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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Vania Willms

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Manufacturing

is greatly researched and indemand on most fields in this industry. Blending these subjects in the classroom can be expendedto motivate students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).Image and video capture using a cell phone camera and VEX sensors can be explored into moredepth in the middle school classroom.This study examined the use of VEX sensors and an iPhone 6 camera as an introduction to robotperception to middle school students. VEX line followers, ultrasonic rangefinders, and an iPhonecamera were used to perform object recognition and conduct robot navigation within a classroomrobotics competition field setting.OverviewComputer science drives innovation and is one of the fastest growing fields in

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University

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Manufacturing

problem solving,management of resources, and process planning. Manufacturing is important and has greatimpact on economic development. Thus, it is imperative to provide pathways for students topursue careers in the manufacturing field.This paper discusses the development and implementation of articulated college credit forholders of "Louisiana’s Fast Start Program C4M Certification for Manufacturing”. Thiscertification was developed by Louisiana Economic Development – Fast Start Program and isoffered by different technical and community colleges in the state. It requires the completion ofone year of training on manufacturing oriented topics to include: Introduction to Manufacturing,Tools and Equipment Used in Manufacturing, and Introduction to

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bart Taylor M.Ed., A&M Consolidated High School; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Dezhen Song

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #14539MAKER: From 2-D Projective Geometry to 3-D Object Recognition and 3-DPrinting Processes for High School StudentsMr. Bart Taylor M.Ed., A&M Consolidated High School A Dedicated career and technology teacher with fifteen years of experience in the classroom. Offer a proven track record of commended performance in teaching, and leadership, with a passion for educa- tion and a commitment to continually pursue student, school and district success. Experience includes classroom teaching, motivational speaking, district curriculum and instructional coaching, professional development planning/presenting, high

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Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

likely be sufficient. It made me think about it a lot more than before. It had not [had an] impact on me pursuing graduate school, but did influence a career in corporate research.Based on the above responses, it appears most of the participants are leaning toward attendinggraduate school. A few are thinking about obtaining a Master’s degree first and then continuingto a Ph.D. later or work in industry first and then pursue a higher degree later.The REU experience seems to allow individual participants to know themselves better and learnmore about doing research—both the fun and interesting side the challenging and hard workside. It also helps them to know what to expect from a graduate degree program.The research experience of

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Innovations in Curriculum and Course Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

-orienteduniversities [1] in graduating potential industry leaders, managers and supervisors with a broaderview of STEM disciplines, which may provide additional incentive to prospective students to maketheir career decisions towards STEM areas.What is Mechatronics?The term mechatronics was first used in the late 1960s by a Japanese Electric Company to describethe engineering integration between mechanical and electrical systems. It is an integratedcomprehensive study of electromechanical systems, integrating electrical, mechanical andcomputer engineering areas [1]. Mechatronics can be defined as the analysis, design, andintegration of mechanics with electronics through intelligent computer control [2], as can be seenin Figure 1: Figure 1 Mechatronics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

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Manufacturing

 chassis. Projects will be evaluated on adherence to design constraints, creativity, and speed of their vehicles.  Project Goals and Motivation:  Baker College Flint has shifted its admissions and outreach processes over the past few years to focus more on middle school and high school students. Bringing younger students into the college creates a need for more hands on activities. Instead of showing students the laser cutter and 3D printers on a tour and demonstration we want to give them a hands on experience to design, do rough analysis and print out a shell for a remote control vehicle.  Most students, especially students who come to us interested in STEM topics and STEM careers, have heard of 3D printing. Exposing students to the technology

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Additive Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bret Alan Davis, Intel; Michael Cassidy, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

undertook the project primarily dueits challenging nature. However, as the project progressed the students became much moreinvolved in the historical and musical aspects of the project.The objective of the senior design sequence is to train students to use the knowledge and skillsgained during their academic career to conceptualize, design, and develop a practical product. Akey component of this development is the demonstration of a working prototype of the product.Expected student learning outcomes included an ability to use the knowledge and tools of thediscipline relating to acoustic measurement and analysis, 3D printing and prototyping,microcontroller-based sensing, analysis, and communications, an ability to design, fabricate,analyze, and

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

-proposal for their capstone project. In Phase II (residencyweek), students are involved in several activities related to the best practices in businessresearch methodologies. Depending upon the class size, the residency week may includea one-day visit to a local company / case study as an exercise to formulate researchquestions based on a real-world problem. Alternately, instructors can develop teachingcase studies based on real-world problems to aid the student learning.Course Objectives  The objectives of the Distributor Process I course are to provide the students with sufficient exposure and training to perform applied research in their post- graduation career in general, and carry out their capstone projects in particular

