Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

design –an inexpensive Stirling engine that can be implemented at their schools. The project serves as an integrating exercise that combines the necessary hard skills in manufacturing (i.e., technical drawing, material selection, manufacturing process, and metrology) and soft skills (i.e., design methodology, teamwork, schedule planning, documentation, and communication). c) Clicker assessment. Daily clicker assessment summarizes and highlights key points in lectures and laboratory practices. It also helps to retain new knowledge while providing teaching materials for the participants at their respective schools. Much improvement has been observed among participants after the successful

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; David Gill P.E., Western Washington University

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Manufacturing

ability towork within teams containing a broad diversity of technical and personal backgrounds and goals.These skills include what is often referred to as the “Professional” or “soft skills” such as theability to communicate effectively, an appreciation of an engineer’s “duty of care” to society anda disposition towards self-learning. However, they also include many that are more technical innature including the ability to visualize in 3D, troubleshooting, quantifying and mitigating riskand connecting cause and effect. These are typically lumped together as skills that supportproblem solving abilities.This paper presents a strategy being developed for emphasizing skills development within aManufacturing Engineering curriculum. It recognizes that

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tom Borkes, The Jefferson Institute

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Manufacturing

, marketable skills in a specific industry orbusiness? Are we evaluating a particular type of post-secondary degree: associate’s, bachelor’s,master’s, or doctorate? Does the achieving of a degree represent a proficiency in competing as anindividual or contributing in a team environment? Has the student learned problem solving,critical thinking, team dynamics, conflict resolution, process development and other general“soft” skills? How many of the skills required in the previous paragraph are taught? Even if someare, is the teaching done in an antiseptic classroom or a real world environment? Are they taughtconcurrently, in sync with teaching the theory, or without regard to the time frame?There is Something Seriously Wrong Here!1. The U.S. world

Conference Session

Integration of Current Issues into Manufacturing

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Manufacturing

the German manufacturing industry,” J. Manuf. Technol. Manag., 2019.[43] J. . Oosthuizen, “ENTREPRENEURIAL INTELLIGENCE : EXPANDING SCHWAB ’ s FOUR-TYPE INTELLIGENCE PROPOSITION TO MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION,” in 28th Annual Confrence of the Southern African Institute of Management Scientists, 2016, pp. 370–383.[44] G. B. Cotet, B. A. Balgiu, and V. C. Z. Negrea, “Assessment procedure for the soft skills requested by Industry 4.0,” in MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017, vol. 121, pp. 1–8.[45] A. E. Gudanowska, J. P. Alonso, and A. Törmänen, “What competencies are needed in the production industry? The case of the Podlaskie Region,” Eng. Manag. Prod. Serv