Arlington, Virginia
March 12, 2023
March 12, 2023
March 14, 2023
Professional Engineering Education Papers
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10.18260/1-2--45052
https://peer.asee.org/45052
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Completed 4 year diploma in Tool and Die making, BS in Engineering Technology, MS in Engineering Technology and MS in Engineering Management. Six Sigma Black belt certified. Worked in the industry for 27 years across India, Singapore and US. Taught adjunct for 8 plus years, currently an Assistant professor at the University of Memphis for last 2 years.
Current ET classrooms have a unique mix of students : The traditional ones who are beginning to explore ET major to puruse their career dreams and the non-traditional students who are currently employed and want to enhance their knowledge and skills by adopt " Learn while I earn" approach. This paper highlights the mutual benefits as it relates to classroom learning. Standardization is all around us - traffic lights, weights and measures to name a couple. However, time standards offer challenges in many ways. These are standards Industrial/Manufacturing engineers have to establish all the time for workers/operators. Given the many factors that needs to be considered, this papers explores a holistic way of teaching students to appreciate, experience and develop skills to embrace time standard studies.
Balasubramanian, R. (2023, March), Teaching Time standards in a practical way : How ET students were taught the importance of time standards in the real world Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45052
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