Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin; David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Manufacturing

2006-37: AUTOMATION LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT ENHANCESSTUDENT LEARNINGDavid Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin David Farrow is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1989, 1990, and 1995, respectively. Dr. Farrow has taught courses in solid modeling, mechanical vibrations, automatic controls, automated production systems, and instrumentation and experimental methods at the University of Tennessee at Martin for three and a half years.Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin Robert LeMaster is an Associate Professor at the University of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

. Course Description and ObjectivesWhile PLC’s remained as the major component, the course modification allowedinclusion of various technologies, connections and contrasts between them, and their past,current, and future roles in industrial controls area. The added content and their detailsare presented in Table 2. Since a few new components were introduced to the curriculum,main hands-on additions were limited to the hardwired ralay-logic and integrated-circuitbased controls areas. These components were critical in teaching PLC basics and logic to Page 11.455.2the students. Besides having hands-on laboratories, demos and review discussions werealso

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Hye Jeong Kim, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

2006-544: AUTOMATED ROBOTIC WORKCELL DESIGN TOOLKIT -PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor and member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is a Halliburton Faculty Fellow for 2005-2006. His research interests include intelligent manufacturing system design, virtual instrumentation, thermal profiling for process and product characterization, and simulation and modeling. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory, a state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Landon Gray, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

networkingtechnologies have been developed. For example, remote laboratories (also known as e-Lab,Tele-Lab)5,6, virtual laboratories8,9,10,11, and hybrid laboratories6 have been developed to reducelab equipment setup costs and increase accessibility. Other developments include the use ofinteractive9, multimedia-enhanced12,13, and integrated14 approaches and the Design-Build-Testconcept15 to make learning more interactive and visual. However, there have been relatively fewattempts to use technology to teach PLC programming.The author was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop an IntegratedVirtual Learning System (IVLS) for PLC education that incorporates intelligent tutoring systems,simulations, and animations. A prototype version of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Manufacturing

2006-721: MANUFACTURING LABORATORY LEARNING MODULES ONCAD/CAM/CMM AND ROBOTICSR. Radharamanan, Mercer University Dr. R. Radharamanan is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He has twenty-eight years of teaching, research, and consulting experiences. His previous administrative experiences include: President of International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE), Acting Director of Industrial Engineering as well as Director of Advanced Manufacturing Center at Marquette University, and Research Director of CAM and Robotics Center at San Diego State University. His primary

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

2006-2116: MANUFACTURING SIMULATION FOR INDUSTRIAL PROJECTSPaul Nutter, Ohio Northern University Paul Nutter, CMfgE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technological Studies at Ohio Northern University. He has been teaching industrial technology for six years, and has 26 years experience in manufacturing and industrial engineering. Paul is active in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, serving as chair of the Student Relations Subcommittee for 2005, and on the Member Council for 2006. Page 11.910.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Manufacturing

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Z.J. Pei, Kansas State University

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Manufacturing

. Page 11.1388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Using Hollywood Movies as a Supplementary Tool to Teach Manufacturing ProcessesAbstractIntroductory courses on manufacturing processes are difficult to teach and it is challenging todeliver the information in an interesting or entertaining way. As one of the attempts to promotestudents’ learning, Hollywood movies have been used as a supplementary tool to teach such acourse at Kansas State University. This paper presents the experience of such attempt. Examplesof using Hollywood movies are presented and discussed. Students’ feedback and comments arealso provided.1. IntroductionAt Kansas State University, “Introduction to Manufacturing Processes

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

diagrams: interpretation skills • Mechanical properties: laboratory experiments on tension test, impact test, hardness, heat treatment • Materials selection: study of common objects and designs – cups and saucers, cutlery, door knobs, skate boards, bicycles, cars, etc. • Failures: fracture generated from different tests Some topics such as phase diagrams and atomic bonding are very important, but theyare complex to teach and not easy for students to understand. Theses, of course, requiremore time, effort and homework problem sets to get the message across. As a result, it isnot always possible to appropriate equal amounts of teaching time and assessment tasksto meet all of the ABET outcomes listed for the course

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

generation, aerospace and commercial sheet metal industries. Dr. Wells earned the BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University and the PhD in Engineering Management at University of Missouri-Rolla. He has been active in SME, ASEE and ABET for over twenty years. More recently, he has become a member of and a reviewer for IEEE. Dr. Wells teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering, production engineering and specialty manufacturing. His research interests are in electronics manufacturing, mechanical micromachining, manufacturing strategies, economic development and manufacturing education

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated