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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-348: INTEGRATING TEAMWORK ACROSS THE CURRICULUMCharlie Edmonson, University of Dayton Charlie P. Edmonson is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he retired from the U. S. Air Force after 30 years of engineering design, industrial engineering, and experience at various levels of management.Donna Summers, University of Dayton DONNA C.S. SUMMERS, Ph.D. is a Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Her major areas of concentration are Quality Assurance and Human Factors. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-879: PLANNING A LIVING-BUILDING LABORATORY (BUILDING ASA LABORATORY) THAT WILL INTEGRATE WITH ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason Durfee, Eastern Washington University JASON DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 12.1156.1© American Society for Engineering Education

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Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 12.977.2As a result of concerns related to some of these new technologies, safety and health issues nowplay a key role in many fields of Engineering and Engineering Technology. This is especiallytrue in the Biomedical Engineering field whose growth rate has outpaced other traditionalengineering disciplines in recent years 2. In the health care industry, patient safety and healthissues lead to many injuries and death with resulting litigation every year. Unfortunately, eventhough the importance of health and safety considerations is well established for many fields ofengineering, it is not taught as an integral part of most engineering or engineering technologycurricula, and is not tested as part of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) or

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Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

undergraduates to acquire the knowledge and aptitudesneeded in the biotechnology industry. The objectives of this paper are to describe thecollaborative efforts and curriculum development that integrate the biotechnology minorinto majors within multiple disciplines, including Industrial Technology.IntroductionIndiana’s health industry is an extremely important and growing economic engine.Tremendous advances are being made in pharmaceutical and biotechnology discoveriesand their applications (including manufacturing), as well as in health care services. As aresult, there is an increasing sophistication of the products and services available andbeing developed, with an ever-widening scale of applications and marketing. This resultsin ever-expanding needs

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Richard Harris, Sandia National Laboratories

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Engineering Technology

A Holistic Review of Mechanical Design Curriculum in An Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractIn most of the mechanical and manufacturing engineering technology programs, mechanicaldesign is a critical course for students to acquire the knowledge and skill in design of mechanicalcomponents and systems. While the course contents generally include important topics, such asfailure theories and machine elements, a holistic mechanical design education should alsoaddress the interdependency between various subjects related to mechanical design. The subjectof mechanical design should be viewed as an “integrated curriculum,” not an isolated course. Asa result of a professional development project with the Sandia National

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Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Nicholas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ted Stilgenbauer, Fairmont State University

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Engineering Technology

Design Experience: Preparation, Administration, and Assessment,” http://www.ai.usma.edu, 1998. 4. Ewell, P.T., “National Trends in Assessing Student Learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, April, 1998. 5. Marin, J.A., J. E. Armstrong, Jr., and J.L. Kays, “Elements of an Optimal Capstone Design Experience,” Journal of Engineering Education, January, 1999. 6. Sarfaraz, A.R. and Shraibati, T., “Introducing Community Service-Learning Pedagogy into Two Engineering Curriculums at California State University, Northridge,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2002. 7. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accreditating Programs in Engineering

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

Antsaklis1 have addressed general questions, such as controlchallenges in the new millennium. Those works are based on discussions performed by controlcommunities, arising as relevant consolidated opinions based on individual experiences. At thesame time, other works, as Kheir7 and Heck2, approach control education, with many scenariosbased on technological learning process. The main purpose of this paper is to broaden the scopeof the discussion and get the ET educators involved in it. Therefore, in the next sections, anattempt is made to analyze the role of a classic control course in an ET curriculum. The questionthat needs to be addressed is whether or not a control course is an essential part of an ETcurriculum and if yes what are the

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Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

articulation agreements with Nanjing University andShanghai Normal University for Law, Engineering, and Engineering Technology.1 One of thesearticulation agreements involves accepting mainland Chinese students as transfer students intoManufacturing and Electronic Engineering Technology programs and integrating them intoJunior/Senior level classes. University of Dayton faculties have been teaching classes both in the USand in China. The University of Dayton currently has Chinese undergraduate students in theirprogram currently experiencing their senior year in technical classes. The students also participated Page 12.916.3in an English

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mean-Shang Chen, Central Michigan University; Michael Chan, China Travel Ship Management Limited; Dru Wilson, Central Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

hiscomprehensive knowledge and skills. It met the expectation of serving as a tool in evaluating hisabilities of dealing with real-world problems. The goal of designing an effective and efficientprocess using the integrated CAD/CAM and composite tooling technologies was alsosuccessfully achieved. The process as designed was based on different topics the student learnedfrom various undergraduate and graduate courses. This study provided a very valuableexperience for the faculty advisor. As a result, the following curriculum changes wereincorporated: • IET 458 Advanced Computer-Aided Design was implemented to cover the topic of reverse engineering in addition to surfacing techniques. Students learn how to remodel products via digitizing

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1032: A SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PROJECT FOR FIRST-YEARECET STUDENTSPeter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne PETER E. GOODMANN, P.E. is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at IPFW. He earned his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He has worked for 28 years in industry and education, and is a member of the IEEE and the ASEE. Page 12.116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Software-Defined Radio Project for

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Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Zachary Kuhn, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2776: INTEGRATING LASER MACHINING APPLICATIONS INTO AQUALITY COURSE FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSWesley Stone, Western Carolina University Wes Stone is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University. He earned his B.S. at the University of Texas at Austin, his M.S. at Penn State University, and his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His industrial experience includes manufacturing and six sigma quality, which are current areas of interest. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in solid mechanics, quality, and numerical methods at Western Carolina.Zachary Kuhn, Western Carolina University Zak Kuhn is a graduate student at Western

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Electrical Technology Projects and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, farahmandfar@ccsu.edu

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Engineering Technology

availability, learning about VoIP, its protocols, and underlyingtechnologies can be considered as valuable academic investment. Consequently,engineering, IT, and technology students who are familiar with these concepts can beready for the future competitive job market.Unfortunately, as in many other universities and colleges, at Central Connecticut StateUniversity we offer no specific courses on VoIP technology. In fact, in the currentnetworking and IT curriculums, we don’t even cover the topic of Voice-over-IP.Consequently, many of our graduates and undergraduate students have very littleunderstanding of VoIP and its underlying technologies.In this paper we present a simple VoIP laboratory experiment that can be integrated in theclassroom. As an

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; Masud Hassan, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

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Engineering Technology

, Implement, Operate) framework. Students taking the mechanical detailingcourse are involved in reverse engineering project. Students work in teams in redesigning theproduct, developing technical drawings, exchanging drawings with a different group tomanufacture their product, and test and operate the product. This approach demonstrates the realworld workplace environment of product design and manufacturing in which technicalknowledge and other skills are learned and practiced. The freshman course project is an earlyexposure to students to demonstrate the relevance of mechanical engineering technology. It helpsthe students see graduates as practitioners of the profession, implementers of technology, job-ready and focused on applied

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University; Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

geometryfound in Integrated Circuits to the very large geometry found on rockets, the SpaceShuttle and the International Space Station.It has found its greatest application in mass production, where interchangeability ofblindly selected parts is essential. Just-in-time manufacturing increases the demand forparts that absolutely must fit at assembly, as it is much less likely today to have spareparts waiting in the warehouse. Parts simply must fit together at assembly.In the engineering drawing design, GD&T is a means of specifying engineering designand drawing requirements with respect to actual “function” and “relationship” of partfeatures. If the technique of GD&T is properly applied, it will ensure the mosteconomical and effective production

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Massoud Moussavi, California Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

paper will show how the NSF fundedPHOTON2 project, helped the ECET program at CalPoly –Pomona, to develop its photonic course.Introduction: In order to stay current with the industry,produce a knowledgeable workforce, and respond toindustry needs and expectations, Electronic Engineeringand Engineering Technology departments need tocontinuously update their curriculum. Optics is one of theareas to which engineering schools need to pay moreattention. In the last decade, optics and its applications havebecome an integral part of almost every facet of theelectronics industry such as medical, communication,heavy industry, lighting, manufacturing, and routing incheap design.Optical Company in the Southern California: Many opticsrelated companies

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Engineering External FactorsWhile these changes in health care are occurring, there are other external factors that will alsoaffect the Biomedical engineering field: A. Internationalization of science and technology.The science and technology used in health care are universal. Coupled with globalmanufacturing and international companies, it is clear that science and technology areworldwide in application. B. Integration of Technology. The examples provided by some of the preceding authors, it is evident that health caretechnology is sophisticated and cross-disciplinary. The application of communications theoryto improving the accuracy and speed of DNA sequencing is such an example. In addition,devices are increasingly interdependent and

