UK Centre for Materials Education
Working with you to enhance the student experience
Working with you to enhance the student experience
The aim of the project was to develop a web based learning resource of case studies in which a range of simple components were reverse engineered. The components were selected to illustrate the application of a range of materials (particularly polymers) and manufacturing processes. Each case study was to be based on a component selected from products of relevance to a first year undergraduate.
The resource was used to support a first year module in computer-aided design and manufacture, which required students to undertake a case study of their own along similar lines. It also provided a framework around which to tackle open-ended design problems set in other modules.
