Using a rapid prototyping machine in the integrated kinematics, dynamics, and machine design lab

Author

Szydlowski, Wieslaw M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nebraska Univ., Lincoln, NE, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

According to the latest trend, two different labs, the Machine Design lab, and Kinematics, and Dynamics lab, were combined into one integrated lab. The time students spend on their projects is halved. To save the quality of undergraduate education, a new methodology has to be developed. The paper explains the methodology developed by the author while teaching the integrated Kinematics, Dynamics, and Machine Design Lab (MECH 488) at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The objective of the aforementioned lab is to teach the students, who have no design experience, how to select proper tools (from kinematics, dynamics, and machine design), and how to apply these tools in designing reliable and machinable parts. In this lab, the students actually make the parts using a rapid prototyping machine

Keywords

design engineering; engineering education; kinematics; mechanical engineering; rapid prototyping (industrial); student experiments; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; design process; integrated kinematics dynamics and machine design lab; machinable parts design; mechanical engineering department; rapid prototyping machine; tools selection; undergraduate education; Design automation; Design engineering; Education; Kinematics; Machinery; Mechanical engineering; Process design; Prototypes; Reliability engineering; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Reno, NV

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.964029

Filename

964029