Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Qualters, Northeastern University; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University; Ann McDonald, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, engineering studentsin particular have been shown to have a preference for active, visual, hands-on learning10-13.While previous generations have valued solitary contributions, today’s students are communal intheir learning style. Ron Zemke14 has characterized these students as “leave no one behindattitude”. This is a generation brought up with cooperative and collaborative learning modelsfrom kindergarten.Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs Within Supply ChainsIn determining a model industry in which to explore the research questions, the U.S. automotiveindustry seemed the most likely choice. Car manufacturing relies on hundreds of suppliers forcomponents and materials to manufacture vehicles, with emissions released to air, water, and