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Maximilian Aisenstat



aisensta@ualberta.ca
Undergraduate Co-op
Biomedical Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum Development

Research Interests: Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Robotics, Mechanical Design, Biomechanics


Computer-Aided Design (CAD) has greatly improved and streamlined the design process by eliminating the need for hand drawings, allowing engineers and designers to make high-precision parts and assemblies in virtual 3D space, and giving them the opportunity to run powerful simulations on their models. This allows them to make better designs more quickly, while easily making changes to their design without having to redraw their model. SOLIDWORKS is one of these powerful CAD tools.
As part of the Curriculum Development Team, I helped to improve the MecE 265 course, a course teaching second-year mechanical engineering students about the design process, drafting, and how to use the SOLIDWORKS CAD program. As a team, we revised and improved all of the tutorials and assignments in the course, and built physical models of many of the designs that students will make in the course as part of the tutorials and assignments. We believe that having these physical models will help students to more easily visualize the models they are building, and realize the effects of different design choices they can make. Some of the models we built include: a lego block section view, a lego man, a functioning model motor tricycle, and a functioning model air engine demonstration.


Sample Tutorial Photo

Running Air Engine Prototype