Design Across the Curriculum Rudy J. Eggert Boise State University
Determine 1. What specific topics /activities does industry consider important? 2. What specific topics /activities are actually being taught? 3. When were they taught? (i.e. fresh, soph, junior, senior)
Who was surveyed? s sent to: >25,000 industry engineers >350 Universities & colleges Web Responses from: 1006 industry engineers 182 faculty
Type of Institution? 67% Ph.D. 15% M.S. 18% B.S.
Supply vs. Demand: Topics
Supply vs. Demand: Activities
Conclusions Topics Supply Gap: Creativity Methods Project management Design for Manufacture Design for Assembly Product Testing
Conclusions (cont’d) Activities Supply Gap Individual Design Projects Interdisciplinary Design Projects
Conclusions (cont’d) Academia appears to overemphasize oral and written design report activities. 56% of institutions have 25% or less of their department faculty participating in … the design stem.
Acknowledgements ASME Design Engineering Division, ASME Design Automation Committee, ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division, ASEE Design Education Division, R. Furness, M. Gantor, F. Goldfarb, J. Klegka, K. Lewis, J. Liu, D. Segalman, F. Salustri.