ENMA
Program Improvement Activities
During
the summer of each academic year, ENMA program improvement activities are
identified, planned, and executed. This
website summarizes annual improvement activities.
2005-2006
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Curriculum
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Courses:
Developed (2) courses – ENMA 282 and ENMA 290.
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Outreach
o
ENMA program
communications: Created web portal for ENMA-related
materials.
o
University
partnerships: Signed letters of intent
to cooperate with (5) major Polish technical universities – Warsaw, Cracow,
Poznan, Wroclaw, and Gdansk.
2006-2007
·
Curriculum
o
Courses:
Developed (2) courses – ENMA 283 and ENMA 284.
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Assessment
o
ENMA course
assessment: Implemented on-line course
and instructor assessment for all ENMA courses, available on-line to
students.
·
Outreach
o
ENMA industrial
advisory board: Created industrial advisory board to
stimulate continuous improvement of ENMA courses and program.
o
University
partnerships: Started teaching summer courses at Poznan
and Cracow universities of technology.
2007-2008
·
Curriculum
o
Courses:
Developed (1) new course – ENMA 294.
o
ENMA
certificates: Developed two new ENMA certificates for Fall
2008 offering.
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Assessment
o
Implemented
on-line program
assessment by ENMA program graduates and current ENMA students, available
to students.
o
Implemented student
performance assessment tool, first survey being conducted 05/08, available
to students.
o
Industry
partnership: Initiated KDAM Knowledge Discovery and
Analysis in Manufacturing consortium.
o
New Business
Development: Involved in spin-out of MO-COE technology to Paradigm Sensors LLC.
2008-2009
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Curriculum
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Courses:
Developed and offered (1) new course – ENMA 288.
o
Courses: Adapted (3) courses to support external
certificates – ENMA 278 (SME
Lean Certificate), ENMA 279 (PMI
Project Management Certificate), ENMA 281 (ASQ
Six Sigma Certificate).
o
Initiated
conversion of ENMA courses for on-line availability – Prototype: ENMA 288.
o
Submitted publication:
Development Process for a Virtual
Learning and Teaming Environment.
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Assessment
o
Initiate peer
review process for ENMA course deliverables - ENMA 278, ENMA 291.
o
Utilized D2L for
capturing homework assignments and team project deliverables.
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Outreach
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Prepared joint
research publication with partners at Warsaw University of Technology, to be
published in Quality Engineering: Knowledge Discovery and Analysis in
Manufacturing.
o
Taught summer
course at Warsaw University of Technology for MS – Global Production
Engineering Management Program: Strategic Technology Management.
2009-2010
·
Curriculum
o
Developed (1) new
course – ENMA 6961
Intellectual Property Generation and Protection.
o
Linked ENMA 6070 Engineering
Project Management course with COE undergraduate senior design program.
o
Case
studies: Added (2) case studies to
parallel student team project deliverables for ENMA 6010 – Froedtert Hospital
Chemotherapy Clinic, Waukesha Foundry
o
Software
tutorials: Added on-line tutorials added
for ENMA 6060 (WEKA) and ENMA 6010 (Arena).
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Virtual learning and teaming environment
o
Offering (2) ENMA
courses as on-line hybrid courses – ENMA 6060, ENMA 6040.
o
Developed virtual
student team project reviews and peer assessment implemented for Fall 2009 ENMA 6050 and ENMA 6060 courses.
o
Developed file
sharing system for spring 2010 ENMA 6010 and ENMA 6020.
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Assessment
o
Developed and
deployed course assessment and results tool specifically for new on-line hybrid
courses.
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Outreach
o
With MU Marketing
Department, created MS-ENMA marketing plan.
o
With Graduate
School, created new MS-ENMA “view book” brochure.
o
Completed KDAM Consortium research project
with Warsaw University of Technology researchers.
o
Published joint
research paper with partners at Warsaw University of Technology: M. Polczynski,
A. Kochanski, Knowledge Discovery and Analysis in Manufacturing, Quality
Engineering, 22: 169-181, 2010.
2010-2011
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Curriculum
o
Create ENMA course learning
module cross-index to assist students in planning coursework.
o
Software
tutorials: Prepare booklet for
publication: “Modeling and Simulation for Lean Systems”.
o
Propose
“Healthcare Process Development and Improvement” certificate.
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Virtual learning and teaming environment
o
Add two ENMA
on-line hybrid courses – ENMA
6010, ENMA 6050.
o
Develop enhanced
file sharing system with revision control.
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Assessment
o
Extend Student
Performance Assessment to include courses taught by temporary part-time
adjunct instructors.
o
Develop
standardized ENMA course student assessment process.
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Outreach
o
Investigate
possibility of industry/business funding consortium to provide budget for the
COE portion of the ENMA program.
o
Develop
systematic process for linking full-time ENMA students with internship
opportunities.
o
Complete two KDAM Consortium research
projects with local industry (Waukesha Foundry, Briggs & Stratton).
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Teach summer course at Warsaw
University of Technology for MS – Global Production Engineering Management
Program.