scholarly journals Senior Mechanical Systems Design Capstone Projects: Experiences and Assessment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghu Echempati
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Capstone Projects

A New Approach to Teaching a Mechanical Systems Design Course

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musa Jouaneh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Fall Semester ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Approach To Teaching

Abstract This paper discusses a new approach to teaching a senior-level mechanical systems design course at the University of Rhode Island. The MCE401 class was split into 9 teams, each with four students. Team members were selected to complement their learning styles. To each team, additional 4 students from the URI Business school were added. In the Fall semester, each team selected one of several different, product-oriented design projects or proposed their own project topic subject to certain requirements. The students were asked to perform a patent search, to critique related products, to prepare a marketing study, to propose a design of this product, and to realize their design using a 3-D solid-modeling software. At the end of the Fall semester, groups competed for funding for activities in the following Spring term that included building prototypes of their design, formulating business plans for commercialization, and applying for patent protection. The new proposed format gave students better understanding and exposure to the entrepreneurial process of product design and innovation.

Biomimetic Creatures Teach Mechanical Systems Design

2017 ◽  
pp. 537-543
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Estrada ◽  
John C. Kegelman ◽  
J. Christian Gerdes ◽  
Mark R. Cutkosky
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Systems Design
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