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Cliff Mirman

technical graduates cannot keeppace with industrial demand. Educators struggle with three main issues; increasing the pipelineof students into our programs, providing the curriculum needed for tomorrows technicalworkforce, and the affordability of technical education with shrinking funding budgets. AtNorthern Illinois University (NIU), the solution to these and other associated issues is throughwork with industry as a partner and stakeholder.The NIU Department of Technology works with industry partners to develop and deliverprograms meeting the needs of our stakeholders. Through direct contact, we work with regionalcompanies to attract students and develop laboratories, curriculum, and internships, thus,providing cutting edge technical and problem

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Robert Adams; H. Bora Karayaka

Session ETD 305 Mobile Lab Bench to Promote Engineering and Technology Education in Sustainability Topics – Year 1 H. Bora Karayaka, Robert Adams School of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USAAbstract“Demonstration” and “Discussion” are two important learning tools that effectively promotestudent retention and comprehension as outlined in the famous learning pyramid of the NationalTraining Labs (Figure 1). In a laboratory setting where resources are limited to accommodate allstudents, these tools together can be the

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Rafic Bachnak; Susan Eskin; Dave Wirick

-prepared for college and have clear future career goals. This paper presentsthe results of a new two-week summer enrichment program that focuses on improving studentpreparedness for college, while promoting active learning through hands-on experiences andactivities. Students were introduced to various engineering disciplines through hands-onactivities that included topics in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, computer science,electrical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. The program alsoincluded two field trips where students toured a science laboratory and a manufacturing plantthat employ scientists and engineers from different disciplines.IntroductionIn 2014, nearly 45% of incoming freshman undergraduates entered

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Ali Ansari; Nasser Ghariban; Pamela Leigh-Mack

summer of 2017 as a pilot tofive community college students who were participating in an internship at VSU, under theNational Science Foundation (NSF) supported Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads LouisStokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WBHR-LSAMP) program. These students havefuture plans of continuing their education in either engineering (mechanical, electrical, computer,and manufacturing) or physics. The course consisted of lectures; laboratory experiments oncircuits, rapid prototyping, PLC, and data acquisition with LabVIEW; and projects. Participantscompleted two team projects related to the manufacturing area, one of which was on an“Experimental Kinematic Study of Slider Crank Mechanism” that was designed to convertstraight-line

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Gang Sun

RTOS and introduce basic theoretic topics intheir microcontroller courses. As a result, students who have a good understanding of theory andconcepts of RTOS do not have the opportunity to map their knowledge onto real-worldimplementations. To bridge the gap between conceptual understanding and concreteimplementations, an embedded RTOS educational platform has been established for EETstudents in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&MUniversity as well as in the Engineering Technology program at Northern Kentucky University.This paper only focuses on hardware design and development of the embedded RTOS platform.The laboratory curriculum development and student learning outcomes/feedback will

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Jeffrey Evans; Davin Huston; Milan Rakita

stated in a way that matches the definition of this competence. The number of courses counted to develop competency to communicate underrepresentsthe true state. Laboratory exercises and laboratory reports are staple activities of the METprogram, yet they are not mentioned in many CLOOs for courses. Almost every course developsand assesses written communication competency through laboratory reports, but only 8 of themdeclare oral presentation and 13 written presentation of results as one of their CLOOs. “Drawinggraphs and diagrams,” which is found in CLOOs of 27 courses, is mapped to the “audiovisualcommunication” competency. Although it might be obvious to classify graphs and drawings as awritten communication competency, because it is

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Ray Floyd

source. If neither will suffice, thequestion then becomes can the combination provide sufficient power without other commercialsystems being required. This phase will be in progress at the time of the ASEE Conference inthe spring of 2018, but a progress report will be provided as part of the meeting presentation.Phase n Perhaps more correctly referred to as the future, the S&M Department expects tocontinue to seek funding, either through the normal budget cycle or the xxxxxxxxx Foundationto continue the monitoring and data analysis of this project. The Department believes that suchefforts would be beneficial for students as a laboratory, as an example of a commercial powergrid, and as an example of renewable power source alternatives

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Joseph Cecere

programs byexchanging ideas to improve their capstone educational processes, and while applyingsustainability principles.COURSE OVERVIEWSenior Project - Construction (C E 488C) and Senior Project - Structural Design (C E 488D) aretwo capstone courses in the SDCET program at Penn State Harrisburg. SDCET major’s mustenroll in one of these capstone courses, depending on their focus in the program. These coursesare taken in a student’s senior year and are a year-long course. The course begins in the fallsemester for one credit, and then continues in the spring semester for three credits.The course is presented in a dual format with a one-period (50 minute) lecture discussion classand one laboratory class in the fall. The spring semester has two one

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Nasser Alaraje; Vincent Druschke; Mark Highum; Joshua Hooker; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

short term, robotics education fosters problem solving skills, communication skills,teamwork skills, independence, imagination, and creativity32-34; and 2) in the long term, roboticseducation plays a key role in preparing a workforce to implement 21st century technologies.Currently, few universities offer specific robotics degrees. For instance, Worcester PolytechnicInstitute (WPI) has offered a Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering50 since 2007.Universities that have graduate degrees focused on robotics include Carnegie Mellon University,MIT, UPENN, UCLA, WPI, and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT).Michigan State University has a well-established Robotics and Automation laboratory, but it isutilized for graduate

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John Allen; Keith Berube; Brett Ellis

Programming” (3 credits) ‒ novice-level programming in visual basic; 3. MET 234 “Mechanical Technology Laboratory I” (3 credits) ‒ instrumentation; 4. EET 330 “Electrical Applications” (4 credits) ‒ alternating current and direct current (AC/DC) circuits, amplifiers, and transducers. Noticeably missing from the curriculum are courses in microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers, or industrial automation.Project selection was driven by the two instructors and the students. The instructors solicitedproject concepts from industry, university labs, the general public, and the studentsapproximately 4 to 6 weeks before the beginning of the fall semester. During the first week ofthe fall semester, students rank ordered their top three project

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Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

from them.Visits to laboratories and research centers are the main activities, developed in a pre-establishedframework, in accordance with the objectives of the program. In general, they follow the maintheme developed by the students’ groups in their project proposal. For example, “thedevelopment of senses for data collection in subway fluxes in rush hours”, one of the mainthemes developed by the groups in 2015.During social activities, students have the opportunity to visit some local meetings with otherstudents in a friendly environment.Cultural activities provide students with concepts of history and art, as well as the way of life,including guided tours, visits to museums, and other related activities.All proposed activities take place in

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Immanuel Edinbarough; Adriana Rios Santiago

system where the user preserves inventory informationstored in a database and be able to access the garment selection through a graphical user interface(GUI), establishing as an ultimate goal to cause a positive influence in the user QOL. As a firststage in the smart environment laboratory development, this project is intended to confirm thehardware and software communication feasibility interaction in an enclosed typical residentialsetting. An important section of the conceptual design was to avoid major alterations within the built environment, in order to preserve the user’s daily

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Joseph Morgan; Jay Porter

has approximately 70 students enrolledand the plan would be to increase that to approximately 150 by Fall 2018. Leveraging thecoursework, laboratories, faculty and staff in the ESET and MMET programs has allowed the ETIDDepartment to accelerate the startup and implementation of this new area of engineering technologyeducation. This rapid response to industries’ needs has created a new level of partnership andinteraction for all three programs.MXET Curriculum As shown in Figure 1, the Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology program is composedof 127 SCHs which encompasses a University Core, a Math and Science Core, a MXET TechnicalCore (including Freshman Engineering, two Directed Technical Electives, and a two-semesterCapstone Design

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Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

be held at the office, located in the City Hall building which is offering this serviceto the community. The workspace is basically a clean, neat room with tables, chairs, computersand a telephone line.It is up to the City Hall to advertise the service offer “The Tech Project” to the local community.The university is responsible for providing the students and the necessary laboratories. In case alaboratory is used, a fee is charged to the consultant to cover basic material and energy. There isanother professor in charge of mentoring the students’ team for a determined period as volunteerwork, in order to help refining their proposed projects to their clients.Next step is to have students working in teams at the offices, available to receive

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Mark Highum; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

roboticsystems laboratory, among others, and even mentioned one of the college’s programs that hevisited during his State of the State speech. The director of the state’s Talent Investment Agencyalso visited the campus and was thoroughly impressed by the opportunities the program makesavailable to students, stating an interest in additional partnerships in the future between thecollege and the agency. Taking advantage of opportunities to showcase the work beingperformed under the grant and partnership is another critical step for institutions looking toreplicate this model.Next StepsNow that the academic curriculum and non-credit workshops have been developed, much of thework in the coming year will be aimed at increasing enrollment and more directly

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Barry Lunt

Structured IAB Involvement”, Kathleen A. Kramer, ASEE, 2004. 5. “The Smaller Engineering School and Its Industrial Advisory Board: An Effective Partnership?” David M. Rooney’ and Richard J. Puerzer, ASEE/IEEE FIE 2002 6. “Effects of Communication, Leadership, and Team Performance on Successful IT Capstone Projects: A Case Study”, Chi Zhang, Ju An Wang, ACM SIGITE 2011 7. “A Conceptual Overview of the Virtual Networking Laboratory”, John Gerdes, Scott Tilley. SIGITE 2007Appendix Following are the questions as included in the survey.Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete this survey about Industrial Advisory boards forTechnology and related programs.The survey takes 10 minutes or less to complete

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Peter Rogers

ethicsvideos. Similar to the aforementioned studies, the results from this investigation were also basedsolely on self-reporting and did not contain quantifiable measures for assessing how the videosimpacted student learning.MethodologyThis section provides background information regarding the engineering course used in thisstudy, details relating to how Lightboard videos were created and used within the course, and themethodology used for collecting the qualitative and quantitative data.Course InformationFluid Mechanics is a required course in the Civil Engineering curriculum usually taken duringthe second semester of the sophomore year. Enrollment is limited to 24 students due to the spacelimitations of the laboratory (the course has both lecture

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Mohsen Ayoobi; Ana Djuric P.E.; Mukasa Ssemakula

), 8410 8415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319030111[5] R. R. Hake, Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics testdata for introductory physics courses, American Journal of Physics 66, 64 (1998); doi: 10.1119/1.18809[6] L. D. Feisel and A. J. Rosa, The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education, Journal ofEngineering Education (2005), Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 121-130[7] T. Lucke, Using Hands-On Activities to Engage Students in Engineering Mechanics, 40th Annual SEFIConference, September 23 - 26, 2012; Thessaloniki, Greece[8] C. H. Ramming, and J. J. Phillips, Improving Retention of Student Understanding by Use of Hands-onExperiments in Statics, 121st ASEE Annual Conference &