You can't do a thing if you can't build the swing: Modeling and reality in mechanics of materials

Abstract

This paper presents the results from the integration of lab experiences and classroom materials in a junior level Mechanics of Materials class at the University of Memphis. Previously, the class content and laboratory content were disjointed and offered no sense of continuity between topics and potential applications. This produced students who might have passed both the class and laboratory successfully but who had no real sense of where the learning integrated into their overall engineering experience. In an effort to address these concerns, faculty from the Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering Departments at The University of Memphis worked together to design and propose a more reality-based curriculum within the existing course parameters. With the introduction of a limited-scale design project, information developed in the lab was critical to the completion of the design project that applied engineering content to real-time application. Supplementary and supporting information is provided along with project results to make these ideas easily adaptable to any engineering design course.

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ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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