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New Course: ME 297Engineering
Faculty Document No. 36-02 TO: The
Engineering Faculty FROM: The Faculty
of the School of Mechanical Engineering DATE: RE: New Course ME 297 Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Projects The
Faculty of the ME 297 Mechanical Engineering Sophomore
Projects Sem. 1 and 2. SS. Cr. 1–6. (May be repeated
for credit.) Projects or special topics of contemporary importance can be
studied under the Mechanical Engineering Projects course. Interested students should seek a faculty
advisor by meeting with individual faculty members who work in their area of
special interest. Students submit a
summary report. REASON: The purpose of this course is to provide freshmen and
sophomores a research course that they can take as freshmen or sophomores to
get research experience. Our current ME
Projects course (ME 497) is only open to students with at least junior
standing. The reason freshmen or sophomore students are not permitted to take
ME 497 is because ME 497 counts towards a technical elective and with so little
technical background, it doesn't seem justified to give such credit to freshmen
and sophomore students. This is also
consistent with what we do with other design courses (e.g., EPICS). For example, ME 283 (the sophomore EPICS
course) can count only as a free elective (currently ME has 3 credits of free
elective), not a technical elective.
Likewise, this proposed ME Projects Course (ME 297) would also only
count for free elective credit.
Nevertheless, such a course would be helpful to get strong undergraduate
students involved in research in the early stages of their careers. E.D. Hirleman, Head |
