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Jikai Du; Chad M Walber; Shawn E Thompson; David J Kukulka; Edward Purizhansky

College Industry Partnership in Engineering Technology Education Jikai Du Chad M. Walber Shawn E. Thompson State University of New York PCB Piezotronics, Inc. PCB Piezotronics, Inc. College at Buffalo Depew, NY 14043 Depew, NY 14043 Engineering Technology Department Buffalo, New York David J. Kukulka Edward Purizhansky State University of New York State University of New York College at Buffalo College at Buffalo Engineering Technology Department Engineering Technology

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Jiayue Shen; Weiru Chen

Introducing a personal response system to one engineering technology course for enhancing student learning and engagement Jiayue Shen and Weiru ChenAbstract For many years, the back-to-basic conventional education method (CEM) is still primarilyused in engineering technology classrooms. The students are given lectures and expected to takenotes and memorize the content. The instructor evaluates the students’ learning and engagementby taking answers from a small number of students for a question periodically in class. Due to thesmall sample size, the evaluation results may carry major errors and disguise the real learning levelof the questioned concepts. Meanwhile, since

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Elena Brewer; Anthony Dalessio; Sarah Giersch; Nancy Louwagie

fabrication).Also, it is expensive for two-year colleges to buy off-the-shelf equipment for hands-on learning,and it is challenging and expensive to build equipment at each institution.2.2 Qualified faculty. Most science, engineering, and technology departments at two-yearinstitutions are small – usually two to five faculty members who teach multiple classes in thesame field or multiple sections of the same class. This staffing model typically does not supporta breadth of expertise across many technical fields. With vacuum technology being a niche field,the probability of having existing faculty and staff with experience in the vacuum technologyfield is extremely low. Creating new faculty positions to attract experts in vacuum technology,or any niche

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Michael Martin

Meeting the Needs of Industry via a Computer Numerical Control Concentration in a Mechanical Engineering Technology Curricula ABSTRACT Recent engineering education research has concluded that most engineering curricula do not promote attainment of many skills desired in practicing engineers. One such skill required by a segment of industry is proficiency in computer numerical control (CNC) programming. Based on feedback from Northern Michigan University’s Engineering Technology Department’s Industrial Advisory Board, the department implemented a CNC concentration for the Mechanical Engineering Technology bachelor’s degree program in 2010. The CNC concentration is one of five concentration choices the students have, and

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Praneetha Kuppili; Shrutika Ambade; Raj Tailor; M. Ali Montazer

131.12About the AuthorsPraneethaKuppili is a second year graduate student in Industrial Engineering major fromUniversity of New Haven. She has done two projects in Robotics- ‘Robohaptic Arm’ and‘Reliefbot’ in her under graduate days. She is also an author in Chess and has written eightbooks.ShrutikaAmbade is a first year graduate student in Engineering and Operations Managementmajor from University of New Haven. She is currently the head of Social Media, IISE chapter-University of New Haven.Raj Tailor is a first year graduate student in Industrial Engineering major from University of NewHaven. He has completed an online course in Blockchain Technology from State University ofNew York, Buffalo.Their faculty mentor is Dr. Ali Montazer who is the

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Luke Plante; Matthew Baideme P.E.; Kyle Murray P.E.; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus; Ryan Tuemler

in Wastewater Treatment. Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Biologia. LIV. 97-110. 2009.Author BiographiesLuke Plante, P.E., United States Military AcademyLuke Plante is a Major in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Departmentof Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a2008 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineeringand graduated from Columbia University with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering in 2016.He teaches Environmental Biological Systems, Environmental Science, EnvironmentalEngineering Technologies, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Advanced IndividualStudy I-II, Biochemical Treatment, and Officership.Matthew

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Kyle Murray P.E.; Nathaniel Sheehan P.E.

stems from our desireto improve the learning experience in our own classrooms. This study illustrates our desire toassess student testing in order to improve overall student retention and performance.MethodsDesign Parameters of the StudyThe assessed student population consisted purely of non-engineering majors (e.g. English, Math,Leadership, History, etc.) who must each complete the three-course environmental engineeringsequence, taken during their junior and senior years. At West Point, all students, regardless ofmajor, must either major in an engineering field or take a three-course engineering sequence inorder to graduate. The course, EV350: Environmental Engineering Technologies, that was chosenfor this study is the second in that three

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Salah Badjou; Pierre-Richard Cornely; Richid Dahmani

providing cost-effective online education and training inscience and engineering using the latest advances in technology and a project-based and systemsapproach. Currently, it offers certificates in mechatronics and mathematical modeling [1]. Onlineeducation is known to offer many advantages, and has grown considerably in the last fewdecades. One area of great potential for growth is in science and engineering. It is an area stillsubject to a subtle but not significant barrier to market entry [4].The role of API in the partnership included the design and delivery of suitable online curriculathat satisfy the needs of ENC, including:• electromechanical/mechatronics engineering• mechanical engineering• biomedical engineeringAccording to the Bureau of

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Thomas Ask

Engaging Creativity: Classroom Exercises for Enhancing Engineering Students’ CreativeSelf Identity Thomas Ask Professor of Industrial Design Pennsylvania College of TechnologyABSTRACTSocial forces such as group dynamics and identity can nurture or inhibit creative behavior.Identity theories suggest both self-identify and group identity are mutable. In addition, engineersoften make decisions with insufficient information and this bounded rationality may motivatehistorically-grounded, low risk solutions, which are challenging dispositions to innovation.Consequently, epistemology connected with engineering design and problem solving

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Peter Mark Jansson

Students Engineer Tools for Scientific Discovery via Empirical Research on the Mach Field Peter Mark Jansson PE PhD, Bucknell UniversityAbstract – This paper summarizes a summer of empirical research completed by undergraduateelectrical engineers who desired an experience of engineering beyond the classroom by grapplinghands-on with the tools of scientific discovery. In addition, the research focus of theirinvestigations required scientific equipment use, application of new data capture technologies,revisions to new scientific equipment and significant data analyses and interpretation. In this firstsummer research for the student team, they also realized how exciting and engaging it can be todevelop relevant

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Salah Badjou

to take the required systemsapproach in their design and research projects. Since the optimization of the design requires amechatronics approach [1,5-7], the modern multidisciplinary engineer must have adequateknowledge of both electrical and mechanical engineering, beyond the basic freshman andsophomore level coursework.!Mechatronics is more widely taught outside the United States, especially in Europe, Asia andAustralia. There are few programs in mechatronics in the USA. One of them is theelectromechanical engineering programs at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA,where the author has taught for fourteen years. This is a five-year program that is ABET-accredited in both electrical and mechanical engineering. Some mechanical and

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Shuvra Das

, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology California State University, Los Angeles, February 8, 2010. 2. Lavelle, Jerome P. and Keltie, Richard F. Calculus Intervention for First-Semester En- gineering Students. College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2005. http: //soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper- view.cfm?id=22030 3. Hensel, Robin, Sigler, J. Ryan, and Lowery, Andrew. AC 2008-2079: Breaking the Cycle of Calculus Failure: Models of Early Math Intervention to Enhance Engineering Retention. West Virginia University. ASEE 2008. http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view. cfm?id=8760 4. Koch, Darryl, and Herrin, Gary D. Intervention Strategy for Improving Success Rates in

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Diana S Dabby

in a large team environment—while doing something theylove—music? A rationale and resources for a conductorless orchestra now exist that can applyto diverse engineering schools, large and small, throughout the United States. 1Impetus Professional skills—leadership, teamwork, and communication—can make or break apurposeful life. Practiced effectively, they augment the virtues distinctive to an individual, thusgrowing character and agency for the better good. Given the centrality of technology today,engineering students will help shape our future, significantly. Yet often they lack theprofessional skillset to reach the greatest promise in their careers and as citizens. How canprofessional

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Christian E Lopez; Conrad S Tucker

Implementing gamification in engineering bridge programs: A case study exploring the use of the Kahoot! application Christian E. López 1 and Dr. Conrad S. Tucker1,2 1 Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University. 2 School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, the Pennsylvania State University.AbstractThis work introduces a case study in which the gamified application Kahoot! was implementedin an engineering bridge program. Students’ Hexad player type is assessed to gain a betterunderstanding of how their player type relates to their perception of application and the gameelements employed. Gamification has shown great

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Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

faculty co-author was a full-time tenuredfaculty at Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he taught electromechanical engineering.The electromechanical engineering program was a mechatronics five-year program that wasaccredited by EAC-of-ABET in both he electrical and mechanical engineering. At Wentworth,the faculty co-author taught junior and senior design and developed and refined appropriatemethods of teaching capstone design using a mechatronics approach. The faculty co-author has aPhD in condensed matter physics.!Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of electrical, mechanical, and control engineeringwith computer science [1,5-7]. Modern cost-effective and quality products are often intelligentmechatronic systems or involve

