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ME290

Global Engineering Professional Seminar

Knowledge of Contemporary Issues

ABET* requirement: General Criterion 3. Student Outcomes

The program must have documented student outcomes that prepare graduates to attain the program educational objectives:

• 7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using

appropriate learning strategies

Contemporary Issues

*ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) is an organization that accredits post-secondary education programs.

Technologies will shape the future

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." Alan Kay

Need for Change: Better – Faster – Cheaper

Products and Services In

Every Area

6 Key Drivers for “Change”

Social factor Technological factor

Key Drivers for “Change”

Key Drivers for “Change”

Key Driver: Environment

Key Driver: Environment

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade

Key Driver: Environment

Solution: More Renewable Sources

Can we do

it?

• Provide contemporary issues/projects which help to reduce carbon emissions as you heard from media and your ideas.

Group Exercise

Enabling technologies

• An enabling technology is an invention or innovation, that can be applied to drive radical change in the capabilities of a user or culture.

• Enabling technologies are characterized by rapid development of subsequent derivative technologies, often in diverse fields.

Technology Roadmaps

http://aumportal/AcademicResearch/SitePages/Research%20Themes%20and%20Directions.aspx

AUM Research Themes and Directions

Technology  Product

TODAY Start earlier for technology development for successful future products

We can not have new generation products without prior technology development

University-Industry Collaboration

NASA Technology Readiness

Level (TRL) Scale

Technology Development

Product Development

Technology Maturation point

Contemporary Issues/Technologies

Contemporary Issues/Technologies

Contemporary Issues/Technologies

Industry 4.0 Ecosystem

3D Printing

Materials covered:

– Thermoplastics (FDM, SLS)

– Thermosets (SLA)

– Powder based composites (3D printing)

– Metals (EBM, SLS)

– Sealant tapes (LOM)

3D Printing ADVANTAGES • Complex and Unlimited Geometries • Less Tooling • Speed • Less Waste Production • Assorted Materials in one part • Creative Designs • Touchable Designs • Early prototyping and Risk

Reduction DISADVANTAGES • Limited Materials to be used • Limited strength and endurance • Expensive • Surface finish • Dimensional accuracy • Small build volume • Manufacturing Job Losses

Engineers also have to be

more skillful

Social Impact of Automation

Everything gets `Smart`

Wearable Technologies

Wearable Technologies

Benefits of Interactions with Professionals Outside the University and Field Trips • See the applications of what you learned in university

courses. • Get fresh ideas, new perspectives and insight into

industry in your professional area • Get best practices and knowledge from their real-world

experience • Get career advice and guidance • Get information about application areas of your

engineering • Get advices for your job applications • Build social skills and confidence • Advance your career with their support

Summary

• “A Knowledge of Contemporary Issues” is an ABET requirement and

helps improve Engineering education

• Change Direction is always for “Better – Faster – Cheaper”

• Key Drivers for “Change” are Economical, Environmental, Social,

Political, Technological and Legal

• Impact of all solutions must be evaluated carefully