"The 5xME" Workshops:
Transforming Mechanical Engineering
Education and Research in the USA
May 10-11, 2007, Arlington, VA
&
Implementing the Recommendations of
the 5xME Workshop
November 12-14, 2010, Lake Buena
Vista, FL
Introduction
The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored
a workshop, held May 10-11, 2007 in Arlington, VA. The goal of the workshop
was to lay the foundation for transformative change in mechanical engineering
education and research in the USA.
This was motivated by the fact that the science-based engineering
education taught at our engineering schools has become a commodity, available
to students all over the world, including low-wage markets. Global companies employ such
world-class engineering talent, often at 20% of the cost in the USA, and are moving
manufacturing, design and even research activities to such locations. The challenge for engineering schools in the USA is
how to educate a mechanical engineer that provides five times the value added
when compared to the global competition, i.e., the "5xME."
The workshop was held May 10-11, 2007 at
the NSF in Arlington, Virginia in the Stafford II Building, Room II-555. Participation was limited to
approximately 20-30 invited guests (see list of participants below). The workshop planning committee, met
during the summer of 2006 to plan the workshop, and consists of Mary Good,
Marshall Jones, Lee Matsch, Dan Mote, and Galip Ulsoy
(Chair). The workshop has led to a
report, which is available through this web site (see below) for broad
dissemination to the mechanical engineering education community. A follow-up plenary session was held at
the International Mechanical
Engineering Education Conference, April 4-8, 2008, Galveston, TX. The Proceedings of that IMEEC 2008
conference are available online at http://www.asme.org/Education/College/Faculty/2008_Proceedings.cfm.
Any inquiries should be directed to Galip
Ulsoy (ulsoy@umich.edu).
This workshop is funded
by the National Science Foundation under grant CMMI-0647197.
Further Information and Links
- A
brief brochure summarizing the Workshop and its Recommendations is
available for downloading as a PDF file (5XME_Brochure.pdf),
and hard copies can be requested from Galip Ulsoy (ulsoy@umich.edu).
- The
workshop report (5XME_Report.pdf) is
available for downloading and distribution as a PDF file.
- The
presentations made at the workshop by Arden Bement,
Richard Buckius, Adnan
Akay, Galip Ulsoy, Ward Winer,
Nariman Farvardin and
Jim Duderstadt have been collected as part of
the Appendices for the report and can be downloaded as a PDF file (5XME_Report_Appendices.pdf).
- Also
available for downloading are:
- White
Paper (4 pages, pdf)
- Agenda
(2 pages, pdf)
- List
of Participants (1 page, pdf)
- Photos
(5XME_Photos.pdf), courtesy of Eduardo
Misawa.
Follow-up "Implementing 5xME" Workshop on November 13-14, 2009 at
the Dolphin Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, FL
The NSF funded a follow-up workshop focusing on implementing
the recommendations from the original 5xME Workshop. The "Implementing the
5xME Recommendations Workshop" was held in conjunction with the ASME IMECE
meeting at the Dolphin Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, FL during November 13-14, 2009.
This second workshop was organized by a Planning Committee
(Adnan Akay, Norman Fortenberry, John Linehard, Sheri
Sheppard, Gretar Tryggvason,
Galip Ulsoy and Kon-Well Wang) during the summer of
2009.
Additional information can be requested from Galip Ulsoy (ulsoy@umich.edu).
Further Information and Links
- Currently
available for downloading are:
Last updated on 14 April 2010 by A. Galip Ulsoy (ulsoy@umich.edu).