Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

effectively on multidisciplinary teams. While students work in teams of 4-5 in Chemical Plant Design, neither the teams nor the design problems can be well described as “multidisciplinary.”  Some program objectives are related to ability to perform hands-on experimental and laboratory work. Chemical Plant Design at Rowan University makes extensive use of process simulation but has never been taught with a wet-lab component.Junior/Senior Engineering ClinicRowan University has an eight-semester Engineering Clinic program intended to provideEngineering students with experience solving practical, open-ended engineeringproblems. The sequence culminates in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, in whichstudents work on

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

larger range of materials than traditional mechanics of materials courses.Evaluation of the redesign is preliminary at this stage. More data on student performance indownstream courses needs to be collected and analyzed.Bibliographic Information1. Wiggins, G.P. and J. McTighe, Understanding by Design. 2nd ed. 2005: Prentice Hall. Page 22.357.132. Rais-Rohani, M. and D.T. Brown. Development of a virtual laboratory for the study of mechanics. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2000. St. Louis, MO.3. Borchert, R., D.D. Jensen, and D. Yates. Development and assessment of hands-on and visualization modules

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-1606: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GRADUATE COURSE INSUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SCIENTISTSAND ENGINEERSAnthony Marchese, Colorado State University Anthony Marchese is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and a PI at the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute. He is currently funded by NSF to study pollutant formation and combustion chemistry of algae-derived biofuels and is the fuel conversion/characterization team leader for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, a $48 Million

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Christensen; R. M. Seymour; Kim McKeage; Deborah Skinner; Darrell Donahue

technicalknowledge and skills needed. An interdisciplinary semiconductor processing course at San JoseState University (SJSU) allowed students to experience a more cooperative learning environmentthat encouraged interdependence and lateral thinking and promoted oral communication. SJSUalumni rated the multidisciplinary design team experience as key in getting a suitable job. Theylisted 1) hands-on laboratory setting; 2) teamwork experiences and 3) technical content as thevaluable aspects of the semiconductor processing course.15 Interview surveys of recent electricalengineering hires corroborated the importance of an ability to communicate through a variety ofmediums as a necessary component of undergraduate engineering training.16 In line with themany

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald James; Janet L. Gooder; Charles Wisniewski; Brenda Haven; A. George Havener

ICEs Laboratory and the Otto Cycle5 Gas Turbine Engine Design Understand the Thermodynamics of Gas Turbine Generators and the Brayton Cycle6 Jet Engine Laboratory Understand the Thermodynamics of the Jet Propulsion Cycle7 Jet Engine Selection Understand Engine Selection Process Meeting Mission Specifications8 Air Conditioner Design Understand the Vapor Compression

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell D. Meier

Computer Engineering (CprE 310).” CprE 310 had Page 4.57.1always been extremely unpopular because it was perceived by students to be a mathematicsclass. The real goal of the course was to introduce discrete mathematics within the context ofcomputer engineering problems such as VLSI partitioning, information security, and jobscheduling. Its unpopularity made it a difficult course to teach. Students attended lecture twiceper week for 75 minutes. There was no laboratory component. This course also averaged nearly100 students.Thus, during academic year 1997-1998, I faced two large lectures each semester that had mostlyhomogenous populations of nearly

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

extensively among the studentteam and the advisor, and it was determined that our Business Plan would be one centered on thedevelopment and exploitation of this technology. The perceived advantage was the strongexperience that we had acquired in this technology, including 2 years of flight experiments[2-5] onNASA's KC-135 Microgravity Flight Laboratory (a.k.a. "The Vomit Comet"). Sam Wanis, theAcoustic Shaping Team Leader, submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI). In mid-November, a NASAcommunication acknowledged the LOI, and gave us the list of those who had submitted an LOI.b. Analyzing the OpportunityThe solicitation itself was "wide open", as NASA contact personnel described it. The e-mail listof those who had submitted LOIs was seen to include names

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Ozment; Alison N. Smith; Wendy Newstetter

whereapproximately thirty students complete specific programs or projects under the instruction oftwo laboratory TAs (these TAs are unrelated to the recitation TAs). The majority of the TAs areundergraduates.IV. MethodA ten scenario survey was administered to the instructors, TAs, and students. The survey wasdeveloped from scenarios used in a MIT study5 and from data given to us by the Dean ofStudents office. The scenarios developed from the latter source were designed to be specific toCS1501. Each scenario had a possibility of three rankings: “not cheating”, “trivial cheating”, or“serious cheating”. The ranking scheme for the scenario surveys was taken from the MIT study5.We surveyed instructors, TAs, and students about their conceptions of which actions

