How Do You Teach Vibrations to Technology Students?

Vibrations is an upper level mechanics course that is seen to require upper level math to understand. Technology students do not typically have the math background that most texts require in explaining the topic. The major concept inventories of the course (as submitted here) do not require the math background. Engineering technology is seen has a "hands-on," applied engineering education. The concept inventories can be taught to this group of students with the mathematical detail typically shown. This paper introduces the concept inventories needed for a vibrations class and provides a guideline for teaching these concepts to applied engineers.