Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Research is now a necessity in our daily lives and students at different educational levels need to learn and become more familiar with it.So it would make sense to require students to practically get involved in research at early stages of their education [1][2][3][4][5].This is believed to make them better prepared for the upcoming challenges in their lives.This paper reviews ways to initiate research for courses at community college level.For further clarification, two subjects are discussed which were researched and published with the help of SUNY Erie college (ECC) -Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students.First subject was the "Failure in Engineering of the Crashed Flight 3407 Aircraft," which was later published in the Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation (JMEA) in June 2016 [6].The article discusses the engineering issues of the Flight 3407 airplane and its crash in Clarence, NY on Feb 12, 2009, reviewing the low power-to-weight ratio of the airplane and its inadequacy with respect to the de-icing system of wings in bad weather conditions.The article also discusses the inherently flawed propeller-driven aircraft such as the one used for Flight 3407 versus aircrafts with jet engines, and the intermittent de-icing system of propellers.The published paper can be viewed on the publisher website at http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.jmea.20160604.03.html Second subject was the "Titanic: A Tragedy in Waiting," which was later published in the International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation (IJMEA) in July 2016 [7].The article discusses engineering flaws of the Titanic which caused it to sink in Atlantic Ocean.Some of the flaws were the watertight compartment design of hull which broke the ship in half, the lack of pumping equipment, and the use of low quality brittle steel.
Authors: Dariush H. Zadeh, Shohreh Moini
Institution: SUNY Erie
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3089355491