The text introduces engineering to first-year undergraduate students using Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). It draws on several different inquiry-based instruction types such as confirmation inquiry, structured inquiry, guided inquiry, and open inquiry, and all of their common elements. Professor Blum’s approach emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process, empowering them in the classroom to explore the material, ask questions, and share ideas, instead of the instructor lecturing to passive learners about what they need to know. Beginning with a preface to IBL, the book is organized into three parts, each consisting of four to ten chapters. Each chapter has a dedicated topic where an initial few paragraphs of introductory or fundamental material are provided. This is followed by a series of focused questions that guide the students’ learning about the concept(s) being taught. Featuring multiple inquiry-based strategies, each most appropriate to the topic, An Inquiry-Based Approach to Introduction to Engineering stands as an easy to use textbook that quickly allows students to actively engage with the content during every class period.
Author(s): Michelle Blum
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 321
City: Cham
Preface
References
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Part I: Being an Effective Student
Chapter 1: Achieving Success in Engineering
1.1 Setting Goals
1.2 Changing Attitude
1.3 Changing Effort
1.4 Changing Approach
1.5 Extracurricular and Student Involvement Opportunities
1.6 Information to Know
1.7 Develop a Plan
End of Chapter Questions
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Practice Problems
References
Chapter 2: Teaching and Learning Approaches
2.1 Teaching Approaches
2.2 Learning Approaches
2.3 Improving the Learning Process
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Practice Problems
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Chapter 3: Essential Skills for Learning
3.1 Semester and Course Preparation
3.2 Lecture Preparation
3.3 Learning During Lecture
3.4 Reading to Learn
3.5 Preparing for Exams
3.6 Successfully Taking Exams
3.7 Time Organization and Management
3.8 The Student/Professor Relationship
3.9 Working with Your Peers and in Teams
3.10 Benefits of Institutional Resources
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Chapter 4: Understanding Yourself and Others
4.1 Understanding Yourself
4.2 Understanding Others
4.3 Personal Assessment
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Part II: The Engineering Profession
Chapter 5: The Engineering Profession
5.1 Engineering Disciplines
5.2 Engineering Societies
5.3 Engineering Degrees and Registrations
5.4 ABET
5.5 Engineering Employment Opportunities and Functions
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Chapter 6: Engineering Problem-Solving
6.1 Types of Problems
6.2 Problem-Solving Technique
6.3 Problem-Solving Presentation
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Chapter 7: Engineering Design and Experiments
7.1 The Engineering Design Process
7.2 Experimental Design Process
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Chapter 8: Engineering Ethics
8.1 Making Ethical Decisions
8.2 Ethics as a Student
8.3 Ethics as an Engineer
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Chapter 9: Engineering Communications
9.1 Written Communication 1: Technical Writing
9.2 Written Communication 2: Professional Writing
9.3 Visual Presentations
9.4 Oral Presentations
9.5 Team Communication
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Part III: Engineering Fundamental Parameters
Chapter 10: Dimensions and Units
10.1 Fundamental Dimensions and Units
10.2 Primary and Secondary Units
10.2.1 Primary Units
10.2.2 Secondary Units
10.3 Dimensional Analysis and Homogeneity
10.4 Unit Conversions
10.5 Significant Digits
10.6 Scientific Notation
10.7 Estimation and Reasonableness
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Chapter 11: Length
11.1 Importance of Length Parameters
11.2 Length Units
11.3 Length Calculations
11.3.1 Trigonometry Review
11.3.2 Coordinate Systems
11.4 Important Engineering Parameters of Length
11.4.1 Area
11.4.2 Volume
11.4.3 Second Moment of Area
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Chapter 12: Time
12.1 Importance of Time Parameters
12.2 Measurement of Time
12.3 Steady Versus Unsteady State
12.4 Period and Frequency
12.5 Length and Time Engineering Variables
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Chapter 13: Mass
13.1 Importance of Mass Parameters
13.2 Measurement of Mass Versus Weight
13.3 Density, Specific Volume, and Specific Gravity
13.4 Mass Moment of Inertia
13.5 Momentum
13.6 Mass Flow Rate
13.7 Conservation of Mass
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Chapter 14: Force
14.1 Importance and Categories of Forces
14.2 Tendencies of Forces
14.3 Force Units and Measurements
14.4 Force Properties
14.5 Force Parameters
14.5.1 Pressure
14.5.2 Stress
14.5.3 Torque and Moment
14.5.4 Mechanical Work
14.5.5 Linear Impulse
14.6 Free Body Diagrams
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Chapter 15: Temperature
15.1 Importance of Temperature Parameters
15.2 Measure of Temperature
15.3 Heat Transfer and Temperature Difference
15.4 Conduction
15.5 Convection
15.6 Radiation
15.7 Temperature-Related Material Properties
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Chapter 16: Electric Current
16.1 Importance of Electric Current and Parameters
16.2 Measurements of Current, Voltage, and Potential
16.3 DC and AC Current
16.4 Resistors and Capacitors
16.5 Simple Circuits and Circuit Power
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Chapter 17: Energy, Power, and Efficiency
17.1 Importance of Energy
17.2 Category of Energy I: Mechanical Energy
17.3 Conservation of Mechanical Energy
17.4 Work
17.5 Category of Energy II: Thermal Energy
17.6 Category of Energy III: Chemical Energy
17.7 First and Second Law of Thermodynamics
17.8 Power
17.9 Efficiency
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Chapter 18: Mathematics, Models, and Reasoning
18.1 Mathematical Symbols and Variables
18.2 Introduction to Mathematical Models
18.3 Linear Model
18.4 Power Law and Polynomial Models
18.5 Exponential and Logarithmic Models
18.6 Useful Math Strategies Using Linear Models
18.7 Turning Words into Math
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Index
