Design of Mobile HDPE Water Tanks: A Practical Design Exercise for Senior Students in Mechanical Engineering

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Seibi ◽  
T. Pervez
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Water Tanks ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
Senior Students

Engineering design is becoming an integral part of any engineering program seeking international recognition and accreditation. Design practices are becoming a necessary experience to senior students nowadays in all engineering programs. The final year design project offered at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman gives senior students the chance to integrate their knowledge accumulated through already taken courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department to design particular products, experiments, and/or mechanical systems. In addition to gaining hands on experience of the design process, students were able to develop their communication skills and team work spirit. Throughout the whole year, students knowledge and expertise are enhanced through direct contact with their project advisor(s), project related memos, oral presentations, memos, posters, and written progress and final reports. The present paper describes the design process followed by a group of three senior students starting from understanding the problem and developing conceptual designs to the end product. CAD tools such as AutoCAD and ABAQUS were used to complete the design, build a prototype, and test it.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING DESIGN: THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Proulx
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Design Philosophy ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Industrial Needs

According to the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, all engineering programs in Canada must include a minimum of 15% of activities allocated to design. One can assume that these activities vary in content and scope between different programs. In this context, how can we define engineering design? Is there a recognized academic definition? Should our design goals be aligned with industrial needs and practice and if so, what should be the content of our design activities and how should they be structured? How is it possible to reach academic design goals given the limited resources available in our engineering schools? These are some of questions that will be addressed in this paper with the intent of better understanding the very important aspect of design’s engineering practice. Additional topics include: the change in design philosophy and approach resulting from a major program reform in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Université de Sherbrooke as well as the importance of industrial partnerships in design projects.

On the Path to World Class Retention

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Hensel ◽  
Amy Hortop
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
First Year Retention ◽  
One Year ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Academic Year

Retention of students from the first to second year of engineering programs has long been recognized as an important and challenging hurdle. The Mechanical Engineering Department at RIT has implemented several changes to its first year programs and student support services during the preceding five years, which have resulted in a significant increase in one-year retention. During the 2005-06 academic year, additional support services were provided to first year learning communities in combination with course offering logistics modifications. Additional focus was placed on building a firm relationship between each student and their faculty adviser. Six initiatives were studied during the 2005-06 academic year, resulting in a projected first year retention rate of 98% at the institution, and 96% retention within the mechanical engineering department.

Thermo/Fluids Curriculum Development in a New Mechanical Engineering Program

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Jokar ◽  
Stephen Solovitz
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Dual Approach ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Hands On

This study describes a model for developing a thermo/fluids curriculum in a new mechanical engineering program. Hands-on experience and applied engineering research are the center of this development. The efforts in creating undergraduate, elective, and graduate level courses and laboratories in the fundamental topics of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer are reviewed and explained in detail. A dual approach has been taken in developing the curriculum, so that both undergraduate and graduate students can utilize the facility in their research activities. This development has been revised and optimized since its initiation in 2005, and it has successfully been accredited by ABET. The good results obtained from this model can be used in developing mechanical engineering programs, especially for smaller-sized institutions.

scholarly journals Towards Scalable and Sustainable Active Learning in a Large Engineering Department

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen Rathlin ◽  
Eugene Li ◽  
Andrew Trivett
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Formative Experiences ◽  
The University

Abstract – Students entering undergraduate engineering programs lack the formative experiences of their precursors and are demanding more hands-on, practical, and engaging experiences as part of their education[1].  Starting in 2013, the University of Waterloo engaged in a pilot project to address these needs and to improve the student experience. This paper will discuss the challenges encountered in the establishment of the MME Clinic initiative, the implementation methods used to address these challenges, and lessons learned through the first four years of this project.  

A Modern Approach to Machine Design Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
H. Kalman ◽  
E. Zahavi
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Design Engineers ◽  
The People ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Effective Design

Engineering educators face a heavy responsibility in equipping young engineers for today's competitive world. The industries that will employ them will only survive if the people working in them are able to make and follow sound decisions. The basis for these decisions, among other things, must be an effective design process. The challenge of educating students to become worthy design engineers is being met at the Mechanical Engineering Department, at BGU, Israel, and the purpose of this article is to describe how it is done.

