CAD Course in Engineering Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 566 ◽  
pp. 304-307
Author(s):  
Marija Gradinscak
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Significant Change

Globalisation is accelerating and with it rapid technological change has resulted in the environment being dramatically impacted by constant and significant change. The global job market requires excellent technical skills, so we must educate students for more sophisticated jobs. Today, engineers must be practical and creative, able to work with different people, be quick to solve problems and make critical business decisions, whilst being professional and ethical. Spatial visualisation skills play a significant role in engineering fields, particularly for mechanical engineering students whose fields rely heavily on visualisation. This paper presents the CAD course with computer graphics components that would help in enhancing students’ powers of visualisation using CAD applications.

Multiscale-Based Mechanical Engineering Education

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Karami ◽  
R. V. Pieri
Keyword(s):  
Finite Elements ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Multiscale Analysis ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Engineering Mechanics ◽  
Finite Elements Model

The classical engineering mechanics courses of Statics, Dynamics and Strength of Materials are taught to most engineering disciplines. With the advent of multiscale analysis and practice, reforms should be implemented in such classical mechanics courses to address the change so that they won't be limited only to continuum and macro-based level, but to include all the scales. This paper will suggest revisions that should be implemented in these courses. This includes introducing the concepts of multiscale engineering and the addition of new modules in the form of example problems in micro and nano-scales. Relying upon the framework of existing courses and using the existing physical and intellectual resources, an array of educational activities will be suggested to provide such an opportunity for undergraduate engineering students. The efforts will be substantiated and facilitated using the simulation capabilities of Computer Aided Engineering and Drawing (CADD) techniques as well as the analysis capabilities of Finite Elements Model (FEM) procedures.

Design in the Thermal Fluids Engineering

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadegh M. Sadeghipour ◽  
Mehdi Asheghi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Thermal Engineering ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Design Engineers ◽  
Thermal Fluids ◽  
Design Competition

Design is seen as the magic word and being a design engineer is considered to be the key to success in the job market by many of the mechanical engineering students. However, it is always assumed that the mechanical systems not the thermal engineers are indeed design engineers by education and practice. This notion probably stems from the fact that most of the thermal fluid courses in mechanical engineering curriculum seem to have been defined and developed to prepare undergraduate students for going to graduate school rather than the job market. The undergraduate courses usually emphasize on the theories with less attention to the design and application aspects. Perhaps, the responsibility of thermal engineering educators is to correct this notion by emphasizing more on the application and design in the existing courses or alternatively to develop and offer new courses on more applied topics. In this paper, we will report an integrated approach in teaching topics in fins and fin assemblies, which includes class lectures, laboratory experiments, ANSYS simulations and design competition. In this manuscript, we will report on the details of this approach including the procedures, methods, our observations, and the students’ feedbacks.

scholarly journals Teaching Technical Writing: Opportunities for International Collaboration

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie E. Seawright
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Time Zones ◽  
Different Cultures

Globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and cultures. Professors cannot ignore the drastic impact globalization has and will place upon engineering students. In order to be prepared for a competitive job market and the actual requirements of many engineering positions, students need to understand the constraints and challenges of working with colleagues that may live and work in different cultures, countries, languages, and contexts. However, engineering education rarely offers students an opportunity to practice the realities of our digital and intercultural working environments. This paper outlines one way to offer engineering students with collaborative, international, and intercultural writing projects. Students from a technical writing course in the United States were paired with engineering students in Qatar to develop a set of instructions using multimedia methods. Students learned a great deal from the real-world experience of writing and creating a project across two continents.

scholarly journals SoSTeM Model Development for Application of Soft Skills to Engineering Students at Malaysian Polytechnics

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Ahmad Esa ◽  
Suhaili Padil ◽  
Asri Selamat ◽  
Mohammad Talha Mohamed Idris
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Engineering Programs

