Manufacturing and Society – A Freshman Introduction to Engineering Course with Manufacturing and Social Science Partnership
Manufacturing and Society – A Freshman Introduction to Engineering Course with Manufacturing and Social Science Partnership
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制造与社会——与制造和社会科学合作的新生工程入门课程
DOI：
10.1016/j.promfg.2020.05.154
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2020
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A. Hogg
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作者：
A. Shih;Lei Chen;Noah J Webster;A. Hogg
介绍了一门关于制造与社会的新生工程导论课程的课程设置和教学方法。本课程旨在以四轴飞行器无人机为例，教授制造流程和系统方面的知识，说明制造业对社会的潜在影响，并在现实世界的工程环境中激发创新，团队合作和沟通方面的学习。它还旨在教学生如何最好地传达他们的发现和结论。本课程是建立在两个团队为基础的项目。学生们练习并安排了最先进的无人机DJI Spark的组装时间，并创建了一个中期项目演示文稿，并报告了他们在密歇根州为这架无人机建立组装厂的计划。学生们学习了装配线设计，周期时间平衡，时间研究，自动化，机器人，人体工程学，过程能力指数和工厂布局。最后一个项目是设计和制造一个爱好无人机，大疆F330的附件，用于造福社会的使命。学生学习了制造、计算机辅助设计、增材制造、制造技能和制造工艺的社会方面。每个团队都确定了一个社会需求，为DJI F330无人机设计了一个附件，与经验丰富的工程师一起审查设计，制造组件，组装附件，并在无人机试飞中进行评估。本课程是与当地社区学院密切合作实施的，以分享讲座和实验室材料以及制造业教学法，使同一批高中毕业生受益。这种整合社会科学、制造业和技术交流的方法，使用无人机教授制造业，并将制造业和社会联系起来，被证明对新生工程入门课程是有效的。大一工程专业的学生在第一学期经常会经历巨大的变化和压力。为了帮助学生在第一学期的工程学习中过渡，对讲座、实验室和交流讨论环节进行了调整。
The curriculum and pedagogy of a freshman introduction to engineering course on manufacturing and society are presented. This course is designed to use the quadcopter drone as an example to teach knowledge in manufacturing processes and systems, illustrate potential impacts of manufacturing to society, and stimulate learning in innovation, teamwork, and communication in a real-world engineering environment. It is also designed to teach students how to best communicate their findings and conclusions. This course is built on two team-based projects. Students practiced and timed the assembly of a state-of-the-art drone, the DJI Spark, and created a mid-term project presentation and report of their plan to setup an assembly plant in Michigan for this drone. Students learned the assembly line design, cycle time balancing, time study, automation, robotics, ergonomics, process capability index, and plant layout. The final project is the design and manufacture of an attachment to a hobby drone, DJI F330, for a mission that will benefit society. Students learned the social-aspects of manufacturing, computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, fabrication skills, and manufacturing processes. Each team identified a societal need, designed an attachment to the DJI F330 drone, reviewed the design with experienced engineers, manufactured components, assembled the attachment, and evaluated them in drone test flights. This course was implemented in close collaboration with a local community college to share the lecture and lab materials as well as pedagogy in manufacturing to benefit the same cohort of high school graduates. This approach of integrated social science, manufacturing, and technical communication to teach manufacturing using drones and connect manufacturing and society were demonstrated to be effective for an introductory freshman engineering course. Freshman engineering students often experience tremendous changes and pressure in their first semester. The lecture, lab, and discussion session for communication were adjusted to help students’ transition in their first semester engineering study.