The Learning Factory—A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum
The Learning Factory—A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum
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学习工厂——将设计和制造融入工程课程的新方法
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1997
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J. Zayas
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J. Lamancusa;J. Jorgensen;J. Zayas
学习工厂是一个新的实践型课程和产品实现的物理设施。它的目标是提供更好的教育体验，强调商业环境中制造和设计的相互依存。学习工厂是制造工程教育伙伴关系(MEEP)的产物。这一合作伙伴关系是由三所拥有强大工程项目的主要大学(宾夕法尼亚州立大学、波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校、华盛顿大学)、一家一流的高科技政府实验室(桑迪亚国家实验室)、覆盖美国广泛行业的100多家企业合作伙伴以及通过ARPA技术再投资计划为该项目提供资金的联邦政府之间的独特合作。作为这一倡议的结果，合作学校已建造或翻新了超过14,000平方英尺的学习工厂设施。在运营的头两年，学习工厂已经为2600多名学生提供了服务。该署开设了四个新课程和一个经修订的高级项目课程，该课程综合了制造、设计和商业方面的知识，并利用这些设施。这些课程是产品实现中新课程选项的组成部分。这些课程是以独特的团队方式开发的，其材料可在万维网上以电子方式查阅。行业合作伙伴提供现实世界的问题，也是我们高级顶石设计课程的学生的客户。截至1996年12月，这三所学校已经完成了200多个跨学科项目。这些项目涉及来自工业、机械、电气、化学工程和商业的学生团队。来自五个时区的43名教职员工参与了这项工作。
The Learning Factory is a new practice‐based curriculum and physical facilities for product realization. Its goal is to provide an improved educational experience that emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design in a business environment. The Learning Factory is the product of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP). This partnership is a unique collaboration of three major universities with strong engineering programs (Penn State, University of Puerto Rico‐Mayaguez, University of Washington), a premier high‐technology government laboratory (Sandia National Laboratories), over 100 corporate partners covering a wide spectrum of U.S. Industries, and the federal government that provided funding for this project through the ARPA Technology Reinvestment Program. As a result of this initiative, over 14,000 square feet of Learning Factory facilities have been built or renovated across the partner schools. In the first two years of operation, the Learning Factories have served over 2600 students. Four new courses, and a revamped senior projects course which integrate manufacturing, design and business concerns and make use of these facilities have been instituted. These courses are an integral part of a new curriculum option in Product Realization. The courses were developed by a unique team approach and their materials are available electronically over the World Wide Web. Industry partners provide real‐world problems and are the customers for students in our senior capstone design courses. As of December 1996, over 200 interdisciplinary projects have been completed across the three schools. These projects involve teams of students from Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering and Business. Forty‐three faculty members, across five time zones, are engaged in this effort.