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MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aaditya Khanal, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Paper ID #41693Using Video Creation to Develop the Entrepreneurial Mindset of EngineeringStudentsDr. Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Mohammad (Rafe) Biswas is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler Houston Engineering Center in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluid engineering education. He has taught courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory.Dr. Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr

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ME Division 14: From M&Ms to Air Quality: Engaging Students in Energy and the Environment

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy J. Moore PhD, North Carolina State University

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Paper ID #47898Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a Thermal-Fluid Sciences CourseNancy J. Moore PhD, North Carolina State University The author is a Teaching Associate Professor at North Carolina State University in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. She teaches undergraduate courses in the thermal-fluid sciences and is the course coordinator for Thermal-Fluid Sciences. Her pedagogical research supports her teaching methods and philosophy. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a Thermal-Fluids CourseAbstractAt

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MECH - Technical Session 4: Innovation in Engineering Education Methods

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver

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found that while the number of students who had been exposed to ideassuch as engineering design increased over a five-year period, the number of students with noexposure to engineering design remained the same, about 10% [1].The question for first year courses then becomes: How can we equally engage students withdiverse backgrounds in engineering knowledge? While this question is very broad, this paperlooks at a redevelopment of computer aided design (CAD) activities to help engage studentsacross a breadth of experiences. This redevelopment also had a secondary goal of engagingstudents in an entrepreneurial mindset, specifically having them consider creating value from thelearning experience by pushing through and learning from failure.Teaching

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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

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Diversity

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Paper ID #48592Integrating Course-based Undergraduate Research and Entrepreneurial Mindset(CURE-E) in to Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Department at California State University, Chico. She received her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Riverside.JoAna Brooks, California State University, Chico JoAna Brooks serves as Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director for the CEMUR Project (Course-based Experiential

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42950Work in Process: Transformative Integration of Problem-Based Learningand Entrepreneurial Mindset in Early and Middle Stages of Mechanical Engineering:A Focus on Statics and DynamicsDr. Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University Dr. Dana Marmolejo has been an assistant professor of practice in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at the School of Science and Engineering since 2022. With a background in Chemical Engineering, her expertise lies in Thermodynamics and Process Systems Engineering. Dr. Marmolejo’s primary focus is teaching engineering courses, mostly for first- and second-year students

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MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bo Yu, Utah Valley University; Anne-marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mike Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in a Core Junior-Level Mechanical Vibrations CourseAbstractThis paper describes the implementation of a project that incorporated prototyping and theentrepreneurial mindset into a core, junior-level Mechanical Vibrations course in the mechanicalengineering curriculum. The course underwent an update that included the modification of ahands-on prototyping project integrating aspects of the entrepreneurial mindset into the projectrequirements starting Summer 2021. The project required that all aspects were verified usingtraditional theoretical relationships, were

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; James Lynch, University of California at San Diego

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outcomes of higher education, byits role as an intrinsic reward [Kang et al. 2009], which is essential if we wish students to engagein life-long learning after graduation. Curiosity and conscientiousness have been shown to becorrelated with student success [Leslie 2014]. Curiosity has also been linked with workplacelearning and job performance [Reio et al. 2000].The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) has developed a framework forpromoting an entrepreneurial mindset, which includes three core factors: curiosity, connections,and creating value [KEEN 2015]. Many KEEN-affiliated programs have implemented courses topromote an entrepreneurial mindset [Caplan et al. 2017; Estell et al., 2016; Gorlewicz 2020,LeMasney et al. 2020; Prince 2016

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 3: Student Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muzammil Arshad, Texas A&M University; Rebecca R. Romatoski, St. Ambrose University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

effectiveness inmultiple modes of delivery. An important aspect of improvement in the course structure wasaddition of mini-labs, small concept experiments or practical problems in the classroom to bringan entrepreneurial mindset to the course. The present research also highlights the studentmotivation as this is another area of focus for modern instructional design. The study used theprocess of asking students to grade their own homework. The students were provided with thecorrect answers after submission of their assignments on the LMS and provided with a gradingrubric developed in an earlier study to grade their work. This helped students learn the materialmore effectively, instilling and encouraging self-learning. This also helped the students to

