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Transitioning Sustainable Manufacturing Undergraduate Research Experiences from an In-Person to a Virtual Format

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41961

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https://peer.asee.org/41961

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326

Paper Authors

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Jeremy Rickli Wayne State University

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Dr. Jeremy L. Rickli received his B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2006 and 2008 and received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech prior to joining Wayne State in 2013. At Wayne State, he has created the Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Systems Laboratory (MaRSLab). MaRSLab targets fundamental and applied research in manufacturing, remanufacturing, and disassembly processes and systems while encouraging considerations for sustainability and life-cycle thinking in design, manufacturing, use, and recovery. Research thrusts include: Uncertainty Management in Remanufacturing and Disassembly; Leveraging Data to Innovate Decision Making in the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise; Collaborative Robotic Automation in Advanced Manufacturing and Assembly Systems. Within these thrusts, MaRSLab is investigating: disassembly automation for enhanced component and material recovery; integrating disassembly and remanufacturing decisions into design phases; the interaction between manufacturing operators and collaborative robots; learning programs for the application of collaborative robots in manufacturing; the potential for point cloud measurement data to transform manufacturing quality monitoring and remanufacturing core condition assessment; managing core acquisition in remanufacturing and value recovery considering uncertain core quality, quantity, and timing; and data analytics approaches to innovating Resistance Spot Welding feasibility certification. Dr. Rickli is also the director of the NSF REU Site: Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing (NSF #1461031). This site strives to expose undergraduate students to the forefront of sustainable manufacturing research; develop a sustainable manufacturing community of students, faculty, and industry partners; and encourage students to pursue future sustainable manufacturing research activities.

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Yinlun Huang Wayne State University

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Dr. Yinlun Huang is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University, where he directs the Laboratory for Multiscale Complex Systems Science and Engineering. His research has been mainly focused on the fundamental study of multiscale complex systems science and sustainability science, with applied study on engineering sustainability, including sustainable nanomaterial development, integrated design of sustainable product and process systems, and manufacturing sustainability. He has published widely in these areas. Dr. Huang is Co-Editor-in-Chief of ASTM J of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, Associate Editor of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy and a few other journals. Dr. Huang is a recipient of AIChE Sustainability Education Award and Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering Award in 2016 and 2010, respectively, the NASF Scientific Achievement Award in 2013, and the Michigan Green Chemistry Governor’s Award in 2009. He is an elected fellow of AIChE and NASF. Dr. Huang holds a B.S. degree from Zhejiang University, China, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree from Kansas State University, all in chemical engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Wayne State University in 1993.

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Abstract

The Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing is an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site that offers unique summer undergraduate research experiences in the challenging field of sustainable manufacturing to national undergraduate students from two and four-year institutions. The objective of the REU Site is to introduce undergraduate students to the forefront of sustainable manufacturing research and to provide participants with the skills and pathways to pursue advanced degrees or careers in sustainable manufacturing. The intensive ten-week summer research and professional development experience hosts ten students per summer and addresses National Science Foundation priority areas such as advanced manufacturing and sustainability. Undergraduate research projects in the REU site address manufacturing process, manufacturing system, and fundamental sustainable manufacturing principles within continuous (e.g. chemical manufacturing) and discrete (e.g. automotive manufacturing) manufacturing systems. Projects are further associated with topics that cross cut the aforementioned thrust areas such as, emerging and environmentally benign materials manufacturing, sustainable process design and control, and life-cycle engineering and value recovery. Traditionally, this REU Site hosts in-person undergraduate researchers to undertake their research projects in a faculty mentor laboratory during the program. However, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated that the REU Site program be held virtually during the summer of 2021. This poster and summary paper detail the steps taken to transition REU Site program activities to a virtual environment and post-program evaluation results of participant experiences. Evaluation results of the virtual program are compared to evaluation results of prior in-person Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing programs.

Rickli, J., & Huang, Y. (2022, August), Transitioning Sustainable Manufacturing Undergraduate Research Experiences from an In-Person to a Virtual Format Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41961

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