2012 Mechanical Design-SLO
Western Student Learning Results (Program Outcomes) for 2012 # of Grads: 9 Source: Student # of Responses: 7 Program: Mechanical Design Technology Outcome What did you like about this program? Yes 7 100.00% No 0 Unk 0 NA Result 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes What would you change about this program? 7 100.00% 0 0 The teaching within our program was fantastic. Some core classes needed to be overhauled, which has already begun, but overall I was satisfied. I liked all of the different projects, you get to make a card holder tube thing with Randy, use the rapid prototype machine with Myra, mill an aluminum block with Pat, design things in Inventor, Solid-works, AutoCad, and Pro-E.Break and test metal with Linda, create drawings with Mary and use MDsolids. We take a lot of fun and informative field trips, that relate to which every class you're in at the time. It's a very diverse program in that way. I like it. Very good experience in future job duties. A lot of hands on. Great instructors, very helpful no matter the circumstance. Need some upgrades on equipment though. Hands-on learning from instructors Plenty of one on one help. Current modeling programs used. It was challenging and I believe has given me valuable skills that employers value. I liked the the program offered a variety of 3D modeling software programs. The course allowed indiviuals to create many of their own projects and models. This made some courses challenge you to think and be creative. I liked the amount of hands on learning the program provided. I also liked the availability of internships and job postings on the bullotin board. 0 Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Feedback Western Wisconsin Technical College I would like to see a more indepth or advanced course in solidworks and pro-e. Currently the solidworks class I'm has first time 3D modelers and others who have been using 3D software for 2 years. Many of the things covered in class are to help the beginners and the experienced ones are left to teach themselves. I would also like to see the CAD labs available for CAD students more hours of the day. There are many times when students need to work on projects outside of class time but are unable to get access to the CAD labs, because they are locked. Students have busy schedules now days with work and school that many times do homework after instructors are gone home and can't get access to the required labs/software. I think if students were able to use their ID cards to open the CAD lab doors to work on such projects it would be a great help. Not much, more in depth projects maybe. Page 1 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Yes Use effective communication skills. 7 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes Yes 6 85.71% 1 14.29% 0 Yes No Monday, November 18, 2013 7 100.00% 0 0 Yes, I feel it was easy to communicate with peers and instructor through email and in person. Yes, the communications courses were a great help. I'd possibly like to see a speech class. I've never been a very good communicator, but i am a much better public presenter and speaker after going to school here at western. ahead of time i would'nt talk in front of anyone for anything but now i can do it better. i just presented to engineers at Trane, and although i was freaking out ahead of time, i manage to pull it off, and feel good about myself afterwards. i still need to work on feeling less self conscious about asking questions of instructors in front of other students. i was always worried about asking a really dumb question and what the other kids would think of me. i think I've over come that by now, but its a little too late,i had real struggles in some of the classes and if i had just been confident enough to ask the questions i had i probably wouldn't have had to retake a class. Communication was effective, but could use less Power Points. 0 Yes Yes Transfer social and natural science theories into practical applications. reorganize the order that you take the classes, like we needed to remember stuff from statics for design problems, and those classes are a year apart, they should at least be in the same year, fall and then spring. Or when you move to the tri-semesters have them in the same tri-year. Personally i think the math intensive classes need to move slower , i know that its not really possible with everything they need to accomplish in the 2 years but it would've helped me. I would eliminate the useless gen-ed classes and add welding, sheetmetal, and more machine tool classes. The only problem I ran into was having classes overlap. That was mostly my fault by taking this program at a 2.5 year pace, not the standard 2 or 3 year selection. Other than that, I'd make no changes. Newer equipment 0 Yes Apply mathematical concepts. Feedback Yes, good pace and in the right order. Absolutely. Math and this program go hand in hand. Maybe I would eliminate physics since we cover the math that relates to mechanical design in the program. Physics was a waste of time. In the mechanincal design program math skills are used everyday and in many classes. Math is a very important part of the program. yeah, I'm not the greatest at math, the tech math classes were okay but they moved way to fast for me, and i had a difficult time keeping up. and then somehow convinced myself that those were the only math classes because they were the generals. but it turns out you use math over and over again in this program, and i had difficulties apply mathematical concepts, because i have difficulty learning them. and then we'd have summer, and come back and I'd have forgotten everything, these were pretty deep math concepts that i had a really hard time wrapping my head around. i tried, but i doubt if I'll remember how to do much of what we learned, that's why i keeping my textbooks, to help me in the job world in need be. 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 2 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate ability to think critically. 7 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes 7 100.00% 0 0 Yes Yes Yes 7 100.00% 0 0 Not much coverage of this. I currently work at Trane and demonstrate ethics and self value on a daily basis Yes Funny that, because i took a non required class here at Western called Ethics, Theory and Application. I believe that i gained the ability to work ethically with others, i don't know if its in a diverse population or not. Its not that diverse here at Trane, where i work, and i don't interact with many people outside of work on a day to day basis. I value myself a bit more than when i started here at Western, but I've always had notoriously low self esteem levels, and its going to take work on my part to fix that. A life long goal, rather than a college goal i suppose. This seems to be a silly program outcome. 0 Yes Yes Monday, November 18, 2013 Thinking critically is an important asset in the design field. Our teachers have thoroughly prepared me to do so. Yes, are capstone projects makes you think about many aspects throughout the design process. Well i did take that class, we weren't required to, but it was taught by one of my favorite instructors, so yes i did develop that ability, very well. And i used it most at work, and getting through my tougher classes, not just program ones but my generals as well. I think it should be a required class for the 3 year version of our program, it is a really handy class, and looks good in work place settings where they usually send their employees to that type of training anyways. Yes plenty. Oui! 0 Yes Yes Use technology effectively. Yup Yes, i have achieved this. Not only did i take all of the required classes for our program but i took extra ones that i thought we should be taking, like Ethics, and Critical Thinking, Psychology of Human Relations, and so on and so forth. Then i took what i learned in the classes and let help me through situations in the rest of the program. not even just the program i took what i learned in my social science classes and applied it to my work and home life, where it was needed the most. Social science? Wha? 0 Yes Demonstrate ability to value self and work ethically with others in a diverse population. Feedback Western Wisconsin Technical College Yes yes, very much so. i knew a lot about technology and things before coming to college, so i just added on to what i already knew. in some of the software classes there would be days that i didn't pay attention, or I'd miss something, but i could usually pick it up and learn it rather quickly by looking in the book or asking a fellow student. some things i still don't fully grasp like advanced sheet metal, wire harnesses, and stress simulators. but i have the books, i have alumni,and the autodesk help page is surprisingly helpful, who Page 3 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Yes Yes Yes Make decisions that incorporate the importance of sustainability 7 100.00% 0 0 Feedback Good use and experience with various types of equipment. Yes. I would spend more time on the frame generator...could it be incorporated more with Statics and Strengths of Materials? Our program was technology based. Easy answer 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Demonstrate proficiency using CAD and related computer tools 7 100.00% 0 0 Yes i achieve that everyday just because of the way my parents raised me, with the waste not, want not thing, and other tid bits of info. It's not anything i particularly gained from this program, other than we are encouraged to recycle our paper, or layouts that we end up not using,and to turn off the computer monitors when not in use and to turn off classroom lights when not in use. But that all seems like common sense to me... Yes, many times. I thought that's what the technology question was about, because i referenced CAD in my answer to that question. But yes I am good at CAD, inventor, solidworks, kind of Pro-E, even though i don't want to be. And i know all of the office suite programs pretty well, along with some Mac software programs, regretfully. Yes. Very well taught classes. Yes, I have a lot of confidence in my ability to use any CAD tool. 0 Yes Yes Yes Generate engineering drawings that conform to standard drafting practice. 7 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Produce and revise supporting engineering documentation 5 71.43% 2 28.57% 0 0 Yes Yes Yes No Monday, November 18, 2013 i could do that at one point, i had drafting class in my first semester which was about 3 years ago, so i need to brush up on those skills. I had them at one point so it's like riding a bike right? Shouldn't be to hard to figure it out again, still have that text book too. i know the basics for dimensions, and drawing views and tolerances, anything more complicated I'd have to look up. Yes. Yes. I do this everyday at work so, yes. Yes Good for job experience. Western Wisconsin Technical College Once again, I employ these skills daily. Myra was very good about giving us the opportunity to revise our drawings as this reflects the industry standard. Yes I'd put yes, except that i don't know what supporting engineering documentation is. I think I'd be able to make it, if i knew what it was. If i had to guess, I'd say parts lists, Bills of materials, exploded views, spreadsheets, assemblies. If those are close, then yes i can do that. Page 4 of 5 Outcome Yes No Unk NA Result Feedback No Yes Demonstrate awareness of vendor selection issues 7 100.00% 6 85.71% 0 0 0 0 1 14.29% 0 Yes There really should be a maybe button, because this is a maybe for me. Push comes to shove at work, and I'd ask someone who's done it before, how they want it done, and how to do it. I guess what i do have is a basic understanding, so that i'm able to follow what that person would tell me without to much difficulty. Yes Yes Yes Evaluate manufacturing processes and materials for product development 7 100.00% Yes Yes Yes Define mechanical systems for product development This isn't really somthing discussed on the curriculum but I learned it through my internship. It's kind of a hared thing to teach in a classroom setting, every company has its own ways of doing it. This really comes to light during the Capstone project. Yes, especially the final semister project I did that once for a electrical project a year ago at work, didn't have to deal directly with the vendor but it was close enough, so yes i think i could handle that. With help of course. This isn't something you can teach in a classroom. I learned this through my internship. 0 0 0 No Demonstrate awareness of product liability and application of industry standards 7 100.00% 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Develop the organizational skills required to meet design and production deadlines Aggregate Assessment of Achievement Monday, November 18, 2013 7 100.00% 115 96.64% 0 4 0 3.36% 0 I don't know what this means. Yes this survey is really long. Yes Capstone project is a great example of this. Maybe more experience in this is needed. Yes, i think i did pretty good on that this semester, i did not have to pull any all nighters and i got everything done that i wanted to, and it was on time, more or less. i get projects done at work when they want them, i work diligently through the day on whatever they give, ask questions when i get lost, and makes list/notes to keep me on track and organized. 0 0 Western Wisconsin Technical College Page 5 of 5
