Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design Creativity, Engagement and Learning /

• Main Author: Samuel, Andrew Emery (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Industrial design.; Mechanical engineering.; Engineering design.; Materials science.; Engineering Design.; Engineering, general.; Learning & Instruction.; Industrial Design.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Mechanical Engineering.

This is a book about the invention and testing of ideas. By describing how to generate engaging problem situations for engineering students to solve it inspires original currents of thought. Make-and-test (MaT) is a practical way of testing ideas that challenges the validity of the ideas themselves...

Table of Contents:

• Invention, Creativity, Engagement: MaT Projects
• The Genesis and Development of MaT Projects
• Properties and Application of Some Unconventional Engineering Materials
• MaT Projects for Static Load-bearing Structures
• Dynamic MaT Projects: Things That Go “Bump”
• Case Examples of Dynamic MaT Projects
• Concluding Notes and Some “CUTIEs”.