Authentic Innovation: The Role of Apprenctice Learning in Engineering Education

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Vernon ◽  
Brandon Werner
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Cost Constraints ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
The Us

In 2000, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted an outcomes based approach to the US engineering curriculum. The new accreditation criteria, commonly called EC2000, call for program outcomes and assessment that provide for a ‘well rounded engineer’. Approaching nearly a decade now, are students reaping the benefits of the reform? Are students able to design better? Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering better? Are they able to communicate better and use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice? Most importantly, are they more “well-rounded?” It may be argued that despite ABET accreditation reform, the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum has remained relatively static over the last decade, adjusting for obvious changes in cross-disciplinary study and some emergent technologies. Girt with hundreds of hours of core and required subjects such as calculus, physics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, etc. the undergraduate mechanical engineering student generally has but one occasion to flex his/her intellectual and innovative acuity—the senior design project. While students occasionally work in teams, rarely are students exposed to genuine challenges of group interaction, delivery schedules and cost constraints as catalyzed in industry. How is authentic innovation achieved in a learning environment?

Tracking Design Elements in a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

2011 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 601-610
Author(s):  
M.T. Oladiran ◽  
Jacek Uziak ◽  
Venkata P. Kommula
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Map Design ◽  
The University ◽  
Design Experience

Design activity is core to modern engineering practice. Some design experience is demanded by professional bodies that accredit degree engineering programmes (e.g. ABET and ECSA). The purpose of this paper is to track design related topics through the curriculum of the mechanical engineering degree programme at the University of Botswana. A questionnaire was designed and administered to staff teaching on the programme. The responses were used to map design components in the curriculum and assess the design experience of students. The results showed that design topics were delivered in various courses and the knowledge gained by students increased steadily from Year 3 to Year 5. Some observed deficiencies in the teaching of design included lack of industry recommended projects, negligible application of design software, and the use of only single discipline based problems (i.e. no multi disciplinary teaching approach). It was concluded that a programme review is needed to improve the pedagogy of design and enhance programme robustness. It is envisaged that the study will help in designing a new mechanical engineering curriculum to satisfy accreditation requirements.

Improving students’ freehand sketching skills in mechanical engineering curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Uziak ◽  
Ning Fang
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Computer Aided

Freehand sketching is a fundamental skill in mechanical engineering and many other engineering disciplines. It not only serves as a communication tool among engineers, but plays a critical role in engineering design and problem solving. However, as computer-aided drafting has replaced traditional drawing classes nowadays, the training of students’ freehand sketching skills has been almost completely eliminated in modern engineering curricula. This paper describes the attributes of freehand sketching and its roles in several essential aspects of engineering; in particular, in its roles in problem solving, of which current literature has ignored. Representative examples are provided to show students’ freehand sketching skills in problem solving in a foundational undergraduate mechanical engineering course. Pedagogical suggestions are made on how to teach freehand sketching to engineering students.

Assessment of EC2000 Criteria 3 (a)-(k) Program Outcomes

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. I. Abu-Mulaweh
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Educational Objectives ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Purdue University

A comprehensive assessment process for EC2000 Criterion 3 (a)-(k) program outcomes of the mechanical engineering program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is presented. This assessment process is a part of an assessment plan that was developed by the author with some feedback from the faculty to assess the mechanical engineering educational objectives and program outcomes using internal and external measures. This process involves feedback from several parties that include: courses’ instructors (faculty), students, and graduating seniors, local industries that sponsor capstone senior design projects, and Fundamental of Engineering (FE) examination.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF THE CRITERION OF TECHNOLOGICAL DAMAGEABILITY IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

STED JOURNAL ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Kusyi ◽  
Аndrij Кuк ◽  
Oleh Onysko ◽  
Tetiana Lukan ◽  
Lolita Pituley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Operational Characteristics ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Main Driver

Development and implementation in mechanical engineering practice of integrated information systems for control of technological processes of manufacturing products is the main driver of economic growth of developed countries. The priority of modern engineering technology is to provide the specified operational characteristics of products in accordance with the accuracy parameters, set by designer and quality of surface layers in contrast to achieving the minimum technological cost with maximum performance for traditional approaches. Technological providing of the main operational characteristics of the product (bearing strength, wear resistance, fatigue strength, joint strength etc.) require a systematic approach, which consists in the investigation of real physical processes at submicroscopic, microscopic and macroscopic levels of research, and step- by-step tracking required parameters at all stages of the Product Life Cycle from the position of technological inheritability. It is proposed to use the method of LM-hardness to control the quality of the structure of the material from castings in the design of functionally-oriented processes. The magnitude of the technological damage of the product material serves as a criterion for optimization when choosing a variant of surface treatment of the casting. A method for providing experimental studies of castings of aluminium alloys has been developed. On the basis of the carried-out experimental researches the rational route of processing of surfaces of casting is chosen.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Assessment of Capstone Senior Design Course Comprised of Students from Different Engineering Program Majors

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prathivadi Ravikumar
Keyword(s):  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Traditional Courses ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
The Us ◽  
Assessment Plans ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
Implementation Data

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is the premier organization that accredits many engineering programs in the US. Assessment by ABET that Student Outcomes are achieved is a central part of its decision to accredit any program. The programs in engineering at Western Illinois University (WIU) place significant emphasis in the Capstone Senior Design course as part of the overall plans to seek accreditation. For example, it is the only course wherein all eleven student outcomes identified by ABET are formally assessed, thereby making it a comprehensive assessment. But assessment is challenging because there are many more variables than normal in a Capstone Senior Design course compared to traditional courses. This paper discusses the framework of assessment plans, schedules, rubrics, implementation, data collection, analysis, and continuous improvements in detail under this challenging environment in the Senior Design course at WIU.

scholarly journals Special Issue “Applications of Finite Element Modeling for Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5170
Author(s):  
Marek Krawczuk ◽  
Magdalena Palacz
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Mechatronic Systems ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Concise Description

Modern engineering practice requires advanced numerical modeling because, among other things, it reduces the costs associated with prototyping or predicting the occurrence of potentially dangerous situations during operation in certain defined conditions. Different methods have so far been used to implement the real structure into the numerical version. The most popular have been variations of the finite element method (FEM). The aim of this Special Issue has been to familiarize the reader with the latest applications of the FEM for the modeling and analysis of diverse mechanical problems. Authors are encouraged to provide a concise description of the specific application or a potential application of the Special Issue.

Research of machining forces and technological features of cast PA6, POM C and UHMW-PE HD 1000

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Robert Keresztes ◽  
Gabor Kalacska
Keyword(s):  
Injection Molding ◽  
Cutting Force ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Cutting Process ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Serial Production ◽  
Machining Forces ◽  
Engineering Plastics ◽  
Machine Elements ◽  
Cutting Processes

Nowadays parts made of up-to-date engineering plastics are used more and morein mechanical engineering practice. These machine-elements are produced most frequentlyby injection molding or by one cutting process. The injection molding technology are usedgenerally for great number of pieces, in case of serial production while cutting processes arepreferred to piece (unit) or smaller number production.We used lathe and measured the main- and feeding-directional cutting force at differentengineering polymers (cast PA6, POM C and UHMW PE HD 1000). The analysis made canbe well used in practice.

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