Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

graphics. The developed layouts can then be used with process planning totrack the status of a system in real time. Figure 1 shows all of the courses which will utilize theIRAM Laboratory and how they relate to future student senior design research projects.Goal 2: Assessing the educational impact with mini-module laboratory projects for problemsolvingThe equipment utilized in the IRAM Laboratory combined with the OpenCIM software (whichaccompanies the equipment) will enable the IE Department to teach how CIM is applied tobusiness, engineering, and factory floor elements and the links between them. The softwareprovides an open software architecture that allows users to easily incorporate other applicationsand obtain data for statistical

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashpal Ahluwalia, West Virginia University; Atul Phadke, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

enrollment in STEM areas has beendeclining; this is particularly true for minority and Appalachian students. This project workedwith two batches of twenty students each. Each batch was organized into four teams of fivestudents. All students were first provided instruction in logic circuits and ladder logic. Ladderlogic circuits for four tasks were created; a) simulation of automatic garage door, b) simulationof four way traffic light, 3) controlling a light via a physical switch, and 4) physical control offive lights. The five lights mimicked traffic lights (red, yellow, yellow left, green, and green left)at an intersection. The students were asked to control the timing sequence of the lights. Uponcompletion of the eight hour lecture/laboratory

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Guccione, Eastern Illinois University; Thomas McDonald, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

factors, the healthcare industry appears to have begun usingDES to improve its services and care.The authors have taught with and used DES software, Arena® and ProModel, in processanalyses over the past decade and were intrigued by the usage of DES software especially in thehealthcare field. Using healthcare problems that have been analyzed using DES software wouldgive students exposure to realistic situations which they may actually experience (e.g., waiting tobe seen in an emergency room).This concept has application, especially in engineering and technology education, through beingable to use real life examples in teaching DES concepts and software. This would give students abetter appreciation of the use of DES software in analyzing processes