Exploring the Effects of Solid Modeling Approaches and Manufacturing Process Knowledge on Quality of Students’ Execution of Engineering Design Course Projects
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Prairie View, Texas
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March 16, 2022
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March 16, 2022
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March 18, 2022
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14
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--39181
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https://peer.asee.org/39181
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242
Paper Authors
Joseph Anthony Donndelinger
Baylor University
orcid.org/0000-0002-0421-1556
Mr. Donndelinger joined Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science as a Clinical Associate Professor after 23 years of experience in the automotive and cutting tool industries. During his 16 years as a Senior Researcher at General Motors’ Global Research and Development Center, Mr. Donndelinger served as Principal Investigator on 18 industry-university collaborative projects focusing primarily on conducting interdisciplinary design feasibility assessments across the engineering, marketing, finance and manufacturing domains. Prior to this, he held positions in New Product Development at Ford Motor Company and Onsrud Cutter. He currently serves as lead instructor for the Baylor Engineering Capstone Design program and teaches additional courses in the areas of Engineering Design, Technology Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development. Mr. Donndelinger has published three book chapters in addition to 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has been awarded two United States patents. Mr. Donndelinger earned an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Savannah Richards Baylor University
Ms. Richards is a senior mechanical engineering major at Baylor University and prospective graduate student in mechanical engineering. She has experience working in the Baylor Additive Manufacturing Lab as a lab assistant, focused on operating 16 fused filament fabrication 3D printers and a BossLaser laser cutter. She also serves as the president of Baylor's Engineers with a Mission organization that focuses on using engineering in a way that serves people.
Lisa Joanne Retzlaff
Abstract
A broad spectrum of manufacturing technologies, ranging from additive manufacturing to conventional CNC machining equipment, is now available to students in Engineering Design courses. Students face multiple challenges when developing designs and specifying manufacturing processes, one of which is acknowledging inherent interdependencies between geometric features on mating components and the processes selected for manufacturing the mating components. To address this challenge, the authors have conducted an observational study to identify the factors influencing student success when tailoring designs of geometric features on mating components to specific manufacturing processes. Factors considered in this study span both the design and manufacturing domains, ranging from alternative solid modeling approaches to process-specific guidelines for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
Initial results indicate that students achieve greatest success in designing compatible geometric interfaces on mating components after receiving instruction in both solid modeling approaches and capabilities of manufacturing equipment and processes. Additionally, the authors have identified specific benefits of delivering instruction on these subjects in a peer-to-peer, active learning format. Action plans for incorporating lessons learned from this study in engineering design courses are included in the paper.
Donndelinger, J. A., & Richards, S., & Retzlaff, L. J. (2022, March), Exploring the Effects of Solid Modeling Approaches and Manufacturing Process Knowledge on Quality of Students’ Execution of Engineering Design Course Projects Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Prairie View, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--39181
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