Development of an Undergraduate Mechanical Systems Laboratory

所有选择机械系统专业的本科生都需要机械系统实验室。实验室的目标是加强在课程中教授的机械学科；使学生接触到精选的机械技术，而不是课堂上教授的技术，这些技术被认为特别揭示了对他们的职业生涯将是重要的技术；并让学生相信他们可以学习课堂上没有介绍的材料，并为他们这样做做好准备。六个实验中的四个是在灵活的实验室站点进行的，由学生使用已检出的设备设置。两个是专门的在线实验中心，学生可以通过校园通信网络获取实验数据、实验设置和分析工具。其中一个允许学生在网上直接控制实验。主要设备包括一台铣床、六个柔性工位的设备(数字示波器、微型计算机等)、振动、力和声学传感器，以及一个计算机工作站。

The mechanical systems laboratory is required for all undergraduates choosing the mechanical systems stem. The objectives of the laboratory are to reinforce the mechanical disciplines taught in courses; to expose the students to selected mechanical technologies, beyond those taught in the class room, thought to be particularly revealing of technologies that will be important in their professional careers; and to convince the students that they can learn material that is not presented in class and to prepare them to do so. Four of the six experiments are conducted at flexible laboratory stations and set up by the students using checked- out equipment. Two are dedicated experimental centers that are on-line so that students can acquire the experiment data, experimental set-up, and analysis tools thru the campus communications network. One of these allows direct student control of the experiment on-line. The major pieces of equipment include a milling machine, equipment for six flexible stations (digital scopes, micro-computers, etc.), vibratory motion, force, and acoustic transducers, and a computer workstation.