Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

student pleasure towards the learning experience and the instructorwith high marks. Student grades also reflected a successful experience with more than80% of the students earning grade B and above. This is the criterion that department uses Page 11.455.7as a measurement standard for ABET reaccredidation. Most related ABET outcomes alsoindicated a similar pattern documenting the effectiveness of the approach.Students gained invaluable experience by being exposed to various technologies. Theory,practice, emulation, and simulation factors were integrated within the curriculum.Students gained experience in hard-wired control circuits, build digital logic

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

2006-1537: PLOTTING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURINGEDUCATION: RESULTS OF A BRAINSTORMING SESSIONDaniel Waldorf, Cal Poly State University Dr. Daniel Waldorf is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. Dr. Waldorf teaches mainly in the manufacturing processes area, including courses in manufacturing process design, tool engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, and quality engineering. His research interests are with machining process modeling and monitoring, especially related to cutting tool wear, vibrations, and advanced tool design. Prior to coming to Cal Poly Dr. Waldorf worked in Chicago as a quality

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Monica Pfarr, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

information about manufacturing careers and degree programs; (b) opportunities for interested individuals to investigate manufacturing through personal contacts with educators and industry representatives; and (c) invitations to attend events.• Education: Ensure the institutions have capacity and quality programs to serve interested individuals. Adopt and/or adapt curricular materials developed by community college faculty as appropriate. The NSF-ATE Manufacturing Centers are well suited to provide curricular materials for a broad array of manufacturing degree programs.• Local Champions: Develop a local group of manufacturing champions who will

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University; Richard Monroe, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

consulting companies have also developed products of their own. One popular program4developed by the National Institute of Standards (NIST) consists of using two different circuitboard assemblies to simulate two different lines of products as shown in Figure 1. Test A B C E A B C D E D 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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Manufacturing

University Women (AAUW), (2000), Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the new computer age, Washington, D.C.: AUW.2. Anderson, D., Lucas, K. B., Ginns I. S., (2003), “Theoretical Perspectives on Learning in an Informal Setting”, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 177–199.3. Baker, D., (1993), “I Am What You Tell Me to Be: Girls in Science and Mathematics”, in R. J. Hannapel (Ed.), What Research Says About Learning in Science Museums, Washington, DC: Assoc. of Science Technology Centers, Vol 2, pp. 30-34.4. Binns, R., Greenberg, B., S., Holmstrom, A., Lachlan, K., Sherry, J., “Gender and Electronic Game Play”, submitted to Information Communication and Society, retrieved from Department of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

dual purpose: 1) it serves as a pre/post direct assessment measureof student knowledge and 2) it measures changes in pre/post self-assessment of studentconfidence in their knowledge base. Students were asked to answer 10 questions (Table 1)regarding their knowledge of supply chain and environmental issues related to manufacturing.They were also asked to rate their confidence in answering the question: A if they felt confidentthat they could now answer the question sufficiently if this were a graded test (which was scorednumerically as 3); B if they could now answer 50% of the question or if they know preciselywhere to get the information needed and return in 20 minutes or less to provide a completeanswer if this were a graded test (which was

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

assembled into any varietyof products. We chose to develop the “Wagons-R-Us” product line (see appendix A andFigures 1B to 4B in appendix B) in which a series of wagons have been designed andbuilt and are used as a model of activity through a series of courses. The K’Nex parts are widely available, reusable, relatively inexpensive, and can beconfigured into any number of products. The variety of components available allows thecomplexity of the problems to increase over time as the student advances from one courseto the next. Couple this product with the use of Creform building materials3 to createthree-dimensional, life-like workstations and you have the basis for the construction of a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

11.262.6 Figure 5. Layout for Workcell with One Robot. (a) (b) Figure 6. (a) Design Alternatives; (b) Close-up of Selected Design Alternative.3. MethodologyA prototype version of the toolkit was evaluated by 27 undergraduate students in Fall 2005. Theobjectives were to find out:‚ Can student translate a series of operations into a network structure?‚ How do students use the toolkit? Can they enter data into toolkit?‚ Student opinions about various aspects of the toolkit, such as effectiveness, ease-of-use, and relevance to their education.‚ Student commentsIn addition, a learning styles inventory was administered to find out more about these

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Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Manufacturing

RFID Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology where individual components (or partsin the case of manufacturing systems) are attached to high frequency read/write tags which allow Page 11.1274.6the product to be tracked along a system. This way the history of every product can be traced andstored in a database, allowing for part, process and person tracking and web-based monitoring of (a) (b) Figure 5: a) The Ethernet network and the various field buses; b) SafetyBus p network (a) (b)Figure 6: a) An

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

2006-17: A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENT LEARNING IN MANUFACTURINGENGINEERINGDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been a manufacturing engineer for over four decades, roughly equally divided between industrial and academic employment. He has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. Prior to this appointment, he served in a manufacturing engineering and education post at Focus: HOPE for six years and on the faculty of University of Cincinnati for fifteen years. His early career included some twenty years in research and development, manufacturing engineering and production management in the power

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

2006-2610: USING HOLLYWOOD MOVIES AS A SUPPLEMENTARY TOOL TOTEACH MANUFACTURING PROCESSESZ.J. Pei, Kansas State University Dr. Z.J. Pei received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Kansas State University. He holds three U.S. patents and has published 40 journal papers and over 60 papers at international conferences. His current research activities include analysis and modeling of silicon wafering processes and traditional and nontraditional machining processes

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

2006-545: COGNITIVE SUPPORT FOR LEARNING PLC PROGRAMMING:COMPUTER-BASED CASE STUDIESSheng-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

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricio Torres, Purdue University; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

Company, Making the Right Choices. Portland: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.23. Kohnen, J.B. “What is Six Sigma Process Management?,” Quality Management Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, (2006), pp. 6024. Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G., (2003), Educational Testing and Measurement. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.25. Larson, A. (2003). Demystifying Six Sigma. A Company-Wide Approach to continuous Improvement. New York: AMACON.26. Liker, J.K. (1998). Becoming Lean. Portland: Productivity Press.27. Pande, P.S., Neuman, R.P., Cavanagh, R.R. (2000), The Six Sigma Way, How GE Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance. New York: Mc Graw Hill.28. Pavnaskar, S. J., Gershenson, J. K. & Jambekar, A. B

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

spill water to run Page 11.329.4through water-wheels or other toys. In general the students tried to purchase parts and 3components instead of fabricating them at the machine and/or wood shops in order tosave their time and improve the product quality. Teams then drew their CAD drawingsand started to purchase some parts that were available from local stores. Because ofbudget limitations and availability of components at the local stores, a number of partshad to be fabricated by the students. Two teams spent their major time building the woodtables.(a) Conceptual design by Team 1 (b) CAD drawing by Team

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

23.5%B 2 11.8%C+ 1 05.9%F 1 05.9%A: ≥ 90%; B+: 85 – 89%; B: 80 – 84; C+: 75 – 79; C: 70 – 74%; D: 60 – 69%; F < 60 The students performed well during the Fall 05. This performance wassignificantly better than the Fall ’04 term, where 50% of the class obtained C or lowergrade. According to the existing course description, the following ABET outcomes wereexpected to be satisfied by this course: • Outcomes 1: an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering • Outcome 2: an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Manufacturing

the laboratory modules developed and taught inthe design and manufacturing courses that are expected to meet the following ABET’s EC-2000“a” through “k” requirements such as: b) ability to design and conduct experiments as well as toanalyze and interpret data; c) ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds; d) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; and g) ability to communicateeffectively, as well as the Mercer University’s learning objectives such as: critical thinking,application of technology, knowledge integration, knowledge application, and written and oralcommunication. Selected results from student team projects are also presented, analyzed, anddiscussed

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianmei Zhang, Kansas State University; Z.J. Pei, Kansas State University

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Manufacturing

answers from the students for three consecutive semesters are shown in Fig. 1.From these results, it is found that more and more students prefer to do TTYP and enjoy TTYPduring class. (a) Results from fall 2001; (b) Results from spring 2002; Page 11.613.4 (c) Results from fall 2002; Fig. 1. Survey results on TTYP from three consecutive semesters.Short QuestionsShort questions are prompted once or twice during each class. Normally before introducingimportant concepts, the instructors ask some short questions to catch students’ attention and thestudents are forced to think about the questions and answer the questions. Their responses arealways encouraged and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

2006-2097: RAPID PROTOTYPING OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS USING ANENGRAVING LASERJeffrey Mountain, University of Texas-Tyler JEFFREY MOUNTAIN obtained the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Mountain’s interests are in mechatronics, robotics, automation, solar energy applications and CAD/Graphics. He also has experience in the design and installation of mechanical building systems, specifically plumbing and HVAC systems. Instrumentation systems design and electrostatic powder coating system applications round out his areas expertise. He also holds a current State of Texas master plumber’s license and is active in the area of K-12 outreach. Dr. Mountain served on

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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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

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 Education Program Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Leduc, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

provide a practical example of how of to utilize thesestandards in a freshman technical graphics course to show how standardization can reduce costthrough simplifying design and part reduction.ANSI B4.1 and B4.2ANSI B4.1-1967 (R1974), Reaffirmed in 1999 – Preferred Limits and Fits for Cylindrical Partshas been the historical standard for designing the relationship between shafts and holes and isbased upon work which began in 1920. The Scope and Application of the standard states, “Therecommendations are presented for guidance and for use where they might serve to improve andsimplify products, practices, and facilities.ANSI B4.2-1978, Reaffirmed in 1999 – Preferred Metric Limits and Fits describes the ISOsystem of limits and fits for mating parts

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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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

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

always been the source ofAmerica’s innovation and our standard of living.” [1] The crisis is the increasing penetration ofglobal competition on the economic output of the United States, now an issue to whichengineering education is paying serious attention. However, it is not a crisis of just technicalissues. What is needed with respect to global learning and experience is more than just technicalcompetence and expertise. Bill Wulf said “…engineering is now practiced in a global, holisticbusiness context, and engineers must design under constraints that reflect that context. In thefuture, understanding other cultures, speaking other languages, and communicating with peoplefrom marketing and finance will be just as fundamental to the practice of