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Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University; David Clippinger, Pennsylvania State University; Yabin Liao, Pennsylvania State University; Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University; Philip A. Jones, Pennsylvania State University; Shannon K. Sweeney, Pennsylvania State University; Susan Daigle; Adam Jeffrey Wielobob; Liyong Sun, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Technology

M.S.E. in Electrical Engi- neering in 2004, both from Arizona State University. Before that he received his B.E. in Automotive Engineering in 1999 from Tsinghua University. He was a lecturer/sr. lecturer in the Department of Me- chanical and Aerospace Engineering at Arizona State University from 2006-2017 before he joined Penn State Erie in 2017. Dr. Liao’s teaching interests include Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Materi- als, System Dynamics and Controls, Vibrations, and Instrumentation and Measurements. He has been a long-time reviewer and contributor of Pearson’s MasteringEngineering online program for Engineering Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.Dr. Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University Dr

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Rhymer; Marty Bowe; Daniel Jensen

Session 1668 An Assessment of Visualization Modules for Learning Enhancement in Mechanics Don Rhymer, Dan Jensen, Marty Bowe Department of Engineering Mechanics USAF Academy, CO 80840AbstractUntil recently, there has been a lack of content designed to enhance understanding of mechanicsof materials through the use of visualization. Therefore, visualization content in this area, aswell as quantitative assessment establishing its effectiveness, is needed. This paper builds on ourprevious work using visualization content by

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

, Stephen P., Mechanics of Materials, Second Edition, PWS Engineering,Boston, Massachusetts, 1984. Pages 192-196.6-Rao, Singirisu S., Mechanical Vibrations, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995. Pages152-157.Biographical Information:JOSUE NJOCK LIBII is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University-- PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering , an MSE and PhD inApplied Mechanics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Page 3.581.6

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Session 2793 A Structure for Integration of Manufacturing and Mechanical Design Engineering Courses Lucy Siu-Bik King, Ph.D. , Jacqueline El-Sayed, Ph.D. Kettering University, 1700 West Third Ave Flint, MI 48504-4898AbstractRecent technological and industrial advancements have created a need for new initiatives in highereducation programs. Graduating engineers today must be well versed and proficient in manydisciplines other than their major fields. Not only do they need to be knowledgeable, but also beable to synthesize and apply their

Conference Session

Assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University; Galen Papkov, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

confidence in prerequisite material was not significant (p=0.1242), whereascourse involvement (p=0.0053) and perceived level of preparedness for Exam 2 (p=0.0044) wereimportant factors in the model. Specifically, a 1-unit increase in a student’s course involvementresults in an increase of about 3.3 points on the exam, 95% CI (1.0, 5.7). A 1-unit increase in levelof preparation results in an expected gain of about 4.8 points on the exam, 95% CI (1.6, 8.0).DiscussionEngineering Mechanics is a problem-solving course that relies on application of concepts fromphysics, often requiring geometry/trigonometry as well as algebraic manipulation of systems ofequations to find a solution. As such, it was not surprising to learn that students

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

responders strongly agreedor agreed that the LCP method motivated them to explore beyond the course materials. Overall, the LCPapproach can offer an effective mechanism to advances students’ professional development viasimulated participation in a professional technical conference panel environment, which is typicallyunattainable for undergraduate students.1.0 Introduction1.1 Motivation for Introducing Research Mechanisms to Undergraduates Introducing undergraduate students to research mechanisms can offer valuable, authentic, andrewarding means to simultaneously advance their educational and professional development. Researchmechanisms can open new pathways to improve comprehension of technical concepts through theapplication of the content in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Civil Engineering

the Fluid Mechanics course.Students identified that their opinions of the App were somewhat positive towards the projectitself and its encouragement of their learning. While many students did not address the learningbenefit of the App in their reflections, a few groups mentioned it as a positive experience in theclass. One group wrote that the App was a good method of relating the presented material to real-world experiences and expanding on the material. Another pair of students commented thatinvestigating the scientific principles of an everyday device was enlightening and fun. No groupwrote negatively about the experience. Many wrote that the presentation had highlighted theirweaknesses in public speaking, and that they were motivated by

