Enhancement of Mechanical Engineering Curriculum with Signal Processing Applications

迈阿密是一个充满活力的多元文化城市，位于美国、欧洲和拉丁美洲的门户，这一特点创造了佛罗里达州最大的制造业地区。这所学校是美国三所授予卡内基二世博士学位的大学之一，拥有超过50%的少数民族学生。该校正在不断更新课程，以教授不断变化的现代工程知识基础。此外，该校西语裔工程师的毕业生比美国其他任何一所院校都多，超过60%的工程学毕业生继续攻读研究生课程。该项目通过机械工程中的信号处理应用来加强当前的课程，向传统机械工程专业的学生介绍系统识别、故障预测和无损检测。这些领域提高了我们学生的仪器仪表和机电系统设计技能。在课程中增加了11个新的实验，以开设一门新课程，并改进现有的六门课程。学生在实验室中使用最先进的精密测量设备来学习监测和分析技术的基础知识。这些实验是在一群精挑细选的学生的帮助下准备的。为这个项目购买的设备用于各种合同(与当地工业和联邦机构)，作为本科生研究项目的一部分。这些本科生活动产生资金，以支持维护费用和未来的增强。与该项目相关的学生活动面向大三和大四学生。

Miami is a dynamic, multicultural city at the gateway of the United States, Europe, and Latin America, a characteristic that has created the largest manufacturing region in Florida. The school, one of the nation's three Carnegie II doctoral-granting universities with more than 50 percent minority students, is continuously updating its curriculum to teach the constantly changing knowledge base of modern engineering. In addition, the school graduates more Hispanic engineers than any other institution in the nation, and more than 60 percent of its engineering graduates continue on to graduate programs. This project enhances the current curriculum with signal processing applications in mechanical engineering to introduce conventional mechanical engineering students to system identification, failure prediction, and nondestructive testing. These areas enhance the instrumentation and electromechanical system design skills of our students. Eleven new experiments have been added to the curriculum to open one new course and to improve six existing courses. Students use state-of-the-art precise measurement equipment in laboratories to learn the basics of monitoring and analysis techniques. The experiments were prepared with the assistance of a select group of students. Equipment purchased for this project is used for various contracts (with local industry and federal agencies) as part of undergraduate research projects. These undergraduate student activities generate funding to support maintenance expenses and future enhancement. The student activities associated with this project are targeted towards juniors and seniors.