Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4158: CASE STUDIES IN ENGINEERING ECONOMICS FORMANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESSDr. Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University Priyadarshan Manohar is an Associate Professor of engineering at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Penn. He has a Ph.D. in materials engineering (1998) and graduate diploma in computer science (1999) from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and he holds a bachelor’s of engineering (metallurgical engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001-2003), and at BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Prod- ucts, Australia (1998-2001). Manohar held the position of Chief Materials Scientist at

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

Ford Donald Peterson issued an edict toFord engineers that they should design to a target value and not hide behind broad specification Page 25.1085.3limits. Also, it can be fathomed that this lesson was conveyed to the manufacturing shop floorASEE 2012 Annual Conference 2that when a target dimension has been specified by design, they should aim to get as close to it aspossible, and not convert it into a bilateral or goal-post tolerance.Specifying Manufacturing Tolerances for Precision Assemblies:For precision assemblies, tolerancing is always unilateral since it is based on limits and fits, andwith a definite fit in mind, a

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alister McLeod, Indiana State Uniersity; Jim Smallwood, Indiana State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4777: ROBOTIC CELL USAGE IN INDUSTRY: THE REBIRTHOF A FRONTIER FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Alister McLeod, Indiana State Uniersity Alister McLeod is an Assistant Professor at Indiana State University in its Applied Engineering Tech- nology Management Department. He is also the Program Coordinator for the Advanced Manufacturing Management program. In 2009, he obtained doctorate of philosophy in industrial technology from Purdue University. His research interests span the widespread adoption of operational improvement strategies, as well as technologies in the manufacturing sector. Previously, his research has made contributions to the sustainability of lean improvement strategies for first time

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education for Emerging Technologies and Competitiveness

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Firasath Ahmed Syed, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3052: PREPARING TO USE RAPID PROTOTYPING: LESSONSLEARNED FROM DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING PROJECTSDr. Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio Hung-da Wan is an Assistant Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of Machine Shop of College of Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of computer integrated manufacturing sys- tems, Six Sigma and lean methodologies, and manufacturing systems engineering. He also manages two rapid prototyping systems at UTSA. His current research interests include sustainability of manufacturing systems and web-based applications in manufacturing.Mr. Firasath