Overview
Provides a guide to teaching and carrying out a final-year (senior) undergraduate design project in engineering
CAD/CAM/CAE technologies are used throughout the book
Contains many case studies and examples
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Capstone Design Projects
- Mechanical Engineering Design Methodology
- Mechanical Design Project Teaching and Learning
- Engineering Teamwork and Management
- Design Engineering Management
- Computer Technologies in Design Engineering
- Product and Process Innovation
- Mechanical Design Processes
- Design Engineering Evaluation and Analysis
- Engineering Report Writing and Documentation
- Mechanical Engineering Application Standards and Regulations
- Mechanical Engineering Design Calculations
- Project-based Learning
- Outcome-based Learning
- Mechanical Engineering Design Course Accreditation
- Engineering Design Pedagogy
About this book
This book offers invaluable insights about the full spectrum of core design course contents systematically and in detail. This book is for instructors and students who are involved in teaching and learning of ‘capstone senior design projects’ in mechanical engineering.
It consists of 17 chapters, over 300 illustrations with many real-world student project examples.
The main project processes are grouped into three phases, i.e., project scoping and specification, conceptual design, and detail design, and each has dedicated two chapters of process description and report content prescription, respectively. The basic principles and engineering process flow are well applicable for professional development of mechanical design engineers.
CAD/CAM/CAE technologies are commonly used within many project examples. Thematic chapters also cover student teamwork organization and evaluation, project management, design standards and regulations, and rubrics of course activity grading. Key criteria of successful course accreditation and graduation attributes are discussed in details. In summary, it is a handy textbook for the capstone design project course in mechanical engineering and an insightful teaching guidebook for engineering design instructors.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Yongsheng Ma is a full professor at the University of Alberta where he joined since 2007. Dr. Ma is also a member of ASEE, SME, SPE, CSME and an Alberta registered professional engineer (P.Eng.). His main research areas include feature-based engineering informatics for design and manufacturing, CADCAM, and product lifecycle management. Dr. Ma received his B.Eng. from Tsinghua University, Beijing (1986), both M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from UMIST, UK. In 2000–2007, he was an associate professor with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Ma started his career as a polytechnic lecturer in Singapore (1993) and then a senior research fellow and group manager (1996-2000) at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. Dr. Ma has over 20 years teaching experience in two world-class universities and had taught many courses ranging from undergraduate years to postgraduate level. Currently, he teaches Engineering Economics, Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Informatics, and Senior Capstone Projects. Dr. Ma has published more than 200 internationally recognized top journal and conference papers and chapters. Dr. Ma had been an associate editor of IEEE Transaction of Automation Science and Engineering (2009-2013). In 2012, he won the prestigious ASTech award sponsored by The Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation together with Drader Manufacturing Ltd. Since 2012, he has been serving as an editorial board member of Advanced Engineering Informatics. During 2019–2020, Dr. Ma had been a visiting professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, China.
Yiming Rong is a chair professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. Prof. Rong received the B.Sc. degree from Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China, in 1981; M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1984 and 1987, respectively; and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in 1989. Currently, Professor Rong (since 2016) is a chair professor and the head of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. He had been a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the director of Manufacturing Engineering Research Institute at Tsinghua University (2010-2015), and the chair professor, the Higgins professor of Mechanical Engineering, and the director of the Computer-Aided Manufacturing Laboratory (CAM Lab.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI, 1998-2016), Worcester, MA. He was a faculty member with Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (1990-1998). His research areas are computer-aided manufacturing, including manufacturing systems, manufacturing processes, and computer-aided fixture design (CAFD). The research on CAFD has been recognized internationally. Professor Rong is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Senior Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering
Book Subtitle: A Guide Book for Teaching and Learning
Authors: Yongsheng Ma, Yiming Rong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85390-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85389-1Published: 11 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85392-1Published: 12 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85390-7Published: 10 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 548
Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 298 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Project Management, Energy Systems, Science Education, Industrial and Production Engineering