Title :
Work in Progress: The Role of Physics in an Engineering Education
Author :
Srinivasa, Arun ; Bassichis, William H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
Abstract :
This paper describes a work in progress to redesign the freshman physics course to address the needs of engineering students. Specific ways in which the redesign has been done are: (1) synchronizing certain physics labs to illustrate certain concepts that are necessary to carry out engineering projects in the freshman engineering class; (2) redesigning the remaining lab classes to emphasize fundamental concepts of physics using event prediction as opposed to focus on measurements; and (3) improved student practices with emphasis on "diagnosis" was explained below
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; physics education; engineering education; engineering projects; freshman physics course; physics labs; Aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering; Calculus; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Engineering students; Mechanical engineering; Physics; Torque; calculus based physics; force concept inventory;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0256-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2006.322655
