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Role of Motorsports Club in Engineering Education


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Mechanical engineering concepts such as Heat Transfer and FEM are better understood by visualizing and getting hands-on experience on the problem where many of the students fail. One such process that helps the students visualize, understand, and feel the concepts is participating in student-level design and development challenges. For example, FMAE conducts various motorsport events like the design and development of Quad Bike, Baja Buggy, Formula Student, etc. These competitions create a platform for the students to form a team, design and develop vehicles, and compete against other teams nationally and internationally. It also increases the student’s ability to work in a team, takes responsibility for a mission-driven project, and increase leadership and managerial skills. During the process, the students enhance their skills of in-depth understanding, visualization, and knowledge of various engineering concepts.

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FEM (Finite Element Method), Visualization, Quad Bike, Test Bench, Heat Transfer, Competition Based Learning.
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Authors

Chepuri Sai Abhinav
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Kowdodi Siva Prasad
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Abstract


Mechanical engineering concepts such as Heat Transfer and FEM are better understood by visualizing and getting hands-on experience on the problem where many of the students fail. One such process that helps the students visualize, understand, and feel the concepts is participating in student-level design and development challenges. For example, FMAE conducts various motorsport events like the design and development of Quad Bike, Baja Buggy, Formula Student, etc. These competitions create a platform for the students to form a team, design and develop vehicles, and compete against other teams nationally and internationally. It also increases the student’s ability to work in a team, takes responsibility for a mission-driven project, and increase leadership and managerial skills. During the process, the students enhance their skills of in-depth understanding, visualization, and knowledge of various engineering concepts.

Keywords


FEM (Finite Element Method), Visualization, Quad Bike, Test Bench, Heat Transfer, Competition Based Learning.

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