Curriculum
reformation
 Industrial engineering faculty, led by chair Mike Leonard,
are engaged in a project funded by the National Science
Foundation program for department-level reform of undergraduate
engineering education. This program is aimed at developing
a means of reforming undergraduate engineering education
in significant ways, focusing on change within the academic
department. The planning grant is intended for development
of a planning process for reform, and can lead to a substantially
larger project involving actual reform initiatives.
The proposal for the grant, developed by Leonard and faculty
members Anand Gramopadhye, Del Kimbler and Mary Beth Kurz,
is titled “A New Paradigm for Industrial Engineering
Curriculum Renewal.” It builds on curriculum reform
efforts of the faculty at Clemson as well as their experience
in Engineering Criteria 2000, the re-designed criteria
for engineering accreditation being implemented around
the country by the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET).
The
planning process is advised by a small team of experts
in industrial engineering education, (see photo below).
The reform project will lay the groundwork for what could
be a new definition of industrial engineering curricula
at the baccalaureate level. It will also provide a streamlined
roadmap for academic engineering departments to undertake
major reform of their programs - without the need for time-consuming
development and validation of new program reform planning
processes.
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Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Panel for
the NSF Project Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
Education: From left to right, seated: Dr. Bevlee Watford, associate dean
of engineering at VPI; Dr. Mary Beth Kurz, assistant professor, industrial
engineering, Clemson; Nancy Currie, astronaut - mission specialist, NASA:
From left to right, standing: Dr. Mike Leonard, department chair of industrial
engineering, Clemson; Dr. Leon McGinnis, Eugene Gwaltney chair in manufacturing
systems and professor of industrial and system engineering at Georgia Tech;
Mr. Bill Sutherlin, director of Milliken Industrial Engineering Services;
Thom Hodgson, James Ryan professor of industrial engineering at North Carolina
State University; Dr. Del Kimbler, professor, industrial engineering, Clemson;
and Dr. Anand Gramopadhye, professor, industrial engineering, Clemson.
Not pictured: Dr. Dan Hodge, ABET accreditation director. |
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