Integrating Analysis and Design in Mechanical Engineering Education
Integrating Analysis and Design in Mechanical Engineering Education
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机械工程教育中的分析与设计一体化
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10.1016/j.procir.2015.01.042
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2015
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R. Katz
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R. Katz
研究型大学的机械工程（ME）部门面临着教育机械工程师的挑战，他们将在工程科学和机械设计方面获得平衡的知识。这一挑战的根源是教学分析思维，这是需要大多数工程科学课程，设计思维，这是需要基于项目的设计courses. This的目的是首先提出一种新的方法，可以潜在的桥梁分析和设计思维，我们称之为asintegrated思维之间的教育差距的固有差异。其次，我们展示了如何将其应用到各种机电本科课程中，我们称之为综合课程，我们的方法通过以下方式改革理工科课程：（a）强调数学推导的物理解释;（B）要求学生根据所学的理论材料分析、设计和绘制简单的机械装置;以及（c）修改以项目为基础的设计课程，以强调分析作为创意设计过程的一部分的重要性。一个以动力学和振动为重点的试点课程，我们称之为综合设计和分析，在以色列理工学院的机械工程系开设了这门课程，在那里，高年级的机械工程学生参加了这门课程。参加这门课程的学生的积极反馈表明，综合思维可能会成功地应用于机械工程教育的许多领域，如流体力学和传热，控制和机电一体化，我们的方法可能有助于改变目前ME教育的分裂模式。
Mechanical engineering (ME) departments in research universities face the challenge of educating mechanical engineers who will graduate with a balanced knowledge in engineering science and mechanical design. The source of this challenge is the inherent difference between teaching analytical thinking, which is required for most engineering-science courses, and design thinking, which is required for project-based design courses.The purpose of this paper is first to propose a new approach that can potentially bridge the educational gap between analytical and design thinking, which we refer to asintegrated thinking. Second, we show how it can be applied to various ME undergraduate courses, which we refer to asintegrated courses.Our approach reforms science engineering courses by (a) stressing the physical interpretation of mathematical derivations; (b) requiring students to analyze, design, and sketch simple mechanical devices based on the learned theoretical material; and (c) modifying project-based design courses to emphasize the importance of analysis as part of the creative design process.A pilot course focusing on dynamics and vibration, which we called Integrated Design and Analysis, was offered in the ME department at the Technion, where it was well-attended by senior ME students.The positive feedback of the students who took the course suggests that integrated thinking might be successfully applied in many areas of ME education, such as fluid mechanics and heat transfer, control, and mechatronics, and that our approach may contribute to changing the current divided pattern in ME education.