Towards Simulation Aided Online Teaching: Material Design for Applied Fluid Mechanics

Authors

  • Gonca Altuger-Genc Farmingdale State College State University of New York
  • Yue Han Lemoyne College
  • Yegin Genc Pace University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v14i12.8630

Keywords:

Bernoulli’s Equation, Buoyancy, Fluid Mechanics, Simulation-based Learning

Abstract


Learning is shifting from synchronous in-class settings to asynchronous online platforms in an attempt to make education accessible to wider audience. However, certain vital components of engineering education, such as laboratory work and hands-on practices, are harder to conduct online. Understanding how technology can help offering such components online can impact the quality of online education a great deal. The goal of this study is to improve the effectiveness of online courses in engineering. Particularly, we aim to transform some of the hands-on practices that are fundamental for engineering education into online setting. We first explored existing literature and found that real-time experimentation can be carried out with the help of online modules. We then designed two simulations for a fluid mechanics lab. We expect these simulations to be used to support teaching and evaluation of fluid mechanics through various assignments that utilize these simulations.  This study surveys how online modules have been studied in effort to relax the time and location constraints of in-class education. Drawing upon the literature review it proposes a novel approach to incorporate simulations to ground learning of abstract concepts such as buoyancy.

Author Biographies

Gonca Altuger-Genc, Farmingdale State College State University of New York

Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College.  She received her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, and received Master’s in Engineering and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology

Yue Han, Lemoyne College

Yue Han is an Assistant Professor at the Madden School of Business at Le Moyne College. She received her B.S. degree in Construction/Engineering Management from Central University of Finance and Economics, China.  She received her M.S. degree in Project Management and Ph.D. degree in Information Systems from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Yegin Genc, Pace University

Yegin Genc is an assistant professor at the Seidenberg School of CSIS at Pace University.  He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, MS degree in Information Technology from University of Central Missouri and PhD in Information Systems from Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Published

2018-12-23

How to Cite

Altuger-Genc, G., Han, Y., & Genc, Y. (2018). Towards Simulation Aided Online Teaching: Material Design for Applied Fluid Mechanics. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 14(12), pp. 112–125. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v14i12.8630

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