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

Session 1566 Improving the Relevance of Manufacturing in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Michele H. Miller, Klaus J. Weinmann Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractIn the 2000-01 academic year, Michigan Tech University implemented a new mechanicalengineering curriculum (coincident with a change from quarters to semesters). To improve therelevance of manufacturing in that curriculum, faculty and staff developed a new sophomorelevel course Integrated Design and Manufacturing. The course is part of a

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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Tatum; Mannur Sundaresan; Devdas Pai

An Apparatus for Monitoring the Health of Electrical Cables D. M. Pai1, Paul F. Tatum2 and M. J. Sundaresan1 1 Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures 2 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Intelligent Structures and Mechanisms Lab Dept of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411IntroductionAs with most elements of infrastructure, electrical wiring is innocuous; usually hidden away andunnoticed until it fails. Failure of infrastructure, however, sometimes leads to serious health

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Marchetta, University of Memphis; Edward Perry, University of Memphis

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Mechanical Engineering

are provided for satisfying each course competency during the semester, includingthe final examination.A study was undertaken in three undergraduate mechanical engineering courses to determine ifthe use of online learning objects would help students master the required course competencies.The performance of students who had used the online learning object was compared to that ofstudents in another semester who had covered the same material and had been assigned similarhomework in the traditional manner of chalkboard and written assignments. For two classes,learning objects were utilized for two separate competencies to assess whether the learningobjects chosen were a significant factor on student performance and student

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, Montana State University

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Mechanical Engineering

) program. Using techniques such as reverseengineering and design-build-test, students will be introduced to general mechanical engineeringtopics such as materials and structures and mechanical design. Integrated within each laboratorymodule are student presentations, curriculum investigation, and potential career opportunities.The success of this new approach will be discussed with regards to higher retention rates ofmechanical engineering students as the program progresses, as well as, student confidence indegree choice, improved understanding of future curriculum and career potential. II. IntroductionEvery university, college, department and program struggles with attracting and retaining newstudents. From this motive, a significant body of

Conference Session

Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hendricks; L. Glenn Kraige; Don Morris

projectors can be difficult in realtime. The overhead material could be prepared in advance, but then we would have multipleinstructors individually spending time solving the same problem, whereas one universalpresentation would be more time efficient and could adhere to higher presentation standards.Description of the SoftwareTo address the above difficulties encountered in large lecture halls, the authors have begun thedevelopment of departmental lecture software for the mechanics service courses. The softwarecan be shown in any classroom with a computer-driven projector (typical is one large screen perroom), and it can be placed on the internet for student review. A typical module consists of aconcise review of the theory and one or more example

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Paper ID #49558Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Undergraduate MechanicalEngineering EducationDr. Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Randall Manteufel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He has won several teaching awards, including the 2012 University of Texas System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2019 College of Engineering Student Council Professor of the Year Award, 2008, 2022, 2024 College

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Bubacz, The Citadel Dr. Monika Bubacz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management at The Citadel. She received both her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Poznan University of Technology in Poland, and the Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from the Univer- sity of New Orleans. Before her current appointment she has worked for Mercer University, Center for NanoComposites and Multifunctional Materials in Pittsburg, Kansas and Metal Forming Institute in Poz- nan, Poland. Her teaching and research interest areas include materials science, polymers and composites for aerospace applications, nanotechnology, and environmental sustainability.Jason Howison, The

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal Padraic Holland, Trinity College Dublin; Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University; Gareth J. Bennett, Trinity College Dublin

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #7038An assessment of student needs in project-based mechanical design coursesMr. Donal Holland, Trinity College Dublin D´onal Holland is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on engineering education, open source hardware and medical device design.Prof. Conor Walsh, Harvard University Conor is Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the Harvard School of Engi- neering and Applied Sciences and a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. He is

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marny Lawton; Donald Wroblewski

