CONCURRENT/MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING The aim of this area is to establish concurrent design courses/environment that can be exported throughout and beyond the coalition. As part of the project, a number of multimedia tutorials and modules for a concurrent design course have been developed. Also, an infrastructure based on teleconferencing has been established through which teams of students at the four universities can design, analyze, simulate, and manufacture complex products. This environment also facilitates sharing of hardware and software through remote access.

There are 10 projects in this section. 1. Concurrent Design & Manufacturing Project 1996 2. Concurrent/Manufacturing Engineering From Ohio State Univers 3. Development of a Robotic Manupulator to Assist diabled Children 4. Discovering the Principles of Design Through Reverse Engineering 5. Final Report on the Development of a Robotic Manipulator to 6. Fundamentals of Manufacturing CD 7. Fundamentals of Manufacturing Web Book 8. Gateway Workshop Materials for Teaching Concurrent Design 9. Videoconferencing: Overview and Experience from the Gateway 10. Wheelchair-Based Robotic Manipulator 1. Concurrent Design & Manufacturing Project 1996 Contact Name: Stan Wei Organization: The Cooper Union This Gateway Project has explored the feasibility of a virtual campus concept in which engineering schools share their expertise and resources in engineering design and manufacturing. This joint venture between Cooper Union, University of Pennsylvania, New Jersey Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University also aims to enhance students� skills in communications and human relations. Phase I required each university team to produce a conceptual design for the feeding device following a set of common design criteria established at the first meeting in U Penn in October 1995. After an open forum critique of the four conceptual designs, Cooper Union�s design was chosen as the year�s Gateway design. The four student teams each undertook task modules during Phase II. These four prototype subsystems were presented and assembled in OSU in March 1996. A final design was presented at U Penn on May 12, 1996. Click here to View Document [Back to Index/Top] 2. Concurrent/Manufacturing Engineering From Ohio State Univers Organization: Ohio State University Concurrent/manufacturing Engineering from The Ohio State Univesity showing the 1997/1998 Gateway projects of Robotic Arm Project and the Feeding Device Project. Click Here To Visit Web Page [Back to Index/Top] 3. Development of a Robotic Manupulator to Assist diabled Children Contact Name: Stan Wei Organization: The Cooper Union A robotic manipulator to assist children with disabilities and confined to wheelchairs has been developed. The multi-university design project was accomplished using concurrent engineering methodology through a joint venture between Cooper Union, Drexel University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and University of Pennsylvania. Undergraduate engineering students integrated design and manufacturing processes in the fabrication of the manipulator from initial design conceptualization to a finished product. Phase I required each team to develop a conceptual design for the manipulator using common design criteria established at U Penn in October 1996. Following a critique of the five conceptual designs at Cooper Union in January 1997, the teams combined their engineering expertise and resources to implement key design features to manufacture a prototype manipulator. Each university was assigned a specific task in Phase II of the project. These five subsystems were presented and finalized at the University of Pennsylvania in March 1997. The final design was presented at Drexel University on May 17, 1997, along wit ha demonstration of the manipulator. This project can be used as a model to set up multiteam design projects. Click here to View Document [Back to Index/Top] 4. Discovering the Principles of Design Through Reverse Engineering Contact Name: Jean Le M�e Organization: The Cooper Union The course EID-103 � Principles of Design, aimed at freshman engineering students, is an elective which combines reverse engineering with the creation of a simple device. In reverse engineering an object � such as a floppy disk drive, a toy robotic arm, or a computer mouse, for instance � is dissected, and the components as well as the assembly are analyzed sketched and discussed. A CD-Rom, Leonardo and His Flying Machine, is used in this course. Students working in teams discuss the rationale for selected materials, components operations, dimensions, manufacturing, repair, replacement, modification, patents, economics of production, marketing and recycling. Students keep a journal, report their findings orally and in writing, and prepare a short video demonstration. After that experience lasting 5 weeks, students spend the next 10 weeks designing a product. The product must be embodied in a prototype of 10 pieces or less and the presentation must include a patent search and a marketing plan. LINK: Engineering Design in Context. File Type: PDF File Size: 3279 Kb Click here to View Document Click here to View CD [Back to Index/Top] 5. Final Report on the Development of a Robotic Manipulator to Contact Name: Kinzel Organization: Ohio State University Final Report on the Development of a Robotic Manipulator to Assist Disabled Children. Content includes Introduction, Problem statement, Phase 1 analysis, Phase 2 detailed design, Conclusions and sample calculations. . [Back to Index/Top] 6. Fundamentals of Manufacturing CD Contact Name: Raj Mutharasan Organization: Drexel University This CD contains two multimedia packages that relate to Fundamentals of Manufacturing: Semiconductor Processing and Fiber Manufacture. These two manufacturing examples illustrate several transport phenomena fundamentals. The multimedia is designed to be self-contained teaching modules. The textbooks for these modules reside on this CD in two forms. One set of textbooks (Web Books) is written in HTML and may be read using a web browser. The other set is in Adobe Acrobat Readable (PDF) format, which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This project is funded by National Science Foundation (Engineering Education and Centers Division, Award No. EEC 9109794 and EEC 9727413) through the Gateway Coalition. This CD is a product of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University. To learn more about Gateway, visit its home at Drexel University. File Type: WinZip File Size: 232060 Kb Compressed Archive File Type: PDF File Size: 572 Kb Click here to view file in PDF format Click Here To Visit Web Page [Back to Index/Top] 7. Fundamentals of Manufacturing Web Book Organization: Drexel University The goal of this program area is to develop a new approach to the teaching of engineering fundamentals through the case study of many manufacturing processes. Fundamentals of momentum, heat and mass transport phenomena and chemical reactions will be introduced within the context of product manufacturing. Multimedia instructional modules on applying the concepts to the manufacture of integrated chips and textile fibers are covered. [Back to Index/Top] 8. Gateway Workshop Materials for Teaching Concurrent Design Contact Name: Kinzel Organization: Ohio State University CD contains material presented at workshop plus 12 tutorials on use of equipment, and course modules on 17 related topics. Workshop presenters included: Kinzel, Wei, Kumar, Zhou, Bengu. [Back to Index/Top] 9. Videoconferencing: Overview and Experience from the Gateway Contact Name: S. Vaile Organization: Ohio State University Videoconferencing: Overview and Experience from the Gateway Concurrent Engineering Project. This report summaries the experiences and impressions regarding the use of desktop videoconferencing for multi-school projects. [Back to Index/Top] 10. Wheelchair-Based Robotic Manipulator Contact Name: Stan Wei Organization: The Cooper Union The conceptual design of a wheelchair-based robotic manipulator for disabled children is presented. The design takes into accout safety and functionality requirements, such as safe rotation/translation maximum speed of the tip of the manipulator, minimum weight of the object to be lifted, minimum work space and a maximum weight of the manipulator. Other requirements taken into account include low cost and compatibility with electrical wheelchairs. In addition, user interface research has been performed in order to identify a suitable, easy way for the user to operate the device. Click Here To Visit Web Page [Back to Index/Top]