Lulay, K., & Dillon, H. E., & Eifler, K. E., & Doughty, T. A., & Anderson, D., & Bastida De Jesus, J. I. (2017, June), Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28517

\bibitem{asee_peer_28517}
  Lulay, K., \& Dillon, H. E., \& Eifler, K. E., \& Doughty, T. A., \& Anderson, D., \& Bastida De Jesus, J. I. (2017, June), \emph{Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--28517

Ken Lulay P.E., Heather E. Dillon, Karen Elizabeth Eifler, Timothy A. Doughty, Daniel Anderson, and Jose Israel Bastida De Jesus.  "Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/28517 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_28517}
  Ken Lulay P.E., Heather E. Dillon, Karen Elizabeth Eifler, Timothy A. Doughty, Daniel Anderson, and Jose Israel Bastida De Jesus.
  "Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/28517 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

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title = "Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This paper describes a laboratory experiment that was designed to increase student engagement and enhance student development in a materials laboratory. The laboratory module described is part of a broader effort to enhance the mechanical engineering laboratory curriculum to incorporate modern pedagogical methods and to improve student outcomes using backward design.
 
The new laboratory modules encourage students to work in small groups, develop team skills, and learn about basic measurement methods. The first module is a simple cantilever beam mounted with a strain gage.  Students develop an understanding of the correlation between bending stress and strain.  While doing so, they also determine a calibration factor for the beam in order to use the beam as a load cell to measure the weight of an object.  For the second module, students are provided an instrumented beam with a known calibration factor and are asked to determine the amount of lift produced by a small quadcopter.
 
To assess the effectiveness of the laboratory experiment, a student survey was designed and the experiments were observed by an education expert. The results indicate the new laboratory modules have been successful in increasing student engagement and meeting learning objectives.
AU  - Ken Lulay P.E.
AU  - Heather E. Dillon
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AU  - Timothy A. Doughty
AU  - Daniel Anderson
AU  - Jose Israel Bastida De Jesus
CY  - Columbus, Ohio
DA  - 2017/06/24
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TI  - Increasing Engagement in Materials Laboratory with Backward Design and Quadcopters
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