Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Adams

physics, optics, chemistry, solid mechanics and materialsengineering must be considered in any treatment of MEMS fabrication. Recently, the options forpossible MEMS fabrication techniques have grown well beyond their IC roots.5 If these areincluded as well, the topic list becomes even lengthier.A survey of MEMS, then, encompasses elements from the entire curricula of virtually anyscience and engineering field – and then some. And this doesn’t even mention the art ofpackaging, which makes up anywhere from 30-70% of a MEMS device’s cost. Considering thisvast amount of material required in a survey course in MEMS, Rose-Hulman’s MEMS groupfaced an ambitious task.The first course taught in MEMS went by the title “Introduction to MEMS: Fabrication

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

A. Kunza; K.A. Brauning; A.S.A. Shairi; R. Asmatulu

mainlycommon for the fiber composite materials. Generally, continuous fiber composite materials con-sist of a heterogeneous interphase regions, and the mechanical property may change from regionto region sometimes based on the fiber and matrix locations and contents. Local damages andfiber waviness may also affect the inconsistences [1,11,17]. Overall, this study indicated that se-lected surface treatment method has a great impact on the mechanical strength improvements ofthe composite materials that have the extensive surface damages and free edge effects happenedduring the machining and assembly.3.2 Training Engineering Students Composite science and technology has been gaining much attention worldwide becauseof the requirements and new

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Bo Tao, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42273Pilot Study: Incorporating the study of engineering history into engineeringcourses.Dr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering program at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests include dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing, artificial intelligent in

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

they function in a real world application.Specific requirements of this project included: • the total cost (based on actual cost of materials) should be less than $50 and the design should cost as little as possible; • the design should be fun and interactive, and be appropriate for a select age group; • the design should incorporate at least four different planar mechanisms; • either gears or cams-followers, or both should be represented in the design; • to keep the budget a minimum, no electronics were allowed and the design must be manually operated; • the design should be aesthetically pleasing and be well crafted.Students were encouraged to use wood as the primary material of construction but they wereallowed to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tomas Fajardo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Joshua James Blank, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Mechanical Engineering

projects that they were able to master and teach to their peers. In the second tier, students worked on more challenging projects that demanded knowledge of the techniques learned during the first tier [2]. • UTPA found a need for students to learn course work with more hands-on approach in supplement to lectures. This group used the introductory engineering course to allow students to create a tool that would be unique for different types of courses such as a tool for measuring forces and accelerations for dynamics-oriented courses or a device for measuring strains and stresses in materials in a mechanics of materials course [3]. • Trine focused on a course format that promoted

Conference Session

ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Daniel Christopher, U.S. Air Force Academy; Vincent Italo Bongioanni, United States Air Force Academy; Lauren V Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #46308Applications of Artificial Intelligence in an Introductory ThermodynamicsCourseLt. Col. Jason Daniel Christopher, U.S. Air Force Academy Lt Col Jason Christopher is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. His research interests include thermal fluid sciences and pedagogical innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Rice University. He is an engineer in the U.S. Air Force and has experience acquiring space launch range systems and directing operational tests of multi-billion-dollar systems.Vincent Italo

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Hrudey; Stanley Varnhagen; Shelley Lorimer; Roger Toogood; Bill Lipsett; Art Peterson

, recognizing that significant learningoccurs in a face-to-face environment or via other mechanisms. However, we suggest that aconsiderable portion of the routine lecture material and content can be presented more effectivelyand with higher comprehension rates for all students using self-paced instruction delivered viaCBL. Although the modules are aimed at primary delivery, they can also be used as a coursesupplement for tutorial or review purposes.Courseware Design and Pedagogical approachUpon review of several available packages in this subject area (usually bundled as a supplementto a textbook), we were not satisfied with their approach to the learning environment or process.Most are basically an electronic textbook that allow the student to

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Grant Norton; Charles Pezeshki

