Dynamic Systems Group Meeting Summary
Wednesday July 26, 2006 (Week 3)
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Mechanical Engineering Conference Room
Attendees: B. Lemke, A. Mazzei, R. Stanley, J. Brelin-Fornari, R. Lundstrom, T. Cameron
Action Items
Richard Stanley
1. Put assessment data for MECH-310 into the standard Excel assessment spreadsheet being used
by the department and e-mail it to the Dynamic Systems Group (medyn@kettering.edu)
2. Compare term-to-term assessment results for MECH-310 and report back to the Dynamic
Systems Group (by e-mail) if there are or are not any recommendations for changes in the tools,
techniques, or topics in order to improve student learning and retention.
Brenda Lemke
1. Put assessment data for MECH-231L into the standard Excel assessment spreadsheet being
used by the department and e-mail it to the Dynamic Systems Group (medyn@kettering.edu)
2. Compare term-to-term assessment results for MECH-231L and report back to the Dynamic
Systems Group (by e-mail) if there are or are not any recommendations for changes in the tools,
techniques, or topics in order to improve student learning and retention.
Ram Chandran / Richard Lundstrom
Submit memo to Joel Berry (cc members of the Dynamic Systems Group) requesting additional
computers for the Denso Lab.
Meeting Transactions
I. The Dynamic Systems Group unanimously approved the following CLO’s for MECH-310, Mechanics III
(Dynamics) presented by Richard Stanley
Upon completion of MECH-310, Mechanics III (Dynamics), the student will be able to:
1. Analyze the kinematics of a particle in order to predict its motion in standard 1-D and 2-D coordinate
systems [ME PO’s a, e, m]
1.1. Rectilinear (1-D) motion
1.2. Motion in the Cartesian coordinate system
1.3. Motion in the normal-tangential coordinate system
1.4. Motion in the cylindrical coordinate system
1.5. Relative motion between two particles.
2. Analyze a mechanical system and predict the forces acting on a particle or the motion of a particle
resulting from external forces [ME PO’s a, e, m]
2.1. Create a Free Body Diagram (FBD) of a particle or a connected system of particles (e.g, a pulley
system)
2.2. Apply Newton’s 2nd Law to a FBD in any coordinate system listed in CLO #1.
2.3. Apply impulse-momentum principles and impact loading principles
2.4. Apply work energy-energy principles
3. Analyze the kinematics of a rigid body or a connected system of rigid bodies in order to predict the
motion of the body(s) and/or the motion of a point on the body(s). [ME PO’s a, e, m]
3.1. Apply kinematic principles to a rigid body in order to predict its angular motion
3.2. Apply kinematic principles to a system of connected rigid bodies in order to predict the angular
motion of any of the connected bodies by using different reference systems
3.3. Apply kinematic principles to a system of connected rigid bodies in order to predict the linear
motion of a point on any of the connected bodies by using different reference systems
4. Analyze a mechanical system and predict the forces acting on a rigid body or the motion of a rigid
body resulting from external forces [ME PO’s a, e, m]
4.1. Create a Free Body Diagram (FBD) of a rigid body or a connected system of rigid bodies
4.2. Calculate the mass moment of inertia of a rigid body
4.3. Apply Newton’s 2nd Law to the FBD
4.4. Apply work-energy principles
