Design Manufacture Simulation and Experimentation of Several Tools to Assist in Teaching Strength of Materials and Statics Courses

Nicholas Randall came to the University of Southern Maine in the spring of 2009. He is majoring in mechanical wngineering and is expecting at the time of his graduation to have a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in applied energy. He became interested in statics after taking a class with Dr. Ghorashi and observing the complexities of the material. He then teamed up with this professor and developed a way of teaching statics with more hands-on and simulation activities. Randall has always liked working on projects that require problem solving. The main problem solved in the current case was to find ways to make the subject of statics more easily and more deeply understood.