Session 1566 Preparing Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students for the Global Marketplace—New Demands and Requirements Charles Pezeshki, Russell T. Frame, and Brian Humann School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2920AbstractWith the maturity of such technologies as the Internet, advanced design and analysissoftware, and database management software, more and more companies are shifting to aProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) software base in which engineering activities arenow located in cyberspace, as

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Stephanie Nelson; Brittany McCrigler

289A Service-Learning Collaborative Project in a Mechanical Engineering Technical Writing Class Stephanie Nelson and Brittany McCrigler California State University, Los Angeles/ iFixitAbstractIn collaboration with iFixit, a company that describes itself as “a global community of peoplehelping each other repair things,” Cal State LA mechanical engineering students taking an upper-division technical writing class designed and wrote repair manuals for older model cell phonesand PDAs. The students worked in groups to photograph the procedures and write the

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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International

increases. In practice, with a priori uncertain about theparameter vector, adaptive control provides a natural solution to this problem.We seek to increase the performance of the model-based robot control algorithm byaugmenting it with an adaptation mechanism. The purpose of this mechanism is to calibratethe actuating signal in (2) on the basis of on-line accumulating information about the behaviorof controlled system. A block-diagram implementation of the proposed concept is presentedin Figure 1. The adaptive mechanism is discussed in the following section.III. Adaptive AlgorithmA characteristic feature of the manipulator dynamic (1) is that the inertial matrix D(q, ηˆ ) andcoupling vector, h ( q, q& , ηˆ ) are linear in the elements of the

Conference Session

Computation Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pavan Karra, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Mechanical Engineering

examples also deal with problems where students know themathematics/physics of the problem until the evaluate-level of Blooms taxonomy. The effect of suchmaterial on students learning is addressed in this paper. Comparison is made on student success withthe new material vs the historic student performance.IntroductionTeaching programming at freshman level is a challenging task. Typical textbooks used for teachingprogramming in Mechanical Engineering (ME) contain some applications of the field to emphasize theimportance of the field. These textbooks also use equations and algorithms used in the field to achieve aspecific programming objective.Programming is a creative activity. It occupies the highest level (six) in Bloom’s taxonomy [1,2]. In

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler

programming language and runs on an IBM-compatible personal computer with Windows 3.1. It requires less than 25 kilobytes of hard disk space and is very easy to use. The program performs the following functions: ● It displays a two-dimensional stress block for any user-supplied state of stress. . On command, it rotates the stress block slowly, through a full 360 degrees, to show the variation in normal and shear stresses with changing orientation. ● As an option, the program displays Mohr’s Circle for the same user-supplied state of stress. I have used flSU#Sf..l?SS rhl%?fO/iWf in an undergraduate mechanics of materials course and found it to be an invaluable aid

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sumei Dai, China University of Mining and Technology; Shanjun Xu, China University of Mining and Technology; Ruiqing Jia, China University of Mining and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Currently, StevensInstitute or Technology (SIT)1,2,3 as well as many other educational institutions4,5 are using theInternet to implement and share remote and virtual laboratories and thus to enhance theeducational experience of students. Real wind tunnels are very expensive, which renders theirstudent use in a traditional hands-on mode infeasible for most educational institutions. Recently,an interactive Web-based virtual fluid mechanics laboratory for enhancing the students’understanding of some complex concepts of fluid mechanics was reported.6 In this virtuallaboratory, simulations of various fluid flow phenomena are integrated with interactive graphicsand animations in order to give the students the feel of conducting realistic experiments

Conference Session

ME Technical Session 1 - Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education: From Prerequisites to Practice

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico; JoAna Brooks, California State University, Chico; David G Alexander, California State University, Chico; Sam Lloyd-Harry, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

recently earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and will begin a Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago in Fall 2025. Their academic interests lie in the process-structure-property relationships within materials engineering, with a broader passion for interdisciplinary research that bridges mechanical and electrical systems. Sam is also deeply committed to engineering education, with a goal of making complex concepts accessible and engaging for undergraduate students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integrating Course-based Undergraduate Research and Entrepreneurial Mindset (CURE-E) into Mechanical

