Conference Session

Design Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Terrance L. Speicher, Pennsylvania State University, Berks College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

education, although many will also likely completegraduate programs at Peking University. Many of the faculty members have received theireducation or significant experience in the United States. For example, Dean Chen taught in theU.S. for many years and served as a major research manager at Johns Hopkins University inBaltimore, MD. Peking University is not a "typical" Chinese university and it is working to be more likethose in the U.S. They are trying to emulate Stanford and MIT with emphasis onentrepreneurship and a strong focus on teaching. They have the most Ministry of Science(similar to the U.S. Department of Energy) technology grants and a research center withcontinuing funding. Regarding globalization, they collaborate with the

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Norman, Applied Research Associates, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, Lockheed and others soon followed. To better understandindustry needs, Terman would take the trouble to contact chief engineers of importantelectronics companies to find out which device or design approach was widely used.These were the design approaches he focused on in his teaching, research, journalpublications, and textbook publications (his electronics texts were at one time thesecond most valuable book property of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, being exceededin popularity only by a standard treatise of engineering drawing). A former student andprotégé of Terman’s, Professor Oswald Villard of the Stanford School of Engineeringrecalled:” Along with enormous energy, Terman always had a clear idea of what hewanted to do and what to do to meet his