Abstract
One of the transitions that engineering students must make as they enter the work force is the progression from theoretical concepts, or book learning to applied or real world applications. At the University of Hartford, engineering design courses serve as culminating experiences devised to bridge this passage. One such course, Noise Control Design, challenges the student to apply the past three years’ conceptual base to a problem solving opportunity replete with actual scenarios encountered in industry or the community. Each year local firms and organizations approach the laboratory for assistance with a variety of sound or vibration problems. After an initial training period, students make use of the laboratory’s dual channel FFT and real time analyzers, anechoic chamber, sound intensity and modal analysis software, acoustic modeling software, vibration tables and transducers, portable sound level meters and digital tape recorders. Using a consultant-client model, students work collaboratively in teams of two defining the problem, developing a method of approach, making appropriate measurements, devising alternate solutions, and ultimately delivering a written and oral presentation at the end of the semester. The paper discusses specific projects and some experiences students had with their first industrial assignment.
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