College. The outcome of the proposed project will bea hands-on laboratory course in which NDE techniques of parts and materials will be presentedand applied through real-life problems. NDE curriculum will be designed to fulfill Levels I andII NDE in theory and training requirements, according to American Society for NondestructiveTesting (ASNT ) Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A (2001). Once fully developed, theNDE laboratory will serve as a training center for engineering technology students, as well as forthe workforce of local companies, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and PECO Energy, withwhom Drexel has a rich history of partnership in terms of internships and researchcollaborations. Such educational laboratories are nearly non-existent in
process2 and not as merely a “production” of static written or recordeddata. In addition, students, just like some writers in industry, often perceive written documentsmerely as a means to an end (to further a process, leverage more funding, meet regulatordemands) rather than as valid ends in themselves.3What our SDP course, by so visibly and deliberately integrating the rhetorical and the technicalcomponents of the senior project, attempts to do is to provide a context, a “situation that definesthe activity of writing.”4 This approach seeks to move students’ thinking beyond “Oh, it’s just areport” or “just writing.” It seeks to help students perceive the writing products of the course(technical report and presentation) as a lively conversation
AC 2009-1174: EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYING DISTANCE-EDUCATION (DE)LABORATORY COMPONENTS IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SET UPRanjeet Agarwala, East Carolina UniversityAndrew Jackson, East Carolina UniversityJackson Sherion, East Carolina University Page 14.519.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Effectively Deploying Distance Education (DE) Laboratory Components in an Engineering Technology EnvironmentAbstractThe goal of the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University is to supportthe economic development requirements of Eastern North Carolina by creating professionalsto meet the general engineering and technology needs of its private and
positioning: multisensor systems and cooperative localization,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 10–18, 2011.[13] M. Rasul, J. Lawson, R. Jarman, R. Hadgraft, P. Howard, F. Martin, C. Kestell, F. Anwar, A. Stojcevski, A. Henderson et al., “Good practice guidelines for curriculum, supervision and assessment of final year engineering projects and aqf8 learning outcomes,” in AAEE 2014: Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference. Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 2014, pp. 1–2.[14] C. Rose, J. Britt, J. Allen, and D. Bevly, “An integrated vehicle navigation system utilizing lane-detection and lateral position estimation systems in difficult environments
Paper ID #15424Time and Cost Analysis of Implementing a Mechatronic Experience in an En-gineering Technology CourseMr. John R Haughery, Iowa State University John Haughery is currently a graduate fellow in the department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineer- ing at Iowa State University, where he is pursuing a PhD in Industrial and Agricultural Technology. His technical experience and interests include electrical energy systems, industrial controls, and mechatron- ics. Currently he is researching the integration of mechatronic-based projects into freshman engineering and technology curricula with the intent of
Education, 2009Experiments with Computer Password Cracking and Shielding TechniquesAbstractInternet is dominating almost every aspect of our life. Internet applications are too manyin today’s business world. It is hard to imagine any office or home without a computernetwork. All kinds of money transactions are possible today because of the fast changesin computer technology. As a result, everyone with an online account can buy or sellanything over the Internet in a secured environment. Therefore, it is important to securethe computer with the easy username and an unbreakable password. This topic can beintegrated into anyone of the Computer Networks or Network Security courses forundergraduate students majoring in Computer
on this issue during our fall 2006meeting. The members reviewed the information above and recommended that we promoteminors in areas other than MET and ENMA. The consensus of the committee was that thestudents should be encouraged to take the minor in Business Administration. Some membersalso recommended the minor in Occupational Safety since safety is integral to the constructionprocess. Others had an interest in language; in consideration of the large number of productiveSpanish-speaking workers currently is the construction workplace.Feedback from StudentsThe subject of the choice of minor is often discussed during advising sessions. In past advisingsessions prior to the tabulation of the requirements for alternate minors shown in Table 2
AC 2009-1374: TAKING ACTION: ENHANCING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYLABORATORIES WITH LABVIEW-BASED GRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENTTOOLSYongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yongpeng Zhang received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston (2003), and then joined Texas Instruments DSP Solutions Lab of CECSTR, Prairie View A&M University as a post-doctor research fellow. Currently he is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology Department, Prairie View A&M University, Texas. His research interests are control system, power electronics, mechatronics, and real-time DSP solutions. As the 3M non-tenured faculty award recipient, his research has been funded by Army
interest. Successful transition from analysis to design willenhance students’ ability to perform well in the capstone course where integration of knowledgeand skills is required in solve design problems.Students’ analytical skills and disciplinary knowledge play an important role in innovation in thecontext of mechanical design education.1 Efforts have been made to investigate the type ofknowledge, acquired across the undergraduate time span, students use when making designdecisions. The open-end nature of mechanical design problem requires students to “think out ofthe box,” deal with multiple choices and make trade-offs according to requirements. It wasreported that design teams in the capstone courses offer a higher number of decisions per
that resulted in the 2014 report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. He was the study director for the project that resulted in publication of Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? (2010) and Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009), an analysis of efforts to teach engineering to U.S. school children. He oversaw the NSF-funded project that resulted in the 2013 publication of Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action and the 2008 publication of Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering and was co-editor of the reports Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing
