Assessment in Mechanical Engineering Capstone Project: The Case of Taylor’s University

The A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University offered a new senior capstone project to a small group of students, funded by a teaching grant from the National Fluid Power Association. All mechanical engineering students at Lawrence Tech must complete a capstone project: either an SAE competition team or a project addressing a particular industry need. The team that worked on the current project consisted of students with various concentrations in mechanical engineering and included an international visiting student from Brazil. Three faculty in Mechanical Engineering, each with different areas of expertise: thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and mechatronics, mentored and worked closely with the students at every step of this project. The objective of this project was to design and fabricate a classroom-scale gantry crane for material handling. The undergraduate students were not only involved in the design of a fluid powered system, but also worked on the modeling of mechanical components and the mechanical system as well as circuit design for an operator interface. The self-guided and real-world design aspect of the project increases the effectiveness of teaching by the faculty and retention of the subject by the students involved in the project.

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Elastohydrodynamics - '96 Fundamentals and Applications in Lubrication and Traction, Proceedings of the 23rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology held in the Institute of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering

10.1016/s0167-8922(08)x7013-0 ◽

1997 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering Notes

Scientific American ◽

10.1038/scientificamerican0822-133 ◽

1922 ◽

Vol 127 (2) ◽

pp. 133-133

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical engineering prospects

Production Engineer ◽

10.1049/tpe.1975.0076 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 217

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Engineering

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Perlaksanaan Kaedah Pembelajaran Berasaskan Projek dalam Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Kaedah Fiqh

Journal of Quran Sunnah Education & Special Needs ◽

10.33102/jqss.vol2no2.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 14-23

Author(s):

Mohd Aderi Che Noh ◽

Normurni Mohamad ◽

Adibah Hasanah Abd Halim ◽

Absha Atiah Abu Bakar

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Mechanical Engineering ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

Narrative Form ◽

Learning Methods ◽

Engineering Program ◽

Science Technology ◽

Interview Methods

This study aims to see the implementation of project based learning methods (PBL) implemented by lecturers in the Science, Technology and Engineering P&P processes in Islam as an effort to enhance students' understanding in the Fiqh Method. Respondents in this study were students of second semester, Diploma of Mechanical Engineering program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Banting. Observation and interview methods are used for data collection purposes. The data were analyzed descriptively and presented in narrative form. The findings show that PBL activity is a fun and enjoyable P&P activity for students. Abstrak Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat perlaksanaan kaedah pembelajaran berasaskan projek (PBL) yang dilaksanakan oleh pensyarah dalam proses P&P Sains, Teknologi dan kejuruteraan dalam Islam sebagai usaha meningkatkan kefahaman pelajar pelajar dalam tajuk Kaedah Fiqh. Responden dalam kajian ini adalah terdiri daripada pelajar semester dua progran Diploma Kejuruteraan Mekanikal, Jabatan Kejuruteraan Mekanikal, Politeknik Banting. Kaedah pemerhatian dan temu bual digunakan bagi tujuan pengutipan data. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif dan dipersembahkan dalam bentuk naratif. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan aktiviti PBL merupakan aktiviti P&P yang disukai dan menyeronokkan bagi para pelajar.

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