Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Nagaraj Ekabote ¹, Krishnaraja G. Kodancha ¹, Deepak A. Yaraguppi ¹

Affiliations
1 KLE Technological University, BVB Campus, Hubballi, IN

Abstract

Laboratory experiments are designed to develop the problem solving skills in students to bring research and practice culture. From the earlier reports, it has been found that running few but more open-ended experiments compared to exercises enhances the learning. Skills to execute open-ended experiments through mini lectures, additional reading material, tutorials or self-study are not greatly effective. To bridge this gap, an effort was made to practice hypothesis report testing before the conduction of open-ended experiment in Design Analysis (DA) lab. A hypothesis has been drawn from the journal paper and effort was directed to prove the hypothesis. The report format was designed with due emphasis on decision making in hypothesis report testing. Assessment was done through the rubrics set in accordance with ABET's 3b program outcome criteria. Authors witnessed improved proactiveness amongst students in executing the open-ended experiment, that lead to enhanced achievement of ABET's 3b program outcome.

Keywords

Open-Ended Experiments, Hypothesis Testing, Design Analysis Lab.

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Aditya M. Deshpande ¹, I. G. Siddhalingeshwar ¹, Nagaraj Ekabote ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Automobile Engineering, B.V.B.C.E.T., Hubballi, IN

Abstract

Engineering Design (ED) process is the foundation on which Automobile Engineering students currently base their project work. Though efficient in addressing the primary academic requirements, it is nevertheless open ended and hence the methodology for project execution will differ from team to team. ED at higher semesters, in the author's perspective, is less structured and feel there is a need for a defined industrial methodology based on ED, especially to address the needs of automobile engineering students.

This requirement can be fulfilled by Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), a framework of procedures and techniques followed by the automotive industry worldwide.

An attempt was made to implement APQP on experimental basis in a project titled Solar Array Electric Vehicle. The following four stages were incorporated in the project: Plan and Define Program, Product Design and Development, Feedback and Corrective actions and Control Plan Methodology. This paper highlights the scope, implementation methodology and results of application of APQP in Solar Array Electric Vehicle project.

Keywords

Engineering Design, APQP, Solar Array Electric Vehicle.

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I. G. Siddhalingeshwar ¹, Aditya M. Deshpande ¹, Nagaraj Ekabote ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Automobile Engineering, BVBCET, Hubballi, IN

Abstract

The existing practise for choosing projects for Mini, Minor and Capstone projects is either open ended, wherein the students propose the topic/area/field they wish to work in, or theme based, where the department defines the field/area in which the students pursue their projects. A novel approach to projects was introduced in the department where a national level student competition (SAE Eco kart) was chosen carefully to reflect on the quality and quantity of project work, which required all the project teams to work towards a common goal. The Competition was aimed at designing a single passenger kart operated by a Motor AC or DC, where Source of running the motor is a battery.

The theme for the competition as specified by SAE India for the current academic year was adopted for the minor project and minor changes were incorporated in the rule book to suit important factors such as curriculum, timeline and available resources. The primary objective of the theme chosen was to enable students to apply the fundamental knowledge gained in the curriculum and develop capabilities to formulate problem, design by analytical and computational methods, create manufacturing drawings and simulate the automotive systems and integrate them in virtual environment.Being a multidisciplinary project the project teams further subdivided themselves into groups to design individual systems.

Design goals as well as the expectations were communicated during an orientation session in the first week of the semester. Further, necessary tutorials from subject experts and live demonstration of a working model were conducted. Teams were regularly monitored by the review team (authors) through regular interactions and official review sessions. Measure of performance of each team was done through rubrics. Evaluating the current effort authors felt students were able to demonstrate the planned objectives.

Keywords

Theme Based Minor Project, SAE Eco Kart.

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Nagaraj Ekabote ¹, Krishnaraja G. Kodancha ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of Automobile Engineering, BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, IN

Abstract

Engineering Design (ED) is one of the cornerstone courses in mechanical science engineering discipline. The objective of the course is to develop problem solving skills in students through design process. In order to enhance teaching learning process in ED course, new pedagogies are always practiced. The objective has been addressed through one of the most practiced pedagogy, project-based learning (PBL). By the earlier work the authors found that to address the objective of the ED course through PBL alone is diffi cult. Hence, an effort is made to bring tutorials along with PBL in ED course to improve teaching learning process. In ED course, a tutorial along with two theory classes in a week was introduced for second year students. Usage of decision making tools and methods in course projects was demonstrated in tutorials for a real practical problem. The assessment of the tutorial effectiveness was done on the basis of tools and methods used to take decisions at crucial stages of the course project design. Authors felt combining the pedagogies according to the subject requirement will defi nitely raise the competency of the students.

Keywords

Engineering Design Course, Project Based Learning (PBL), Tutorials, and Course Projects.

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