Great Room Hand Hewn, Reclaimed Timber Truss - Model, Drawing, Fabrication
Advanced Courses:
CAD & Manufacturing
Course aimed to master CAD software Solidworks. Topics covered include part modeling (extrusions, extruded cuts, lofts, sweeps, etc.), property calculations, assemblies, mechanical tolerancing, simulation, and finite element analysis. Designing for specific manufacturing techinques integrated throughout subject (machining, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.). Solidworks associate examination (CSWA) and proffesional examination (CSWP) taken as the midterm and final respectively.
Capstone Design: Adaptive Sport
Capstone project, or senior design project, was to select a specific combination of game/sport and disability, and create a solution to enable, or enhance, a persons participation in that game or sport. The system my group and I created opens and closes when triggered by the sponsor, just as a hand would actuate a glove. Awarded most complete capstone design project
Mechanical Behavior and Processing of Materials
Continues studies of the physical basis for the mechanical behavior of solid materials including elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, fracture, fatigue, and creep properties. Also covers materials processing and includes casting, forming, joining, and machining.
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Using a three-part format, emphasizes the quantitative analysis of human musculoskeletal system statics and dynamics, including, in part I, gait analysis and estimation of the complex loads on human joint systems. Investigates how the form of connective tissue and bone is derived from function in part II, including a quantitative analysis of the material properties of bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage. Working in groups in part III, students select and investigate a relevant, current topic in musculoskeletal biomechanics and present their findings to the class.
Other Engineering Courses:
Mechanical Engineering Design, Professional Issues in Engineering, Thermal System Analysis & Design, Systems Analysis and Control, Measurements & Analysis with Thermal Science Application, Fluid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Probability and Statistics, Dynamics & Vibrations, Thermodynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Material Science, Engineering Mechanics and Design, Advanced Writing in the Technical Profession