Using a rapid prototyping machine in the integrated kinematics, dynamics, and machine design lab

According to the latest trend, two different labs, the Machine Design lab, and Kinematics, and Dynamics lab, were combined into one integrated lab. The time students spend on their projects is halved. To save the quality of undergraduate education, a new methodology has to be developed. The paper ex...

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Published in31st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Impact on Engineering and Science Education. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.01CH37193) Vol. 3; pp. S2E - 11
Main Author Szydlowski, W.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2001
Subjects
Design automation
Design engineering
Education
Kinematics
Machinery
Mechanical engineering
Process design
Prototypes
Reliability engineering
Writing
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Summary:According to the latest trend, two different labs, the Machine Design lab, and Kinematics, and Dynamics lab, were combined into one integrated lab. The time students spend on their projects is halved. To save the quality of undergraduate education, a new methodology has to be developed. The paper explains the methodology developed by the author while teaching the integrated Kinematics, Dynamics, and Machine Design Lab (MECH 488) at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The objective of the aforementioned lab is to teach the students, who have no design experience, how to select proper tools (from kinematics, dynamics, and machine design), and how to apply these tools in designing reliable and machinable parts. In this lab, the students actually make the parts using a rapid prototyping machine.
ISBN:9780780366695
0780366697
ISSN:0190-5848
2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2001.964029