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

student's skills through laboratory and design experience,use of computers, oral and written communication, qualifications and teaching load of academicstaff, facilities and their availability, administration procedures, information system andcounseling, admission procedures, internationalization of the curriculum, student performance,competence of graduates, and internal quality assurance procedures.There are, however, some features of the system of study, namely, diversity and flexibility,which - in our opinion - have an essential impact on the quality of education, but are rather rarelybrought into discussions on quality assessment. In this paper, we define diversity and flexibilityof the system of study and show a strong relationship between

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Cynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech University; Dalton York, Tennessee Tech University; Cynthia Stowers, Clark Range High School; Robert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) program at Tennessee TechUniversity during the summer of 2009. The program provided the teachers with the opportunityto experience the full cycle of research from formulating a research question and a research plan,to carrying out the research plan along side mentors who acted as consultants to the teachers.The two of the participants were a high school math teacher and a pre-service high schoolchemistry teacher. Although the two participants worked in the same fuel cell laboratory andshared to some extent the same mentor, the focus of their research and how they would take backtheir experience to class was completely different. The math teacher focused on research aimedat trying to identify patterns in the response of a PEM fuel cell under

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida; Cameron Ford, University of Central Florida; Kim Small, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

Florida Michael Georgiopoulos is a Professor in the UCF School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the PI of the NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the "Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program" as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled "EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence." Dr. Georgiopoulos' research interests lie in the areas of machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition and applications in signal/image processing, communications, medical field, manufacturing, transportation engineering, amongst others. Dr. Georgiopoulos is a Director of the Machine Learning Laboratory at UCF .Cynthia Young, University

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

credits.14 The third module once again begins with the currentfirst-year engineering program design materials. It involves designing a small fish farmingfacility and building and testing an aeration system. Portions of this module are being piloted inthe three Spring 2010 sections of ENG1100. The remainder of the module will be piloted in onesection of ENG1001 in Fall 2010.With the learning objectives in mind, the three groups approached the design activities indifferent manners based on their different backgrounds and objectives. The undergraduatestudents were motivated to make the design process “better” than what they had experienced.They wanted a wind turbine that they could construct and test in a laboratory setting.Consequently, they

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

assignment, laboratories, and, often, group projects. Adding to the confusion,engineering faculty do not always understand how the common forms of “active learning” differfrom each other and most are not inclined to search for answers Of the most known and utilizedclassroom-based pedagogies in engineering education today, and appear to be moving in thesame broad direction, are: problem-based learning, cooperative learning, and collaborativelearning 2. Page 15.919.2Problem-based learning (PBL) starts when students are confronted with an open-ended, ill-structured, real-world problem and work in teams to identify learning needs and develop a

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

university laboratory settings and in clean rooms; in the lab spaces of high-techstart-ups; or in R & D departments of large chemical and biomedical companies that have closeuniversity ties and which often employ PhD students. Jobs for two-year college graduates inthese settings are scarce. In 2008, for instance, Pennsylvania’s Workforce Development officelisted “Industrial Engineer Technician” at the associate degree level, the employment categorythat we are concerned with, as a high-priority occupation for the state but estimated that therewere at that time 43 openings for this position annually in Pennsylvania.9 The PaNMT hasgraduated slightly more than 500 students from its certification programs since 1998, or about 45students a year so far

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Jay DeNatale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of deep foundations, consolidation settlement, reinforced concretespread footing design, reinforced concrete stem wall design, masonry design, timber design,seismic analysis and design, geometric highway design, pavement design, stormwater collectionand management, culvert design, closed channel flow, and pumps. We worked closely with ourIndustrial Advisory Board and local practitioners to develop this list of topics. Faculty membersand local practitioners give the modules. The students attend these modules in their design teamsin a laboratory environment, and concepts are reinforced through in-class problem solving.Course Format and LogisticsCourse DeliveryDelivery occurs via a two meeting per week in a lecture-lab format that is valued at

