Model and Build: An Integrated Engineering, Mathematics, and Machining Laboratory

MCC工程科学系有一个两阶段计划，为学生提供改进的建模和设计体验。在第一阶段，工程科学系将在工程电路和数学课程中更充分地整合建模和设计。第二阶段将在我们的工程图学课程中使用3D实体建模，以及一个设计和建造项目，该项目将涉及一个由工程科学、工具和机械加工专业的学生组成的团队。执行这一计划的两个阶段需要为我们的工程科学实验室增加14台计算机、数学和计算机辅助设计软件，以及后来的一台打印机。该设备将于1998年夏天安装完毕，并将于1998年秋季投入使用。第一阶段将于1998年秋季开始，将微积分3(MTH 212)的课程与电路导论(ENR 253)相结合。电路(ENR 254)实验室将使用数学软件对模拟电路进行建模。数学和工程系将密切合作，使微积分中使用的例子与电路建模和分析相关。在1999年春季，将对微分方程(MTH 225)和电路(ENR 254)使用类似的方法。在1999年秋季，第二阶段将开始在工程图学课程中使用AutoCad进行三维实体建模(ENR 153)。除了创建机械装配的计算机模型外，学生还将与MCC工具和加工部门的学生合作完成设计和制造项目。

The Engineering Science Department at MCC has a two stage plan for providing students with improved modeling and design experiences. In the first stage, the Engineering Science department will more fully integrate modeling and design in both the engineering circuits and mathematics courses in the program. The second stage will incorporate the use of 3D solid modeling in our engineering graphics class along with a design and build project which will involve a student team consisting of both Engineering Science and Tooling and Machining students. Implementation of both stages of this plan requires the addition of 14 computers, Mathematical and AutoCAD software, and a later printer to our Engineering Science laboratory. This equipment would be installed in the summer of 1998 and would be ready for use in the fall of 1998. The first stage will begin with the integration of the curricula of Calculus 3 (MTH 212) with Introductory Circuits (ENR 253) in the fall of 1998. Mathematical software will be used in the Circuits (ENR 254) laboratory to model analog circuits. Math and Engineering faculty will work closely so that the examples used in Calculus are relevant to circuit modeling and analysis. During the Spring of 1999, a similar approach will be used with Differential Equations (MTH 225) and Circuits (ENR 254). In the fall of 1999, the second stage will begin with the use of 3D solid modeling with AutoCad in the engineering graphics class (ENR 153). In addition to creating computer models of mechanical assemblies, students will also work in teams with students from the MCC Tooling and Machining department to complete a design and build project.