. Page 12.386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Comparison of Three Unique Student Populations in an Engineering Technology Strength of Materials CourseAbstractThe Engineering Technology (ET) department at The University of North Carolina at Charlottehas historically been a plus two program, offering only the junior and senior years of the BSETcurriculum. In the fall of 2004, the department began offering all four years of its programs,accepting freshman students for the first time. That first freshman class has now matriculated tothe junior year, joining a new class of transfer students entering at the same point in thecurriculum.Four-year ET programs also opened the door to transfer students from the
AC 2011-2160: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATING HARD-WARE/SOFTWARE TRADEOFFS IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGNJeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Jeanne Christman is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her expertise is in the area of Embedded Systems Desgin and System on a Chip. She is also actively involved in recruitment and retention of females in engineering technology.Eric J Alley, Rochester Institute of Technology Eric Alley is a 2011 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Computer Engi- neering Technology. His RIT career includes working as a teaching assistant for many core curriculum
Wesley, 1999.7. Gary Nutt, “Kernel Projects for Linux”, Addison Wesley, 2001.8. Eastman, E., “Exploring Linux as an Operating System in The CS Curriculum”, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 2006.9. Bower, T., “Using Linux Kernel Modules for Operating Systems Class Projects”, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2006.10. “RTAI: a Beginner's Guide”, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale - Politecnico di Milano, https://www.rtai.org/. Page 13.1350.11
, is thoroughly analyzed. Several past projects in electricalengineering, engineering-mechanical, and engineering technology programs are presented, whichwere developed from the students’ daily life, research needs, and industry/community needs.Honors projects that integrate multiple contracts and courses across the curriculum and gradelevels are discussed. Suggestions for improving the Honors contracts pathway are also presented.This paper aims to serve as a reference to inspire more ideas from the faculty who have mentoredhonors students.BackgroundHonors Programs and Honors Colleges are similar in that they require an honors curriculum oreducational frameworks where students need to satisfy requirements in order to graduate with anHonors
of case studies, active learning techniques, and computer technologies in theclassroom, and provides previously unavailable opportunities for hands-on engineeringexperience in the Learning Factory5‖. In this curriculum, Learning Factories are physicalfacilities located on the campuses on host universities that provide students with the necessaryequipment and technology to actively learn and address complex engineering issues. In somecases, students will have access to small scale production lines to further add to the realizationexperience. ―The basic principle of the Learning Factory is integration – integration of designand manufacturing experience into the undergraduate curriculum; integration of equipment andmaterials into manufacturing
becompleted by an engineering technology student, of an efficient solar energy system using anautomated solar tracker for the optimum harvesting of sunlight. This project also exemplifies theintegration of various aspects of the engineering technology curriculum, such as automation,product and process design, design for manufacturability, and continuous improvement, with thesenior design project.IntroductionA senior design project is a vital part of a four-year undergraduate engineering technologyprogram. The students majoring in this program are required to complete a two-semester long (4credit hour) senior design project. The students are expected to demonstrate the application ofproduct and process design principles with their projects. One of the
forsimultaneous, bi-directional control of two small motors. The L293D comes in a standard 16-pin,dual-in line integrated circuit package, with built in fly back diodes to minimize inductivevoltage spikes. The L293 is limited to 600 mA, but in reality can only handle much smallcurrents about 200mA. It works on the principle of H-Bridge.H-BridgeH-Bridges allow forward and reverse motor control. To get a motor to turn in one direction,simply close an opposing pair of switches. For instance, as shown in Figure 4 by closing theswitches A and D motor turn in one direction and the B and C switch close with A and D open,then the motor turns to the opposite direction. To exhibit this action it has to control the switches.In some cases, 4 transistors will work
paper, the author will introduce a new approach to administer programming practices of the students. The benefits and implementation steps of this new paradigm will also be discussed. Keywords: Computer Education; Computer Programming; Engineering Education; Professional Development; Software Development Cycle.1. IntroductionComputer programming is an essential and integral part of any engineering program 1.Engineering students must be able to use a variety of rapidly changing computing systems andtools to solve an ever-expanding range of problems across disciplines 2. Engineering schoolsoffer the computer programming course in freshmen or semaphore year in engineering orengineering technology program 3,4.In our
causedsignificant social and technological impacts. Despite its rising importance, wirelesscommunication and wireless networks are not commonly studied in an Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology program. As a part of our curriculum continuous improvement plan,faculty members in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department at theUniversity of Cincinnati felt it very important to teach students the current wireless and mobilecommunication technologies, and to let them gain hands-on experiences with the application ofwireless technologies. Thus, we proposed a new course to introduce wireless communication andwireless networks in 2006. The new course has been strongly supported by local industry as wellas the department's industrial
. Page 13.322.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Computer-Controlled Instrumentation Projects by Sophomore-Level EET StudentsAbstractThis paper presents student-initiated projects as part of an instrumentation and data acquisitioncourse for sophomore-level electronics engineering technology students. Project objectives andassociated assessment methodologies as well as general project management concepts arediscussed. Two sample instrumentation projects reported in this paper are an automated streetparking system and a computer-controlled bowling game system. Both projects focused oninstrumentation system development integrating multiple sensors and actuators, data acquisitionhardware
