Digital manufacturing on a shoestring: Low cost digital solutions for SMEs

One of the key findings in a number of recent studies has been that small and medium sized manufacturers (SMEs) have been slow in adopting digital solutions within their organisations. Cost is understood to be one of the key barriers to adoption. Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring is an approach to increasing the digital capabilities of SMEs via a series of low cost solutions. The programme proposes using off-the-shelf, (possibly non-industrial) components and software to address a company’s (digital) solution needs, adding capabilities one step at a time with minimal a priori infrastructure required. This paper will introduce the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring programme as a whole and demonstrate the way in which it addresses the need for low cost digital solutions for SME Manufacturers. It will discuss challenges associated with integrating low cost technologies into industrial solutions and the style of IT architectures best suited for integrating such solutions into industrial environments

Selected NSF projects of interest to K-12 engineering and technology education

The National Science Foundation (NSF) portfolio addressing K-12 engineering and technology education includes initiatives supported by a number of programs. This list includes projects identified by searching lists of awards in the respective NSF programs as well as projects suggested for inclusion by researchers, practitioners, and program officers. The list includes projects concerned with standards in technology education, teacher professional development, centers for learning and teaching, preparation of instructional materials, digital libraries, and technological activities in informal settings, as well as small numbers of projects in several other areas. This compilation provides current information on projects of interest to educators, instructional designers, consultants, and researchers who are concerned with the development, delivery, and evaluation of instruction to develop technological literacy, particularly in K-12 engineering and technology education. Projects are grouped under headings for each program providing primary funding. Within each program, the award numbers determine the order of listing, with the most recent awards at the beginning of the list. Each award entry includes the project title, NSF award number, funding program, amount of the award to date, starting and ending dates, the principal investigator (PI), the grantee institution, PI contact information, the url of the project Web site, a description of the project’s activities and accomplishments, relevant previous awards to the PI, products developed by the project, and information on the availability of those products

A comparison of processing techniques for producing prototype injection moulding inserts.

This project involves the investigation of processing techniques for producing low-cost moulding inserts used in the particulate injection moulding (PIM) process. Prototype moulds were made from both additive and subtractive processes as well as a combination of the two. The general motivation for this was to reduce the entry cost of users when considering PIM. PIM cavity inserts were first made by conventional machining from a polymer block using the pocket NC desktop mill. PIM cavity inserts were also made by fused filament deposition modelling using the Tiertime UP plus 3D printer. The injection moulding trials manifested in surface finish and part removal defects. The feedstock was a titanium metal blend which is brittle in comparison to commodity polymers. That in combination with the mesoscale features, small cross-sections and complex geometries were considered the main problems. For both processing methods, fixes were identified and made to test the theory. These consisted of a blended approach that saw a combination of both the additive and subtractive processes being used. The parts produced from the three processing methods are investigated and their respective merits and issues are discussed

Reducing risk in pre-production investigations through undergraduate engineering projects.

This poster is the culmination of final year Bachelor of Engineering Technology (B.Eng.Tech) student projects in 2017 and 2018. The B.Eng.Tech is a level seven qualification that aligns with the Sydney accord for a three-year engineering degree and hence is internationally benchmarked. The enabling mechanism of these projects is the industry connectivity that creates real-world projects and highlights the benefits of the investigation of process at the technologist level. The methodologies we use are basic and transparent, with enough depth of technical knowledge to ensure the industry partners gain from the collaboration process. The process we use minimizes the disconnect between the student and the industry supervisor while maintaining the academic freedom of the student and the commercial sensitivities of the supervisor. The general motivation for this approach is the reduction of the entry cost of the industry to enable consideration of new technologies and thereby reducing risk to core business and shareholder profits. The poster presents several images and interpretive dialogue to explain the positive and negative aspects of the student process

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Honors in Practice, Volume 6 (complete issue)

CONTENTS Editorial Policy Submission Guidelines Dedication to Donzell Lee Editor’s Introduction • Ada Long RESEARCH MATTERS Conducting Research in Honors • Emily C Walshe Is Originality an Appropriate Requirement for Undergraduate Publication? • Nathan Hilberg Individual Achievement in an Honors Research Community: Teaching Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development • Kaitlin A Briggs Student-Guided Thesis Support Groups • Jennifer Beard, Ryan D Shelton, Amanda Stevens, George H Swindell IV, and Raymond J Green CURRICULUM MATTERS More than a COIN Flip: Improving Honors Education with Real Time Simulations Based on Contemporary Events • Kurt Hackemer To Discuss or Not to Discuss: Integrating Pedagogies for Honors and Mathematics • William Griffiths, Nancy Reichert, and LR Ritter French à la carte: Maintaining a Language Program on a Shoestring • Sheilagh Margaret Riordan The Value of Extending the Honors Contract Beyond One Semester: A Case Study with Smithsonian Dinosaurs • Alyce DiLauro, Teron Meyers, and Laura Guertin Service Learning and Skunkworks in a Senior Honors Colloquium • Michael Cundall Beyond the Great Books: Increasing the Flexibility, Scope, and Appeal of an Honors Curriculum • Matthew C Altman PROGRAMMATIC MATTERS Students Engaging Students in the Honors Experience • Sara Brady, Hesham Elnagar, and Shane Miller Ad Tracking, Brand Equity Research, and Your Honors Program? • William A Ashton, Barbara Ashton, Renny Eapen, and Erzulie Mars BIG IDEAS MATTER From the White House to Our House: The Story of an Honors College Vegetable Garden • Michael Lund and Geoffrey Orth Studies in Cyberspace: Honors, Professional Teacher Development,Curricular Development, and Systemic Change in Louisiana • Brian C Etheridge, Galen Turner, Heath Tims, and Christian A Duncan Fertile Ground: Reflections on Collaborative Student-Faculty Research in the Arts • Mimi Killinger and Aya Mares LOOKING BACK MATTERS Teamwork for NCHC • Lydia Lyons When It Comes Time Not to “Jump the Shark”: Stepping Down as Director • Nick Flynn Celebrating Twenty Years of Honors through Oral History: Making an Honors Program Video Documentary • Catherine Irwin Becoming Part of a Story • Ted L Estess About the Authors NCHC Publication Order Form

November 12, 2007

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