NDLI: Design principle reinforcement using the "just build it" method

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Mountain, J.R.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Mech. Eng., Texas Univ., Tyler, TX, USA (Mountain, J.R.)
Abstract	The "just build it" process is the method of choice for many freshmen engineering students when confronted with their first design project posing a barrier to learning a systematic approach to engineering design. Even when provided sufficient time and resources to methodically develop a design, students will typically procrastinate and "just build it" creating the requisite documentation to justify their designs after the fact. Rather than profess the limitations of the "build-document" process, it is proposed that this method be embraced as an active learning activity and integrated into a competitive, freshman, group-based design project. This integration should allow the students to discover the merits of applying a design methodology while simultaneously satisfying their craving to "just build it." This approach to freshman design is being tested in the Mechanical Engineering I course offered at The University of Texas at Tyler during the Spring 2002 semester. This "work-in-progress" paper presents an overview of the proposed project and preliminary data on the viability of using an impromptu competitive design exercise to reinforce learning the principles of a systematic design methodology.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc. IEEE Comput. Soc. American Soc. Eng. Educ. (Educ. Res. & Methods Div.)
File Size	95331
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780374444
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2002.1158624
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-11-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Design methodology Design engineering Mechanical engineering Aerospace materials Documentation Testing Prototypes Engineering students Systems engineering and theory Springs
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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