percentage varies dramatically across differentnations. Most organizations have not made any advancements due to the numerous obstaclesencountered in implementing Industry 4.0. Studies have demonstrated that adopting Industry 4.0is an intricate undertaking, and numerous organizations in various nations are encounteringchallenges due to diverse obstacles [5]. Hence, it is imperative to recognize the obstacles andtheir interconnections that might facilitate the development of a mitigation plan, ultimatelyresulting in a more seamless integration of Industry 4.0 [6]. A limited number of scholars havedone scientific studies on the obstacles that hinder the implementation of Industry 4.0technology. Prior studies have relied on empirical data collected
2010 he has been a Visiting Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Michigan State University. From 2014 to 2016, he has been a Visiting Professor with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Missouri. Currently, he is Associate Professor with the Engineering Department, Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is the author of two book chapters, more than 73 articles. His research interests include artificial intelligence systems and applications, smart material applications, robotics motion, and planning. Also, He is a member of ASME, ASEE, and ASME-ABET PEV.Dr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing
principle Lab 5 Workcell ABB w. robots Auto mode 7 Robotic inspection technologies Lab 6 Basics – Machine Machine vision Vision 8 Product design and CAD/CAM Lab 7 Vision for Smart Virtual Reality Robotics Robotic Control 9 Virtual Reality Robotics for modeling Lab 8 ABB RobotStudio Introduction 10 Virtual Reality Robotics for process planning Lab 9 ABB
require further investigation, with planned follow-up interviews to better identify factorscontributing to changes in confidence. The proposed framework is expected to evolve as more datais analyzed, with additional forms of outcome to illustrate the system of the GTA Experience.4.2 Generalizability and LimitationsThough the framework components were developed for this specific context and style of classes,we expect that the categories will be generalizable to other teaching assistant programs, whilediffering in the specific examples. As the surveys used are not infallible, we will also suggestinformation that would have been helpful to collect to better assess individuals’ experience andsystematize consistent data gathering and support
objectives.This orientation highlights how each individual has varying levels of abilities to manageactions required for goal attainment. Action-oriented individuals are more adept at deployingcognitive control processes to sustain the effort needed for goal progression. For instance, anaction-oriented individual can properly establish academic objectives, plan methods forachieving these goals, and implement these methods effectively to achieve said objectives.Conversely, state-oriented individuals may identify similar academic objectives and formulatesimilar plans but face challenges in sustaining the necessary cognitive control to turn theseplans into completed achievements. There are three common ways in which the cognitivecontrol of state-oriented
more time andenergy to focus on the interaction between the disciplines rather than just falling back into theirown respective silos due to time constraints on delivering the project submittals.A second critical variable in project selection is the type of project. The use of buildingrenovation as a project type offers some significant advantages over new construction. Thedesign process requires time to synthesize the program requirements into a physical shape for thebuilding. This planning process lends itself to the skills of the ARCH students leaving the ARCEand CM students not as fully engaged at the start of the quarter. Using an existing building limitsthe planning process and allows the teams to more quickly focus on specific layouts
surgery planning; a high-resolution, realistically-articulated, physical model of abullfrog skeleton using mechanical joints that were designed to capture all the three-dimensionalmovements that were seen to occur in biplanar light and X-ray videos of frogs performing preystrikes. The educational experiences to which our undergraduate student was exposed weremanifold: First, she was introduced to biological materials by considering the strength andflexibility of the composite material bone, the non-linearly elastic properties of connective tissueand the contractile and elastic properties of muscle. Next, she learned to describe biologicalmorphology through frog dissections and joint manipulations. She then analyzed the kinematicsof the biplanar
Page 22.1224.2students with tidbits of information related to other disciplines does not serve any pedagogicalpurpose other than providing a survey of what is available. Our new sequence of courses serve awell defined pedagogical and curriculum purpose albeit within a more narrow focus.Given that there is a large body of research indicating that active student learning in the form ofhands-on projects and lab-based approaches are very effective3,4,5, we designed all of the courseswith this in mind. Our assessment plans are largely based on direct and quantitative techniqueswith some student surveys providing a more indirect and qualitative feedback. In the followingwe will discuss design, implementation, assessment, and analysis of a three
