工程设计课程

course description

Learn the principles of engineering to design, build and test a real-life vehicle!

 

The Engineering Experience is an introduction to engineering design while building teamwork and communication skills and examination of engineering majors offered at UCLA and of engineering careers. Completion of hands-on engineering design projects, preparation of short report describing projects, and presentation of results. Specific project details and relevant majors explored vary with instructor:

 

- Aerospace Engineering – Rockets

With a primary focus on teaching computer aided design, flight dynamics, and systems engineering practices, students will work in groups to build and launch two rockets. The first rockets designed and produced will be computer modeled and 3D printed by teams of two students as they pass through the CAD focused first portion of the course. Each team will receive one G or H class solid ammonium perchlorate motor, which will propel a well-built rocket to roughly 2,000 feet from an off-campus launch site reached during a day trip.

 

- Aerospace Engineering – Planes

Students will be introduced to the basics of airplane engineering. Students will work in teams to design and construct foam and 3D-printed fixed-wing aircraft to complete two missions. They will learn basic physics of aerodynamics, applications of MATLAB and Solidworks, how to use FOM charts to make design decisions, and manufacturing techniques. Planes will be flown on the UCLA campus.

 

- Mechanical Engineering – GoKarts

This practical course aims to teach prospective engineers the thrill of a multi-discipline, end-to-end team-based engineering design. This project is constructed in a way to optimize the student’s time in each step of preliminary design, Computer Aided Design, Finite Element Analysis, machining, detailing electric motor performance, and finally presenting their ideal Go-Kart. Students have creative freedom in the following areas: driver posture, steering and braking mechanisms, chassis layout and driver interface system. Over the course of the project students will learn how to give technical presentations and learn fundamental engineering concepts.

 

- Electrical Engineering – Rovers

Students will use concepts and tools in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science to design and build microcontroller controlled rovers under wireless command that are also able to autonomously navigate and respond to environmental cues. Students will design and fabricate robot chassis, connect motors and control/sensory electronics, and program rover systems to map its environment and achieve mission objectives.

课程介绍

欢迎学习工程原理，设计、制造和测试实际的车辆！

 

工程设计课程旨在培养学生团队合作和沟通技能，并加强对工程专业的多样性的了解。课程过程中，学生将完成实际工程设计项目以及简短报告，并展示结果。具体项目细节及相关专业分成四个方向：

 

- 航空航天工程——火箭

本项目侧重于计算机辅助设计、飞行动力学和系统工程实践，使学生分组建造和发射两枚火箭。首先，2人小组都要用计算机去设计第一批火箭，再用3D打印机去打印。每个小组获得一个G级或H级固体高氯酸铵发动机去推动火箭，然后在校外的发射场去发射火箭。

 

- 航空航天工程——飞机

本项目向学生介绍飞机工程的基础知识。学生将以小组形式去设计和建造固定翼飞机，再用3D打印机去打印。另外，他们将学习空气动力学的基础物理、MATLAB和Solidworks的应用、如何使用FOM图表做出设计决策，以及制造技术。最后一步，学生将在校园进行自制飞机的试飞。

 

- 机械工程——卡丁车

本实践课程旨在向未来的工程师介绍跨学科的端对端团队工程设计，优化学生每个设计步骤，如计算机辅助设计、有限元分析、机械加工、详述电机性能以及最终理想卡丁车展示。本项目中，学生可以选最喜欢的领域去丰富自己的知识：驾驶员姿势、转向和制动机构、底盘布局和驾驶员界面系统。学生还将学习如何进行技术性演示，学习基础工程概念。

 

- 电气工程——漫游车

学生使用机械工程、电气工程和计算机科学概念和工具去设计和制造微控制器，使车辆能够自主导航和响应环境提示。学生还将设计和制造机器人底盘，连接电机和控制/传感电子设备，并对漫游车系统进行编程，使它能够绘制其环境地图并实现任务目标。

课程时间：

6月26日 - 7月16日

7月17日 - 8月6日

入学资格： 

- 在线申请

- 托福80以上（Duolinguo 105)

- 申请开放日：2月15日