Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Walk, Old Dominion University; Roland Lawrence, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programs to assess student preparedness, beyond thewritten record of courses taken and grades received, to facilitate or encourage students to make asuccessful transition to their +2 courses. Students typically are given course descriptions andprerequisite skills lists to assess and reflect on their preparedness, then either encouraged tonarrow their skills gaps on their own or be mentored personally by an advisor.One common transition-enhancing practice is the use of a placement exam to demonstrate clearlyfor the student areas and levels of skills weaknesses or „gaps‟ they will need to revisit beforeembarking on their +2 curriculum. The authors know of no coordinated remedial programintended specifically for 2-year transition students and

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, including the impacts of culture, diversity, and interpersonal relations. 12. Demonstrate a commitment and ability to continue to engage in lifelong learning. 13. Demonstrate a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Direct Measure of Program Outcomes. The primary direct assessment of programoutcomes to determine the level of achievement is through the Integrated TechnologyAssessment (ITA) Capstone. The ITA is the mandatory capstone assessment for all studentsin the program. This assessment requires students to address all of the outcomes of theprogram in a single coherent portfolio document. In preparing the ITA, students reflect onpast academic and professional experiences and develop written narrative statements

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Bryan G. Baker, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

becomes much larger than thedifference between two different faces under the same illumination1. The accuracy of facerecognition degrades quickly when the illumination is dim or when the face is not uniformlyilluminated2. A person’s appearance will typically change dramatically if the intensity of lightreflected from the face is changed1. Add to this a change in the direction the illumination isoriginating from, resulting in shading and shadows being created, the angle of view a camera hason the subjects face, and a person can become unrecognizable to a facial recognition system.1 Hiremath and Prabhakar 2 noted that there are also variances in how light reflects fromhuman faces depending on the color, or skin tone of people from different

Conference Session

New Directions for Engineering Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaoping Qiu, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Elizabeth A. Roumell, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

survey. Most of them are from Texas. Our next study willcertainly sample a large number of participants that better represent the population of the USA inthe warehousing and industrial distribution industry. For example, we could choose some areasin the country that have the greatest number of warehousing and distribution centers. These areashave vastly different cultures and environments. This way, the results of the study would includea better reflection of how the future of work would impact varying cultures, thus providing abetter insight into how employees and managers would be willing to accept the changes neededto incorporate new technologies into the work environment.References:[1] S. S. Bhattacharyya and S. Nair, "Explicating the

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

page for this class was not great. o The projects need to be clearer. There was a lack of direction and the professor basically said to figure it out even though this is an introduction course to the software. o This course would be much better to teach in person but other than that the course was very well done considering it is online. o Better instruction o How things are submitted o In class rather than online.8. ConclusionThis class structure and format provided a rich learning environment for students to understandhow to interface the world to computers. The experiments offer ample opportunity for studentsto learn through open-ended examples. Student comments reflect

Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

simply expressed – the provision of free health servicesfor the benefit of all the citizens of Saudi Arabia – and King Fahd has shown, throughout hisreign, a very real understanding of the importance of adequate health provision for those whoneed it, both within and outside the Kingdom.The Ministry of Health policy reflects the Government’s national development strategy,which is committed to improving the quality of life of the Saudi people, and to helping themto participate fully in the development plan and to benefit from it.To carry out this policy, the Ministry of Health provides a whole range of health services(preventive, corrective, educational and rehabilitative) to the entire population. This isachieved through a network of hospitals

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Laura Wilson, University Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

all started with this assignment. Studentswere asked to compile a list of course texts; these texts were a large part of forming the threads Page 12.1597.14for the capstone tapestry. Each text listed on the annotated bibliography had to be relevant to theknowledge the students used while completing the assigned project. If the course fulfilled theauthors’ expectations, these annotated bibliographies would reflect the incorporation ofknowledge from all previous technical and humanities-related courses. Organizing material andcreating a model to understand the students’ level of comprehension were two main goals of thisassignment. Larry

Conference Session

Innovation & Assessment in the delivery of IT/IET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Scachitti, Purdue University Calumet; Jamie Workman-Germann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University; Annaji Sharma Ammu, Purdue University Calumet; Richard Szromba, Purdue University Calumet

