Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

University. He traveled with the student team during the assessment visit to Tibet, China. His research interests are in manufacturing and materials science.Grant Sharpe, Tufts University Mr. Sharpe is a current BS undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Tufts University. He is a co-founder and serves as the 2006 President of the Tufts Engineers-Without-Borders student chapter.Chris Swan, Tufts University Dr. Swan is an Associate Professor in and current chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. His current interests are the reuse of recovered or recyclable materials and sustainable construction

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arjumand Ali, Grand Valley State University; Ryan W. Krauss, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

as Euler’s Method and Runge Kutta method can be used tosolve differential equations using any programming language like Matlab or Python. These toolscan also be used to simulate the responses of such systems, and also to analyze experimentaldata.Dynamics Systems Modeling and Control is a required course in any mechanical engineeringprogram. This course is a challenging course for the students as well as for the instructors.Students often find the material too abstract, too mathematical, and difficult to master when it ispresented in lectures [7]. Since this course is very abstract and mathematically intense, it is noteasy to teach as well. The instructors find it hard to keep students engaged all the time. Whenclass consists of an instructor

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Shollenberger, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

). The reported student usage onassigned homework is much less than that perceived by the faculty.Conclusions and Future ResearchSeveral conclusions can be drawn from the results of this pilot study on the usage of textbooksolution manuals by students in a large public engineering school. First, both students (to ahigher extent) and faculty (to a lesser extent) agree that working assigned homework problems isuseful and contributes to the student’s understanding of the course material. It is likely thatinstructors will continue to assign homework and students will continue to seek the textbooksolution manual as a resource. Second, only about 1/3 of the mechanical engineering faculty atCal Poly specifically forbid the use of textbook solution

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zahira H. Merchant

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #22615Implementation and Assessment of a Remotely Accessible Laboratory in anEngineering Dynamic Systems CourseDr. Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Nolan Tsuchiya is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Tsuchiya obtained his Ph.D. from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA in the area of Dynamic Systems and Control). Dr. Tsuchiya teaches Controls Engineering, System Dy- namics, and Computer Programming courses using MATLAB/SIMULINK at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is currently the

Conference Session

Engineering Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Robert F. Richards, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13299Implementation of Very Low-Cost Fluids Experiments to FacilitateTransfor-mation in Undergraduate Engineering ClassesProf. Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University Dr. Cecilia Richards is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Richards received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California at Irvine. She has authored over 100 technical papers and proceedings and holds two patents. She has supervised the research

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia; Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-5341: IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: AN APPROACHUSED IN KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF MACHINERYDr. Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia Claire Yan is an instructor in the School of Engineering at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia. She received her B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Strath- clyde, U.K. She is a registered Professional Engineer.Dr. Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia Page 25.750.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State University; Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

designing water and wastewater treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, and how the concepts are embedded in contexts.Dr. Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State UniversityDr. Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University Dr. Poor has been teaching many of the integral undergraduate civil engineering courses at Washington State University for the last six years, including seven mechanics of materials courses. She received the departments’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010 and Outstanding Advising Award in 2012. Dr. Poor is a licensed

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; William W. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Ellen M. Moe

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

this project, and identify areas for improvement for future semesters, and (3)summarize students’ perceptions of the project, as well as their perceptions of the knowledge andprofessional skills developed, based on their responses to a survey.Description of the courseThe Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design course at the University of Pittsburgh is athree-credit, sophomore-level course in which students learn about the design process, technicaldrawing, and computer-aided design (SolidWorks); it is mechanical engineering students’ firstexposure to design, as the first-year engineering courses focus on problem solving andprogramming, not on design. It is a required course for students in the Mechanical Engineeringand Materials Science

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Eslam Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Heidi Reuter

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

organizations thatpromote integration of art and science are Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI),International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture (ISAMA) and InternationalSociety for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology (ISAST). In academia, educators are alwaysexperimenting new methods to increase students engagement in the course materials. One sucheffort in fluid mechanics is a course on the physics and art of flow visualization, by Dr. JeanHertzberg (at the University of Colorado, Boulder) [1-3]. The course is offered since 2003 as atechnical elective to the engineering students and as studio credit to the fine arts students and hasshown to be very effective. Gary Settles (at Pennsylvania State University) is a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

]. Mechanical engineering students seem to find more usefulness in the course material asthey feel that it is critical for their future careers, while there is a perceived lack of utility valueamong students in the class who are pursuing a different engineering major. This heterogeneityof students in the class poses challenges to the instructor in terms of promoting studentengagement in the course.Faye, on the other hand, shared a different experience, describing students in the class as “hardworking in general” and “motivated.” She also shared the following perception: “They have a lotof distractions, but I think in general they have good faith about coming to class and learningsomething.”In SummaryData analysis generated faculty experiences and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University; Kristin Lesseig

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

developed a new modernized mechatronics course that focuses on the IoTtechnologies, and incorporates project-based learning (PjBL). Our overarching goal was tointegrate skills from computer science and mechanical engineering, and bridge the gap in themechanical engineering curriculum to better prepare future students for the Industry 4.0revolution.We are building on prior work by others using active learning [1, 2], PjBL [3–6], agile softwaredevelopment methods [7–9], as well as existing IoT course materials such as [10–13]. Theexisting courses tend to target Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students and thecreation of the underlying IoT technologies, especially low-level software. Mechanical engineersneed to develop smart products and

