Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Innovation: Adapting and Implementing the Learning Factory

工程-其他（59）这个项目适应并建立在成功的“学习工厂”的工作上，该工厂是宾夕法尼亚州立大学、华盛顿大学和波多黎各马亚圭斯大学合作开发的，目的是缩小那些被聘为制造工程师和经理的学生之间的能力差距。该适应计划基于五个主要任务：1）通过开发两个跨学科的工程与商业课程，企业概念和企业设计，适应和实施更注重实践平衡/实践的制造工程课程; 2）加强创业-制造创新实验室体验（E-MILE），以实现以实践为基础的学习和创新; 3）与学术界、制造业和大学预科社区的联系; 4）与行业合作伙伴的合作;以及5）项目评估，以评估活动的进展和对学习过程的影响，并确定持续改进的机会。这一举措以学习工厂模式为基础，为如何激发有才华的年轻专业人员的创造力和创新提供了新的行动方针。

Engineering - Other (59) This project adapts and builds on the work of the successful "Learning Factory" developed as a collaboration among Penn State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez to close the competency gap among those students who are hired as manufacturing engineers and managers. This adaptation scheme is based on five major tasks: 1) adaptation and implementation of a more practice-balanced/hands-on manufacturing engineering curriculum through development of two joint interdisciplinary engineering-business courses, Enterprise Conception and Enterprise Design; 2) enhancement of the Entrepreneurship-Manufacturing Innovation Laboratory Experience (E-MILE) for practice-based learning and innovation; 3) outreach to the academic, manufacturing, and pre-college communities; 4) collaboration with industry partners; and 5) project assessment to evaluate the progress of activities and impact on the learning process and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Building upon the Learning Factory model, this initiative is providing a new course of action in how to stimulate creativity and innovation in talented young professionals.