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

radio-specific techniques—such as the useof sound to evoke a physical setting and the effective interweaving of interviews and ambientsound—as well as techniques common to a variety of media, such as the use and development ofstory arcs and pacing. At the same time, in laboratory and field sessions they develop proficiencyin the technical aspects of radio production, such as gathering high-quality sound, audio editingand digital audio effects. The class culminates in a major team project, in which students developand produce a radio documentary on the social, economic, political and technical aspects of acomplex environmental issue. The documentary is aired on the MIT radio station and thendistributed and licensed for broadcast on other

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross B Kaplan, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Timothy M Johnson P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ralf Oliver Schneider, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

situations, such as, classrooms orlaboratories during a wide-spread flu pandemic. The project is also aimed at ensuring that thestudent learning leads to many of the standard outcomes. The proposed design is divided intofour sections: Measurement, Control, Communication, and Monitoring. The sensor selected forthe Measurement implementation is a medical grade version of the Melexis MLX90614 series ofsmart infrared temperature sensors. Two Texas Instruments MSP430 microprocessors areselected to implement Control and Monitoring. Communication is implemented using an 868MHz wireless network. For laboratory testing of the proposed fever screening system, thetemperature sensor is mounted on a gantry at the entrance to a lab or lecture hall and the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim M. Papadopoulos, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

received his BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. His research interests lie in micro-structural material modeling, finite element and numerical analysis. He was a senior staff member at Sandia National Laboratories California in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Modeling departments for eleven years. He joined the mechanical engineering faculty at MSOE in September 2000. Page 22.83.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Philosophy of Integrating FEA Practice throughout the Undergraduate CE/ME

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; William Trotter Nichols

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

energy that reachesthe Earth’s surface over the course of a day. It is usually expressed in kWh/m2/day. The solarenergy and temperature information used for this study was obtained from the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) software6 called “PV Watts v.2” based on analysis of theNational Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). This data is from the Typical MeteorologicalYear Two (TMY2) which was collected during the 1961-1990 time period7. While thecalculations are based on historical data, the actual performance of any PV system may vary.However, the values would be accurate within 10 to 12% 8. The solar insolation received forfixed arrays facing due south at various tilt angles is shown in Table 1. TABLE 1: Solar

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Lorenzo M. Smith, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; David Schall, Oakland University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

experience is then capped by oraland/or poster presentations by the students of their research projects. Throughout this program,students worked closely with faculty, industrial mentors and graduate students. More than 40professionals from industry, varying in rank from senior vice presidents to researchers, toprogram directors, to young engineers, assisted the program at different levels. These industrymentors volunteered to assist the REU students in a number of different ways; Some providedguidance or materials for the research projects; others organized laboratory/industrial tours, gaveseminars, found speakers, or simply had informal discussions with the students on a variety oftopics including the automotive or energy industry, technology and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.S. Chen, Miami University; Steven Elliott, Miami University, Department of Economics; Mark Boardman, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2011-23: AN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENERGY BASED CURRICULUMC.S. Chen, Miami University Dr. C.S.Chen is a professor and founding chair of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) depart- ment at Miami University (Ohio). He was the electrical engineering department head and the interim engineering dean at the University of AkronSteven Elliott, Miami University Dept. of Economics Dr. Steven Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Miami University. He has been a research associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before entering academics. His professional interests include energy and environmental economics and behavioral economics.Mark Boardman, Miami University

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 15.371.8While the technology readiness level is not linearly related to the rubric scores of capstoneproject demonstrations, when plotted against the TRL the demonstration score, S, has a quadraticdependence given by S = (TRL - 6)-.13 + 3.3. Thus demonstration scores are highest (mean of3.3) for a TRL of 6. This technology readiness level is defined as "Representative model orprototype system, which is well beyond the breadboard tested for TRL 5, tested in a relevantenvironment. Examples include testing a prototype in a high fidelity laboratory environment orin simulated operational environment."11. Thus capstone project which have students createprototype systems generally scored better than those which are more speculative or research

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-2201: EFFECTS OF STUDENT-CUSTOMER INTERACTION IN ACORNERSTONE DESIGN PROJECTChristopher Williams, Virginia Tech Christopher B. Williams is an Assistant Professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, where he directs the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory. His joint appointment in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Education departments reflects his diverse research interests which include layered manufacturing, design methodology, and design education. As a member of an instructional team that orchestrated a service-learning design project for the first-year engineering program, Professor

