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These
books, the sixth and seventh in a series, presents a comprehensive treatment of engineering design with a
focus on approaches based on information technology.
Because the capabilities of computers and software continue to expand at a
rapid rate, the importance of using advanced computer aided design
(CAD) systems in engineering design is emphasized.
Pro/ENGINEER, a leading CAD system, is described to demonstrate
the role of the computer in assisting engineers in the design process.
The book is written as an introductory text for undergraduate
students in all disciplines of engineering.
The book is also intended for engineers in industry engaged
in product design.
Product Engineering and Manufacturing,
Second Edition
This textbook supports an important course Product Engineering
and Manufacturing in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The course provides a second design experience for
engineering students, following an introductory course usually
taught to Mechanical Engineering students in the first or second year.
This course is usually
taught
before or in conjunction with the capstone design experience in the
senior year. The concept
is to build on earlier design courses by considering a real product
mass-produced by a local company competing in the global market.
While the book is for mechanical engineering majors, the
content is broad and suitable for students in any engineering
discipline.
Design Analysis of Structural Elements,
Fourth Edition
This
textbook provides a different approach for engineering students
to study Statics and Mechanics of Materials.
Although these courses cover relatively simple topics, many students find
them difficult, and
perform far below expectations.
In an effort to improve student performance, several members of the
faculty at the University of Maryland have developed a new approach
that integrates Statics and Mechanics of Materials and provides students with a better educational experience when
studying these early courses in mechanics.
This textbook reflects the changes in the philosophy adopted by
the faculty when presenting the subject matter traditionally offered
in introductory mechanics courses.
The
changes in the philosophy were based on four premises:
1.
Present fundamental concepts in an interesting manner.
2.
Emphasize modeling with complete free body diagrams.
3.
Integrate content of Statics with Mechanics of Materials.
4.
Emphasize the design of structural components for safety.
Experimental
Stress Analysis, Fourth Edition
College
House Enterprises, LLC reprinted, marketed and distributed the 3rd
edition of Experimental
Stress Analysis after the title was dropped by McGraw-Hill.
We have supplied about a thirty different colleges with the reprinted version in August of 2001.
In
May of 2005 the 4th edition was released. In the 4th
edition, the essential features found in the 3rd edition of
Experimental Stress Analysis have been retained.
However, extensive revisions have been incorporated, which reflects many of the
changes in experimental mechanics that have occurred during the past decade.
A significant amount of new content has been added by expanding existing
chapters and by introducing new chapters. Some
material covering outdated methods has been removed.
The organization of the textbook includes five parts, which are described on the title page for
Experimental Stress Analysis.
Engineering
with LEGO Bricks and ROBOLAB
Third
Edition
The
third edition of
Engineering with LEGO Bricks and ROBOLAB by Dr. Eric Wang was written to accommodate
the changes in ROBOLAB software for the new LEGO microprocessor (NXT). Eric has
followed the format of the very popular second edition with many changes to
describe the 2.9 version of ROBOLAB. The book has 344 pages with over 500 examples and images.
Eric
has taken what is called the "National Geographic" approach in the
developing this book. Simply stated, a student can get the gist of what’s going on simply
by looking at the pictures and reading the captions. Of course, the narrative
contains more details, but in terms of learning styles, the graphical approach
is important because many of us are visual learners.
Eric's
original intention was for this book to be used by first year engineering
students to introduce them to the design process, engineering fundamentals and
computer programming. However, much to our surprise, many (about half) of
the readers have turned out to be K-12 teachers and students. Thus, Eric has tried
to add material that pertains to both teachers and students who may be using
this book as a resource to help them conduct science experiments or compete in
competitions like the FIRST LEGO® League (FLL).
Eric
was just getting started in the field of engineering
education when he first met Chris Rogers, the creator of ROBOLAB.
In late 2001 the Frontiers in Education conference was held in Reno, NV and Chris and
Eric developed the idea for the book over dinner at a local casino. A
few months later, Eric was flying to the East Coast to meet with the folks
at LEGO® and National Instruments to discuss the book. The result of
that meeting was a series of books that have been well received by the LEGO
community. The most recent 3rd edition provides a guide for using
ROBOLAB with the new controller, the NXT, released by LEGO Educational in August
of 2006.
