projects stepthe students through an engineering design process from concept through prototype. A keyelement in each of these projects is a surprise specification change half way through the process.Invariably these specification changes require at least a modification to the design, if not acomplete redesign. These changes are in place to make the projects mirror real life projectswhich almost always involve design changes along the way.Engineering technology students take many courses containing laboratory components. Studentsneed to be prepared to deal with the data collection and presentation challenges that many ofthese labs involve. Project 4 involves some mildly challenging data collection and data reportingdesigned to help students get a
wasimportant to understand the social structure of science, technology, engineering and mathematicsin order to understand the need and best fit for the new BS-IET program for the Eastern NorthCarolina region. Several years back, students wanting to pursue higher education aftermatriculation had only 3 choices: 1) Choice 1 was to pursue an option from among the pure sciences, such as physics, chemistry, or biology. These majors in the present context are only appropriate for people interested in pursuing additional degrees, laboratory research, or careers in education. 2) Choice 2 involved selection from among the engineering science majors like civil engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering. Engineering
documents; b. conducting standardized field and laboratory testing on civil engineering materials; c. utilizing modern surveying methods for land measurement and/or construction layout; d. determining forces and stresses in elementary structural systems; e. estimating material quantities for technical projects; and f. employing productivity software to solve technical problems.Baccalaureate degree programs must demonstrate that graduates, in addition to the Page 15.299.3competencies above, are capable of: a. planning and preparing design and construction documents, such as specifications
of Engineering (MSOE). He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. He previously was a Member of Technical Staff at L-3 Communications and currently performs systems engineering consulting in the area of communications for DISA (U.S. DoD). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and teaches courses in circuits, signals, and communications.Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received
are summarized in Table 5. First note, a 74% majority of alumnibelieve teamwork skills are not the same as project management skills. This is supported by thedata illustrated in Figure 3 as the leadership gap. Second, alumni do believe PM skills can betaught in the classroom with 83% responding yes. Note, for these alumni, "classroom" isunderstood to mean more than a lecture setting. Approximately one-half of the "classroom" timethese alumni had in college was laboratory or teamwork related time. Working on team-basedprojects would be viewed as "classroom" in this population. The question of learning PM "on thejob" was asked in order to verify the responses given about learning in the classroom. A smallmajority disagree that PM can only be
; Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, of Old Dominion University. Since joining the faculty in 2006, he has developed an Electromagnetic (EM) materials measurement laboratory at the Applied Research Center to expand research in the area of materials. This research will include the synthesis and characterization of materials and nano-composites or meta-materials to create novel EM properties. Dr. Lawrence is also interested in the development of advanced sensor concepts to enhance measurement capability to enable improved understanding of the Earth’s environment. He is particularly interested in materials for large deployable antenna concepts and calibration approaches for
COVID-19? o none o 1-2 o 3-5 o 6-10 o 11+Q23: How dangerous is COVID-19? o Not very dangerous o Somewhat dangerous o Dangerous o Very dangerousQ24: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: Strongly Strongly Disagree Agree Disagree Agree Classrooms at WCU are unsafe due to COVID-19 Laboratories at WCU are unsafe due to COVID-19 I am fearful to attend any face-to-face activities I'm seriously considering leaving WCU and not returningQ25: Please describe why
published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research
integration in south texas technical colleges,” in American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, 2010. [5] R. Radharamanan and H. E. Jenkins, “Laboratory learning modules on cad/cam and robotics in engineering education,” International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 433–443, 2008. [6] R. Jerz and G. Fischer, “Experiences in designing a design for manufacturing (dfm) course,” age, vol. 10, p. 1, 2005. [7] “Home.” [8] B. R. Belland, Instructional scaffolding in STEM education: Strategies and efficacy evidence. Springer Nature, 2017. [9] B. J. Reiser, “Scaffolding complex learning: The mechanisms of structuring and problematizing student
important and relative tothe topic. The limitations of the interviews will be determined partially by the number ofcompanies that grants interviews. The major limitation will depend on the interviewees’ abilityto provide valid information to the researcher. The purpose of the interviews is to determine ifthe expectations that are held by employers for newly hired graduates are consistent with thecurrent engineering technology curriculum at IUPUI.Participant 1- AIT Laboratories. In the last calendar year, this organization has hired topgraduates from engineering technology programs at IUPUI. Since the company has experiencedextreme growth in recent years, they must continually grow their management team. Havinghired recent graduates, this
