Introduction to Engineering Design: Go-Karts

2 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

Lecture, 90 minutes; laboratory, 90 minutes; outside study, three hours. Students learn and use concepts and techniques in computer-aided design, finite element analysis, machining, electric motor performance, steering linkages, and general mechanical design and assembly to work in teams and construct and test go-karts. Students present their designs orally and in writing. Letter grading.