General Scope of the Project

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General Scope of the Project
Project Goal The goal of the project is to
develop and disseminate curriculum in the areas
of comprehensive design for associate degree
technician and baccalaureate degree technology
students, as well as to develop and offer
programs to improve the skills of the existing
workforce. Skills in the areas of CAD, design for
manufacturability and assembly, collaborative
engineering, teamwork, managing change, etc. are
necessary for an increased competitiveness, as
identified by the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers and National Association of
Manufacturers . The partner institutions on the
project will work collaboratively to identify,
develop and deliver curriculum that will
integrate comprehensive design education across
associate degree technician and baccalaureate
degree technology colleges, in order to increase
the skill level in the manufacturing sector.

• Objectives
• The project has following objectives
• Validate the competencies for comprehensive
  design as they pertain to associate degree
  technicians and baccalaureate degree engineering
  technology students, as well as the existing and
  incumbent workforce.
• Develop an interdisciplinary comprehensive design
  program between partner institutions. Address
  transferability of skills and knowledge from
  associate degree to baccalaureate degree programs
  in the area of comprehensive design.
• Develop and deliver educational modules to
  associate degree technicians and baccalaureate
  degree technology students to increase their
  skill level and improve their competitiveness in
  the global marketplace. Address the competency
  gaps/skill needs as identified by the Society of
  Manufacturing Engineers.
• Develop an educational program in comprehensive
  design focused on the existing and incumbent
  workforce. Develop methods for delivering
  educational modules to industry and existing
  workforce through existing continuous education
  programs.
• Develop an outreach program for high school
  students. Address the issue of increasing
  visibility of the engineering and manufacturing
  profession and academic preparedness among high
  school population.

• Meetings
• In the past, the partnering institutions has the
  following planning sessions
• Purdue University, September 19 - 21, 2007
• Mott Community College, May 21 22, 2007
• Butler County Community College - March 28-30,
  2007
• Purdue University - September 29, 2006
• Guitar Workshop - Purdue University, July 16-20,
  2007

Partnering Institutions The partner institutions
are having regular meetings and videoconferences
through which they are exchanging ideas on novel
methods for course development and delivery as
well as on the methods for collaboration in
course delivery across different programs. The
partner institutions are
Methodology
The partner institutions are utilizing existing
venues for program dissemination including
web-based delivery, journal publications,
presentations at professional conferences,
development of short courses for workforce
development, and short programs for high-school
students. The project is using two internal
evaluators who are developing and adapting the
needed instrumentation and managing data security
and analyses along with an external evaluator who
is completing an independent summative
assessment. The broader impacts of the project
involve the expansion and improvement of the
region's workforce, the dissemination of their
instructional material, and the outreach efforts
to high school students.

• Purdue University
• Sinclair Community College
• Fox Valley Technical College
• Mott Community College
• Butler County Community College