Manufacturing Engineering Education

1st Edition - September 19, 2018
Editors: J. Paulo Davim, J Paulo Davim
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 1 2 4 7 - 5
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 1 2 6 4 - 2

Manufacturing Engineering Education includes original and unpublished chapters that develop the applications of the manufacturing engineering education field. Chapters convey in… Read more

Purchase options

Limited Offer

Save 50% on book bundles

Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code needed.

Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect

Request a sales quote

Manufacturing Engineering Education includes original and unpublished chapters that develop the applications of the manufacturing engineering education field. Chapters convey innovative research ideas that have a prodigious significance in the life of academics, engineers, researchers and professionals involved with manufacturing engineering. Today, the interest in this subject is shown in many prominent global institutes and universities, and the robust momentum of manufacturing has helped the U.S. economy continue to grow throughout 2014. This book covers manufacturing engineering education, with a special emphasis on curriculum development, and didactic aspects.

1. History of Production and Industrial Engineering1 Introduction2 Period of First Industrial Revolution (1750–1850)3 Period of Second Industrial Revolution (18701914)4 Period of Human Relation Movement (c.19301950)5 Period of Third Industrial Revolution (19702000)6 Past, Present, and Future of Production/Industrial Engineering7 Conclusion2. Manufacturing Engineering Education—Indian Perspective1 Introduction2 About Manufacturing Engineering3 Growth and Edifice of Engineering Education in India4 Global Position of India in Science and Engineering Education5 Importance of Manufacturing Engineering Education6 State of Manufacturing Engineering Courses in India7 Lacunae in the Manufacturing Engineering Education System8 Recommendations for the Development of Manufacturing Engineering Education in India9 Initiatives for the Development of Manufacturing Engineering Education10 Promotion of Indian Manufacturing Sector11 Ecosustainable Awareness in Manufacturing Engineering Education12 Brief Comparison of Manufacturing Education With Developed Countries13 Closure3. Learning Enhancement of Project-Based Unit in Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Course1 Introduction2 The Unit “Manufacturing Processes (MCEN 2004)”3 Learning Outcomes4 The Project5 The Feedbacks of Students on Comfort of Learning6 Discussion7 Conclusions4. Friction Compensation in the Compression Test1 Introduction2 Theoretical Background3 Experimentation4 Results and Discussion5 Conclusions5. Appreciation of CNC Technology Through Machine Tool Upgrading by an Open Controller1 Introduction2 Original specification of the machine tool3 New Hardware Interfaces4 Controller Software Interfaces5 Results, Discussion, and ConclusionsAppendix.1 Machine Configuration File Examples (Excerpts)Appendix.2 Test Part Program%6. To Model the Assembly of Thin Parts in Composite Material1 Introduction2 Tolerance Analysis of Compliant Assembly3 The Modified Method of Influence Coefficients (MMIC)4 Tolerance Analysis of Thin Part Assembly in Composite Material5 Conclusions

J. Paulo Davim

J. Paulo Davim is Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials, and mechanical and industrial engineering, with special emphasis in machining and tribology. He has also an interest in management, engineering education, and higher education for sustainability.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

J Paulo Davim

J. Paulo Davim received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, the M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, the Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005 and the D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with a MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently, he is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management & Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability & Engineering Education. He has guided large numbers of postdoc, Ph.D. and masters students as well as coordinated & participated in several research projects. He has received several scientific awards. He has worked as evaluator of projects for international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, Guest Editor of journals, books Editor, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 25 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 80 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and co-editor) more than 100 books and as author (and co-author) more than 10 books, 80 book chapters and 400 articles in journals and conferences (more than 200 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 45+/6000+ citations and SCOPUS/h-index 52+/8000+ citations).

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal