Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-191: COMBINED INDIVIDUAL-TEAM BASED PROJECTRobert Creese, West Virginia UniversityDeepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University Page 15.290.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Combined Individual-Team Based ProjectAbstract The basic manufacturing processes course was selected for an interdisciplinary teamproject for ABET requirements by the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (IMSE)Department. The project is an integration of design criteria, material properties, mechanicalproperties and product cost. A software package is used to assist the students in the evaluation ofvarious materials and structural shapes. To improve

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Leduc, Ball State University; Gary Hadley, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis; Mark Ratzlaff, 3M

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-57: IMMERSIVE LEARNING USING LEAN SIX SIGMAMETHODOLOGY IN THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYCAPSTONE COURSEAlan Leduc, Ball State University Alan Leduc is an Associate Professor at Ball State University where he has taught in the TAC/ABET accredited Manufacturing Engineering Technology program since 1990. He also coordinates the Minor in Process Improvement (MIPI) which provides students with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt body of knowledge education and the opportunity to engage in professional level projects. Alan worked closely with Dr. Mikel Harry, Ball State University alumnus and co-creator of Six Sigma in developing the MIPI. Prior to his teaching career, Alan spent 20 years

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

courses such as Senior Project (MANE 461) and Special Topics (MANE499). Most of these courses are lab included and students are assigned to work on design projectsto satisfy the following program outcomes.PO2. Ability to perform engineering analysis by designing and conducting appropriate experiments and analyzing and interpreting results.PO3. Ability to design products, equipment, tooling and environment for manufacturing systems.PO5. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.PO7. Ability to communicate effectively.PO8. Ability to implement technology with an awareness of important social issues and understand the impact of engineering solution in a global and societal context.PO10. Knowledge of contemporary

Conference Session

Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

work teams operating around the world. Schools, students,and companies benefit from opportunities to apply these to actual manufacturingproblems in industrial environments.The technology program at our university has historically included several classes insolid modeling and CAD software. For the past ten years computer simulations have beenincluded to more effectively prepare students for use and application of thesetechnologies. More recently numerous class projects with local manufacturing companieshave been incorporated, and currently a three quarter sequence of courses is required forstudents in our Manufacturing Technology major. The initial course, DigitalManufacturing and Simulation (DMS) introduces students to these advanced design

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla, Central Connecticut State University; Mahdy Alam, UTC; Yepery Soro, Central Connecticut State University

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Manufacturing

, it suffers a major drawback. That is, when theproduct and/or the product mix changes, a cell reconfiguration may be required. This leads tomovement of heavy machinery inside the work area. Besides being a time consuming activity; itis a major contributor to employee dissatisfaction. This paper is based on extending leanmanufacturing systems by enabling machine mobility through converting static machines intomobile ones.IntroductionThe research in this paper is based on work done by two undergraduate students as their capstonesenior design projects at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Texas A&MUniversity at Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). The work was not only indented to expose students tointeresting projects, but also expose them

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

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Manufacturing

series of relatively worthless trinkets thathad little to no intrinsic value.This paper describes the design and implementation of a simple bottle opener project that servesas the framework for an entry-level introduction to machining in an undergraduatemanufacturing course. The bottle opener’s design allows students to machine it using variousmanufacturing sequences, so they may start on any of several machines and end up with thesame final product. This paper also provides an assessment of the effectiveness of theimplementation of this project through the use of student grades and performance, an assessmentof the quality of team products and prototypes in a follow-on project, surveys, interviews withstudents, and course-end student feedback

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

create a variety ofjoint geometries (Tee, Butt and Corner) using metal inert gas (MIG) welding. Theysubsequently conducted visual observations and also sectioned these joints to examinethe quality of the welds that they made. During the injection molding lab the studentsmade appropriate adjustments for temperature, pressure and shot size for adequateprocess control to make defect-free poly vinyl chloride (PVC) six-inch rulers. In thepowder metallurgy lab, they were given several rubber molds to make aluminum andstainless steel products (monkey, bunny etc.) using cold isostatic pressing. Someexamples of the student projects are shown in Figure 11. The manufacturing skills thatthey learn in this class also come in handy when they take up the

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University; Brittany Killen, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Ajou University

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Manufacturing

pursuing degrees in theengineering field. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along withmany others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapidprototype design of a walking robot. Such projects show students how to use differenttypes of technology, and demonstrate how advanced technology can be used in an actualapplication. This project teaches future engineers and technologists various advancedskills that can be used in their careers. Overall, many different fields of engineering canbenefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledge in manydifferent engineering aspects and processes. Students in the Applied Engineering Technology programs are required

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

industry professionals to activelyparticipate as content providers. Finally, influences to adopt social media technologiesfurther drove development of more features that promote collaborative relationshipsbetween students, teachers, and industry. Examples of how social media concepts plan tobe used used in the careerME.org website called my.careerme, are also explored.1. Introduction – How to Address a NeedWhen the project conceptualization process started in early summer 2008 for the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers (SME) – Education Foundation1, the idea was to create aweb portal to show high school and college students, primarily between grades 11-14,that there are and will continue to be lucrative, high paying jobs in manufacturing;despite

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John Mativo, The University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

within a senior level manufacturingengineering elective, ENGR 4801 – Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering. Otherengineering majors and forensics minors can also take this course as a technical elective with theapproval of their academic advisors. The ENGR 4801 is a 3 credit course, with two 50 minutelecture and one 2 and ½ hour laboratory time weekly. It is also offered as a graduate elective forthe MS in Engineering Management program.Literature ReviewA literature review conducted by the authors indicated the various ways reverse engineeringmethodology and its tools utilized in engineering education. Following is a brief summary of theliterature review. Goss presented a non-educational project where he used the CADKEYgeometry generation

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Albert Sun, St. Mary's University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

networking, blogs, wikis, web conferencing, and shared applications) suggeststhat these technologies are now mature and well-established enough to become a regular part ofengineering education.This paper describes developments in an ongoing NSF project that aims to combine instructionalmaterials for system integration problem-solving with Web 2.0 tools to create collaborativelearning environments that allow teams to work and learn together in solving system integrationproblems. The first stage in this project involves the following steps: 1) identify what modes ofcommunication are currently being used to facilitate collaboration within the system integrationindustry; 2) determine how this communication culture be translated into a virtual

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Jorge Leon, Texas A&M University; Luis San Andres, Texas A&M Univeristy

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

design and manufacturing of microturbomachinery. Some students study materials, dynamics, or thermal aspects ofturbomachinery, while others explore and develop various micromanufacturing technologies formicroturbine fabrication. The nature of micromachinery requires the development of novelmicromanufacturing technologies for superalloys and other robust engineering materials. Theselected participants study micromilling, electrical discharge micromachining, electrochemicalmicromachining, and vacuum assisted microcasting. They complete a research methodologyworkshop and then apply to their own projects through setting objectives, planning schedule,performing experiments, documenting data, presenting results at the campus-wide poster session

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Manufacturing

network and have access to a suite of licensed software. IPFW also has many open student laboratories that are part of a campus-wide intranet and that support all non-specialized courses on campus.DEMAND AND EMPLOYMENT FACTORSMFET degree graduates find career opportunities in many areas involving manufacturingsystems and operations. Some of these are based on industries having processes such as,fabrication, stamping, welding, forging, casting, plastics processing, advanced CNC machining,and other emerging technical areas. Program graduates have titles such as processengineer/technician, manufacturing engineer, design engineer, lab technician, tooling engineer,project engineer, engineering manager, and maintenance engineer.MARKET DEMANDThe

Conference Session

Design Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Bradley University; Ye Li, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

college levelfacility planning course. Such a course carries three-credit hours, and is comprised of aweekly two-hour lecture and a two-hour lab. Important entrepreneurial concepts are firstintroduced to students, such as identifying opportunities, creating a business plan, andanalyzing the market to determine the target customers. Students will then develop theproduct and determine the customer demand based upon the market analysis. This paperdiscusses those tasks as part of students’ projects, ranging from determining the number ofworkers and machines required by the facility, to the total cost required to start thebusinesses. Outcome of the course was evaluated by pre and post evaluation instrumentsconducted by an external professional

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wei Li, University of Texas; Tamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

undergraduatestudents. The last two examples are the individual courses where individual MfgE/MEfaculty developed a course or a lab project in biomedical manufacturing. Page 15.1182.3 2Example 1: Biomedical Engineering Specialization Program at University of Calgary [5]The Engineering Programs at the University of Calgary offers the BiomedicalEngineering Specialization program, which allows undergraduate engineering students totake a series of biomedical engineering classes on top of the regular engineering classes.This group of students is called ‘the Biomedical Engineering Specialization students.’They are from various

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

-graduation education, developing a specialized degree program, internships/cooperative educa-tion/apprenticeships, project work, graduate studies, or other related changes. The author is notsuggesting any approach over another. Variations in curriculum demands are typically related toregional manufacturing emphasis, state of the economy, demands for emerging knowledge, per-ceived needs, academic research interests, etc. The average of the results have been calculatedusing a value of 0 for ‘eliminate’ and ‘4 for major addition’. Table 1: Education Questions by Topic no major eliminate decrease

