3-D Solids Modelling and Manufacturing Design Workshop for Lower Division College Faculty

并行工程是一种新的产品开发方法，在设计过程的早期阶段同时考虑设计范式的所有阶段。并行工程范式的特点是一个三维实体模型数据库，可以直接用于工程分析、原型制造和工程文档的生产。工程与技术课程应进行相应的修改，以满足现代对并行工程设计教育的需求。在这个项目中，特别感兴趣的是在低年级课程中注入有意义的并行工程经验，学生需要动力和鼓励来继续学习。该项目的形式包括1995年夏季在奥斯汀的德克萨斯大学举办的两次为期一周的讲习班。来自四年制大学和两年制大学的低级别教师都可以参加讲习班。共有48名教师参与者将根据他们的背景被安置并匹配到其中一个讲习班。研讨会的主题将包括：1。三维实体建模技术；2. 实体模型数据在质量特性和有限元等设计分析中的应用3. 模型数据在制造仿真和快速成型中的应用4. 从实体模型生成工程文档；和5。课程和实验室发展问题。工作坊的一个亮点将是一个简短的团队设计项目，在这个项目中，一个快速的物理原型是由团队设计的机械部件的实体模型衍生出来的。该项目将使参与者准备好开发当地的教学材料和现代CAD/CAM实验室，使他们的学生有意义地尽早接触并行工程设计概念。此外，该计划将激励参与者积极参与并发表他们对工程教育的贡献。

Concurrent engineering is a new approach to product development in which all phases of the design paradigm are considered simultaneously during the early stages of the design process. The concurrent engineering paradigm is characterized by a 3-D solid model data base that can be used directly for engineering analysis, prototype manufacturing, and production of engineering documentation. Engineering and technology curricula should be modified accordingly to answer this modern need for concurrent engineering design education. Of particular interest in this project is the infusion of a meaningful concurrent engineering experience in the lower-division curriculum where students need motivation and encouragement to continue their studies. The format of the project consists of two one-week workshops held during the summer of 1995 at the University of Texas at Austin. The workshops will be accessible to lower-division faculty from both four-year schools and two-year colleges. A total of 48 faculty participants will be accommodated and matched to one of the workshops based on their background. Topics of the workshop will include: 1. 3-D solid modeling techniques; 2. application of solid model data to design analysis such as mass properties and finite elements; 3. application of the model data to manufacturing simulation and rapid prototyping; 4. generation of engineering documentation from the solid model; and 5. curriculum and laboratory development issues. A highlight of the workshop will be a short team design project in which a rapid physical prototype is derived from a solid model of a mechanical part designed by the team. The project will prepare the participants to develop local instructional material and modern CAD/CAM laboratories that will afford their students a meaningful, early exposure to concurrent engineering design concepts. In addition, the project will motivate the participants to become active in making and publishing their own contributions to eng ineering education.