merging fundamentals with innovation in engineering

MEGN 424 – Computer Aided Engineering Merging Fundamentals with Innovation in Engineering Analysis and Design through Partnership with Local Industry BACKGROUND WHAT IS CHANGING EXPECTED RESULTS Teaching Innovation thru Teaching Innovation Anthony Petrella, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Director, Computational Biomechanics Group & Director, Biomechanics Research Division Summer 2017 Cohort Course Objectives The goal of this course is to help students acquire the necessary skills to make proficient use of commercial FEA software for effective engineering analysis and design. Students will learn to critically evaluate FEA results using best practices for verification and validation, and they will effectively communicate about the use of FEA in an industry-standard tech. reporting format. Students will recognize the limitations of FEA and develop the skills to identify mechanical engineering questions to which it can and cannot provide useful answers. Historically… Them students was getting’ some proficiency, but they was not quite effective at using the software for practical engineering design and analysis… they need more time to learn skills for critical evaluation of results and clear COMMUNICATION of their findings. Students spend several class days reviewing prerequisite material, learning ancillary math software, and solving low-level hand calcs. Hey! Pass the hay! Local Industry Partners “Finite Element Analysis… is a computer simulation technique that allows any design… to be analyzed in great detail to carry out a stress, vibration or heat transfer analysis… The benefit of incorporating FEA into the design process is our designer engineers can verify that the product / equipment… will conform to a client’s performance criteria early in the design process. This can accelerate the product develop- ment process, [drive innovation], and… the design team can optimise the design at an early stage, saving time and money.” -- PES-Performance.com -- www.pricoltech.com MEGN 424 – Computer Aided Eng Industry-leading software Instructors with industry experience Student-driven content focus: med. devices, aerospace, sporting equip Design for additive manufacturing Increased Emphasis on Proficiency with FEA Software and Effective Use for Practical Analysis/Design Problems Move prerequisite review material and ancillary software to pre-class activities Increase use of interactive instructional methods with group exercises Leverage local industry partners to bring practicing engineers & practical problems into the classroom… Increase writing exercises for interpret- tation and communication of FEA results Introduce ASME/FDA guidelines for performance and reporting of Verification & Validation in Computational Modeling Take advantage of Just in Time teaching methods to capture day to day challenges and address them promptly Students Will… 1. Apply FEA theory… 2. Make proficient use of commercial FEA software SolidWorks Simulation and SolidWorks Simulation Engineer (Abaqus)… 3. Make effective use of FEA software… 4. Make a critical judgements about the credibility of an FE model and its results… 5. Make effective use of FEA in practical engineering design… 6. Clearly communicate findings…

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Page 1: Merging Fundamentals with Innovation in Engineering

MEGN 424 – Computer Aided EngineeringMerging Fundamentals with Innovation in Engineering Analysis and Design

through Partnership with Local Industry

BACKGROUND WHAT IS CHANGING EXPECTED RESULTS Teaching Innovation thru Teaching Innovation

Anthony Petrella, Associate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringDirector, Computational Biomechanics Group & Director, Biomechanics Research Division

Summer 2017 Cohort

Course ObjectivesThe goal of this course is to help studentsacquire the necessary skills to make pro-ficient use of commercial FEA software foreffective engineering analysis and design.Students will learn to critically evaluate FEAresults using best practices for verificationand validation, and they will effectivelycommunicate about the use of FEA in anindustry-standard tech. reporting format.Students will recognize the limitations of FEAand develop the skills to identify mechanicalengineering questions to which it can andcannot provide useful answers.

Historically…

Them students was getting’ some proficiency, but they was not quite effective at

using the software for practical engineering design

and analysis… they need more time to learn skills for critical evaluation of results and clear COMMUNICATION

of their findings.

Students spend several class days reviewing prerequisite material, learning ancillary math software, and solving low-level hand calcs.

Hey! Pass the

hay!

Local Industry Partners

“Finite Element Analysis… is a computersimulation technique that allows anydesign… to be analyzed in great detailto carry out a stress, vibration or heattransfer analysis… The benefit ofincorporating FEA into the designprocess is our designer engineers canverify that the product / equipment…will conform to a client’s performancecriteria early in the design process. Thiscan accelerate the product develop-ment process, [drive innovation], and…the design team can optimise thedesign at an early stage, saving timeand money.” -- PES-Performance.com

-- www.pricoltech.com

MEGN 424 – Computer Aided Eng Industry-leading software Instructors with industry experience Student-driven content focus: med.

devices, aerospace, sporting equip Design for additive manufacturing

Increased Emphasis on Proficiency withFEA Software and Effective Use forPractical Analysis/Design Problems Move prerequisite review material and

ancillary software to pre-class activities Increase use of interactive instructional

methods with group exercises Leverage local industry partners to bring

practicing engineers & practical problemsinto the classroom…

Increase writing exercises for interpret-tation and communication of FEA results

Introduce ASME/FDA guidelines forperformance and reporting of Verification& Validation in Computational Modeling

Take advantage of Just in Time teachingmethods to capture day to day challengesand address them promptly

Students Will…1. Apply FEA

theory…