Teaching Design of Experiments Using the Mouse Factory

Douglas H. Timmer; Miguel Gonzalez; Connie M. Borror

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Conference: 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Vancouver, BC
Publication Date: June 26, 2011
Start Date: June 26, 2011
End Date: June 29, 2011
ISSN: 2153-5965
Conference Session: Tools of the Trade
Tagged Division: Engineering Management
Page Count: 16
Page Numbers: 22.1383.1 - 22.1383.16
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--18615
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/18615
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Dr. Miguel A. Gonzalez serves as the Associate Dean and Director for the School of Engineering and Computer Science in the University of Texas, Pan American’s College of Science and Engineering. He has a significant amount executive industry experience where he held managerial and executive positions including President and CEO of a large Citrus processor. Throughout his experience, Dr. Gonzalez’ professional and academic activities are focused on an overall mission to provide opportunities for student involvement by developing and maintaining a strong reputation of excellence. He has developed a strong track record of teaching effectiveness based on consistently good teaching evaluations, and he has won some departmental awards in this area. Dr. Gonzalez and colleagues from UTPA and Michigan State University were awarded Honorable Mention in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2004 Curriculum Innovation Award competition. Furthermore, his service as an Associate Editor for The IEEE Transactions on Education has provided him with a means of enhancing and maintaining his knowledge on the issues affecting engineering education. In the area of professional achievement, he has been able to obtain over Four Million Dollars in funding for his academic activities from various sources including NASA, The National Science Foundation, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Advanced Research Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, The U.S. Department of Education, and The U. S. Department of Labor. One of his current interests is in the area of manufacturing systems for rapid response Manufacturing. An extension of this work is the current effort that established the UTPA Rapid Response Manufacturing Center in a consortium of academic institutions, economic development corporations, industry, local, state, and federal governments. This initiative is an integral component of the North American Advanced Manufacturing and Research Initiative (NAAMREI). Dr. Gonzalez is a founding leader of the initiative which seeks to develop the infrastructure for an integrated PK through practice educational system for the Rio South Texas Region. This endeavor involves a strong relationship with the Economic Development community, South Texas College and Region One Education Service Center which facilitates the activities of the proposed project. Because of his experience and role as a regional leader in a wide variety of endeavors, Dr. Gonzalez has served and continues to serve in leadership positions in technology based economic development in the Rio South Texas Region.

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Connie M. Borror Arizona State University, West

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Abstract

Teaching Design of Experiments using the Mouse FactoryAbstractThe Mouse Factory contains a set of web-based, active learning modules for teaching statisticalquality control. This paper will present design of experiments using the Mouse Factory. Thecurrent pedagogy in today’s classrooms is based upon lectures and homework problems fromtextbooks. This approach typically focuses on the knowledge and application domains ofBloom’s Taxonomy. The current pedagogy removes students from applying higher ordercognitive skills. A web-based simulation of an injection-molding machine is the subject of adesign of experiments. Students complete two assignments that allows the students to assess thecurrent operating status of the injection molding machine, implement a fractional factorialexperiment, select an improved operating point and evaluate the impact of using the newoperational point discovered using design of experiments methodology. Assessment of studentbehavior and attitudes will be discussed and evaluated.

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Timmer, D. H., & Gonzalez, M., & Borror, C. M. (2011, June), Teaching Design of Experiments Using the Mouse Factory Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18615