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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ismail I. Orabi

-face teams and virtual teams.Materials Available to StudentsAvailable to online and traditional students were the syllabus, Power Point slides, class notes (lectureoutlines), textbook publication website, and Internet resources. The online class was identical to thetraditional class except for the addition of discussion board assignments for the online students.RequirementsTwo tests were scheduled for the class along with homework assignments, small projects and a finaldesign project. As part of their course grade, the online students only were required to post relevantmaterials on the bulletin board weekly. The tests and other work were almost identical in both sessionstaught by the same instructor with minor variations in the exams. The

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

lays the foundation for educating students in engineering design. In the course,design education includes methodologies of design, 6 validation of results, and optimization throughproject work.The details of the course, as well as lectures and videos, have been described in a previous paper. 7 Insummary, the learning objectives of the course (as stated in the syllabus) are that the student should: (I) Develop a proficiency in solid modeling using Pro/Engineer, (II) Develop the ability to use Pro/Engineer as a design tool, (III) Be able to perform dynamic simulation using Pro/Mechanism, (IV) Understand the theoretical basis of finite element analysis (FEA) and perform limited, simple analysis with Pro/Mechanica Structure, (V