INSTITUTION OF
ENGINEERS OF KENYA
ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE 2012
9-11 May 2012
1
DESIGN OF CURRICULUM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
G.O Nyangasi
Lecturer
Engineering Design
School of Engineering
University of Nairobi
2
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
List and content of courses- SLIDE 4-11
Academic staff- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Classroom space- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Classroom equipment- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Laboratory space in DRG 1-4
Laboratory equipment in DRG 1-4
Technical staff for DRG 1-4
Economic worthwhile-ness Slide 12
3
MATHEMATICS/BASIC SCIENCES,
COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
• 780 & 225 HOURS
APPENDIX A: MATHEMATICS, BASIC SCIENCES AND COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Physics (FME 111,112)
Laboratory Hours
1
90
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
*
*
*
*
90
30
*
*
*
15
15
90
90
15
15
2 Chemistry (FME 151,152)
Laboratory Hours
90
3 Pure Mathematics (FME 171,172)
4 Mathematics (FME 271,272,371,372)
90
*
*
*
90
90
5 Computer Science (FME 182,281)
Laboratory Hours
45
45
15
15
6 Statistics (Mathematics-FME 471)
7 Numerical Methods (FME 472)
*
*
*
*
8 Engineering Mechanics (FME 173-St.)
Laboratory Hours
45
45
45
15
7.5
7.5
9 Engineering Mechanics (FME 174-Dy)
Laboratory Hours
45
45
45
15
7.5
7.5
30
Mathematics and Basic Sciences (Total 1-9)
45
1 Elements of Philosophy (FME 168)
45
2 Communication Skills (FME 165)
3 Management for Engineers (FME 343)
4 Law for Engineers (FME 344)
*
TOTAL
90
*
*
*
90
90
*
180
180
*
*
90
90
15
15
45
*
45
45
45
*
45
45
780
*
*
*
45
45
*
*
*
45
45
*
*
45
*
45
45
*
*
45
*
45
45
45
45
45
5 HIV/AIDS ((FME 169)
COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES (Total 10,11,12,13,14)
225
4
ENGINEERING DRAWING &
DESIGN
• 270 HOURS
APPENDIX B: ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Engineering Drg (FME 161,261,262)
2 Engineering Design (362,461,462)
1
45
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
90
*
*
135
*
*
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING (15,16)
45
90
*
135
TOTAL
135
135
270
5
SOLID MECHANICS & MACHINES
• 735 HOURS
APPENDIX C: SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Solid Mec ( 201,202,301,302,401,502)
Laboratory Hours
2 Mechanics of Machines (211,212)
Laboratory Hours
1
*
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
90
90
45
45
270
30
45
45
90
90
90
30
15
15
90
90
90
30
15
15
90
90
90
30
15
15
90
90
90
30
15
15
3 Mechanics of Machines (311,312)
Laboratory Hours
4 Mechanics of Machines (411,412)
Laboratory Hours
5 Mechanics of Machines (511,512)
Laboratory Hours
SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES (17,18,19,20,21)
30
15
15
TOTAL
270
735
6
FLUIDS & THERMODYNAMICS
• 690 HOURS
APPENDIX D: FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Fluids (232,331,332,431,432,531,532)
Laboratory Hours
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
*
45
90
90
90
315
270
15
30
30
30
52.5
52.5
45
45
45
15
7.5
7.5
2 Turbo-machiney (422)
Laboratory Hours
3 Thermodynamics (222,321,322)
Laboratory Hours
*
4 Heat Transfer (421,521)
Laboratory Hours
*
TOTAL
45
90
135
135
15
30
22.5
22.5
*
*
5 Industrial Thermodynamics (FME
522)
Laboratory
Hours
FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS (22,23,24,25,26)
45
45
90
90
15
15
15
15
45
45
45
15
7.5
7.5
690
7
MATERIALS, WORKSHOP,
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
• 525 HOURS
APPENDIX E: MATERIALS/WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT TITLE
1
45
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
45
*
90
15
15
2 Materials (251,252,351,352,452,551)
Laboratory Hours
*
90
90
45
30
30
3 Production Technology (441,442)
Laboratory Hours
*
1 Workshop Technology (FME 144,244)
Laboratory Hours
*
TOTAL
90
15
15
45
270
270
15
15
45
45
90
*
90
90
15
15
30
MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY (27,28,29)
525
8
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
• 135 HOURS
APPENDIX F: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Electrical Engineering (291,391,492)
Laboratory Hours
1
*
TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (30)
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
45
45
45
*
135
15
15
15
22.5
TOTAL
135
22.5
135
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INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT &
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
• 180 HOURS
APPENDIX G: INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT/ENGINEERING PROJECT
SUBJECT TITLE
1 Industrial Management (FME
543,544)
Project (561,562)
2 Engineering
1
*
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
*
*
*
90
90
*
*
*
*
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT (31,32)
90
90
TOTAL
90
90
180
10
ELECTIVE COURSES
• 100 HOURS
APPENDIX H: YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
2 Experimental Stress Analysis
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
3 Mechanical Vibrations
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
4 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
5 Power Plants
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
6 Internal Combustion Engines
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
7 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Laboratory Hours
*
*
*
TOTAL
TOTAL (15-32)
YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
1 Elasticity and Plasticity
Laboratory Hours
45
45
45
15
7.5
7.5
11
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF
THE CURRICULUM
• Quantities and prices are used to
illustrate annual cost method and
• How it measures economic worthwhileness.
• Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost
(EUAC) for department
• Kshs 149,904,475 per year
• Unit cost per student
• Kshs 299,809 per student per year
12
HUMAN NEED
• Education and Training of
• Mechanical Engineer
13
DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM
• This is the stage of quantifying the human
need to be met
• By the object of design stated as
• Education/Training of Mechanical Engineer.
– Summarised in slide 15
• Job tasks that the graduate is expected to
perform.
• This is the specifications of requirements of
the design.
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JOB TASKS ENGINEERING
GRADUATE WILL PERFORM
ENGINEER
TASK
SYSTEM, PLANT, MACHINE
Control
Hydraulic Pneumatic Power
Mechanical
Machines
syste
system
system
pla
plant
ms
s
s
nts
Building
servi
ces
etc
Production &
Control
Hydraulic Pneumatic Power
Mechanical
Installatio Machines
syste
system
system
pla
plant
n
ms
s
s
nts
Building
servi
ces
etc
Operation &
Control
Hydraulic Pneumatic Power
Mechanical
Maintena Machines
syste
system
system
pla
plant
nce
ms
s
s
nts
Building
servi
ces
etc
Design
15
FORMULATE CONCEPT OR
PROPOSE SOLUTION
•
•
•
•
•
Formulating a concept
Propose a solution
To the problem defined in slide 15
Solution proposed shown in slide 17
Summarising bundles of courses
proposed
• In the Education/Training of Mechanical
Engineer.
16
CONCEPT
PROPOSED SOLUTION
• CURRICULLUM THEMATIC SUBJECTS
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
TOTAL
1 MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCES
2 COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
3 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
4 SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
5 FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
6 MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
7 TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT
9 YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
TOTAL
*
*
*
*
0
17
CONCEPT VS PROBLEM
• Slide 15 -Human needs defined into job
tasks to be performed by graduate
engineer
• Slide 17-Concept/proposed solution in
thematic subject bundles
• Compare Slide 15 with Slide 17 .
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ANALYSIS AND OPTIMISATION
•
•
•
•
Analysis and optimisation of concept
Breaking down the parts
Concept in Slide 17 (bundle of courses)
Specifying and quantifying sub parts
required
• Yields detailed design in Slide 4-11
• Specifying individual courses
• Time assigned to each course.
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PRESENTATION
• Results can be presented as shown in Slide 21:
Summary Specification of curriculum.
• Slide 17 shows the concept before it is elaborated
• Detailed curriculum content shown in Slide 4-11, and
summarised in Slide 21.
• Total hours for each bundle of courses in Slide 21
• Extracted from the detailed curriculum in Slide 4-11.
• Slide 17 is the concept and Slide 21 is the design.
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SPECIFICATIONS OF
CURRICULLUM
• CURRICULUM DESIGNED
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
1 MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCES
2 COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
780
225
270
735
690
525
135
180
3 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
4 SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
5 FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
6 MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
7 TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT
9 YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
TOTAL
*
*
*
TOTAL
*
52.5
3593
21
SPECIFICATIONS OF
REQUIREMENTS
• Slide 17 (concept) is a list of parts, 9 bundles
of courses.
• Slide 21 (design) is a list of the same parts,
but
• Each bundle specified in detail- Slide 4-11
• Total of 3593 Accreditation Hours, during a
five year period.
• Slide 21 can be the starting point, designated
as specifications of requirements to be met
by the design.
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SPECIFICATIONS OF
REQUIREMENTS
• Designer elaborates details
• To produce curriculum content in Slide
4-11.
• This is revising an existing curriculum.
• New curriculum then based on revising
existing curriculum.
• This avoids “rediscovering the wheel”
23
EVALUATION
•
•
•
•
•
•
Job tasks graduate will perform- Slide 15
Matches
Proposed curriculum
Detailed course content in Slide 4-11
To evaluate
Compare Slide 4-11 to Slide 15
24
COURSE CONTENT
SPECIFICATIONS-TEXT
• The text specification necessary for the
curriculum is the description of course
content shown in Slide 4-11.
• This description will state the topics to
be covered in the course content, and
where possible, the scope.
• This can be used to develop the
teaching material such as notes and
tutorials.
25
COURSE CONTENT
SPECIFICATIONS-TEXT
• Course content will be prepared in a
few lines, probably less than one page
• This content is then elaborated by
teaching materials such as notes and
tutorials.
• Notes and tutorials then describe the
course content more accurately.
26
ACADEMIC STAFF
SPECIFICATIONS-TEXT
• This is the human resources required to
implement the course content
• This is summarised in Slide 21
• The academic staff list prepared to match
curriculum in Slide 4-11
27
ACADEMIC STAFF REQUIRED
•
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
1 MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCES
2 COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
3 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
4 SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
5 FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
6 MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
7 TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT
*
*
*
9 YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
TOTAL
LIST
*
Staff
Staff
28
SPECIFICATIONS THROUGH
DRAWINGS
• Drawings prepared as part of design of
curriculum provide the space required to
house the population of learners.
• Space is required for classrooms and
laboratories.
• Courses listed in Slide 4-11 require
classrooms and laboratories for their
implementation.
• This requires to be reviewed even for
established courses where changes in
student numbers alter the demand for space.
29
SPECIFICATIONS THROUGH
DRAWINGS
• Specification for space required for curriculum
• University of Nairobi is used as an example
• Space available is represented by the Engineering
Block building
• Housing Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Engineering building plan drawings
• Ground floor- DRG. NO. 1, Second floor-DRG. NO. 2,
Third floor-DRG. NO. 3, Fourth floor-DRG. NO. 4
• The planned use of the space in Slide 31-33
30
ENGINEERING BUILDING
•
GROUND FLOOR
DRG. NO. 1
– Metrology laboratory
– Fab lab
•
SECOND FLOOR
–
–
–
–
–
DRG. NO. 2
Lecture hall 203
Lecture hall 204
School drawing office
Third year drawing office
Print and store room
31
ENGINEERING BUILDING
• THIRD FLOOR
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
DRG. NO. 3
Theory of machines laboratory
Elasticity and plasticity laboratory
Photo-elasticity laboratory
Servo-mechanism laboratory
Vibration laboratory
Store
Head of department (Professor) office
• FOURTH FLOOR
DRG. NO. 4
– Material Science Laboratory
32
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
• Other buildings
• Lecture Hall E 001
• Workshop which houses the rest of the
laboratories.
33
BILLS OF QUANTITIES
LABORATORIES
• Drawings-Physical facilities to house
learners
• Course content-text
• Academic staff list-text
• Equipment for laboratories
– Bills of quantities
• Equipment list
– To match course content and laboratory
space
34
TECHNICAL STAFF
SPECIFICATIONS-TEXT
• Technical staff required for course
content
• Classrooms and laboratories require
technical staff
• Match thematic areas for academic
staff- Slide 28 –repeated in slide 36
• For staff to operate and maintain space
and equipment within it.
35
TECHNICAL STAFF REQUIRED
•
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
1 MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCES
2 COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
3 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
4 SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
5 FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
6 MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
7 TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT
*
*
*
9 YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
TOTAL
LIST
*
Staff
Staff
36
SPECIFICATION FOR MAINTENANCE AND
CONSUMABLE MATERIALS
• Maintenance spares for equipment
• Consumable materials for laboratories
• Can also be presented in detail that match
courses listed in Slide 4-11,
• Summarised into the thematic areas
• Tallying with Slide 38
37
SPECIFICATIONS OF
CURRICULLUM
• CURRICULUM DESIGNED
SUBJECT TITLE
1
HOURS SPENT IN YEAR OF STUDY
2
3
4
5
AU
1 MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCES
2 COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
780
225
270
735
690
525
135
180
3 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAWING
4 SOLID MECHANICS AND MACHINES
5 FLUIDS AND THERMODYNAMICS
6 MATERIALS, WORKSHOP/PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
7 TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING PROJECT
9 YEAR 5 ELECTIVE COURSES
TOTAL
*
*
*
TOTAL
*
52.5
3593
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IMPLEMENTATION OF
CURRICULUM
•
•
1)
2)
3)
4)
Specifications of curriculum completed
Implementing curriculum
Building of facilities,
Acquisition of equipment,
Recruitment of academic and technical staff
Operation and maintenance.
– Maintenance and consumable materials.
•
Operation and maintenance is a continous
management activity
– With recurrent costs
•
Costs are to be covered in annual budgets.
39
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF
THE CURRICULUM
• Economic evaluation of curriculum is shown in
Slide 12,
• Curriculum designed with facilities and staff to
service 500 students.
• Annual cost method is used
• To estimate the annual cost for department and
per student
• The quantities used are rough approximations
• Quantities and prices do not reflect the true cost
.
40
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
List and content of courses- SLIDE 4-11
Academic staff- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Classroom space- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Classroom equipment- courses- SLIDE 4-11
Laboratory space in DRG 1-4
Laboratory equipment in DRG 1-4
Technical staff for DRG 1-4
Economic worthwhile-ness Slide 12
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END
DESIGN OF CURRICULUM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
3593 HOURS-5 YEARS
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