Ma, G., & Kumar, A., & Voccio, J. P. (2023, July), Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical Laboratory Course  Paper presented at 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. 10.18260/1-2--44844

\bibitem{asee_peer_44844}
  Ma, G., \& Kumar, A., \& Voccio, J. P. (2023, July), \emph{Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical Laboratory Course}
  Paper presented at 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.
  10.18260/1-2--44844

Gloria Ma, Abhishek Kumar, and John Peter Voccio.  "Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical Laboratory Course".  14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, 2023, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44844 Internet.  05 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44844}
  Gloria Ma, Abhishek Kumar, and John Peter Voccio.
  "Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical Laboratory Course".
  \emph{14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, 2023, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44844 Internet.  05 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In Fall 2022, our university introduced the first-year laboratory course for Mechanical Engineering students as part of the revamped first-year program. The course's primary objective is to equip students with fundamental technical skills and provide exposure to various laboratory concepts through hands-on experiments. The course covers a wide range of topics, including laboratory safety, experiment design, measurement techniques, design synthesis, Computer Aided Design (CAD), algorithmic thinking, simulation, and technical reporting. The main aim of the course is to enable students to gain practical experience in using modern engineering tools and techniques required for engineering practice.

To achieve this goal, students are required to undertake a final research project. The instructor provides a list of technical articles, and students can choose a topic from the list or propose their own topic for approval by the instructor. Then, they must apply the tools and techniques they learned in the course to implement part of the study presented in the technical article. In this paper, the research project's implementation is presented in detail, highlighting the challenges faced and the feedback received from students. Additionally, recommendations are provided to improve the course in the future.
AU  - Gloria Ma
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CY  - University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee
DA  - 2023/07/30
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TI  - Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical Laboratory Course
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