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Hands-on Entrepreneurial Engineering Management Course and Its Experiential LearningAbstractEntrepreneurial Engineers are educated for the forthcoming economy and market, whereentrepreneurs with technical skills have tremendous opportunities and career options. This newcourse was developed in Spring 2015 and offered in Summer 2015, delivering skills sets inengineering, marketing management, economics and globalization for the 21 century’s state-of-the art Renaissance Engineers and Managers as a faculty-led program in Turkey.The authors strongly believe in experiential learning. Traveling, experiencing, and exploringother cultures helps students grow personally and professionally

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Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Wendell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amos G. Winter V, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

design, manufacturing, and instrumentation.Prof. Amos G. Winter V, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amos Winter is the Ratan N. Tata Career Development Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechan- ical Engineering at MIT. He earned a B.S. from Tufts University (2003) and an M.S. (2005) and Ph.D. (2011) from MIT, all in mechanical engineering. Prof. Winter’s research group, the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab, characterizes the unique technical and socioeconomic constraints of emerg- ing markets and then uses engineering science and product design to create high-performance, low-cost, globally-relevant technologies. The group primarily focuses on assistive devices, brackish water desali- nation

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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rajesh Ganithi, Petroleum Institute

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #15611Teaching Work-Holding in Undergraduate ClassesDr. Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University Dr Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan – Siva is a Srilankan by birth and a citizen of the United Kingdom. His experience in Sri-lanka started with an year’s post-graduate apprenticeship in the manufacturing shops of the Government Railway and nine years in the Cement Industry. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from University of Srilanka, and obtained his Masters from the University of Aston and PhD from City University of London, both in the UK. He started his career in the UK as the Senior

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victor Taratukhin, Stanford University; Yulia Yadgarova P.E., Bauman Moscow State Technical University; Anastasia Stelvaga, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

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Manufacturing

priceboundaries.At the presented investigation the reference framework for the IoT environment withinproduction line (Industrial Internet framework) is proposed. The concept of our framework isbased on the idea of different abstraction layers and responsibilities of software packages.A main proposed result of this study is a new approach for student education. The projectwas developed by the group of students under the supervision of industry vendor. Practicebased learning approaches are hard to overestimate and participation in suchinterdisciplinary, industry - academia initiatives provides students with a great industrialinsights and is exceptionally useful for their future career development.The paper is structured as follows. A brief history and

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark G. Diller, University of Dayton; Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

positive comments. A few of thesecomments are included below, again illustrating the positive impact of the workshop. “So much fun! I love how we make useful products. Professors provided great overview and were so great!!” “Very, very hands-on and had very obvious connections to respective engineering field. The professors were the best and explained everything. Their explanations of each part really left me with a deep understanding.” “So much fun! We learned so much about the technology part of engineering and even got to create our own circuits and flashlight case.”While the workshop has been successful, it is always being refined and improved. This projecthas been used to introduce students to applied engineering careers for

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

human interfacing) in real-life problem solving. The experience enhances students’ hand-oncapability and prepares them for entering real world career in robotics and system automation[10]. Future plans include combining multiple robots to form a large robotic network systemwhich can collaborate in the large area surveillance and patrolling in multi-room scenario,exchange sensed data among them and stitch each piece of fragmental information into a bigpicture which reflects an overall view of the entire environment. This kind of data processing canbe sent to Cloud for further analysis for any response to be taken if necessary. Besides thedomestic service applications, the same idea can be applied to industrial environment as well,especially for

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Alfonso Pruneda, University of Texas, El Paso; Sara Soto, Academic Technologies ; Erik Lopez, Academic Technologies; Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies

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field in his first year as an employee of Academic Technologies. The cooperative en- vironment in Academic Technologies has improved Erik’s ethical, professional and personal involvement during the past years.Mr. Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies Gilbert Paquian has always been fascinated with how things work. During his undergraduate career pur- suing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, his project-oriented work with Academic Technologies and the completion of an internship with W. Silver Incorporated, a local steel mill, were able to satisfy his curiosity learning about the inner workings of various machines, electrical components and computer software. After

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ananda Mani Paudel, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Devi Kiran Kalla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Manufacturing

incorporated in a DDM course offered in the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology Program. This new course enables students to learn the theoretical aspects as well ashelp them understand the technological impact of DDM to the manufacturing industry. Thiscourse prepares them to deal with the newer developments and face upcoming challengeswhether they will be pursuing engineering careers of product designer, 3D printing professionals.In this course students gain hands on experience in AM processes, product designing, 3Dprinting, and were able to analyze the technology by using product life cycle approach.This newly developed course is successful in attracting a significant number of students. Thecourse helps us to serve the advanced manufacturing community

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Arturo Olivarez Jr., University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

students opportunities for acquiring 21st century knowledge and skills required to compete with a technology-rich workforce environment. The second c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15360 grant aims at providing educational and administrative support to undergraduate student in areas of career and financial management planning. He has been selected as Research Fellow at the Educational Test- ing Service at Princeton for two consecutive summer terms. He has been program chair and president of the regional association (Southwest Educational Research Association) and presently