What is it about?
This paper provides a method to simplify design approaches available to Mechanical Engineering students in Mechanical Engineering Design textbooks to mitigate the reduced skill level of recruited students.
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Why is it important?
Unnecessarily complicated theoretical knowledge is taught to students of mechanical engineering design. Empirical evidence is provided to demonstrate this, along with the difficulty experienced by students when they attempt to apply their theoretical knowledge to gear design exercises. A proposed remedy for this issue has been thoroughly evaluated for the ME design and machine design project courses taught. The findings indicate that most of the students cannot cope with excessively complex design approaches, and are reluctant to use them. This paper proposes an alternative solution, a generic method for the reductive, simplified problem-solving of typical design problems, without materially sacrificing accuracy.
Perspectives
The basic implementation of the method is provided as a road map to show its application. If academics continue the efforts to extend the implementation of the method, in particular for machine components, this would reduce the issue of reduced numbers of capable graduate engineers. The method can also improve the self-confidence of students, as opposed to limiting their professional capacity.
Prof. Dr. Necdet Geren
University of Çukurova
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This page is a summary of: A proposal to improve the competence of students within the unnecessarily complex mechanical engineering design environment, International Journal of Technology and Design Education, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-020-09571-4.
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