Session 2202 REDESIGN OF AN INTRODUCTORY MECHANICS COURSE FOR ONLINE DELIVERY Donald E. Wroblewski, Marny D. Lawton Boston UniversityIntroductionWith the burgeoning growth of distributed or distance education, higher education is attemptingto bring traditional courses online in record numbers. In the rush to accomplish this manyinstitutions have lost sight of the fact that merely convert ing existing course material into anelectronic format in the belief that that constitutes distributed education only accomplishesadoption of a technology without integrating

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Russell L. Rhoton, Baker College

Paper ID #31929A Comparison of Succeeding Mission-Critical Mechanical EngineeringDesign/Fabrication Projects.Dr. Russell L. Rhoton, Baker College Dr. Russell L. Rhoton is currently a Professor and the Director of Engineering at the Jackson campus of Baker College. Dr. Rhoton took his doctoral, master’s and bachelors’ degrees from Eastern Michigan University, and taught there for many years prior to coming to Baker College of Engineering. His research areas are materials modification by use of energetic plasmas, and design of processing equipment. American c

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #17998Students’ Conception and Application of Mechanical Equilibrium ThroughTheir SketchesMs. Nicole Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Nicole received her B.S. in Engineering Physics at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in May 2013. She is currently working towards a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) under Professor Angus Rockett and Geoffrey Herman. Her research is a mixture between understanding defect behavior in solar cells and student learning in Materials Science. Outside of research she helps plan the Girls Learning About

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Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hall; Kelly Crittenden

Session 1368 Design, Fabrication and Testing of Wooden Trusses for Undergraduate Mechanics David Hall, Kelly Crittenden College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractThe sophomore engineering curriculum at Louisiana Tech University includes a mechanicscourse that integrates topics from statics and mechanics of materials. This three semesterhour course, which is officially listed as 2/3 lecture and 1/3 laboratory, attempts toseamlessly integrate lecture, laboratory, and group problem solving. The laboratorycomponent of the course focuses on the design

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Alfred Gates, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Connecticut State University Peter F. Baumann is an Associate Professor of Engineering at CCSU. His industrial experience spans 20 years. He is Past Chairman of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee B7 and also Past Chairman of his local ASM International materials chapter. Dr. Baumann received a B.S. in Metallurgy at Penn State, earned an M.S. from MIT Mechanical Engineering, and completed a Ph.D. in Materials Science at Polytechnic University. E-mail: BaumannP@ccsu.eduAlfred Gates, Central Connecticut State University Alfred A. Gates is a Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at Central Connecticut State University. He has 15 years of industrial

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

required tool to understand the development of stress concentrations.This paper proposes the use of the optical method of caustics to study the development of stressconcentration around circular holes. The goal of these demonstrations is to improve thestudents’ comprehension in mechanics of materials as well as in structural and machine design.IntroductionAt the sophomore level, students in a civil and mechanical engineering programs are introducedto the concepts of stress and strain in a solid body through the Strength of Materials course. Inthe first Machine Design course, junior mechanical engineering students learn to get a stressconcentration factors (SCF) for practical problems from a chart. A senior civil engineeringstudent utilizes similar

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Yan, Nanjing Forestry University; Yujing Nie; Lin Li, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

flipped modules were introducedfor five topics, which needed all of the students to attend. The teaching contents andassessment tools of each instructional module are shown in Table 1. Table 1. Course Design of Engineering Mechanics I Traditional classroom section: the first Flipped classroom section: the second half half of Engineering Mechanics I of Engineering Mechanics IContents: Contents: l Force Vectors l Concept of Moment of a Force, l Equilibrium of a Particle Moment of a Couple, DistributedTeaching Materials: Load l Textbook

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Napoles

, Materials and Systems courses arelinked.Hollister3, describes two integrated courses teaching named Unified Engineering that has thefollowing subjects: Static, Mechanics of solid and materials, Dynamic, Fluid Mechanics,Thermodynamics, Propulsion, and Lineal Systems.Miller and Cooper4 present an integrated model based upon the engineering practice in themechanical engineering teaching.Carr et al5, describe the university experience where all the engineering branches have a commonbasis of integrated courses named Scientific and Mathematical Foundations I, II, III, in whichessential calculus, physics, and basic aspects of the engineering are included.Perdomo6establishes the integration in the mechanical engineering curriculum through theintegrated

