PBL Program Producing Flying Robot in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

Susumu Hara,Kazuhide Kuroda,Yu Aoi,Seiichi Hata,Koki Nakagami,Koya Hashizume,M.H.A Shukor

doi:10.1051/matecconf/202030605003

Abstract

More and more mechanical and aerospace engineering departments of Universities and Colleges are adopting Project-Based Learning (PBL). One of the main purposes of PBL programs is the practical understanding of the relationship between classroom lectures on traditional theories, e.g., material mechanics, fluid dynamics, dynamics of machinery, and control engineering, and real phenomena of mechanical systems. Moreover, we need to take the use of recent digital manufacturing (e.g., 3D printers, CAD/CAM, and CAE) into account as recent educational content and methods. This paper introduces a novel trial of using PBL at Nagoya University. More specifically, the new program provides students with the experience of producing flying robots and introduces the above relationship and digital manufacturing.

Highlights

In recent years, many mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) departments of Universities and Colleges are adopting Project-Based Learning (PBL) [1], [2]
One of the main purposes of PBL programs is the practical understanding of the relationship between classroom lectures of traditional theories, e.g., material mechanics, fluid dynamics, and control engineering, and the real phenomena of mechanical systems
We need to take the use of recent digital manufacturing (e.g., 3D printers, CAD/CAM, CAE) into account as recent educational content

Summary

Introduction

Many mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) departments of Universities and Colleges are adopting Project-Based Learning (PBL) [1], [2]. Many MAE departments in Japan still use old-fashioned machinery for undergraduate lab classes due to budget constraints. In these lab classes, the integration of plural theories for manufacturing is not discussed. Digital manufacturing seems to be a black box for passive engineers Taking these factors into account, the MAE department at Nagoya University (NUMAE) is considering a new PBL program, “Design Practice.”. This program focuses on the following two elements: (i) The students consider the relationship between the integration of traditional plural. The new program “Design Practice” begins in October 2019, and this paper reports on the plan for implementing the program with a focus on the development of a novel flying robot design for educational purposes

Flying robots for the PBL program

PBL program

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