Development of Experimental Centers for Quality Education inMechanical Engineering

这个项目的目标是为所有本科机械工程专业的学生提供一个在他们教育结束时达到顶峰的、开放式的实验室体验，在这个过程中，他们必须应用各种科学和数学原理，以团队努力以实验方式解决工程问题。为了实现这一目标，需要为柴油发动机中心和纺织品干燥中心配备最先进的设备，并扩建材料力学、摩擦学、控制和振动中心。每个中心都是一个设备齐全的设施，由一名教员协调，与机械工程的特定领域有关，并将计算机的使用作为数据采集和还原的资源，并准备结果以供展示。建成后，实验中心将为必修实验室课程提供高质量的结构化环境。

The objective of this project is to provide all undergraduate mechanical engineering students with a capstone, open-ended laboratory experience near the end of their education in which they must apply various principles of science and mathematics in a team effort to solve an engineering problem experimentally. To accomplish this, state-of-the-art equipment is needed for a Diesel Engine Center and a Textile Drying Center, and expansions of Centers for Mechanics of Materials, Tribology, Controls, and Vibrations. Each Center is a fully-instrumented facility, coordinated by a faculty member, pertaining to a particular area of mechanical engineering and incorporating the use of the computer as a resource for data acquisition and reduction, and preparation of results for presentation. When completed, the experimental centers will provide a quality structured environment for a required laboratory course.