AC 2008-666: USING A TWO-COURSE SEQUENCE IN TECHNICAL DRAWINGIN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM THAT ESTABLISHES ABASELINE OF KNOWLEDGE, PROMOTES INDEPENDENT WORK ANDLIFE-LONG LEARNING, AND INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO RAPIDPROTOTYPINGJason Durfee, Eastern Washington University Jason Durfee is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. He received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University, he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation
organization called the Institute for Affordable Transportation which leverages the creative abilities of collegiate minds in the creation of Basic Utility Vehicles (BUV’s) – www.drivebuv.orgLingma Acheson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Lingma Acheson is the Database Administrator and Webmaster in the Computer Network Center of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis. She received her Masters Degree in Computer Science from School of Science, Purdue University, Indianapolis. Her research interests include database design and implementation, knowledge base and data integration, object-oriented systems design and server-client communications. She is also an
2006-2050: ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND GLOBAL AWARENESS INTHE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMS. David Dvorak, University of Maine-Orono David Dvorak is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Director of the School of Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. He joined the UMaine faculty in 1988. From 1982 to 1988 he worked at GE aircraft engines in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Dvorak received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and 1982 respectively, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maine in 1998. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maine and Ohio. Dr. Dvorak is active in ASME
education.Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University DR. RADHA BALAMURALIKRISHNA joined the Department of Technology at NIU in August 1997. His undergraduate degree is in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding from Cochin University, India. Dr. Bala has worked in a shipyard for three years and has taught engineering design graphics and CAD at the University level for over 10 years. He received his M. S. Eng. from Florida Atlantic University and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Page 11.126.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A STUDENT PROJECT EMERGING FROM A TRIPARTITE
AC 2007-208: UTILIZING PROCESS VALUE MAPPING IN LIEU OF VALUESTREAM MAPPING FOR ELIMINATION OF WASTE IN BUSINESS ANDINFORMATION PROCESSESMerwan Mehta, East Carolina UniversityAndrew Jackson, East Carolina University Page 12.1578.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Utilizing Process Value Mapping in Lieu of Value Stream Mapping for Elimination of Waste in Business and Information ProcessesAbstract:An ex-Toyota internal consultant has expressed an opinion that companies are achieving only10% of their potential for process improvement. In the consultant’s words, “most manufacturingseems to be focused on
AC 2007-212: A SIX-YEAR REVIEW OF NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT INELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AT NORTHEASTERNUNIVERSITY IN THE AREA OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS REVEALSSUCCESSES AND FAILURES ? A CASE HISTORYJerome Tapper, Northeastern University Professor Tapper is an Associate Academic Specialist in EET at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a BSEE and an MSIS both from Northeastern University. Jerry is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with over twenty-five years of industrial experience. He is also the author of a tool-kit based text for electrical engineering technology students, Electtonics for Engineering Technology and has authored
experimentalvehicles to compete in nationally recognized intercollegiate design competitions. Until recentlythis was limited to a solar bike and a moonbuggy. This has expanded to include two solar bikes,two moonbuggies, two Baja off-road vehicles, a solar boat, and a formula style race car. Whenlimited to a couple projects the task of supervising the student teams was relatively manageable.However, the explosion in the number of student projects has exposed an area of concern: safety.Safety is generally not at the forefront of an energetic engineering student’s mind for all theusual reasons: “it will only take a second,” “it will never happen to me,” and an inherent sense ofinvulnerability common in youth. With limited space, project areas overlap. One team
AC 2012-3982: INTRODUCING FACULTY RESEARCH TO UNDERGRAD-UATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS: ENHANCING ACTIVE COOPERA-TIVE LEARNINGDr. Nina Robson, Texas A&M University Nina Robson is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department at Texas A&M University and an Assistant Researcher in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of California, Irvine.Dr. Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan has more than 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecom- munications systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution De- partment in 1989 and has served
an undergraduate student in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI.Kelly Keelen, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Kelly Keelen is Administrative Coordinator of Academic Programs in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. Page 15.632.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 GREAT Environments for Student SuccessAbstractGREAT is an acronym that stands for Graduate, Retain, Engage, Admit, and Tell. It is anorganizing framework that reverse-engineers the process of how students interact with ourschool. By beginning with the end in mind
AC 2010-1462: PROPOSED FRESHMEN EXPERIENCE COURSEThomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central Page 15.1006.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Proposed Freshmen Experience CourseAbstractThere are many college campus’s moving towards Freshmen Experience courses as part of aGeneral Education. While at first glance this may appear appropriate “on paper”, a one size fits allapproach does not seem logical for such varied plans of study. Each college places academicemphasis in different areas. This makes a “one size fits all” approach to a freshman experiencecourse weak as the expectations that the faculty will have of their students will vary with
Sciences, Agriculture, and Management were crucial to the finalproduct. This diversity became a core strength for the team. One student manger noted that: The main reason I joined the team was to work on an interdisciplinary project and learn from peers with different backgrounds than my own. I wanted to learn to communicate with engineers, architects, etc. and work in a collaborative environment. I treated this project as a job and I feel my peers during the two years did the same. There is no doubt in my mind that it has prepared me for my future career. Broader Societal Impacts Although it wasn’t necessarily obvious at first, everyone on the Solar Decathlon team cameto appreciate the significance of this project in terms of
effects of class attendance on theacademic success of engineering students.With this in mind, a research project was initiated to determine the actual effects of classattendance on student success. While previous studies concentrated on non-engineering courses,this project focused entirely on courses taken by engineering, engineering technology andtechnology students. The objective was to determine if class attendance really leads to bettergrades. This study determined 1) if a correlation exists between class attendance and studentsuccess, and if so, to what extent, and 2) if and how student attendance patterns change as theygo from freshman to junior.Project DesignSince this project involves examining student success and attendance the first
AC 2011-1496: REDESIGNING A COURSE ON ELECTRONICS DISTRI-BUTION NETWORKS TO MEET THE CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRYNEEDSMalini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Malini Natarajarathinam is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Distribution in the Department of Engi- neering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. She received her BE from Anna University, her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Sci- ence and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama and her PhD from The University of Alabama. Her teaching activities surround classes in purchasing, distribution networks and strategic relationships. She has been involved in numerous research
AC 2011-1670: PARTICIPATION, CLASS TYPES, AND STUDENT PER-FORMANCE IN BLENDED-LEARNING FORMATShi ”Stan” Lan, Ph.D., DeVry University, Tinley Park Dean of Academic Affairs, DeVry University Tinley Park Ph.D., Colorado State University MSEE, North- ern Illinois University MSEd, Northern Illinois University Page 22.1141.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Virtual Attendance, Class Types, and Student Performance in Blended Learning FormatAbstractFor the last century, the trend towards blended-learning as a preferred instructionalstrategy has gained
AC 2011-871: ATTRACTING K-12 STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGINEER-ING DISCIPLINES WITH PROJECT BASED LEARNING MODULESAlok K. Verma, Old Dominion University Dr. Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and, Director of the Lean Institute at Old Dominion Univer- sity. He also serves as the Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory. Dr. Verma received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from ODU. Prof. Verma is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certi- fied manufacturing engineer and has certifications in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. He has orga- nized several international conferences as General Chair, including
AC 2010-473: AN ASSESSMENT AND DATA COLLECTION PROCESS FOREVALUATING STUDENT PROGRESS ON "A-K" ABET EDUCATIONALOUTCOMESKathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati Dr. Kathleen Ossman is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at the University of Cincinnati. She earned a BSEE and MSEE from Georgia Tech in 1982 and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1986. Her interests include digital signal processing and feedback control. Page 15.141.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Assessment and Data Collection Process for Evaluating
AC 2010-971: ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCES AND INTELLECTUALPROPERTY: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVEKenneth Cook, Lawrence Tech University Ken Cook is the chair of the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering. Mr. Cook is a registered professional engineer, a certified clinical engineer, and holds some 28 patents of his own. He holds degrees from or attended DeVry Technical Institute, Lawrence Technological University, Wayne State University, and Oakland University. Cook has many years of experience in engineering management and sales. His was most recently executive vice president and chief engineer for Vultron/Trans Industries. His earlier positions included General Manager
a plug-in hybrid SUV. TheElectrical Power Engineering Technology (EPET) faculty was very interested in such projects.The Electrical Power Engineering Technology major has a long relationship with the distributionarea of the CenterPoint Energy, but had no knowledge of their interest in PHEVs. TheCenterPoint Energy representative said the company wished to have a joint effort withUniversity of Houston to provide good advertising for both the company and the university, andto strengthen the linkage between the company and the university. The project would be to putyoung minds to work on PHEVs and PHEV implementation problems to see what might bediscovered. The electrical power technology faculty members were very interested in projectsthat
AC 2010-559: CONSTRUCTING THE NORM OF THE PROBLEM SOLVINGABILITIES OF SENIOR STUDENTS OF MING-CHI UNIVERSITY OFTECHNOLOGYHsi-Hsun Tsai, Ming-Chi University of Technology Page 15.314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Constructing the Norm of the Problem Solving Abilities of Senior Students of Ming-Chi University of TechnologyAbstractLots of research regarding the Science-Technology-Society issues reveal that the problemsolving ability should be more important for students. The high level cognitive skill may helpthe students to face the future complicate development of the society. The ability of theproblem solving is thus the front one of the
AC 2011-2732: ABET REPORT GENERATIONRichard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) I am an Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. My main responsibilities are schol- arship, teaching and curriculum development. I have developed significant new curriculum in both the Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology departments. Courses and Labs include: Digital System Design, Principles of Electronic Design Automation, Circuit Theory I III, Electro-Optic Devices (new), Electronics I III, Electronic Principles for Design I & II, Applied Microprocessors (new) and, Advanced Electronics (new). I was the single recipient of the ”2002 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for
22.171.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Examination of Faculty Perceptions and Use of Blackboard Learning Management SystemAbstractWhat are the attitudes, perceptions and usages of university faculty feel regarding learningmanagement systems in use at their institutions? Do faculty believe they are making effective useof LMSs in course instruction? What elements do they consider to be crucial or importantfeatures in a learning management system? Do they believe LMSs benefit students and aidinstruction?This study examined faculty uses, perceptions and attitudes toward an online learningmanagement system (Blackboard). Respondents were full time professors in the
hands-on learning than theoretical instruction. With these things in mind, wehave developed this pilot teaching strategy to help the students become more involved with theirlearning of the basic concepts of engineering. This pilot study of introducing RP into theStrength of Materials course has many benefits that are summarized here: Page 15.1013.8 • To have students exercise the 3-D solid modeling knowledge learned in a previous course in a meaningful manner • Be able to work as a team: emphasizing team work and collaboration • To expose the students to the basic engineering design processes • Students experience for
some important issues that instructors should keep in mind:• Scheduling of the course content should reflect the large variations in time required to complete the OLI modules.• Instructors use different terminology and techniques. Provision should be made to minimize issues related to differences between the instructor’s and OLI’s approaches.• OLI is effective in statics concept instruction, but less so in developing problem-solving skills. Students still need to practice such skills, preferably in interactive settings, such as study groups or class recitation sessions. Page 24.1139.7The OLI Engineering Statics course is a
Paper ID #7740MET Senior Projects as a Means of Developing Laboratory Experiments andEquipment for Course LabsProf. Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University Calumet Craig D. Engle is clinical assistant professor of Mechatronics Engineering Technolgy at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond Indiana. Craig’s industrial experience includes 23 years in the aerospace industry focusing on flight and missile simulations and electro optics system analysis. Craig has submitted ap- poroximately 31 patent applications, received notice of allowance on 24 applications and paid issue fees on seventeen applications resulting in seventeen U
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2006-1920: TRIANGULATING TC2K ASSESSMENT RESULTS BY USINGSTUDENT SURVEYSTimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Dr. Skvarenina received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, in a variety of engineering and teaching positions. In the fall of 1991, he joined the faculty of the College of Technology at Purdue University where he currently holds the rank of Professor and teaches undergraduate courses in electrical machines and power systems and serves as the department assessment coordinator. He has authored or coauthored over 30 papers in the areas of power
AC 2012-3970: 3RS FOR ENGINEERING SCHOLARS: RESPONSIBILI-TIES, REPERCUSSIONS, AND REMEDIES ASSOCIATED WITH PRO-FESSIONAL PLAGIARISMMs. Susan H. Sarapin M.A., Purdue University Susan Sarapin is a doctoral candidate in Purdue University’s Brian Lamb School of Communication Divi- sion of Media, Technology, and Society. She studies the effects of TV viewing on the public’s perceptions of and attitudes toward crime, criminals, and the justice system. This extends to the exploration of persua- sion in the courtroom and the lay public’s understanding of scientific concepts, statistics, and techniques. Sarapin intends to combine teaching, research, mentoring undergraduate and graduate research, and con- sulting
AC 2011-1138: KRISYS: A LOW-COST, HIGH-IMPACT RECRUITINGANDJoseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M UniversityJay 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 Professor and Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommu- nications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University. His areas of inter- est in research and education include product development, analog/RF electronics, instrumentation, and entrepreneurship.Dr. Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University Dr
, and video recording of the functions using three of the RFtransceiver modules with PIC trainers. Engineering technology focuses on both “hands-on and mind-on” design work and thepractice is to integrate existing technology products into real world applications. Teaching radiofrequency concepts can be challenging because of complex theory and the broad array ofapplication practices as well as related governing regulations. However, if it is implemented in areal-world project approach to teaching and learning using existing RF modules can lead todeveloping clear understandings and meaningful experiences in successfully applying thetechnologies that can make these concepts interesting and challenging to learn. Using an existingRF module
-level mathematics,including numerous semesters of calculus and theoretical science courses [7].Engineering technology programs focus on the application of traditional engineering theory. Thedegree course work focuses on applied calculus, algebra, and trigonometry [7]. This area ofstudy includes practical, laboratory, and problem-solving skills, giving engineering technologydegree programs an “implementation” minded focus of engineering theory [5].Figure 1 depicts the hands-on-continuum of engineering technology [8]. Engineering programsstudy coursework geared towards science, theory, and foundational analysis, while engineeringtechnology programs study coursework geared towards industrial application and hands-onimplementation in the workplace