“Mechanics” and “Fluids” are familiar concepts for any newly-registered engineering student. However, when combined into the term “Fluid Mechanics”, students are thrust into the great unknown. The present artcle demonstrates the process of adaptaton employed by the Fluid Mechanics course in the undergraduate engineering program, along with the teaching methodology, teaching materials and results obtained, evaluatng the fnal objectve in terms of student satsfacton and level of learning. | Journal of Technology and Science Education METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN FLUID MECHANICS COURSES IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS P. Javier Gamez-Montero, Gustavo Raush, Lluis Domènech, Robert Castlla, Mercedes García-Vílchez, Hipòlit Moreno, Albert Carbó Department of Fluid Mechanics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Spain pjgm@, , , castlla@, , hmoreno@, Received July 2014 Accepted January 2015 Abstract “Mechanics” and “Fluids” are familiar concepts for any newly-registered engineering student. However, when combined into the term “Fluid Mechanics”, students are thrust into the great unknown. The present artcle demonstrates the process of adaptaton employed by the Fluid Mechanics course in the undergraduate engineering program, along with the teaching methodology, teaching materials and results obtained, evaluatng the fnal objectve in terms of student satsfacton and level of learning. Keywords – Online questonnaire, Learning strategies, Student-centered methodology, Interdisciplinary, Engineering, Motvaton. ---------- 1 INTRODUCTION The establishment of the European Higher Educaton Area (EHEA) has led to important changes in our university educaton system, and thus in engineering programs. In spite of the fact that artcles such as that by Mills and Treagust (2003) show a clear need for change in teaching methodology, away from the dual noton of teachingprofessor and towards that of learning-student, engineering programs contnue to show an unfortunate inclinaton towards the former approach. This is in spite of the fact that this discipline allows for a multtude of learning tools. The overall environment also plays an important role in the university educaton system, in which providing students knowledge with a fundamentally theoretcal structure fails to develop the .
