Creating a Virtual Lab Experience for Student Success in Mechanical Engineering Course

The focus is to increase accessibility to ME 105 in order to help students finish their degree in a timely manner. Currently one of the sections is an evening offering which ends at 8:45 pm. This late offering interferes with (i) the student's work schedule; most of them work in order to supplement their college costs or (ii) their ability to take other classes offered during daytime hours of the following day especially if they have a long commute to and from campus. The goal of this project is to create a virtual lab environment that adopts “two tracks of online and in-person labs alternating every week.”