Plotting A Bright Future For Manufacturing Education: Results Of A Brainstorming Session

Abstract

Luis Obispo. Dr. Waldorf teaches mainly in the manufacturing processes area, including courses in manufacturing process design, tool engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, and quality engineering. His research interests are with machining process modeling and monitoring, especially related to cutting tool wear, vibrations, and advanced tool design. Prior to coming to Cal Poly Dr. Waldorf worked in Chicago as a quality/manufacturing engineer at ATF, Inc., a producer of fasteners and specialty cold-formed products for the automotive industry. He received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the

Development Of A Manufacturing Processes Course For A Bse Program: Sights, Sounds, Smells, And Student Learning

“…In an overview of how outcomes-based engineering education, the engineering profession, and industry might interact in the 21 st century, Todd et al 4 argue for whole new manufacturing engineering programs and increased manufacturing curricula in traditional engineering education. Other works concerning manufacturing engineering education describe the implementation of an interdisciplinary manufacturing engineering program by Liou 5 and brainstorming session results from a manufacturing engineering education conference by Waldorf et al 6 At least one institution has creatively combined manufacturing processes and materials science topics when faced with reducing the number of mechanical engineering degree credit hours, as described by Griffin and Creasy. 7 More traditional than the course they describe, the course presented in this paper has the designation of upper-division requirement/elective and is supported with a traditional, required, and separate materials science course and lab.…”