• Journal of Engineering Education Research
• /
• v.11 no.1
• /
• pp.64-75
• /
• 2008

A new product development and product realization process (PRP) is a circulating and feedback process by generating ideas through creative problem solving process. The early stages of PRP correspond to conceptual design and product development, in which a large portion of product life cycle cost can be saved. The optimal design method for this stage is a robust design suggested by Taguchi. Quality must be 'engineered in' since it can not be 'inspected out.' A robust design is an engineering methodology to improve the quality of a product by minimizing the efforts of variations without eliminating the causes. The objective of this study is to propose a scheme and a case study of robust design for exploring design parameters, and introduce a creative problem solving process. Major research subjects include a creative problem solving process, robust design procedure and their implementation. For the experiment of Taguchi method, a toy catapult is adopted. For the creativity development, a short project is assigned to devise a similar tool with the toy catapult. A reference model is suggested to compare and evaluate their ideas.

• Journal of Practical Engineering Education
• /
• v.16 no.2
• /
• pp.121-128
• /
• 2024

This study introduces specializer high school students , as a fusion education method using Inventor software to design a robot arm, which is then 3D printed and controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. Students gain practical experience and have the opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills from various academic fields. They start by designing in CAD software, proceed to fabricate actual robot arm components using 3D printing technology, and finally program and control the assembled robot arm. This interdisciplinary education enhances students' problem-solving abilities, fosters creativity, and increases their motivation to learn. To implement such educational endeavors in actual curricula, ongoing teacher support and appropriate resources are essential. This research serves as a foundational exploration of the applicability of fusion education in future learning contexts.

• Journal of Practical Engineering Education
• /
• v.14 no.1
• /
• pp.91-97
• /
• 2022

Recently, as per a representative education method to develop core capabilities (such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) problem based learning (PBL) has been widely adopted in universities. Two important features of PBL are 'collaboration between team members' and 'participation based self-directed learning'. These two features should be satisfied in online education, although it is difficult due to the limitation on space and time in the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents a new design of PBL class in Metaverse, based on improving the online PBL class operated in the previous semesters in the H university. In the proposed PBL class, students are able to display materials (e.g., image, pdf, video files) in 3D virtual space, that are related to problem solving. The 3D virtual space is called gallery in this paper. The concept of gallery allows for active participation of students. In addition, the gallery can be used as a tool for collaborative meeting or for final presentation. If possible, the new design of PBL class will be applied and its effectiveness will be analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
• /
• 2013.10a
• /
• pp.202-204
• /
• 2013

Nowadays, owing to the development of hardware, most of enterprises should operate and manage bigger amount of data than they used to do in the past. For this reason, the enterprises ceaselessly and urgently need systemized tools, platforms, and analysis methodologies in order to collect, store, and handle explosively increasing data. In this paper, we firstly understand key elements of Big Data, and secondly define critical factors for Big Data application with these elements. Thirdly, we research on various analysis techniques for Big Data analysis. Lastly, we propose an infrastructure to analyze bid data.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
• /
• v.3 no.1
• /
• pp.63-72
• /
• 2000

Future education for engineering should focus on the teaching of fundamentals, creativity cultivated through various experimental educational programs, and industry-related practices. This study presents the development of the LOD system and a contents production of the experimental courses in engineering in accordance with paradigm change. In this study, considerations and design plan for developing LOD system are discussed and they are applied to the contents production of the experimental course in engineering. The results of this study help to teach the experimental courses completely, providing the course supplements and the multimedia data required in the experimental courses, and to promote and conduct the student's projects. This study can also anticipate an image of the future university and present the direction where the university should follow in the future.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
• /
• v.38 no.5
• /
• pp.357-366
• /
• 2017

