Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Rumpf, Ferris State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

– essentially a time & motion study project during their first semester in the MFGE program, every student is on the same footing as none enter the program with prior experience. Whereas we used to assign groups randomly, we now use the rank in class method to motivate underperforming students and give them one final chance to demonstrate subject mastery. • Computer applications project – a project that requires students to develop an Excel spreadsheet to solve an assigned set of engineering problems, write a training & operations manual for the spreadsheet in Word, and present their efforts to their peers using PowerPoint. Because students in the computer applications class come from multiple

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

implementation project. Communication Skills Finally, after the completion of their project, the students are required to write a final high- quality design report and give a clear and informative oral presentation elaborating on the works they have done throughout the semester. They are also required to demonstrate the operation of their production line.Project ComponentsAfter specifying the target product through brainstorming by team members, considering allconstraints (time, budget, availability of tools and equipment), the activities follow the threeproject phases of definition, planning, and implementation.The project has the following two main components (refer to figure 2) 5: a) Defining and solving design problems, which includes

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than a dozen papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assessments that

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Chandrashekar Subbareddy, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

asked six quantitativequestions with possible answers between 0-10 (0 for “not at all successful” and 10 for“extremely successful”). These questions rated their knowledge at the beginning of semester.Additionally, some qualitative questions were asked. These questions were graded by using theevaluator’s template and an established scale. These responses established the quantitativebaseline of students’ knowledge at the beginning of the course. Step 2 took place at theconclusion of the semester. Students were asked the same questions as in Step 1. The questionsdealt with topics such as their understanding product and process development, design formanufacturing and assembly, writing, presentation, and project management skills. In both stepsa