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Multidisciplinary Engineering Systems 2nd And 3rd Year College-Wide Courses, Kevin Craig, Mark L. Nagurka
Multidisciplinary Engineering Systems 2nd And 3rd Year College-Wide Courses, Kevin Craig, Mark L. Nagurka
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications
Undergraduate engineering education today is ineffective in preparing students for multidisciplinary system integration and optimization - exactly what is needed by companies to become innovative and gain a competitive advantage in this global economy. While there is some movement in engineering education to change that, this change is not easy, as it involves a cultural change from the silo approach to a holistic approach. The ABET-required senior capstone multidisciplinary design course too often becomes a design-build-test exercise with the emphasis on just getting something done. Students rarely break out of their disciplinary comfort zone and thus fail to experience true …
The Role Of Mechanical Design In Mechatronics Education, John Gardner
The Role Of Mechanical Design In Mechatronics Education, John Gardner
Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
A survey of Mechatronics course offerings around the United States shows a rich variety of approaches to this topic.[1] Indeed, it appears that a majority of Mechanical Engineering programs across the county offer some formal offering in this area and it seems clear that the vast majority of Mechatronics courses are offered through Mechanical Engineering departments. With the traditional emphasis on design skill in mechanical engineering, it would seem obvious that mechatronics courses would feature a major design component. Surprisingly, very few existing mechatronics courses (at least those reported in the literature) feature a strong emphasis on mechanical design. That …
Personal Reflections On Psi In Engineering Mechanics, David Haws
Personal Reflections On Psi In Engineering Mechanics, David Haws
Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
There seems to be little argument that our students need to be encouraged toward educational selfdirectedness. Yet self-direction must be based on past learning success and present learning readiness. There is at least a potential conflict here: students needs to assume responsibility for their own education, directing it to topics of their own choosing, but their learning must also at least occasionally be directed along a hierarchical path of sequentially dependent learning objectives (which path may not be so obvious to the uninitiated). The Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) seems to enable both of these not-always-compatible goals. PSI allows the …