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A Methodology for Transferring Research Experiences in Design and Scheduling of Cellular Manufacturing Systems
Author(s) -
Logendran Rasaratnam
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1998.tb00386.x
Subject(s) - scheduling (production processes) , engineering management , software , graduate students , class (philosophy) , computer science , knowledge transfer , engineering , software engineering , mathematics education , knowledge management , psychology , operations management , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , programming language
The paper describes the approaches and tools used to transfer industrially relevant research experiences and findings in the design and scheduling of cellular manufacturing (CM) systems, obtained over the past three and one‐half years, into the class room through a senior/graduate level course (IE 464/564) in this area. Lecture notes, handouts, homework assignments, computer projects, and software were among the tools used to transfer the knowledge. Graduate students, in addition to meeting all the requirements for undergraduates (homework assignments, computer projects, mid‐term test, and final exam), were required to work on a term project, an effort which constituted up to 10% of their final grade. Observations are offered on the steps required to make each aspect of the course a success. The overall students' performance on the course for two consecutive years (Spring 1995 and 1996) shows that indeed the course was quite successful. To the author's knowledge, there are not many academic units in universities currently offering a full‐fledged course on the design and scheduling of CM systems. Thus, the experience reported in this paper should serve as a useful methodology to build on.