surveyed industry and, based on need, added bothrequired and technical elective courses to the curriculum. One of these courses was a technicalelective in the area of communication electronics. This course was recommended because manystudents are hired by companies that manage their own communications infrastructure, thatconsult and maintain communication systems for customers, and that manufacture and providecommunication equipment. The course was developed in the Summer of 2013 and has beendelivered twice, once in Fall 2013 and again in Spring 2014. The communication electronics course is offered as an elective and covers both basiccommunication concepts as well the implementation of these concepts in hardware and software.One of the
AC 2008-414: ALTERNATIVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS INMECHANICAL MEASUREMENT COURSESDavid Myszka, University of Dayton David Myszka is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Dave is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in Ohio and is actively involved in applied research with industry, mostly related to design, computer analysis and instrumentation. Dave received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Dayton. He also received an M.B.A. degree from the University of Dayton
FPGA in EET programs isto integrate HDL and FPGA into all digital hardware design courses, from entry level toadvanced level, rather than open an independent course.I. IntroductionDigital hardware design has been considered as core education contents for ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) programs for more than two decades. As a result, a whole set ofmethodologies, such as truth table, canonical sum-of-products expressions, and Karnaugh mapsfor combinational circuit, and finite state machine, state diagram, state table, and stateassignment for sequential circuit, have been well-developed to analyze and design digitalcircuits1. However, because the complexity to design a digital circuit increases exponentiallywith the number of gates used
-centered research anddevelopment activities sponsored by the local industry.In this paper, we mainly focus on the curriculum, laboratory modules and other student-centricactivities for training on robotics and integrated manufacturing systems. We will also present anddiscuss the challenges and opportunities learned during the development of the new program.2. Impact and Learning OutcomesEducation and workforce development focusing on industrial robotics and automation willtransform the way that Engineering Technology courses are delivered, maximizing hands-on andexperiential learning and providing students with a high-tech, industry-based skill set [4]. TheRET program initiative described in this paper is uniquely positioned to engage with the
student interest in RF communication concepts.This laboratory capstone project illustrates the integration of a 433.92 MHz wireless temperaturesensor into a PSK31 modulated audio beacon transmitter. The temperature sensor is a DallasSemiconductor DS18S20 integrated with a standard "off-the-shelf" 433.92 MHz RF transmittermodule that uses amplitude modulation. The transmission method known as "On-Off Keying(OOK)" transmits the temperature data by simply switching the carrier signal on and off. The RFdata-link serial receiver can be located up to 500 feet from the transmitter and interfaces to thePSK31 Audio Beacon via an RS232 interface. The Audio Beacon features PSK31 encoding andaudio waveform generation using a single-chip SX28 RISC
according to theacademic calendar. There are multiple software applications integrated into the synchronousvirtual meeting. Microsoft PowerPoints was used to present slides; Microsoft OneNote wasused as a whiteboard to solve examples and derive formulas in real-time with a writing tablet'sassistance; MATLAB was used to do simulation and demonstration in class. Other featuresfrom Zoom, such as reactions, whiteboard, chat room, and poll, were used during the class tofacilitate the discussion and communicate with students. Another significant advantage ofZoom is that it has an option to record a meeting on a password-protected cloud environment.This feature is beneficial because students can review these materials any time after the class
can be an effective method forengaging millennial students.1,2 This paper highlights experiences of using a collaborative editorto facilitate learning in a first-year programming course. The paper will describe how thecollaborative editor was customized for the class and how it was utilized by the teacher and thestudents. The web-based editor allowed students to see and edit the same program file and thenexecute the program individually without leaving the web browser. The editor became aneffective classroom tool in the flipped learning model utilized in this course. Qualitative datawere collected through the use of observations and surveys. The author discusses what waslearned about the impact on students’ attitudes, learning and quality of