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James G. Steuber

The Machine Component Design Manual Project and Other Tools for Teaching Mechanical Design James G. Steuber, Ph.D. Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractThe difficulties in teaching and learning the design of machine components and the assessmentof a students ability to do so are addressed in this paper. Teaching and learning machine designis hindered by the inexperience of students and an instructors’ inability to motivate students tolearn this sometimes ambiguous topic. Students are often intolerant of the ambiguity that showsup in the iterative nature of design, full of decisions, and conceptualization. The assessment ofdesign ability is

Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole L Hird, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

principles and to computational fluid dynamics(CFD) software. Students may alternatively enroll in a robotics design and build project,1 whichdoes not contain fluid mechanics material. Many of the engineering majors later require studentsto take classes which focus further on fluid mechanics. This paper seeks to answer the question:Does introduction to the subject of fluid mechanics including computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in a first-year engineering research and design course increase students comprehensionand performance in subsequent major-required fluid mechanics courses?The course is intended to give first-year engineering students experience with research anddesign while teaching concepts such as cell adhesion, cellular response to shear

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Campo, Rice University; Stephanie Rice, Rice University; Daniela Rimer, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dropping mechanisms at Rice University in fall 2007.150 X 150 cm (59.1 x 59.1 x 59.1 in).Movement up, down, left, right, spiral, free fall, etc. was acceptable within the limits of thevirtual space. Only the first contact of the object with the ground level within the virtual spacedetermined the end of travel time. The list of materials included 8.5 x 11 inch printing paper,scotch tape, rubber bands, string, pencils, pens, paperclips, magnets, binder clips, tacks, aballoon, an eraser, and a plastic ruler. A table tennis ball was used as the object for travel. Onthe day of the competition the groups had a maximum of one hour to build their completeddesign and then three tries to demonstrate it. A total of 25 mentees and 13 mentors

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

two teams start out with the same design, the final products are usuallysubstantially different.In the statics class no emphasis was placed on the use of standard sizes for metal stock, or othercomponents such as gearing or lead screws. One of the major tasks the solid mechanics projectwill lead off with is to have student teams convert the designs they developed in the statics classto commercially available materials. Teams will be assigned this task after the first month ofclass and will be given three weeks to produce a practical design. It should be noted that in thisinitial stage students will not have the capability to perform stress analyses on the multi-forcemembers that comprise their machines. As a result, the design process could

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Mavriplis

An Innovative Approach to the Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course: Pressure Catherine Mavriplis Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington UniversityAbstractAn innovative Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering course isdescribed. The course material focuses on the concept of pressure to relate concepts andsubject matters in the intended field. Self- and group-guided inquiry is used in and out ofclass. Group activities are also prescribed. The course makes use of three non-fictionpopular accounts of engineering feats, relating to 1) a high-pressure environment in thedeep sea, 2) a low-pressure

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Brian Benini, Case Western Reserve University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-251: A LABORATORY EXERCISE TO TEACH THE HYDROSTATICPRINCIPLE AS A CORE CONCEPT IN FLUID MECHANICSRobert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Robert Edwards is currently a Lecturer in Engineering at The Penn State Erie, The Behrend College where he teaches Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid and Thermal Science courses. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University.Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Gerald Recktenwald is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Portland State University. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, IEEE and SIAM. His

Conference Session

Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Byrne, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1511: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND FACULTY SCHOLARSHIPChristopher Byrne, Western Kentucky University CHRIS BYRNE Chris Byrne mainly teaches mechanical systems courses in Mechanical Engineering at WKU. This includes engineering science courses from the freshman to senior year of the program. He is active in research and industry outreach, with specialization in materials science, friction and wear mechanisms, and non-destructive evaluation. Page 12.1310.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Student Engagement and Faculty ScholarshipIntroductionThe undergraduate

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reis, Louisiana Tech University; Samira Fazel Anvaryazdi, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #26124Work In Progress: Assessing Student Performance and Perceptions in a ”Flipped”Statics and Mechanics Engineering CourseDr. Louis Reis, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Louis Reis currently serves as a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering department at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University along with his M.S. degree in Microsystems Engineering and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. He teaches a variety of courses at Louisiana Tech including: Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Statics and Mechanics of Materials, and

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

preliminarily studied in the new Introduction to Mechanical Engineer-ing Course at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The goals of this freshman course are toincrease the engineering relevance and representation of the engineering material being delivered 2 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conferencewhile providing an engaging and representative hands-on learning experience for our freshmenstudents. The course integrates Hands-on CNC machining experiences, exploratory laboratories,Matlab programming and professional communications. The course has been

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Ayasoufi, Auburn University; Rick Williams, Auburn University

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Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor at Auburn University. His research interests include engineering education and additive manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An Alternative to the Flipped ClassroomAbstractA novel approach to teaching core Mechanical Engineering courses is presented. The approachcombines the Flipped Classroom method with Visual Thinking Strategy. It exploits the powerfulaspects of Flipped Classroom, including interactive and engaged problem-solving sessions, whileavoiding its pitfalls, in particular the main students’ complaint which is the elimination ofinteraction with the instructor while encountering the material for the first time. This combinedapproach was

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-2048: INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS: A DESIGN/BUILD/TESTEXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSB. Terry Beck, Kansas State University B. TERRY BECK is a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University and teaches courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. He conducts research in the development and application of optical measurement techniques, including laser velocimetry and laser-based diagnostic testing for industrial applications. Dr. Beck received his B.S. (1971), M.S. (1974), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in mechanical engineering from Oakland University

Conference Session

WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keisha C.A. Antoine, Prairie View A&M University (DUPE); Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University; Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University; Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Technology Systems.Dr. Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through research and external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his work is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions and he publishes regarding findings on a regular basis.Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Creating Mixed Reality Lab Modules for a Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Lab – Work in Progress

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Adrian Owen Biggerstaff, United States Military Academy; Robert Hume, United States Military Academy; Eric B. Williamson P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #41095Sticking Points: Reasons Why Civil Engineering Students Make Errors SolvingEngineering Mechanics ProblemsMajor Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy MAJ Brett Rocha is a third year instructor at the US Military Academy in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA in 2012, her M.S. in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2016, and her M.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Central Florida in 2021. She teaches mechanics of materials, design of steel structures, and design of concrete

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-358: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE MODEL PROJECTEMPHASIZING ELEMENTS FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND SCIENCE MAJORSMaher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 14.66.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Model Project Emphasizing Elements from Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Science Majors Matt Rubin1, Tyson Fish, Luke Thomas, Maher Rizkalla, and Hasan Akay2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI 1. Business Development Manager Indiana University

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to learn to solve both traditional and neverbefore seen problems? A sophomore level thermodynamics class is used in this study to test theeffectiveness of concept based learning. The project’s goal is to investigate concept basedlearning as an effective means of delivering material to students in ways that acknowledge andcapitalize upon the physiological process of learning.Objectives:The objectives of this project are to: • Build a thermodynamics course based on conceptual understanding rather than the traditional topic by topic approach. • Develop educational activities and tools that capitalize on the physiological process of learning through the use of concept based teaching and

Conference Session

ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

categories: 1. Factors contributing to students’ learning and critical thinking. Students highlighted several factors that contributed to their learning and development of critical thinking skills. The initial focus on foundational topics, such as graphing and sketching four-bar linkages, provided an accessible starting point, fostering a strong conceptual understanding. Tools like MotionGen software played a crucial role in bridging theory and practice, enabling students to visualize mechanisms and apply concepts to real-world projects. The hands-on approach, including in-class activities and the instructor’s project assignment and physical demonstrations, reinforced the material effectively. The culminating project