Youngstown State University and Parker Hannifin Corporation have jointly created the Hydraulics Research and Education Center at Youngstown State University. The goal of this center is to channel faculty research activities with industrial partners toward promoting teaching, training and learning. The current activity in connection with this center is the conversion of faculty development activities into curricular innovations. A systematic approach is being investigated for the development, capture and distribution of curricular materials. Faculty, students and Parker-Hannifin engineers and managers are presently being organized to develop and use this system and its content material. Moreover, this pilot system is intended to demonstrate the capability of the new partnership toward innovating the undergraduate curriculum. For example, the multiple targets for innovation could range from recruitment activities to freshman year courses, to sophomore laboratories, to junior co-operative education experiences, to the capstone experience in the senior year.
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