of Technology to Assist and Assess Distance Students in Integrated Electrical Engineering CoursesAbstractThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville has been attempting to make undergraduate educationmore accessible to nontraditional students through distance education. As part of this plan, ourdepartment began offering their electrical engineering (EE) program in the fall of 2008 tostudents located at all the two-year schools within the state system. This distance programallows place-bound students to complete their entire four-year program on a part-time basis atthe two-year school. The electrical-engineering faculty have been trained in the best practicesfor distance education and have utilized technology to create office
academic success in concurrently and subsequently attended math courses. Preliminaryoutcomes from the high school pilot study suggest that embedding computation within high schoolmathematics courses can dramatically increase the number of students, including women, who choose tostudy computation. While iMPaCT-STEM is a work-in-progress, there is sufficient teaching materialand evidence of its effectiveness to motivate further efforts to replicate, extend and more deeply examineits pedagogy. More information about iMPaCT-STEM is posted online:http://sites.google.com/site/impactstem. Lesson plans are released at no cost to educators who contactthis paper’s first author.AcknowledgementsThis report is based on
student explain ideas or concepts?)3. Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write (Applying: Can the student use the information in a new way?)4. Analysis: analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test (Analyzing: Can the student distinguish between the different parts?)5. Synthesis: arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare, propose, set up, write (Creating: Can the student create a new product or point of view?)6. Evaluation: appraise, argue, assess, attach
of communication in greater amounts and variety, yet manyengineering and technology curricula have seemingly let engineering graphical communicationlearning lapse.‖ ABET 20005 emphasizes the need for students to ―communicate effectively‖, butdoes not specifically include design graphics, as in earlier ABET accreditation programs. Thishas led to a reduction in the number of graphics courses in the typical engineering program, inspite of the overwhelming use of CAD in industry.Studies done a decade ago aimed towards planning the curriculum for the 21 st century6,7 includesolid modeling and 3D CAD, along with spatial visualization, as the most important topicsrecognized by engineering graphics educators to be included in curriculum revisions
Page 22.1261.2Many other countries are emerging as major competitors as well. The South Korean governmenthas vowed to support and nurture their nation’s robotics industry because it has the potential togrow into a $29.7 billion business by 2013.5 In December, 2007, it was reported that the SouthKorean government plans to invest the equivalent of $1.6 billion dollars to build two robot themeparks as part of an effort to boost that country’s robotics industry.6 European Union countries arealso strong competitors. In 2005, the BBC News reported that the European Union’s 25 memberstates have a 35% share in the global manufacturing of robots.7Service robots for personal use worldwide are projected to increase by 160% over the next threeyears
which of the readily available packaging materials will create the best protection for package contents. Some samples of materials are provided for your convenience; please feel free to suggest other materials as well. We have hired a new technician, Mr. Stanley Nerdbaum, who was recently fired by his previous employer for “being a girly man and not going to the gym every day.” Mr. Nerdbaum has provided some equipment which you may use in your work and made the following suggestions which may be helpful to you as you design and test your test plan: “Our goal is to minimize the acceleration experienced by items which impact the insides of containers. You can measure this acceleration with an accelerometer
AC 2011-2498: OPTIMAL DESIGN OF A PUMP AND PIPING SYSTEMCurtis Brackett, Bradley University I am a senior mechanical engineering major at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. I am originally from Aurora, IL. I am the team captain for Bradley’s Formula SAE senior project. I am very interested and plan on developing my career in the field of energy generation.David Zietlow, Bradley University Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University The primary author is Curtis Brackett, candidate for BSME May 2011 Page 22.1126.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
