2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

During the fall 2022 semester, the Mechanical Engineering department at the primary authors institute was interested in implementing a hands-on project in their Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course. The goal of the project was to provide new students an exposure to mechanical engineering through means of reverse engineering and experimental data collection. It was decided upon that the project would be based around a 10 hp Briggs and Stratton engine. In the projects students disassembled a set of engines and had discussions about the material selection and engineering design choices made. Then, using an identical engine, performance measures were collected using a small engine dyno. In this paper, the implementation of the project along with the learning outcomes from the project are presented. The results and conclusions drawn from a reflective assignment will be provided to express how students perceived their knowledge gained from the project specifically in the area of engineering design and analysis.