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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford R. Mirman

Session 1426 A Mechanical Engineering Design Laboratory - Integrating Numerical and Experimental Analysis. Clifford R. Mirman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 Email: cmirman@wilkes.eduAs we enter the twentieth century, engineers must have the tools which will permit them to fulfillmultiple engineering tasks in the workplace. This

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Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Gregory Broderick, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Richard Stanley, University of New Haven

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Mechanics

offered during the fall semester, EAS211, Introduction toModeling of Engineering Systems and EAS213, Materials in Engineering Systems and oneduring the spring semester, EAS222, Fundamentals of Mechanics and Materials. In the thirdsemester of discipline specific classes, ME300 Rigid Body Dynamics and CE312 StructuralAnalysis for mechanical and civil engineering respectively, students are evaluated compared totheir peers who have either transferred in from other universities or taken a previous traditionalsequence of mechanics courses.The first course, EAS107P, introduces students to concepts related to structural systems andtrusses, such as internal and external forces, reactions, compression and tension. This is done inthe context of a team

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Measurements Lab ClassAbstractMeasurements Lab is a core junior course for mechanical engineering majors in the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. The main objective of the course is to trainstudents to be able to use various instruments and equipments needed in a mechanical engineer’scareer. This paper discusses the revamping of the course describing each experiment and therelated materials, the relevance of each new experiment to ABET outcomes related toexperimentation, and the evaluation of student projects and their assessments. Responses andfeedback from students are presented to evaluate the effectiveness of new experiments and groupprojects.IntroductionLaboratories are essential for education and training of engineers as

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-1955: A TWO-YEAR COMMON TEMPLATE FOR MECHANICALENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYEnrique Barbieri, University of Houston ENRIQUE BARBIERI received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1988. He was on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department (1988-96) and a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department (1996-98) at Tulane University. In 2002 he joined the University of Houston as Professor & Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology. His research interests are in control systems and applications to electromechanical systems. He is a member of IEEE and

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Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

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Mechanics

Aleksandra Radlinska is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova Uni- versity. She teaches introductory undergraduate courses on civil engineering materials as well as graduate courses that relate fundamentals of materials science with applications to civil engineering materials. Page 22.1133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Overarching Problems in Sophomore Mechanics CoursesAbstractIn 2009, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova Universityrestructured its sophomore mechanics courses to present topics in a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

N.J. Salamon; Renata Engel

factors, reliability,environmental concerns, international diversity and ethics and responsibility. In short, designprojects provide a means to bring modern pedagogy into the mechanics curriculum and plugmechanics education into the engineering mainstream.In this paper we focus on teaching and learning through a design project in introductory Strengthof Materials with Design (SOMD). After setting out the learning objectives for a design project,we summarize the primary milestones employed so that learning occurs in steps and so that theeleven-week-long project remains on schedule. Highlights of student learning are annotated byactual student work. This is followed with a sampling of typical projects: as assigned andstudent solutions. In the

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2005 GSW

Authors

Paul R. Corder

. Figure 1: Cantilevered Beam Two analytical approaches for estimating the stress response are the commonlyused Strength of Materials (“SoM”) approach10 and the more advanced Theory ofElasticity (“ToE”) approach11. In the bending stress equations below for any point (x, y)in the beam, P is the end load, E is the Young’s modulus, ν is Poisson’s ratio, and I is themoment of inertia of the cross-section. Strength of Materials: σb = − My =− ( Px ) y I I8 Calculation is a mechanism only and does not imply

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ETD Accreditation and Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tim Anderson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

awarded two US patents. He is an alumnus of Indiana Institute of Technology, and the University of Notre Dame; where he graduated Magna cum Laude. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Evaluation of IUPUI Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Assessment ExamAbstractThis paper discusses the methods and analysis of 6-semesters of senior assessment examinationdata identifying the courses and subject material students found the most difficult to solve in theMET program Senior Assessment Examination. The analysis results indicate that MET 111(Applied Statics), MET 213 (Dynamics), and MET 348 (Engineering Materials) are courses inneed of potential improvement. Furthermore, subject areas such as the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Colter S. Reed; Donald A. Smith

problem, andthe algorithms attempt to design the specific component using industrial strength designalgorithms. The tedium of iterative calculations is placed on the algorithms, allowing thestudents to concentrate on the parameters appropriate to their specific design application.I. IntroductionThe design of a mechanical component typically involves an iterative approach to determine anappropriate set of parameters that satisfy the requirements and constraints associated with thespecific design problem. For example, in the design of an extension or compression spring for aparticular application, the engineer must select the following parameters: 1. Type of spring to be designed 2. The material to be used to fabricate the spring 3. One

