Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

butmembers form other departments such as manufacturing. Therefore, we need to bring to thestudent this first experience into the classroom where he/she can learn and make those firstmistakes in team dynamics without possible damage to his/her career in a company.1,2,3Course DescriptionEastern Washington University’s Engineering & Design Department has taken up this challengeand developed a course that challenges the student to not only to work in teams but in teams ofmore than one major. The course that fits best for this unique experience is EWU’s Robotics andautomation course. This course is a required course for the Mechanical Engineering Technology,Computer Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology and Electronic Technologydegree

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; Masud Hassan, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

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Engineering Technology

invested into this project.. .This assignment showed how much work goes intodesigning simple machines and the amount of details that are required... .Communication andcooperation was also one of the key ingredients of this assignment. If the project did not havegood communication it would probably never have worked...”; “....This assignment was probablythe most fun but most challenging. We had to design our own motor from different experienceswe learned throughout our college career. The best memory of the course was when my motorwas completed, hooked up to air pressure, and the motor turned over and ran so hard that itshook the pin right off the flywheel!...”. “...Going in, I had no idea how the motors worked orhow I was going to make mine

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ben Zoghi, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

objectives for the Electronics Engineering Technology graduates atTexas A & M University is to have the students possess the technical skills to be immediatelyproductive and have successful careers in industry. To this end, we design a course project towalk the students through a typical product development process. The students begin theirproject by brainstorming for new product ideas. Tools such as the Quality FunctionDeployment (QFD), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Critical Path Method (CMP),System Engineering, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) are employed toconduct their course project. By the end of the project they have a very good understandingof the overall product development process. Through this kind of course projects

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College

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Engineering Technology

laboratory assignment, the instructor asked forstudent feedback. Students were asked to comment whether they believe that the objectives of thelaboratory assignment were met, if the laboratory experiment has helped them to understand betterthe course material, and if they though that what they have learned could be useful in other coursesand in their careers. For most of the laboratory assignments students agree that the objectives forthat particular experiment were met. Comments from the students indicated that when thelaboratory experiment was first assigned, it seemed too complicated, but as they worked on it, itmade more sense and at the end, when the assignment was successfully completed, they felt verygood about been able to fully accomplished

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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Engineering Technology

share thesearch report draft with the librarian during individual conferences. The librarianprovides feedback and guidance on the student’s overall search process. The third stageinvolves a visit to the writing center. Students receive feedback on their summary reportdraft and complete any necessary revisions.This assignment is designed for maximum flexibility; allowing students to research achemistry concept within the realm of their respective disciplines. This not only leadsstudents to further recognize how chemistry plays a role in their future career, but itaffords them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the professional literature andinformation repositories of their field.Outcome and AssessmentThe collaborator’s assessment

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Delton Martin, Pennsylvania State University-Berks; Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

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Engineering Technology

his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. Page 13.194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Investigation of Acceleration and Jerk Profiles of Public Transportation VehiclesAbstractThe acceleration and braking profiles of several public transportation vehicles were

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Barnard, K-State at Salina; Greg Stephens, K-State at Salina; Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina

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Engineering Technology

recognize a few areas that needfresh ideas and minds working for better solutions. Further it is necessary to embrace thesechallenges through innovative bio-fuel, nanotechnology, mechanical, electrical, computer,composites, and battery technologies.ObjectivesThe overall objective of our Earth Day Teach-In was to involve students, academia, industry, andcommunity to: ‚ bring awareness of the problem: consumption, pollution, cheap oil based global economies, finite resources and the short time available for implementing solutions ‚ change our way of thinking: career choices and personal actions contribute to the solution ‚ create awareness in students so they can make a difference and be part of the solution to find alterative

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University Calumet; Carl Jenks, Purdue University Calumet

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Engineering Technology

inscience, computing and engineering).According to ABET, its accreditation is assurance that a college or university program meets thequality standards which are established by the profession for which it prepares its students.ABET accredits programs only, not degrees, departments or institutions. ABET accreditation,for example, focuses on program educational objectives which are broad statements that describethe career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve:these are then linked to program outcomes, which describe the units of knowledge or skill whichstudents are expected to acquire from the program to prepare them to achieve the programeducation objectives.3 Criterion 7 of the standards on

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Chance Glenn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-937: INCORPORATION OF BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWarren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology Warren is currently a professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT and chair of the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program. He joined RIT in December 2000 after retiring from Bell Laboratories. He began his thirty two year career at Bell Labs as a member of technical staff in the Electronic Switching Division in Naperville Illinois. He was involved in a variety of projects at a variety of Bell Labs locations, including international assignments in The Netherlands and Germany. At the time of his retirement, he

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kurtanich, Youngstown State University; William Wood, Youngstown State University; Edward Garchar, Youngstown State University