<p class="apa">Soft skills are some of the skills needed to ensure that graduates fulfill the needs of the job market. Until 2010, almost 30% of unemployed graduates in Malaysia are technical graduates and one third comes are graduates from polytechnic. Most engineering graduates are proficient in technical skills but lack in soft skills. The lack of relevant knowledge among lecturers in order to identify appropriate ways and methods in the process of teaching and learning is one of the causes of lack in soft skills application. This study aims to identify the suitable teaching methods for the application of soft skills in the engineering programs for engineering students in Malaysian polytechnics. 488 students and 332 lecturers in engineering courses at the polytechnic had been questioned using questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that there is a relationship between the level of application of soft skills element with the teaching &amp; learning methods used by lecturers. Based on these relationships, researchers had produced <em>SoSTeM </em>model as the model of application of soft skills for engineering students. Researchers also discovered that the use of teaching &amp; learning methods for applying soft skills in engineering programs vary according to the elements of soft skills.</p>

scholarly journals Collaborative tools in higher education: The use of Wikis by industrial and mechanical engineering students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 144-152
Author(s):  
Marcelo Gaspar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Collaborative Tools ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
And Function

Continuous technological advances keep challenging current and future engineers to anticipate and adapt to the new trends and paradigms that are expected to take place in a near future. One of such paradigms is the Industry 4.0 that encompasses the promise of a new industrial revolution based on the interconnectivity of people and systems to communicate, analyse and use information related to industrial processes. New challenges, as well as new opportunities, will rise in this digital landscape, demanding from future engineers the ability to adapt and grow in such ground-breaking environments. With such dynamic changes taking place in the current and future industries, engineering education has to adapt and prepare future graduates to work and function in these demanding environments. The set of skills envisaged to be held by future engineers is the ability to work and collaborate using digital means of participation as well as the ability to effectively use intercultural communicative skills. To this end, an exploratory study was conducted among different European Higher Education Engineering Schools to integrate a project with common aims and goals, resulting in various collaborative engineering activities that were designed to be carried out by undergraduate industrial and mechanical engineering students to further improve their learning outcomes and to acquire, or improve on, dedicated intercultural, communicative and colaborative skills. Following both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study combined different types of data and methods of analysis in order to provide an exploratory account of the envisaged findings. Keywords: Engineering education, online learning environments, collaborative learning.

Cooperative engineering education at LIT

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
Robert W. Ellis ◽  
George Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Cooperative Education ◽  
Academic Credit

Lawrence Institute of Technology's (LIT's) Cooperative Education Program in Engineering places construction, electrical, and mechanical engineering students with an above average academic performance into work situations that emphasize the application of engineering fundamentals. Engineering students receive academic credit towards their degree for work periods after they submit written reports and have been evaluated by their employer. Employers agree to provide engineering-related work experience acceptable to the School of Engineering, to evaluate students according to standards set by the school, and to provide a mentor for each student.

scholarly journals Innovative Curriculum to Enhance the Learning Experience of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fikret Ercan ◽  
Denis Sale ◽  
Noel Kristian
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Enrichment Program ◽  
3D Printers ◽  
Innovative Curriculum

This paper presents an integrated engineering enrichment program for the electrical and mechanical engineering students at polytechnic level. This program promotes design thinking and problem based learning and it is spread into three years of engineering education. The entire program is founded upon design-and-build type of projects where students get to practice engineering design process with increasing complexity in each semester. It is implemented in a studio environment equipped with necessary technical tools such as prototyping machines, 3D printers, soldering stations and so on. At the beginning, forty students enrolled to the program; it is now expanded to accommodate eighty students. A detailed description of the program and its structure are presented together with our evaluation of results and observations.

Mechanical Engineering Education: Not Just About the Math

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed D. Foroudastan ◽  
Dyani Saxby
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
State University ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Middle Tennessee State University ◽  
Talented Students

It is of utmost importance that universities seek out creative ways to enhance the written and oral communication skills of their engineering students. Too many engineering students graduate and enter today’s competitive job market without sufficient communication skills that will ultimately give them an edge in their profession. It takes hard work and perseverance to obtain a four-year engineering degree, yet many talented students may be overlooked due to inadequate communication skills. Although a student may be more than qualified for an engineering position, a lack of written and oral communication skills could have a negative impact on his or her perceived level of skill. Employers today are searching for well-rounded individuals who are capable of performing multiple job tasks. They demand engineers who are not only technically astute, but who can also conduct research and effectively communicate their ideas to others. This paper examines the importance of written and oral communication skills in engineering professions. Additionally, it investigates various methods of teaching written and oral communication skills to many engineering students, including mechanical engineering, in higher education. It also describes the methods employed by the authors to enhance the communication skills of engineering technology students at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Top priority should be given to see that students are able to live up to the highest standards both academically and professionally. It is time that universities empowered their students with the additional skills necessary to survive and flourish in today’s competitive and demanding job market.

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