LEGO®
NXT for ROBOLABTM USERS
Migrating
from the RCX to the NXT
Eric
describes the introduction of the NXT as both a blessing and a curse. On
the up side, the NXT programmable brick is a great leap forward over the RCX in
terms of capability and features. Another positive feature is that NXT-G is very
easy to learn as far as programming languages go (especially if you already know
ROBOLAB).
On the down side, Eric has had a very hard time dealing with the
limitations of NXT-G. In the process of making the software easy to use, many
“power user” features were necessarily left out and have been hard to live
without. Additionally, learning to construct robots with the NXT has proven to
be a lengthy process for him.
The target audience is the educator or student who is trying to make the
transition from using the RCX with ROBOLAB to the NXT with NXT-G. In this book,
Eric has created a Rosetta stone with examples of the same program done in both
ROBOLAB and NXT-G. His goal is to help you transfer as much of your
ROBOLAB knowledge to NXT-G as possible.
He has replaced the design challenges from his previous books with a
series of related exercises. The exercises all focus on the same task:
programming a line following robot. The difference between the exercises is the
algorithm used. Each exercise uses a more complex algorithm than the previous
one. By completing the exercises in order, you will be building up your NXT-G
knowledge progressively. Unlike his previous books, this one contains at least
one solution to the each of the exercises, in the event you need some help.
His advice: don’t expect your migration from the RCX to the NXT to be
trouble free. Think of it as an adventure and invest the time and energy to make
it an enjoyable one.
Problems:
Statics and Mechanics of Materials
This
book contains over 600 problems that cover the content of the 16 chapters
included in the textbook "Design Analysis of Structural Elements".
The problems are arranged by Chapter with individual figures provided for nearly
all of the exercises. The problems cover the content included in the typical
course in Statics and in Mechanics of Materials. There are sufficient
problems for an instructor to assign new exercises in both courses for three
semesters (assuming 100 problems are assigned each semester in each of the two
courses). A CD with solutions to many of the problems is available to
instructors who adopt the book for their course. Examination copies for
instructors of either Statics or Mechanics of Materials are available upon
request.
Engineering
Analysis and Finite Element Methods
This
book presents an introduction to the fundamentals of finite element methods with
computer applications. Finite
element methods are used by many engineers and scientist for solving boundary
value problems that arise in product development.
Those engineering problems involve geometry, material properties, loading
conditions and boundary conditions. Seeking
analytical based solutions is generally difficult if not impossible. With
capabilities of computers expanding at an rapid pace, the importance of
using massive computing power to perform finite element analyses must be
emphasized. The book represents an
introductory text for undergraduate students in engineering. The book should
also be useful to those engineers and scientists in industry engaged in the engineering
analyses.
BESTEAMS
BUILDING
ENGINEERING STUDENT TEAM EFFECTIVENESS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Every
engineering instructor who has uttered the following sentence had seen
students grimace, roll their eyes, begin gesturing to each other or shrink
deep into their seats in horror.
“This course will include a team project
worth
a significant portion of your grade.”
This
seems like an odd reaction to the announcement of a team activity.
After all,
engineering is a team sport. Our engineering programs are ABET accredited
only after demonstrating a curriculum that includes teaching our students the
ability to function in multidisciplinary teams.
The truth is that working in teams is a skill that instructors must
teach along with all the other professional abilities we require from our
graduates. This book is designed
to give engineering instructors the means, methods, and motivation to add team
training modules to courses that include team project
s.
PHYSICS
BY DESIGN
Classroom-tested
Activities Using ROBOLAB and LEGO
Second
Edition and Third Editions
Barbara Bratzel, an
eighth-grade science teacher, at the
Shady
Hill
School
in
Cambridge, MA
has written a book titled Physics by Design: Classroom-tested Activities Using
ROBOLAB and LEGO. Barbara
started teaching Physics by
Design several years ago as a way to teach students engineering as well as
science. Traditionally,
engineering is rarely taught below the college level. However, it has
much to offer younger students. First
of all, it is engaging. Students have a chance to design and build their own
projects and have the satisfaction of actually making something work.
Second, engineering projects are a powerful way to teach and reinforce
science and math concepts. Third,
introducing engineering at a younger age encourages students, particularly
female students, to consider it as a career.