INTERNALISASI DAN PENANAMAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER PADA ANAK MELALUI PROGRAM ADOL DI SD NEGERI KALANGAN 184 SURAKARTA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratna Nisrina Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Mutual Assistance ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Hands On

This training is aimed to build character education especially self-reliance, character, mutual assistance, teamwork, entrepreneurship to Kalangan 184 Surakarta students. The age of students in elementary school is the golden age in mental development so it making possible to build character education based on self-reliance, mutual assistance, team work and entrepreneurship. Methods used in this training are demonstration, mentoring, and hands-on practice. In “Adol”(Ajar Adol) program, the activities which is carried out is buying and selling practice with consumer objects that is another students in Kalangan 184 elementary school Surakarta. The objectives of the implementation of this “Adol” (Ajar Adol) Program are 25 students of Kalangan 184 Elementary School Surakarta. The guides of this program are Bhineka team of Students Creativity Program. Besides Bhineka team of Students Creativity Program, parents of the students and teachers also involved to guide the students. Outcomes and results of the implantation of this program is the students can learn and do buying and selling activity which is give more advantage to sharp and build self-reliance, character, mutual assistance, teamwork, entrepreneurship

scholarly journals Platform Patterns—Using Proven Principles to Develop Digital Platforms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Drewel ◽  
Leon Özcan ◽  
Jürgen Gausemeier ◽  
Roman Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Future ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Strategic Options ◽  
Generic Design ◽  
Platform Economy

AbstractHardly any other area has as much disruptive potential as digital platforms in the course of digitalization. After serious changes have already taken place in the B2C sector with platforms such as Amazon and Airbnb, the B2B sector is on the threshold to the so-called platform economy. In mechanical engineering, pioneers like GE (PREDIX) and Claas (365FarmNet) are trying to get their hands on the act. This is hardly a promising option for small and medium-sized companies, as only a few large companies will survive. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are already facing the threat of losing direct consumer contact and becoming exchangeable executers. In order to prevent this, it is important to anticipate at an early stage which strategic options exist for the future platform economy and which adjustments to the product program should already be initiated today. Basically, medium-sized companies in particular lack a strategy for an advantageous entry into the future platform economy.The paper presents different approaches to master the challenges of participating in the platform economy by using platform patterns. Platform patterns represent proven principles of already existing platforms. We show how we derived a catalogue with 37 identified platform patterns. The catalogue has a generic design and can be customized for a specific use case. The versatility of the catalogue is underlined by three possible applications: (1) platform ideation, (2) platform development, and (3) platform characterization.

scholarly journals Development and delivery of a work experience week programme for mechanical engineering

2020 ◽  
pp. 030641902098104
Author(s):  
A Gonzalez-Buelga ◽  
I Renaud-Assemat ◽  
B Selwyn ◽  
J Ross ◽  
I Lazar
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Legal Term ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
Engineering Design Problem ◽  
Hands On ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

This paper focuses on the development, delivery and preliminary impact analysis of an engineering Work Experience Week (WEW) programme for KS4 students in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (CAME) at the University of Bristol, UK. Key stage 4, is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs in England, age 15–16. The programme aims to promote the engineering profession among secondary school pupils. During the WEW, participants worked as engineering researchers: working in teams, they had to tackle a challenging engineering design problem. The experience included hands-on activities and the use of state-of-the-art rapid prototyping and advanced testing equipment. The students were supervised by a group of team leaders, a diverse group of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students, technical staff, and academics at the School of CAME. The vision of the WEW programme is to transmit the message that everybody can be an engineer, that there are plenty of different routes into engineering that can be taken depending on pupils’ strengths and interests and that there are a vast amount of different engineering careers and challenges to be tackled by the engineers of the future. Feedback from the participants in the scheme has been overwhelmingly positive.

Identification of Modal Parameters of an Elastic Rotor With Oil Film Bearings

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Rotating Machinery ◽  
Modal Parameters ◽  
Powerful Method ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Engineering Problems

Investigations of the dynamic behavior of structures have become increasingly important in the design process of mechanical systems. To have a better understanding of the dynamic behavior of a structure, the knowledge of the modal parameters is very important. The powerful method of experimental modal analysis has been used to measure modal parameters in many mechanical engineering problems. But the method was mainly applied to nonrotating structures. This presentation shows improvements of the classical modal analysis for a successful application in rotating machinery with nonconservative effects. An example is given, investigating the modal parameters of an elastic rotor with oil film bearings.

scholarly journals Hands-On Design Projects in a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Course

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser Al Hamidi ◽  
Reza Tafreshi ◽  
Mahmoud El Zamli
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Design Projects
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