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Experimental Curriculum in Diagnostics and Control of Unsteady Flows
Author(s) -
Komerath Narayananm.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , control (management) , computer science , curriculum development , flow control (data) , fluid dynamics , dynamics (music) , engineering ethics , engineering management , engineering , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , psychology , computer network , physics , mechanics
To be a successful experimenter, the engineer must continually learn and integrate concepts and skills from various disciplines. Unconventional techniques are needed to overcome traditional obstacles and integrate such experimental learning into the crowded undergraduate curriculum, and to tie the curriculum to the leading edge of technology. This paper describes the experiments and learning methods of a Flow Imaging and Control Laboratory and the integration of its products into the fluid dynamics curriculum. Obstacles to laboratory development were circumvented by empowering students and applying an iterative approach both to the development of the program and to the methods of learning. New courses in diagnostics and control of fluid dynamics were developed and tested. A visual database has been established as a vehicle to continually integrate research advances into the curriculum. A mechanism for self‐sustainment and evolution of the curriculum has been devised. Learning fluid dynamics is improved by providing visual access to the dynamics of fluids, enhancing hands‐on participation, integrating flow control problems, and enabling resonance between research and undergraduate education.