Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University; Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

online and partially face-to-face was better (3.85/5.0) than that of complete onlinecourses (3.64/5.0) for the degree program. Response to the inclusion of laboratory activity in thedegree program received the highest rating (4.44/5.0). Respondents preferred to have athesis/major project as a part of the degree rather than taking additional courses, by giving thelowest rating of 3.16/5.0 for additional courses. Respondents’ choices of the possible ECTspecialization courses were ranked into three categories. A mixture of computer networking andcontrol systems courses were the top choice courses among the 18 possible courses. The paperdescribes this survey results in detail.I. IntroductionThe U.S. Department of Labor17, Bureau of Labor

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bryan Norman, University of Pittsburgh; Jean Fullerton, Elizabethtown College; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

specific tactics, which fit naturally as subtopics withinexisting courses, students often encounter lean tactics in a piecemeal fashion, making it difficultfor students develop an integrated understanding of the underlying philosophies. Courses Page 13.1340.2dedicated to lean are generally aimed at senior-level students. Opportunities to practice processdesign are often the domain of senior-level capstone projects as well.To improve the teaching of lean concepts, as well as to develop students’ ability to designeffective processes, several IE faculty at one university (referred to as Site 1 here) developed alean laboratory to support an

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University; Jeremy Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, students write projectreports as wiki pages. In this course, Professor Michalek assigns a page name to eachteam representing the team's project (for example: "windshield wiper assembly"). Theteam can then work on that page, using the title as a preface to any new pages added(such as "windshield wiper assembly redesign"). Additionally, it is possible to definecategories. Pages can be assigned to categories simply by including the text[[category:category name]] on the page. For example, by adding the category "designstudies" to all student project pages, it is easy to navigate current and prior student work.Linux is recommended for the operating system platform of a wiki because it is opensource and has strong security features. Prior to installing

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-1684: OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ASSESSMENT ATPRESCHOOL-12TH GRADE LEVELSNoemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette Noemi V. Mendoza-Diaz, PhD, is a Post-doctoral Fellow working within INSPIRE’s Assessment team at Purdue University. Dr. Mendoza-Diaz received her B.S. and M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering from National Polytechnic Institute Mexico and her Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University. She worked as a professor for two Mexican Universities prior to her arrival at Purdue. During her Ph.D. studies at Texas A&M, she was the coordinator of the “NSF: CONACYT Two way video infrastructure” project, an

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Gail Gotham, SLL BOCES; James Carroll, Clarkson University; Peter Turner, Clarkson University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University. He has been the PI or co-PI on many of the projects described here.Gail Gotham, SLL BOCES Ms. Gotham is a grant writer and the program director at the St.Lawrence-Lewis BOCES office for several NYS funded University - K-12 Partnership Programs.James Carroll, Clarkson University Dr. Carroll is an Assoc. Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University. He has lead First Robotics efforts at the University for several years and has spearheaded the introduction of Lego and Vex robotics competitions for younger students.Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University Dr. Bohl is an Asst. Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students’ innovation-related skills as well as students’ reflections on the class. Themain idea is to develop a student-centered environment that helps students to develop a can-do,proactive, innovative mindset; an environment that will light their spark of innovation, and providethem with resources to translate their ideas from paper to prototype. We have identified four majorgroups of relevant skills, namely, problem solving, “big picture”, personal and social skills, and usedseveral different activities to try to boost them. A variety of projects and challenges, and multi-sensory activities were synthesized to create an empirical, authentic, and multi-disciplinaryexperience. This effort is in line with our college longer term goal to infuse

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and holistic approach to engineering education.In addition to active learning approaches, it is equally important to develop methods for studentsto assess their own learning and, through survey and interview tools, to evaluate the impact ofthese courses and projects in enhancing student confidence in their ability to learn. The basis ofevaluation is the degree to which students feel these courses enhance their views of lifelonglearning, including providing them with the tools and self-efficacy to teach themselves, as wellas the degree to which students understand how specific coursework contributes to acomprehensive approach to engineering problem solving. Hence, improved assessment,including self-assessment, better enables courses and

Conference Session

Innovations in Laboratory Studies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen McNally, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

