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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Adel Salama P.E., Austin Peay State University; Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University

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became involved in Additive Manufacturing (AM) in 2006, initiated AM option under the Manufacturing curriculum and set up the AM Lab in 2014. Because of his background Dr. Chen has been involved in many student capstone projects. Prof. Chen is a Fellow of the Tennessee Academy of Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Learning Outcomes through Senior Capstone Experience AbstractOver several years of advising graduate and undergraduate Electrical Engineering Technologystudents at Austin Peay State University, students have been required to solve open-ended realworld problems in their respective engineering disciplines prior to

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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Jorge Luis Portillo Rodriguez; Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University

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Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the ASEE, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida.Mr. Jorge Luis Portillo RodriguezRebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University Electrical engineering technology graduate from Kennesaw State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design Project Austin B. Asgill, Jorge Portillo-Rodriguez, Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez Eric Fernandez, Red Hayes Kennesaw State University – Marietta CampusAbstractManual wire cutting with poorly designed manual

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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Wei Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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a guided open-ended project, beginningpreparation for their senior capstone project.IntroductionThe road bridge is a structure familiar to all students, characterized as a beam, andnormally made from a combination of steel and concrete. The bridge should be verystrong and durable, sustaining variable loads, impacts, vibrations, and surviving its localenvironmental conditions for many years with routine maintenance. Design engineersaddress critical construction aspects such as bridge safety, building cost, structuresustainability, durability, material properties (e.g., tensile strength, Young’s modulus,yield strength, fatigue, creep, thermal expansion), construction processes such aswelding, and geometry. The road bridge can be either

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University

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-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development.Dr. Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University Associate Professor Department of Construction Science Texas A&M University Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A., 1995 M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A., 1992 B.S., Yonsei University, Korea, 1983 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020A Control Systems Course Project Serving as a Bridge to A Capstone Courseand Research ProjectsAbstract“Control Systems” is an important course for Engineering Technology programs. An easymistake to make in teaching the course is spending too

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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Paper ID #30424Leveraging the Capstone Design Project to Foster Entrepreneurship andAddress Real-World ProblemsDr. Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University Dr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. He is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Prior to joining the faculty at KSU (formerly SPSU), he was an Associate Professor of Electronic

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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Jeeyeon Hahn, Oklahoma State University

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, which is rooted in the concept of providing a hands-on learning experience tostudents. As hands-on learning is the prevalent way of education in ET programs throughout theworld, a majority of the courses taught in the programs have a laboratory component. On theother hand, capstone design projects (senior design projects) are a common hands-on course forfinal year undergraduate students across all engineering and technology disciplines.The capstone design courses provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to get involvedin open-ended real-world problems. The courses help students explore the societal need to applytheir knowledge gained over the years of undergraduate engineering or engineering technologyeducation. Starting with the

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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demonstrations for their project, they must have enough knowledgein design, analysis, fabrication, and testing. In ESET program, most courses with courseprojects use about half of the semester for regular laboratories and only about seven weeks fortheir course projects. Given the time limitation, making a gadget for the Mimi-Maker Fairecould be a challenge for some lower level courses. In Make Culture, people are supposed tolearn many knowledge and skills on their own before they can make gadgets. As students movethrough the ESET program, they know more and more about designing electronic gadgets. Control System (ESET 462) is a senior level course. Students typically take this coursetogether with their Capstone I (ESET 419), as illustrated in Fig.1

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Hamid Eisazadeh, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #28574Design a Class Infusion Project of ASME Geometric Dimensioning andTolerancing StandardDr. Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Lin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. He received his PhD of Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1989, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Dr. Lin has expertise in automation control, machine design, CAD/CAM, CNC, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and robotics. He has been active in the technology application research and teaching training courses for the local industries and technology

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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networking, and students with practical experience scored better in thefinal exam than those without practical experience. A classroom environment of computer networklaboratory experiments was developed for an undergraduate course on computer engineering [10].They emphasized the importance of giving attention to theoretical and fundamental knowledge indata communication and networking due to changes quickly. A project was proposed to improvethe learning of students enrolled in the data communications courses through a problem-solvingapproach using OPNET, which is a software environment for modeling, simulating, and analyzingthe performance of communications networks [11]. The project helped students to gain a betterunderstanding of complex

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experience working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution, etc. on transporta- tion and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are an integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Anthony T. Cahill, Texas A&M University; Ricardo Eusebi, Texas A&M University

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III. This course is a one lecture hour,three lab hour class and was taught for the first time during the Fall 2019 semester. The lecturecontains topics designed to complement the second engineering physics course onelectromagnetics such as electric fields, magnetic fields, and electric DC and AC circuits as wellas the application of these concepts to real-world engineering problems. In addition, a number ofother topics are addressed including data acquisition, microcontrollers, project management,engineering ethics and art in engineering. The laboratory component is conceptually innovativeand uses a newly developed three-axis positioning and data acquisition system that allowsstudents to automate the sensing and data analysis of electric and

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University; Ali Aljaroudi, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University

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faculty members in 2010- 2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Dr. Pecen received a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology Editor of American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR). He has been serving as a re- viewer on the IEEE Transactions on Electronics

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Capstone/ET Projects I: Electrical and Computer Focus

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Xiaoxia Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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users.The processing unit is the core of the VR hardware system, which enables fast reaction andpowerful processing ability. It is critical in generating real-time graphics in VR. The processingunits can be a computer, console, or smartphone with substantial computation and graphics-processing capacity. The actual gestures of the head and body movement are captured by theinput device to the computer to calculate the corresponding real-time synthesized graphics andaudio effects.The most characteristic output is the visual content that can be displayed through Head-MountedDisplay, creating a distraction-free immersive visual and audio environment for the users.However, it is also common to have multiple large projecting screens in specially

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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field, the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering provides asetting for technology development and applied research in the Engineering Technology (ENGT)program. According to the program description, engineering technology education emphasizesprimarily on the applied aspects of science and product improvement, industrial practices, andengineering operational functions. A capstone two-semester senior project course is a part of theengineering technology curriculum. This course provides the students an opportunity to addressand experience the critical problems faced in the day-to-day life of an engineer in an advancedmanufacturing industry. One such problem is to find a quick replacement for the damagedcritical part that limits the

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); WEIHUA FAN

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) that gained 11university recognition. With the newly hired student support staff, the student leadership team hasbeen helping with the outreach to students, co-organizing and co-hosting student oriented events inthe college. Figure 4.3 Annual Leadership Development Retreat: SETS Cohort 2016, 2017, and 2018 Figure 4.4 SETS Annual Leadership Development Retreat Programs 2016 and 2017*iv The Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been a long-established tradition forthe last decade in the Computer ET and Electrical Power ET programs to allow their senior projectclasses present and demonstrate their capstone projects to

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A Technology Potpourri I

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Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros

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academic international programs, such as study abroad, student exchange or onlinecourses, allow students to experience certain advantages of cross-cultural education. However, amore active participation would provide the students with opportunities to develop anunderstanding of working in international settings and gaining the skills to successfully interactwith diverse cultures5,6. As a bi-national region, we can consider this a privileged geographical area to experience cross- cultural mobility. Therefore, cross-border collaborative learning through capstone engineering projects is developed as a regional, cooperative scheme to provide additional societal settings for technology development in undergraduate applied research for students

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A Technology Potpourri I

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Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano, University of Houston, Downtown; Hung Pham; Anish Khatiwada, University of Houston, Downtown; Jonathan Lopez

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food consumption. By using organicwaste, this project ensures sustainable consumption and production patterns. Converting wasteto bioethanol creates a fuel from a biomass that would have been energetically wasted during thedecomposition process. Using bioethanol or blending it with gasoline both reduce the relianceon fossil fuel and ultimately reduce the carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere. Thus, it is a trulysustainable transport fuel.In this paper, the design of the bioreactor, instrumentation and automation mechanisms arepresented. Kinetics studies and the results from the optimization of the reactor operatingconditions area also discussed. Since such work also was carried out as part of engineeringtechnology students’ senior capstone

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ET Curriculum and Programs II

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Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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project management method SCRUM [14]. This wasdesigned to provide the students with the experience of using a popular agile projectmanagement method for developing an embedded system. The project activities involvedworking together in developing and testing the system, presenting their progress in a regularinterval to the class, presenting the final system to the class and submitting a written projectreport.Observed Impact: The instructor feels that the course revision was justified and was timely.The changes and modifications catered to the technological training needs of the students. Thecourse also contributed for the students to get jobs related to embedded systems. This coursewas also helpful for the students who undertook senior capstone

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Kathryn Kelley, Ohio State University

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over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and serves as the treasurer of the Engineering Economics division.Ms. Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University Kathryn Kelley serves as executive director of OMI; she

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A Technology Potpourri I

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Megan Gibson

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biggest challenge was the issues faced with the hardware and software together. There was a repeatedissue of the soil moisture sensor generating incorrect readings, and not just working “backwards,” butworking in strange ways all together. The problem that caused this was loose wiring. To fix this, wireswere glued together where needed, and taped down to the Arduino Uno case so they would not comeloose again.Knowledge and experience on selecting and using appropriate sensors for plants development that weregained in this senior design capstone project led the authors and undergraduate students to be recentlyinvolved in a major USDA grant award titled “Design and Development of a Handheld InfraredThermography Device for Nondestructive Rapid

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ET Pedagogy II

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Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Richard Arthur Springman, University of Toledo

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exercise was used at that time to evaluate the ABET criterion 3,students outcomes (i) and it will be used in 2019-2020 cycle to satisfy the new ABETrequirements as previously mentioned.ENGT 4050 Senior Technology CapstoneAs mentioned by one student respondee, “Approaching graduation it is a great time to discussethics before obtaining the first-time job”. We came to the same conclusion and, consequently,the subject of intellectual property is discussed in ENGT 4050 Senior Technology Capstone. Inthis course, the students work in teams to solve an open-ended design problem which is thenpresented at the Undergraduate Research and Senior Design Engineering Project Exposition onthe last day of class of the semester. As the students research and form a

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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

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localcompany which presents them a technical data driven problem. Students, working in ateam, investigate the problem, collect and analyze data using statistical tools andtechniques, and devise a solution, which they present to the company. ENTC 5800 whichis a required course for non-thesis track students, serves as the capstone project course forgraduate students. The Industry Advisory Committee is very active in providing studentsvarious real-life working opportunities, such as course projects and internships. Mostgraduate faculty members also bring guest speakers from various industries who discussapplications of class learning to real life. Graduate students are also encouraged to internduring the summer months.MS in Engineering Technology

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ET Pedagogy III

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Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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learning). The social, behavioral and cognitive theoriesthat underpin cooperative learning support students to share their motivation and work towards acommon goal, and structure new knowledge by linking to existing knowledge. Another exampleis project-based learning, defined as self-directed and collaborative work to apply knowledge to alegitimate problem [12]. Problem based learning is commonly used as the model in capstonedesign courses for engineering majors, where students apply their previously gained knowledgeto a final year project [13], and work in small groups to solve a problem in a self-directedmanner [14].2.2 – Models of expertise sharingDistributed expertise within an educational setting, with its roots in Lave’s situated

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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Kathryn Kelley, Ohio State University; Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University

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multiple teams at the university to track metricsthat may offer insights into our effectiveness in changing the curriculum, and ultimately,the ecosystem. We intend to assess the following statistics: the number of companiesengaged in the program through guest lectures, co-ops and internships; the number ofnew and current students who apply to the program; funding requests for researchingteaching methods to improve the engineering technology program not only for theuniversity but the community college and career-technical centers; number ofsponsored manufacturing internships and capstone projects with an applicationcomponent.The industry relationship-building that the steering committee and faculty haveintegrated into the first two years include

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STEM Issues in ET II

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Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany

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University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Webster has received various professional certifications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SOLIDWORKS, and the Project Management Institute. His research interests include engineering technology outreach and design education with focus areas in CAD and project-based learning.Dr. Matthew Turner, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Matthew Turner is an Associate Professor of ECET at Purdue University New Albany where he teaches courses in power systems and engineering capstone design. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, Professor Turner worked as a researcher at the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research in the area of power and energy systems, with a focus

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ET Curriculum and Programs II

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John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; David Michael Labyak, Michigan Technological University

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) Department atMichigan Technological University over the past 10 years are General Motors, Leidos,Ford and FCA. Given that three of the top four employers are automotive companies it isimperative that an understanding of FEA methods be included in the BS MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) degree program curriculum.Students are first introduced to FEA early in their coursework during an introductoryComputer Technology Applications course, applications of FEA are reinforced in Staticsand Strengths of Materials course, and FEA software is again used in Product Design andDevelopment capstone course. The required courses typically use examples of tetrahedralmeshed 3D CAD models solving for structural load stress and deflections. In Statics