Chapter28 Review of a Pilot Internet System Dynamics Course C.C. Claeys, S. Leuridan, D. Brown, and J. Connor Abstract The University of Cincinnati has offered a Ph.D. level System Dynamics Course since the early 1980s. Originally, the course was concerned with experimental modeling aspects (impedance and modal modeling) and was complemented by a Fourier Analysis (Digital Signal Processing) and a Finite Element course sequence. In the 1990s, this course morphed from a lecture based course to a project based self study course with reduced formal lectures and more mentoring. The students in the course were broken up into groups of 3–5 students and they were required to use MATLAB to program the signal processing, parameter estimation and modeling algorithms. In 2006, this course was offered for the first time as an Internet Course to students at other universities and institutions. The main reason is that at any single site or university there are not enough students to justify offering such a course. This paper will review the progress of this effort. Keywords Structural dynamics • Teaching • Online learning • Mentoring • Collaboration Acronyms CMIF Complex Mode Indicator Function DSS Digital Sensor System DOF Degree of Freedom EMIF Enhanced Mode Indicator Function ERA Eigenvalue Realization Algorithm FEM Finite Element Modeling FFT Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm FRF Frequency Response Function GUI Graphical User Interface IMAC International Modal Analysis Conference IT Information Technology ITD I Time Domain JMAC Japanese Modal Analysis Conference C. Claeys ( ) Department Mechanical Engineering, PMA, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300 B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium e-mail: claus.claeys@mech.kuleuven.be S. Leuridan Department Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300 B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium e-mail: steven.leuridan@mech.kuleuven.be D. Brown Structural Dynamics Research Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, 2600 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, 45221 OH, USA e-mail: david.l.brown@uc.edu J. Connor SPACEX, 1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne, 90250 CA, USA e-mail: Jack.Connor@spacex.com R. Allemang et al. (eds.), Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 43, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6546-1 28, © The Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. 2013 271
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