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A Study of Current Engineering Education System Under Kerala
Technological University Using Six Sigma Method.
Abhijith.R
S4 Mechanical
Ace college of Engineering
Akhil.BS
S4 Mechanical
Ace college of Engineering
Sivaprakash.SC
S4 Mechanical
Ace college of Engineering
Anshadh.A
Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ace college of Engineering
ABSTRACT
This paper gives a brief description of current engineering education system under Kerala technological university. Gaining knowledge upon completion of an engineering education system should not be restricted purely towards securing a job but to strive to harness ones full potential power to contribute effectively and innovatively towards successful development for the nation. Nowadays, engineers venturing into the work force in this period of rapid change in global as well as technical environment face an uphill battle for discharging their role effectively and innovatively due to lack of technical knowledge. So Kerala technological university is trying to perform the primary role to impart technical as well as theoretical knowledge to undergraduate students and is deemed to be the focal point to generate required knowledge in abundance and to discover new innovative ideas that will lead to technological breakthroughs.
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INTRODUCTION
As India moves towards to become a developed nation, it needs to create a better educated and more highly skilled technical expert. For this a better curriculum is needed for each university existing in India. In addition to the theoretical knowledge the curriculum should adequately prepare graduates to exhibit innovativeness at the satisfactory level to meet the expectation and the demand of industrial partners.
The main aim of this paper is to compare the curriculum and course instructions of Kerala technological university with other universities using six sigma methodology and to find out how the engineering undergraduate education curriculum and course instruction of Kerala technological university adequately prepare graduates to exhibit innovativeness at the satisfactory level to meet the overall expectation and demand of industrial partners.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY
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as shown in the
figure
Fig.(1) Six Sigma Curve
The five step improvement phases are
i. Define phase ii. Measure phase iii. Analyse phase iv. Improve phase v. Control phase
2.2.Kerala
Technological
University
Main
Changes Implementedin Their Curriculum
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Kerala Technological University (KTU) is envisaged to implement the new culture of entrepreneurship as a lifeline component of the curriculum. The development of the entrepreneurship program as a field of study in engineering courses has been largely inspired by the acceptance of this entrepreneurship as a legitimate tool for the economic and social growth. This document aims to establish a new entrepreneurship education system in Kerala to propose an effective ecosystem for integrating and promoting entrepreneurship education as fundamental to mainstream engineering education in each and every collegeof Kerala. The article culminates in the development of the proposed working framework for an effective entrepreneurship education system in each affiliated colleges of KTU. This also intends to give the student under KTU the skills and competences with which they are able to identify possibilities, as well as to create and develop business ideas firmly based in methodology in order to develop the sustainable companies or activities in existing campuses. Colleges can choose any one or more method from the four proposed methods or can introduce a new method with the approval of the University. Students also have the freedom to choose the method which they prefer. Through the specified model, one should take an application oriented practice aimed for giving the students the knowledge, skills
and competences as well as the "mind set" for creation of the new technology, more employment opportunities and more wealth in our society.
Design Project
Each student or a group of students has to take up a design project. Either the project topic could be received by consultation with any faculty member in the department or students have the right to choose a subject according to their wish and consult a professor in from their department. The Evaluation of this project is to be done in two different stages. Two project progress evaluation each carrying 20 marks and a final report evaluation and the presentation of the project for 60 marks. The project supervisor and the two other faculty members from the same or any other department, nominated by the Head of the Department will be evaluating the same.
Final Semester Project
Students, either individually or in a small group not exceeding four, have to do the project approved by their faculty supervisor.
2.3
KTU POLICY
KTU is trying to bring pedagogical interventions like permeating design thinking into the entire syllabus of all its courses, innovation and the entrepreneurship programs in practice mode. KTU will facilitate start-up processes by seamlessly integrating the incubation value chain into the academic programs in order to have the early exposure of incubation value chain to potential student start-ups to improve the innovativeness of the student.
3.Current engineering education system using six
sigma methodology.
3.1
Define phase:
The first step tounderstanding the process is to develop a process map for engineering education and then construct a cause-effect diagram to evaluate the effect of input variables on output. The potential suppliers of engineering education systems are the colleges and universities. The process consists of number of steps from which a student takes different applications of engineering education.
3.2Measure phase
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materials. The factors used to measure student success are student grades and the number of all pass as presented in Figure(3)Fig(2).Six Sigma processes (SIPOC)
Fig (3.)
Fig(4.)Chart determining the results of KTU in Different
engineering colleges
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3.3
Analyse phase
:
After developing the process map, it is important to identify the causes for low quality in the results of engineering education. A cause and effect or fishbone diagram is widely used to approach in identifying the root causes and their effects. The sources of low results were identified as curriculum, lack of time, students stresses, assessment, and the academic and social environment. The possible causes from each of these sources have been schematically shown in figure 5. The fishbone diagram displays the root causes from six different sources that lead to the low results in engineering education. Identification of these sources can help changes to improve.
Fig(6.)
3.4
Improve phase:
In the improvement phase, the causes for failure or low quality must be identified with a solution that will reduce defects in the process. A failure mode and effect analysis or FMEA can be used to improve this process. These quality tools could be very well used for the development and improvement of universities and colleges. A step-by-step procedure is used to identify all possible causes of failure and their corresponding effects with recommended corrective actions to avoid the failure modes. Quality needs to be properly assessed with
respect to students, teachers, departments and Institutions, which makes the curriculum.
3.5 Control phase
:
The control phase requires institutionalization of the improvement results obtained from the Six Sigma process. The key to success in achieving quality is to standardize the improvement process and fostering a six sigma or continuous improvement process in the organizational culture. The results of the new standardizations or procedures can be further improved using different six sigma tools and procedures with a goal of reducing variation or defect in the process. Control charts are an effective way of statistically keeping a track of performance and using the data for continuous improvement in Six Sigma methodology.
Fig(7.)Failure mode and effect analysis of engineering education
4.Conclusion
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References
[1] Study of Critical Success Factors in Engineering Education Curriculum Development Using Six-Sigma Methodologyby Sivajothi Paramasivam* & Kanesan Muthusamy.
[2]Applying Six Sigma in Higher Education Quality Improvement Dr. QuamrulH. Mazumder ,University of Michigan, Flint.
[3] Becoming a Professional Engineering Educator: A new Role for a new Era, Journal of engineering Education
