beintegrated with the technical modules to help students excel in the workplace. Theinstruction and practice of the soft skills was designed as several discrete modulescontributing to three distinct themes. Each module contained explanations, examples,exercises and instructions for teachers to use the module. The activities and learningopportunities were tied directly with the technical content to make them repeatable indifferent classes and to help reinforce the skills. In total, nine team/teamwork modulesincluding teamwork, problem solving, decision making, leadership (with the sub-contents ofteam organization, influence and motivation, conflict management, peer and team evaluationas well as reporting and presentation) were prepared, in addition to
in 2005 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. His main research focus is on advanced multi-scale and smart manufacturing processes and technologies for various applications. His sound-based smart machine monitoring technology led to a start-up company on smart sensing. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal publications. He is an ASME fellow and Area Editor of Journal of Manufacturing Processes. He is also the recipient of the 2011 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2012 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers I.W. Smith Award for Outstanding Achievements, and 2015 Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
interactive studentenvironment to discuss case studies and test student understanding of concepts using polls. In eachmodule, students were assigned readings and individual and team assignments. Further, weeklytechnical discussion forums on the blackboard were used to create, develop, and engage in SEconcepts-related dialogue. Each required deliverable was designed to facilitate access to otherstudents' points of view and requires the student to assess other peers' points of view, providingautonomy to select a system of interest and a scenario to how a student relates a specific concept.A core component of the course was the hands-on project. Students were divided into three teamsand assigned the Can-Sat competition 2021-22 guide. This intention was