09:45- 10:45

1.     Undergraduate Design Syllabi

    1.1   Experiences with an Undergraduate Curriculum                                                      Eugene Fourie
 
    1.2   The Switch from Analysis to Design                                                                       Arno Wolhuter

11:05-12:30

2.     Measuring the Effectiveness of Design Curricula

    2.1   Understanding Differences in the Design Process between                                   Rob Smith
            Engineering Students and Engineering Professionals:
            What does this mean for Education?
 
    2.2   Assessing the Effectiveness of Education on Design                                            Chris Redlinghuys
            Creativity
 

12:30- 13:45

            Lunch
 

13:45 - 15:15
 

 4.     Design and Production Teaching Interfaces

            4.1   Integrating, Design for Manufacture and System                                                Anton Basson
            Design into Undergraduate Design Courses
 
            4.2   Bringing Virtual and Physical Prototyping into the                                            Susan Finger
            Classroom
 

5.     Undergraduate Design Projects

            5.1   ELASTOTRUCK- An Elementary Design Challenge                                        Peter Allan
 

15:15 - 15:30

            Refreshments

15:30 - 17:00

6.     Postgraduate Mechanical Engineering Design
            Curriculum

            6.1   A Java-based Tool for Teaching Design Optimization                                    Brian Fabien
 

            6.2   Technology Deployment in Product-based Design                                           Ade Mabogunje
            Classes: A Research Perspective

            6.3   Quality Engineering Curriculum Development with                                         Way Kuo
            an Illustration on Industrial Engineering

9:00 - 10:45
 

7.     Use of Computers in Design Engineering
 
            7.1   A computer Aided Life-Cycle Engineering Approach                                     Patricia Mead
            To the Design of Electronic Products and Systems
 
            7.2   Use of Working Model and Matlab in Mechanical                                          Shih-Liang Wang
            Design

11:05 - 12:30

8.     Interdisciplinary Design Engineering
 
            8.1   A Perspective on Multi-disciplinary Integration of                                         Sunil Agrawal
            Design and Control
 

12:30 - 14:00
 
             Lunch

14:00 - 15:15

•     Review of Industry Requirements for Design Engineering Graduates.
•     Industry Opportunities for Practical Job Training.
•     Recruitment and Retention ofUndergraduate and/or Graduate Design Students
•     Et al

•  Joint Faculty Exchange
•  Joint Student Exchange
•  Follow-up Actions

USA 
 

Home page	Email	Home university
Sunil K. Agrawal	agrawal@udel.edu	University of Delaware
Brian C. Fabien	fabien@u.washington.edu	University of Washington
Susan Finger	sfinger@ri.cmu.edu	Carnegie Mellon University
Sue Kemnitzer	skemnitz@nsf.gov	National Science Foundation
Way Kuo	way@tamu.edu	Texas A& M University
Ade Mabogunje	ade@cdr.stanford.edu	Stanford University
Patricia Mead	ashaki@eng.umd.edu	University of Maryland
Robert Smith	robsmith@washington.edu	University of Washington
Shih-Liang Wang	slwang@ncat.edu	North Carolina A& T State University

 

SOUTH AFRICA    
 

Home page	Email address	Home University
Peter Allan	peterA@umfolozi.ntech.ac.za	Technikon Natal
Nilesh Bhana	nbhana@hertz.mech.wits.ac.za	University of the Witwatersrand
Anton Basson	ahb@ingson.ac.za	University of Stellenbosch
Rob Bodger	BODGER@eng.und.ac.za	University of Natal
Gerhard Coetzee	gc@ing1.rau.ac.za	Rand Afrikaans University
Andrew Dickson	adickinson@hertzmech.wits.ac.za	University of the Witwatersrand
Eugene Erfort	ERFORTE@mecheng.pentech.ac.za	Peninsula Technikon
Eugene Fourie	eugene.fourie@eng.up.ac.za	University of Pretoria
Danie Hattingh	DANIEH@ml.petech.ac.za	Port Elizabeth Technikon
Hennie Le Roux	alida@elands.reumech.co.za	Reumech Ermetek
Andrew Mkoko		East Cape Technikon
Muissa Mangaya	mmangaya@hertz.mech.wits.ac.za	University of the Witwatersrand
Costa Rallis	crallis@hertz.mech.wits.ac.za	University of the Witwatersrand
Chris Redlinghuys	CHRISR@engfac.uct.ac.za	University of Cape Town
Fox Reinhardt	foxr@pixie.udw.ac.za	University of Durban-Westville
James Terblanche	jamest@vtt_nt.tritek.ac.za	Vaal Triange Technikon
Bekker van Niekerk	chimera@global.co.za	The Hamilton Airship Company
Kobus van Wyk	kobus.vwyk@eng.up.ac.za	University of Pretoria
Arno Wolhuter	MGIAW@puknet.puk.ac.za	Potchefstroom University for CHE

 

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