understanding of the topics and ideasduring their freshmen and sophomore levels. This paper presents our efforts to emphasize the“Knowledge” and “Understanding” aspects in a junior level materials engineering class at ourinstitution.IntroductionThe “Industrial Materials” course runs over a single quarter in our institution. It consists of botha lecture and laboratory work. In addition, many of the students have not yet had course work intechnical writing. So we added teaching elements of how to write a successful lab report. Thestudents get exposed to all of the standard material testing procedures including tensile testing,hardness testing, heat treating and the process of mounting, polishing and etching samples toview them under a metallograph
AC 2008-2016: INCORPORATING HDL BASED DESIGN FLOW IN EETCURRICULUMMADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown Dr. Maddumage Karunaratne - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Dr. Karunaratne earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Moratuwa, a Master of Science from the University of Mississippi, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He has extensive industry experience working in the Semiconductor industry in software development, Application Engineering, Design, Testing and Verification of IC components. His research and teaching interests include Semiconductor Testing and Verification, Low Power Design
concept mapping were presented by invited faculty. Samples of concept mapscreated by current lab assistants were presented as learning objects. One additional goal was thecreation of a library of concept maps for CLABS. In addition, at the beginning of each semester,the Lab Management team and faculty offer a two-day laboratory assistant orientation workshop.Topics such as teaching techniques, safety procedures, professional etiquette, and organization oflaboratories were covered during the workshops. The attendees included Lab Assistants (LA),Student Assistants (SA) and Undergraduate Mentors (UGM) although, this specific workshopwas aimed to the LA's, SA's and UGM who were involved directly in the ELET 1100, ELET1101, ELET 2103 laboratories as
engineering department and lately more instructional resources becameavailable 2, making SDR technology excellent choice for teaching both undergraduate andgraduate courses in communications. An example of instructional packages are offered byNational Instruments, including hardware platforms, software packages and communicationrelated teaching modules. Integrated curricula with SDR, across areas such as communications,signal processing, computer programming, electromagnetics, and embedded systems, wereintroduced in six US universities, in each case with a major laboratory component 3.Comparisons between course levels, majors, laboratory components, hardware and programmingenvironment used were discussed for the six universities participating and the
, CONTRACTS& FELLOWSHIPS (Summaries) Total Grants & Contracts Participation Exceed $10 million Grant I: (PI- Cyril Okhio) Period: 1993-1996 Amount: $600K Agency: NASA Lewis Research Center Title: Tocarry out research under a unit titled ”Research Laboratory for Engineering and Technology” (ReLEnT)at Central State University. Grant II - (Proprietary: PI - Cyril Okhio) Title: ”Research Facility To StudyFlows Through Annular Diffusers” Agency: GE/NASA-LRC Amount: $ 469K Period: 1994 - 1998 GrantIII: (PI - Cyril Okhio) Title: NPARC - CFD Code Validation Experimentation for Component Designs.Agency: NASA Glenn Amount: $ 360K Period: 1996 - 1999 Grant IV: (Co-PI – Cyril Okhio) Title:Tertiary Education Linkage Program TELP Team: Collaborative - MIT
engineering students. Theapplicability of PID in many different career fields, implies that many degree programs couldbenefit from adding it to their curriculum. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical EngineeringTechnology, etc. are all degrees that either already offer disciplines or courses that study thedesign and use of automated control [5].Part of the Advanced PLC laboratory at our university, the Amatrol Process Control System,shown in Fig. 1, is used to teach programming of industrial equipment for controlling the flowrate and level of fluids [3]. It is not concerned with the theory of PID control, rather it focuses onthe programming of industrial equipment and the
laboratory. Based on curricula need and support available from vendors the equipment listed below were opted. The same kind of equipment will be used in lab modules for an anticipated technical elective laboratory course (Industrial Automation and Robotics Laboratory) for ODU students in the ET (Engineering Technology) and Electrical and Computer Engineering B.S. program. Figure 3. PLC Rack with I/O Devices Figure 4. Festo Mechatronics Training System The following stations are now integrated in ODU Robotics lab: PLC Rack with HMI and Motor Drives, PLC Rack with I/O Devices, Festo Robot Teach Pendant with Conveyor Belt System, Festo Robot Training System, Festo Mechatronics Instrumentation system, Festo Mechatronics
courses at Stanford University were required to be delivered via online instruction withzero in-person contact. The course became a key point of access for students needing to fulfillscience credit requirements, and was one of a small number of laboratory courses still availablevia online teaching in the School of Engineering. The most recent iteration of the course madeuse of online experimental seminars completed using video conferencing, and self-paced worksuch as analysis of data and report writing (which was asynchronous and could be completed atthe students’ individually preferred time and pace). The active learning methods previously usedwithin physical classrooms were adapted for use in online learning, as summarized below inTable 3
, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Czech and Slovak Republics, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Taiwan His early experience involved teaching in Alberta and at universities in North Dakota and New Jersey.Dr. Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kathy Newton is a professor in the Technology Leadership and Innovation Department at Purdue Uni- versity. Her teaching and scholarly interests are in the areas of industrial distribution, quality control, innovation, and graduate education. She recently completed a three-year appointment as Department Head. Prior to her appointment at Purdue University in 1993, she spent seven years teaching for Texas A&M University’s Department of
process, butoftentimes engineering technology students have few opportunities to develop their skills in thisarea as they matriculate through their chosen degree program. Many programs require only oneor two writing courses outside of the major. In addition, courses that require communication inthe form of laboratory reports often provide minimal feedback regarding appropriate writingstyle, the effective support of results with analysis, and maintaining efficiency in writing.In this paper, a new approach is presented that unburdens some of the responsibility from theinstructor to peer tutors outside of the engineering technology major who are skilled writers.Although this effort has been ongoing, with engineering technology students required to
. She has extensive experience researching biofilm bacteria in industrial systems. Currently, Dr. Goeres leads the Standardized Biofilm Methods Laboratory at the Center for Biofilm Engineering. The mission of this laboratory is the development and validation of quantitative standard methods for growing, treating, sampling and analyzing biofilm bacteria. Her goal is to promote collaboration among the various entities interested in biofilm methods.Diane Walker, Montana State University Diane Walker is a Research Engineer with the Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University. One of her responsibilities is to mentor student interns within the Standardized Biofilm Methods
thatcomplement traditional teaching methods. Course and laboratory development are discussed,and project selection and management is emphasized. This analysis was done to predict theeffectiveness of project-based instruction for programs related to power generation, ingeneral, and to renewable energy, in particular.Two different courses were examined and their course learning outcomes compared to theexpected, statistically predicted outcome. Both courses were structured as lecture-lab-project,where the laboratory experiments were sufficient in number and complexity to consolidatethe topics addressed during lectures, while the projects selected were intended to coversufficient number of topics addressed through the first half of the course, as the
its efficiency in terms of theprogram’s educational contents, its target audiences, and its outreach impacts.IntroductionInterest is growing in the reorientation of educational programs to make them moreoutcome-based and results-oriented [1-4]. Outreach programs, as parts of recruitmentefforts of educational institutions, are especially appropriate for outcome assessment. Theresults of such assessment allow evaluation of the accomplishment of the objectives andprovide for fine tuning of outreach activities leading to the improvement of the quality ofthe educational programs.Assessment tools used to evaluate the accomplishment of the outcomes of conventionaleducational programs that include class and laboratory activities may not be
equipped with a VR headset. BothWSU and CSULB equip VR laboratories that can support the workshop VR live streaming todemonstrate this technology as an effective tool for teaching. The proposed workshop scheduleand topics are shown in Table 1.Table 1 The two-day workshop agenda Time Michigan (WSU) California (CSULB) Day Morning Session 1 New education and training providers and pathways 1 Morning Session 2 Inquiring the needs of industry employers Afternoon Session College and graduate level education 1 Afternoon Session K-12 education 2 Day Morning Session 1 The trend of mechatronics The trend of mechatronics 2 systems in ground mobility
artifact destined to become an attractive monument to misplaced priorities. I use my personal funds to pursue professional development activities. In addition to faculty technical currency, faculty should be exposed to pedagogy of teaching and learning. The relationship, between faculty technical/professional currency and student learning, needs to be investigated in all engineering and technology programs. Especially for the upper-division classes in a 4-year Engineering Technology (ET) curriculum, I personally have been moving from the “sage on the stage” lecture model of ET courses to laboratory-based “Design/Prototype/Build” individual &/or team-based experiences. These open-ended, student directed projects
AC 2007-133: A STUDY OF STUDENT-REPORTED OUT-OF-CLASS TIMEDEVOTED TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSESCarmine Balascio, University of Delaware Carmine C. Balascio, Ph.D, P.E. is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Bioresources Eng. at the Univ. of DE. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Engineering Technology and Mathematics from U.D. He received a Ph.D. double major in Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University. He teaches courses in surveying, soil mechanics, and storm-water management and has research interests in urban hydrology and water resources engineering.Eric Benson, University of Delaware Eric Benson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in
studied: an on-campus (traditional) group and an online group.Both groups were registered and attended the same Digital Fundamentals course in Fall 2017.The course instructor, lab instructor/teaching assistant, curriculum and course content were thesame for both groups. The course rubric was identical except for the assessment of the lab. Forthe on-campus course, the students conducted the experiments in the physical laboratory on aweekly basis. The online students conducted the same labs at home using miniaturized testinstruments and a breadboard. While the on-campus group were expected to conduct theexperiments under direct supervision during the 2 hours lab period each week, the onlinestudents completed the lab at their leisure during the
processes hasbeen identified as one of the major competency gaps in engineering & technology education.Models such as Learning Factory and Manufacturing Integrated Learning Laboratory (MILL) aredesigned to improve students’ learning through hands-on experiences. The MILL model,developed by the Wayne State University, focuses on integrated learning. The core of the MILLconcept is the use of projects spanning multiple courses to help students gain hands‐onexperiences in design and manufacturing. It involves the coordination of realistic hands-onactivities in targeted courses around the unifying theme of designing and fabricating a functionalproduct. These activities are suited for easy implementation in a typical design andmanufacturing teaching
; manufacturing engineering; quality; environmental, health and safety; and others. Before joining National University, he acquired 12+ years of voluntary involvement with higher education, including adjunct teaching and research in engineering at the University of Colorado and formal advisory involvement in both science and engineering at the University of Texas. Other past professional and academic activities include being a founding member and officer in the Central Texas Electronics Association; past chairman of IBM’s Materials Shared University Research Committee; Ph.D. Recruiting Coordinator for IBM’s Systems Technology Division; and executive sponsor for 3M division’s
, and sometimes un-purposely, inject mistakes into lecture andlaboratory problems. The student is encouraged and rewarded for identifying mistakes. Once amistake is found, the problem is further analyzed to see how such an error would have affectedthe final results.IntroductionLearning from history has always been a valuable teaching tool. Scanning the cable televisionchannels you come across multiple shows discussing historical and practical aspects of scienceand engineering. One such series, discusses engineering disasters throughout the ages. Eachstory thrashes out mistakes that were made in the implementation or design of an engineeringproject and sometimes shows how a simple mistake or change could have avoided catastrophes.These
Warminster, PA where he estab- lished an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. Dr. Rosen is currently an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University, where he is responsible for developing and teaching courses in microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and optics. Dr. Rosen has carried out research sponsored by the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Missile Defense Agency. Dr. Rosen is the author or coauthor of over 80 publications and
Engineering Technology Department. To understand this material is onething, but it is another matter entirely to explain this material to students if one has neverexperienced the real-world applications of PLC’s. Although this author was able tocomplete five of the assigned laboratory experiments, continuous efforts and experienceperforming the exercises would be needed to successfully teach students this material to asufficient level. The current instructor and an alternate part-time instructor of this coursedo an outstanding job preparing students for the workforce using Allen Bradley andSiemens PLC’s.As a simultaneous lecturer and student, this author has had many opportunities to speakwith ET students regarding this course, which in the ET
Tallahassee, FL 32307 850-599-868 (Office) 830-561-2739(fax) gnanasigamani.bellar@famu.edu Dr. G. Thomas Bellarmine is currently working at Florida A&M University as Professor of Electronic Engi- neering Technology. He is currently teaching Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology Courses. He obtained his BSEE degree from Madras University and MSEE degree from Madurai Kamaraj Uni- versity in India. He received his PHD in EE from Mississippi State University and M.S. in Computer Science from The University of West Florida. He is currently an IEEE Senior Member and a Member in ASEE. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer. His research interest includes power systems, energy management systems, and computer
advantagesof distance education and learning make offering and taking them very popular. The fast paceavailability of the technology and its rapidly changing environment compel the profession toconstantly evaluate, address, re-evaluate and re-engineer some of the assessment-related issues.In this article, we discuss some aspects of online performance assessment in distance learningenvironments in engineering and technology. The article is built on the foundation laid by manyprevious studies and articles by the authors and others. It encompasses discussions on effectivetechniques on the use of technology for online student performance assessment. We rely on ourown many years of online teaching as an experiential instrument in the former parts of this
SPSUmain campus in Marietta, Georgia, over a three or four weekend period during the semester.Some EET laboratory exercises may also be offered remotely utilizing equipment such as the NIELVIS II platform provided by National Instruments 6 for teaching Circuits and Electronics labs.The ultimate goal is to establish regional locations around the state at TCSG schools that willserve as facilities where students can go to complete their laboratory work, instead of having totravel to Marietta to do so. Agreement for the use of such facilities will have to be worked outbetween SPSU and the TCSG schools involved.Preliminary data on enrollment figures have yet to be provided by the TCSG who have beendealing with issues related to the changing over to a
doped amplifiers, wireless security, and nanotech- nology for wireless communications. He is a member of ASEE and a Senior Life Member of IEEE.Mr. Robert C. Decker, Mohawk Valley Community College Robert Decker is a professor in the Center for Math, Physical Science, Engineering, and Applied Tech- nology at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and is a member of IEEE. Decker was a Co-principal Investigator in the NSF-CCLI project ”Instructional Laboratory for Visualization & Manipulation of Nanoscale Components for Engineering Technology Students” with Professor Salahuddin Qazi of the SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica-Rome
applications of electronic components and controllers utilized on industrialequipment. Laboratory sessions focus on instrumentation, programming, downloading,and wiring discrete input / output devices.Specific Course Competencies of the course include the ability to: 1. Identify major applications of programmable logic controllers in industry, transportation, construction, and environmental control. 2. Identify, discuss, and describe the purpose and function of the primary components utilized in open and closed loop process control systems. To assist in this outcome, each student will develop an appropriate theoretical base, and a complete comprehension of the associated
which can briefly be described as a study of the fundamental concepts,devices, and applications of electronic components and controllers utilized on industrialequipment. Laboratory sessions focus on instrumentation, programming, downloading,and wiring discrete input / output devices.Specific Course Competencies of the course include the ability to: 1. Identify major applications of programmable logic controllers in industry, transportation, construction, and environmental control. 2. Identify, discuss, and describe the purpose and function of the primary components utilized in open and closed loop process control systems. To assist in this outcome, each student will develop an
AC 2012-4561: MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION US-ING LABVIEW AND LABVIEW MATHSCRIPTDr. Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University Nikunja Swain is a professor in the College of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology at South Carolina State University. He is involved in teaching various courses in engineering technology and computer science. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical/energy engineering, a M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, and a M.S. in electrical engineering. He is a member of ACM, ACM SIGITE, IEEE, IEEE CS, and ASEE. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in South Carolina and TAC/ABET evaluator for Computer engineering technology and electrical engineering technology
engineering skills has not been sufficient. Only a fewuniversities have testing engineering incorporated in their curriculum. To meetthis need, academic institutions must re-shape their curriculum to offer studentsthe opportunity to learn test engineering skills. Currently, test engineering skillsare usually gained through work experience and on-the-job training, but notthrough formal college education. To effectively meet the next generation’sworkforce need for test engineers, the EET curriculum must be current, relevant,and teach skills that are widely needed in industry. To meet this goal, the Schoolof Technology is stepping up to this challenge and collaborating with GE aviationto develop a test engineering curriculum. The graduate certificate