scholarly journals The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of ESP Courses in Enhancing Technical Translation Proficiency: A Case Study of ESP Course for Mechanical Engineering Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Hussein Hatam ◽  
Shilan Shafiei
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Translation

scholarly journals Analisis Kebutuhan: Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Padlet di Teknik Mesin Universitas Islam Riau

GERAM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Fauzul Etfita ◽  
Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Academic Year

Teaching materials are a set of tools or facilities that contain materials, methods and evaluations used by teachers or lecturers in learning. So far, the teaching materials released by several developers have rarely been in accordance with the needs of Mechanical Engineering students, where some of the teaching materials available still use general English. In this study, in order to compile an appropriate teaching material, researchers have conducted a needs analysis. Needs analysis is a fundamental aspect for English language lecturers for specific purposes (ESP) in identifying information or the main needs of students and investigating areas of student shortages. In line with this statement, this research is a case study design that aims to determine the needs of mechanical engineering students in learning English through Padlet at the Faculty of Engineering in the 2019-2020 academic year. The data in this study were collected from researcher observations, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with 40 students and two English language lecturers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The results revealed that speaking and writing are the main focus of English skills in the Mechanical Engineering department and listening along with reading are the next English skills needed than others.

Different Methods of Programming for Mechanical Engineering Students: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingli Han ◽  
Chang Duan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
C Language ◽  
Arduino Microcontroller

Abstract The paper is to present a case study where different methods of programming are utilized by Mechanical Engineering Students to design a device. The objective is to provoke discussion and explore best practices on teaching Mechanical Engineering students the programming aspects. The task is to design a low-cost device that can accurately measure the period of a simple pendulum. Same raw materials, infrared break beam sensor and Arduino microcontroller, are given. But different programming approaches can be undertaken. Option 1 is to use C language and Arduino’s free Integrated Development Environment. Option 2 is to use Simulink with Arduino Support. Student survey is designed based on whether it is intuitive, whether it is easier to debug, etc. Further studies can be conducted to understand the effectiveness of a mixture of these different methods and sequence of exposure to these different methods.

Teaching a Non-Traditional Subject to Mechanical Engineers: A Case Study of Learning Anatomy Using Anatomical Software and Models of Human Joints

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Joint Replacement ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Total Joint Replacement ◽  
Human Anatomy ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Joint Models ◽  
Human Joints ◽  
Human Joint

Bioengineering is a multidisciplinary science which requires mechanical engineering students, who typically have minimal knowledge of medicine, to rapidly gain a thorough understanding of the intricacies of human anatomy as well as of the specialist terminology. Teaching on a bioengineering module in a school of mechanical engineering at a UK university employed a combination of Primal Pictures anatomical software, human joint models, bespoke teaching materials and peer-to-peer learning. This mixture allowed engineering students to quickly construct an understanding of anatomical principles which they used in individual, assessed projects on total joint replacement. Anonymised, written feedback collected from the students over consecutive academic years revealed overwhelmingly positive learning experiences. In addition, assessed projects showed good knowledge of the anatomical descriptions necessary to understand and work with the science of joint replacement.

scholarly journals Quality of Life, Physical Activity and Risk Behaviors: A Case Study in Mechanical Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Gustavo Levandoski ◽  
Luiz Alberto Pilatti ◽  
Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students

Teaching Consumer Product Design to Engineering Students

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridhar S. Condoor ◽  
Heath Doty
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Student Team

Consumer product design blends engineering and industrial design principles, and marketing strategies to bring functional, aesthetic products to market. While competitions motivate a diverse set of students to churn out products/ventures, a systematic approach for tackling consumer product design tasks and case studies that demonstrate the approach greatly benefit a number of students by focusing their design efforts. The paper elaborates such an approach using a case study highlighting the thought process. The case study involves the design of an innovative keychain. While the case study was primarily mechanical engineering in scope addressed by a student team of mechanical engineers, the approach outlined in the paper is generic and can be applied to product designs involving other disciplines.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Attainment of Program Outcomes for Courses with and without the Use of Modern Tools

