Dr. Osman Sayginer presented two engineering education research papers at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2026 Annual Conference, held June 21 to 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Cost-Effective Hands-On Learning Kit for Enhancing Engagement and Design Skills This work investigated the implementation of a low-cost, 3D printed...
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Dr. Osman Sayginer has received a Community-Engaged Course Award from Temple University’s President’s Office of Community Impact & Civic Engagement, providing $2,500 in support for the development and delivery of a new special topics undergraduate course, Mechatronic Solutions for Community Impact, planned for Fall 2026. The course is designed to...
Dr. Sayginer delivered a poster presentation at Temple University’s 24th Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence, presenting a teaching innovation learning kit to the Temple community. This work was first introduced at the ASEE FYEE Conference, and was presented at Temple with updates including student survey findings and other preliminary...
A Temple University student team has received $600 in funding from the ASME Philadelphia Section to support the development of an autonomous waste collection and sorting robotic system and to help the team compete in the 2025 to 2026 ASME Student Design Competition. The student team includes Jake Scarsellato,...
A newly designed senior-level course, Mechatronics Design, is now available in Fall 2025 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Temple University. This course is a new section of MEE4177: Design & Realization of a Mechanical System, alongside the mechanical systems and thermofluids systems tracks. Unlike the other sections, this...
Dr. Sayginer has been awarded a ~$3,000 Innovative Teaching with Makerspace Technology Grant from Temple Libraries’ Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio to expand hands-on, experiential learning in the curriculum beginning Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. The project will enhance the MEE 2305 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Lab by upgrading crank...
