Gregory M. Shaver

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of case-based instruction on undergraduate mechanical engineering students' conceptual understanding and their attitudes towards the use of case studies, and found that case studies have been found to increase critical thinking and problem-solving skills, higher-order thinking skills, conceptual change, and their motivation to learn.

TL;DR: In this article, a reduced-order capacity loss model for graphite anodes is derived based upon the salient physical loss mechanisms to improve computational efficiency without sacrificing model fidelity, and the model matches experimental capacity degradation results within a 20% error.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and accurate control-oriented model of a single-cylinder multi-mode HCCI engine using exhaust reinduction is presented, where the exhaust manifold model ties the exhausted gas from one cycle to that reinducted on the next cycle.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple model of the overall charge compression ignition (HCCI) process is presented to capture the importance of species concentrations and temperature on the ignition process and predict the start of combustion.

TL;DR: Three simple single-zone models were developed and compared with experiment to accurately predict the phasing of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion for a single cylinder research engine using variable valve actuation at Stanford University.