ASEE 2015 Engineering Libraries Division Presentation

1. What’s Standard?
Industry Application versus
University Education of Engineering Standards
Chelsea Leachman
Engineering Librarian
Washington State University
Chuck Pezeshki
Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
ASEE Annual Conference 2015
Seattle, WA
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2. 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
Systems
Design
English
402:
Technical
and
Professional
Writing
• Classroom • Libguide
• Assignment
Design
• Classroom
• Classroom • Classroom
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WSU Scaffolding of Information Literacy Instruction

3. 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

4. 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

7. WSU Industrial Design Clinic
Senior Capstone Class – ME416
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Chuck Pezeshki – 1 FTE Professor
1 shop person ½ time
140 Students/yr. (130 ME, 10 MSE)
1 Semester class
20-24 Projects/yr.
$200K/yr. revenues, 3% Development Person
Modest Institutional Support

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Arc of the Project
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
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%)

10. 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

12. 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 approval
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Student Use of Standards

13. 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

14. Industry Survey Setup
• Industry Type
• Identification process of standards
• Acquisitions of Standards
• Organization of Standards
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15. 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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16. Can you describe the identification process of
standards for a project?
Industry StandardsClient Requirements Safety Standards
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Three major trends:

17. 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?

19. Once standards are purchased, are they organized for
future use?
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Physical
Collections
Digital
Collections
Subscriptions
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20. “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?

21. 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”.”

22. 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.”

23. 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!”

24. “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?

26. Instruction Implications
Identification
Retrieval
History
Importance
Moving Forward
History
Importance
Organization
Identification
Retrieval
Current/Previous
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27. Thank You 27