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Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1016: THE UBIQUITOUS MICROCONTROLLER IN MECHANICALENGINEERINGMichael Holden, California Maritime Academy Michael Holden is an assistant professor at the California Maritime Academy, a specialized campus of the California State University. He teaches instrumentation and controls. Professor Holden also works as an engineer in the autonomous vehicle field. Page 14.1258.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Ubiquitous Microcontroller in Mechanical EngineeringIntroductionThis paper will describe a project aimed at integrating the teaching of microcontroller skills inseveral classes

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Perry, University of Michigan; Timothy Chambers, University of Michigan

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Materials Division (MATS)

attitudes towardcomputational skills and tools. We expect that the interview results will provide additional insights intothe causal mechanisms driving the survey results and thereby inform curricular improvements tosupport MSE students’ development and appreciation of computational skills.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Dr. Alison Polasik for her support on this project. We also wish toacknowledge the NSF for sponsoring this research.References[1] A. K. Polasik and D. Riegner, "Successes and lessons learned in an undergraduate computational lab sequence for materials science and engineering," in Proc. 2017 ASEE Annu. Conf. & Expo., 2017.[2] A. Ritchie, “The Impact of Creating the Next-Generation Materials Genome

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International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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International

participating schools. Some information and software tools are very important to highquality capstone designs, the authors are exploring the possibilities and technical constraints ofsharing national standards, material properties specified in different national standards.From international collaboration and working on capstone education, the authors found manyteaching tools and materials developed and used by teaching capstone can be used also for otherundergraduate mechanical engineering courses.IntroductionTo teach capstone design in a global environment, and to teach more efficiently and effectively,a set of web-based, globally accessible computer tools has been developed. In this paper, a fewdeveloped tools will be described. Also, a base set of

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 8: Thermo-Fluids Theory and Computation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #40426Teaching Fluid Mechanics through PhotographyAzar Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Panah is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Penn State University at Berks and her specialty is in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. Her research interests include unsteady aerodynam- ics of biologically-inspired air vehicles. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teaching Fluid Mechanics through PhotographyAbstractAs part of the General Education (GenEd) program at the Pennsylvania State University, weoffer an experimental course on

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. V. Sudhakar, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla; Tadeusz Majewski, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla; Luis Maus, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla

, andmachines that are very close to people e.g., cars, household goods, DVD, tape recorder.Vibration is one of the first courses where students learn to apply the knowledge obtained frommathematics and basic engineering science courses (statics, mechanics of materials, materials,kinematics, and dynamics) to solve practical problems.2. MethodologyAt the beginning of the laboratory class a short quiz is introduced to verify student preparation.Instructional lectures on each experimental method are given during a group’s laboratoryclasses. A group consists of 5 students and they have one laboratory class of 2 hours durationper week. The ultimate goal of theses practical exercises is to provide hands-on experience forstudents in understanding and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moujalli Hourani

Copyright? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Thermodynamics, Dynamics, and Solid Mechanics. The ENGS 231 is a one credit, required course, for the Civil Engineering students. Themaximum number of students in the class is 15. In the laboratory, a group of three studentsperform experiments to understand the strength and the behavior of an individual structuralmember subjected to tensile, torsional, compressive, or bending force. Last year we decided tofocus our attention on the testing of structural systems such as continuous beams and trussesmade of different materials, and subjected to different loading conditions. This paper describes a group-based project in the Solid

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Samuel Joel Rainey, Geneva College; Christopher Charles Jobes P.E., Geneva College

Paper ID #36071Development of a laboratory module to analyze the effect of 3D printingorientation on material propertiesMr. Samuel Joel Rainey, Geneva College Samuel Rainey is an undergraduate student at Geneva College. He is a senior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in physics. He is currently working on a senior design project entailing the design and manufacture of a vehicle for the SAE mini Baja challenge, and hopes to purse a Master’s of Science in Engineering while working in the industry after graduation.Dr. Christopher Charles

