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Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #7448Course-Related Undergraduate Projects for DynamicsDr. B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods

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Robotics and Automation I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; Joseph Cluever, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6385An Undergraduate Research Project on Developing a 3D Vision System foran Industrial Robotics ProjectDr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University Dr. Donald C. Richter obtained his B.Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a professional engineer certification and worked as an engineer and engineering manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics/automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.Joseph Cluever, Eastern Washington

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Product Development and Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Wm Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

. New product development is a multidisciplinary process of systematicallyconverting a concept for satisfying customer needs into a product or service that is ready for themarket. Employers will be looking for graduates to have the skills necessary to join their productcommercialization teams and contribute immediately. Students are also interested in learningrelevant skills and participating in “hands-on” activities. This paper reports preliminary resultsfrom a project that has been developed to allow students to use the same “product” in threecourses of a combined Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology program.Background information on the involved courses and detailed aspects of the individual courseprojects is presented

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K-12 and STEM Programs in Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Matt Leonard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Commendation Medal, and numerous Group Achievement Awards EXPERIENCE: Mr. Leonard earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987. He has held successively more responsible positions, including Simplified Air For EVA Rescue (SAFER) project manager, ISS Launch Package Manager for Assembly mission 6A, Mission Manager for Sta- tion and Shuttle Processing for ISS missions 12A and 13A at the Kennedy Space Center. Mr. Leonard led the Human Adaptation Countermeasures Office Project Management Office, where he received his Project Management Professionals Certification. Mr. Leonard led the Program Review Integration Office for the Constellation Program, which successfully completed the

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Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Florian Misoc P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Tommy D Ball; Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Cyril B Okhio P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

in the state of Arkansas. Dr. Misoc’s research is in the areas of renewable energy (generation, transmission and distribution), power electronics, and vehicular systems.Mr. Tommy D Ball Summary Freelance editor, publisher and writer. Seeking to encourage educational understanding, especially rela- tive to emerging conversations and worldviews. Education University of Tulsa 1997 Northeastern Oklahoma 1995 Honors and Awards Certificate for Academic Excellence. Certificate National Scholastics. Additional Information Editor of assorted letters, memos, brochures, academic papers and other projects of university staff mem- bers. Editor of Independent Study Projects.Dr. Austin B. Asgill, Southern

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Awlad HOSSAIN, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Page 23.730.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Incorporating Engineering Challenges into Capstone Design and Senior Project CoursesAbstractThe Engineering & Design Department of Eastern Washington University (EWU) recently addeda Mechanical Engineering (ME) degree to the existing Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) program. The ME program is more theoretical and requires more advanced mathematicswhere the MET program is more hands-on with mathematics requirements up to Calculus II.However, the programs are taught side-by-side and complement each other. When we developedthe ME program we wanted to maintain as much of the strong hands-on aspect of MET

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Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Weissbach P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Garrett LoVerde; James Bimber

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Engineering Technology

smart phone technology as a control device by demonstrating that it can be used tocontrol the rotational speed of a DC motor. Specifically, this project will involve thedevelopment of a fast and real time method to control a device that is readily available to thepublic and relatively easy and inexpensive to implement in industry.A smart phone application will be created using a graphical user interface (GUI) that representsthe controls of a motor. The brand of smart phone must accept custom programmed applications.The smart phone will be programmed to interpret GUI inputs and create wireless signals. Thehardware used to create and transmit the wireless signals will be pre-existing in the phone andcommon to most phones available in the market

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Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norm Clark, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #7283EFFECT OF ACTIVE TEACHING IN A PROJECT BASED CLASSMr. Norm Clark, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Malini Natarajarathinam is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Distribution in the Department of Engi- neering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. She received her Bachelor of Engineering from Anna University, her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama and her PhD from The University of Alabama. Before coming to Academia, she worked

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6033Effect of Previous Experience and Attitudes on Capstone Project Achieve-mentProf. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University BYRON GARRY is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Construction & Operations Management in the College of Engineering at South Dakota State University and has taught the EET Project Management/Capstone course sequence since 2001. Page 23.462.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Effect

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Seth William Adams

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #5832EET Capstone Student Project: Multi-sensor device to monitor external at-mospheric conditions and GPS location for evaluating rust potential on coilsDr. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev is earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering in Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004 and the

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Joseph L Petrosky, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

systems and signal processing. His current research interests are in electric drive vehicle technology and advanced energy storage, including advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Dr. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and professional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and co-PI of several federal and state funded projects for course, curriculum and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Dr. Gene Liao is currently Director of Electric Transportation Technology Program and Associate Pro- fessor at Wayne State

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Project Based Learning In ET Program

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston - Downtown; Matthew Stevenson; Sanjo Peter, University of Houston Downtown

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Engineering Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Temperature and Level Control of a Multivariable Water Tank ProcessAbstractThe project is concerned with the design of a water tank process and experimental evaluation offeedback control structures to achieve water level and temperature control at desired set pointvalues. The manipulated variables are the pump power, on the water outflow line, and heatsupply to the tank. Detailed, first principles-based, dynamic models as well as empirical modelsfor this interactive and multivariable process have been developed and used for controller design.Furthermore, this experimental study entails and discusses the design of the water tank processand associated instrumentation, real time data

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE); Carmen A Bovalino III, Rochester Institute of Technology, Student; Michael B Jones, RIT; Derrick Brazil, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael R Caldwell, Graduate Student Rochester Institute of Technology; sajin george, RIT

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Engineer and Project Leader for the Automotive Industry in the area of Embedded and Software Systems. She also worked as an Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate Studies of Engineering Division at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico in 1995 .In 2000 she was a grader at Texas A&M University. In 2001 she interned in the Preamp R&D SP Group at Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, and at Intersil Corporation, Dallas / Milpitas, as a Design Engineer, in the High Performance Analog Group in 2005. She worked at Intersil as a Senior Design Engineer in the Analog and Mixed Signal-Data Converters Group. In 2009 she joined Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York as an adjunct professor in ECT-ET

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Implementing Active Learning in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #7740MET Senior Projects as a Means of Developing Laboratory Experiments andEquipment for Course LabsProf. Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University Calumet Craig D. Engle is clinical assistant professor of Mechatronics Engineering Technolgy at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond Indiana. Craig’s industrial experience includes 23 years in the aerospace industry focusing on flight and missile simulations and electro optics system analysis. Craig has submitted ap- poroximately 31 patent applications, received notice of allowance on 24 applications and paid issue fees on seventeen applications resulting in seventeen U

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Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6318Virtual Project Teaming: Incorporation of Immersive Environments and Role-played Case Study AssessmentsDr. Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University Dr. Charles J. Lesko, Jr. is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University instructing at both the graduate and undergraduate-level course levels for the Department of Technology Systems. His current teaching and research regime focus on Information Technology Project Management, and Virtually Immersive Technologies. Throughout the course of his career, Dr. Lesko’s focus has been

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Product Development and Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

ofthe initiative is to provide engineering students at all levels with opportunities in learning productdevelopment in the real-world setting.This article discusses the details of the activities organized by PID Initiative and how theyimpact the student learning. The focus of PID Initiative activities is innovative productdevelopment. Undergraduate students from ETID department are recruited to form teams thatdevelop new products. The student teams, with the help of faculty members, generate ideas fornew products, conduct market analysis, design and manufacture the product, sell the products,and provide technical support to the customers. The PID Initiative projects generate revenue tosupport student learning. The objective is to become self

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Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston (CoT); Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE)

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #7952An REU Experience with Wireless Sensor Networks ResearchDr. Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT) Dr. Xiaojing Yuan is Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology program of Engineer- ing Technology Department. She is the founder and director of the ISGRIN research lab and actively incorporating undergraduate research activities as part of final project requirements in several undergrad- uate junior and senior level courses dealing with sensors, instrumentation, and microprocessor hardware and software. Her research interest includes wireless sensor network, quality-of-service enhanced

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Product Development and Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

, governmental, and non- governmental organizations. His research interests include system-of-systems modeling and simulation, enterprise architecture, and nonlinear dynamical systems. Page 23.741.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Industry Engagement in a Manufacturing Simulation CourseAbstractThis article presents the results of student involvement in two projects for a local manufacturingcompany in a manufacturing modeling and simulation course. The results presented served as abasis to enhance students learning experience, as well as to improve the ways by which suchgroup

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, instrumentation, and entrepreneurship.Dr. Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan has over 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecommunica- tions systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department in 1989 and has served as the Program Director of the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs and as the Associate Department Head for Operations. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering (1975) from California State University, Sacramento, and his MS (1980) and DE (1983) degrees in in- dustrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His education and research interests include project management, innovation and

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina; Lee J. Gatton, Gatton Research and Development; Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services

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Engineering Technology

in 2008 to pursue his interest in developing Socially Assistive Robots.Mrs. Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton is the IT project manager at Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton manages soft- ware implementations of commercial banking systems across the United States. She received her B.S. in Business from the University Of Texas at Dallas in 1977, her associate’s of Engineering Technology from Kansas State University in Salina in 1986, and a master’s of Management in Information Systems from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1998. Gatton’s has built her career in the application of Information Technology to the business world

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Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Technology

a project manager and senior con- sultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several

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Robotics and Automation II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University; Stacy C. Tinner Jr., Florida A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Technology Illinois Technical College Temple No.2 Adult Education Classes Umm Al- Qura, College Of Engineering, School of Islamic Architecture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Florida A&M University, College of Engineering, Sciences, Technology and Agriculture Project Area Coordi- nator, Construction Engineering Technology Florida A&M University College of Architecture, Master Thesis Reviewer Academic Administration: Interim Director of Division of Engineering, CESTA 1996-98 Program Area Coordinator, Construction Engineering Technology Page 23.568.1 Related Membership Organizations: American Institute

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Robotics and Automation II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Manufacturing (CIM) class that is designed to teach students how tointegrate industrial robots into a production system; (3) for advanced level programming classesor other specific topics such as robotic simulation, and OLP, where robotic projects can be usedto facilitate real world experience for the students and motivate their interests in the varioustopics. Offline programming is the technique of generating a robot program with using a realrobot machine. This OLP method presents many advantages over the on-line method (Physicallyuse a robot teach pendent to generate a robot program): (1) robot programs are generated withoutinterruptions of robot operation, (2) removal of the students from the potentially dangerousenvironment, (3) there is a greater

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in Engineering Technology Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Laboratory Based, Problem Solving Pedagogy Prepares Engineering Technology Graduates To Succeed on the JobAbstractOur advancing world of computer integration, process control, industrial automation,and telecommunications requires technical problem solvers and knowledgeabledecision makers. “The activities of problem solving and decision making are closelyintertwined”,1 and both skills can effective be learned through project based capstonecourses. The lab based problem solving environment is organized into clusters. Theseclusters are equipped with components such as computers, printers, programmablelogic controllers, sensors, pneumatic valves

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ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Education, 2013 An Evolving Capstone Course used in ABET AssessmentAbstractThe Department of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU) hasdeveloped a capstone design course sequence that provides students with industry-relevantprojects, while generating an excellent opportunity to assess many of the ABET (AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology) student outcomes, commonly called “a through k.” Inits sixth year the two-semester course sequence sees a healthy list of projects that provide cross-functional opportunities for teams composed of undergraduate students in EngineeringTechnology (ET), Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), and ElectricalEngineering (EE).Each of the capstone projects

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

presented on student profiles, graduationrate, graduate placement, and application-oriented industry projects. Furthermore, the comingchallenges of maintaining program quality with high enrollment, as well as completion rates, arealso discussed in this paper.Introduction Purdue University Calumet (PUC) started its Master of Science in Technology degreeprogram in 2008. The program has experienced rapid enrollment growth, as well as resourceconstraints, and by 2011 had the third largest enrollment in the nation. Since the inception, theprogram has produced more than a hundred graduates. The success of this program may beattributed to the large demand for an interdisciplinary program in the region, the interdisciplinarynature of the program

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New Course Development Concepts in ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Technology

integrating sensors,and data acquisition hardware and software; and experiment-design project implementation andreporting experience. This paper presents the course format including the typical content,laboratory setup and experiences, and student-initiated experiment-design project details.Course-embedded assessment data supporting the course objectives and associated studentoutcomes are also reported.IntroductionThe ability to conduct and design experiments is rated as one of the most desirable technicalskills of engineering and engineering technology graduates1. Specifically, the referenced surveyindicates that employers want graduates with a working knowledge of data acquisition, analysisand interpretation, and an ability to formulate a range of

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in Engineering Technology Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhibin Tan, East Tennessee State University; William H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University; Qianru Zhang, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

. The hardware-based laboratories have been successfully integrated into the digital signal processing course at many universities. However, most labs were designed only for very common signal processing problems such as the FIR/IIR filter design, FFT and so on. In this paper, a system for real-time EEG (electroencephalograph) signal acquisition, processing and presentation was proposed and will be implemented with the Texas Instrument’s TMS320C6713 DSK being used as the hardware platform. As a practical application of C6713 DSK in biomedical signal processing, this project is designed as a complement of the current DSP laboratories of the Digital Signal Processors course for senior level undergraduates/graduates

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Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE OPTIMUM HARVESTING OF SUNLIGHT FOR AN EFFICIENT SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMAbstractRenewable energy plays an important role in the support and growth of the world economy,especially in periods of fluctuating prices of fossil fuels. Among the renewable energy sources,solar energy provides specific advantages in space utilization, versatility, relatively-lowmaintenance, and quick payback. The awareness of, and exposure to, solar energy projects on thepart of engineering technology students is vital for the development of a highly-skilledworkforce in this rapidly-growing field. This paper presents the design and development, to

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Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, and Circuit Analysis.Prof. Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington