Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Mohammed Sayer Elaraj, Alaqsa University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. The teaching component involved development and delivery of a course on EmbeddedSystems for engineering students. The guest lectures involved presenting topics on how toincorporate “soft skills” into the curriculum to address industry needs. Through this effort,Electrical Engineering (EE) and Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) faculty in the hostcountry learned new skills that will ultimately impact students in EE and EET throughout thecountry through a continuously updated curriculum. In turn, these graduating students will bebetter prepared for the workforce by learning current skills needed by industry. An engineeringeducation research phase sought to identify the reasons, challenges, and motivations forconsidering engineering as

Conference Session

Computer-related Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

CoursesThe origin of OBE as an established pedagogical methodology was set forth by the signing of the1989 Washington Accord, and the faculty members in our department subscribe to OBE. Thebasic philosophy of OBE is in an instructor’s design and delivery of a course. In order to be fullyoutcome-based, the instructor has to be cognizant of the fact that a course must be organized,such that (1) outcomes are fixed and (2) time and other resources have to be accordinglyarranged. The department’s courses have culminated in a Team Final Project which is assessedbased upon its course outcomes, comprehensiveness and originality. Students are required tomaster (1) the soft skills of comprehensive report writing on a weekly basis, (2) TechnicalProject Report