Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Engineering Graphics Hands-on Vise ProjectTo promote hands-on learning at Kansas State University, a semester-long project was developed for the Engineering Graphics course.Although the initial charge was to include 3D printing into the re-developed course, the overall scope was expanded to include more hands-on learning activities.The new project requires students to work in groups to disassemble, measure, model, and reassemble desktop bench vises.Guided from previous research on dissection courses, this project helps promote hands-on learning in the classroom while integrating course content together.Engineering Graphics develops visualization skills that are critical for technical communication.In this course, students learn hand drafting and a computer-aided design (CAD) program.In addition to the homework assignments and exams, this course typically includes a summary project.Most often, students are given a series of dimensioned drawings similar to ones shown in Figure 1, and asked to convert these two-dimensional drawings into an integrated CAD model as shown in Figure 2. At Kansas State University, recent projects have included a desktop steam engine, V8 automotive engine, unicycle, door with working locks, stirling engine, and a grandfather clock.These projects were geared towards enhancing students' CAD modeling skills, but not necessarily their understanding of how engineering objects are assembled and modeled.It was the opinion of the authors that this approach to learning Engineering Graphics could be improved, most significantly by implementing a more hands-on project distributed throughout the semester.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors: Thomas Feldhausen, Bruce Babin
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407699657