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hong 'Jeffrey' Nie; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

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Engineering Technology

FPGA in EET programs isto integrate HDL and FPGA into all digital hardware design courses, from entry level toadvanced level, rather than open an independent course.I. IntroductionDigital hardware design has been considered as core education contents for ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) programs for more than two decades. As a result, a whole set ofmethodologies, such as truth table, canonical sum-of-products expressions, and Karnaugh mapsfor combinational circuit, and finite state machine, state diagram, state table, and stateassignment for sequential circuit, have been well-developed to analyze and design digitalcircuits1. However, because the complexity to design a digital circuit increases exponentiallywith the number of gates used

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duane Fairfax, USMA; Kevin Huggins, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

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Engineering Technology

goal supports the USMA’s mission of producingArmy Officers who can respond effectively to technological changes in the defense of ournation.Courses augmented with IT can be daunting for cadets who lack the experience and confidencelevel to succeed in the course. As a result, these types of courses are avoided by cadets if at allpossible. This is not an option for an aspiring officer who will lead the soldiers of tomorrow on adigitized battlefield. Since 1990, cadets have been issued a computer which has played a centralrole in bringing the power of IT to all graduates of the Military Academy. Integration of IT inthe curriculum begins early with every cadet receiving a laptop computer. An integratedsoftware package is included to support any

Conference Session

Electrical Technology Projects and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Pocock, Oregon Institute of Technology; Kevin McCullough, Oregon Institute of Technology; Andrew Carpenter, Oregon Institute of Technology; Brant Hempel, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1053: A CAPSTONE ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS PROJECT FORELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY MAJORSDavid Pocock, Oregon Institute of Technology DAVID N. POCOCK is an Associate Professor and is the Curriculum Coordinator and head of the Analog Block of the Electronics Engineering Technology department at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, OR. His main research interests are semiconductor device modeling, infrared focal plane arrays, nuclear radiation effects, and web-based real electronics labs for distance education.Kevin McCullough, Oregon Institute of Technology KEVIN MCCULLOUGH is a Senior at Oregon Institute of Technology in the Electronics Engineering Technology

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Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

Experimental Systems through Student Projects to Enhance the Automation Curriculum in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program.AbstractThe use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in industry is on therapid increase, especially with developments of modular instruments and sensors that are easilycontrolled through Ethernet or other industry network standards. The need for skilled personnelto implement and utilize these systems is also increasing. Courses which incorporate SCADAapplications are offered widely across the nation and in many colleges. These courses ofteninclude theory and laboratory component in which students learn how to implement and programthese systems. By providing an

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Arbuckle, Western Kentucky University; Dale McDaniel, Western Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology

foundationsof workforce education, career development theory, needs assessment, developing objectives,performance assessment and private sector providers of workforce education programs.AMS 590 Operations Leadership 3 Hrs - Provides technical professionals with leadership andmanagement skills needed to be effective throughout their career.AMS 630 Legal & Ethical Issues in Technology 3 Hrs - A study of ethics and socialresponsibility, international and contemporary legal issues in business and industry, and e-commerce.AMS 650 Industrial Distribution 3 Hrs – An integrated and comprehensive treatment ofoperations and supply chain issues. Students study how firms link with their supply chainpartners to gain a market advantage and competitiveness.AMS

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Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Education, 2007 Infusing an Interdisciplinary Automation Experience in Engineering Technology Education.AbstractThis paper will address the advantages; experiences and lessons learned in infusing aninterdisciplinary Robotic, Automation and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) course into theB.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S. Computer Engineering Technology and B. S.Technology/Manufacturing curriculum. Industry today desperately needs skilled engineers andmanufacturing professionals that can modernize and improve manufacturing processes andproduct designs for manufacturability to be able to compete in the “global economy” of today.Therefore automation skills need to be introduced to the student in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Robb Larson, Montana State University; Keith Fisher, Montana State University

