At today's department meeting I asked about the progress of the faculty's policy/advice on generative AI use in writing MSc theses. It was announced to us before the summer that it was forthcoming. I was told it was unlikely to arrive and that, if it did, it wouldn't be …

Co-authored by co-instructors Jason K. Moore and Kenneth Lyons. Course Description Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations is a 30+ year old upper level elective in the mechanical engineering curriculum at the University of California, Davis. It is a classic mechanical engineering course that stems from the courses and books of Timoshenko …

Last week I taught an introduction to version control with Git to the UCD computer science capstone design course. There were about 100 students and I took them through the Software Carpentry Git lesson in just over 1.5 hours. From the feedback, I think it went really well. But …

My first quarter as a lecturer at UCD ended this past Friday with my final exam for my mechanical design course. I think the quarter went really well and that my students developed some solid design skills. Mike Hill, a veteran Prof. in our department, hit the nail on the …

I recently attended the First-Year Engineering Education Conference in Roanoke, VA (FYEE). I decided to go so I could immerse myself in the engineering education community for both inspiration and preparation for my new lecturer position at UC Davis. The conference was also very close to my hometown so I …