Providing manufacturing experiences to industrial engineering students through an extension program

Author

Ram, Bala ; Sarin, Sanjiv ; Park, Eui ; Mintz, Philip

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

10-13 Nov. 1999

Abstract

Industrial engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate levels can benefit from participating in industry projects. Capabilities of faculty student teams to complete such projects have been marketed to local industry by an industrial extension program. Several such projects have been completed. The impact of these projects on both the learning of industrial engineering topics by students, and the development of "soft skills" such as communication and teamwork is reported. The model used to solicit and complete such projects is reported, and the lessons learned are presented.

Keywords

engineering education; manufacturing industries; communication; faculty student teams; graduate students; industrial engineering students; industrial engineering topics learning; industrial extension program; manufacturing experience provision; projects; soft skills development; teamwork; undergraduate students; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Educational products; Educational programs; Engineering education; Humans; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing industries; Refining; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual

Conference_Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5643-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1999.841662

Filename

841662