OregonInstitute of Technology (OIT) .A common vision that the OIT-MET faculty shared is the need to better prepare our graduateswith the skills to use modern engineering tools. This vision was also recommended in severalreports published by the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation. Andthis was also recognized in the ABET criterion that “graduates must have an ability to use thetechniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.”The first finite element analysis course developed, and offered as an elective, by the MechanicalEngineering Technology department at Oregon Institute of Technology was back in 1992. Twoyears later, the MET department decided to integrate the finite element analysis course
Paper ID #9532Unleashing Student Creativity with Digital Design PatternsDr. Miguel Bazdresch, Rochester Institute of Technology Miguel Bazdresch (mxbiee@rit.edu) obtained his PhD in Electronic Communications from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, in France, in 2004. He worked for several years designing digital integrated circuits for the telecommunications industry. After teaching at ITESO University, in Mexico, from 2005 to 2012, he came to the Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is an Assistant Professor
well serve the end goal ofan optimally tuned control loop. Many instruction manuals that accompany an HVAC controllerdo not even address the issue of loop tuning. Thus, a common rule-of-thumb practiced by theHVAC control technician is to adjust the controller gain until the end device stops moving. Thelack of understanding of integral and derivative control modes usually precludes the use of thesecontrol modes in the typical HVAC loop, even if the loop would be well served by includingthese modes. Even if integral control is originally set up during the commissioning process, it isoften disabled shortly thereafter by the building operator. This is generally a direct result of thelack of understanding of control loop tuning and the inability to
AC 2008-903: TEACHING APPLIED MEASURING METHODS USING GD&TRamesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne RAMESH V. NARANG is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology program in the Department of Manufacturing & Construction Engineering Technology and Interior Design at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN. He has received both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. His research and teaching interests include: automated feature recognition, lean manufacturing, metrology, ergonomics, cellular manufacturing, and statistical process control
. Our community college willcollaborate with our Industry Advisory Board (IAB), CWD, and educational partners to (a) integrate an innovativeteaching model for technician education that includes a formalized shadowing and internship program and connectsstudents to opportunities in business and entrepreneurship. (b) require students to take a manufacturing laboratorycourse to introduce hands-on industry-related experiences; (c) include certifications that award digital badges, creditfor military training, and industry experience in our engineering technology program. It is our intention that this modelfor an enhanced educational experience designed to increase workforce readiness of students will become a blueprintfor other programs and
AC 2007-1359: LABORATORY ENHANCEMENTS FOR IMPROVINGEMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATIONRocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College Rocio Alba-Flores received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Department at the State University of New York, Alfred. Her main areas of interest include control systems, robotics, digital systems, microprocessors, and signal and image processing. Page 12.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Laboratory Enhancements for Improving Embedded Systems
is especially true for an engineering technologycurriculum that requires graduates to be familiar with the modern tools used in industry,but is common in engineering curriculum as well. The unique topics examined in thispaper are the methods used to teach FEA to develop skills for accurate analysis andreporting of results in a format required by industry professionals.Common modeling errors are discussed in this paper, such as element selection whichcan greatly affect the outcome of the analysis. Too often, a new analyst will apply meshesto the model without understanding why proper element selection is important. With FEsoftware being easier to use, more and more people will use default elements withoutunderstanding how the elements behave
– typically superintendents, project managers and/or project engineers – inevitably occurs. Additionally, the student organization frequently attends national conferences. The industry exposure at these events is particularly valuable as students not only socially interact with industry leaders but may actually acquire job leads. The CEMT program is also working to increasingly integrate its industry advisory board (IAB) with the student organization’s activities through the development of an IAB speaking program. Special guests from the industry are often invited to speak. Presentations by former students who are currently working in the industry are particularly popular. The SSC also serves as an opportunity
Stirling engine contains two power pistons. Each piston has an individualconnecting rod and cylinder. One power piston and cylinder represents hot workspace, the otherrepresents cold workspace. The two connecting rods join at a common journal on a singleflywheel/crankshaft. This dual cylinder arrangement results in hot and cold workspaces whichare physically separated. This feature provides excellent thermal isolation for the twoworkspaces, however, the conduit that joins the two workspaces can add to the dead spaceassociated with the Alpha type. The Alpha then, in its simplest form, utilizes four reciprocatingparts and one rotary part. Power pistons operate with relatively gas-tight seals within theirrespective cylinders. This prevents leakage of
all combined on a singlechip (SOC) or in a single integrated package (SIP). The intelligent control portion of the systemis often a microcontroller. The further integration of all the hardware for a complete system ontoa single chip has obvious advantages for mass production and also produces more reliable finalproducts. Design of such systems consists of designing with each of the modules in the systemand then combining them, all within an emulation environment. After the system is designed insuch an environment the actual chip can be specified and manufactured.3. Development SystemsEmbedded systems lack, almost by definition, keyboards and screens suitable for coding andusually lack sufficient memory and processing power for compilers