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Direct linkDomermuth, David – Tech Directions, 2004
The Technology Department at Appalachian State University runs a metals lab to introduce students to basic metalworking processes. Many of the students have never worked with metal before. The class objectives call for teaching students metal properties, processing, and design problem solving. The average student is a 20-year-old junior whom…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Metal Working, Laboratories, Skilled Workers
Download full textMidlands Technical Coll., Columbia, SC. – 1992
In 1987, Midlands Technical College (MTC), in Columbia, South Carolina, initiated a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) project, the Midlands Teaching Factory, LTD, which integrated various college departments with the goal of manufacturing a high quality, saleable product. The faculty developed a teaching factory model which was designed to…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Manufacturing
