Faculty Enhancement for Undergraduate Programs in Manufact- uring Engineering

该计划将增强48名制造工程领域教职员工的知识和教学技能。这些成员将主要来自中西部的学院和大学。各院校正在努力建立制造工程专业的本科课程，但由于缺乏合格的讲师，这些课程严重受阻。这种短缺可以通过升级现有教员来缓解。该方案包括四次会议，间隔数天至数周，以便进行准备工作。课程主题提纲如下：课程一：制造工程的临床与指导。计划概述。教学问题的识别与分析。组织制造工程教学的框架。制造业务。各种各样的制造工程师。在时间管理、创造力和创新以及个人网络方面的五个强化短期课程。第二节：与生产力有关的项目。同步工程。为性能和可生产性而设计的部件。零件制造。计算机的应用。准备一份工艺规范手册。降低成本。所选流程的研究前沿。人为因素。三次实验室/工厂之旅。第三节：产品质量相关因素。确定客户的需求。以产品设计求质量。定量Ishakawa图。田口方法。准备一份产品质量手册。现代无损检测方法。试运行。参观两次工厂。第四节：教具的设计与制作。工作场所工程学。替换论。计算机在制造业中的利弊。制造管理。参观制造业工程师协会总部。将编列经费，用于通过计算机和为期三年的每年举行的后续研讨会与与会者建立联系。除了国家科学基金会的资金外，参与者的机构将为项目的运营贡献约5%的差旅费用。

The program will enhance the knowledge and instructional skills of forty-eight faculty members in the field of manufacturing engineering. These members will come from colleges and universities primarily in the midwest. Institutions are striving to establish undergraduate programs in manufacturing engineering but are severely handicapped by the shortage of qualified instructors. The shortage can be alleviated by upgrading existing faculty. The program comprises four sessions, with intervals of days to weeks to allow for preparatory work. Topic outlines for the sessions are as follows: Session I: Clinic and Instruction in Manufacturing Engineering. Program overview. Identification and analysis of instructional problems. Frameworks for organizing instruction in manufacturing engineering. Manufacturing operations. Kinds of manufacturing engineers. Five intensive short courses in the areas of time management, creativity and innovation, and personal networking. Session II: Productivity- Related Projects. Simultaneous engineering. Part design for performance and producibility. Part fabrication. Applications of computers. Preparation of a process specification manual. Cost reductions. Research frontiers for the process selected. Human factors. Three laboratory/plant tours. Session III: Product Quality-Related Factors. Ascertaining what customers want. Design of products for quality. Quantitative Ishakawa diagrams. Taguchi methods. Preparation of a product quality manual. Modern nondestructive test methods. Pilot run. Two plant tours. Session IV: Design and Fabrication of Instructional Aids. Workplace engineering. Replacement theory. Pros and cons of computers in manufacturing. Manufacturing management. Visit to the headquarters of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Provision will be made for networking the participants by computer and by follow-on seminars held annually for three years. In addition to the NSF funds, participants' institutions will contribute about 5% in travel costs to the operation of the project.