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Engineering Technology

respective tasks. Because of the coursecomposition, the site development, structural design and electrical design components aretypically more developed than the mechanical and plumbing components. Although all students have previously completed group projects throughout theiracademic careers, the scope of dependency on others for project completion and the potentialimpact on their course grade makes this collaboration unique for most of them. Peer pressureand the general desire to do a good job are generally sufficient motivators for the completion ofvery good projects by each group. The quality of the final project is most often determined bythe real-world experience of the group members [6]. Often one or more of the participants hasworked

Conference Session

Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

-flops. From the papers published in recent years in various venues [4~8] it is apparent thatthe academic departments are adding new courses or content to teach HDL based designflows at some level to undergraduate EET students.Therefore, to help the graduates to be competent and competitive in their major disciplines,UPJ EET majors are exposed to the HDL based digital design techniques at theundergraduate level. There were several key considerations taken into account during theadaptation of Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital designflow to the UPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and theirimmediate careers suggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computerengineering, nor

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Emre Bahadir, Murray State University

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Engineering Technology

Figure 3: RRPL Participation Statistics in Fall 2008Most of the SHSU students had prior RP experience although TTU-BE students had extremelylow experience in RP technologies. As can be seen from Figure 4 almost 85 percent of allstudents had NO prior RP experience. So, RRPL was an excellent learning experience for thesestudents. Figure 4: Students Former RP experienceIt was very interesting to see how students feel about their future careers after the RRPLpractices. As can be seen from the Figure 5, the majority of the survey responses was in Medium Page 14.1020.9and High ranges. This was an excellent indicator that RRPL

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

recorded each day. The success for eachstudent can thus be tracked and measured against his/her attendance in the class. Data will beavailable for the class as a whole and on the individual level.The courses have been carefully selected to give a representation of the various classinstructional modes seen by Engineering Technology students (lecture-nonmathematical, lecture-mathematical, lecture/lab, lecture/demonstration). The project is also being conducted using fourseparate instructors who have agreed to participate in the project research. The use of more thana single instructor is an attempt to enable a more representative sample of the type of instructionthat a student experiences during his/her academic career at the university. This use of

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Jared Goodall, South Lake Automation

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Engineering Technology

received his PH.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1991, M.S. and B.S. also in Electrical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur, India in 1970 and 1968 respectively. Professor Agrawal has worked recently for two years in optical networking industry in the Silicon Valley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni Networks Inc., San Jose, California. His expertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET and Gigabit Ethernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in

Conference Session

Research and Project Initiatives in IT and IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Davis, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Regena Scott, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

, have had someeducation in supply chain management theory. This education may consist of a lecture on supplychain topics, and typically includes at least a small section on VMI and its benefits and pitfalls.Consider the case of a student of one of these STEM programs who envisions a career in supplychain management, warehouse management, operations, or similar. Upon graduation the studentreceives offers and accepts a position as a purchaser for a large investor-owned utility. Moveforward a few years and the student is now employed at the utility as a vice president in chargeof warehouse operations and procurement. An enterprising distributor of electricity distributionproducts asks for a meeting with our former student—who is now a generous

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hill, Weber State University

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Engineering Technology

graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students attain asthey progress through the program.” The change from the term program outcomes to the termstudent outcomes was made to strengthen the concept that these outcomes are attributes that wewant the students to achieve, not the program. These outcomes are well known as the a throughk program attributes that visiting teams are looking for as demonstrated through assessment.The use of the word “narrower” in the current criteria refers to the idea that the outcomes arenarrower in scope than the program educational objectives that are currently defined as follows:“Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professionalaccomplishments

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

accreditation by these two bodies.III.1 TerminologyOne of the most obvious differences occurs in their use of terminology. In its general criteria forevaluating Engineering Technology programs, ABET, Inc. utilizes the following terminology 1: Page 14.1106.4 Program Educational Objectives – Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. Program Outcomes – Program outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

components of problem-based learning concept that is increasinglythe type of engineering technology education preferred by faculty, students and industry. Itcombines teamwork, hands-on experience, and problem solving to prepare students to movedirectly into successful technology careers. Furthermore, instructional technologies have becomean essential means to promote knowledge and some strategies to improve the classroomenvironment have been suggested in the literature2.Course DevelopmentMany industrial electronics control applications involve the use of servomechanism and machinedrive circuitry which consist of solid-state devices, such as diodes, transistors, thyristors,MOSFETs, and IGBTs. Thus, EET students enrolled in this class must have a

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Spang, Burlington County College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

internship opportunities, provided by advisory committee members, which would include high school students •Develop technology career development workshops specifically for technology studentsProposal of faculty development •Create opportunities for faculty to teach at otheropportunities institutions, perhaps on an exchange basis •Create opportunities for full and part-time faculty to meet to discuss program requirements and

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

continuing education courses, seminars, etc. throughout your career? [ ] Yes [ ] No Poor. Major weaknesses. Consider each ability listed below. Using the columns at the right, rate the Fair. Minor weaknesses. Completely unprepared. quality of preparation to demonstrate each ability that you feel you received

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

technology. He is planning for a career in engineering industry. Page 14.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Web Based Control for Mechatronics Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractMechatronics programs all over the country are gaining popularity and the student base isincreasing everyday. This field of engineering brings a multi disciplinary approach toengineering education reflecting the complex nature of common products that we come across indaily life such as cell phones, airbags and myriad of appliances. In other words, mechatronicproducts are the fusion of mechanical devices, sensors, actuators and

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Laux, Purdue University; Edem Tetteh, Virginia State University; Carmen Caldwell, Virginia State University

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Engineering Technology

and living within a peerenvironment is giving way to a more unconventional model. The acceleration of an aging U.S.population has resulted in a wider demographic range of individuals identifying themselves ascollege students. Called non-traditional students, these individuals are often older, engaged inhigher education in a part-time basis, and live outside an environment of higher learning. Thereare some benefits that a non-traditional student brings into the classroom. As older adults, non-traditional students often have a background in a professional career that traditional studentslack. Also, non-traditional students are often working in an area that facilitates their learninginside the classroom. However, the main challenge of non

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-108: INTEGRATED SIMULATION AND ASSESSMENT SOFTWAREFOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 143- 147, 1997. 3. ASA Section on Statistical Education Committee on Training of Statisticians for Industry, "Preparing Statisticians for Careers in Industry," The American Statistician, 34, 65-75, 1980. 4. Barton,R.R., Nowack, C.A., Bisgaard, S., Czitrom, V., Spurrier, J.D., Vardeman, S., “A One-Semester, Laboratory-Based Quality-Oriented Statistics Curriculum for Engineering Students,” The American Statistician, Vol. 52, 1998. 5. Bryce, G. R., “Data Driven Experiences in an Introductory Statistics Course for Engineers Using Student Collected Data,” Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, American

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

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Engineering Technology

have not much idea about Engineering Technologies and what kinds ofprofessions they can pursue. Moreover, they do not know the scope of the various fields thateach of these disciplines contain and which fields they may be interested in. Of course studentswill explore their entire selected major as they become junior and senior students and they willfind and concentrate on their favorite fields. By introducing introduce the freshmen students to a broad knowledge of each venue ofboth majors, students will develop an early interest and it will directly affect their motivations ofknowledge achievement, and tracking down of their careers. Obviously, it is not possible tointroduce all aspects of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

professional careers. 1. Synthesizing knowledge from early courses 2. Starting from concept to production of a working prototype 3. Project management 4. Time management 5. Dealing with vendors 6. Oral communication with both technical and non-technical audiences Page 14.367.2 7. Writing a formal project reportSenior Capstone ProjectThe four-course senior project sequence consists of Senior Seminar, Senior Design Project I,Senior Design Project II, and Senior Communications. The first three courses are offered by theMET department, and the fourth is by the Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies (HMCS)department. This sequence

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Michael Golla, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

to hire entry-levelengineers that have been exposed to their products or processes, but also have already shown a significantlevel of personal interest in the company’s field or area of expertise. Many companies seek for personnelwilling to make their careers in specific technical areas that could help sustain their long-term strategicgoals. Page 14.121.4Informal and formal discussions on how each party can be beneficial to each otherOnce each party has had the opportunity to get to know each other, and to identify each other’s needs,informal and formal discussions start taking place to elaborate a collaboration plan. Informal

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Perry, Bloomsburg University; Michael Williams, Bloomsburg University; Scott Eckert, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

extended to at least five weeks instead of the currently allocated four weeks.Qualitative feedback from students is presented below through their comments. X Liked working with software and hardware integration X Enjoyed working with partner X Applying classroom knowledge to real-world situations was interesting X Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun X Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Ü Reliance on partner was a problem Ü Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Ü Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Suckarieh, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

the college.In another instance, the Honors Independent Study course was used by two students, onesenior classman and one junior classman in Construction Management. The studentsdeveloped a substantially complete electronic portfolio that reflected on their entirecollege career. The portfolios reflected on their cooperative work experience and onseveral course sequences in their coursework [12] [13]. The electronic portfoliodevelopment was part of a study undertaken by several faculty members forimplementing e-portfolios for all technology programs in the college.7. Honors Cooperative ExperienceThis option for earning Honors credits is relatively new, and has not been yet used bytechnology students. It is created to enrich the cooperative

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Technology

financial aid issuesFinancial aid issues are important in a student’s college plan. Academic advisement mustconsider this aspect of a student’s academic career as well as academics. Some of our studentscomplete the 2-year laser technology program and then afterwards work a full-time job andattend night school. The night school program consists of pre-engineering courses such as morerigorous calculus and chemistry courses. The idea is that a degree in laser technology enables astudent to get a reasonable income after only two years of college. The laser technologyprogram contains some general science methods such as Fourier optics and laser gainmechanism. Exposure to these topics enables a student to understand the materials in a pre-engineering