Infusing Advanced
Manufacturing into
Undergraduate
Engineering Education
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Committee on Strengthening
the Talent for National Defense: Infusing Advanced
Manufacturing in Engineering Education
National Materials and Manufacturing Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Consensus Study Report
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This activity was supported by Contract HQ003421C0044 with the Department of Defense. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any agency or organization that provided support for the project.
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COMMITTEE ON STRENGTHENING THE TALENT FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE: INFUSING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
MAXINE L. SAVITZ (NAE), Honeywell Inc. (retired), Co-Chair
ROBERT F. SPROULL (NAE), Oracle Laboratories (retired), Co-Chair
STEPHANIE G. ADAMS, The University of Texas at Dallas (through October 2022)
S. KEITH HARGROVE, Tuskegee University
KATHRYN W. JABLOKOW, The Pennsylvania State University
DON A. KINARD, Lockheed Martin
SUNDAR KRISHNAMURTY, University of Massachusetts
THOMAS R. KURFESS (NAE), Georgia Institute of Technology
CHINEDUM OKWUDIRE, University of Michigan
DAVID PAREKH, SRI International
Staff
ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer, Study Co-Director
ELIZABETH T. CADY, Senior Program Officer, Study Co-Director
ERIK SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
JOE PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board
GURU MADHAVAN, NAE Senior Program Director and Norman R. Augustine Scholar
Consultant
ROBERT POOL, Consulting Writer
NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD
THERESA KOTANCHECK, Evolved Analytics, LLC, Chair
JOHN KLIER, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vice Chair
KEVIN ANDERSON (NAE), Brunswick Corporation
CRAIG ARNOLD, Princeton University
TERESA CLEMENT, Raytheon Missile Systems
THOMAS M. DONNELLAN, Applied Research Laboratory
STEPHEN FORREST (NAS/NAE), University of Michigan
AMIT GOYAL (NAE), State University of New York at Buffalo
JULIA GREER, California Institute of Technology
LATONIA M. HARRIS (NAE), Janssen Pharmaceutical
MICK MAHER, Maher & Associates, LLC
GREGORY TASSEY, University of Washington
MATTHEW J. ZALUZEC, University of Florida
Staff
MICHELLE SCHWALBE, Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board, and Director, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics
ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
AMISHA JINANDRA, Research Associate
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Project Assistant
Reviewers
This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.
We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Guillermo Aguilar, Texas A&M University
Dianne Chong (NAE), Boeing Research and Technology (retired)
Stephen R. Forrest (NAS/NAE), University of Michigan
Tracee Gilbert, System Innovation
Susannah Howe, Smith College
Anita K. Jones (NAE), University of Virginia
Richard K. Miller (NAE), Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Oludare Owolabi, Morgan State University
Tim Shinbara, Association for Manufacturing Technology
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by David E. Crow (NAE), Pratt & Whitney (retired), and Eric H. Ducharme (NAE), General Electric Aviation (retired). They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.
3EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Project Courses and the Capstone
Experiential Learning Throughout the Undergraduate Program
4SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Current Government and Industry Support for Education and Advanced Manufacturing
5ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING FUTURE
Develop an Engineering Ecosystem for Teaching and Learning
Anticipate Likely Evolutions of Advanced Manufacturing
Ensure Sufficient Digital Proficiency for Graduates to Function in a Complex Digital Environment
A Statement of Task and Work Plan
C Requests for Information and Responses
Preface
The co-chairs thank the committee for their diligent efforts in undertaking the work of the study and preparing this report. We also thank A. Adele Ratcliff, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program at the Department of Defense, for sponsoring and helping us launch the study and Robert Pool, who assisted in writing this report.
The committee is grateful to the following briefers at its committee meetings (listed in the chronological order, as they appeared at the meetings). They offered invaluable information and stimulating discussion that helped address the study statement of task: William B. Bonvillian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who also provided background material for the committee; A. Adele Ratcliff, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, Department of Defense; Jim Segelstrom, McNally Industries LLC; Gregory Harris, Auburn University; Dhruv Bhate, Polytechnic School, Arizona State University; Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Robert Higham, The Barnes Global Advisors; Anna Hoff, Ford Werke GmbH; Christian Hinke, Research Campus Digital Photonic Production Aachen and RWTH Aachen University (affiliated with the Fraunhofer ILT); Kris Ward, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Alan Shaffer, Global Foundries and Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; Becca Jones-Albertus, Advanced Manufacturing Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; William Olbricht, Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, National Science Foundation; John
Jackman, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation; and Jesús Soriano Molla, Partnerships for Innovation, National Science Foundation.
The committee is also grateful to the following panel moderators and briefers at its February 24–25, 2022, workshop (listed in the order they appeared on the agenda). They offered invaluable information and stimulating discussion that helped address the study statement of task: John L. Anderson, National Academy of Engineering; A. Adele Ratcliff, IBAS Program, Department of Defense; Kyle Squires, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University; Jennifer Pilat, MxD; John A. Hopkins, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation; Pravina Raghavan, National Institute of Standards and Technology; José Zaya-Castro, National Science Foundation; Michael Sarpu, Lockheed Martin; Michael Packer, Manufacturing Leadership Council; William E. Bigot, Ascent Aerospace; Tracee Gilbert, System Innovation; Amy Fleischer, California Polytechnic State University; Guillermo Aguilar, Texas A&M University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Christopher Saldaña, Georgia Tech; and Alton D. Romig, Jr., National Academy of Engineering.
Finally, the committee is grateful to the 100-plus industry and academic respondents who provided input by answering a questionnaire designed to help address the study’s statement of task.
Maxine L. Savitz and Robert F. Sproull, Co-Chairs
Committee on Strengthening the Talent for National Defense:
Infusing Advanced Manufacturing in Engineering Education