ComputerEngineering Technology. The lab consists of ten different exercises and culminates in a finalproject in which the students build and test a superheterodyne receiver. At this time, students areallowed to choose their partners, generally considered to be based on friendship and pastexperience. The goal of this project is to understand if the learning styles combination of labpartners can predict the success of the partnership. Each student was asked to complete theIndex of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire developed by Felder and Soloman1. The partnersILS reports were than paired and reviewed for commonalities and differences. The success ofthe lab partners were based on the overall lab scores and functionality of the receiver project.Factors such as

Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Irene Ferrara, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

control.Irene Ferrara, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Irene Ferrara is the Coordinator of the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program for the Altoona College of the Pennsylvania State University. She received her B.S. in Engineering Science from the Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Mechanics and Materials Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.Rose Marra, University of Missouri Rose M. Marra is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is PI of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women In Student Environments (AWISE) projects. Her

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Ramya Chakinarapu, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

paper describes the activities in a microcontroller laboratory where students learnprogramming microcontrollers by carrying out experiments that provide a hands-onexperience with electronics hardware and instruments. The paper will also providedetails of a research project that involves the development of a prototype that takes in ananalog National Television System Committee (NTSC) video signal, generated by avideo camera, and data acquired by a microcontroller and display them in real-time on adigital panel. An 8051 microcontroller is used to acquire power dissipation by thedisplay panel, room temperature, and camera zoom level. The paper will present themajor hardware components and show how they are interfaced into a functionalprototype

Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Blicblau, Swinburne University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

AC 2008-1374: USING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO REPOSITORIES AS ASTUDENT RESOURCE FOR MSE APPLICATIONSAaron Blicblau, Swinburne University of Technology "Aaron Blicblau graduated as materials engineer and worked in the manufacturing and steel industry for ten years. He then commenced lecturing at Swinburne University of Technology specialising in materials science and engineering to students ranging form first year to final year. . He has been involved in implementing novel teaching procedures to improve the learning aspects of students as well as his own teaching processes. Over the past few years he has adopted and implemented active learning measures including problem based and project based

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

of graduate studies impacting practicing professionals, project management issues,and job search issues.1. IntroductionIt can be said that, from many aspects, the best time for an engineering student to obtaintheir Ph.D. is after a period of working in industry. By the time one completes five toseven years of higher education, students can be “burned out” and otherwise not ready forthe rigor of a Doctoral Degree. By breaking at this point and working in industry for afew years, students can obtain a better understanding of the practice of engineering thancan be obtained from the classroom and co-operative (co-op) or internship experience.Furthermore, they can better understand exactly what area of engineering they wish topursue in their

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

academia. After teachingclasses the traditional way, class lectures augmented with textbook homework, a program wasdeveloped to engage students in model building activities that encouraged creativity, promotedownership in student learning, linked physical behavior to mathematical expressions, andhopefully better prepares students for engineering practice.1Students in the college begin hands-on learning during their freshman year and this served as theimpetus to link kinesthetic learning with lower level and upper level engineering courses.Students often list a junior level class as their favorite class because it incorporates modelbuilding projects into the curriculum. Students are often eager to work on these projects and aretypically proud to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Timothy Faley, University f Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, areanalyzed. These industries are then dissected in order to determine potential opportunities fornew business or new lines of business. Once the opportunity is identified, the question of whattechnology may be required to enable this technology is determined. The content-driven lectureson strategy, marketing, financing and innovation are illustrated using video clips and case studiesdrawn from entrepreneurial and corporate examples. The hands-on experience focuses onhomeworks, a team-based project in a technology space selected after a student competition, anda presentation to business developers. It is our observation that the main challenge for thestudents is to be able to reassess/modify their original technology-based solution to one informedby

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. The immediate and continuedsuccess of students involved in this two course sequence is described, as they put their lab skillsto work in the lab, at home, and on individual research projects. The evolution and expansion oflaboratory instrumentation is described and the assessment of this laboratory sequence isdiscussed.Introduction to Experimental MethodsIn the aerospace engineering curriculum at many universities, laboratory exercises are eitherincluded as an integral part of various classes, or separated into a sequence of courses taught inthe upper division. Previously at Mississippi State University, laboratory courses were offeredonly in the senior year, with one course being a lecture/lab class introducing experimentalmethods, and the

