2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Decision support model to leverage extended reality technologies to augment manufacturing education

Presented at Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

Extended reality devices and applications are being utilized to augment training and education within engineering and beyond. Their innovative and powerful ways to engage with numerous senses of the learner are making several educators explore and experiment within classrooms and makerspaces. The authors have implemented training using these technologies at a large public institution of higher education, and the paper will present experience reports and anecdotal student feedback. This paper aims to present a decision support model that could map the educational learning outcomes to the current state-of-the-art of Extended Reality technology. Such a tool could help educators make better decisions on how to effectively integrate these new technologies within the curriculum to enhance and augment the learning of engineering concepts for students.

Authors

Dr. Amit Shashikant Jariwala http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-9161 Georgia Institute of Technology [biography]

Dr. Amit Jariwala is the Director of Design & Innovation for the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Dr. Amit Jariwala develops and maintains industry partnerships to support experiential, entrepreneurial, and innovative learning experience within the academic curriculum of the school. He is a Woodruff School Teaching Fellow and strives to enhance education by developing classes, workshops, and events focused on implementing hands-on, collaborative learning through solving real-world problems. He directs the operations of the Institute-wide Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, which highlights projects created by over 2000 Georgia Tech seniors graduating students on an annual basis. He serves as the faculty advisor for the student organization of over 100 student volunteers who all train, staff, and manage the operations of Georgia Tech’s Flowers Invention Studio – one of the nation’s premier volunteer student-run makerspace, open to all of the Georgia Tech community.

Dr. Jariwala’s research interests are in the field of makerspaces, evidence-based design education, and advanced additive manufacturing process. During his Ph.D. studies, he was also a participant of the innovative TI:GER® program (funded by NSF:IGERT), which prepares students to commercialize high impact scientific research results. He has participated and led several research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the State of Georgia, and Industry sponsors. He currently directs a cross-disciplinary Vertically Integrated Project team on SMART^3 Makerspaces focused on research and development to enable the creation of intelligent systems to manage and maintain makerspaces.
Hasanain Karim Georgia Institute of Technology
Caroline Doughton Greiner

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