Conference proceeding
What do engineers need to know: On the economics of product design, supply chain, and manufacturing
pp.460-465
Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2013 (Putrajaya, Malaysia, 07/04/2013 - 07/06/2013)
2013
Abstract
This paper reports on a study that investigated whether a five-session product dissection intervention that of a common dental floss dispenser effectively improved students' ability to consider economic factors in engineering. The study took place within a first-year introduction to engineering design course at a large southwestern public university. The students (N=108) participated in a specially designed product dissection intervention over the course of five class sessions completing both pretest and posttest design scenarios. The scenarios were designed to gage the extent to which the students included economic factors as important considerations before developing a solution. The analysis of the pre- and posttest results showed a statistically significant positive gain in the number of economic factors students listed as important to consider.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What do engineers need to know: On the economics of product design, supply chain, and manufacturing
- Creators
- Morgan M. Hynes (Author) - Purdue University West LafayetteAdam R. Carberry (Author) - Arizona State UniversityJennifer Bekki (Author) - Arizona State UniversityMicah Lande (Author) - Arizona State UniversityAnn F McKenna (Author) - University of Iowa, Engineering Administration
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- pp.460-465
- Conference
- Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2013 (Putrajaya, Malaysia, 07/04/2013 - 07/06/2013)
- Publisher
- Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2013 Hynes, Carberry, Bekki, Lande, and McKenna
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Administration; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984582851002771
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