Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: Extruder Tutor Plastic Injection Molding Machine

Yalcin Ertekin; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu; Richard Chiou

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Conference: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Publication Date: June 24, 2017
Start Date: June 24, 2017
End Date: June 28, 2017
Conference Session: Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations
Tagged Division: Manufacturing
Page Count: 14
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--28572
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/28572
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Yalcin Ertekin Drexel University (Tech.)

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Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engineering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MS&T in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the architectural and manufacturing Sciences department of Western Kentucky University. He was a faculty at Trine University teaching mainly graduate courses as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering departments. He is currently teaching in Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, rapid prototyping and quality control. His research interest includes sensor based condition monitoring of CNC machining, machine tool accuracy characterization and enhancement, non-invasive surgical tool design, reverse engineering and bio materials.

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu Drexel University (Tech.)

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Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Ph. D. is Assistant Clinical Professor with Drexel University, Engineering Technology program. Her area of expertise is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro-combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. She has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.

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Richard Chiou Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous research experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.

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Abstract

In recent years there has been a big push to get students into the STEM fields. However, what seems to be lacking in this academic push is the hands on side of it. Engineering simply just isn’t about equations, but actually developing and building a physical product. Something you can touch and in most cases see work. The manufacturing field fits into STEM academics and is very important. With learning the importance of manufacturing, the Senior Design team at XXXX University's XXXX Department have decided that one of the best ways to expose new students to exciting Manufacturing Engineering fields from the high school through college level is to give students hands on experiences in this field that would make them interested in it. To do this they have developed a desktop size design of an injection molding machine for educational use. The student design team considered an injection molding machine as one of the best option for exposure since newly interested students immediately can see how a part is made with an easily operated machine that makes the product right away. During the fall quarter the student team proposed this idea, backing it up with research and market studies. The winter quarter had students finalizing the design, acquiring parts, and machining and assembling the frame. For the spring quarter, the machine was tested and put it in working order. Along with that, the students created a user manual and a lab manual to assist those using the injection molding machine. The machine envisioned in September became a working product and closer to educating students in STEM academics and the manufacturing field. The significance of the methodology to be applied in this capstone course project is to combine theory and practice to prepare the students to become better problem solvers and obtain practical solutions to real life/simulated problems using a project based approach. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along with many others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the design and development of an Injection molding machine for educators. Such projects show students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advanced technology can be used in an innovative application. Overall, many different fields of engineering can benefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledge in many different engineering aspects and processes. This capstone design project stimulates the students’ interest in real-world product realization. As manufacturing laboratories are very expensive to develop, this project can also be adapted at other institutions that have limited funding to improve manufacturing process and prototyping facilities. Expected student learning outcomes assessment in this capstone course was performed using written reports and oral presentations as well as an evaluation of each student’s contribution to the project. Oral presentations were assessed at the end of the first and last quarter and written reports at the end of each quarter. Both written reports and oral presentations were assessed by all faculty members and a number of outside assessors from regional industries. The assessment of individual student contributions was performed by the project advisor and co-advisor. The students’ performance was assessed using a set of performance indicators that are also used to assess the program’s student a-k outcomes (ABET). Each indicator is assessed according to a Likert-type scale and the results weighted to emphasize technical qualities of the work and scaled to produce a score from 0 to 100 in order to determine the students’ final grades.

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Ertekin, Y., & Ciobanescu Husanu, I. N., & Chiou, R. (2017, June), Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: Extruder Tutor Plastic Injection Molding Machine Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28572

TY - CPAPER
AB - In recent years there has been a big push to get students into the STEM fields. However, what seems to be lacking in this academic push is the hands on side of it. Engineering simply just isn’t about equations, but actually developing and building a physical product. Something you can touch and in most cases see work. The manufacturing field fits into STEM academics and is very important. With learning the importance of manufacturing, the Senior Design team at XXXX University&#39;s XXXX Department have decided that one of the best ways to expose new students to exciting Manufacturing Engineering fields from the high school through college level is to give students hands on experiences in this field that would make them interested in it. To do this they have developed a desktop size design of an injection molding machine for educational use. The student design team considered an injection molding machine as one of the best option for exposure since newly interested students immediately can see how a part is made with an easily operated machine that makes the product right away. During the fall quarter the student team proposed this idea, backing it up with research and market studies. The winter quarter had students finalizing the design, acquiring parts, and machining and assembling the frame. For the spring quarter, the machine was tested and put it in working order. Along with that, the students created a user manual and a lab manual to assist those using the injection molding machine. The machine envisioned in September became a working product and closer to educating students in STEM academics and the manufacturing field.
The significance of the methodology to be applied in this capstone course project is to combine theory and practice to prepare the students to become better problem solvers and obtain practical solutions to real life/simulated problems using a project based approach. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along with many others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the design and development of an Injection molding machine for educators. Such projects show students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advanced technology can be used in an innovative application. Overall, many different fields of engineering can benefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledge in many different engineering aspects and processes. This capstone design project stimulates the students’ interest in real-world product realization. As manufacturing laboratories are very expensive to develop, this project can also be adapted at other institutions that have limited funding to improve manufacturing process and prototyping facilities.
Expected student learning outcomes assessment in this capstone course was performed using written reports and oral presentations as well as an evaluation of each student’s contribution to the project. Oral presentations were assessed at the end of the first and last quarter and written reports at the end of each quarter. Both written reports and oral presentations were assessed by all faculty members and a number of outside assessors from regional industries. The assessment of individual student contributions was performed by the project advisor and co-advisor. The students’ performance was assessed using a set of performance indicators that are also used to assess the program’s student a-k outcomes (ABET). Each indicator is assessed according to a Likert-type scale and the results weighted to emphasize technical qualities of the work and scaled to produce a score from 0 to 100 in order to determine the students’ final grades.

AU - Yalcin Ertekin
AU - Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu
AU - Richard Chiou
CY - Columbus, Ohio
DA - 2017/06/24
PB - ASEE Conferences
TI - Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: Extruder Tutor Plastic Injection Molding Machine
UR - https://peer.asee.org/28572
DO - 10.18260/1-2--28572
ER -