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MECH - Technical Session 13: Technological Advancements and Applications

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Njoroge, University of Washington; Arwen Elizabeth Pearson, University of Washington; Heather Dillon, University of Washington

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

potential of concept maps as a supportiveeducational tool; they provide a visual representation of students' thinking enhancing first-principleapproach to engineering problem solving.This research aims to evaluate the benefits of concept maps as a teaching tool in mechanical engineeringeducation. The focus is on two aspects: technical concepts and entrepreneurial mindset concepts. For theentrepreneurial mindset, students were tasked with showing the role of engineers and computer scientistsin society in creating value, and the students were expected to highlight certain keywords whendeveloping the concept maps. For the technical aspects students were expected to create a logic flowusing concept maps that serves as a criteria in determining the

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University; Jalil Kianfar, Saint Louis University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #46407BOARD # 189: WIP: Using the Statics Concept Inventory to Assess Hands-OnLearning in StaticsDr. Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University Dr. Danahe Marmolejo, an Assistant Professor in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering since 2022, specializes in Thermodynamics and Process Systems Engineering. With a background in Chemical Engineering, she teaches engineering courses, primarily for first—and second-year students. Her current research focuses on improving engineering education and fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in learning

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University; Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

team project.A team-based (4 students/team) semester-long project was assigned in the PBL section. Themain goal of this project was to motivate students to develop a deep understanding of contentknowledge and promote various skills (e.g., creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, andcommunication) by working on real-world, ill-structured problems in small teams. Additionally,this project was explicitly designed to foster students’ entrepreneurial mindset, empowering themto enhance their technical knowledge with a proactive, exploratory, and impact-driven approach.The title of the team project was ‘Aggieland Piping System Design’, and the objective was todevelop a sustainable and cost-effective piping system design that ensures a reliable

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Soobin Seo, Washington State University; Tahira M Probst, Washington State University; Joseph M Hewa, Washington State University

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jobs in harsh occupational environments with high health and safety risks [2-4]. Furthermore, engineering professionals of the future require more than just knowledge oftechnical design solutions to help address the grand challenges of the future of work at the human-technology frontier. Equally important to consider are the employee populations affected by theincreasing incorporation of robots into the workplace (e.g., social justice and equity implicationsof technology-induced obsolescence), entrepreneurial skills to bring innovation to practice (in2021 alone, more than $17 billion was poured into venture capital-backed robotic startups [5]),and the need to address the user experience through adaptive design of the human-robot

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Daly, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #43448Industry Perspectives on Mechanical Engineering TroubleshootingPatrick Daly, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mitra Anand serves as the Associate Director of Makerspace, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in addition to being an Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Anand’s research interests lie in combining hands-on Maker skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and value creation, aiming to develop practical solutions for real-world problems. He is enthusiastic about innovation in engineering education, design thinking

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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Lee, Campbell University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

/44260.[3] A. R. Carberry, H.-S. Lee, and M. W. Ohland, “Measuring engineering design self-efficacy,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 71–79, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01043.x[4] L. A. DiBerardino III, L. Funke, and D. R. Mikesell, “Incorporating the entrepreneurial mindset into a system dynamics course,” in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, no. 10.18260/1-2–30648. Salt Lake City, Utah: ASEE Conferences, June 2018, https://peer.asee.org/30648.

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ME Division 9: Enhancing Lab Experiences

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caleb Levi Head, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Lawrence E. Whitman P.E., Kennesaw State University; Srikanth B Pidugu P.E., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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mindset into engineering undergraduates," Journal of Engineering Entreprenurship, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 5-19, 2010.[29] L. Dooley and D. Kirk, "University‐industry collaboration: Grafting the entrepreneurial paradigm onto academic structures," European Journal of Innovation Management, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 316-332, 2007.[30] J. Guimón, "Promoting university-industry collaboration in developing countries," World Bank, vol. 3, pp. 12-48, 2013.[31] I. L. Hurtado, J. Crichigno, and A. J. Perez, "A Successful Partnership between Industry and Academia: Curriculum Improvement, Research, and Outreach through Collaboration with Industry," in 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014, pp. 24.115. 1