Integration of seamless design, analysis and manufacturing concepts into undergraduate mechanics courses

Author

Beuth, Jack L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper, several projects that have been or are being assigned to mechanics students are described. Seamless design to manufacturing capabilities have been used in courses at all levels of undergraduate instruction. In particular, efforts at integrating these concepts into the departmental freshman-level fundamentals of mechanical engineering course have served as the ultimate test of the practicality of using sophisticated software packages in large undergraduate courses. Current outcomes and future plans for this effort are also summarized

Keywords

architectural CAD; computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; manufacture; mechanical engineering; mechanical engineering computing; software packages; departmental freshman-level fundamentals; manufacturing capabilities; manufacturing concepts; mechanical engineering course; seamless design; software packages; undergraduate courses; undergraduate instruction; undergraduate mechanics courses; Application software; Automatic generation control; Computer aided manufacturing; Design automation; Design engineering; Finite element methods; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical engineering; Metalworking machines; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.644923

Filename

644923