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maya A Trotz, University of South Florida; Joniqua Howard, University of Texas Arlington; Ken Darrie Thomas, Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering & The Honors College; Helen Muga, University of Mount Union; Jeanese Christine Badenock, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill; Sheena A Francis, University of Technology, Jamaica 235 Old Hope Rd Kgn 6. Jamaica

Tagged Topics

Student Development

.     While   being  mentored  by  a  local  Belizean  engineer  on  a  stormwater  management  project  for  their  school  in  Belize  City,   connections   were   made   to   a   Professor   of   Civil   Engineering   at   another   US   university   who   focused  her   International   Engineering   Field   Experience   course   on   their   project.   In   May   2013,  thirteen  students  from   her   class   visited   Belize   to   survey   the   site,   teaching   survey   methods   to   the   secondary   school  students   as   well.   In   May   2014,   another   group   will   visit   to   continue   working   on   the   project,   which  involves  the  creation  of  a  detention  pond  and  an  ecological  park  for  outdoor  laboratory

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

National Taiwan University (NTU). It was implementedduring the Spring and Fall 2012 semesters with a total of 27 students from both universities. Itwas designed around 4-5 projects with lectures and laboratory demonstrations performed by theinstructors (from both sides) to provide necessary background materials for students to carry onsuccessfully with their chosen projects. The major difficulties were the differences in the startdate and duration of the respective courses at each university and prevented our attempt tosynchronize student progress and interaction. The "technical" issues turned out to be easilysolved by each side using similar hardware and software. The instructional materials were sharedvia classroom capture and webcasting

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

thesepedagogies are being employed in long-standing environments, namely laboratories, research, orinternships…”19, p.33. To promote a more widespread implementation across the departments inour program we sought to bring about changes at a broader curricular level and to introduce thesepedagogies into regular classroom practice. Research has shown that for young adults, such thedesired skills and dispositions are best learned through experiential approaches (Cohen, 1996;Kolb, 1984). 20, 21 We therefore have begun to implement them in a variety of ways as part of anoverarching comprehensive approach to developing in students the needed academic andprofessional skills, and technical know-how, through exposure to what it means to be anengineer.Implementing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir De Delva, Rowan University; Muhammed Iftikhar, Rowan University; Keith McIver, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Katherine Whitaker, Rowan University; Mariano J. Savelski, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

, understand the use of critical properties, cascadingcalculations, solution of non-obvious quadratic equations, determination of the root of physicalsignificance, calculation of error, and drawing the requested conclusions from the data.Diethylene glycol poisoningA common concern of all engineering and therefore engineering education is safety. Engineeringcurricula include safety training in laboratories and explanation of safety concepts in lectures andreading. In common with other branches of engineering, pharmaceutical engineering safetyviolations risk personal injury, equipment wreckage and public health or environmental damage.Because of the end use of the final product, pharmaceutical safety violations that alter the finalproduct affect all

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

additional area of science, consistent with the program educational objectives; C proficiency in a minimum of four (4) an understanding of the fundamentals of recognized major civil engineering four technical areas appropriate to civil areas; engineering; D the ability to conduct laboratory an ability to conduct civil engineering experiments and to critically analyze experiments and analyze and interpret the and interpret data in more than one of resulting data; the

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Laura Wesson; Bill Elmore; Norm Pumphrey; Kelly Crittenden

education faculty. At Louisiana Tech University we created a team thatwould teach engineering concepts to future teachers. Our course, Engineering Problem Solvingfor Future Teachers is a three semester hour course that is taught every year in the spring. It isconsidered a physical science course by the students. Most of the students who take the courseare sophomore elementary education majors. We have previously reported on different aspectsof this course 1,2,3,4,5 . The most complete description of the course is in reference [1].We teach this course in two class meetings per week that each last 110 minutes. This allows usto utilize active learning concepts in each class. There was a significant laboratory component toeach of the topics.This past

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

engineering topics and inmastering less tangible skills such as “mechanical intuition.” Page 10.745.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education2 Course DescriptionOne prevalent challenge in teaching machine elements within the modern mechanicalengineering curriculum is that it essentially encapsulates a large amount of mechanicalengineering knowledge – most of which is compiled empirically through laboratory tests overthe span of a hundred years or more. In order to combat the tendency to fall into the