The Helmsman as a Man–Machine Element

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sutton ◽  
D. R. Towill
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Machine Element ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Machine Systems ◽  
Naval Engineering

In this paper the role of the helmsman in terms of man–machine systems theory, such as is frequently used in aerospace work is considered and the literature of the subject surveyed in so far as it relates to the control of seagoing vessels. Lieutenant-Commander Sutton is in the Control Engineering Department at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth, and Professor Towill is head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UWIST, Cardiff.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides: The Importance of Writing Sentence Headlines

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Alley ◽  
Harry Robertshaw
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Member ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
To Come ◽  
Classroom Assignment

Presentation slides are often used for teaching engineering classes, presenting engineering research, and explaining engineering designs. For those presentations in which the presenter desires to communicate and defend results, using a succinct sentence headline for all slides but the title slide has three advantages over relying on a phrase headline. The first is that a sentence headline not only can identify the topic, but also can state an assertion about the topic. Emphasizing the assertions in an engineering presentation is advantageous, because audiences are more inclined to believe an argument if they realize the assertions and sub-assertions. Also, for a presentation that serves as a classroom assignment, having the student write sentence headlines provides a written record for the faculty member of that student’s assertions in the presentation. A second advantage of using sentence headlines, rather than phrase headlines, is that a sentence headline can clarify much more effectively the role of the slide in the presentation. Such a clarification not only helps the audience during the presentation, but also serves the audience reviewing the slides days or weeks later. Yet a third advantage, and perhaps the most important, is that a sentence headline forces the presenter to come to grips with the main purpose of each slide. If the presenter cannot create a sentence headline that states the slide’s main purpose in the presentation, then the presenter should consider cutting that slide from the presentation. For engineering presenters who have used this design, the result has been that significantly fewer slides are presented, thus helping the presenters avoid a frenetic pace, which undermines so many engineering presentations. This paper uses several examples from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech to show these three advantages. The paper also analyzes why faculty and students are reluctant to use sentence headlines. Finally, the paper includes a preliminary assessment on the effectiveness of these sentence headlines in engineering presentations.

Nano-Scale Heat Transfer Education at Carnegie Mellon University: Programs for Mechanical Engineering and High School Students

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadegh M. Sadeghipour ◽  
Mehdi Asheghi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Thermal Engineering ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nano Scale ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Subject

The evolving high technology industries of recent years have created a growing need for mechanical engineers with nano-scale heat transfer expertise to aid analysis, design, and fabrication of micro devices such as transistors, sensors, actuators, etc. The trends and predictions for activities in this field are even more promising for the next decade. Therefore, the new generation of mechanical engineers should have a reasonable knowledge of the subject to meet the growing demands of the job market. This has created need for inclusion of nano-scale heat transfer topics and experiments in the mechanical engineering curriculum. To meet this demand, we have started a few programs in the mechanical engineering department of the Carnegie Mellon University. We have added nano-scale heat transfer topics, including lab experiments, to some of the existing courses also have developed and offered new specialized courses on the subject. In addition, we have started a summer program for interested high school students entitled “The Exciting World of Thermal Engineering”. The purpose of the latter program has been to expose the student to the subject, and to create/promote enthusiasm for pursuing a thermal engineering career. In this paper we are going to explain the program and to share our observations and experiences.

Preparing Mechanical Engineering Students for Product Design Professional Practice Through PBL: Planning and Execution of the Subject “Product Design Methodology”

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Munoz-Guijosa ◽  
A. Di´az-Lantada ◽  
J. Echa´varri ◽  
J. L. Mun˜oz ◽  
E. Chaco´n ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Teaching Objectives ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Subject

Along with theoretical knowledge acquisition, knowledge application and professional competence acquisition must be important teaching objectives in any engineering subject. This is especially remarkable for subjects aiming the acquisition of product design knowledge, provided that, in actual professional practice, product design is done in multidisciplinary teams, taking into account technical and non-technical criteria, and with tight deadlines and budgets. This work describes the contents and teaching planning and execution for the subject “product design methodology” at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Universidad Polite´cnica de Madrid, aiming for the student acquisition of important professional competences to be used on professional product design practice, such as systematic decision making, global company view, task prioritizing, internal and external entrepreneurship, or teamwork, as well as hard competences such as design procedures, quality or project economics. Student teamwork examples from the problem-based learning (PBL) experience, together with internal and external surveys are shown to check the validity of the proposal.

scholarly journals Pembuatan Training Kit Pneumatik untuk SMKN I Ngawen Kabupaten Gunungkidul

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Budi Basuki
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Vocational College ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
Plc Control ◽  
Heavy Equipment ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Technical Details

