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Teaching Mechanical Design to a Large Class: A Report From Taiwan
Author(s) -
Hsu YehLiang
Publication year - 1998
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.2168-9830.1998.tb00321.x
Subject(s) - mechanical design , class (philosophy) , engineering , engineering management , mathematics education , computer science , mechanical engineering , psychology , artificial intelligence
A widespread problem in mechanical design courses in Taiwan results from the constraints imposed by manpower, facilities, and/or budget on mechanical design projects in the current large‐class setting. This paper presents a course model dealing with this problem. The goal is to provide students the tools and environment to experience design. This model was quite successful when implemented in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan‐Ze University, Taiwan, where I teach a junior‐level mechanical design course having more than one hundred students in two sections.