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Engineering Technology

its own title to adopt a broader spectrum of quality management and improvement. The course has added discussion of Six Sigma methodology and concepts as well. ‚ IT 483Facilities Design for Lean Manufacturing. This course title was changed to incorporate the term ‘Lean’ to reflect the importance of this systematic approach to facility design and its effect on reducing or eliminating waste such as excessive inventory, material handling, backtracking, over and underproduction, and ineffective use of resources. The course contents emphasize a systematic approach to designing a facility which integrates principles of a lean

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

-based generalphysics (PHYS 1433 and PHYS 1434), reflected all of the above mentioned features andincluded several teaching resources aimed to promote comprehension of the physics laws:class lecture, demonstration experiments, laboratory experiments, e-learning material,problem-solving sessions. Class lecture presents one of the most important principles forevery physics course, - concepts first. Conceptual understanding is the focus through theexplanations, examples and media demonstrations of the experiments and is presented onthe Website and on the Blackboard. E-learning material provides problem solvingexamples, and problem-solving session provides to students through the interactive systembetween student and instructor “Physics Tools” 14

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maren Henry, University of West Georgia; Eric Granlund, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. An explanation of the most basic structure of English sentences: Subject (thething the sentence is about) + Verb (what that thing is doing) + Direct Object (what thatthing is doing it to) helped students to understand active and passive voice. Whenstudents identified the subject and verb in the sentence, they could see the direction of theaction in the sentence. In a passive sentence, the direct object becomes the subject,because it receives the action of the verb. Most composition teachers encourage complete elimination of passive voicebecause it serves as a “speed bump” for readers: if the action of the sentence movesbackward, reflecting back on the subject, rather than forward onto the direct object, the

Conference Session

Projects & Partnerships Result in Student Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

concepts. As time allowed, the teams of 4students used Visio shapes to pair related concepts and to draw connecting lines between. Eachsubsequent week students had either handouts or textbook chapters to read and to deconstructinto related concepts, to link assignment documents to appropriate concepts or pages, and torelate new concepts to previously learned concepts. Finally, the students added a Visio page forthe User Interface to their database application project with a statement reflecting on theconcepts underlying its features and in which courses these concepts might be used again. Figure5 illustrates a student’s interpretation of the Information System Knowledge Domain conceptsdiscussed in a chapter of a text. Also shown are the names of

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

accredited schools that will have to occur as a consequence of the “raisethe bar” initiative which ASCE and NSPE say is vitally necessary to both imbue globalperspective and restore the technical ability of those seeking licensure as professional engineers.“Raise the bar” will affect the under-graduate side of education by broadening the educationalbackground as noted by ASCE in BOK-2nd edition.10, 11 But at the same time there will besomewhat of a reduced technical content of the BSCE degree. This is not yet reflected incurricula because the full scope of BOK-2 has not yet been incorporated into ABET-EACrequirements.The ultimate goal of ASCE is to have a society of civil engineers who are not just number-crunching analysts, but who instead will be

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Scudder, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Stratton, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

4.19 belts, pulleys, and sprockets for mechanical design applications. 1 Ethics - understands the importance and consequences of ethical behavior. 4.18 Engineering Graphics - Read, apply, and measure GD & T and size tolerances to meet 2 4.17 design goals and reflect manufacturing process capabilities. Mechanics - Design axially loaded members, beams, bars in torsion and machine parts in 2 4.16 combined loading for both static failure and deflection

Conference Session

ETD Green Energy/Sustainability

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Gilmore, University of Houston, Downtown; Scott Patterson, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Fig.14: Timer Control HMIIV. ResultsThis section summarizes results which demonstrate the functionality of the system and discussproject execution from a cost and schedule viewpoint.System PerformanceInitially, to test the integrity of the sensor, an RS232 terminal named Termite was utilized. Thisterminal allows the user to send and receive data from a sensor based upon written commands.When commands were sent to the sensor through the terminal, desired responses andmeasurements were received assuring that the sensor was in good working order and ready to beemployed. Further experimentation included the testing of the sensor in dry soil and wet soil toconfirm that the sensor’s measurement numbers are consistent and reflect nominal values

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University; Peter D. Rogers, Georgia Southern University; Christopher David Leblanc, University of New Hampshire; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

your code  Code listing with the appropriate amount of comments25% -Project Functionality:  How well the execution was planned and thought out  Does the project function in the way it was originally proposed?  Where did you fall short in accomplishing what you set out to accomplish?25%-Results:  Summary of any data gathered or analyzed during the design  Images of the waveform analyzed during design and debug  Reflection, what did you learn during the design process?  Relate your experience with what was covered in classResultsFor the past 5 years this course was taught during the fall semester. Since it is required forgraduation, it is offered regardless of the number of students (explaining why in two cases therewere

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; David E. Thompson, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reading more and more.  This class has opened my eyes to what I want to do. It allows a person to really self-reflect on their opinions and career goals.  I learned how much work takes to make a research paper, and the time to make sure you understand the main goals of the experiment.  I learned how to breakdown a scientific paper, and I was interested to … research opportunities that I wouldn’t have known of otherwise.  Breaking down the research process and explaining how it’s done. Then being able to examine research that has been conducted helped to understand the process better.  Learning to actively look for jobs in detail and make sure

Conference Session

Alternative Teaching Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Jennifer G. Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Foundation under DRL GrantNumbers 1615019 and 1614496. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations presented are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.References[1] "Tapping America's potential: The education for innovation initiative," Business Roundtable, Washington, D.C.2005, Available: http://www.tap2015.org/about/TAP_report2.pdf.[2] "An American imperative: Transforming the recruitment, retention, and renewal of our nation’s mathematics and science teaching workforce.," Business Roundtable, Washington, D.C.2007, Available: http://www.bhef.com/solutions/anamericanimperative.asp.[3] Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Lijian Xu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the experiment.Imagine all of the factors that must come together to result in a realistic and effectiveexperiment. The lab experiment content, software and hardware, miscellaneous components allmust work together and conclude in the desired learning experience. Additionally, it is importantto realize that in our ever-fast-changing technological era, it is necessary to offer degreeprograms that reflect the changes in industry and the job market. This realization in a largemeasure is the responsibility of the instructor to update and maintain course and programrelevance to the real world. The intent of changes of the course content were based on the suggestions from engineersand technical sales representatives during annual ASEE

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. This diversity in the team background was reflected in the development of theworkshops, throughout the materials presented, and through the complexity of the final productof the workshops. The faculty team collaborating on this project decided to approach theteaching of the making process from a multidisciplinary perspective, using this very specializedproject based theme, of the bio-inspired robots. Some specific topics included in the workshopsare currently included in the courses they teach regularly, such as the “Bioinspired Robotics”course which is offered to undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering program, the“Introduction to Mechatronics” course which is offered to undergraduate students in Mechanicaland Electrical

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

waseither the same or even better compared to traditional and hybrid models. This fact almost lookslike a negative correlation between the students' feedback and their actual performance in theclass. During 2013-15 class offerings, there was more time devoted to the interactive activitiesbetween the faculty-students and students-students. This means that even less time was devotedto the theoretical material normally presented in the traditional lectures and students were"forced" to spend even more time studying. The reflection of this is the best students'performance - 83%/88%/80 average and 10%/8%/13.8% standard deviation in the final examsconducted during 2013-15 period. The grade distribution demonstrates that the number of A andAB students is

Conference Session

Utilizing Digital Technologies in Classroom and Distance Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

waseither the same or even better compared to traditional and hybrid models. This fact almost lookslike a negative correlation between the students' feedback and their actual performance in theclass. During 2013 class offering there was more time devoted to the interactive activitiesbetween the faculty-students and students-students. This means that even less time was devotedto the theoretical material normally presented in the traditional lectures and students were"forced" to spend even more time studying. The reflection of this is the best students'performance - 83% average and 10% standard deviation in the final exam. The grade distributiondemonstrates that the number of A and AB students is increased, and the number of C, CD, andF grades is

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University - Addison; Aminul Karim, Higher Educational Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: how to incorporate and teach new applications of new technologies in thecurriculums they teach and how to maintain their professional currency.1Therefore, in summary, the rapid pace of technological change mandates that facultyremain current in their technical areas of specialization as technology leapfrogs and newdomains of technology evolve, and thus they need to become reflective practitioners.For the current study, it was the intent of the authors to survey faculty teaching in theengineering technology domain to determine the state of professional development andprocesses that are used to maintain technical currency and compare the results with thestudies conducted earlier in 2013, 2007 and 2003. II. Data Collection ProcedureTo gauge

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University; William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee P.E., Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Doris M. Munson, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

non-math intensive courses areattending at the 80% or more level. Contrasting from the junior level, this is an increase of 6%for the math intensive course attendance level, while for the non-math intensive courseattendance, this is a 9% increase at the senior level.The data seems to imply at both the 90% level and the 80% level, the senior level students innon-math intensive courses are continuing to change their view of the value and/or need of thein-class time and are continuing to make a greater effort to improve their class attendance.Conclusions, Reflections, and the FutureThe results from this study clearly indicate that increased student attendance was directly relatedto student success in both math intensive and non-math intensive

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in memoryefficiency.In this course, the major attraction of MATLAB over C is in visualization as evident from theanimation project described in Part III. Students were exposed to C language storage managementtechniques in the spell checker project outlined in Part III below. The major difficulty studentsseemed to have had was switching between the syntax of C and MATLAB, particularly in the area ofarrays and for loops. Rather than making item 12 in Table 1 a single topic, it was taught hands onthroughout the semester as the need and opportunity arose.Part III: course projectsHomework typically reflects on the material covered in the lecture class. For any portion ofassignments that involve coding, students use DevC/C++ and MATLAB on

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Paul Grimes, Tidewater Community College; Sally Wells Daniel, Tidewater Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

number offemale students enrolled in engineering. As a new program, we had to demonstrate (1) suchtraining would be beneficial in the retention of our engineering students and (2) could be beoffered with minimal use of resources. Over 14 semesters TCC investigated several methods andformats to structure such a program (see Figure 1).The variety of methods reflects attempts to balance the two objectives above, with the politicaladministrative landscape at TCC toward adopting spatial visualization into curriculumrequirements. If the benefits could be shown, would spatial visualization become a required skillassessment tool, like existing math placement tests? Or would spatial visualization fit better arequired 1-credit course? Despite impressive

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; G. Thomas Bellarmine, Florida A&M-Florida State University

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Engineering Technology

the password to be authenticated to connect to the VNC server, as shown in Figure 6. Enter the VNC server’s password and click OK. Now, the display window of server machine is shown in Figure 7. 6. Now, once connected, the server machine can be accessed. All mouse clicks and keyboard presses on this window will be reflected on the server machine. You are now free to interact with your server machine.VNC servers and viewers for other operating systems may be installed and run in asimilar fashion. Page 12.1593.13 Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

simply expressed – the provision of free health servicesfor the benefit of all the citizens of Saudi Arabia – and King Fahd has shown, throughout hisreign, a very real understanding of the importance of adequate health provision for those whoneed it, both within and outside the Kingdom.The Ministry of Health policy reflects the Government’s national development strategy,which is committed to improving the quality of life of the Saudi people, and to helping themto participate fully in the development plan and to benefit from it.To carry out this policy, the Ministry of Health provides a whole range of health services(preventive, corrective, educational and rehabilitative) to the entire population. This isachieved through a network of hospitals

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ramin Sadeghi, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT); Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

education will be more that 7 billion dollars that reflects a 98% growthfrom 1997 to 2002. This shows the size and the extents of market growth at the present.Electronic education will soon replace the other methods of education, thanks to its rate ofgrowth.Development Factors of the Electronic EducationTechnology has revolutionized the businesses and now, the realm of education should berevolutionized. Information and knowledge are the armaments of today's competitive world, andcan create monumental changes in it. The traditional methods of education are no moresufficient, because the cycles of production, industrial information and organizational strategiesrevolve much faster than was expected and the employees should be re-educated in

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

faculty. Each year, the multimedia and web-based modules are revised to reflect theevaluative input gathered from the various constituents (students and faculty).As part of the General Education program, this course undergoes regular assessment todetermine whether it is meeting the GE Learning Goals. In addition to the GE assessment, SJSUmandates end-of-term assessment for at least two courses for each professor every academicyear. This approach does not give a quick turnaround for implementing improvements in thecurriculum. This paper will discuss the entire assessment model for this course including the GEassessment, the end-of-term course assessment, and the student assessment.IntroductionThe general education program at San José State

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Awlad HOSSAIN, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

spring of 2012. As a result of this new program, the Capstonecourse in the already existing MET program faced some drastic changes in both content andobjectives.Prior to establishing the new BS ME program, a typical Capstone class included MET andApplied Technology students and focused mainly on production. Twenty-five specimens wereoriginally required, and then we dropped the number to fifteen a few years afterwards. The typeof projects performed reflected the nature of the Applied Technology and MET programs, bothof which are primarily hands-on programs. Much emphasis was on production, quality control,and timely delivery. When possible, we considered industry projects and gave them higherpriority over school-sponsored ones. Traditionally, the