Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Hotchkiss; Slade Gellin

Session 2363 A Graphical Post-Processor for an Educational CNC Code Generator Slade Gellin, Anthony Hotchkiss Department of Technology Buffalo State College Buffalo NY 14222AbstractThe authors have developed a post-processor with a graphical user interface for use with a CNCcode generator that was originally intended to operate one particular vertical milling machiningcenter. The CNC code-generator, VAL-CAM, was developed by one of the authors for teachingpart of a CAD/CAM course for engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Maxwell; James Johnson

developed was to be a first semester coursewhich was to provide orientation to students enrolled in both AAS and AS programs,encompassing a wide spectrum of engineering/engineering technology fields. Nashville StateTechnical Community College has had courses of this type for the last 30 years, but the courseswere specific to a degree program. While each of these courses tried to address such factors ascomputer familiarization, use of computer utility programs, use of the internet, teamwork, andconcepts in problem solving, they varied tremendously in the instructional strategies that used andthe overall effectiveness of the courses.Nashville State Technical Community College has now developed a “New Student Orientation”Course. The course was

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Session 1931 Managing Virtual Teams in Senior Industrial Projects Ahmed ElSawy*, Bonita Barger**, Tom Timmerman**, and Wagdy Mahmoud* *College of Engineering/**College of Business Administration Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505-0001AbstractThe Industrial Projects course at Tennessee Technological University represents the practicalexecution of the technological skills and knowledge the students gained from all sourcesthroughout their college career, work experience, and life. This course is the capstone experiencethat requires both teamwork and individual skills in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi

Session 2648 A Two Course Sequence In Optical Communications Salahuddin Qazi School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology State University of New York Institute of Technology P.O. Box 3050, Utica, NY 13504. E-Mail: qazi@sunyit.edu AbstractThe growth of the Internet traffic has made optical communications an essentialtechnology which meets the communications demand of higher bandwidth andtransmission of high speed data at a longer distance. The paper discusses thedevelopment of a two-course sequence in optical communications at the electricalengineering technology department of the State University of New York

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; Randy Winzer

Session 3648 A Capstone Experience: Putting Students to the Task Dr. W. Larry Williamson, Mr. Randy Winzer Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KansasAbstractPittsburg State University has been teaching a “Capstone” class involving all seniors majoring inMechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology since being accredited by TAC/ABET.(Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology, Inc.) The class is a culmination of the knowledge the

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

techniques. This hasprovided academic institutions with the much-needed opportunity to reach remote audiences withtheir program offerings. Many educational institutions have become engaged in delivering theirtechnical courses to remote locations within the country in order to try to meet the high demandfor graduates. This paper will discuss the efforts undertaken at Florida A&M University (FAMU) todeliver the upper division courses of its Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) curriculum toits satellite campuses within the state of Florida. The preferred means of delivering its technicalcourses that has been chosen by FAMU is through the use of compressed video with tapedbackup in an interactive instructional setting. A review of

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

/technologycourses and demonstrate the relevance of engineering work to enhance their motivation andretention. The course has a heavy emphasis on laboratory activities with an equally strong focuson ‘just-in-time’ theory relating to the concepts central to accomplishing the project goal. Theprerequisite for the course has been kept at a minimum to make the course accessible to diverseuniversity majors including students from education. National Science Foundation is supporting anew focus of the course to include education majors and pre-college teachers. A preliminary studyof the effect of the course on recruiting and retention is included.IntroductionThere is a general decline in engineering technology enrollments in many state institutionsincluding our

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Nature of a Business Plan: intended to promote investment in an enterprise with the expectation of providing revenue or other considerations at some specified time(s) with profitability as its goal. • Investor role: provide assets enabling the enterprise to develop a product or service. • Role of the Directors: agree to share ownership; provide a revenue stream to the investor. • Organization of the Business Plan: Executive Summary; Description of the business; Description and use of the technology; Market analysis and forecasts; Financial plan; Management

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

digitalenterprise. This seamless integration represents a technological environment that leverages theskills and knowledge of all participants to include customers, suppliers, manufacturers, vendors,retailers, engineers, customer support, sales, and designers. The integration of design processeswithin digital enterprises is realized through the application of web-centric product-datamanagement systems. These systems allow for the exchange of design data and productconfiguration in a manner that facilitates not only interdepartmental communication but alsointer-enterprise collaboration. Within existing technologies, these systems can help to facilitatedesign processes, shorten time-to-market, and increase product design quality. This paperdescribes efforts

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Li; Jiang Li

the reach of laboratory facilities, addconvenience, and integrate with the wired network. In the present paper, the design of thewireless networking system is discussed from two perspectives: 1) the hardware necessary inwireless networking, 2) the software necessary in wireless networking. An effort is made in thispaper to illustrate the utility of a wireless network in teaching engineering. It is clear that thisconvenient and powerful implement will aid teaching, research, as well as learning Geomechanicsor Engineering Mechanics by removing previously restrictive boundaries of physically linkednetworks.I. IntroductionWith the advancement of computer technologies, the personal computer has become integratedinto nearly ever aspect of our lives

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

Session# 2003-2158 Internet Based Experiments for Physical Laboratory Set-up Abul K M Azad1, Andrew Otieno1, Omar Ghrayeb2 and Navin Anand3 1 Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, Illinois, IL-60115. 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, Northern Illinois University, IL-60115. 3 Graduate student, Department of Technology, NIU, Illinois, IL-60115. Email: azad@ceet.niu.eduAbstractThis paper presents the development of an Internet based experimental laboratory facility wherestudents

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Glotzbach

Session 2178 The Database Imperative in Computer Graphics Projects Ronald J. Glotzbach Purdue UniversityAbstractApplications of ideas and projects in Computer Graphics Technology have developed more andmore into requiring a database to drive some or all of it on the back-end. Is an imperativedeveloping where universities are more in need of producing students with database developmentor administration capabilities? This paper focuses on engineering projects with databaseinvolvement, attempting to determine the level of knowledge students should have and in

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session 1311 INTERNET BASED LESSON AND TEST DELIVERY, AUTOMATIC GRADING AND RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM Omer Farook, Chandra R. Sekhar, Jai P. Agrawal, Ashfaq Ahmed and Michael Holtz Purdue University CalumetABSTRACTThe paper describes the “Internet Based Lesson and Test Delivery, Automatic Grading and RecordKeeping System”. This system is conceived and designed as part of the Senior Design Project ofElectrical Engineering Technology curriculum during a two-semester course offering. These twocourses are the capstone courses in Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum offered in 7th and8th semester. This

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Border

(2) information technologybasic to server, workstation, and network device operation and interaction.IntroductionTraditional electrical engineering curricula includes a systems and signals course followed by asequence of communication courses that include such topics as analog signal modulation,baseband digital signal transmission, signal filtering, channel capacity, and message coding. Thedepths of communication topics are dependent on how, or whether, a communication specialty isoffered within the electrical engineering program.At Bowling Green, our electronics and computer technology program has followed a similartemplate, while additionally covering topics such as physical interface standards (e.g. RS-232,RS-422). Since our program has a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

Session 2793 TECHTRONICS II: HANDS-ON EXPLORATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE Paul A. Klenk, Lynn H. Wang, Gary A. Ybarra Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, Durham, NCAbstractTechtronics: Hands-On Exploration in Everyday Life, is an after school program in engineeringeducation designed for middle school students. A joint venture between the Pratt School ofEngineering at Duke University and Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, North Carolina, andfunded by a three year grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Techtronics seeks to stimulateintellectual curiosity in

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Technology and IndustrialStudies (ETIS) is one of the 10 Departments under the college of Basic and Applied Sciences.We offer Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, Pre-engineering, and Pre-architectureprograms. Our Department has an enrollment of 600 students, of which 200 are majors inComputer, Electro-Mechanical, and Manufacturing Engineering Technology concentrations.Dynamics is a required course for all pre-engineering students and Design EngineeringTechnology (DET) majors and currently DET is being phased out. Several students from theAerospace department also take this course to meet their requirement for an ET minor. Teaching Dynamics in a conventional classroom with blackboard and chalk is a tediousprocess. It takes a lot of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Ochoa

pager. Not surprisingly then, theimpact of microcontrollers has also been seen in engineering education.In response to the changing electronics world, the Electronics and TelecommunicationEngineering Technology Programs at Texas A&M University have created an embedded systemsdesign course sequence over the last decade that focuses on the area of microcontroller-baseddesign. While traditional electronics engineering technology curricula typically include a singlemicroprocessor course, the embedded systems design course sequence is made up of threecourses: Advanced Digital Design, Microcontroller Systems, and Software Systems Technology.The course topics, which are aimed at developing a strong working knowledge of embeddedsystem design

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Tony Okafor; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

providedistributed manufacturing experiences for students. The collaboration between theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla and St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valleyintegrates engineering and technology to solve real problems in industry. Aninterdisciplinary team provides the students with the experience of solving a problemusing various team members’ expertise. This capstone design project providesopportunities for students to design, manufacture, and actually market a product, are ableto stimulate students’ interest in real-world product realization. Business knowledge andskill are naturally incorporated into consideration in students’ design and manufacturing.Both the program model and actual class implementation are summarized in this paper.This

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

Session 1360 Authentic Assessment Using Student Portfolios Charles Feldhaus, Ed.D. Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionClearly, all levels of education are moving towards a standards based form of assessmentof student learning. At the K-12 level, State Departments of Education are leading theway by creating specific standards and using norm and criterion referenced standardizedtests to ensure that minimum standards are met. At the university level, accreditingbodies, including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), haverevised the criteria for

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

list of succinct outcomes, each linked, for the purpose ofproviding more depth, to an explanatory commentary.Outcomes are viewed as being applicable over a long period of time (e.g., decades). In contrast,some illustrative topics mentioned in commentaries will be ephemeral, requiring modification inresponse to technological advances and other changes. The OutcomesUsing outcomes and commentaries, the Committee recommends that the Civil Engineering BOKfor the 21st Century be as presented here. Parenthetic notes at the end of some outcomes link themto ABET’s 11 outcomes, that is, the outcome is identical to the indicated ABET outcome. Theoutcomes collectively prescribe the necessary depth and breadth of

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B.K. Hodge

consumption (promotingless dependence on foreign oil), would reduce green house gas emissions, and could result inbetter indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.Although none of the CHP-B component technologies are new and although cogeneration andcombined cycle applications are well established, the goal of the CHP-B program is that CHP-Bsystems should become pervasive in institutional, commercial, and industrial facilities. A Page 8.32.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Chao

Session 2432 Online e-learning Environment for Delivering Real Hands On Laboratory Experiments Nathan Chao, Queenborough Community College CUNYIntroduction Internet technology and web-based approaches to engineering and technology educationhave made great instructional inroads both for students and faculty. Apart from the millions ofstudents already receiving educational material over their schools’ intranets, nearly a millionstudents were enrolled in distance learning courses last year according to a research report fromInternational Data Corporation. IDC projects that 3 million students will be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson

Session 2793 Fuzzy Logic to Assess ABET-Accredited Degree Program Emphasis David Elizandro and Jessica Matson Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractIn the Self-Study Questionnaire, the ABET definition of well-defined processes necessary toadminister engineering programs is: “Processes for all elements of criteria are quantitativelyunderstood and controlled; clearly tied to mission, program objectives, and constituent needs;seen as benchmarks by other institutions.” To date, there has been little discussion onapproaches to benchmarking programs.Benchmarking consists of

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Heather Cooper

Session 3648 Development of a Heat Transfer Module for Design Courses John C. Anderson, Heather L. Cooper Purdue UniversityAbstractDue to time constraints and the lack of available educational materials, students in engineeringand engineering technology often do not get an opportunity to work actual design problems inheat transfer. This is especially true for those students taking concentrations in machine designand manufacturing. Upon graduation they are frequently faced with heat transfer issues, wherethey must find usable data and make educated decisions.Capstone or

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

revitalization effort.BackgroundThe Department of the Navy is one of a growing number of Federal agencies which is expressingconcern about its ability to meet its future Science and Technology (S&T) workforce needs. Therecent trends in the number of Ph.D.s awarded in engineering which are given in Fig. 1 illustratethe nature of the problem. 8000 7000 6000 Number Awarded Engineering, total 5000 U.S. Citizens International

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

Session 3447 Capstone Projects that are Industry Sponsored, Interdisciplinary, and Include both Design and Build Tasks David Myszka University of DaytonAbstractOver the past decade, a great deal of attention has been placed on capstone designprojects in engineering technology. This has come as a result of criticisms of educationinstitutions for not meeting the needs of industry. To that end, nearly all institutions haveadopted a capstone experience. Many have instituted projects that include both design andfabrication. Some have utilized industry-sponsored projects

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Wulf; Hazem Said

. Page 8.916.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationProgram DescriptionThe Summer Academy of Information Technology (SAIT) is a forty-hour, two-weekprogram for high school students. During the program participants are exposed to severaldifferent areas of IT. The goal of this program is to engender an interest among theparticipants in IT as a possible career choice by exposing them to various areas of focusfrom the discipline, introducing them to college life, and providing them with experienceworking on a community focused IT project.Achieving the first part of the goal was a major challenge for

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Toby Boulet; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Richard Bennett; Arnold Lumsdaine

© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.improvement of the LOs and then all students will be provided access to the LOs.BackgroundThe movement from tutoring to large classes greatly reduces the level of learning2. Bloomdemonstrated a move from 50% comprehension in large classes to 90% comprehension ifpathways to mastery were developed2. The difficulty in achieving mastery relates to both facultyand student time.We believe that technology may provide a solution to these problems when a combination ofeducational planning and web development are joined. The questions used to direct students tothe just-in-time learning objects should provide individualized guidance for the students to preparethem for new material to be presented.The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

Session xxxx INTRODUCTION OF PLM CONCEPTS IN A GRADUATE INSTRUMENTATION COURSE Vijay Vaidyanathan, Roman Stemprok, Preethi Nagarajan University of North TexasAbstractProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a vital component of a company’s function as it goesthrough various rites in passage from idea conception to development and finally to producttransition. The Electronics Engineering Technology program at UNT offers undergraduate as wellas graduate degrees in electronics. A graduate course in instrumentation design is offered as partof the core curriculum. It was decided

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

Session 1877 Reassessing Capstone Courses to Support TC2K Program Accreditation Paul I-Hai Lin and Hal Broberg Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract: An assessment and evaluation of an outcomes-based two-semesterundergraduate capstone design course in our electrical and computer technologycurriculum and its value for supporting TAC/ABET, TC2K accreditation was conducted.The discussion topics include course objectives and outcomes, description of projectdesign phases, assessment and evaluation