Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Simulation for Industrial ProjectsAbstractManufacturing simulation is a major component of the technology program at our university, andhas provided opportunities for numerous industrial projects. This software application is beingused extensively by many major corporations to model, analyze, and optimize complexmanufacturing operations, including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota.Companies are utilizing these advanced 3D digital manufacturing tools as a component of theirproduct life-cycle management to optimize and continuously improve the manufacturingprocesses. In many cases simulations are mandatory prior to implementation of any significantnew operation, project or process. Manufacturing technologists and engineers need to

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Jan Jewett, Washington State University-Vancouver

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Manufacturing

2006-2054: COLLABORATIVE CLASS PROJECTS BETWEEN THEMANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAM AND THE CHILDDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMDave Kim, Washington State University-VancouverJan Jewett, Washington State University-Vancouver Page 11.329.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Collaborative Class Projects between the Manufacturing Engineering Program and the Child Development Program Dave Kim1, Jan Jewett21 School of Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA/ 2 Human Development, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

thoroughly. There is a logical path to befollowed in the realization of the product. The rubric can be most readily illustrated through thefollowing instructions that are issued to students undertaking a project to design a manufacturingsystem for a given product.9 The context is that student teams in a ‘production engineering’class fulfill the learning objectives for the course through a semester-long project. Student teamsdesign a production system for an existing product. The products have been as varied as caststeel flow control valves, printed circuit boards and fishing reels. Integrated into the fabric of theproject, students are challenged to critique the product design to improve manufacturability andreduce cost. The first three stages of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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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

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Waldorf, Cal Poly State University; Sema Alptekin, Cal Poly State University; Robert Bjurman, General Motors Global Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

prototyping (i.e. Star Trek technology), new businesses/industries/jobs and other positive effects of manufacturing should be the focus. The campaign may involve traditional advertising or other outreach projects such as a kids television show (like Bob the Builder) or Lego League or robotics competitions. Several professional organizations (National Association of Manufacturers, National Council for Advanced Manufacturing, industry groups, academic groups, etc.) should work together on this. • Sponsor more conferences and meetings on manufacturing engineering education (17) It is recommended that the series of conferences focusing specifically on manufacturing engineering education be continued. It

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

presented as well. The Page 11.455.5 specific controller utilized in the continuous control example mentioned above was NI Field Point (FP) Controller and was programmed through the LabView software.The students were also asked to work on a team design project. The author encouragedthem to work on an automated work-cell example or an open-design project. Two groupsemerged from the eight student body. One group decided to design and build ananimatronic penguin, which can be seen in Figure 4. The penguin walked, flipped itswings, and had mouth motions. It also could also shine its eyes through LED’s. Thecontrol utilized was Allen

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Torres, Purdue University; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

SIGMA GREEN BELTS A Green Belt is a professional that organizes Six Sigma systems for specific projects.Green Belts have preparation in statistical tools that allows them to collect data, analyze it andrun tests to obtain conclusions. They are qualified to do research at a deep level and they supportBlack Belt professionals. Page 11.508.6 The Six Sigma Green Belt serves as a specially trained team member within his or her function-specific area of the organization. This focus allows the Green Belt to work on small, carefully defined Six Sigma projects, requiring less than a Black Belt’s full-time commitment to Six

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Miles, Brigham Young University; Val Hawks, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

as a manufacturing strategy, and who prefer graduates with some levelof practical lean knowledge. Our approach to teaching lean has used experiential learning as amethod of improving student understanding, as many others have done in various disciplines1-4.To this end we have augmented university classroom lectures with industry-based projects,recognizing that lab exercises are useful, but can have limited utility in demonstrating leanprinciples5. We have used this approach for a number of years in two graduate courses. Andmore recently we used this method in the context of an international internship in Cambodia,during the summer of 2004. The experience gained in that internship is the focus of this paper.Five junior and senior level

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Design and Fabrication of Spline(DFS module) using the rotary axis of a CNC machining center, and a laboratory experiment inrobotics along with results obtained from student team projects are presented, analyzed, anddiscussed.IntroductionThe advancement in technology, computers, and automation demands continuous improvementin the quality of education, both in theory in the classroom, as well as hands-on practice indesign, computer simulation, and manufacturing laboratories. There is a growing need forpreparing the students both in theory and practice so that they are well prepared to meet thechallenges in the job market, especially in the manufacturing industries of the 21st century. Astrong multi-disciplinary background is required from

