Integrating the Product Realization Process into a New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

工程-机械（56）本项目提供桌面制造设备，向机械工程专业的学生演示制造工艺入门课程中的关键制造技术。它还使产品实现过程（PRP）主题集成到课程的后续课程中。这项工作是先前由NSF资助的PRP课程开发项目的改编，特别是DUE-9354772“机械工程课程开发倡议-将产品实现过程集成到本科课程中”。通常，学生们只通过调查课程了解制造业，而没有机会近距离研究生产过程。这使得我们很难有效地教授产品如何从最初的概念发展到最终的产品。由于全尺寸的生产机械是昂贵的，使用便携式、台式设备，仍然能够生产真正的零件，解决了这种情况。该项目的设备，其中一些已经在手，支持以下制造课程模块：材料选择，快速成型，塑料生产，复合材料生产，计算机数控（CNC）加工，焊接制造，机器人零件处理和计量。该设备还允许学生通过将计算机辅助设计与制造（CAD/CAM），计算机数控（CNC），制造设计（DFM），快速成型和计算机集成制造（CIM）组件添加到课程中的几门课程中，特别是在设计序列中，体验PRP的完整周期。业内人士表示，对基本制造过程的实际理解，以及对PRP的直接经验，对机械工程专业的毕业生来说是很有价值的。

Engineering - Mechanical (56)This project is providing desktop manufacturing equipment to demonstrate key manufacturing technologies to Mechanical Engineering students in the context of an introductory Manufacturing Processes course. It is alsoenabling the integration of Product Realization Process (PRP) topics into subsequent courses in the curriculum. This work is an adaptation of PRP curriculum development projects previously funded by NSF, especially DUE-9354772 "Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Development Initiative -Integrating the Product Realization Process into the Undergraduate Curriculum." Often, students are introduced to manufacturing by way of a survey course alone, and do not get the chance to study the processes at close range. This makes it difficult to effectively teach how a product evolves from initial concept to final production. Since full-sized production machinery is expensive, access to portable, desktop equipmentthat is still capable of producing real parts addresses this situation. The equipment for the project, some of which is already on hand, is supporting the following Manufacturing course modules: Materials Selection,Rapid Prototyping, Plastics Production, Composites Production, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining, Welding Fabrication, Robotic Parts Handling and Metrology. The equipment also allows students toexperience the full cycle of the PRP through the addition of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Computer Numerical Control (CNC), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Rapid Prototyping and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) components to several courses in the curriculum,especially in the design sequence. Industry has indicated that a hands-on understanding of basic manufacturing processes, and direct experience with the PRP, is of significant value for Mechanical Engineering graduates.