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, The Citadel; Nahid Vesali, The Citadel

second semester senior course, CONE 460 Mechanical and Electrical Systems, was taught forthree terms, since spring 2010. The course is three credit hours and offered to seniors, althoughjuniors may take it, as well. Approximately 96 students have taken the course as a requirement inthe construction engineering curriculum or as an elective in the mechanical engineeringcurriculum. Few of the engineering students had experience with MEP systems, even the oneswho interned with construction firms. With very little prior student knowledge, it was importantto provide a well-structured way for them to learn such broad topics. Frequent homeworkassignments were used to reinforce material from each chapter.The course textbook adoption process took place

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gafar Abbas Elamin P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

challenge is the selection of the textbooks that covers all required material and consistent © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceuse of sign conventions, terminology, and equations for fundamental laws. To address theseissues, in 2009, Boettner et. al3 produced an integrated textbook to teach the fluid mechanics andthe thermodynamics disciplines as a combined course. They assessed the implementation of thattextbook in their paper that had been published during the ASEE 2011 conference4. Their papersummarized feedback from faculty and students who used the integrated textbook for the firsttime. The main concern of faculty about the new

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Douglas Bohl

Use of Flow Visualization Projects to Personalize Introductory Fluid Mechanics For StudentsDouglas BohlDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringClarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY 13676Introduction Introductory Fluid Dynamics classes are often viewed by engineering students as one ofthe most challenging courses in the curriculum. The course is content heavy with a strongreliance on complicated equations which can make the material appear dry and distant to manystudents. Beyond that, introductory fluids is a required course for many engineering disciplinesand has a wide range of student interest levels. At Clarkson University the introductory fluidmechanics class includes students from the

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

teams and the instructor. They spend one or two weeks inpreparing the final report.The Helmholz resonator project addresses the course objectives a, b and e listed above.We use this, in addition to the tests and the final exam, to evaluate the following learningoutcomes,≠ The ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve process.≠ The ability to function effectively on teams and communicate effectively.≠ The ability to utilize their knowledge of engineering materials, statics, dynamics, and strength of materials and solve problems related to mechanical systems that are stationary as well as in motion.In our anonymous exit interview questionnaire for the graduating seniors some

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

Session 3666 Solution of complex pipe flow problems using spreadsheets in an introductory fluid mechanics course Mark Schumack Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Detroit MercyI. IntroductionStudents of classical fluid mechanics have routinely been taught how to use the Moody chart tosolve pipe flow problems. Its use, however, is tedious for even relatively simple flow problemswhere velocity or diameter is the unknown because an iterative solution is required. Students canavoid repeated references to the

Conference Session

Remote and Flipped Instruction in Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo; Kylie Chan, University of Waterloo

[2] compiled their findingsof multiple such studies and discovered that the most common approach to the flipped classroomin engineering involves pre-recorded lecture videos. Time in class then shifts to student-centeredlearning which emphasizes student involvement, improving their retention of the material byreviewing the concepts rather than teaching them for the first time. Dr. Al-Hammoud, the courseinstructor and co-author of this paper, has also experimented with the flipped classroom modelback in 2017 with another mechanics course [8]. Results from this delivery showed a noticeableimprovement in the students’ performance based on grades from online quizzes. Whencomparing the flipped classroom model to the traditional approach, Dr. Al

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R. Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary D. Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, fluid mechanics, homework problems, content analysis,textbooks, writing promptsIntroductionAs assessments of learning outcomes are increasingly emphasized through accreditationrequirements (e.g., via ABET) and other quality assurance initiatives, written communication isone area that engineering instructors often find challenging to incorporate and assess.1 This isparticularly true in large core courses at the sophomore and junior levels. Yet it has also beenfound that technical writing is best taught during the learning of technical material.2This study is part of a larger ongoing project to understand and expand the incorporation ofwriting in large-lecture engineering courses, including investigation of faculty perspectives andtextbook

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Oludare Owolabi

to prevent the cracks from widening or the slab from settling or displacing.The major application of steel reinforcement is to provide strength and support to the concreteeven when it undergoes cracks. Therefore, white lines are used to mark parts of the concretewhere the reinforcement is applied to prevent drilling through the reinforcement material in thefuture as it can cause imbalance in the structure.Also, many of the equipment used on the site operate on principles from Mechanics. Forexample, the pick bucket crane shown in Fig. 7 has a maximum load it can carry based on thelength of its crane. This is based on the principles of moment-equilibrium of a body. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #18499Applying Lean Thinking to the Structure and Delivery of a Kinematics CourseDr. John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology John Mirth is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Prior to this, he had positions at the University of Denver, and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He obtained his BSME degree from Ohio University and his MSME and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Applying Lean Thinking to the Structure and Delivery of a

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2323: STRATEGIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER-BASEDSIMULATION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMRajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University Rajesh Bhaskaran is the Director of Swanson Engineering Simulation Program in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He is leading efforts in the Sibley School to integrate contemporary simulation technologies into the mechanical and aerospace engineering curriculum. As part of this initiative, he is developing web-based curriculum material for integrating the ANSYS and FLUENT packages into solid and fluid mechanics courses. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1837: INTEGRATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF MECHANICALENGINEERING SKILLS BEGINNING IN THE FIRST-YEAR DESIGNEXPERIENCEDebra Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah Stacy J. Morris Bamberg is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

provide realistic hands-on experience. Laboratorycourses are the best place to connect text book materials with real world experiences andapplications. The laboratory setting furthermore allows group work and the laboratory reportswhich by nature require critical thought to complete.The objective of this paper is to describe the general challenges of higher education in Qatar,discuss the differences between TAMUQ and the historical Regional teaching styles. The newlybuilt fluid mechanics laboratory is described and the result of the student experience in thelaboratory is discussed. Lessons and conclusions will then be drawn from the overall experience.Higher education challenges in QatarQatar, with a native population of less than four hundred

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

computational problem solvingearlier in their college careers by developing Microsoft Excel-based modules to be used asteaching tools in the sophomore and junior-level thermodynamics and heat transfer courses. TheMS Excel package was chosen as a software platform for this purpose because of its ubiquitousnature and its ability to utilize Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros in a spreadsheetformat.In the sophomore-level thermodynamics course, much of the class material focuses on theproperties of steam and ideal gases. Therefore, a suite of Microsoft Excel functions to computesteam and ideal gas properties and assist in analyzing properties of states and processes has beendeveloped. A number of Excel packages that pertained to the computation of

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Anne Wingate, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Kadel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amanda G. Madden, C21U

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mechanics of materials conceptinventories according to discrimination and difficulty indices. Using a discriminationindex and predictive validity measures, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University foundtheir Statics concept inventory to be a reliable and valid pre and post-test assessment ofconceptual gains in the course. Similarly, a mechanics of materials concept inventorydeveloped at the University of Alabama was found to be promising after psychometrictesting was performed but currently needs more testing [8]. The researchers of this studyposit that a MOOC provides a platform for further developing concept inventories due toa large population for validation, and will allow a deep dive into student understandingdue to the tremendous amount of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Ryan Barb, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. He is a co-holder of a Guinness World Record a co-author of five books. Dr. Daniel Raviv received his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1980, respectively.Mr. Daniel Ryan Barb, Florida Atlantic University Daniel Barb is an undergraduate student studying Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic Univer- sity. He spent six years in the United States Navy working in a nuclear power plant aboard a fast attack submarine. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Visual and Intuitive Approach to Teaching and Learning the Concept of Thermodynamic

Conference Session

Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Hassanein Jaleel Radhi, California State University, Fullerton

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

multidisciplinary problems;(4) Statistics, to be able to work with data;(5) Materials and manufacturing, to understand materials and processes;(6) Test plan preparation;(7) Making decisions and defend them.(8) Communication skills in order to learn how to work on multidisciplinary projects andunderstand relationships between mechanical and electronic concepts;Laboratory Projects SequenceHere, the authors present the development of a multidisciplinary engineering design-basedlaboratory “Development of the Articulated Suspension Exploratory Platform System ASEPS”,with the main goal of involving undergraduate students in faculty research, enhancing theirinterest, excitement and comprehension of mechanical engineering concepts and preparing themfor their

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Wittenborn, Purdue University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Craig Miller, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

format.IntroductionHistorically, corporate educators do not incorporate Learning Science research methods intoindustry training programs and academia sometimes struggles to develop partnerships withindustry in order to apply advancing technology, business processes, and global competenciesneeded to retool the 21st century workforce. This research study is predicated on the following:supporting a strong academic-industry partnership model will provide the framework for thereexamination of instructional approaches in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, bridgingthe gap between theoretical and procedural knowledge.Design and LogicRecently there have been renewed initiatives aimed at developing rigorous standards for

Conference Session

Solid and Structural Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Michael C. Loui, Purdue University - West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

session from SI.Research on Teaching Mechanics of MaterialsThe subject matter of our research was structural mechanics in aircraft. Few articles have beenpublished that report scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) research specifically to themechanics of materials. Montfort et al.10 investigated students’ conceptual understanding ofbending stress and shear stress. The research concluded that there was not much differencebetween the undergraduate and graduate students in the conceptual understanding of thesestructural mechanics topics although graduate students exhibited better computational skills thanundergraduate students. Similar to the study by Montfort et al.,10 Brown et al. investigated howstudents understood the states of stress in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

Session 1566 Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Using PBL in a Mechanical Measurements Class Sudhir Mehta North Dakota State UniversityAbstractMcKeachie and Gibbs, in their tenth edition of Teaching Tips, say, “Problem-based Learning(PBL) is one of the most important developments in contemporary higher education.” Thispaper gives a brief introduction to PBL and describes a PBL module that was developed,implemented, and assessed in a Mechanical Measurements class. The assessment results indicatethat the PBL method significantly