Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at DTU

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Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at DTU and
the Application of CDIO in First Year Courses.
by Assoc. Prof. Niels Houbak and Prof. Peder
Klit Department for Mechanical Engineering
(MEK), Technical University of Denmark
(DTU) DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Study structures at DTU Now and then
MASTERs program (Cand.Polyt.) Until 2004 5
years MSc. Study program After 2004 3 years
BSc. Study program (not equivalent to the BE
program) 2 years MSc. Study program This will not
be a CDIO program but several courses will
utilize CDIO.
BACHELOR program (Diplomingeniør) 3½ years BE.
Study program Includes ½ a year of industrial
practice and gives practical and professional
engineering competences. This program will over
the coming years be changed to comply to a large
extend with CDIO standards in all its diciplines.
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The Annual Wheel
Fall term September 1. January 31.

• Lectures (13 weeks) September 1. December 1.
• Exams (11 days) December 1. December 22.
• Whole day activities (3 weeks) January 3.
  January 25.

Spring term February 1. June 30.

• Lectures (13 weeks) February 1. May 10.
• Exams (11 days) May 15. June 2.
• Whole day activities (3 weeks) June 5. June
  26.

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Offered DTU Study Programs (BSc.)

• Bio technology
• Building technology
• Design and Innovation
• Electro technology
• Physics and Nano technology
• Chemistry
• Communication technology
• Mathematics and technology
• Medicine and technology
• Environmental technology
• Production and Engineering Design (PE) ?
• Software technology
• Health and Food Production

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DTU BSc. General Study Structure

• Common for all 13 study programs - nearly
• 3 years of study
• No business training/practice must be extended
  with a Master study

• Each block is 45 (ECTS) credits - at least!

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Courses in Production and Engineering Design.
Technological Courses (45 out of 60 credits)

• Principles of Naval Architecture and Offshore
  Engineering 1
• Fluid Mechanics
• Fundamental Engineering Thermodynamics
• Strength of Materials 1
• Strength of Materials 2
• Engineering Design
• Process Technology
• Production Technology (Fundamentals)
• Production Technology (Workshop training)
• Introduction to Production and Operations
  Management
• Materials Science

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PE First Year Courses.
Compulsary courses

• 1. SEMESTER
• Mathematics 1 (10 credits)
• Physics 1 (5 credits)
• Engineering work (10 credits)
• Production technology Workshop training (5
  credits)

• 2. SEMESTER
• Mathematics 1 (10 credits)
• Physics 1 (5 credits)
• Strength of Materials 1 (5 credits)
• Production technology Theory (5 credits)

Elective courses (one from the list)

• 2. SEMESTER
• Materials Science (5 credits)
• Basic Economy (5 credits)
• Something else

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The Course 11000 Engineering work
Main content

• CAD (Pro/E), drafting, sketching, animation (40)
• Disassemble and assemble a lawn mover with a four
  stoke gasoline engine (20) should one of the
  students become professor one day.
• Sketch and analyze different parts and
  functionalities of the engine (10)
• Product economy and product enhancement (10)
• Engineer lectures, excursions, engineering
  history, etc. (10)
• Group work, report writing, socializing, study
  plan activities (10)

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The Course Engineering work
The Lawn Mover Engine

• its parts (crankshaft, connecting rod, piston,
  cylinder etc.)
• super-system (the lawn mover) and sub-systems
  (the engine, the air filter, etc.)
• the task that it performs (cutting grass)
• the operator interface (starter, speed control,
  brake)
• the internal process (four stroke engine)

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The Course Engineering Work.
Other Activities

• First exercise on day one A better solution to a
  handicap. Handed in after 2 weeks. A model when
  we lecture writing a technical report.
• CEOs and younger engineers lecture about their
  engineering experience. A group of students gives
  a 5 minutes introduction to the company
• Make your own study plan and write an essay about
  qualifications required for your dream-job. Why
  did you become an engineering student?
• DTU students have many CDIO professional,
  personal and interpersonal skills when entering.
  Maintain and evolve those skills.

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Comparing 1 Year Courses
Experiences gained similar to Gustafsson et.al.

• A pass/no pass evaluation reduces the student
  interest in sweating too much individual grades
  are cumbersome for the lecturers to produce for
  large classes but it is necessary.
• Practical project work stimulates curiosity and
  puts theoretical elements into perspective.
• Female students have a lot of limits moved but it
  gives them some confidence they may end up being
  excellent engineers. In general our female
  students are much more focused on problem solving
  and harder working than the typical male student.
• Groups must not be too small, and it is OK to
  make students change groups for different tasks.
  It is OK to let one group participate in the
  evaluation of another group.
• Close contact between students and faculty makes
  the students feel welcome and important

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Conclusion.

• It is important in the first year to balance
  student work between theory and experimental work
  the first year must also contain some fun and
  challenging elements that lay a foundation for
  building up their specific domain of engineering
  (vocabulary, materials, components, etc).
• For the Danish industry (many Small and
  Medium-sized Enterprises), uniform (with respect
  to technical area covered) engineers are not
  optimal. Broad coverage. Many elective courses.
• Ongoing effort to improve curriculum and
  lecturing goals is important
• The trend at DTU is generic courses we are
  loosening the strings to specific applications. A
  basic understanding of phenomenons is important.
• CDIO soft skills (reports, presentations,
  group/team-work) are trained in many courses.

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