e- Comprehensive product REalization in Advanced Technology Education

Midwest Coalition

for Comprehensive

Design Education

Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education
The goal of the project is to develop and disseminate curriculum in the areas of comprehensive design for associate degree technician and baccalaureate degree technology students, as well as to develop and offer programs to improve the skills of the existing workforce.
		The skills in the areas of: CAD Design for manufacturability and assembly Collaborative engineering Teamwork Managing change are necessary for an increased competitiveness, as identified by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and National Association of Manufacturers.
The partner institutions on the project will work collaboratively to identify, develop and deliver curriculum that will integrate comprehensive design education across associate degree technician and baccalaureate degree technology colleges, in order to increase the skill level in the manufacturing sector. They are utilizing and building upon their respective strengths of instructional module development and delivery to traditional and nontraditional student populations. The partner institutions are having regular meetings and videoconferences through which they are exchanging ideas on novel methods for course development and delivery as well as on the methods for collaboration in course delivery across different programs.
	The partner institutions include two four-year schools: Purdue University Old Dominion University and four two-year schools Sinclair Community College Fox Valley Technical College Mott Community College Butler County Community College