Educational Projects
Pre-Training for In-Coming Mechanical Engineering Students
I co-supervised 2 in-coming UTD freshmen over the summer. They created very interesting robots - see more HERE.
Related Papers:
C. P. Tang, M. Goeckner and M. W. Spong, "Robotic Project-based Pre-training for In-coming Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students", Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 15-18, 2010. [PDF]
On Teaching CAD/CAE Applications
The application of Computer Aided Design and Engineering has been very popular in the engineering industry recently due to its usefulness in significantly reducing the time-to-market and cost involved within the design lifecycle of an engineering product. Despite the extensive availability of step-by-step manuals and tutorials to learn such tools, the emphasis of synergic utilization of such tools within the engineering design process has not been effectively addressed. Students often pay attention to learn how to use the tools instead of why to use such tools. In this paper, we present an innovative engineering education framework with various collaborative and interactive in-class activities and Web 2.0 tools to address the above issues in a senior undergraduate/graduate level CAD/CAE Applications course offered in University at Buffalo. Specifically, we categorize the approaches based the following components: (a) traditional lecture and computer labs, (b) team-based projects, (c) in-class activities, and (d) online course management tools. We show how the proposed approaches can be merged to the existing course syllabus in a synergic manner based on our experience. We also describe the rationale of the approaches and the expected outcome/ improvements.
Related Papers:
C. P. Tang, Z. Xue and Y. Wang, "On Teaching CAD/CAE Applications Course", Journal of Online Engineering Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, Article 2, June 2011. [PDF]
C. P. Tang, Z. Xue and Y. Wang, "Innovative Approaches and Lesson Learned in Teaching CAD/CAE Applications Course", Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 15-18, 2010. [PDF]
Web-Based Self-Based Virtual Prototyping Tutorials
Related Papers:
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, L.-F. Lee and V. Krovi, "A Case for Scaffolded Virtual Prototyping Tutorial Case-Studies in Engineering Education," International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 25-1, pp.84-92, January 2009. [Preprint]
R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, L.-F. Lee and V. N. Krovi, "Web-Based Self-Paced Virtual Prototyping Tutorials", DETC2003/CIE48201, Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineering Conferences, Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 2-6, 2003. [PDF]
Educational Outreach
2011 CIE Youth Engineering Fair
I was the event chair of the 2011 CIE Youth Engineering Fair organized by the CIE/USA DFW Chaper. Please see here for pictures of the event.
2010 CIE Youth Engineering Fair
I was one of the volunteer helper the 2010 CIE Youth Engineering Fair organized by the CIE/USA DFW Chaper.
Dallas BEST
The Dallas BEST Robotics Team that I mentored, The Parish Episcopal School Robotics Team, was ranked 10th out of more than 30 teams at the Game Day on Oct. 24, 2009. It was a great achievement for a first-year participating team! See more HERE.
NYSCEDII High School Workshop
I used to volunteer for some high school robotics and mechatronics workshop.
Taking Virtual Prototyping to High Schools
Demonstration of Dynamic Designer with Solid Edge. See [here]. Unfortunately, both software packages are no longer available in the market.
Courses Taught
As an Instructor
- MAE477/577: CAD Applications - Spring 2008
- MAE377: Product Design in a CAD Environment - Summer 2006
As a Teaching Assistant
- MAE340/SYS336: System Analysis - Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2007
- MAE444/544: Digital Control - Spring 2006
- MAE476/576: Mechatronics - Spring 2003
- MAE412: Machines & Mechanisms II - Fall 2002