additional expertise relevant tothese newly emerging areas’. ‘Mechanical engineering curricula should be reviewed andrevised in light of these emerging areas. Curricula should include new material on atomicand molecular physics, quantitative biology, comprehensive (organic) chemistry, microfabrication and modern computing’. ‘Mechanical engineering laboratories should bereviewed and revised in light of these emerging areas’.Corresponding ArticlesThe following technical articles discussed the demands and trends of the engineeringgraduate and changes in curriculum.The Prism, in an article entitled ‘2020 It’s Sooner Than you Think’,(9) notes that ‘thefuture engineer must be prepared to work in a time in which what we now consider to beengineering is
. Ayala spent three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Delaware where he expanded his knowledge on simulation of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala hold a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have
and after hourwork in the senior design laboratory. Table 1: Gantt ChartBill of MaterialsThe bill of materials is shown in Table 2. This project was student-funded, so there was not a set budgetto adhere to, but the intent was to keep the project pricing down. The initial estimated cost of the projectwas between $275-$300 total, and the project total went a little over-budget by $17.59. However, when itcame to materials such as the silicone sealant, the mini water pump, jumper wire, and battery packs, notall material was used. This bill of materials is meant to show the pricing for a home-build, not a massproduction. In a mass production of a system like the SCEIIS, components like the Raspberry Pi
institution of higher education with a diverse set of STEM researchfaculty. This course is also readily scalable; if the demand from students increases, additionalsections can be created with more teams of faculty as instructors. A college the size of CoSET atSHSU has dozens of faculty members actively engaged in research, many with a list of problemswaiting for willing and qualified undergraduates to help solve.In fall 2018, the pilot version of this undergraduate research course was offered. Its target audiencewas second-year STEM majors with no experience with laboratory work or research. Fifteenstudents registered for the course from several different STEM departments (agricultural sciences,math, physics, engineering technology, chemistry
in the Same InstitutionEngineering Technology. A lesser known program, engineering technology attracts students inareas where there are universities offering these majors. While the attraction to these programstends to be regional, students generally don’t always choose these programs right after highschool, but transfer in from a variety of places. In many cases, they may have matriculatedstraight out of high school through the influences of teachers and advisors they knew andrespected. Other options include those that transfer into programs from community colleges withengineering technology programs, and other reasons, including poor grades in engineering,desire for more hands on laboratory experiences, or learning that the engineering
instruction for the experimental groups consisted of online videosdeveloped from the material content of the interactive pdf files of the control group. Again, thehomework assignments were administered on the LMS Blackboard with the same error boundsas the control group [11]. The homework assignments for all three classes were similar and allassignments within a single class were identical. The class time for all three SoM offerings wereused to answer and work on homework questions, work one on one with instructor assistance, orto work in groups on laboratories associated with the learning content. The distribution of thegrades for the classes is shown in Table 1. The number beside the lab reports and homeworkindicates the total number of those types
military students, in large partthrough previous projects specifically developed for military students, as well as from experiencein advising military students when joining an engineering education path and throughout theprogram. For this project the research team used the already established Digital Manufacturingand Collaborative Robotics Laboratory at Old Dominion University. A secondary outreachcomponent of the project addresses the K-12 student population in the community, since the bio-inspired robots built by the veterans during the workshops will be used by individual faculty ofthe research team for outreach activities conducted in the local public schools.Participants’ Recruitment and DemographicsRecent years saw an explosion in STEM
Mechanical Systems: A Capstone Course in Mechanical Engineering Design,” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE 1984), pp. 803-807.5. Todd, R. H., S. P. Magleby, C. D. Sorensen, B. R. Swan and D. K Anthony, “A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, no. 2, 1995, pp. 165-174.6. Banios, E. W., “Teaching Engineering Practices,” Proceedings, 1992 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE, 1992, pp. 161-168.7. Todd, R. H., C. D. Sorensen, and S. P. Magleby, “Designing a Senior capstone Course to Satisfy Industrial Customers,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 82, no. 2, 1993, pp. 92-100.8. Rochefort, S., “An Innovative ChE Process Laboratory,” Chemical Engineering Education
each of the projects will be provided at this timeas data was still being processed at the time of this writing. The three entries are: Explore and develop tools for visual support of learning and training: “Google Glass” Flipped Classroom and Interactive Engagement for Improved Student Learning in Mathematics Flipped Classroom for Statics and Particle Dynamics courseThe objective of first entry was to investigate the use of Google class for preparing multimediacontent through first-person view that could be utilized for teaching, learning, training, andevaluation of laboratory activities. The pilot required the development of the visual support toolsfor “Google Glass” using Android SDKs.The second entry focused on the
Simulink which areintroduced in laboratory sessions in the control class yielding answer to questions 3 and 4. Question 5validates that they have received sufficient level of C programming breadth and depth to work andsolve problems in follow-up programming courses such as Data Structures for computer students andmicrocontroller programming in Embedded Systems course which use C language extensively for labsessions and projects.Question 6 in both Table 4 and Table 5 poses the same question and received similar responses asexpected. Even with in the stated objectives of a course, students may feel that certain in–depth topicsare unnecessary and extra work. It was obvious that students would consider learning MATLAB asextra work since course title
activities associated with Changes in Altitude. All workshop, travel,and room and board fees are covered by the Arizona Space Grant Consortium except for a$65/student participation fee paid prior to the launch. The Changes in Altitude programguarantees four launches over two years with different student teams and follow up to discuss theresults of the launch.The Youth Exploring the Stratosphere! (YES!) from the New Mexico State University PhysicalScience Laboratory provides a BalloonSat launch outreach opportunity to primary and secondaryschool students. The NASA Balloon Program Office (BPO) provides an annual NASAsponsored balloon flight that includes student experiment packages from New Mexico schools oneach flight. YES! is built around the
additionaloutcomes are listed for associate and baccalaureate degree programs. For example, theprogram criteria for “Civil Engineering Technology and Similarly Named Programs” arelisted as follows 3: Outcomes Associate degree programs must demonstrate that graduates are capable of: a. utilizing graphic techniques to produce engineering documents; b. conducting standardized field and laboratory testing on civil engineering materials; c. utilizing modern surveying methods for land measurement and/or construction layout; d. determining forces and stresses in elementary structural systems; e. estimating material quantities for technical projects; and f
tables includes: • Exams: midterm or final exams. • Quizzes: in-class or take-home assignments including mostly multiple-choice questions. • Hands-on Labs: activities developed in laboratory; some are performed in groups. • Simulation Labs: hands-on individual activities performed using a software simulator. • Projects: course projects, e.g., the Capstone project. • Homework: assignments that may include not only theoretical exercises but also hands- on exercises with software packages.The IET program relies on hands-on activities to increase the level of attainment of studentoutcomes. Thus, as illustrated in Tables 5-6, the level of attainment of all students outcomes aremeasured with a combination of traditional
., Sheppard, S. D., Johnson, D. W. & Johnson, R. T. Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom- Based Practices. Jnl. Eng. Ed. 94, 87–101 (2005).3. Kilpatrick, D. J., Linville, M. & Stout, D. E. Procedural justice and the development and use of peer evaluations in business and accounting classes. Journal of Accounting Education 19, 225–246 (2001).4. Byrd, J. S. & Hudgins, J. L. Teaming in the Design Laboratory. Jnl. Eng. Ed. 84, 335–341 (1995).5. Eschenbach, E. A. & Mesmer, M. A. Web Based Forms for Design Team Peer Evaluations. Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (1998).at 6. Wang, J. & Imbrie, P. K. Assessing Team Effectiveness: Comparing Peer-Evaluations to a Team Effectiveness
es- tablished the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL), a joint university-industry partnership fo- cusing on the design and development of hardware and software products Morgan served 22 years in the Air Force, including a tour of duty on faculty with the Electrical Engineering Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Dr. Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommunications programs. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering (1987), a M.S. degree in physics (1989), and a Ph.D. in electrical
engineering technology (MET) students in our college are required to take threewriting courses, Technical Communications 111, 241, and 481, scheduled for the first, fourth,and seventh semesters, respectively.TC 111: Expository Communication. Extensive practice in expository writing, emphasizingobjective, clear, concise form, with most readings from nonfiction prose. Provides experience inorganizing and presenting individual oral and laboratory reports. Introduces library usage andresearch techniques. Prepares students for technical writing and oral communication in TCII.TC 241: Technical Communication. Introduction to technical communication, including writtenand oral skills. The course emphasizes basic structures used in recording and reporting
papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting and analysis, renewable energy analysis, assessment and design, turbulence and wave propagation, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education.Dr. Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel UniversityMr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is currently the Laboratory Technician for Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program. Eric assists faculty members with the development and
keying (BPSK, and to add a power amplifier and antenna to create a model transmitter, all as part of his senior project.- Using an RTL-SDR and Matlab software platform a communication lab manual was prepared. The student went into the details of preparing documentation on hardware requirements and how to install the software needed and get everything ready for experimentation, and a set of laboratory documentations for: displaying the RF spectrum, frequency tuning, amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, digital modulation methods such as BPSK, QPSK and 16-QAM. The student expressed interest in using the background he developed in using the SDR for a future senior project.- Serial display voltage monitor. The project