Assessment of Implementing an Undergraduate Integrated Thermal-Fluids Course Sequence on the Results of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FEE)

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to assess and analyze the impact that changing from a traditional two-course sequence in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics to a one-or two-course sequence in Thermal-Fluids Systems has had on the performance of engineering students at the United States Military Academy on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FEE). The two courses of interest are MC311: Thermal-Fluid Systems I and MC312: Thermal-Fluids Systems II. Both are taught by faculty members from the Mechanical Engineering program in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point but taken by students from the Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering programs.