An Experience in Integrated Knowledge about Manufacturing Technologies for Students of the Grades of Industrial Engineering

Blanco, Manuel San Juan; Tiedra, Pilar De; Martín, Óscar; Martín, Francisco Javier Santos; López, Ronald Campos; Suarez, Rita; Mahillo-Isla, R.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.473

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“…The market has demanded dynamic professionals that, besides solid knowledge, also have practical skills and abilities in critical thinking. In this context, engineering higher education institutions are trying to improve their courses to integrate different areas of knowledge with sustainability concepts, thus providing students with a closer vision about the complex future (Baroutian et al , 2016; Kellam et al , 2007; Leal Filho et al , 2016; San-Juan et al , 2015).…”

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Developing in engineering students a critical analysis about sustainability in productive systems

Rampasso

Anholon

Silva

et al. 2019

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Purpose The Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Campinas is composed of different disciplines in the areas of materials, mechanical design, manufacturing (production and manufacturing), computational systems, thermal and fluids. In the manufacturing area, in particular, there is a discipline entitled Productive Systems whose main objective is to offer to the student a global vision about operations management. In the field of operations management, sustainability is gaining more and more importance; thus, it is important to develop in the students a critical sense about social and environmental aspects. Thus, this paper aims to present the main initiatives developed in the discipline to promote sustainability in engineering students. Design/methodology/approach Since 2015, the professors responsible for the Productive Systems discipline, assisted by post-graduate students and professors from other universities, have begun to redesign the discipline, including debates, lectures, projects and other initiatives to provide a critical view concerning the traditional concepts taught. The discipline has been performed three times with this new conception. The methodology to structure this research was literature review, documental analyses of the discipline records and meetings with professors that participated in the initiatives. An Action Research approach was performed by two professors and a graduate student. The authors of this paper also compared the results with those obtained by initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). Findings This study allowed to reinforce some results from initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); however, some differences were identified. For example, similar to the initiatives mentioned, the professors of University of Campinas had problems with didactic books, as they loosely integrate the basic operations management concepts with sustainable development fundamentals. On the other hand, debates related to social sustainability were considered positive from the point of view of the professors and students, differing from initiatives performed at Chalmers University of Technology. Research limitations/implications Results come from one field study (University of Campinas) when professors of the Mechanical Engineering course try to integrate operations management concepts and sustainable development. Different results may be observed by other higher education institutions. Practical implications The authors of this paper believe that the diffusion of these initiatives can stimulate other professors and researchers in the field to broaden the academic debate about the insertion of sustainability into engineering courses. Originality/value There are few papers presenting didactic experiences and empirical results about the integration of operations management concepts and sustainable development. Results of this paper reinforce some good practices and they also present other ones, in a way that extend the debate about educational engineering.

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confidence: 99%

Developing in engineering students a critical analysis about sustainability in productive systems

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Anholon

Silva

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“…General program Sustainable value creation [4]; outcome-based education structure [5][6][7][8][9]; cooperative and participative education [10] Methods and Tools Experimental and problem based learning [11][12][13]; Interactive tools [14][15][16][17]; sustainability assessment tools [4], participative education [4,7] Cooperation and networks Cooperative and participative education [4,7,18], incorporation of international exchange [8]; experience sharing [18,19] Industry based training Cooperative training [7,10,19]; industrial talks and visits [7,18]; industry pulled MSc theses and projects [6,13,20]; evaluation of competences and skills [2,6,21,22] Competences and skills Industry-based evaluation [10,23]; soft skills (p.e. communication and language) [2]; ICT and software skills [14,15]; managing innovation skills [13,22,24] Quality assurance and accreditation Benchmarking of accreditation and quality assurance systems …”

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Identifying key criteria in development of Industrial Engineering education

Nitkiewicz

Ayen

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. The objective of this study is to define criteria in current development of Industrial Engineering (IE) education on the basis of studies and concepts published in commonly accessible databases and knowledge exchange platforms. General assumption of the study is that the universal criteria used in developing IE study programs are already defined and some experiences on their use are already published. The expected outcome of the study is to identify the criteria that could support the development of curriculum for MSc in IE. The approach used here is content analysis with the publication related to the higher level education in the field of Industrial Engineering.

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Filling the skills gap in U.S. manufacturing: Promoting internships and co-op experiences and integrating industrial engineering courses to improve student design and manufacturing knowledge

Lynch

Aqlan

2016

2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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An Experience in Integrated Knowledge about Manufacturing Technologies for Students of the Grades of Industrial Engineering

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Developing in engineering students a critical analysis about sustainability in productive systems

Developing in engineering students a critical analysis about sustainability in productive systems

Identifying key criteria in development of Industrial Engineering education

Filling the skills gap in U.S. manufacturing: Promoting internships and co-op experiences and integrating industrial engineering courses to improve student design and manufacturing knowledge

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