| There are several different learning types among the undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Providing students with the opportunity to complete hands-on experiments is an attempt to present the course material in a different way which will enhance learning. These learning laboratories are to be implemented in the core Engineering Science courses, ES 2110 Statics, ES 2120 Dynamics, ES 2310 Thermodynamics, ES 2330 Fluid Dynamics, and ES 2410 Mechanics of Materials. Every undergraduate engineering student in the college will potentially benefit from these laboratories. The opportunities provided from the learning laboratories correlate directly to some of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) required learning outcomes.To efficiently execute this program, a renovated space which provides technology-rich, team-enabled facilities with all of the required hands-on experimental apparatus is created as a part of this project. This project requires time to be fully integrated into the Engineering Science courses. Several steps have been completed including room remodeling, acquiring at least one setup of each experiment apparatus, and trial implementations of the Statics and Mechanics of Materials laboratories into the respective courses. |
