Conference Session

Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant P. Richards, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donald (Don) D. Cummings, Endress+Hauser; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, oneremains exceptionally stable. Lessons learned with these first two partnerships, significantlycontributed to the development of guiding principles used by our faculty when organizingassociations today. These principles include: 1. Intently listen to all advice and direction given by partners and potential partners of the program 2. Attempt to follow and implement ideas provided by partners 3. As appropriate, involve and engage partners in the education process through guest lectures, industry advisory boards, and student/faculty projects 4. When requesting equipment and donations from partners develop a full or mini- proposal/statement of work that thoroughly outlines the needs and benefits to all parties 5

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University; Shashank Barkur Lakshmikanth

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

provides a greater safety factor in carrying out the overall process. Therobots shown in Figure 1, are wall mounted 6ft apart on a rigid steel structure, positioned abovean incoming conveyer, which carries the signposts. Each robot, individually, picks and stackssignposts of all lengths equal to and below 5ft and with the weight variations. Any signpostlength equal to or greater than 6ft is picked and stacked by 2 robots simultaneously.The robots in use are two Fanuc M-710iC/70 robots31, operating in dual-arm configuration.Dual-arm configuration refers to the fact that the two robotic arms work as a team to accomplishthe same task. The Fanuc M-710iC/70 robot provides a payload capacity32 of 154.32 lbs (70 kg).With the weight of the largest

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

51% 606 2,909 23% 665 19% 547 9% 250 50% 1,462 37% 13% Figure 1: Persistence in Engineering Technology ProgramsData from the study1 showed that the greatest program retention losses were those declaring forElectrical (82%) and Mechanical Engineering Technologies (83%). However, a closerinspection revealed that 31% of the EET transfers moved into Electrical Engineering and threepercent to other ET programs. METs had similar transfers with 32% to Mechanical Engineeringand two percent into other ETs. The balance of transfers went to other programs and Collegeswithin the university. Overall, those initially