Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2019 (SIMES-2019)

Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2021 (SIMES-2021)

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Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society—2021 (SIMES-2021)

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From Centralized to Decentralized Model of Simulation-Based Education: Curricular Integration of Take-Home Simulators in Nursing Education

In a centralized model of simulation-based education (Ce-SBE), students practice skills in simulation laboratories, while in a decentralized model (De-SBE), they practice skills outside of these laboratories. The cost of “take-home” simulators is a barrier that can be overcome with additive manufacturing (AM). Our objective was to develop and evaluate the quality of education when year one nursing students practiced clinical skills from home following normal curricular activities but in the De-SBE format. A group of expert educators, designers, and researchers followed a two-cycle, iterative design-to-cost approach to develop three simulators: wound care and urethral catheterization (male and female). The total cost of manufacturing all three simulators was USD 5,000. These were sent to all year one nursing students who followed an online curriculum. Twenty-nine students completed the survey, which indicated that the simulators supported the students’ learning needs, and several changes were requested to improve the educational value. The results indicate that substituting traditional simulators with AM-simulators provided an acceptable alternative for nursing students to learn wound care and urethral catheterization off-campus in De-SBE. The feedback also provided suggestions to improve each of the simulators to make the experience more authentic.

Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020)

The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals “Materials” and “Applied Sciences”. The 14 contributions published in this Special Issue of Applied Sciences present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering focusing on advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; additive manufacturing and 3D printing; manufacturing of new materials; Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering; manufacturing engineering and society; and production planning. Among them, the topic “Manufacturing engineering and society” collected the highest number of contributions (representing 22%), followed by the topics “Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies”, “Industry 4.0”, and “Design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering” (each at 14%). The rest of the topics represent the remaining 35% of the contributions.

Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020)

The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals "Materials" and "Applied Sciences". The 17 contributions published in this Special Issue of Materials present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering, focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing; advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; sustainable and green manufacturing; manufacturing of new materials; manufacturing systems: machines, equipment and tooling; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; metrology and quality in manufacturing; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering. Among them, this issue highlights that the topic "advances and innovations in manufacturing processes" has collected a large number of contributions, followed by additive manufacturing and 3D printing; sustainable and green manufacturing; metrology and quality in manufacturing.