SDSU Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Symposium


Agenda - Details


June 8 | June 9 | June 10

June 8th Agenda
Day 1 of the symposium focuses on the foundational tools (“commercial” applications) with which students need to be familiar before they’re able to design and develop unique software solutions.

Time Presenter Topic
8:00
8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30
9:30
Impelluso, Bober, invited guests

Welcome and Introductions

Event Overview

Project Overview

9:30
10:30
Johnston
ProE - Overview
10:30
10:45
Break
10:45
12:00
Johnston, Impelluso
ProE - Tutorial
12:00
1:00
Lunch
1:00
2:00
Impelluso
LabView - Tutorial
2:00
3:00
Impelluso
Sockets - Tutorial
3:00
3:15
Break
3:15
4:15
Impelluso
Labview, Sockets
4:15
5:00
ICARE Instructional Framework
5:00
5:30
Bober

Debrief of the day; Survey

Walk over to Faculty/Staff Center

5:30
7:00
Reception at Faculty/Staff Center

 

June 9th Agenda
Day 2 targets student independence as they transition from a dependence on commercial packages to software solutions (and interfaces) they themselves design and develop.

Time Presenter Topic
8:00
8:30
Continental Breakfast/Check-In
8:30
9:30
Impelluso
OpenGL - Tutorial
9:30
10:30
Impelluso
OpenGL, Labview
10:30
10:45
Break
10:45
12:00
Impelluso
Inventor
12:00
1:00
Lunch
1:00
2:00
Impelluso
Inventor, Labview
2:00
3:00
Impelluso
Inventor, Labview, Server
3:00
3:15
Break
3:15
4:15
Impelluso
G-View
4:15
5:00
Bober
Debrief of the day; Survey

 

June 10th Agenda

Day 3 showcases an array of class projects—with students themselves leading the discussion.

Time Presenter Topic
8:00
8:30
Continental Breakfast/Check-In
8:30
9:30
Impelluso
Examples (General Precepts)
9:30
10:30
Impelluso
Demo - Beam
10:30
10:45
Break
10:45
11:30
Harris
Demo - Spring
11:30
12:30
Lunch
12:30
1:15
Johnson
Demo - Tractor Trailer Motion
1:15
2:00
Impelluso
Demo - Forklift: Kinematic Constraints
2:00
2:15
Break
2:15
3:00
Boettcher
Demo - Helicopter Aerodynamics
3:00
3:45
Nash
Demo - Battle Game: Particle Trajectory
3:15
4:00
Bober
Wrap-Up; Survey