Discussion on Case Teaching Method of Mechanical Majors in Petroleum Colleges Under New Situation

Abstract

At present, new knowledge in the field of mechanical engineering and petroleum equipment is emerging, which puts forward requirements for increasing teaching knowledge points. Engineering education professional certification also requires controlling the theoretical class hours on the premise of student-centered. In order to explore the teaching strategies of mechanical specialty in petroleum industry colleges and universities under this new situation, the new knowledge in the field of mechanical engineering and the frontier development trend in the field of petroleum machinery and equipment are combed, as well as the requirements of the current machinery industry for personnel training are analyzed. The case teaching method of integrating new mechanical engineering knowledge into petroleum machinery professional courses is proposed, which can teach students more knowledge points without increasing the class hours, and train students’ ability to apply multi-disciplinary knowledge to solve complex engineering problems according to professional certification requirements comprehensively. Combined with two courses of the oil and gas field downhole equipment and oil and gas field hydraulic machinery, the teaching case of pipe string with special thread and plunger pump is designed by using the method in this paper, and the practice in the teaching has received a good effect. The study recognizes that the integration of mechanical engineering new knowledge into the course of petroleum machinery specialty and the use of case teaching method can effectively solve the contradiction between the increase of knowledge points and the control of school hours under the new situation, which is conducive to the cultivation of mechanical engineering talents to meet the requirements of industry development. This method can be used as a reference for the training of mechanical professionals in other industrial colleges and universities.