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- Title
Introducing Engineering Aims and Values through Rover Wheel Design.
- Authors
VOSS, SARAH; MARIE, EMMA; MILLER, BRIDGID; SCHECK, JAYME; KRUSE, JERRID; KENT-SCHNEIDER, ISAIAH; CHIBNALL, DAN
- Abstract
Engineering activities often engage students in the practices of engineers without explicitly addressing the nature of engineering. Yet, it is important for students to think more broadly about how engineers work, and especially how they make design decisions. This activity promotes understanding of one important aspect of engineers' decision-making—the role of aims and values. Students consider how NASA's aims and values, as well as their own personal values, might influence the development of a wheel for a Mars rover. Students also have the opportunity to design and test a rover wheel in this activity, which targets MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
- Subjects
UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; VALUE engineering; MARS rovers; MARTIAN exploration; ENGINEERING students; TEST design; WHEELS
- Publication
Science Scope, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 2, p40
- ISSN
0887-2376
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08872376.2024.2314674