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Virtual Hands-on Learning – The development of an online engineering design course with a virtual product inspection portal

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 6 Design Pedagogy

Page Count

13

DOI

10.18260/1-2--40658

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https://peer.asee.org/40658

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Caitlin Knowles North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Amanda Mills North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Jesse Jur North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Jesse S. Jur received the B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, in 2001, the M.S. degree in chemical and biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2007.,He is currently a Professor of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science with the Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He leads the NEXT Research Team, focusing on electronic materials and processing for textile-based electronic systems.

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Yan Shen North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Abstract

This paper covers the development and implementation of a virtual product inspection portal for use in online engineering design education. High quality digital tools for online learning are needed as higher education increasingly shifts online. This is particularly true for courses involving engineering design which typically require in-person instruction to achieve hands-on, tangible learning. To address this challenge, an interactive, 3D based “Virtual Product Portal”, or VPP, was developed for a new graduate-level course titled “Design Analysis of Smart Textile Products”. In addition to the VPP, product inspection videos and designer interviews were included in the accompanying website to give students a greater insight into the design process and what tradeoffs (e.g., performance, manufacturing, sustainability, cost) are made. At every point of the development process, the course learning objectives were carefully considered to ensure alignment with all requirements of the design-focused syllabus. This class was first offered to a group of 15 students in Spring 2022 who provided valuable feedback on the tools used throughout the course. The authors are excited to introduce this new technological platform that will allow students to virtually “get their hands dirty” and participate in the fundamental engineering task of taking things apart to try to see how they work.

Knowles, C., & Mills, A., & Jur, J., & Shen, Y. (2022, August), Virtual Hands-on Learning – The development of an online engineering design course with a virtual product inspection portal Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40658

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