At the moment, the majority of female engineering students report that
they entered engineering because they have a parent who is an engineer.
Seeing what engineers do while they are still in middle school widens
the horizons of all of the other girls.
Physics
by Design was inspired by the work of the Center for Engineering Educational
Outreach (CEEO) at
Tufts
University
in
Medford,
MA. The CEEO is dedicated to bringing
engineering into the K-12 classroom. They have had great success in
integrating engineering into mathematics and science classes, as well as reading,
writing social studies, and art classes, in schools across the country.
We are hopeful that this book intended for students in middle schools will
help bringing engineering into the K-12 classroom.
Barbara's second
and third editions are now available. The second edition provides many projects and
experiments that utilize both the the LEGO RCX and the NXT controllers.
The third edition expands projects and activities and introduces the
MINDSTORMS software for programming the NXT. Click on one or the other
of the Physics by Design buttons to read the
Preface and study the Contents. Then place your order.
PRIMARY
ENGINEERING
PROJECTS
FOR GRADES K THROUGH 2
Terry
Green a elementary school teacher at Lincoln Public Schools wrote this book to
help teachers who have no experience teaching engineering or using LEGO®
building pieces as a teaching tool. Each of her lessons lessons has been
used and tweaked over the ten years that she has been teaching engineering to
kindergarten-through-fourth graders at the Lincoln Public Schools.
It may seem like a tremendously difficult task to teach engineering
concepts to young elementary students, but it is a lot easier than you might
think, and can be lots of fun as well. We
think of engineering as a complicated and difficult realm of human endeavor, but
first graders have no such preconceptions. First, nearly every child has
had some exposure to LEGO® pieces before they come to school. Because
they think of LEGO® pieces as “toys,” there is usually no built-in
resistance to trying to use LEGO® pieces in a new and creative way. Motivating
students to work on the lesson is rarely a problem. Most
are eager to begin working with their materials almost immediately. The
“tools” are familiar, yet are being applied in a way that the preschooler
familiar with LEGO® pieces never imagined. It
is as if the lessons are just the next LEGO® game.
The essence of engineering is using a defined set of resources to
solve a particular problem. By framing these lessons as a simple-to-understand,
but perhaps challenging problem to solve—such as building a car that goes as
slowly as possible—the students wind up learning basic principles of
engineering through their own direct experiences. The
memory of these lessons stays with students for many years into the future, and
provides a strong basis for future study of science and engineering.
MECHANICAL
DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
This
book has been written for engineers to serve as a first text on the packaging of
electronic systems. The material has
been written for an engineering student or for
a practicing professional
working as a mechanical or electrical engineer with
a company producing
electronic products or systems. The
engineering student should have
completed fundamental courses in the engineering sciences, thermal sciences and
materials as prerequisites. The
practicing professional will probably
be at the early stages of his or her
career and be more concerned with the technical details of the design
rather than the business strategy of a product line.
This
book is an introduction to the design of electronic systems from a mechanical
engineering perspective, although attention is given to circuit analysis that
may be of more interest to the electrical engineer.
As such it covers a very broad range of topics from the physics of
semiconductors to the design of advanced
high performance heat exchangers. To
accommodate this breadth, we have
divided the text into four independent
parts. The first, Part 1, which includes
three chapters, deals with foundations for design. Part
2 deals with the different levels of packaging electronic components and the
methods commonly used in manufacturing and assembly.
Analysis methods commonly employed to predict performance of
systems are covered in the six chapters included in Part 3. While
much of the analysis in industry is performed using specialized software
programs, we have emphasized a more theoretical approach that leads to closed
form solutions for simple problems. Part
4 of this text deals with reliability, with the theory of reliability supporting
this important topic presented in Chapter 15.
In addition to the basic coverage of the various measures of reliability,
the chapter includes a description of reliability models.
Also included is a discussion of statistical methods for predicting
failure including both the normal distribution function and the Weibull
distribution function. Chapter 16,
the final chapter discusses design methods to improve reliability.
Failure mechanisms are described to provide a better understanding of why
failures occur after some period of time in operation.
Reliability improvement is achieved by preferred part selection,
de-rating
and stress management, screening and accelerated testing.
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