During my graduate study, I served as teaching assistant for multiple courses. I am honored to receive Pi Tau Sigma distinguished teaching award in 2017 and 2019. Courses I have taught include:
- ME 340 – Dynamics Systems
- ME 342 – Design of Machine Elements
- ME 376 – Introduction to Mechatronics
- ME 445 – Mechatronics and Product Realization
- ME 446 – Automatic Controls
- ME 447 – Digital Controls
- ME 739 – Advanced Robotics
Specifically for ME 376, this is a newly developed, required course for mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum. I have been heavily involved in the curriculum development, primarily responsible for lab hardware integration and setting up a new suite of lab experiments.
This video shows the final project of the course. Throughout the semester we covered various topics in mechatronics, including circuit fundamentals, op-amps, filters, transistors, C programming, timer and interrupt, serial communication, analog and digital I/O, encoders, and integrate these knowledge into this motor position control application. I created a skeleton code for students to fill out during the lab that enables students to grasp the core of the project efficiently.
During my teaching assistantship for ME 342, I created a semester-long design project where students apply most of the course materials into designing a dual-stage gear reducer. The design project includes theoretical force and stress analysis, material selections, bill of materials, mechanical design, fatigue analysis, etc. Please see more details in the file below.
BOLUN ZHANG 