KuTenk 2000 - SMNG214312-Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design—Creativity, Engagement and Learning

by Andrew Samuel 

2006 (299 pages)

ISBN:9781852339159

Describing how to generate engaging problem situations for engineering students to solve, this book is an invaluable teaching tool and resource for the engineering educator and all those planning and conducting make and test projects.

Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design—Creativity, Engagement and Learning

Foreword

Preface—The Need for this Book

Glossary of Commonly Used Design Terms and Symbols

Chapter 1

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Introduction

Chapter 2

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Invention, Creativity, Engagement—Mat Projects

Chapter 3

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The Genesis and Development of Mat Projects

Chapter 4

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Properties and Application of Some Unconventional Engineering Materials

Chapter 5

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MaT Projects for Static Load—Bearing Structures

Chapter 6

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Dynamic MaT Projects—Things That Go "Bump"

Chapter 7

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Case Examples Of Dynamic MaT Projects

Chapter 8

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Concluding Notes and Some "Cuties"

References and Bibliography

Appendix A1

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A Primer On Mechanics

Appendix A2

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Units of Measurement and Conversion Factors

Appendix A3

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Some Properties of Plane Sections and Answers to Selected Exercises