students. Among the 12 participants (ten in-service teachers and two pre-serviceteachers), 11 were from under-represented groups (92%), and five were female (42%). Duringthe training period, the teachers took part in capsulated technical sessions (metrology,conventional machining, computer aided drafting/machining, and additive manufacturing),complementary lab practice, field tours, research seminars, and guided research projects. Thedeliverables from the program included an implementation lesson/lab plan, as well asdissemination of newly acquired knowledge at an annual teacher summit. The participants alsosummarized their studies and shared their posters with other research students, teachers fromdifferent RET, and REU programs on campus
, communications, ethics, economics of engineering, etc. into theengineering curriculum [2].The traditional ‘chalk and talk’ pedagogy is more unlikely to satisfy the requirements of theaccreditation criteria and what industries need from engineering graduates. PBL seems certainlythe best way to satisfy industry needs without sacrificing the knowledge of engineeringfundamentals and welcomed by students, industry and accreditors alike [3] [4].Computer Integrated Manufacturing – CIM is being taught as an elective course during thegraduation year in undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program. The course syllabus covers awide range of topics including integration of Computer Aided Design (CAD) / Computer AidedManufacturing (CAM), Manufacturing Planning
A&M University, a state- of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Lessons Learned from Development of Remotely Accessible 3D Printer for Manufacturing EducationAbstractRemote labs are designed to overcome barriers such as equipment cost and limited lab time, andto provide authentic and self-paced learning experiences. The paper describes the developmentof a remote 3D printer and learning materials for manufacturing education. The equipment isbeing evaluated for a robot welding motion planning experiment, but can also be utilized forother
participate in group manufacturing simulations and each group evaluate thework of other groups. Metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI) is used to evaluate themetacognitive awareness of the students before and after their participation in the simulationactivities. MAI is an instrument designed to assess general self-regulated learning skills. Theinstrument has 52 items that are classified by type of cognitive knowledge: declarative (DK),procedural (PK), and conditional (CK); or by specific metacognitive process: planning (P),information management strategies (IMS), monitoring (M), debugging strategies (DS), andevaluation (E). Results show that the students improved their metacognitive awareness for all theMAI categories. However, only the improvement
-basedlearning, but also included lectures, team-based reiterative design, and teaching with technology.Each interdisciplinary four-person team of students identified a health care challenge, such asdesigning a new pole on which to hang various intravenous fluids in the hospital. Once thestudents identified the problem, they interviewed stakeholders (such as nurses or paramedics),sketched solutions, and used AM and low budget prototyping to develop devices addressing thechallenge.One of the essential parts of the course was to deliver the innovation and entrepreneurshipcomponents of NSF’s I-Corps model to the teams. Two faculty members from the NSF I-CorpsSite provided training on key aspects of I-Corps, including business plan development and
research project. During their sophomore year, theparticipating students learn the theoretical and practical knowledge required for their projects.They then outline the planning, objectives setting, data collecting, and analysis of their proposedproject. The end result is an oral and written presentation of their conducted research.Although Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is now an established and commercially available methodfor joining metals, there is a need for further improvement and investigation of new venues forresearch and development. Virginia State University owned a functioning FSW machine, alongwith material processing and testing facilities, to conduct studies on new manufacturingprocesses using this technology.One of the undergraduate
the main focus of MANE 201. The covered topics and schedule is asbelow Table 2. A final prototype is illustrated in Figure 1 (b). Table 2 Topics and Schedule in MANE 201 Week Topic HW ASSIGNMENT 1 Introduction and safety training 2 Digital design of pump HW1 3 Generate bill of materials (BOM) and process planning HW2 4 3D print of impellers 5 Fabricate pump body using saw and mill Lab assignment 1 6 Fabricate face plate using saw and mill
technology.Figure 3. Engineering Technology Evolution TimelineAs Figure 3 shows, “The Tool Engineers Handbook” was published in 1948. As a reference forall phases of planning, controlling and designing of manufacturing industries, by 1955, over65,000 engineering professionals purchased the book. Reflecting strong interest in practical,standard application of engineering principles, the book had subsequent editions published in1959 and 1976. These editions were expanded to reflect the latest in the manufacturing industryseeing the continuing advances and significant diversification of informational needs of themodern manufacturing engineering. Also in 1955, the “Report on Evaluation of EngineeringEducation,” or commonly, “Grinter Report” explained the
exposing next generation manufacturing technologies. Presentation #1 Opening remark: US Next Generation ManufacturingOrganizer: Richard Chiou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology,College of Engineering, Drexel UniversityAbstract: Insights from outside of the manufacturing industry will be explored in the workshopfrom traditional manufacturing to factory planning and utilization, quality assurance and evenresearch and development. Indeed, industrial manufacturers can best serve their customers (andthemselves) by designing tools and equipment that improve the efficiency, costs, and performanceof factories and other capital projects. Whether enhancing their or their customers
as quantAM offer visual highlighting of the regions of parts hanging belowthe set threshold (usually 45 degrees) to help with choosing part orientation and planning designmodifications. An iterative placement, orientation, and design modification process usuallyprecedes the actual build.B. WarpingParts with large contiguous masses, and more specifically a rapid increase of cross-sectional areafrom lower to higher z heights cause problems in SLM. These parts tend to warp significantlyunless countermeasures are implemented. Most businesses that build large parts use post-buildheat treatments as a standard process to relieve internal stresses. Heat treatment is applied beforeeven removing the part from the build plate. Warping is hard to
Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Michigan State University. From 2014 to 2016, he has been a Visiting Professor with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Missouri. Currently, he is Assistant Professor with the Engineering Department, Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is the author of two book chapters, more than 54 articles. His research interests include artificial intelligence systems and application, smart material applications and robotics motion and planning. Also, He is a member of ASME since 2014 and ASEE since 2016.Dr. Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical
No. Spots Mounted to Frame ≥4 USPKS/NKA Adjustable on Track? No USPKS/NKA Weighted Vibration Amplitude 0.5 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 2 ISO 2631 Vibration Reduction 80% Experimental Table 1. Project Design SpecificationsDesign Limitations and ScopeSeat Design Using SolidWorksThe team has set out to improve upon a standard (via retrofit comfort packages) instead of trying force anew kart seat standard. With this scope in mind, the plan to action for seat design was much more focusedtowards development of “comfort pockets” to be added to the seat. Over the course
used.The ability to practice GD&T in student engineering drawings, as well as machining assemblieswith GD&T specifications makes a more competent mechanical engineer, who knows how toreduce the total time and budget required to complete a satisfactory design project.IntroductionIn the Fall and Spring semester of their Senior year, the Mechanical Engineering students arerequired to design and fabricate a machine for their capstone projects. A popular machine for theSeniors to design and manufacture is a Stirling Engine. In the Fall semester, each design group isrequired, among others, to create their designs using a Computer Aided Design software andproduce engineering drawings for all of the parts they plan to manufacture. Prior to this
artifact(the mood ring). Project 2 will be a computer-based design implementation using 3-D modelingto support online game design and programming.Outcome of the workshop will also be reflected in participant behavior and hands-on applicationof gained knowledge and skills (we will have to include evaluation plan). Participants will gainexperience in using freely available and popular software tools.The Electronic Mood RingThe original Mood Rings were popular in the 1960s and 1970s; they included a special type ofmaterial that changes color in response to heat. As body heat warmed up the ring, it wouldchange from dark to brown to yellow to green to blue. The electronic ring that girls were askedto design is similar, but it uses a temperature sensor
programming support [2].Billard describes a common method for programming of robots—Robot Programming byDemonstration, also known as imitation learning [3]. Nicolescu and Mataric discuss naturalmethods for robot programming, including instructive demonstrations, generalization overmultiple demonstrations and practice trials [4].In the area of industrial robots, Pan et al. provide a comprehensive review of the recent researchon programming methods for industrial robots, including online programming, offlineprogramming, and programming using Augmented Reality (AR) [5]. Wang et al. propose anoptimized path planning method for off-line programming of an industrial robot [6]. Sang Choiet al. present a lead-through method and device for industrial robots
items being planned and created in the 2 2 drawing. Other There are elements of creation in the drawing. 8 8Figure 2. The themes identified in the K-2 Draw-A-Manufacturer test results. The inner circleindicates if the theme was found in the pre or posttest, the middle circle refers to a main theme,and the outer-most circle refers to a sub-theme. The size of each section indicates the frequencyof that theme among all drawings within this data set.Figure 3. The themes identified in the 3-8 Draw-A-Manufacturer test results. The inner circleindicates if the theme was found in the pre or posttest, the middle circle refers to a main theme,and the outer-most circle refers
produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors 3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences 4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives 6. An ability to develop and
. Some offer apps that include conceptsrelated to programming and controls, such as block programming, which can be found in toyslike Kamigami robots [37], and trajectory planning, which can be found in toys like the Spherorobot. Some toys include advanced vision capabilities [38] and an interactive learningenvironment, such as the Cozmo robot. The Cozmo robot (shown in Figure 1) is an autonomousrobot that is shaped like a truck [39]. It integrates computer vision capabilities with artificialintelligence algorithms [40]. Children can interact with it and see how the robot can readinformation from the objects in its proximity, which is important for various applications inmaterial tracking. It also has vision recognition capabilities that are
inefficiencies of their design and below are described the paths taken to overcomethese issues. They have been guided the entire academic year by the advisors (authors of the paper) tohave alternative plans for their system in case their initial design would not produce expected results. Acontinuous analysis of the failures was performed on a weekly basis, with viable plans put in place. They used and old rear axle out of a Ford E 250 van for the test bench, with an axle of diameter of 8inches and a depth of 3 inches, to allows for a large electromagnet which means the turn density of thesolenoid can be increased to generate a larger flux density, along with a higher core surface area whichwill increase the magnetic flux. For the control scheme
pharmaceutical, to everydaymanufactured goods [14].There are many articles in the engineering education literature that focus on manufacturingeducation. An article published in 2015 discussed the implications of having a manufacturinginternship or co-op experience on industrial engineering students. The perceptions of thestudents changed significantly with regards to working in the manufacturing sector upongraduation [15]. The “four pillars of manufacturing knowledge” was developed and ismaintained by the Society for Manufacturing Engineers [16]. In a 2014 paper, Ermer presentedthe four pillars of manufacturing knowledge in the education plan for a mechanical engineeringconcentration of a general engineering program, specifically in the manufacturing
AdvancedManufacturing are working full-time in their field than their peers in other fields, while in the overallsample, a greater percentage of students work full-time in an unrelated field. Lastly, a greaterpercentage of students in Advanced Manufacturing do not aim to complete a degree or plan tocomplete an Associate’s degree in comparison to the overall sample, where the majority are aiming tocomplete either an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree. Taking these descriptive differences together, wesee a younger group of students in Advanced Manufacturing, more men than women, less racial andethnic diversity, more students working full-time within manufacturing, and lower levels of degreeaspirations. Comparison of Advanced Manufacturing Students
whichbrings these insights to the manufacturing of consumer goods. Furthermore, there are no knownexamples of studies which sought to the compare mechanical properties (such as fatigue incyclical loading or fracture when struck) or to human insight through usability metrics (how easythe material is to machine, for example). This work-in-progress research plan aims to bringthese fields together to build a stronger picture of how materials can be made and usedeffectively. This project was set within the timeframe of a 15-week semester (spring 2019) withone undergraduate research assistant from a non-engineering discipline.II. MethodsA. Project aimsAim (1). To empirically satisfy ‘value’, we need to be confident that a composite can performunder stress
University in 2003. Her academic interests include manufac- turing engineering technology, process planning, control and automation, robotics, and manufacturing automation integrations.Dr. Ce Gao, University of Cincinnati My current research aims at utilizing modern machine learning and data analytics techniques on infras- tructure management, assets condition prediction and integrated infrastructure management systems. My past experience also involves building energy simulation, LEED, and robotics design.Dr. Hazem Elzarka, University of Cincinnati Dr. Hazem Elzarka is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, USA. He is a registered professional