Altmann, C., & Hardin, J. (2022, August), The Benefits of a Course for 2nd and 3rd Year Students in Design Competition Teams  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41394

\bibitem{asee_peer_41394}
  Altmann, C., \& Hardin, J. (2022, August), \emph{The Benefits of a Course for 2nd and 3rd Year Students in Design Competition Teams}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41394

Craig Altmann and Jon-michael Hardin.  "The Benefits of a Course for 2nd and 3rd Year Students in Design Competition Teams".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41394 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41394}
  Craig Altmann and Jon-michael Hardin.
  "The Benefits of a Course for 2nd and 3rd Year Students in Design Competition Teams".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41394 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  - During the 2021-2022 academic year, the Mechanical Engineering department at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is offering a half credit hour course for second and third year mechanical engineering students participating on the Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) team.  The purpose of the course is to: 1) provide students with access to a faculty mentor that can provide automotive engineering expertise, 2) compensate students participating on the team with GPA hours, and 3) motivate students to participate on a competition team early in their academic career.  Throughout the semester, students are educated on common design, analysis, and testing procedures used to build the Baja SAE car.  In addition, connections between the theory and homework assignments students are currently completing in their courses (e.g., Statics, Solid Mechanics, Instrumentation, Dynamics, and Machine Design) and the physical application of the material in a hands-on project are made.  Presently, the integration of this course into the curriculum is a work in progress and this paper will detail the implementation of this course and the immediate benefits of the course to the students.  The paper will detail the course structure, mini-projects and tasks the students completed along with a discussion of lessons learned and recommended improvements for future years.  Finally, the results of a formal end of semester evaluations are discussed to expression how students perceive their knowledge of course material and their ability to apply it in a hands-on project.
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