Cutler, A., & Wood, P. (2019, June), How to Incorporate Tolerances in Freshman-level Classes  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--32902

\bibitem{asee_peer_32902}
  Cutler, A., \& Wood, P. (2019, June), \emph{How to Incorporate Tolerances in Freshman-level Classes}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--32902

Allison Cutler and Perry Wood P.E..  "How to Incorporate Tolerances in Freshman-level Classes".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/32902 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_32902}
  Allison Cutler and Perry Wood P.E..
  "How to Incorporate Tolerances in Freshman-level Classes".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/32902 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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AB  - The purpose of this research is to evaluate Mechanical Engineering students’ ability to understand tolerancing theory and implement tolerances into engineering drawings. Students are introduced to parametric modeling and the ASME Y14.5-1994 dimension and tolerance standard in later years of the college curriculum, however they apply the concepts earlier in the curriculum without having a basic understanding of the fundamentals. It is important for students to have a fundamental understanding of tolerances before proceeding to advance courses. The goal of this project is to evaluate a student’s ability to properly tolerance using Clearance, Transition, and/or Interference Fits through designing an assembly to be rapid prototyped, where they then can physically perceive the effect of their tolerance values when they put the assembly together. The students' wrote a report based upon their finding after assembling the rapid prototype, and had to reflect on if the tolerancing they picked was most effective or not. A lecture was constructed and given to students prior to their assembly design project. The lecture presented the basics of tolerancing, including the types of fits and when to implement them. The lecture content was reconstructed each semester for three semesters based upon the students' feedback. Data was gathered through students' self evaluation of their learning by means of a questionnaire, as well as grading of their reports. After the first semester, students showed signs of understanding tolerance theory, but expressed confusion for how to implement them in engineering design. The lecture was then edited to clarify the implementation of tolerances and will be presented to new students, for another set of data and results will be gathered.


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