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Manufacturing

Tennessee at Martin. He has over 20 years of research, development, and management experience on NASA and Air Force projects. Dr. LeMaster received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron in 1976, an M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from The Ohio State University in 1978, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1983. Page 11.263.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Automation Laboratory Development Provides Enhanced Student LearningAbstractThis paper describes experiments and course content associated with an

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; Michael Miles, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

engineering as physicsand calculus.” [2] For faculty and students and BYU, a recent project of studyingmanufacturing in Cambodia also became a study of Cambodian history, government, and culture.As a result it became, for both students and faculty, a learning experience in the broader, moreholistic context of manufacturing, engineering, technology, and global issues. Rationale and Organization of the Learning ExperienceThe Manufacturing Engineering Technology program at BYU has been increasing its focus onglobal aspects of engineering and technology for several years. Our goal is to provide moreeffective opportunities for faculty and students to gain an awareness of, knowledge about, andexperience in issues and opportunities of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Leduc, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Application with the Metric SystemHistorically, the design project in the freshman technical graphics course had always been donein the inch system and very little emphasis was placed on the metric system and ANSI B4.2.Without getting into the controversy of adoption of the metric system and “which” metric systemto adopt, suffice it to say that when we attend a meeting of international manufacturers, thestandard language is English and the standard measurement system is the metric system. It isbased upon this rationale that we elected to use the metric system and ANSI B4.2 as the basis forthe design project.As stated above, ANSI B4.2 broadened the definition of “hole” and “shaft” as provided in ANSIB4.1 to include other mating shapes. While there is

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Qualters, Northeastern University; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University; Ann McDonald, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, Northeastern University ANN McDONALD is an Associate Academic Specialist in Graphic Design and Multimedia Studies. Her research focuses on creating and studying educational interactive projects that can best be achieved through interdisciplinary collaboration. Her exhibit and interactive design work for clients such as The Boston Symphony Orchestra, The New England Aquarium, and The National Health Sciences Consortium have offered wide audiences access to complex topics.Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios JAY T. LAIRD is a full-time Lecturer in the undergraduate and graduate Multimedia Studies programs at Northeastern University. He is also the founder and Lead Game Designer of Metaversal Studios, a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Mountain, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Page 11.1060.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Rapid Prototyping of Printed-Circuit Boards with an Engraving LaserAbstractLack of a good system for rapid prototyping of printed circuit boards has been a major bottleneckin Senior Design at the University of Texas at Tyler. A simple method using artwork printed ontoner-transfer paper and transferred through heat and pressure to copper-clad circuit-board stockhad been successfully applied to simple designs but showed itself to be unsuited to thecomplexity of printed circuit boards developed for senior design projects. This unsuitability wasdue to two factors; low density (due to inability to accurately control line widths) and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Page 11.262.21. IntroductionAutomated manufacturing systems play a significant role in increasing productivity andcompetence of manufacturing industries in this global economy. Hsieh1 described a need tobetter understand how engineers develop expertise in automated system integration and to designhigh quality educational curricula that will equip students with the necessary skill sets.Education in system integration and robotic workcell design is typically accomplished via acapstone course or senior design project2. In this type of instruction, students are expected tolearn by doing, and learning outcomes may vary depending on the type and difficulty of theselected projects. Another approach is to create an interdisciplinary course, such as

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Luntz, University of Michigan; E. Emanuel Almeida, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan; James Moyne, University of Michigan; Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

initial observations suggest that the exhibit has achieved its initially defined goals. Thepreliminary results show that among the goals of the project, motivating the visitors to engagewith the game content is attained. According to the anecdotal observations, there is a high rate ofinterest shown in the exhibit by visitors who walked by, showing that the task of attracting thevisitors may also be fulfilled. This will be confirmed with a future observational study devotedmeasuring this potential of the exhibit. Measuring the degree of learning facilitation, however,hinges on refining the existing automatically collected data, so that each game play trace reflectsa single user’s playing experience accurately. It is also worth emphasizing that use

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the present age. In addition, simulations provided on the instructor’s resources compact disk (IRCD) were shown and discussed on various topics such as solid solubility of carbon in steel, diffusion, and dislocation motion were shown and discussed.• Accessing the Internet to obtain freely-available materials information and simulation programs; e.g., MATTER project in UK (www.matter.org.uk). The web site contains information, property data, application notes, on-line experiments, case studies on a number of industrially-significant aluminum and ferrous alloys. The students were asked to explore this website and subsequently take a quiz (also available on the same website) during one of the laboratory sessions