Recent developments in manufacturing systems engineering curricula at Rensselaer

Author

Graves, Robert J. ; Haddock, Jorge ; Heragu, Sunderesh S. ; Malmborg, Charles J. ; Selwood, Caroline

Author_Institution

Dept. of Decision Sci. & Eng. Syst., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

2893

Abstract

This paper describes Rensselaer´s TRP Project which is focused on enhancing a Master´s program through development of a manufacturing systems engineering (MSE) case library and teaching factory emulation facility (TFEF). The case library and lab facility have been used extensively in MSE related courses and have had a major impact on the MSE curriculum. The impact of the project is described in terms of courses, students, feedback from program graduates, curriculum design changes and follow-on support for continuing curriculum development. Plans for sustaining a climate of innovation in curriculum development through a doctoral fellowship and faculty apprenticeship program are also discussed

Keywords

education; educational courses; engineering education; manufacture; student experiments; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; TFEF; TRP Project; case library; continuing curriculum development; doctoral fellowship; faculty apprenticeship program; follow-on support; manufacturing systems engineering curricula; teaching factory emulation facility; Emulation; Laboratories; Libraries; Logistics; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Modeling; Production facilities; Systems engineering and theory; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.635434

Filename

635434