Urban planning and engineering undergraduate students need to understand the earth physical systems and that how human beings interact with the earth systems to planning and engineering urban area. The eco-friendly or geo-friendly design and planning of an urban area is a critical issue not only for economic benefits but more importantly for the sustainable future of urban life. However, little study has been done dealing with the urban engineering students' understanding of the earth as a system and what pedagogical approach is appropriate to improve their understanding of the earth as a system. This study is to investigate the impact of a purposely designed ESS course on urban engineering students' understanding of the earth as a system and their perceptions about the instructional approaches of the course on their learning competency. This study utilized a mixed-methodology with three main data sources: concept maps, student's perception survey about their learning competency, and course contents. Both the survey and concept maps were analyzed quantitatively as well as qualitatively. The result of this study showed that the urban engineering students' experience of team-based research about the topic they chose based on their own interest had a positive impact on their understanding of the earth as a system and their learning competency. The results of this study suggest that structuring and presenting the earth system contents in the context of engineering students' understanding and their future career be effective not only for the improvement of students' content knowledge but also for the enhancement of their learning competency such as creativity and problem-solving skills in everyday life situation.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
• /
• v.4 no.2
• /
• pp.61-67
• /
• 2018

The purpose of this paper is to explore the educational direction and present improvements of the local college of engineering through the business feasibility and analysis of the universities that conducted financial support projects to improve engineering education. For this study, we analyzed a three-year of survey on the business satisfaction of the university that implemented aid for innovation in engineering education. A result of statistical analysis on the performance of the education programs and operations that performed by the participants in the project shows that the overall satisfaction rate of the support projects has increased from 73.8% to 83.4%, but the average rate of the related industries has relatively decreased. The research shows that the satisfaction level of creativity and problem-solving ability of new employees in task performance was low so that the overall satisfaction level of the business decreased. We are going to come up with improvement plan to develop creative problem solving skills through the design of program for engineering education innovation in the future.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
• /
• v.34 no.5
• /
• pp.455-467
• /
• 2015

Objective: The present study suggested practical measures for successful patent registration based on a review of success and failure cases of patent application filed based on inventions obtained from physical ergonomics research. Background: The protection of intellectual property (IP) contributes to economic growth and competitiveness and facilitates innovation and creativity. IP rights are pursued on research findings for effective technology transfer and commercialization; however, a patent application can be rejected if patentability requirements such as patent eligible subject matter, utility for industrial application, novelty, or non-obviousness are not satisfied. Method: Three successful and three failed cases of patent applications based on physical ergonomics research were reviewed, critical reasons for their successes and failures were examined, and measures were proposed to avoid failures in patent registration. Results: The following measures were identified based on the patent application case review. First, abstract ideas including logical procedures and/or mathematical formulas need to include use of tangible apparatus and methods in idea realization. Second, the provision of grace period inventor disclosure exception needs to be properly followed in case an invention is disclosed before filing of patent application. Lastly, a comprehensive analysis of prior art published or publicly known anywhere in the world and a claim preparation of distinguished, non-trivial features compared to prior art solutions are needed to avoid possible violation of novelty and non-obviousness. Application: The proposed measures can help to prepare a patent application with patent eligibility.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
• /
• v.21 no.1
• /
• pp.27-36
• /
• 2018

This study aims to deduce operational implication of R-WeSET program through women students in science & engineering and companies's perception and assessment on the basis of NCS key competency. The significant results are as follows. Firstly, companies and women students in science & engineering share a similar perception on importance of NCS key competencies. The programs should be reviewed and improved for women students who are truly aware of companies' needs. Secondly, the main areas of NCS key competency that are poor in companies' perception are 'positive thinking & drive', 'creativity & challenge spirit', 'communication skills' and 'problem-solving skills'. To enhance these weak skills, activating the actual programs such as "Convergence Design Camp", "Field Adaptability Improvement" and developing the new communication program are required. Lastly, most of women students have attained the satisfying result from "Field Competency Reinforcement Program". Especially, "Industry Field Training" shared the great progresses on all skills of key competency, hence why the progressive model should be developed in the future. This study figures out who's the right person for the 4th Industrial Revolution era, producing a meaningful result in order to change in the higher education system of women students and to grow human resources who will contribute to the community and company.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
• /
• v.20 no.3
• /
• pp.85-94
• /
• 2020

AI-based smart factory technologies are only increase short-term productivity. To solve this problem, collaborative intelligence combines human teamwork, creativity, AI speed, and accuracy to actively compensate for each other's shortcomings. However, current automation equipmens require high safety measures due to the high disaster intensity in the event of an accident. In this paper, we design and implement a factory safety control system that uses a depth camera to implement workers and facilities in the virtual world and to determine the safety of workers through simulation.