Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Svec, South Dakota State University; Harriet Svec, South Dakota State University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-154: PROJECT REJUVENATION: A TIME-TESTED 1ST YEARMACHINE TOOL PROJECTHarvey Svec, South Dakota State UniversityHarriet Svec, South Dakota State University Dr. Harriet Svec has a background in Curriculum and Instruction and assisted with the curriculum rejuvenation of the project. Page 12.1204.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project Rejuvenation: A time tested 1st year machine tool projectAbstractAn engineering prerequisite course for Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineers has stood thetest of time as it has changed with technology. The course laboratory project was originallydesigned

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Emanuel, Bradley University; H. Dan Kerns, Bradley University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-2246: INDUSTRY-BASED CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS: YOU CAN'TSELL THE SOLUTION IF YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATEJoseph Emanuel, Bradley University Joseph T. Emanuel hold a BS in Math from the University if New Mexico and MS and PhD degrees in Engineering Psychology from The Ohio State University. He is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He has coordinated the IMET Department capstone design course since 1975. Among his awards are both the Engineering College and the University awards for teaching and the University award for public service. He also has received the student senate award for academic advising.H. Dan

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Abeer Sharawi, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; H. Gregg St. John, EMG Consulting

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Industrial Engineering

Learning Theory and Instructional Design Theories that will provideexperiential learning and student experiences in the classroom.• Integrate Cognitive Learning Theory and Instructional Design Theory to identify appropriateuses of technology to support classroom instruction goals and student learning objectives.• Develop aggressive recruiting strategies that increase awareness of IE careers among HighSchool students and serve to entice them to pursue Industrial Engineering with special emphasisupon exposing members of historically underrepresented groups and females.The project has contributed to engineering education in two major ways: 1) to provide a strategythat other departments of higher education can use to reform their curriculum; and 2

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Cerry Klein, University of Missouri; Michael Hosokawa, University of Missouri; Karen Cox, University of Missouri; Beilei Zhang, University of Missouri

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Industrial Engineering

multi-skilled professionals withqualifications in healthcare systems engineering.For example, in the U.S. healthcare costs reached $1.678 trillion in 2003, which represents15.3% of the nation’s total GDP1. In addition, the nation’s projected annual growth rate ofhealthcare spending is at an estimated 7.2%. Consequently, hospital payments have been, forthirty years, the single largest components of health costs in the U.S., and these high costs aredirectly affecting the nation’s industrial competitiveness. The need to improve system efficiencyin the healthcare sector in terms of service safety, quality and cost (SQC), has become moreimportant over the last twenty years, and from all quarters there have been calls forimprovement2.What is the

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

business and managementperspectives, and will include a case study that illustrates how environmentalconsiderations can be incorporated in the design process.In addition to the multi-disciplinary faculty component, an industrial advisory boardmade up of local industry professionals and university professors has been created tooversee the project. The advisory board meets annually to review technical progress bythe group and also to provide guest speaker and plant trip opportunities. Ford Partnershipfor Advanced Studies has offered a set of modules for use in adaptation andimplementation of the course. Page 12.325.2The National Science Foundation is

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Batson, University of Alabama

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Industrial Engineering

Performance IndicatorsCourse (percentage)Gradebooks Fall 1999 and every semester thereafter: Course average lab score for: ‚ IE 253 ‚ IE 351 ‚ IE 321 Course writing skills average score for: ‚ IE 351 ‚ IE 431 (461) ‚ IE 463 Project I ‚ IE 463 Project II ‚ IE 485 Project Course oral presentation average score for: ‚ IE 464 ‚ IE 463 Project II (client

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

semester. A variety of other articulation agreements are invarious stages of development with additional community colleges. This pilot program willpromote accessibility for all students and is the only such program at public and privateuniversities in North Carolina and surrounding states that allow those with technical AASdegrees to enter a BS degree with junior standing and significant completion of the requirementsfor the BS degree. With this type of expansion, a new way of handling large sections or classes isnecessary.Background Though this project addresses the need of the citizens of North Carolina to access degreeprograms which provide technology-based careers and provides the technology-based workforcenecessary for today’s