2018 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 06022
Author(s):  
Mark Ovinis ◽  
Saravanan Karuppanan ◽  
Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman ◽  
Puteri Sri Melor ◽  
Mohd Zulhilmi Paiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Computer Modelling ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Theoretical Concepts

An important consideration in higher education is that graduates meet or exceed the program outcomes (POs). While there exists anecdotal evidence that the use of modern tools i.e. computer modelling and simulation, improve attainment of these outcomes, there is little empirical research available. Where empirical evidence is available, the variables considered would almost certainly have a bearing on the outcomes. In this work, the attainment of the POs by undergraduate engineering students in courses with and without the use of modern tools, based on quantitative data, were compared. It was hypothesized that courses using modern tools would lead to better overall attainment of POs, compared to courses not using these tools. As a case study, the PO attainment of students in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) was considered. Quantitative data obtained through UTP's outcomebased education (OBE) software was used to assess the overall attainment of the POs for all courses for a cohort of 126 Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students class of 2017. It was found that, for the case study considered, the usage of modern tools has led to slightly better attainment of some POs, with slightly poorer attainment in other POs. Specifically, attainment in POs where the cognitive or the knowledge domain is more dominant improved, as the usage of modern tools helped students to understand theoretical concepts better. Attainment in POs were the affective domain is more dominant recorded a slight decrease, and the incorporation of modern tools did not aid in the attainment of these POs. The study is at a preliminary stage and a more detailed study, involving more cohorts, is planned to establish a correlation (if any) between the use of modern tools in higher education and attainment of POs.

Engineering design process learning of undergraduate mechanical engineering students: a case study on the UFSM course

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius Marini ◽  
César Gabriel dos Santos ◽  
Cristiano Scheuer ◽  
Alexandre Buenos ◽  
LEONARDO NABAES ROMANO
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
Process Learning

scholarly journals PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS AND THE APPLICATION OF PROCESS SKILL APPROACH: A CASE STUDY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasinta Farahsani
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Process Skill ◽  
English Writing ◽  
International Language ◽  
The Times ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

<p>Mastery of English as an international language is a demand that must be developed along with the times. In one of the subjects that must be taken by students of Mechanical Engineering UMY is English: Writing and Presentation. Some of the difficulties encountered in making presentations were their lack of knowledge about public speaking, so that the presentations seemed monotonous and unattractive. In addition, when making presentations in English, the biggest obstacle is the pronunciation problem. In this study, the writer examined the application of appropriate learning method for pronunciation learning so that students were able to optimally pronounce each word in English. In the results of observation and simulation, the writer found 4 (four) students' difficulties of learning English, 1) they tended to say in accordance with the spelling, 2) they found difficulty with vocabulary ending in '-ed', 3) they found difficulty with diphthong sounds, 4) they found difficulty in pronouncing words with sounds that are almost the same in other words. Thus, drilling is done to improve it which includes manner of presentation and pronunciation.</p>

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) Implemented In The Textile Engineering Course - A Case Study On Ahsanullah University Of Science And Technology, Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Lal Mohan Baral ◽  
Ramzan Muhammad ◽  
Claudiu Vasile Kifor ◽  
Ioan Bondrea
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
System Level ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Undergraduate Programs

AbstractProblem-based learning as a teaching tool is now used globally in many areas of higher education. It provides an opportunity for students to explore technical problems from a system-level perspective and to be self-directed life-long learner which is mandatory for equipping engineering students with the skill and knowledge. This paper presents a case study illustrating the effectiveness of implemented Problem-based learning (PBL) during five semesters in the undergraduate programs of Textile Engineering in Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). An assessment has been done on the basis of feedback from the students as well as their employers by conducting an empirical survey for the evaluation of PBL impact to enhance the student's competencies. The Evaluations indicate that students have achieved remarkable competencies through PBL practices which helped them to be competent in their professional life.

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