Workspace design plays an important role in ensuring workers' safety and welfare. The issue is more pressing in the manufacturing industry, where many workers must remain in a standing position, assume awkward postures, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods of time. In this research, an electromyographic measurement technique was used to measure activity of four back muscles: the trapezius p. descendens, the deltoideus p. scapularis, the infraspinatus, and the latissimus dorsi. The results showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) impact of left versus right side of the body, the degree of rotation to the right side of the body (0, 30, and 60 degrees rotation to the mid-sagittal plane), body mass index level (normal weight [<25 kg/m 2 ] vs. overweight [≥25 kg/m 2 ]), and tasks (high vs. low frequency). In this study, the role that workers and workspace variation play is clearly associated with an increase in the amplitude of electromyography at the targeted back muscles. C 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 20 years. He consults for industry on process control and related disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for the past 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of Manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.
Context Purdue University houses one of the nation's largest Schools of Technology. Over 5000 students are served by more than 180 full time faculty organized into eight separate departments deployed over one home site (West Lafayette) and eleven statewide locations. Notably, and rather than having individual departments each mount their own graduate program; to insure critical mass, consistency and quality; Purdue's School of Technology opted for a single graduate administration that spans each department and statewide site. Headed by an assistant dean for graduate studies this administration, in collaboration with departmental graduate committees, operates three distinct graduate degrees: A Ph.D. program (in collaboration with the School of Education), a Master of Science in Technology, and a Weekend Masters Degree Program. This article focuses on the design, initial findings, and assessment of the latter program. Weekend Masters Program The School of Technology's Weekend Masters Degree program (Depew, Dunlap, & Newton, 2001) is an innovative, technology-focused, adaptation of successful executive masters programs typically offered by leading business schools. The Weekend Masters Degree Program in Technology is designed for full-time professionals. The objectives of the program are: (a) enhancement of participants' learning skills in a continuously changing technology field, (b) enhancement of analytical and problem-solving skills in applications of technology, and (c) accentuation of professional ethics and awareness in a technological environment. Purdue's adaptation involves offering a series of twelve courses, delivered via fourteen very intense threeday weekend sessions which are augmented with a carefully developed set of out-of-class assignments and a communication support system. Each of these weekend sessions entails 24 contact hours of meeting time. In addition, a directed project is required to demonstrate research and/or development competence. All together, the activities span a five-semester period. Considerable homework is also required between meetings and ongoing contact is facilitated via electronic communication. Electronic communication is, in fact, only part of the innovative instructional methodology incorporated into the Weekend Masters Degree program. The methodological approach, which has previously been documented (Newton, Sutton, & Dunlap, 2000), is based on highly structured, intense, and electronically supported learning activities all guided by an actively involved, physically present, faculty cohort. Extensive intra-cohort interaction is also ongoing.
A Master's degree program in technology that includes leadership and management component allows students to enhance their technical skills and knowledge, as well as help them develop new leadership and management skills. The Master of Science in Technology degree program was initiated and implemented at Purdue University Northwest in the year 2008. This relatively new program has graduated over 300 students in a short time, and enrolls over 150 students every semester.Purdue University Northwest, with two campuses in Northwest Indiana, has had ABET accredited undergraduate Engineering Technology programs since the 70's, therefore, there was a large alumni base to start the new Master's program. The Master's program begun in 2008 with no additional faculty or administrative resources, and did not have any specific concentration. Currently, the MS degree program has six concentrations in various disciplines within engineering technology and offers three industry-based graduate certifications. In addition, a fixed plan of study with a technology leadership and management concentration is offered that is fully on-line. The program is housed at the College level and not at the academic department level. Most students enrolled in the program take a full load of 9 credit hours and the program graduates over 60 students per year. Over 95% of these graduates obtain employment within three months. This paper discusses the strategies of initiating, implementing, and sustaining such graduate degree program in Technology with various concentrations. Further, a fiscal model for the operation of the program by maintaining the program quality, high enrollment, and high employment rate of graduates is also discussed.
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