Augmenting a First-year Design Course with an Undergraduate Student Administered SolidWorks Module

Richard Whalen received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University in Mechanical Engineering. Over the past decade he has been a member of the Northeastern University’s Gateway Team. This is a team of teaching faculty devoted to the development and enhancement of the first-year General Engineering program at Northeastern. The focus of this team is to provide a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience in engineering that endorses the student-centered and professionally-oriented mission of Northeastern University. In addition to the first-year focus he teaches courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Northeastern and has won multiple Outstanding Teaching Awards over the years.