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Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek James Lura Ph.D., Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert James O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #11620Homework Methods in Engineering MechanicsDr. Derek James Lura PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Derek Lura is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Computer Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers. He was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Robotics Technologies where he coordinated research activities at the Re- habilitation Robotics and Prosthetics Testbed. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida in 2012. He is committed to developing his courses to apply and develop

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A Goodman, Stevens Institute of Technology; Emily L Atieh, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Materials Division (MATS)

course in which this study took place consisted of mostly 3rd year collegestudents from a wide variety of engineering-related majors (Table 1). The topics covered in thecourse included: chemical bonding, structure and properties of polymers, crystal structure ofmetals, defects in metals, structure and properties of ceramics, diffusion in materials, mechanicalproperties of materials, composite materials, materials processing, electrical properties ofmaterials, optical properties of materials, and nanomaterials.Table 1: Student majors in the course. Major Percent of class Mechanical Engineering 41% Computer Engineering 14% Electrical Engineering 11% Chemical Engineering 10% Software

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Teaching Dynamics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California, Berkeley

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Mechanics

group of people who are arranged in row uponrow of seats looking down upon teacher/actor. When done well, the line between lectures andperformance will, and should, become blurred [10].Greek actors had no difficulty in engaging their listeners because they were presenting anengrossing drama or comedy and the audience was there in order to hear it. Our task is morechallenging because the material often isn’t inherently compelling and exciting. Their audiences Page 14.584.2came voluntarily whereas ours are compelled by graduation requirements. It’s the rare studentwho’ll voluntarily opt for Mechanics of Rigid Bodies over an episode of The Office.Let

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Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L.W. Carter, Case Western Reserve University; Brian Yuhnke Jr, Case Western Reserve University

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New Engineering Educators

-and-learning study conducted over multiple years at The Ohio State University.10 Learning expec-tations (enumerated below), and assessment rubric (Table 1), were presented to the students on thefirst day of class. The learning objectives of the course were designed such that the course wouldadequately prepare the students for subsequent department courses, and directly assess certainABET curriculum objectives (particularly: a, e, g, h, and k).11primary learning objectives: 1. Identify how levels of structure (from atomic to microstructure) affects the physical mech- anisms (the science) that dictate material properties. Particularly mechanisms of diffusion, mechanical behavior, and phase transformations 2. Be able to describe

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Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

the distance, one of the effective ways to educatepeople within large countries, like the US, is through the Internet. Internet technology givesteachers opportunity to bring high level and well developed material to students who could notattend real classes. For example, Gramoll1 is using interactive electronic books to teach in hissolid mechanics classes and Perkins2 uses online interactive simulations to teach physics.Similarly, this work is designed to use Internet connections to empower students and instructorsto see results from MEMS experiments done miles away from where they live. While physicaldistance has no meaning in the Internet era, bandwidth is an important concept. The thinner thebandwidth one has, the further he/she is from

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald C. Richter

thischallenge in the instructional area of Strength of Materials. Eastern Washington University hasdecided to use a software package to allow the student to have more “on demand” help in solvingstrength/mechanics of materials problems. The software package allows the student to doproblems then use the software to check his/her work, help understand where he may have erred,and provide an environment that encourages further exploration and discovery. The paper furtherrelates the experience and lessons learned in using the software to augment the traditional classroom experience. The software package is "MDSolids" developed by Timothy Philpot at theUniversity of Missouri.I. IntroductionStudent retention has become one of the most important issues today in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Session 2793 Incorporating MatLab in the Mechanical Engineering Courses at Alabama A&M University Amir A. Mobasher, A.R. Jalloh, R. Rojas-Oviedo, Z.T. Deng, C. Qian Mechanical Engineering Department Alabama A&M University Huntsville, AL 35762 Amobasher@aamu.eduAbstractNowadays, entry-level engineers may find themselves in an environment thatprogramming, simulation and modeling may become an integral part of their career. Ininstances that they are involved with enhancement and

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Improving Student Outcomes in Mechanics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmad Ghasemloonia P.Eng., University of Calgary; Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary

