Learning in engineering through design, construction,analysis and experimentation (original) (raw)

2019, International Journal of Engineering Education

The experience presented is part of the teaching of two subjects of the Mechanics discipline: Continuum Mechanics andStrength of Materials, in the field of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. In the bachelor’s degree at the ETSEIB-UPC,the first semester of the third academic year is devoted to Continuum Mechanics and the second one to Strength ofMaterials. Both subjects integrate theory and practice: applications, lab and coursework. The article focuses on thecoursework or also named course project, which consists of designing/optimizing, analysing, manufacturing and testing amechanical/structural element subject to stresses and strains. This paper aims at showing the benefits of combiningpractice, theory, simulation and experimentation, as well as some of the limitations and difficulties encountered in itsimplementation, such as the evaluation of the degree of involvement of each team member and the lack of correlationbetween the mark of the coursework and examinations’ scores. ...

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