what’s standard? industry application versus university education of engineering standards
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What’s Standard?
Industry Application versus University Education of Engineering
Standards
Chelsea LeachmanEngineering Librarian
Washington State University
Chuck Pezeshki Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
ASEE Annual Conference 2015Seattle, WA
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English 101:
College Composition
History 105:
The Roots of Contemporary Issues
Engineering 120:
Innovation in Design
• Classroom• Assignment Design• Libguide
• Tutorial• Assignment Design• Classroom
• Libguide
ME 316:
Systems Design
ME 406:
Experimental Design
ME 416:
Mechanical SystemsDesign
English402:
Technical and
Professional Writing
• Classroom • Libguide• Assignment
Design• Classroom
• Classroom • Classroom
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WSU Scaffolding of Information Literacy Instruction
Fall 2013
ABET Visit
Fall 2014
Industry Survey
Fall 2015
Implement Curriculum Changes
“…a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.”
~ABET
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Increasing Standards in Capstone
Engineer
In-house databases
Corporate Library
Resources
Personal Connections
Ward, M.," A survey of engineers in their information world", Journal of Librarianship and Information Science Vol. 33, No. 4, 2001, pp. 168-176.
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Engineers & Information
WSU Industrial Design ClinicSenior Capstone Class – ME416
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Chuck Pezeshki – 1 FTE Professor1 shop person ½ time140 Students/yr. (130 ME, 10 MSE)1 Semester class20-24 Projects/yr.$200K/yr. revenues, 3% Development Person Modest Institutional Support
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Arc of the Project
Time
Scoping- Pre-Team Assignment
Specification – First Student Contact Formalized with Document
Preliminary Design Review
Final Design Review
Benchmarking
Product Delivery& Final Presentation
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Arc of the Client
Time
Scoping- Agreement between Prof/Client – no unsolvable problems (0%)
Specification – Students visit with/w-out Professor- Client acts like a Customer (10%)
Preliminary Design Review – Tough Love, involve other company engineers (30%)
Final Design Review – Client pours on Design Specific Knowledge (70%)
Benchmarking/Testing- Real-World, Spec comparisons
Product Delivery/Presentation Celebration! (100%)
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Engineering Standard Use
2 primary goals for this study:
• Use of standards by students during the design process
• Acquisition, use and organization of standards and codes within corporate engineering firms
Codes and Standards Worksheet
• Purpose/major need of Project
• Major Divisions of Project
• Applicable Codes and Standards
• Discussion and Application
• Project Sponsor Approval
Realistic Constraints Worksheet(Mid-Term Design Review)
• Purpose/major need of Project
• Major Divisions of Project
• Constraints• Economic• Environmental • Social• Political• Ethical • Safety
• Manufacturability
• Sustainability
• Discussion and Application
• Project Sponsor approval12
Student Use of Standards
Student Use of Standards
All students were able to integrate the standards into the overall design process
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Most heavily utilized:
Safety standards
Testing Methods
Industry Survey Setup
• Industry Type
• Identification process of standards
• Acquisitions of Standards
• Organization of Standards
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Survey Respondents Demographics
All Male responses
All responses over the age of 30
6 out of 9 responses came from private companies
3 responses from government (federal, city, state, etc.)
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Can you describe the identification process of standards for a project?
Industry StandardsClient Requirements Safety Standards
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Three major trends:
Are there certain standards all engineers should be familiar with?
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• “It depends on discipline.”
• “Each specialty group should be familiar with the applicable standards.”
• “General safety. Specifics have to do with field of work and PE license.”
Once standards are purchased, are they organized for future use?
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Physical Collections
Digital Collections
Subscriptions
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“The number of standards and use of standards has increased over my career. This
could be for many reasons but possibly because of the complexity of the solutions that
we provide require us to utilize these more and more.”
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Has the use of standards changed throughout your career? If so, why?
Has the use of standards changed throughout your career? If so, why?
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“The code books are getting longer and longer and it takes more time to navigate through the how to “comply”.”
Has the use of standards changed throughout your career? If so, why?
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“Standards have always been the basis for the designs we incorporate, so that hasn’t changed. The one thing that has been a little complicated is through corporate mergers, utilizing common corporate standards has been difficult.”
Is there anything else you would like to add about the use of standards by
professionals?
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“They act as a transfer of intellectual knowledge. Knowledge does not walk out the door at retirement!”
“It isn’t as important to know everything in a standard as it is to know it is there.”
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Is there anything else you would like to add about the use of standards by
professionals?
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"The investment into standards saves significant design time because established practices are defined and reinvention is not needed."
Is there anything else you would like to add about the use of standards by
professionals?
Instruction Implications
Identification
Retrieval
History
Importance
Moving Forward
History
Importance
Organization
Identification
Retrieval
Current/Previous
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