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September 1995 FAME Newsletter
Inside This Issue 1
What's New?
2
Manufacturing Thought
3
Fame Background
4
Recent Student Projects
5
FAME -us Last Words
WHAT'S NEW?
We are!
A critical element missing from nearly all engineering colleges in Southern California is a practice-oriented program in which technology, business, and scholarship can be integrated. FAME was planned as an interdisciplinary center-of-excellence dedicated to science and technology in the area of manufacturing. Its mission is to provide students with a complete and emersive product development environment in which to augment their job experiences with next-century tools and strategies. Interdisciplinary programs like FAME provide a means for applying course-work and the relevant work experience that many of our new and returning students possess to the creation of real wealth. This is a crucial function of socially responsive engineering education. The program also serves to gather and coordinate otherwise divisive faculty interests by defining realistic avenues for the transition of internal research programs into external cooperative development programs.
Active Focus Areas
Concurrent Engineering
Parametric Design
Virtual Instrumentation
Rapid Prototyping
Advanced Materials
Quality Methods
Our Vision
Flagship accomplishments at most universities are tied closely to interdisciplinary and intra-institutional cooperation that, when legitimized by the establishment of a center-of-excellence, becomes the basis for a self-sustaining reputation for achievement. The San Diego region lacks a bona fide center-of-excellence in broad-based manufacturing. Such a center could provide a cornerstone for the revitalization of San Diego's engineering educataion infrastructure. The Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise proposes to be that center by providing graduates, training, and services to the San Diego manufacturing community.
FAME Background
San Diego State University's College of Engineering is committed to developing manufacturing technologies, curricula, and services for San Diego's small and medium-sized manufacturers. This newsletter introduces the Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise and related engineering and business curricula, and is intended to highlight SDSU programs in mechanical and system design, measurement, simulation and control, materials and processes, fabrication, test and quality assurance. The centerpiece of San Diego State University's manufacturing endeavors is the Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise. This facility evolved from the Computer Aided Design Laboratory founded in 1988. Since then, it has grown considerably in physical size and scope.
FAME resources include 5000 sq. ft. of dedicated floor space in the Engineering Manufacturing-related equipment includes plastic injection, compression, extrusion, pultrusion, resin transfer molding and vacuum forming equipment, a composite repair station, ultrasonic scanning equipment, high tonnage platen presses, mechanical testing machines, ovens, CNC lathe and mills, automated materials bin, and four multi-axis robots and their controllers. A 3' diameter by 15' long, high-pressure and temperature autoclave , a filament winder, and a 20'x 10' x 8' tool cutting mill are currently under construction.
Recent Student Projects
PLC guided vehicle project
CNC mill and lathe programming exercises
Pneumatic robot controller and interface
Autoclave controller
Pultrusion simulation
Robotic assembly station
Injection molding simulation
Mechanical testing machine controller and interface
FAME-us Last Words
FAME is a public resource. We invite manufacturers to partake of our facilities, training and consulting. Please contact :
Dr. Jim Burns - Director
FAME - Department of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego CA 92182-1323
(619) 594-6076
jburns@mail.sdsu.edu
The FAME Newsletter
Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise
September 1995