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Brandiff R Caron

regulations in the U.S. system than they do in Canada10. This distinction is often hard to appreciate for individual engineers (especially those engineers intraining (engineering students) that we work with every day). For them, a regulation is a regulation regardlessof its origin. However, there is often some leverage to be found in reminding engineers that these regulationswere not imposed upon them by some outside, non-engineering body. They were, instead imposed upon themby other engineers, who, having decided what they want to require from their profession, have imposed uponprofessional engineers certain legal requirements. Thus, there is an argument to be made that the requirementthat “ethics and equity” and the “impact of technology on

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Leonard Anderson; Aslah K Alshaiea

Providing an Intradisciplinary Team Experience for Off-Track Students in a Senior Level Capstone Design Two Course Sequence March 26, 2019 ASEE Zone 1 Conference By Leonard Anderson, Ph.D., C.P.C.Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Aslah K. AlshaieaStudent, Department of Civil Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MAAbstractPracticing Civil Engineers today must have the ability to work as a team member with other civilengineering

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Brittany Anderson; Rafic Bachnak

Summer Enrichment Program Aims to Increase Interest and Diversity in STEM Fields Brittany Anderson, Rafic Bachnak Penn State HarrisburgAbstract:The need for educated workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)fields is ever growing. Research shows that since 1990 employment in STEM fields has grown79% while overall employment has only grown 34%. Additionally, as of 2016, 13% ofemployed adults (ages 25+) in the United States are in STEM occupations. However, there hasnot been equal growth in all STEM disciplines and minorities are still underrepresented. For thepast three summers, we have been offering a two-week STEM-summer

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Anuja Kamat; Naseer Yari

more tools and shows them where they can find support.Mastering EngineeringStudents often feel that they have a good understanding of the material in class. However, whenthey try to do the homework, they often encounter difficulties. They then have to wait to meet atutor or instructor to ask a question and so valuable study time and interest is lost. MasteringEngineering is an online component of the textbook that our university uses. Homework usingMastering Engineering has been a useful tool by giving immediate feedback and help to students.Leveling the Playing FieldIn this age of technology, everyone has access to solutions of homework problems. Some studentschoose to use the solutions when they can access it, while others don’t. To be fair

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Lisa Greenwood; Mark Indelicato; Miguel Bazdresch; Mike Eastman

the world outside of the classroom, and reflection on this for higherorder learning and development of new skills and capabilities. Problem-based Learning (PBL) isan inductive, active learning approach that connects learning to real world problems, andprovides a context in which students can tether their knowledge and internalize courseconcepts. Students are thus motivated to seek out a deeper understanding of the conceptsthey need to address the problems presented in a course.This research focuses on going beyond the technical lecture to enhance the student experiencethrough PBL and experiential education techniques, based on implementation in the RochesterInstitute of Technology’s (RIT) College of Engineering Technology, in courses

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Ugur Zel

Do the Universities Have a Designed Infrastructure to Measure and Develop Student Outcomes? A Model Offer Prof.Dr. Ugur ZelAbstractThe Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology revised its Criterion 3 student outcomes in fall 2017. Student outcomes representthe competencies we expect from students to have before they graduate from universities. Whenwe talk about an “outcome” we mean an “observable behavior” which also forms a dimension ofa competency. Generally, universities focus on measuring “knowledge”, also a dimension of acompetency which is the easiest to measure. Do the universities have a well

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Hiren Gami; Reza Abrishambaf

. Sensors do not have well defined protocols and capabilities to work togetherunlike the computer network. In addition, it is not generally feasible to connect geographicallydisplaced sensors via cable. Fortunately, today’s microcontrollers are digitally smart, smaller insize, cost-effective, and often equipped with wireless modules. Thus, combining sensors to theradio capable controllers is a most predominant approach to build wireless sensors network. This project involves group of a senior engineering technology students. Student gainmultidisciplinary knowledge in practical systems design, deployment, and underlying analysiswhich are among the most important skills expected from the recent graduates by the currentindustry. Student utilize

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Wei Xie; Jared Auclair; Jinxiang Pei

institutions(3 from IE related fields and 31 from chemical engineering and pharmaceutical science). Theresponsibility of the TAC includes ensuring that the relevant and high-quality projects are beingpursued to achieve the NIIMBL mission. Thus, the main focus areas for the TAC include: (1)applied research and technology, (2) identifying and reducing barriers to commercialization; (3)proposing actions to enable rapid innovation and commercialization; (4) initiating Project Callsand evaluating the proposals.The authors, Dr. Jared Auclair (from biochemistry) and Dr. Wei Xie (from Operations Research),serve as Northeastern representative Technical Activity Committee (TAC) for NIIMBL. Wecollaborate to develop new biomanufacturing technologies and training

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Seth W. Percy; Joshua E Perry; Carlos L Lück

-printed enclosure laboratory experiment implementation,resembling a handheld commercial conclusion, acknowledgements, andmultimeter. Students use the kit to design a references.multi-scale DC voltmeter, DC ammeter andAC voltmeter on a breadboard in the II. BACKGROUNDcircuits laboratory. A parts list and 3D The multimeter has been an essential tool formodel files are publicly available online for the engineer in practice. As technology hasother institutions and individuals to utilize. transitioned into the digital age, it has becomeThis project was student-led with close prevalent within the modern industry to usedigital handheld units. This device

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Mohammad Taslim; Kai-tak Wan

study, teamwork, and communication skills.* Corresponding Author: m.taslim@northeastern.edu Fig. 1. Dialogue team visits the Hanoi University of Science and Technology. 1Introduction Applications of Fluid Mechanics, which is a core Northeastern University (NU) Global course mandatory to all mechanical engineeringExperience Office (GEO) sets up a number of students, (ii) ME 4699 Exploring Engineering,special programs available to all students to provide History and Culture in Vietnam, which is aintellectually challenging and culturally enriching culturally related course

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Zhiyuan Yu; Jiawei Gong

strain wave gear is also in need.The goal of this paper is to introduce the basic concepts of strain wave gear to students majoredin Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Mechatronics. 2. Gear ratio There are two types of strain wave gear commercially available [2]. One has threecomponents as shown in Figure 1 (a). The wave generator (WG) is a ball bearing with an ellipticalcam insert. Its circumference is an ellipse, which is an offset curve from the cam. The flexspline(FS) is a cup shape thin shell. The flexspline is deformable along the radial direction, but has high 1torsional stiffness. The flexspline has spur gear teeth at the open end and rigid flange at the

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Tobias Ferl; Stephen Hills

A Control System for a Small Autonomous Sailing Vessel Tobias Ferl and Stephen Hills Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering United States Coast Guard AcademyAs a yearlong undergraduate project, we are developing a 1.2-meter autonomous sailboat for atrans-Atlantic attempt, from New England to Ireland, in the summer of 2020. The control systemfor the sailboat requires sensors for wind and location, a solar rechargeable power system, a low-powered microcontroller, and mechanical actuators for sail and rudder control. In addition to thehardware design, we are also developing custom software for autonomous navigation and controlof an

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Ramachandran Radharamanan

printer was createdin 1984 by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corp13. Since the start of the 21st century there has been alarge growth in the sales of these machines, and their price has dropped substantially. Accordingto Wohlers Associates, a consultancy, the market for 3D printers and services was worth $2.2billion worldwide in 2012, up 29% from 2011. The 3D printing technology is used for bothprototyping and distributed manufacturing with applications in architecture, construction (AEC),industrial design, automotive, aerospace, military, engineering, dental and medical industries,biotech (human tissue replacement), fashion, footwear, jewelry, eyewear, education, geographicinformation systems, food, and many other fields. One study has found that open

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A. Richard Vannozzi; Leonard Anderson

Title: A Student Centered, Active Learning Approach to the Delivery of a Visiting Professional Lecture Series A. Richard Vannozzi, MS, PLS Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Leonard Anderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Abstract:The visiting lecturer, and the passive learning that this model evokes, has been a cornerstone

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M. Nazrul Islam; Joseph Abel; Qinghai Gao

Computer Security in Undergraduate Curriculum M. Nazrul Islam, Joseph Abel and Qinghai Gao Security Systems & Law Enforcement Technology Farmingdale State College, State University of New York Email: islamn@farmingdale.edu ABSTRACTDigital information and infrastructure are crucial components in every aspect of today’s world.There is a huge need for security professionals with expertise to analyze the security threats, designand develop security tools, and manage and update security architecture. A computer securitytechnology program is developed for undergraduate curriculum following the industry