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Intro to Mechanical Engineering

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5 sessions

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+9

This series ended on January 5, 2025. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Want to be an engineer? Or maybe you're just looking to learn a little more about how the world works? Come join this mechanical engineering series! Over five weeks, we'll cover the following topics:
  • Stress and strain
  • Statics
  • Simple machines
  • Mechanisms
  • Thermodynamics and heat transfer
If you find this course interesting, make sure to sign up. Note: a foundation in algebra is required and any higher math skills are recommended.

Tutored by

Sanjay R 🇺🇸

Certified in 20 topics

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Hi, my name is Sanjay, and I am a high school senior in NJ excited about engineering! I joined Schoolhouse to give and receive help on a variety of topics, from SAT prep to Physics to Calculus. In my freetime, I enjoy making art and watching YouTube. "The school I envision would embrace technology not for its own sake, but as a means to improve deep conceptual understanding, to make quality, relevant education far more portable, and— somewhat counterintuitively—to humanize the classroom." - Sal Khan, The One World Schoolhouse

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Feel free to come to whatever sessions you would like since we cover a completely different topic each time.

SESSION 1

23

Nov

SESSION 1

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Sat 11:00 PM - Sun, 12:30 AM UTCNov 23, 11:00 PM - Nov 24, 12:30 AM UTC

During our first session, we'll cover the basics of stress and strain. We will investigate the following questions:
  • What is stress, force, area, pressure, and how are they all related?
  • What is strain and why is it important to engineers?
  • How can we relate stress and strain to characterize different materials?
SESSION 2

30

Nov

SESSION 2

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Sat 11:00 PM - Sun, 12:30 AM UTCNov 30, 11:00 PM - Dec 1, 12:30 AM UTC

During our second session, we'll cover vector math and statics. We will investigate the following questions:
  • What is statics and how does it differ from dynamics?
  • How can free body diagrams and Newton's second law be used to solve statics problems?
  • Where can we find examples of statics being used in an engineering career?
SESSION 3

14

Dec

SESSION 3

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Sat 11:00 PM - Sun, 12:30 AM UTCDec 14, 11:00 PM - Dec 15, 12:30 AM UTC

During our third session, we'll learn about simple machines, with a focus on levers and pulleys. We will investigate the following questions:
  • What are the six simple machines and how do they improve mechanical advantage?
  • What are the classes of levers and how are they used in the real world?
  • How can we calculate the mechanical advantage of complex pulley systems?
SESSION 4

21

Dec

SESSION 4

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Sat 11:00 PM - Sun, 12:30 AM UTCDec 21, 11:00 PM - Dec 22, 12:30 AM UTC

During our fourth session, we'll learn about mechanisms, with a focus on gears. We will investigate the following questions:
  • What are gears, cams, and linkages?
  • How can we calculate the gear ratio of complex gear systems?
  • How are mechanisms used in real-world products?
SESSION 5

4

Jan

SESSION 5

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Sat 11:00 PM - Sun, 12:30 AM UTCJan 4, 11:00 PM - Jan 5, 12:30 AM UTC

During our fifth session, we'll learn about thermodynamics and heat transfer. We will investigate the following questions:
  • What are the three laws of thermodynamics?
  • What are Carnot cycles and how do they apply to real-world thermodynamic systems?
  • How can we use thermodynamic math to calculate heat transfer between materials?

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Nov 23 - Jan 5

7 weeks

90 mins

/ session

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11:00PM