Community Service Activities (PKM) of Department of Mechanical Engineering (DTM), Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada 2015 is entitled the development of pneumatic training kit for SMK N I Ngawen, Gunungkidul Regency. The school located in Jono Hamlet, Tancep Village, Ngawen District, Gunungkidul Regency, has a land area of 15,300 m2. There are four competency expertise held in this school, namely: Light Vehicle Technique, Heavy Equipment, Computer and Network Engineering, and Batik Clothing. SMK N I Ngawen and Vocational College (in this case Mechanical Engineering Department as a PKM team directly involved) have established cooperation in the field of heavy equipment education. SMK N I Ngawen actively has planning and effort of developing PLC control technique as a tool of practice to support the competence of machine expertise. After conducting surveys and coordination with the Principal and its staff, the PLC's control engineering development activities are planned to include scheduling, coordination of PLC training for educator staff, procurement of PLC units, the creation of pneumatic training kit simulators and completeness, the administration of activities and technical details . The procurement of PLC control techniques and pneumatic training kits was successfully carried out for 6 (six) months smoothly from April to October 2015. This activity was conducted on campus of DTM SV - UGM and in SMK N I Ngawen. Implementation of this training kit was conducted by PKM team and education staffs of SMK N I Ngawen Gunungkidul. The preparation of pneumatic training kits begins with the purchase and preparation of training components to the preparation of layouts and testing of training kits. The delivery of pneumatic training kits was done after the teaching staffs of SMK N I Ngawen Gunungkidul attended training kit training.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM STUDENTS’ MISBEHAVIORS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CLASS OF GRADE XI IN SMK NEGERI 3 SINGARAJA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
N.K Wedhanti ◽  
L.L. Sasih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Teacher Observation ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Grade 11 ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This descriptive qualitative research was aimed at finding out the kinds of students’ misbehavior in the classroom of Mechanical Engineering Department of grade 11 in SMK Negeri 3 Singaraja, knowing the students’ reasons for doing misbehaviors in the classroom, and also the aim at knowing the teacher’s responses towards the students’ misbehaviors happened in the classroom. The subject of this research was all students in the classroom of Mechanical Engineering Department of grade11 and their English teacher. Observation and interview were the techniques used to collect the data of this research. Descriptive qualitative techniques were then used to analyze the data that was gathered. The result of this research showed that there were ten kinds of students’ misbehavior happened in the classroom of Mechanical Engineering Department grade 11 in SMK Negeri 3 Singaraja. Those misbehaviors were inattention, apathy, needless talk, moving about the room, annoying others, disruption, lying, cheating, aggression and fighting, and also defiance of authority. Six of those misbehaviors happened consistently and four of those misbehaviors happened inconsistently in the classroom. There were found six students’ reasons for doing those ten kinds of misbehavior in the classroom. After that, there were found five teacher’s responses towards misbehaviors done by the students in the classroom of Mechanical Engineering Department of grade 11 in SMK Negeri 3 Singaraja.

Ensemble by Seven Musical Performance Robots

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadahiro Kaneda ◽  
◽  
Shoichiro Fujisawa ◽  
Takeo Yoshida ◽  
Yasumasa Yoshitani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
Fourth Grade ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control

The purpose of the Department of Systems and Control Engineering at Osaka Prefectural College of Technology is to train students who can construct synthetic systems. To achieve this purpose, we have had a case study on robotics in fourth grade since 1994. The contents of the subject are to design and make autonomous robots. The subject has a contest with different themes each year. The theme for 1998 was ""Musical Performance Robots"". This was to make seven robots and to form an ensemble. In this paper, we evaluated the case study on robotics, the role of Amusement Robot to ""Educatement"". The comparison about the sound between human playing and robot playing was conducted.

scholarly journals Think to Talk Write Learning Mathematics Tool Hands on Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Taufik Qurohman
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Math Problem ◽  
Math Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
The Subject

By looking at the learning result of Lecturer of DIII Mechanical Engineering Department of Harapan Bersama seen the lack of understanding of the students understanding the subject matter of Applied Mathematics. The objective of the research is to produce a mathematics learning device with Think Talk Write model based on Hand On Activity to improve the valid ability of troubleshooting, practical, and effective math problem solving. This research is a development research using 4D model that is modified into 3D consists of defining, designing and developing phases. The types of devices developed are: (1) Syllabus; (2) Semester Study Plan; (3) Modules and (4) Worksheets , and (5) Troubleshooting Test. The subject of this research is the D III students of Mechanical Engineering Department. Independent variables of this research are independence and problem-solving skills, while the dependent variable is the result of Troubleshooting test. Conclusions gained (a) Students achieved mastery individually (scores above 80) as well as classical, (b) The ability of troubleshooting of Applied Mathematics in a class that uses Think Talk Write model devices based on Hand On Activity is better than the ability of class math problem solving with conventional method, (c) The existence of influence of independence character and problem solving skill to troubleshooting ability of subject Applied Mathematics equal to 90%.

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