Motivating non-electrical and computer engineering students to learn C Programming

Authors

Nicholas Baine, Grand Valley State UniversityFollow
Hugh Jack

Department

School of Engineering

College

Padnos College of Engineering and Computing

Date Range

2014-2015

Disciplines

Engineering

Abstract

All too often manufacturing and mechanical engineering students perceive computer programming as irrelevant to their studies. This is not surprising in that computer programming is taught almost exclusively with non-manufacturing examples. To address this problem a programming project was created for a freshman class. The project focused on a tolerance stack with a gap specification. The paper outlines the tolerance problem, core programming concepts, and the final solution. The programming assignment and a sample solution are provided in the appendices for reuse or modification for other engineering schools.

Conference Name

122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Location

Seattle, WA

ScholarWorks Citation

Baine, Nicholas and Jack, Hugh, "Motivating non-electrical and computer engineering students to learn C Programming" (2015). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 668.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/668