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Mechanics

could be tailored to discipline specific examples.However, all students were evaluated based on the same material, i.e., they were given the sameassignments, quizzes, midterm, and final exam.Instructor A conducted one lecture section made up of Mechanical Engineering students (L01),while Instructor B conducted two sections (L02/03) made of students from the remainingdisciplines. Both instructors conducted three weekly lectures and one weekly tutorial for theirstudents. The instructors met daily to discuss lecture content, classroom demonstrations, anddelivery pace. Although the lecture notes were different between the instructors, both sets ofdigital notes could easily be obtained by all 405 students taking the course. The biggestdifference in

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himani Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Materials Division (MATS)

-II), is typically pursued by students in their third or fourth year. Each lab typicallyaccommodates an average of 60 students per semester. Given that these labs are mandatory corecourses offered consecutively, students enrolled in both the 2022 and 2023 academic years hadthe opportunity to attend guest lectures in both Lab-I and Lab-II. Technically, Lab-I delves intothe measurement of diverse material properties, including thermal, electrical, mechanical, andrheological studies. Lab-II, on the other hand, provides experiences with contemporary materialsprocessing techniques. These courses were strategically selected as the initial focal points for thiseducational endeavor due to their foundational role in MSE curricula.The shared learning

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

-reaching changes were made to the introduction to engineeringcourse, the service learning program, and introductory engineering mathematics courses. Otherchanges were enacted by individual faculty members to include explicit mention of criticalthinking, and exercises in their courses based on application of the Paul-Elder paradigm. Thealterations in these courses have not focused on changes in content, but have been modificationsin mode of presentation. In no course has this change in approach been more interesting than in atruly basic course, statics.Changing StaticsIn 1687 Newton published his laws of motion in the Philosophiae Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica. This work ultimately became the source material that has been passed on fromteacher to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Y. Lee; Jiang Li

Java scripts. These simple technological utilities are applied to develop agreatly multimedia tools to help engineering students taking the course of EngineeringMechanics at Morgan State University.III. Analysis and Discussion of ResultsThe results from traditionally teaching Engineering Mechanics are compared to those from thetraditional teaching combined with the Internet teaching. Such comparison is based on the sameconditions, namely, using the same textbook and materials, the same number of assignments(e.g., ten homework and quizzes given weekly) as well as the same tests and exams materials(e.g., the same problems for two comprehensive tests plus the mid-term and final exams). Thegrades from the courses taught in 1997 and in 1998 are

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Price Barnett; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Mechanics

Paper ID #25469Board 101: Project Based Learning for a Mechanical Engineering Major Stu-dent: The Sustainability of Internal Combustion Engines (Student Poster)Mr. Aaron Price Barnett Aaron Barnett is currently a sophomore at Salt Lake Community College studying Material Science En- gineering with a minor in Chemistry. His academic focus includes renewable energy and sustainable materials. As well as helping shape a new generation of engineers and scientists to continue improving the world.Dr. Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College Dr. Nick M. Safai is an ASEE Fellow. He has been an ASEE officer and member for the past

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Useful Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley

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Mechanics

financial pressures that work to reduce it. As a result, the author has spent someyears in experimenting with techniques to enhance and revitalize the traditional lectureformat, bringing the sense of a small seminar into what so easily can become a one-waymonologue.In prior work the author has touched on aspects of how a large lecture can be made to feelmore like a small seminar and how to involve students in the discussion [4]. In this paper adifferent concept is introduced, the Targeted Break. The Targeted Break is a 5 minute breakin the lecture, occurring approximately midway through. During this time graphic imageryand/or videos are presented, accompanied by discussion between the professor and students.The material in the Targeted Break is

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ing-Chang Jong, University of Arkansas

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Mechanics

is included in this paper. Readers, who are famil- Page 12.1535.2iar with the sign conventions in mechanics of materials and the use of singularity functions, mayskip the refresher on the rudiments in the early part (Sects. II and III) of this paper.II. Sign Conventions for BeamsIn the analysis of beams, it is important to adhere to the generally agreed positive and negativesigns for loads, shear forces, bending moments, slopes, and deflections of beams. The free-bodydiagram for a beam ab carrying loads is shown in Fig. 1. The positive directions of shear forcesVa and Vb , moments M a and M b , at ends a and b of the beam, the concentrated