{"id":2287,"date":"2013-06-05T12:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T12:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2013-06-07T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T14:56:24","slug":"paytons-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287","title":{"rendered":"Payton’s Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Payton's<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tucked into a corner of Wiggins Mechanical Engineering Hall, but it\u2019s far from small. It serves every department in the College of Engineering, and has even seen students from Auburn\u2019s art department. Known to students as the DML, it is more formally named the Design and Manufacturing Laboratory. To faculty member Lewis Payton<\/strong><\/a>, who runs the lab, it\u2019s a place where students are given a hands-on feel for basic and advanced machine tool practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur machine labs have evolved,\u201d notes Payton, who won the college’s William F. Walker Superior Teaching Award this spring. \u201cIn the past, they were used as job shops, fabricating parts for departmental projects. The DML is now purely a teaching lab. Our students schedule it for a semester and come out of the experience with a baseline set of skills that allows them to interact with the technicians who will be a part of their career. So while we are not in the business of making tradesmen, we give our students a vocabulary that allows them to move their design projects forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Payton notes that the DML is fully Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliant, not only for the safety of the students, but again, to instruct them in how to recognize and work within the context of a safe laboratory experience when they move into industry. Students who become highly proficient also find themselves in a position to help faculty members build projects, which Payton notes brings both the professor and student closer together. \u201cWhen we give students this kind of opportunity, they see their instructors less as \u2018homework assigners\u2019 and more as education partners. They also start talking to faculty about graduate school . . . and I think that\u2019s a win-win situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DML lab represents a huge upgrade for the College of Engineering, Payton adds. \u201cWe use a model of one machine, one student,\u201d he says. \u201cThis makes the lab more representative of a real working environment when you don\u2019t have students stacked up, waiting for their turn on equipment. It is also more conducive to an atmosphere of high precision and accuracy, with our tooling benchmark in the DML at a minimum of five thousandths of an inch.\u201d The lab still has room to improve, he explains, pointing to the need for electric buses to power some of the larger pieces of equipment. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the upgrades that will come in time, and will move us to an even higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/div>
\"Flickr\"<\/a> view  Auburn Engineering<\/a> on flickr   \"Auburn<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s tucked into a corner of Wiggins Mechanical Engineering Hall, but it\u2019s far from small. It serves every department in the College of Engineering, and has even seen students from Auburn\u2019s art department. Known to students as the DML, it is more formally named the Design and Manufacturing Laboratory. To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[376,375,374,373],"yoast_head":"\nPayton's Place » Auburn Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Payton's Place » Auburn Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s tucked into a corner of Wiggins Mechanical Engineering Hall, but it\u2019s far from small. It serves every department in the College of Engineering, and has even seen students from Auburn\u2019s art department. Known to students as the DML, it is more formally named the Design and Manufacturing Laboratory. To […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Auburn Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-05T12:03:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-06-07T14:56:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7281\/8741548741_4b239e5c65_z.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Killian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Killian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287\",\"name\":\"Payton's Place » Auburn Engineer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-05T12:03:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-07T14:56:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/eef77c3333e900e4ada00c2f39b42fef\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Payton’s Place\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/\",\"name\":\"Auburn Engineer\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/eef77c3333e900e4ada00c2f39b42fef\",\"name\":\"Jim Killian\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb6625ed86887be0a5610fbac1f5a42e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb6625ed86887be0a5610fbac1f5a42e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jim Killian\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Payton's Place » Auburn Engineer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Payton's Place » Auburn Engineer","og_description":"It\u2019s tucked into a corner of Wiggins Mechanical Engineering Hall, but it\u2019s far from small. It serves every department in the College of Engineering, and has even seen students from Auburn\u2019s art department. Known to students as the DML, it is more formally named the Design and Manufacturing Laboratory. To […]","og_url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287","og_site_name":"Auburn Engineer","article_published_time":"2013-06-05T12:03:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-06-07T14:56:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7281\/8741548741_4b239e5c65_z.jpg"}],"author":"Jim Killian","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Killian","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287","url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287","name":"Payton's Place » Auburn Engineer","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-06-05T12:03:31+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-07T14:56:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/eef77c3333e900e4ada00c2f39b42fef"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=2287#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Payton’s Place"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#website","url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/","name":"Auburn Engineer","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/eef77c3333e900e4ada00c2f39b42fef","name":"Jim Killian","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb6625ed86887be0a5610fbac1f5a42e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb6625ed86887be0a5610fbac1f5a42e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jim Killian"},"url":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}