Teaching from the Association of Former Students.Cesar O. Malave, Texas A&M University Dr. Csar O. Malav is the Associate Dean of Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering and Assistant Agency Director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) at Texas A&M Univer- sity. He earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of South Florida. He has taught in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering since 1987. Dr. Malav’s current research interests are on the development of operational planning models for manufacturing sys- tems. He teaches graduate
discussed, as well as aresearch plan for analyzing the effectiveness of the course adjustments.IntroductionThe problem of retaining students is pervasive throughout all of the engineering disciplines.1, 2Within the aerospace community, the impact of an aging workforce is a cause for alarm withrespect to both the national economy and national security.3 Several U.S. governmentcommission reports have investigated the problem, one observing4, 5:The industry is confronted with a graying workforce in science, engineering and manufacturing,with an estimated 26 percent available for retirement within the next five years… Clearly, thereis a major workforce crisis in the aerospace industry. Our nation has lost over 600,000 scientificand technical aerospace
Page 22.1340.4Thomas, personal communication, December 14, 2010). Planning is already in process to boostthese numbers for the 2011 Midwest region meeting at Arkansas Tech in Russelville and the2012 meeting at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla.Beyond student chapters, SCC, and region meetings, ASEE has continued to promote studentinvolvement in engineering education through the creation of the “Bring-A-Student” program,which allows students to attend the ASEE Annual Conference without an ASEE membership.Engineering education departments at institutions such as Virginia Tech have organizedworkshops to provide opportunities for graduate and post-doctoral students to explore positionsin academia. In addition, faculty
offers a unique a personal leadership development program for all undergraduatestudents at Pitt. Participants are introduced to the fundamentals of leadership, including self-knowledge, valuing others, personal accountability, integrity, and change [7]. This programprovides learners with opportunities to: Explore and assess your leadership skills and style Practice and experiment with new leadership behavior Receive feedback on your style and behavior Plan for your on-going leadership development [7]By better publicizing or even requiring this program, more engineering students could benefitfrom this more formalized leadership program.Freshman Engineering Leadership Team (FELT)The Freshman Engineering Leadership Team are
topic is generally more practical than a thesis and is expected to becompleted in one semester13. A total of three credit hours are included in the student’s plan ofstudy for a directed project as opposed to the six credit hours for a thesis. This arrangementallows the student pursuing a directed project to take one additional course during their MSdegree.The Directed Project was intended to an applied research project that was more extensive than agraduate-level independent study but less rigorous than a Master’s thesis. Some difficulty hasbeen created by faculty who require the Directed project to be of equivalent academic validity asthe thesis. They are ignoring the intent of the Directed Project as well as the fact that theDirected project
solutions to their models andformulations via assistance of software. Once, these solutions were obtained they had toimplement them within the game. These solutions gave them insights into the amount ofeach crop to plan in order to realize higher profits or experience points, and include fixedcosts of beautification. Finally, component 3 consisted of students focusing on the evolution of theproblem during a period of one month. Thus, each student was required to keep a“farmer’s log,” which was to be a table consisting of each implementation of the gamewhere key changes had occurred. The students were asked to maintain informationregarding addition of variables, constraints, shifts in policy, and model modifications. Inaddition, students had
to process information and absorb knowledge. This is also determined by relationshipbetween an instructor and a learner as well as relationship among learners.The solution lies in creating a learner-centered community that encourages students to assumemore of the learning responsibility. Now roles of an instructor and a learner vary in thisrelationship. An instructor is no longer a mere transmitter of knowledge. In this learningenvironment a learner is not entirely dependent on what the instructor says or does. A learner hasjust become an educator rather a recipient. The learner is assisted in becoming autonomous andbeing able to plan his/her learning. On the other hand, a learner can play more active role inanother learner’s learning as an
the intensity of the light on the solar cell have been studied and analyzed. Thepaper discusses the steps taken and apparatus used for performing some quality controlmeasurements of solar cells. It is concluded with the future plans regarding the project.Structure of a Solar CellTo better understand the nature of our project it will be useful to briefly described the structureof a solar cell. Solar cells can be classified as amorphous, monocrystalline, or polycrystalline.Production solar cells are either made from silicon wafers or in thin-films using vacuumtechnologies. Silicon solar cells are the most common type of solar cell and are the type tested inthis work. The photocurrent reading from a solar cell under illumination from a
familiar with the Alias software. We knew whatneeded to happen, but it usually didn't work out right. I think this class should be a 2 semesterclass. The first one is separate- ID and engineering. This is when you learn the software. Then atthe second semester you come together and collaborate. This would make the class a lot moreefficient. The collaboration was the best part of the class because I still don't feel like I learnedmuch of Alias.”“I still find Alias to be tough to use, but I got through it.”95% of the students held positive views regarding the collaborative aspects of the course.Example quotes from engineers on their experience working with industrial designers include:“We spent a great deal of time brainstorming and planning the
standards-based lesson plans,five student work samples, photos of students engaged in energy science inquiry, and reflectionon both personal professional growth as well as change in student outcomes. The followingquotes from teachers‟ reflections show the value and impact that the hands-on science inquiryand engineering had.Table 3. Teacher Reflection on the Impact of Hands-on Learning & Inquiry Direct Quotes from Teachers‟ LRP‟sI think the activities that we participated in during the workshop provided concrete hands-onexamples that our students need for a concept like energy efficiency and sustainability to actuallyconnect to their lives.We then went through an inquiry learning experience by building our own
move forward that future workshops are planned. 36Conceptual ContributionsThe final approach to engineering and social justice addressed here is the least tangible and yetthe most important from the perspective of research into engineering thinking and practice. It iswhat will be called, for lack of better terminology, “conceptual contributions,” or efforts toreconceptualize how engineering is understood and how it is practiced. In this category ofinterventions, we see engineering and social justice scholars inquiring deeply into theassumptions, structures, values, and practices of engineers. Particular attention is dedicated toidentifying different and problematic facets of the dominant worldview surroundingengineering—a view traditionally
, inventory management, transportation, andproduction control/scheduling systems. The model was used as a tool to quantify the impact ofimplementing lean manufacturing techniques during the planning and evaluation stage. Themodel generated resource requirements and performance statistics for the current and proposedsystems. These example applications indicate that computer simulation can be effective inpromoting systems understanding of the impacts of lean implementation. However, as computersimulation of lean environments has not yet been expanded to educational settings, there issignificant scope for work in this area. The proposed simulation modules and virtualenvironment to be designed and implemented in this research support the development
trigonometry. It is clear from the self report data that students on average are leastconfident about their preparedness to use trigonometric functions. We plan to further studystudent preparedness based upon a more objective metrics (such as an initial exam) and comparethis to the self reported data.Effectiveness of Learning ResourcesExponential functions and logarithms and particularly trigonometry are topics that are central topre calculus courses. Lack of adequate preparation in these topics could go a long way towardsexplaining why students are failing to place into calculus in the first place and then could alsoaccount for why these students are not successful in pre calculus during their freshman year. Totry and understand why some students are
, where previousversions of an exam are listed. An additional add-on feature, Packrat, will keep an unlimited Page 22.709.4 Figure 3 Sample Dropbox version history.number of deleted files and old versions of the data from your directory. Thus, it is possible topotentially never lose an item of work.9Dropbox also supports file sharing, webhosting, and online access as well.Dropbox has a distinct advantage of being easy and inexpensive to install and use. The softwareis freely available, including both desktop and mobile applications. A basic plan, which allows auser to synchronize and store up to 2 GB of data
Education” (INTERTECH), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in (2002-2005), (2005-2008) and (2009-2012), Member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) and Board Member of ”Global Council on Manufacturing and Management” (GCMM) She was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), State Councilor of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science and Manager of International Relations of SENAC School of Engineering and Technology. She is