Advanced Vehicle Technologies for Efficient Powertrain Performance

Over the last decade, vehicle projects in our capstone design courses have progressively required more sophisticated design and manufacturing processes. At the same time, the general population of engineering students has less hands-on shop experience than their predecessors, the number of required manufacturing-oriented courses has decreased, and the complexity of tools used for detailing designs and handling materials have become more specialized. To remedy this situation, we have implemented a learner-centered approach for creating just-in-time resources that support project learning about vehicle systems. These are housed in an innovative design laboratory known as MindWorks. This project combined efforts of undergraduate students in technical elective courses as well as graduate student mentoring of design projects and thesis work surrounding state-of-the-art structural optimization and geartrain design.

• Record URL:
  http://www.webs1.uidaho.edu/niatt/research/Final_Reports/KLK420_N06-14.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology

  University of Idaho, Moscow
  115 Engineering Physics Building
  Moscow, ID  United States  83844-0901

  Research and Special Programs Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Odom, Edwin
  • Beyerlein, Steven
  • Sagen, Jason
  • Gallup, Lloyd
• Publication Date: 2006-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: College students; Design; Education and training; Gears; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power trains; State of the art; Structural models; Technological innovations; Technology; Transmissions; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Geartrain design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Design; Education and Training; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01044327
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: N06-14
• Contract Numbers: DTRS98-G-0027 (Grant)
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 9 2007 5:46PM