goal supports the USMA’s mission of producingArmy Officers who can respond effectively to technological changes in the defense of ournation.Courses augmented with IT can be daunting for cadets who lack the experience and confidencelevel to succeed in the course. As a result, these types of courses are avoided by cadets if at allpossible. This is not an option for an aspiring officer who will lead the soldiers of tomorrow on adigitized battlefield. Since 1990, cadets have been issued a computer which has played a centralrole in bringing the power of IT to all graduates of the Military Academy. Integration of IT inthe curriculum begins early with every cadet receiving a laptop computer. An integratedsoftware package is included to support any
regulatoryrequirements, but in an outcome-based culture, it should be possible to createsupplementary 1-credit or 0-credit courses that make such transfers possible. This paperwill detail our initial efforts in that direction.Motivation:Within the framework of this manuscript vertical integration represents the process bywhich high school students, community college students, or certificate holders, areencouraged and given meaningful opportunities to obtain four-year degrees that theywould not have sought otherwise. In a sense, this is recruitment, and recruitmentstrategies will have bearing on vertical integration. The electronic and computerengineering (ECET) option of the engineering technology department has many reasonsto promote electronics education at
in different context and at different levels. As aresult some of the acquired knowledge may be forgotten by the time student graduates or it maynot be placed in the context of the overall program outcomes, thus material presented may notseem to have relevance to student’s career. An effective method to address this issue is arequired capstone course that combines a number of different disciplines into a singlecomprehensive experience. In addition to required capstone experience, authors havecollaborated in development of an elective course on modeling and simulation of mechatronicsystems. The course introduces modern computer tools and techniques which integrates numberof different areas including statics, strength of materials, dynamics
computer-based imaging or imageprocessing aspects were used on as-needed basis for senior capstone projects.With the approval of the curriculum committee, an undergraduate course with thetitle “Applied Computer Vision for Sensing and Automation” was approved to beoffered as an experimental course at 4xxx (senior) level. The course was designedas a three-credit hour course in a sixteen–week semester based system. Thecourse consisted of two lecture classes (each for 50 minutes) and one two-hourlaboratory component. This course initially required prior experience withcomputer programming and prerequisite of a sophomore level mathematics class.This course was offered as a technical elective.This course was initially offered in Fall 2014. It has been
providing an introductory course in the microprocessoror microcontroller in Engineering and Engineering Technology type curriculums has longbeen over due. The subject matter covered in System Design has matured to the extent that ithas been the subject of curriculum content in the form of two or more courses in most of theuniversities1. The subject course which is the subject of this paper is a 400 level course in the Page 25.961.2Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department. This is preceded by twocourses: 1) a C or C++, programming course, that covers the C or C++ language constructswith emphases on bit manipulation, 2) an introductory
Paper ID #14216Experimental analysis for an energy efficient product designDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical en- gineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation & control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE
report. The past practices used for assembling and organizing displaymaterials for ATMAE accreditation visits have also helped us prepare display materials9 forABET accreditation visit.III. ABET AccreditationThe ECT program faculty of Bowling Green State University started its attempts to seek ABETaccreditation in 2006 by proposing a set of curriculum changes to meet TAC-ABET criteria.While the attempt was not successful at that time, evidence of the real support for ABETaccreditation came from the administration in 2010 with a one-time budget allocation. Thecurriculum modifications with a change of program and degree name to ECET were approved in2013. These modifications brought capstone course as an integral part of the programcurriculum in
adequatechanges are being made to improve program quality. Figure 4 also shows comparison inevaluation by all constituencies included in the assessment. Figure 4: Evaluation results for Program Educational Objectives comparison chartThe NSF CCLI phase I and II projects have facilitated the integration of Internet-basedtechnology education in E-quality for manufacturing at Drexel and delivery ofappropriately designed courses in the engineering technology curriculum, which enablesstudents of diverse educational backgrounds to enter the workforce. The findings fromthe project’s external evaluator in 2009 confirm a successful completion of an integratede-laboratory and courses with various tools. The experiments explored the use of Web-based maintenance
Paper ID #12619Incorporating Training In Research & Research Methods into the Under-graduate Curriculum in Engineering and Engineering Technology-(E&ET).Dr. Cyril B OKHIO, Kennesaw State University Cyril B. Okhio is a Faculty at the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Tech- nology, Kennesaw State University and an Adjunct Professor at Clark Atlanta University’s Dual Degree Engineering Program. He earned his B.S. (Engineering) and Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) degrees from, and was an (Science and Engineering Research Council) SERC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of London
AC 2007-1053: A CAPSTONE ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS PROJECT FORELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY MAJORSDavid Pocock, Oregon Institute of Technology DAVID N. POCOCK is an Associate Professor and is the Curriculum Coordinator and head of the Analog Block of the Electronics Engineering Technology department at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, OR. His main research interests are semiconductor device modeling, infrared focal plane arrays, nuclear radiation effects, and web-based real electronics labs for distance education.Kevin McCullough, Oregon Institute of Technology KEVIN MCCULLOUGH is a Senior at Oregon Institute of Technology in the Electronics Engineering Technology
AC 2008-136: IN-CLASS CIRCUITS: USING PASSIVE COMPONENTS TOCREATE ACTIVE LEARNINGAlan Niemi, LeTourneau University Alan D. Niemi is an Associate Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Lake Superior State University and his M.S.E.E. from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has taught courses in Electrical Engineering and Technology for 21 years. In addition to teaching, Mr. Niemi has spent 7 years in industry designing digital and microcontroller systems. Page 13.722.1© American Society for
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)has implemented an alternative to the capstone project technique commonly used to satisfy theABET Criterion 5 Curriculum section d. (Capstone or other integrating experiences must drawtogether diverse elements of the curriculum and develop student competence in focusing bothtechnical and non-technical skills in solving problems.)1A majority of Engineering Technology and Engineering Science programs rely upon a capstoneproject for providing an integrating experience which, by their very nature, are burdensome tothe program resources and invariably suffer many disadvantages in their operation. Due to thesize and complexity of capstone
Engineering Education, 2006 The Introduction of Environmental and Industrial Health and Safety Issues and Emerging Technologies in a Beginning Manufacturing Processes CourseAbstractIntroductory courses pertaining to manufacturing processes have traditionally beenincluded in the curriculums of associate and baccalaureate programs in mechanicalengineering technology. The majority of these courses emphasize such topics as forging,rolling, casting, welding, and machining, among others. While these courses typicallyprovide an outstanding foundation in the particular subject area and process mechanics,many have not included any significant coverage in the areas of environmentalmanagement or industrial health and safety. In
. Czekanski et al. studiedthe challenges in engineering education from both educators' and industrials points of view. Theyproposed a vertical and lateral method based on incorporating the strength of existingeducational systems and integrating them with fundamental engineering core courses. From theirstudy, they found that the use of this proposed vertical and lateral learning method can narrowthe gap between academic, industrial, and students' expectations. Their study was based on afour-year curriculum though and it did not zoom on the challenges of the individual courses [16].The question remains how to deliver an educational environment where engineering studentsgraduate with a good comprehension of general engineering design skills, practical
Peer Assessment,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 40-43.3. Leah M. Akins and Ellena E. Reda, “Implementation of an Integrated Project for the Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall 1998, pp. 38-43.4. Glen, C Gerhard, “Teaching Design with Behavior Modification Techniques in a Pseudocorporate Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1999, pp. 255-260.5. Peter, J. Shull, “Collaborative Learning and Peer Assessment to Enhance Student Performance,” Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2005, pp. 10-15.6. Malgorzata, S. Zywno, “Using Collaborative Learning and Peer Assessment
capstone projectwhich is pursued in teams and addresses specific products to improve healthcare and aging-in-place and products that improve the lives of persons with disabilities. These needs wereidentified by healthcare professionals in focus group discussions. The teams are mentoredthroughout the development process by the professionals that initiated the need. The role of theseprofessionals is that of an active and vital voice of the customer fully integrated in thedevelopment process. Over the past three years sixty students have followed the senior capstonecourse sequence and six patentable products have been created.BackgroundIn 2004, the Council on Competitiveness issued its final report on the National InnovationInitiative called
like this providesthem with opportunities to apply the advanced manufacturing concepts that they have learntduring the course of the program. The process of integration of these manufacturing technologiesprovides the students with the real-world manufacturing experience in dealing with the problemsin industries. Rapid manufacturing is fast becoming an accepted technological practice to solvethe problem posed by batch manufacturing of complex product designs. In the past five years,there are several industries ventured in this field of manufacturing and specialized in the area ofRapid product development and manufacturing. These industries need engineers andtechnologists who have been trained in this advanced field of manufacturing and
Experimental Systems through Student Projects to Enhance the Automation Curriculum in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program.AbstractThe use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in industry is on therapid increase, especially with developments of modular instruments and sensors that are easilycontrolled through Ethernet or other industry network standards. The need for skilled personnelto implement and utilize these systems is also increasing. Courses which incorporate SCADAapplications are offered widely across the nation and in many colleges. These courses ofteninclude theory and laboratory component in which students learn how to implement and programthese systems. By providing an
, ability toset priorities, understanding of the business fundamentals, and creativity and innovation.The importance of non-technical skills in a technical curriculum is something that has beenconsidered by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), in both itsEngineering Technology and Engineering accreditation standards. ABET currently requires non-technical skill sets that include: an ability to function effectively on teams; an ability tocommunicate effectively; a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelonglearning; an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities; a respect fordiversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues; and acommitment
. Each of the courses wastaught by a different instructor. Close instructor team-like interaction allowed for integration ofcourse content allowing for elements of each course to be mutually supportive.Experience indicates that students typically understand and have an appreciation for mathematicsas it relates to engineering technology studies. However, that same appreciation andunderstanding is minimal, and in some cases non-existent, when it comes to the relationship ofthe “soft skills” (e.g. written/verbal communication skills) and engineering technology studies.For this reason Writing and Literature was chosen to be included in the learning communitycourse agenda.Faculty InteractionResearch suggests students relate an effective learning
students that take them. Studentscome to believe that the disciplines (analog, power, digital, communication, etc.) within EEThave little in common or are remotely related. A FM receiver project for a junior level EETcourse in electronic communication has created a curricular linkage to two sophomore courses,one in RF and power electronics and the other in digital microcontrollers.Introduction The traditional model for teaching is comprised of curriculum course sequences that createvertical ‘silos’ where each topic is fully developed before going on to the next topic. Thiscompartmentalized sequence of courses builds a solid conceptual foundation for the students 1, 2.However, each course is treated as a separate body of knowledge creating an
. As they read, they addressedwhat “sounded good” and discussed why some writing sounded more professional (ormore like what they read in articles and text books) than others. In this way, they beganto develop an ear for the writing of professionals in their field. Because scientific writingdemands the illusion of objectivity, scientific scholars use third person, which oftenresults in passive voice (removing the actor who did the action, which in most cases is thewriter).Spring 2007 Noting success with the workshop, but not having data to support theirobservations, the authors continued the collaboration and integrated a pretest. Thematerials required some revision to avoid the perpetuation of the overuse of passive voicethrough
align curriculum goals to the courses using a beginning level, andintermediate, and advanced level skill assessment [6]. With substantial help and guidance from auniversity center dedicated to curriculum design, a full analysis of the proposed BSET program’slearning goals, outcomes, and proficiencies was completed and mapped to the proposed coursesusing UCAT’s curriculum design process. A signature part of the BSET degree is thedevelopment of an integrated set of courses that combines applied physics, math and engineeringwhich will be developed in the near future for delivery in Autumn 2020.The proposed BSET is designed to meet the program educational outcomes for accreditationby ABET from the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission