Conference Session

ETD Freshmen Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex C. Kanu, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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theresistance of resistors, the current in a closed electrical circuit, the voltage drop across resistors,light emitting diodes (LEDs), and batteries. Using a signal generator and an oscilloscope,students learned the difference between dc and ac voltage signals. Ohm’s law was also coveredin this module. An attempt was made to determine the speed of sound with the signal generator,oscilloscope, a loudspeaker, a microphone, and a meter ruler. In addition to using DMM tomeasure the resistance of resistors, the students learned how to use color codes to determine thevalue of the resistance of resistors. Figure 4 shows an example of the color code used for thisexercise. Figure 5 shows an example of schematic electrical diagrams that students worked on.This

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EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weican Xiao, Michigan Technological University; Andrew Joseph Dorton, Michigan Technological University ; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University; Johannes Martin Eidnes, A&D Technology; Branden Owen DeVries; Austin M. Ostipow; Richard Lee Fowler, Michigan Technological University

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generation.Dr. Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University Mohsen Azizi received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia Univer- sity, Montreal, Canada, in 2010. From 2010 to 2013, he was a R&D engineer at Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc. and Aviya Tech Inc., Longueuil, Canada. Since 2012 he has been an adjunct assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University. In 2013 he joined Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, where he is currently an assistant professor in electrical engineering technology. His research interests include cooperative control and networked estimation in multi-agent systems, distributed and decentralized control of

Conference Session

Engineering Technology

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Jeffrey L. Ray, Western Carolina University; Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College

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that resulted in the 2014 report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. He was the study director for the project that resulted in publication of Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? (2010) and Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009), an analysis of efforts to teach engineering to U.S. school children. He oversaw the NSF-funded project that resulted in the 2013 publication of Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action and the 2008 publication of Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering and was co-editor of the reports Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing

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EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. Sanders, Troy University; Govind Menon, Troy University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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of using applied engineering in theirname.Today, there is compelling evidence from an industry perspective that B.S. programs inengineering technology are, in fact, the manifestation of the “applied” pathway to engineering13.In 2010, the Engineering Technology Council (ETC) of ASEE surveyed 200 companies in USAto investigate the difference, if any, between engineering and engineering technology graduates.The results showed that 7 out 10 employers make no distinction between the two groups inassigning functions and responsibilities13. The employers also see little difference in on-the-jobcapabilities or job advancement between the two groups. The majority of these companies assignthe title of “engineer” to either graduate. The use of applied

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Buikema, Purdue University; Robert J. Herrick, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Wanju Huang, Purdue University

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national awards. Over the past 15 years, she has designed and taught multiple face-to-face and hybrid courses. She has recently won Purdue’s Digital Education MVP: Instructional Design and Support Award for her work in hybridizing the Weekend MBA program. She has presented on several aspects of online learning and instructional design at national and international conferences.Prof. Robert J. Herrick, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Robert J. Herrick is Purdue University’s Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engi- neering Technology. He served as the Department Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University 2001-2010 and its Assistant Department Head in the 1990s

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ETD Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Lorenzosupport team and engineers. They successfully answered all of the students’ questions andprovided them with a manual and the latest software for the unit. By the end of this project, theteam was successful in configuring the wind-energy training unit so that it could properly chargea battery, output AC and DC for a powered light, and emulate each operation mode of acommercial Microwind turbine. The wind-energy modular training unit is a system that safelyconverts kinetic to electrical energy using the rotational motion from a wind turbine in acontrolled environment. For indoor use, a 24-volt DC motor was used to simulate the wind effecton the shaft of a generator of a traditional wind turbine.By the end of this project, the team was able to