'Integrated learning factory: an educational paradigm's first year of operation'

Abstract

The Integrated Learning Factory (ILF) is a facility that supports product realization within a new practice based engineering curriculum developed and adopted by the participating universities of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP). MEEP comprises the University of Washington, Penn State University and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez with Sandia National Laboratories. The first year of operation of the University of Washington's ILF is described including the successes and problems.