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

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Engineering Standard Modules

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Classroom Context

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%)

Our Plan

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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.”

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How are standards acquired?

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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Thank You27