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Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Eric Owens

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4183: ALIGNING FLORIDA’S MANUFACTURING PROGRAMSWITH EXTERNAL STANDARDS: CLOSING THE LOOPSDr. Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Cen- ter of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways, curriculum development and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs, and professional development for technical teachers and faculty focused

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian W. Anthony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David E. Hardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

essential components and growth opportunities of thefoundation - manufacturing and innovation - of an economy.There are many indicators of the decline of manufacturing in the US, most of them economic.One troubling indicator is the persistent lack of interest in careers in this field, particularly at thecollegiate and post-graduate level. While there are continual calls for better labor force trainingand government programs to support the same, there are actually disincentives for promisingyoung professionals to enter this field. Societal perception and industry needs seem to runcounter to one another. We propose that the MEngM can serve as one example of a newnational model for professional manufacturing engineering education. It can profoundly

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Simoneau, Keene State College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Diane Dostie, Central Maine Community College; Lisa C. Hix, Keene State College; David J. Tuttle, Platt Technical High School

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Manufacturing

keeptheir programs attractive as viable educational and career pathways.As policymakers continue to try to revive the economy, newly proposed educational policies atthe federal, state and local levels are largely tactical rather than strategic, if policies exist at all.This paper will examine manufacturing education policies and their impact on the sustainabilityand growth of manufacturing programs. Key aspects of manufacturing programs will bepresented including student recruitment and retention, faculty and curriculum development, andlaboratory and programmatic costs.The current interest and discussions surrounding support for manufacturing, although wellintentioned, are not the result of proactive manufacturing policies but rather of a belated

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Manufacturing

5. Use certifications to empower employees and careersFinancial 5. Make programs relevant to industry to encourage more funding 8. Industry must support educators who want to teach new technologiesPipeline 10. Industries should preferentially hire manufacturing graduates 13. Support career pathways that do not include collegeMany of these goals are less about developing new initiatives and more about taking advantage of efforts Page 25.374.5that already exist. Some of the successes to date are listed below. • Recently the (US

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack P. Eng...., Grand Valley State University; Val Hawks, Brigham Young University

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Manufacturing

averaging 2.4 papers per year over the last decade and a half.Figure 5 – Simulation Papers by Year Figure 6 – Lean Manufacturing Papers by YearAwareness of manufacturing, Figure 8, has to do with the image of manufacturing as a professionaldiscipline and an attractive option for students to pursue as a career. Thus papers in this realm addresswhat are normally called pipeline issues (getting students in to the majors) as well as why they shouldconsider manufacturing as a career. This has always been a point of interest and concern but the datashow much more attention was paid to it in the last decade as opposed to the previous decade. The needof manufacturing students to be competent in communication, inter-personal skills, teamwork

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Heidi Blackburn, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

career. the Knovel database type of go to h (1) engineering engineeringrecognition of relevant handbooks and the need for information other Knovel lifelong Freshmen: database learning 40% reported

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard A. Gilbert, University of South Florida; Danielly Orozco, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE); Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Peggie Weeks, Lamoka Educational Consulting

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3364: DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR U.S. MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN STUDENTSDr. Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Cen- ter of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways, curriculum development and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs, and professional development for technical teachers and faculty

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett Ph.D., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; V. Raju, VIT University; Winston F. Erevelles, St.Mary's University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

; and 4) Manufacturingcompetitiveness. The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering is a tool for promoting greaterunderstanding of the breadth and depth of the field of manufacturing engineering. Initiatives areunderway, led by the SME Center for Education, to build on this foundation, to promulgate theconcept broadly within SME, and to engage in dialog with other professional societies thatrepresent engineering, engineering technology, industrial technology, and related educationalprograms from whose graduates enter manufacturing-related career paths. Supporting materialsare to be developed to aid in helping to inform a broader array of manufacturing professionals,post-secondary educators, high school educators, public policy

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Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

considering theireffectiveness to fulfill the expectations of the manufacturing industry, and enhance the job-readiness of students to better serve these ‘customers’ of our academic services.An additional benefit of this survey and evaluation is the validation of the topics and structure ofthe Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering, with the opportunity to contribute to evolutionaryimprovement if appropriate.Institutional ContextThe Manufacturing Technology major at our university is offered in the Department ofTechnological Studies, which is designed to prepare students for careers in professional andtechnical fields throughout industry. Classroom activities feature application-orientedexperiences that reinforce the theory presented in lecture

