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Instructor:

Michael Keefe, PhD, PE

Department of Mechanical Engineering

107 Spencer Lab

Newark, DE

office: 302-831-8009   home (Emergency): 302-832-7536

TA:

Schedule:

      Lecture:      Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45am, 109 Willard Hall

      Labs:

                            Section 20:  Tuesday 11:00-12:15, 046 Colburn (eCALC)

                            Section 21:  Tuesday 2:00-3:15, 046 Colburn (eCALC)

                            Section 22:  Thursday 11:00-12:15, 046 Colburn (eCALC)

                            Section 23:  Friday 2:00-3:15, 046 Colburn (eCALC)

      Student Shop:
      Times in the Spencer Machine Shop will be scheduled during the semester.

      Office Hours: 

                           Keefe:.................... M  2:30-4:00;  T  12:30-1:45;  W  10:30-12:00;
                                                           R  12:30-2:00;  F  10:30-12:00
                                                           [or by appointment] in 107 Spencer

                           Yang Yang (TA): .... W  3:30-4:30;  F  3:30-4:30

                           Undergraduates:...... please use email = MEEG202TA@gmail.com

Course Description:

• Introduces computer-aided mechanical engineering by developing the student's ability:
  • to think visually,
  • to communicate spatial information to an engineering audience through parametric solid modeling drafting standards and
  • to begin to recognize the connection between a virtual design and an actual component.
• Introduces engineering design.

Course Objectives:

This course is primarily an exposure to computer-aided engineering (CAE) that uses a commercial CAE package to demonstrate the various concepts. However, the course also introduces the topic of engineering design.

Engineering design is defined by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as:

the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet these stated needs.

Computer-aided engineering (CAE) aids in the design process by developing a computer-based description of a device or system that can then be used to drive other engineering applications such as drafting, numerical analysis (for example, finite-element analysis), and manufacturing (for example, numerically-controlled machining). For more advanced CAE, the engineer creates a parametric description allowing for the creation of device families and the integration of certain domain knowledge.

The specific application that will be emphasized in this course is drafting. Drafting techniques allow the engineer to communicate detailed creation and/or assembly information in a recognized, unambiguous and standard manner. The course will begin with students sketching three-dimensional objects and will end with a demonstration of parametric feature-based solid modeling and 3-D printing of a mechanical object. Although there will be lectures and assignments on three-dimensional modeling, the core of this introductory course will be on generating two-dimensional drawings of mechanical components.

Page Last Updated:    27 February 2008