This paper explains how supply chain management is being taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels in engineering and technology programs. It overviews the objectives, content areas, teaching methodologies and evaluation methods that were developed for a course. For the purposes of this paper the author's university will be referred to as university A and the department will be referred to as Department E.
This paper describes a program assessment process that was developed at a university in the Midwest to transition to the ABET outcomes-oriented TC2K criteria. It will also explain the approach used by the Engineering Technology faculty to evolve into this current assessment plan. Excel spreadsheets and templates used in this assessment model are shown.
This study was built on prior competency gap research conducted by the Society for Manufacturing Engineers to provide a foundation for the development of the Department of Technology's new Integrated Manufacturing Systems (IMS) laboratory at Illinois State University (ISU). The objectives of the study were to: a) investigate to what extent small and mid-sized Illinois manufacturing companies feel it is important for newly hired manufacturing engineering or technology graduates to possess specified basic personal skills, technical skills and business professional skills, b) compare the skills identified as important in this study with the SME competency gaps listing, and c) use the results of this study as one criteria to revise curriculum and update a laboratory in the IMS Sequence at ISU.The methodology for this project consisted of randomly selecting small and mid-sized Illinois manufacturers from the 2004 Illinois Manufacturers Directory. The participants in the study completed a survey consisting of questions with regard to demographics, basic personal skills, technical skills, and business/professional skills. A 5 point likert scale was used.The results of this study are being used to help modify a manufacturing curriculum and to renovate an existing laboratory with high technology automation hardware and software. A 1.2 million dollar donation from a manufacturing company is being used to help finance a major part of the initiative.
Students studying web-development need experience in providing their expertise to people with limited Internet experience. On the other hand, students studying manufacturing management need experience to communicate ideas and concepts such as engineering drawings and tooling plans to non-engineering students. Based on this need, two faculty members developed an interdisciplinary collaborative project reflecting the essential elements of successful collaboration in teaching and learning. Students enrolled in either a web-development or a manufacturing course participated in this study. These students were working in interdisciplinary teams producing engineering drawings and production plans that were to be displayed and disseminated via interactive websites. As part of the challenge, students were required to use Internet tools such as chat rooms and discussion forums, to meet the outside-the-classroom communication component.
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