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

addition of technical presentations incorporating sustainability concepts and a semesterlong design project. Students will design a “safe” snowball launcher and create a 3-D model oftheir concept using Unigraphics. They will analyze the mathematics and physics of their launcherusing Excel and Visual Basic programming. Throughout the project, students will communicatetheir design progress in memos and a final report.This paper will describe in more detail the design and structure of the two courses, along with thehistory of their development. Data will be presented on how the inclusion of engineering coursesfor these students has improved their retention. Student comments and instructor observations ofthe new course structure will be

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Southern University: A. Assessment of Program Outcomes 1. Course assignments (Homework/ Quizzes) 2. Exams 3. Comprehensive final exams 4. Laboratory reports 5. Oral presentations 6. Field-work 7. Capstone projects 8. Course exit survey 9. Teaching portfolios 10. Exit Survey of graduating seniors 11. Industrial Advisory Board Review B. Assessment of Program Educational Objectives 1. Survey of alumni 2. Survey of employers 3. Industrial Advisory Board reviewsIn the list of assessment methods pertaining to program outcomes (list A), the focus ofthis paper, the first seven methods constitute direct measures, while the remaining

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas at El Paso; Brian Carter, University of Texas at El Paso; Frederick Kautz, University of Texas at El Paso; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas at El Paso; Robert Preston, University of Texas at El Paso; Arthur Walton, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Machine OrganizationAbstractWe describe the reform of a fourth-semester course in computer organization in the ComputerScience BS curriculum at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), an urban minority-servinginstitution, where Java and integrated development environments (IDEs) have been adopted asthe language and development environment used in the first three semesters of majorcoursework. This project was motivated by faculty observations at UTEP and elsewhere1 andindustry feedback indicating that upper-division students and graduates were achieving reducedmastery of imperative languages with explicit memory management (most notably C), scriptablecommand line interfaces, and the functions of compilers, assemblers, and linkers.The pre-reform

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2008-1978: MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE SIMULATION AS THEFOUNDATION COURSE AND SYNERGISTIC FOCUS OF ADVANCED COURSEHANDS-ON APPLICATIONPhil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University Dr. Phil Waldrop earned his Ph.D. from the Purdue University School of Technology. His industrial experiences range from turret lathe operator to Director of Advanced Process Development. His 11 years of aerospace R&D work included metal matrix composites and high speed machining, and responsibilities as Manager of Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Modernization technology development projects management for the B-2 aircraft program. He has performed invited service in an endowed chair as Stocker Visiting

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, Electrical andComputer Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, ManufacturingEngineering Technology, and Organizational Leadership and Supervision.The Master of Science (MS) in Technology degree is in its initial phase. A degree modeled aftera MS degree from the main campus (Purdue University West Lafayette), the regional campusauthority to offer this degree is pending final approval from the state. To build the graduatedegree program while awaiting final degree approval, SOT is offering some courses under maincampus authority to build a student base. The overall program structure is a directed project-based degree and consists of 33 hours: three core courses (9 credit hours), Measurement andEvaluation in Industry & Technology

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

managed the development of a number of supply chain related courses. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, designed experimentation, decision analysis and systems optimization. His current research interests are modeling of supply chains and applications in different industries. Dr. Ozelkan is the recipient of IIE’s 2006 Lean Division Excellence in Teaching Award.Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Agnes Galambosi

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Theory Practical Project +Studies Stage I Stage I Advanced In-depth- In-depth-studies Bachelor-Thesis studies studies Studies studiesLocation FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-students at partner university FH-OOW or Partner University Foreign students at FH-OOW Page 13.571.2Table 1: Time schedule of ECEM-program at FH OOW beginning in winter semesterEducational Profile The basic studies at FH OOW in Oldenburg contain all the modules of mathematics

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

of participating laboratories and projects, required applicationforms, and optional survey forms. An email promotional message was then developed whichprovided basic information about the REU program and referred interested parties to the websitefor detailed information. The email message was distributed to all undergraduate engineeringstudents at the host institution, to department chairs at other colleges and universities who hadpreviously agreed to help promote the program, and the Women in Engineering ProgramAdvocates Network (WEPAN) list-serve. The WEPAN list-serve allowed for nationwidedissemination of the REU program announcement. Nine participants were selected from the applicants based on their qualifications, interestin