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Engineering Technology

•MET 445 - Machine Design •MET 456 – Capstone I Figure 2. MET Areas of Expertise and Related Courses (Current Curriculum)Mechanical Engineering Technology Core CompetenciesTo further define the required skill set of MET graduates from our program, core competenciessupporting our mission, outcomes, and objectives, as well as constituent requirements weredeveloped and documented. The core competencies related to engineering fundamentalsappropriate to the needs of Mechanical Engineering Technology are:1. Demonstrate proficiency in mathematics – including analytic geometry, differentiation, integration, and differential equations.2. Demonstrate an understanding of engineering

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Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

apprenticeship by Merkel and Baker6 (2002). Duringthis process the mentor takes an active role in training and developing the next generation ofengineers, technologists, and scientists. This adds a further dimension to the typical advisor roleof academic guidance, career direction, moral support, and encouragement. The advisor nowbecomes a research manager and mentor as well.In many cases, this trend has led to the integration of undergraduate research directly into theacademic curriculum. After graduation many of the students will be involved in the application,dissemination, and creation of knowledge, or in other words research. As a result it becomes anatural extension of the classical inquiry oriented curriculum to include aspects of research

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

at partner university HVI Lecture / lab (virtual) Lab Intensive internship at partner university Page 12.1250.6 HSI Lecture / lab (simulation) Lab Intensive internship at partner universityDesigning an innovative curriculum for nanotechnology in engineering technology is a complextask and requires a high level of integration. The students, the faculty, collaborating labs andparticipating institutions, must all work

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tianrui Bai, Southwest Jiaotong University; Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1755: CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS ATUNIVERSITIES IN US AND CHINA: AN ANALYSISTianrui Bai, Southwest Jiaotong UniversityJinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State UniversityVirendra Varma, Missouri Western State University Page 12.353.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Characteristics of Capstone Design Projects at Universities in US and China: An AnalysisAbstractThe objectives of the capstone or other integrating experiences in the engineering andtechnology curriculums are to: 1. Pull together the various diverse elements of thecurriculum, and 2. Develop student competencies in problem-solving utilizing bothtechnical and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College; Alexander Genis, G I I, Inc.; Tony Midora, PMT, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

College. The outcome of the proposed project will bea hands-on laboratory course in which NDE techniques of parts and materials will be presentedand applied through real-life problems. NDE curriculum will be designed to fulfill Levels I andII NDE in theory and training requirements, according to American Society for NondestructiveTesting (ASNT ) Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A (2001). Once fully developed, theNDE laboratory will serve as a training center for engineering technology students, as well as forthe workforce of local companies, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and PECO Energy, withwhom Drexel has a rich history of partnership in terms of internships and researchcollaborations. Such educational laboratories are nearly non-existent in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

on this issue during our fall 2006meeting. The members reviewed the information above and recommended that we promoteminors in areas other than MET and ENMA. The consensus of the committee was that thestudents should be encouraged to take the minor in Business Administration. Some membersalso recommended the minor in Occupational Safety since safety is integral to the constructionprocess. Others had an interest in language; in consideration of the large number of productiveSpanish-speaking workers currently is the construction workplace.Feedback from StudentsThe subject of the choice of minor is often discussed during advising sessions. In past advisingsessions prior to the tabulation of the requirements for alternate minors shown in Table 2

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

. Page 12.386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Comparison of Three Unique Student Populations in an Engineering Technology Strength of Materials CourseAbstractThe Engineering Technology (ET) department at The University of North Carolina at Charlottehas historically been a plus two program, offering only the junior and senior years of the BSETcurriculum. In the fall of 2004, the department began offering all four years of its programs,accepting freshman students for the first time. That first freshman class has now matriculated tothe junior year, joining a new class of transfer students entering at the same point in thecurriculum.Four-year ET programs also opened the door to transfer students from the

Conference Session

Electromechanical and Manufacturing Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahad Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; SANTOSH KAPARTHI, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

forsimultaneous, bi-directional control of two small motors. The L293D comes in a standard 16-pin,dual-in line integrated circuit package, with built in fly back diodes to minimize inductivevoltage spikes. The L293 is limited to 600 mA, but in reality can only handle much smallcurrents about 200mA. It works on the principle of H-Bridge.H-BridgeH-Bridges allow forward and reverse motor control. To get a motor to turn in one direction,simply close an opposing pair of switches. For instance, as shown in Figure 4 by closing theswitches A and D motor turn in one direction and the B and C switch close with A and D open,then the motor turns to the opposite direction. To exhibit this action it has to control the switches.In some cases, 4 transistors will work