TY - GEN
T1 - Hands on efforts designed to increase design and manufacturing preparedness of undergraduate students
AU - Schonning, Alexandra
AU - Cox, Daniel
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In an effort to better prepare the future workforce for sought after engineering skills, the mechanical engineering program at the University of North Florida (UNF) has updated its undergraduate curriculum to reflect these needs and is also providing its students with opportunities outside of the academic curriculum. This paper addresses how objectives of increasing the design and manufacturing preparedness of undergraduate students, increasing students' skills in applying theory to practice, and at the same time improving the students' communication skills can be achieved. In meeting these objectives the program has developed a course, Integrated Design and Manufacturing, The course also helps to provide the students with research opportunities with the local industry, and organizes opportunities for the undergraduate students to attend conferences to present their research findings.
AB - In an effort to better prepare the future workforce for sought after engineering skills, the mechanical engineering program at the University of North Florida (UNF) has updated its undergraduate curriculum to reflect these needs and is also providing its students with opportunities outside of the academic curriculum. This paper addresses how objectives of increasing the design and manufacturing preparedness of undergraduate students, increasing students' skills in applying theory to practice, and at the same time improving the students' communication skills can be achieved. In meeting these objectives the program has developed a course, Integrated Design and Manufacturing, The course also helps to provide the students with research opportunities with the local industry, and organizes opportunities for the undergraduate students to attend conferences to present their research findings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920633758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2006-13251
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2006-13251
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84920633758
SN - 0791837904
SN - 9780791837900
T3 - Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Mechanical Engineering Education
BT - Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006 - Mechanical Engineering Education
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006
Y2 - 5 November 2006 through 10 November 2006
ER -