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Incorporating Sustainability Concepts into the Course Design of Fluid Mechanics: An Approach to Improving Students’ Problem-Solving Skills with Environment Science

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Conference

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Location

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Publication Date

March 22, 2024

Start Date

March 22, 2024

End Date

March 23, 2024

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--45625

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https://peer.asee.org/45625

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16

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Yingxiao Song Muskingum University

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Assistant Professor in Physics and Engineering Department of Muskingum University

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Abstract

It is crucial to pay attention to environmental sustainability with the current climate change. The definition of sustainability, which refers to the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time, can be applied to different aspects. As potential engineers in the future, engineering students should develop their sustainability consciousness and mindsets. Fluid Mechanics is a course that is usually open to most engineering students in their senior year, which means they have completed their introductory courses like physics and chemistry. Students who are at this stage are usually eager to solve more realistic problems than laboratory work. This paper shows the integration of sustainability concepts with the Fluid Mechanics class through lectures, laboratory work, CFD simulations, and projects. Educational objectives, assessment methods, and sample problems will also be presented in the full paper.

Song, Y. (2024, March), Incorporating Sustainability Concepts into the Course Design of Fluid Mechanics: An Approach to Improving Students’ Problem-Solving Skills with Environment Science Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10.18260/1-2--45625

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