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Conceptual Design Studio
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This course attempts to develop design thinking, spatial sense, sensitivity to context and people. We asked students to practice the new skills learned in concurrent “Surveying (I)” and “Engineering Graphics” courses. All students learned to use drawing, on paper and on screen, to visualize an existing situation, its past, and its design-impacted future. They also experienced a mechanical test to evaluate the performance of their design towers. We also encouraged students provide and respond to constructive criticism from peers and instructors.
Physical Model Design Laboratory
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The students needed to apply the theory what we learn from “Applied Mechanics I/II” and also “Engineering Mathematics.” To finish the project about roller coaster on 2D and 3D track, students experienced the process of civil engineering and they may understand the difference between engineering theory and physical reality and the ways of solving the difference. Because the project needs to be done by group members together, the students experienced cooperation and communication through teamwork. This course also provided an opportunity to show students’ creativity. We also attempted to activate students’ self-learning ability.
Civil Engineering Capstone Challenge
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This course demonstrated the novel concept of the structural materials and the emerging area of the 3D printed architected materials for civil engineering applications. Students began with the introduction of architected materials and bioinspired materials to explore how Nature performs structural design. Then, fundamental theory for analyzing the mechanical behaviors including theoretical derivations and computational modeling will be introduced. Students will have the hands on opportunity to explore the design space of the structural materials. Students will also be able to 3D printing their design with the J750 3D printer and perform mechanical tests to examine the performance of their design.
Mechanics of Materials
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We taught students the basic concepts of mechanics of materials from the perspective of engineering and the methods of applied mechanics. It mainly covers the analysis of internal forces, stresses, strains, deformations of various types of members and their relationship with material strength. This course places special emphasis on classroom practice (derivation and calculation) and group discussions, so as to solve students' doubts directly in the classroom, allowing students to experience the tips and limitations of the derivation process, and students clearly understand each key assumption or insight. To serve as the basis for various mechanics-related applied courses in the future.
Introduction to mechanics of bio-inspired materials (NCKU)
“Learning from nature”is the theme of this course. We firstly introduce the different architectures inside of biological materials. Then we show several synthetic materials which mimic the architecture from biological materials. In order to discuss the mechanics of the bio-inspired materials theoretically, we review mechanics of axially loaded members and flexural deformation members what we learned in mechanics of materials. Furthermore, we briefly introduce the theories of anisotropic-linearly elastic constitutions, viscoelastic constitutions, and elastoplastic constitutions. The bio-inspired architectures “honeycomb”and “brick-and-mortar”will be exhibited and their mechanics will be detailed. On the other hand, the finite element method via ANSYS will be used to investigate the mechanics of bio-inspired materials computationally. Finally, uniaxial tests will be designed and conducted to study the mechanical behavior of bio-insured materials experimentally.
Advanced Engineering Mathematics (NCKU)
This course attempts to provide several advance topics of mathematical theory from algebra to analysis based on the college course “Engineering Mathematics.” The topics of algebraic theory include vector space, group theory, linear algebra, group theory, tensor algebra, complex algebra, and Clifford algebra. The fields of analysis contain ordinary differential equations, vector calculus, tensor calculus, complex analysis, hypercomplex analysis, calculus of variation, and integral equations.
Viscoelasticity (NCKU)
This course attempts to introduce the behavior of viscoelasticity, such as damping, hysteresis, creep, relaxation, fading memory, and aging. I try to discuss the mathematical models of viscoelasticity and familiarize students with analysis in time domain and frequency domain. Furthermore, I will introduce the applications to the fields of structural mechanics, solid mechanics, and bio-mechanics.
Theory of Plasticity (NTU & NCKU)
One aim of this course is to introduce the constitutive theories, mechanical behavior of elastoplasticity, and applications to materials, members, structures, and metal forming. A second aim is to discuss the experimental and analytical methods of elastoplasticity so that student is well informed about the theory of incremental analysis (time series analysis) useful in the study of elastoplastic problems. The final aim is to discuss the theory of limit analysis in high-dimensional load space. The benefits are for students to get familiar with experimental, theoretical, and computational fundamentals in plasticity, to be familiar with the formulation of incremental analysis, and to have a basic understanding of the high-dimensional limit analysis. This knowledge is essential in meeting the challenge posed by future engineering analyses and designs.
