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BARROSO and  \nJAMES R. (“JIM”) MORGAN  \nZachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University  \nCollege Station, TX  \nABSTRACT  \nThis paper describes the creation and evolution of an undergraduate dynamics and vibrations course for civil engineering students. Incorporating vibrations into the course allows students to see and study real civil engineering applications of the course content. This connection of academic principles to real life situations is in itself a critical learning stage for the students, and addressing the creation of these connections led to the incorporation of active demonstrations into the course. The course also focuses on developing skills through various active learning strategies that can be transferred to other non-structural engineering courses, such as problem solving and critical thinking, as well as ABET skills such as teamwork and the utilization of computer tools. This paper presents how designing a course structure and implementation with the explicit consideration of developing these critical skills aids students in mastering both course content and in enhancing their educational development. Results of increased student performance due to the synthesis of strategies incorporated into the course are presented, including performance in a later course as well as in the dynamics portion of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam.  \nKeywords: dynamics, vibrations, active learning, project-based learning, cooperative and collaborative learning, real-world connections, learning communities  \nINTRODUCTION  \nProgressive faculty see dynamics and vibrations as a unified body of knowledge built upon avery limited number of basic equations and principles. Nevertheless, thanks in part to the traditional  \nWINTER 2012 1  \nADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION  \nDeveloping a Dynamics and Vibrations Course for Civil Engineering Students Based on Fundamental-Principles  \napproach for teaching introductory dynamics, many undergraduate students see dynamics is a collection of tricks, one for each type of specific problem. It should be no surprise that problem solving is seen by the students as a search for a similar example problem and/or the magic formula that will give an answer. Given this approach to dynamics, it also should be no surprise that students dread and dislike the course, the material, and by extension the faculty who teach the course. Most introductory textbooks for dynamics courses “customarily downplay the pervasive nature of differential equations as dynamics natural language [1] .” It is not surprising that civil engineering students do not see the relevance of the material or its connection to civil engineering since almost all examples are rooted in mechanical engineering. As a result, civil engineering students traditionally view the undergraduate dynamics course as a weed out course that is totally unrelated to their major, and they do not see vibrations until graduate school.  \nA basic goal of this course is to help students perceive dynamics as tool for evaluating an ever changing world. That they do not is particularly troubling to faculty in earthquake engineering and controls areas of civil engineering, but it is also troublesome in teaching the capstone design class. While it is true that most code based load calculations are in terms of equivalent static procedures; it also is true that understanding dynamic behavior allows students to recognize the applications and limitations of these procedures. 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