experiences with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in Real-World, Client- Based BME Design Courses.” In ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.4. Cardenas, M. “Electronic Laboratory Notebooks versus Paper Laboratory Notebooks: A Comparison of Undergraduate Experimental Engineering Laboratory Submissions .” In ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2014

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.; Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Robert F. Giles, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Electrical and Computer

Xilinx University Program. He currently holds a BSEE and MBA degree.Alexander Ganago, University of MichiganRobert F. Giles, University of MichiganHongwei Liao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Page 22.1099.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 New lab project for non-EE majors provides hands-on experience with Analog/Digital, and Programmable Temperature ControllersAbstractWe designed and implemented in Fall 2010 a new laboratory project in a large introductorycourse in Electrical Engineering (EE) for non-EE majors. This project provides hands-onexperience with electronic

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold F. Johnson

Session 2326 Students Designing, Mentoring, and Learning in a Laboratory Environment Arnold F. Johnson University of North DakotaAbstractAn innovative approach for conducting laboratory courses in an electronics sequence ispresented. This approach, which relies heavily on student involvement, is not only interesting,current, and meaningful to the students, but also efficient and effective from an instructionalviewpoint. Students take a very proactive part in this laboratory experience, which providesthem with many opportunities for

Conference Session

Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

statements regarding the following aspects. - The laboratory experience o conventional (I.C.3.f.): “Appropriate laboratory experience which serves to combine elements of theory and practice must be an integral component of every engineering program. Every student in the program must develop a competence to conduct experimental work such as that expected of engineers in the discipline represented by the program. It is also necessary that each student have “hands-on” laboratory experience, particularly at the upper levels of the program...” o bioengineering (II.D.3.e.): “The bioengineering program must provide the student with a meaningful laboratory experience

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger A. Beardsley, Central Washington University; Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theplanetary gear set is used to gain insight into basic principles of modern automatic transmissions.The two labs give students hands-on learning experience that clarifies difficult concepts andteaches students basic principles of gear train design, operation, and analysis.IntroductionWhen teaching Mechanical Engineering Technology topics, learning is facilitated by introducingconcepts based on familiar objects. Many MET students have the curiosity to take things apartto see how they work. Since everyone is familiar with automobiles, examples of automotivemachinery pique student interest. In the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program atCentral Washington University (CWU), the two-quarter sequence in Mechanical Design includesweekly lab

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Design and Labs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Eric Dieckman, University of New Haven; Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven

a number of students take an elective statistics course, students’ main exposure to data analysis in our program comes from a three course in-major laboratory sequence. These courses each target different technical content while emphasizing common skills, including writing (technical memos, lab reports, design reports), formal presentations (oral and poster), and statistical analysis techniques to quantify uncertainty in measured data. The first laboratory (sophomore year) targets instrumentation and measurement techniques and introduces the concept of bias and precision uncertainty. The second laboratory (junior year) focuses on experiments related to the mechanics of materials and structures and

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian O'Connell, Northeastern University; Jada Wong

with Authentic Data Collection and Analysis Experiences ASEE 2022 Conference - DELOS Division – BYOE SessionPresenter informationFeel free to contact the presenter for help or ideas in applying these topics in your classroom orlab as well as more detailed drawings, models, code, and other resources to construct your own: Brian O’Connell, Ph.D. Associate Teaching Professor Northeastern University – College of Engineering – First Year Engineering Program b.oconnell@northeastern.eduSummaryThis demonstration features a suite of experimental setups designed and developed for use in afirst-year engineering course as part of their MATLAB instruction. Each experiment involves aportable data collection unit

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

Session 2266 Design, Build and Test in a Thermal Fluids Laboratory Course Robert Choate and Kevin Schmaltz Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractMechanical Engineering students at Western Kentucky University are required to take acomprehensive thermal fluids lab in the fall semester of their senior year that is designed toaugment the traditional thermal fluids engineering science courses taken during their junior andsenior years. In addition to a variety of instructor-led thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heattransfer experiments

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

courses are linked in a number of ways. For example, a plastic Logoplate is designed in the Graphics course and is then manufactured on a CNC machining centerin the design laboratory. The plate is also designed to meet specifications for mounting on amicroprocessor-controlled hill climb vehicle, which is the second design project in Design 1.Linkage between Graphics and Design 1 is also apparent in a product disassembly workshop inthe design course that involves comparing the parts of a cordless screwdriver to workingdrawings supplied by the manufacturera. This workshop also involves an introduction to free-hand sketching and to orthographic projections, the latter being also covered in the Graphicscourse. The first semester experience is

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

are designed such that they will not require a priori knowledge of themathematical foundations of digital signal processing. These experiments are intended togenerate interest in the mathematical aspects of sampling, filtering, and reconstruction,which is covered in depth in our senior/graduate level elective course, Digital SignalProcessing. These four laboratory experiments have been made available to selectundergraduate students during the development stages. The experiments will be fullyintegrated with our junior level Laboratory course in the next academic year. For the sakeof brevity the highlights of the four laboratory experiments are provided and a moredetailed account of these hands on experiments will be provided during the

Collection

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Mark Clement Joseph Thom, Howard University

students in addition to becoming problem solver, decision maker, andinvestigator that is typical of the PBL approach, also became innovators and gained machiningskills because of the design-build attribute. Because the measurement of properties ofmaterials are performed using the design-build testers, the students have expressedconviction on how and why their experience and gained skills were relevant. Also, theexpressed learning outcomes in the laboratory were significantly improved compared withthe past conventional laboratories.IntroductionProject-based learning (PBL) is the educational method that incorporates student-centeredprojects for active learning and engagement in studying and solving convincing problems.William H. Kilpatrick, a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #15403Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies withDr. Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University Professor, Mechanical Engineer, Ph.D. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies with Laboratory Courses via Capstone DesignAbstractThe objective of this paper is to improve student retention of their engineering mechanicseducation with a teaching/learning strategy implemented in their capstone design project class.There are many quotes from great historians and current educators about the process of teachingand the benefits of