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

are U.S. Military Academy faculty members who deployed to Afghanistanin the spring and summer of 2007 to establish the new program at NMAA. In this paper, wedescribe our processes, products, and lessons learned. Although the situation in Afghanistan isunique in many ways, the lessons we learned there are nonetheless applicable to engineeringcapacity-building projects elsewhere in the developing world as well.BackgroundEarly in 2003, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Army’s Office of MilitaryCooperation – Afghanistan (OMC-A) agreed to jointly establish a military academy that wouldprovide the newly created Afghan National Army with a capable, well-educated officer corps.1After considering a variety of different institutional

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess Everett, Rowan University; John Chen, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

instructor's laptop computer,which is used to project a multiple-choice question or quiz to the class. The students' responsesare transmitted to the instructor via the clickers and the tallied result is provided nearlyinstantaneously in the form of a histogram. The students and the instructor receive immediatefeedback on the students' state of learning and the instruction may be altered in a just-in-timefashion based on this information. Teachers and professors are enthusiastic about these devicesbecause they promote student participation and classroom engagement and, if desired, they canbe used as a form of graded assessment of student learning. Students enjoy using them in classbecause they help breakup the monotony of a long lecture and make the

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, where criticalresearch questions within watershed sciences and engineering are addressed and theiranalytical skills and creativity as future scientists and engineers are nourished. To achievethis goal, eight highly qualified students (five female, three male), hereafter referred to asREU fellows, were recruited in summer 2007. Fellows came from a variety ofdisciplinary backgrounds including chemistry, ecology, geology, environmentalengineering and electrical engineering. Fellows’ 10-week long research projects included:ecological stoichiometry, microbial source tracking, watershed instrumentation, cyclingof metals in aquatic environments, drinking water chemistry, and water-energy nexus.Fellows also attended weekly forums and discussion

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

experience to his [or her] basic technical training.”113. Project Description ─Workforce Development in Engineering for InnovationDeliberately created in 2000 ─ by the ASEE-Graduate Studies Division, Corporate Members Council, theCollege Industry Partnership Division and leaders from industry and universities across the nation, theNational Collaborative Task Force on Engineering Graduate Education Reform is embarking on a majorinitiative to make this much needed advancement in professional engineering graduate education actuallyhappen in the national interest.3.1 Fixing the ProblemWhile U.S. engineering education is not in crisis at the undergraduate level, it never the less has notattained its potential in formulating a system that facilitates

Conference Session

The Pipeline

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

participated in the lecture. This sparked the Board of Directors at the museum, inthe summer of 2004, to consult with one of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Countyprofessors (and co-author of this paper) who presented in the 2003 program regarding thepossibility of revising the program to incorporate active learning and project-based lectures.The general format of the restructured YESS program now includes weekly guest speakersfollowed by an episode of Who Wants to Be an Engineer (a game developed by Professor DavidSilverstein2 from the University of Kentucky, Paducah) and a weekly hands-on activity. Thisyear the program was designed to instruct the high school students on how to move frombrainstorming a problem to designing, building, and

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Joseph Cecere, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Construction

industrial relationships and partnerships that a program develops are criticalelements to its success. The programs that foster and strengthen relationships with constructionfirms and professional associations will not only benefit the program but also those firms andassociations.This paper will discuss the connection between Penn State Harrisburg's Structural Design andConstruction Engineering Technology program and the construction industry. Various activitiessuch as student organizations, career fairs, guest speakers, internships, capstone projects, fieldtrips to construction sites, and professional meetings have revealed excellent examples of a win-win relationship for both the Construction Engineering Technology program at Penn StateHarrisburg

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1700: OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT IN A HANDS-ON MANUFACTURINGPROCESSES COURSEMukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University Page 13.958.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Outcomes Assessment in a Hands-On Manufacturing Processes CourseAbstractIndustry has consistently identified lack of experience in manufacturing processes as one of thekey competency gaps among new engineering graduates. This paper will discuss a laboratory-based Manufacturing Processes course that provides hands-on manufacturing experience tostudents. In addition to standard theoretical concepts, the course uses team-based projects thathelp students gain hands-on experience with selected