Yue Zhang, Haijun Gong, Lianjun Wu

Department of Manufacturing Engineering

Georgia Southern University

December 16, 2022

Experiential Learning of 

Manufacturing Standards: from 

Lectures to Labs and Industrial 

Internships
Table of Contents

• Team Background

• Goal and Objectives

• Design of Curriculum

• Replication of course materials

• Dissemination and Sharing
Team Background

Yue Zhang, Ph.D

Assistant professor 

Haijun Gong, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor

Lianjun Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant professor 

Polymer Processing

Additive manufacturing

Nanomanufacturing

Additive manufacturing 

Lightweight structure 

design 

High-performance material 

applications

Robotics

Smart materials

Actuators 

Soft multi-material 

manufacturing via 3d printing

Program evaluator (PEV) for 

the EAC of ABET

ASME Additive 

Manufacturing for 

Nonmetallic Materials 

Working Group

Curriculum development 

committee of CEC college

Emerging Professional Group 

and Student Relation 

Committee at SME
Main Goals

• Create a systematic framework that includes 

lectures, labs, and industrial experience to 

strengthen education and learning about 

robotics and additive manufacturing 

standards among engineering students. 
Project Objectives

1. Develop innovative course modules (lecture, 

lab, and project) to advance students’ 

professional preparedness

2. Develop virtual learning materials to improve 

students’ career readiness

3. Create a sustainable online course structure to 

enhance education and learning impacts. 
Design of Curriculum

• Course Modules

• New Course

• Plant Tours

• Webinar from Guest Speakers
Additive 

Manufacturing

Robotics New Course

Entry Level

(Lecture)

MFGE 2421 Intro. to AM

(Spring 2022&Fall 2022)

FYE 1220 First-Year Seminar 

(Fall 2022)

MFGE 4533 Industrial 

Robotics and Automation 

(Spring 2022 & Fall 2022)

Medium Level

(Lab)

MFGE 5333 AM Studio 

(Fall 2022)

MFGE 4533 Industrial 

Robotics and Automation 

(Fall 2022)

Graduate 

Level

(Project)

MFGE 5334G AM of 

Lightweight Structure

(Spring 2023)

MFGE 5337G: Adv. PLC 

Hardware and Programming 

(Spring 2023)

MFGE 5339G 

Manufacturing 

Standards and 

Standardization 

Fall 2022

Curriculum Design
Course Modules (AM)

• Lecture module in MFGE 2421

o Lecture topics cover “what is a “standard”?”, “why does AM 

need standards?”, “how are AM standards developed?”, and 

“how to use AM standards”.

o Course assignment requires students to follow AM standards 

(such as ISO/ASTM 52910) to complete a simple design project.

• Lab module in MFGE 5333

o Evaluate tensile strength of FDM 3D printed plastic materials 

(for university without metal AM facility), referring to ISO/ASTM 

52903 and 52921, ASTM D638, etc.

o Evaluate microstructural characteristics of 3D printed stainless 

steel 316L materials (for university with metal AM facility), 

referring to ASTM F3049, F3184, F3122, etc. 
Course Modules (Robotics)

• Lecture module in FYE 1220

o Lecture topics “Introduction of a Standard” covering “what 

is a standard?”, “why do we have standards”, and “how to 

locate important standards resources”

o Course assignment requires students to complete a quiz.

• Lecture module in MFGE 4533

o Lecture topics “Robots and Safety” covering “Safety 

Standards for industrial robots”, and “Types of safety 

options” 

o Hands-on activity: How to recover a robot from singularity.

• Lab module in MFGE 4533

o Design a robotic workcell using RoboGuide that satisfies 

the requirements in the ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Robot 

Safety Standard.
Guest Speakers and Plant Tours

Guest speaker Plant Tour

Activities • Webinars • Trip to plant or virtual tour

• Interview industrial professionals

Frequency Spring and Fall Semester 

Sponsors • Department Professional Advisory Committee (PAC)

• Industrial professionals

• Alumni

• Professional Society: ASTM, SME, etc. 

Documentation • Videos 
Plant Tour-PAC members
Plant Tour
Replication

• E-conference

• Class demos and seminar

• Project Website
Replication

E-conference Class Demos and Seminars

Who • GaSou faculties 

• IHEs: Jacksonville State University, San Jose State University, etc.

What • Teaching materials

• Demonstration of using the modules

• Curriculum Design

• Demonstration of using the 

modules

When Summer 2022 and 2023 Spring & Fall 2022 and 2023

Where Face-to-face and online simultaneously Online for other IHEs
E-conference

• 2022 Summer and 2023 Summer

• 11 attendees from 10 institutions 

in the U.S. and India

Institutions of Attendees

Purdue University Omex India Sales Pvt Ltd

Penn State University Erie The University of Texas at 

Tyler

Jackson State University San Jose State University

Georgia Southern 

University

Binghamton University -

SUNY

University of Alabama in 

Huntsville

Oregon Institute of 

Technology
Seminar at SJSU

Format: Guest Lecture

Platform: Zoom

Host University: SJSU

Course: ME192 Robotics

and Manufacturing Systems

Students: 19
Project Website

• Download Course 

Modules

• E-conference 

Registration

• Videos records 

and pictures

• Student 

Resources

• Project news and 

Website Link updates
Dissemination and Sharing

• Project Website

• Conferences

• Professional Society

• Social Media
Conferences

2022 2023

SoTL Commons 

Conference

Zhang, Yue; Gong, Haijun; and Wu, Lianjun, 

"Development of Experiential Learning Modules 

for the Education of Manufacturing Standards" 

Proposal Accepted for 

Presentation

Solid Freeform 

Fabrication (SFF) 

Symposium

Zhang, Yue; Gong, Haijun; and Wu, Lianjun, 

"Development of Standards Education Modules 

for Robotics and Additive Manufacturing"

ASEE Annual 

Conference

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