Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

soft-skill to students, c) Provide opportunity for lab instructors to be creative and organized, and d) Significantly enhances team communication and cooperation among team members.II.2. Clicker AssessmentClickers started during 1960s in Hollywood to collect opinions on unreleased movies ortelevision shows before spreading into academic areas 6,7. The latest Clickers with multiple-choice and numerical input options had been popular in many disciplines including psychologyand sociology 8, operation management 9, engineering dynamics 10, physics, astronomy 8,11,astrophysics 8, chemistry 12,13, chemical engineering 8, mathematics 14, engineering mechanics 15,and thermodynamics 16. Published literature showed both qualitative and

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, and then advance quickly with the use of programming andsimulation tools. Hands-on milling and turning practices are the essential part of this course.Student teams design and fabricate a number of real-world machining projects at the end of thesemester.This course is one of the best engineering courses in order to implement the innovation,leadership, and entrepreneurship concepts in the entire curriculum, and it challenges students tograsp a number of industrial soft skills such as problem solving, team work, and analyticalthinking.Although some of the course students find jobs as programmers, machine operators, tooldesigners, and manufacturing engineers, the number of students with a mindset in creating jobswith the latest trends supports

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, manufacturinggraduates are expected to have soft skills such as communication, leadership, and teamwork5. Inaddition, manufacturing engineers have to deal with multidisciplinary technical skills set such as Page 26.1442.5those from electrical, mechanical, chemical, and electronics engineering and computer sciencefields to be able to work on the shop floor. Similarly, for manufacturing planning, graduates needto acquire supply chain management and logistics skills sets. For example, Mohammed et al6.present a Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MfgET) program of a major university innorth east Indiana which provides their graduates with solid knowledge and

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

for engineering professionals 9. Demonstrate global awareness and team skills needed in manufacturing design engineeringThe tasks that are to be accomplished along with the sample skill levels required to carryout the task are listed in Table 1. These skills are developed throughout our program. Inaddition, soft skills that include oral skills, speaking, and decision-making are also anintegral part of our institutional learning outcomes. Skill Used in this Task Task Page