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

) per week, with four hours oflecture or, when the course requires, a lecture and a laboratory (both consisting of two hours).For basic design courses, where no laboratory is included or in-class activities are not required,the two-hour lecture blocks can be more efficiently utilized if part of the block is used for studentlearning of the material presented by the instructor instead of using the entire block just forinstructor presentation.This paper presents a simple idea for achieving this goal. The idea was implemented and testedin three distinct engineering courses, namely ME-309 (Vibrations), MECH 210 (Mechanics I –Statics), and MECH 310 (Mechanics III – Dynamics). For evaluation purposes, student feedbackand comments are included in the

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

Freshman Retention Study in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas Stephen B. Taylor, Darin W. Nutter, James A. Davis, Joseph J. Rencis Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701abstract Retention of freshman students has become a focal point for many engineering collegesthroughout the country. With many literary sources written on the retention of students inengineering programs, there are many references that address why some students leave withoutcompleting a degree and why other students stay to ultimately complete a degree. It is

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Jung-Hoon Sul; Zhongxiao Peng; Nicole Kessissoglou

Mechanics Courseof the course (the authors of this paper), and three teaching assistants. The team met weekly forone hour for the first two months, during which time the tasks to be carried out within the digitaluplift project were identified, and a budget and timeline for completion of the tasks established.The team then met weekly for half an hour for the remainder of the digital uplift program to assessprogress of the various activities. Outside these scheduled meetings, the lecturers were involved inreviewing all tasks during their various stages of completion. The project managers also organisedadditional technical support for the filming and editing of the pre-laboratory videos, animation andgraphics design for the lecture material and online

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lulay, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Deborah S. Munro, University of Portland; Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Timothy A Doughty, University of Portland Dr. Timothy A. Doughty received his BS and MS from Washington State University in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and his Ph. D. from Purdue University. He has taught at Purdue, Smith College, and is now an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. From 2009 to 2001 he served as a Faculty Scholar with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and has served as the Dundon-Berchtold Fellow of Ethics for the Donald. P. Shiley School of Engineering

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

applications. Different methods of processing, manufacturing and testing composites arealso discussed. Two lab periods are utilized to demonstrate composite materials. During the firstlab, individual students layup a carbon fiber plate and place it under vacuum. Once the plates arecured, typically the next lab session, students cut the plates into various shapes to demonstrate thedifficulties in manufacturing with composites.Failure AnalysisThe lecture provides an overview of some common failures in mechanical devices, focusingmostly on gears and turbines. Root cause analysis is discussed. Several examples of failed ordamaged equipment have been donated to the class, allowing the students to do hands oninspections. There is no lab associated with this

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

it can offer awide variety of pedagogical benefits, including improved understanding of course material,increased motivation for learning subject material, and enhanced appreciation for the ethical roleand implications of their profession1.At MIT, service learning was first used deliberately in a mechanical engineering class in thespring of 2002, and since then has been implemented in a few mechanical engineering subjects,all in design and manufacturing subject areas. Written post-surveys given to students followingthree of the classes and informal conversations show mixed success. On average, studentsreported that they found service learning worthwhile, and benefited through improvedinteractions with their peers and instructors, motivation

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

separate courses on Statics and Strength of Materials from the previouscurriculum. In the two-credit Engineering Design II course, students undertake a series of fourexperiments and two design projects to complement and reinforce the topics covered in theMechanics of Solids lecture course.Several courses were selected at Stevens for pilot implementations of project-based teachingmethodologies. The expected benefits include enhanced student participation in the learningprocess (active learning and self-learning), enhanced communication skills, adaptation of thepedagogies to a wider set of learning styles and promotion of critical and proactive thinking. Thispaper discusses the related revisions of a freshmen-level core course on Mechanics of