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ed Lugo; David Gonzales, El Camino College; Buford F. Pringle, Butler Community College; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

certified. He has since provided consul- tation and training to numerous industry-leading manufacturing organizations in process improvement, including Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Sustainable Manufacturing. Starting his career in manufacturing as a machinist, Gonzales pursued higher education as a means to steadily progress to greater levels of responsibility and professional success. His experience and education led to numerous management positions in aerospace manufacturing. His business experience includes mate- rials management, quality, and manufacturing pperations. Prior to joining El Camino College in 2006, Gonzales served as a consultant and trainer in the aerospace manufacturing

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University; Pamela Elizabeth Betz, Ball State University; Samuel Cotton, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

in career and technical education. He taught for three and a half years prior to this in secondary career and technical schools in Indiana. In the past decade, he has published 11 refereed articles, and he has presented several times each year at state, national, and international conferences over the past 20 years. He currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Technology at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Page 25.152.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An Approach to Incorporating Sustainability into a Manufacturing

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Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

Quarter-Century of Manufacturing Education”, ASEE AnnualMeeting, Louisville, KY, June 2010.6. Waldorf, D., Alptekin, S., Bjurman, R., “Plotting a Bright Future for Manufacturing Education: Results of aBrainstorming Session”, ASEE Annual Meeting, 2006. Page 25.1276.11Appendix A - Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum CommentsNote: Underlined text indicated items not addressed in the survey. • Project management and collaboration is important in today's environment. Soft skills will help one's career as much as technical education. • Focus on design and how it facilitates lean manufacturing. • I believe the portion of

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Progress in Manufacturing Education II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College; Branislav Rosul, College of DuPage

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Manufacturing

than 18 years.Mr. Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College Aco Sikoski completed his bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering in June of 1990, majoring in in- dustrial control. After completing his course work at the University of Kiril I Metodi, Skopje, Macedonia, he transferred to the United States in 1991, where he continued his engineering education at Purdue Uni- versity. He obtained a master’s of science degree in engineering in 2003. In the meantime, he worked as a project engineer for an engineering consulting company and as an adjunct faculty at Ivy Tech Community College. Intermittently, Sikoski has performed consulting for various institutions and organizations. In 1997, he started his career at Ivy

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin L. Devine, Illinois State University; Corinne Zimmerman, Illinois State University

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Manufacturing

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Low-Cost Manufacturing Outreach Activity for Elementary School StudentsMany postsecondary manufacturing programs across the country are exploring ways to reach outto K-12 students to help attract the next generation of students into Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. One effort to increase students’ interest in suchcareers involves exposing them to STEM concepts through field trips to science centers, spacecenters, universities, etc. Unfortunately, with ever-tightening budgets many school districts arecutting back on field trips and extra-curricular activities that often accompany STEM outreachactivities. This paper describes

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devi K. Kalla, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State College of Denver

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Manufacturing

beyond production to include material extraction,product use, and end-of-use strategies. Students will discuss life cycle stages for a variety ofexample products.6. ConclusionEngineering technology education strives to produce graduates who are ready to perform at ahigh level immediately after receiving their degrees and who can achieve strong professional Page 25.776.8growth throughout their careers. There is no doubt that sustainable green manufacturing willcontinue to be developing, be a benefit to society and improve the environment in various ways.We recognize the need for incorporating an environmental conscious course into ourmanufacturing

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam

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Manufacturing

keeping them from doing more to ensurethat this happens at their institutions.Intentions for the futureSurvey participants articulated their intentions to ensure learners are exposed to understandingand applying leadership principles and practices. Here are some of their intentional statements: o Would like to co-create a leadership course for undergraduates o Motivation, awareness, pro-active career planning o Ensure that students are fully engaged with the resources and services available to them o Training, experiential learning and personal development are intertwined. o Give them opportunities integrated within existing curriculum without having a stand-along course o Multiple sessions of seminars and service learning o

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Peter Vogt, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

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Manufacturing

complete manufacturing knowledge with the idea that they will continuously be receivinghands-on manufacturing experience throughout their education opposed to a single semester. In addition to the preceding single-semester class, the SPIRAL manufacturing curriculum(SPIRAL-MC) will continue throughout their entire undergraduate career (from Freshman to Se-nior year). The basic layout of the SPRIAL-MC is portrayed in Figure 1. This figure metaphori-cally presents progression of the new manufacturing curriculum on a spiral path. The spiral pro-gression illustrates that as students proceed with their undergraduate education, they will be con-tinually be learning new things and revising old topics, all of which are within a similar