Computation within the context of mechanical engineering at MIT

Computation is undoubtedly playing a significant role in mechanical engineering both inside and outside of MIT, impacting how mechanical engineers approach and solve problems as well as how mechanical engineering is defined and evaluated. This study focuses on how computation is defined within MIT by analyzing input from both faculty and students in Course 2. Responses from faculty were collected by conducting a series of semi-structured interviews with the teaching staff while input from students were collected in a more indirect manner, by analyzing a historical data set of Course 6 classes taken by Course 2 students from 2014 to 2019 and by assessing 107 responses collected from a student survey. Based on inputs from faculty, computation takes various forms inside a Course 2 classroom, functioning as a skillset or a platform for learning and teaching. Student inputs suggest that there is a growing interest in learning various computation tools both inside and outside of their major. While most Course 2 students feel satisfied with their computational experience at MIT, there are still aspects of the Course 2 and Course 6 curriculum in need of improvement.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Lee, Kyubin (Researcher in mechanical engineering).

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Warren Seering.

• Mechanical Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145217

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/145217