Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Li, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2009-346: NEW GRADUATE COURSES DESIGNED TO PRODUCEENGINEERS TO FACE THE CHALLENGING MODERN INDUSTRYJeremy Li, University of Bridgeport Page 14.906.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 New Graduate Courses Designed to Promote Future Engineers to Face the Modern Challenging IndustryAbstractToday’s strong global industrial competition requires our future engineers to have theability to work in challenging and new industrial environment. It requires our studentsand future engineers to have the solid technical knowledge, strong leadership and bettercommunication skills. Because a number of advanced industrial knowledge has not beenincluded in the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

curriculum documents was revisited and used as thefoundation for a new document, Curriculum 2015 3. The current structure of this document isshown below. Part I - Surveying the landscape: What Industry Needs From Our Graduates Predicting the future through research Innovation in education K-12 recruiting and outreach Part II - Surveying the educational process: 2 year program issues and recommendations 4 year program issues and recommendations Graduate program issues and recommendations Part III - Goals and Strategies: The role of education in preparing for our future in manufacturing A plan to revitalize

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

to develop their tertiary educationand become a strong force in research and innovation.The third most important factor that is driving the transformation in manufacturing todayis the growth in technology. There have been unprecedented progress in the technologiesused for product design, fabrication, assembly and how the products are marketed anddistributed. The technological advances in fabrication and assembly at the macro, microand nanoscale level are major contributors to the current transformation. In a wide varietyof fields ranging from agricultural to biological, metals to plastics, and from medicine topharmacy, the advances in the associated manufacturing processes have expanded thescope manufacturing industry. The advances in the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

covered concisely in this section. The students are asked to prepare and conduct a presentation on Workers Compensation law for a U.S. State chosen by the author.≠ Product Safety and Liability: Next step is to associate the product design and development process, ethics and legal implications of engineering practice through product safety and liability. The students first learn technical concepts like fail-safe and fool-proof designs, and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) through case studies, videos, and computer programs. They are then loaned copies of the movie based on a class action lawsuit, and expected write a report on this product safety and liability case utilizing the law terms they have learned.≠ Stress

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Winston Erevelles, Robert Morris University; Jennifer Parsons, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

graduating engineers is both broadand deep and include both technical and professional skills. This is the crisis that faces STEMeducation today.Numerous reports have called attention to this STEM crisis that threatens the competitiveness ofthe United States. The National Academies undertook a study and documented its findings in areport entitled “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for aBrighter Economic Future”. This report identifies high priority actions that the United Statesneeds to take for the nation to successfully compete, prosper, and be secure in the globalcommunity of the 21st century8. Several such research studies and position papers have beenundertaken in recent years and many of the findings and