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Manufacturing

tailored quiz,instructors can determine the student’s current level of understanding relating tomanufacturing, and part design. The questions and subsequent discussions allow theinstructor to establish a common foundation that each manufacturing process can be builtupon. Issues relating to a manufacturing companies department structure and theirinterrelationships are also presented at this time. Industry like projects and testingmethods are detailed along with the resulting benefits. Also discussed is the use of activelearning through the use of Mind Mapping and by leveraging the student’s use of theInternet and exposure to engineering entertainment media. Mind Mapping is used both bythe student and the presentation of material by the instructor

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-33: A STRATEGY FOR INCORPORATING ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES INTO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design and in product innovation and entrepreneurialism. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lie Tang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

eight students in a shortcourse on actuators at ESIGELEC in Rouen, France. The students are in the fifth year of anundergraduate/masters Mechatronics program in electrical engineering. The students weredivided into four groups and each group conducted a project on modeling and analyzing a linearaxis. A project is described using results from one of the groups. The project consisted of sixtasks.Task 1: Symbolically determine a set of first order differential equations describing the linearaxis dynamics.The leadscrew gear gain is Ti ωl ω$ l Page 15.1027.5 Kl

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Gutierrez, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; David Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Automated and Semi-Automated Manufacturing ProcessesAbstractDuring the period of 1950-1990 productivity in United States industries increased 50 percent dueto technological innovation. High-value-added products were a consequence of more efficientmanufacturing processes and data processing equipment. It is predicted that in the next decadesproductivity increases will be largely due to the ability to add flexibility and improveinfrastructure through the collection and management of product data. By achieving the goalsset forth in this project, a valuable tool for educating future students will be added to ourprogram and we will also continue to improve our laboratory facilities for applied research,education and industrial partnerships.Microsoft

Conference Session

Design Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin McCarthy, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

textbook problems in which the data required to solve the problem is presentedunambiguously and in its entirety. There is ongoing debate about the effectiveness, orotherwise, of this traditional didactic teaching approach and Hargrove and Dahleh 1 believethat engineering educators must develop more innovative methods for learning in order toreplicate real-world problem solving. Indeed, many practitioners have supplemented theirlectures and tutorials with project-based and problem-based learning activities in an attempt toprovide variety and alternative learning mechanisms for students 2-6. Page 15.441.2The problem with this procedural approach to

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

physical and PLC ladder logic whendesigning simple automation projects. Combined lecture and laboratory activities implementingthe Kolb experiential learning cycle for the PLC module are addressed. The success of themodule is assessed and evaluated through student performance tests in solving design problemsusing ladder logic and through student surveys. Results demonstrate an effective method forstudent learning when lectures and labs are integrated in a meaningful manner.IntroductionIn engineering education, depending on the material to be learned and the instructor’s style ofteaching, a number of teaching and learning methodologies and their combinations are used.Since engineering is considered an applied discipline, many of the methods revolve

Conference Session

Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Robert Mott, University of Dayton; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, high quality information and classroom activities is often a daunting proposition. Oneway to alleviate frustration and to avoid reinventing wheels is to use the Manufacturing andEngineering Technologies Education Clearinghouse (METEC). METEC serves as a one stopshop for technology educators in general, and new educators in particular.METEC’s searchable electronic database provides resources pertinent to a broad range ofengineering technologies. Among the vetted materials in the database are course and programoutlines, descriptions of best practices, simulations, texts, activities, videos, PowerPointpresentations, etc. The clearinghouse materials are obtained from numerous sources such asNSF centers and projects, other academic institutions

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John Mativo, The University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Systems (3)  ENGR4030 Project Engineering (3)  ENGR4200 Safety and Methods Engineering (3)  ENGR4700 Robotics and Automation (3)  ENGR4801 Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering (3) o One from:  ENGR3080 Design Of Industrial Experiments  ENGR3250 Automated identification Systems (3)  ENGR4030 Project Engineering (3)  ENGR4200 Safety and Methods Engineering (3)  ENGR4700 Robotics and Automation (3)  ENGR4801 Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering (3)In Figure 1, the

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-34: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES OVER A QUARTER-CENTURYOF MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design and in product innovation and entrepreneurialism. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to design effective

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

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Manufacturing

areas and have different learning styles. Curtisand Lawson [27] have suggested that it is important to provide distance learners with multiplechannels, both synchronous and asynchronous, in order to accommodate their preference fordifferent communication styles. In particular, the availability of synchronous communicationtools appeared to be critical in the process of collaborative learning [21]. Assigning learners towork on a group project does not necessarily mean that they will work collaboratively. Learnerstend to use a task specialization approach where tasks are divided among group members andthere are fewer opportunities to develop mutual engagement, knowledge and skill exchange, andinterpersonal communication skills [28].There are three