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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

health, butmight not be the most favorite activity at that time.It is clear from research that creativity, innovation, entrepreneurial mindset, and greatpresentation skills are all very valuable skills industry desires in an employee. The trick is to getstudents to practice these skills in a way that they find to be fun, challenging, and will instill Page 26.1107.2these skills. At the Texas A&M University, this is accomplished with an Intensive InnovationExperience called Aggies Invent. This paper will discuss the key elements and lessons learnedfrom hosting three of these events. We will discuss the facility, the program, and the

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Bonita Barger, Tennessee Technological University

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Manufacturing

better place. It is expectedthat TTU engineers will go on to be industry leaders, innovative business owners, and successfulentrepreneurs.The goal of the project reported in this paper is to prepare engineering students in three keycomponents of the college strategic plan: 1) leadership in industry, 2) innovation in business, and3) entrepreneurial success in engineering. These components are all being implemented in ajunior level manufacturing course, CNC Machining Practices. This course is an industrialprogramming course for automated machining systems like milling and turning. Students learnand practice coding, simulating, and real machining of industrial parts and components. Thiscourse is a required curricular course for engineering

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas

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Manufacturing

, he began sev- eral new degree programs, increased enrollments, introduced and developed the STEPs summer camp for girls and created the School of Engineering. Bennett holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; a Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering and PhD in metallurgy from the University of Minnesota; and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas. Prior to joining the University of St. Thomas, Bennett held executive positions in industry for more than 20 years, working at BMC Industries, CPI (now Boston Scientific) and Teltech as well as in several entrepreneurial organizations. Bennett served as Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for

Conference Session

Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; David E Cipoletti, Bucknell University; Kyle Montgomery, Bucknell University; Kerra Mercon; Laura Kathleen Poss, Bucknell University; Zachary Paul Ross, Bucknell University; Dan Robert Muccio

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Manufacturing

associated with K- WIDE, students participate because they want to become better design engineers and explore and hone their entrepreneurial thinking. Realization of a prototype isn’t the overall goal of this experience; it is used as a tool to create the context for thinking about design and value creation. Students often learn quite a bit about the approaches required to fabricate their