Goals

The goal of the Mechanical Engineering Design Education Workshop is to establish a long-term, mutually beneficial collaboration between university-level mechanical design engineering educators in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and the United States of America (USA).

Please note that design educators in fields other than mechanical engineering are strongly encouraged to participate.

Academic professionals in the United States are invited to submit extended abstracts of papers for presentation at this workshop, on the following technical issues in design engineering education:
 
• Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Design Curriculum
 
Theory vs. Practice in Engineering Education, Analysis & Comparison of Design Alternatives., Self-Directed Learning, Effect of Product Life Cycle Analysis on Design, Interdisciplinary Design Engineering, Role of Environmental Issues in Design
 
• Advances in Mechanical Design Research and Technology

                Role of Failure Experience in Design, Role of Rapid Prototyping in Design
 

• Undergraduate Teaching Methodologies and Effectiveness Measures
 
                Measuring the Effectiveness of Design Engineering Curriculum
 
• Implementation of Multimedia in Engineering Curriculum

                Computer-Aided Learning in Design, Economics of Distance Learning Delivery Systems, Virtual and Physical Prototyping in the Classroom,
                Use of Computers in Design Engineering, Design Engineering Education Via Distance Learning

• Graduate-level Mechanical Engineering Design Curriculum

Virtual Manufacturing, Integrated Product/Process Development, Rapid Design and Manufacturing Technology, Role of Benchmarking in Design
 
• Effectiveness of Experiential Learning
 
Reverse-Engineering, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Experiences with the Product Realization Process
 
• Use of Cooperative Learning Strategies and Learning Environments
 
Cross-Functional Teaming, Cross-Disciplinary Integrated Product and Process Development, Teaching Factories, Virtual Prototyping Laboratories
 
 

    Workshop participants will receive a maximum of $2000 for airfare, and a maximum of $552 for lodging & meals.
 

Deadlines:
 

Extended Abstract and Statement of Interest Due: 1 May 1998

Notifications of Acceptance Issued: 15 May 1998

Final Paper Due: 8 July 1998

Send To:
 

Authors are encouraged to submit their Extended Abstracts and Statements of Interest in electronic form (TeX, LaTeX, PDF, Postscript, dvi, MSWord, RTF) to: fabien@u.washington.edu.  Hardcopy submissions may be sent to:

Extended Abstracts:
 

Five (5) page maximum, single-spaced.

Statement of Interest:
 

One (1) page maximum, single-spaced. The Statement of Interest should include brief summaries of:

• Major accomplishments of the author in the field of mechanical engineering design education, including a brief list of relevant publications;
• Objectives of the author to establish long-term industry/academic partnerships with colleagues in the Republic of South Africa;
• Ability of the author's institution to assist in establishing long-term industry/academic partnerships with colleagues in the Republic of South Africa (e.g., exchange program, student support, etc.).

Ten (10) pages maximum, single-spaced.  Papers must not have been previously published, and must not be presently submitted for publication to another organization.

Workshop Schedule: