Jacob Moore

Jacob Moore
Associate Professor, Engineering
Faculty, Honors Program
Assistant Director , Academic Affairs
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Penn State Mont Alto | 1 Campus Drive | Mont Alto, PA 17237

Jacob P. Moore

Ph.D. , Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, 2013
M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2012
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008

EDSGN 100S: Introduction to Engineering Design
EMCH 211: Statics
EMCH 212: Dynamics
EMCH 213 Strength of Materials
ME 300: Engineering Thermodynamics I

Moore, J., Reinsfelder, T. (2018). Work In Progress: A Snapshot of OER Adoption in Engineering Mechanics Courses Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Salt Lake City, UT, ASEE.

Gao, H., Kaweesa, D., Moore, J. Meisel, N. (2017). "Investigating the Impact of Acetone Vapor Smoothing on the Strength and Elongation of Printed ABS Parts" JOM 69 (3)

Moore, J. (2016). Mastery Grading of Engineering Homework Assignments Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Erie, PA, IEEE.

Moore, J., Williams, C. (2015). "Fatigue Properties of Parts Printed by PolyJet Material Jetting" Rapid Prototyping Journal 21 (6)

Moore, J., Williams, C., North C., Johri, A., Paretti, M. (2015). "Effectiveness of Adaptive Concept Maps for Promoting Conceptual Understanding: Findings from a Design-Based Case Study of a Learner-Centered Tool" Advances in Engineering Education ASEE 4 (4)

Work in Progress: The Effects of Representation in Worked Example Videos - June 26, 2023

PYroMat: A Python package for thermodynamic properties, Journal of Open Source Software - November 6, 2022
Collaborators: Christopher Martin; Joseph Ranalli

Power Dynamics in a Complex OER Environment: Who is Leading the Way? , Library Trends - December 1, 2020
Collaborator: Thomas Reinsfelder

Current Usage Patterns of Open Educational Resources in the Engineering Mechanics Classroom and Barriers to Adoption, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship - September 24, 2020
Collaborator: Thomas Reinsfelder

Open Pedagogy Big and Small: Comparing Open Pedagogy Efforts in Large and Small Higher Education Settings - July 1, 2020
Collaborator: Shanna Hollich, Author

GIFTS: Working with Local Retirement Communities for Freshman Design Experiences - July 30, 2019

An Online Tool for Facilitating Thermodynamic Property Lookups - June 16, 2019
Collaborators: Joseph Ranalli, Author; Christopher Martin, Co-Author

Work In Progress: A Snapshot of OER Adoption in Engineering Mechanics Courses - June 24, 2018
Collaborator: Thomas Reinsfelder

Investigating Material Degradation through the Recycling of PLA in Additively Manufactured Parts - August 31, 2017
Collaborators: Daniel Tanney; Nicholas Meisel

Problem-based Learning Module for Teaching Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis using PYroMat - June 28, 2017
Collaborators: Christopher Martin; Joseph Ranalli

The Retention and Usefulness of Concept Maps as Advance Organizers - June 28, 2017
Collaborators: Christopher Venters, Author; Tracey Carbonetto

Investigating the Impact of Acetone Vapor Smoothing on the Strength and Elongation of Printed ABS Parts, JOM, TMS Materials Journal - March, 2017
Collaborators: Harry Gao; Dorcas Kaweesa; Nicholas Meisel, Co-Author

Mastery Grading of Engineering Homework Assignments, 2016 Frontiers in Education Conference - October 15, 2016

Targeted Flipped Classroom Technique Applied to a Challenging Topic, 2016 Frontiers in Education Conference - October 15, 2016
Collaborator: Joseph Ranalli

Teaching the foundations of thermodynamics with PYro, 2016 Frontiers in Education Conference - October 15, 2016
Collaborators: Christopher Martin; Joseph Ranalli

Fatigue Properties of Parts Printed by PolyJet Material Jetting, Rapid Prototyping Journal - November, 2015
Collaborator: Christopher Williams, Author

Effectiveness of Adaptive Concept Maps for Promoting Conceptual Understanding: Findings from a Design-Based Case Study of a Learner-Centered Tool, Advances in Engineering Education - July, 2015
Collaborators: Christopher Williams, Author; Christopher North, Author; Aditya Johri, Author; Marie Paretti, Author

A Mastery Learning Approach to Engineering Homework Assignments - June 15, 2015
Collaborator: Joseph Ranalli, Author

New Faculty First Experiences and Best Practices in Grading for Mastery - June 15, 2015
Collaborator: Joseph Ranalli, Author

Adaptive Map Digital Textbook Project: Engineering Statics - August, 2014

Promoting Conceptual Understanding in Engineering Statics Through the Use of Adaptive Concept Maps, Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference - June 23, 2013
Collaborators: Christopher Williams, Author; Christopher North, Author; Aditya Johri, Author

Translating Educational Theory Into Educational Software: A Case Study of the Adaptive Map Project, Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference - June 23, 2013
Collaborators: Michel Pascale, Secondary Author; Christopher Williams, Secondary Author; Christopher North, Secondary Author

Fatigue Characterization of 3D Printed Elastomer Material, Proceedings of the 2012 Solid Freeform Fabrication Conference - August 20, 2012
Collaborator: Christopher Williams, Author

Advancing Personalized Engineering Learning via an Adaptive Concept Map, Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference - June 10, 2012
Collaborators: Christopher Williams, Author; Aditya Johri, Author; Robert Pierce, Author; Christopher North, Author

Towards an "Adaptive Concept Map": Creating an Expert-Generated Concept Map of an Engineering Statics Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference - June 10, 2012
Collaborators: Robert Pierce, Author; Christopher Williams, Author

Using Wikis as a Formative Assessment Tool For Student Engineering Design Teams, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - August 29, 2011
Collaborators: Christopher Williams, Author; Marie Paretti, Author

Problem-Based Learning: A Student Perspective on the Role of the Facilitator., Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition - June 26, 2011
Collaborators: Holly Matusovich, Author; Brett Jones; Marie Paretti, Author; Deirdre Hunter, Author

Work in Progress: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Effects of First-Year Project Pedagogies on the Motivation, Retention, and Career Plans of Women in Engineering, Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - October 27, 2010
Collaborators: Marie Paretti, Author; Brett Jones, Author; Holly Matusovich, Author

Ph D, Engineering Education, Virginia Tech

M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute