Metrology Education including GD&T in Engineering Technology

Joseph P. Fuehne

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Conference: 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference
Location: Anderson, Indiana
Publication Date: April 9, 2022
Start Date: April 9, 2022
End Date: April 9, 2022
Page Count: 7
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--42134
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/42134
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Joseph P. Fuehne P.E. Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Joe Fuehne received a B.S. degree in aeronautical/astronautical engineering in 1983 from the University of Illinois and M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University. In between undergraduate and graduate school, he worked for two years in the flight test department at McDonnell Aircraft Company in various locations, including the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River in Maryland and the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force base in California. During graduate school, Dr. Fuehne focused his efforts on finite element analysis of laminated composite materials. After graduate school, Dr. Fuehne spent seven years in Houston, Texas, working for the Cooper Cameron Corporation doing finite element analysis on oil field equipment. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Fuehne performed similar work on automobile exhaust systems for ArvinMeritor Inc. in Columbus, Ind. In January of 2002, he accepted a position as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology for Purdue University at their satellite campus in Columbus, Ind. Since then, Dr. Fuehne has taught 15 different classes in the MET department and authored papers on real-world applications in thermodynamics, assessment practices targeted at ABET accreditation, K-12 outreach programs , and measurement science and training.

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Abstract

Purdue Polytechnic Columbus is an extension of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute on the main campus in West Lafayette. This location in Columbus benefits from an environmentally-controlled metrology lab located in the Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence on the Columbus Airpark Campus. Additionally, Purdue Polytechnic Columbus has filled the lab with measurement tools including a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), roundness tester, surface finish tester, an Instron tensile tester, and numerous hand tools among other items. These outstanding facilities have been utilized throughout the Mechanical Engineering Technology curriculum but are emphasized in the Production Design and Specifications class, which also addresses Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). While engineering programs tend to focus on theory, engineering technology programs focus on practical and applied concepts related to manufacturing and that includes drawings and GD&T. This paper introduces how metrology and GD&T are adopted in the classroom work and how hands-on activities are integrated to reinforce the learning of these critical manufacturing topics. 3-D printing is employed to create relevant objects to measure that highlight the concepts studied in the classroom. Similarly, students are assigned a reverse engineering project that includes making measurements, creating a standards-based drawing with GD&T specifications, 3-D printing the part and then measuring the part for both dimensions and geometric quantities like circularity, cylindricity, parallelism and perpendicularity. Some of these artifacts will be demonstrated during the presentation.

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Fuehne, J. P. (2022, April), Metrology Education including GD&T in Engineering Technology Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference , Anderson, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--42134