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdul Kamal, Western New England College; Herb Eskot, Western New England College

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Industrial Engineering

Engineering, and students enrolled in certain graduate disciplines andother continuing education programs.There is some literature relating the experiences of multidisciplinary teaching involvingengineering and business courses. The experience in combining a marketing research course witha bio-resource engineering course was assessed5. The latter combines biology and engineering tosolve problems in a variety of environmentally related fields. The approach of this course was toteam together students from both courses to work collectively on a project involving bothdeveloping and marketing a new product. The engineering students worked alone or in groups oftwo over a two-semester period on one project. The engineering students working on a

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

‘real world’ company. Engineering expectations include applying both previously Page 12.578.3learned and newly acquired knowledge and skills to identifying, formulating, and solving acomplex engineering problem which results in tangible deliverables and a financial incentive forthe company. Engineered solutions will consider extensive ramifications, including political,ethical, environmental, social and economic issues, as well as sustainability andmanufacturability of solutions. Project developments will be communicated formally andinformally, through written and verbal means, to all levels of personnel. Personal effectivenessskills will be

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Diane Schaub, University of Florida; Patrick Patterson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

knowledge in a specialized area related to civil engineering. 13. An understanding of the elements of project management, construction, and asset management. 14. An understanding of business and public policy and administration fundamentals. 15. An understanding of the role of the leader and leadership principles and attitudes. Page 12.211.2The topics in Outcomes 13 through 15 in Table 1 are discussed extensively as requirementsengineers of the future in Educating the Engineer of 20202. The Body of Knowledge Committeeof the American Society of Civil Engineers viewed these outcomes as “raising the bar” andencouraged

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University; Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University

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Industrial Engineering

partnered with the “management engineering” department of a large,local health care system. The department will sponsor unpaid internships and guide studentsthrough a semester long project. While this still requires faculty oversight, the workload for thefaculty member is clearly not the same as a typical lecture course or in-house project course.Furthermore, this valuable experience will clearly provide an edge to a student interested inworking in the health care field.ConclusionsThe field of industrial engineering caters to many occupational sectors, including manufacturing,logistics, health care, and finance. While the basic tools for solving problems in these realms arethe same, learning about specific applications in each area may be

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sima Parisay, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Industrial Engineering

formulation,efficient application of software features, and communication of their findings in a report format.An effective pedagogy is developed to assist students with problem formulation while enforcinganalytical skills and guiding writing reports. I have utilized pedagogy tools such as handoutswith specific guidelines and extensive examples, in-class discussions, homework assignments,and a final project to enforce report writing and analytical thinking. Moreover, I stress theimportance of analyzing the software’s solutions further to obtain more useful information.Though writing a “Report to a Manager” has been an element of my OR courses since 1999, thenew approach has evolved in the last three years. This new approach is aimed at

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-2525: THE BLENDED CLASSROOM: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University Dr. Sophia Scott is an Assistant Professor at Southeast Missouri State University in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. She is currently interested in using face to face, blended, and online course formats to increase student learning, problem solving, project management and teaming. Page 12.1391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Blended Classroom: The Best of Both Worlds?AbstractMost

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Industrial Engineering

students).After the arrangement of these features twelve types of homogeneous groups were formed: • Public Spanish high school, • Transfer, • Private English high school • Private high school • Rural high school • Pre-basic • Academic difficulties, • Graduate in five years, • Coop, • Private English freshmen, • Public Spanish freshmen, and • Pre-basic freshmen.Fifty five students participated in this project. Twenty three were females and twenty two males,all of them were undergraduate students ranging from the freshmen to the fifth-plus year.Students’ were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding demographic and high school relatedfactors, such as the type of high school they attended, the language of instruction (English orSpanish or