Integrating dynamic systems materials into a mechanical engineering curriculum through innovative use of web-based acquisition and hands-on application and use of virtual graphical user interfaces Part 4: Alternate approaches for teaching fourier series applications

(In many of the older FFT analyzers, there was a set of cryptic commands that must be used in combination with odd sequences of button pushes in order to perform simple operations-this caused a distraction to the actual understanding of the material that was required to be learned.) In order to circ...

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Published in:Experimental techniques (Westport, Conn.) Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 16 - 22
Main Author: Avitabile, Pete
Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2008
Blackwell Publishing Inc
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Education
Educator’s Corner
Exercise
Learning
Materials Science
Mathematical models
Students
Teaching
ISSN:0732-8818, 1747-1567
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Summary:(In many of the older FFT analyzers, there was a set of cryptic commands that must be used in combination with odd sequences of button pushes in order to perform simple operations-this caused a distraction to the actual understanding of the material that was required to be learned.) In order to circumvent some of the problems noticed with the structured lab "button-pushing exercise" (as student evaluations often commented), a separate MATLAB graphical user interfaces (GUI) was developed to explore the Fourier Series for representation of common signals. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Division Some of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering Education Division Grant EEC-0314875 entitled "Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching Basic Core STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems."
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ISSN:0732-8818
1747-1567
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-1567.2007.00218.x