that of the average college course. Reading assignments frequently requirescrutiny of detailed example problems. To encourage deeper levels of understanding as outlinedin Bloom’s taxonomy4, considerable emphasis is usually placed on active learning in the form ofproblem sets, laboratories, and design projects.On end-of-semester course evaluations, ET students at the authors’ institution frequently rate thetime commitment to their ET courses as considerably above average. Students direct commentsto instructors indicating that they perceive their course work loads to be heavy. At the sametime, instructor observations suggest that some students make inefficient use of their out-of-classtime. This study was initiated to accomplish two primary
, tuples, and classes c) structured and object oriented pro-gramming methods, d) interactive graphic programming and e) the html, xml and httpprocessing. All programs that student will be collected in the form of a class repertoire whichthe future students will have access to for enhanced horizontal learning.IV. Course PedagogyThe pedagogy of the course is based on Outcome Base d Education5 , and utilizes the interac-tive model of learning6. All the students maintain an online portfolio of their work. The sys-tem designed in the laboratory to perform a specific task is the core measurement as thelearning outcome of the course. The laboratory performance of the course is performed inteams of two/three students. This mode provides a platform for
, this paper introducessome experiment we have developed to test the simplified lab environment.IntroductionLearning to use the various instruments and devices that equip a typical electronics laboratory isboth very challenging and time consuming. Based on our experience most students need muchmore time than the typical two-hours per week provided by classes such as circuit theory, analogelectronics and digital electronics. Unfortunately, students who would like to spend more timeoutside of class working on labs and projects cannot afford to do so, due to the significant cost ofthe equipment. This issue is even more problematic for students enrolled in distance educationprograms. Over the last couple of decades, somehow “justified” by the
AC 2007-2815: EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION OF AN ONLINE ENGINEERINGCOURSERonald Uhlig, National University Dr. Ronald P. Uhlig is currently an Associate Professor in the Applied Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, National University. He is the Lead Faculty for Wireless Communications, with overall responsibility for the Master of Science in Wireless Communications program. In addition, he is leading the effort to establish a multidisciplinary Educational Technology Laboratory, joint between National University and Project Inkwell (www.projectinkwell.com) He is also a member of the Steering Committee for Project Inkwell. Prior to joining the National University faculty, he
engineering materials, and how these conceptsrelate to engineering design. In our institution, this course involves different laboratoryperformances to obtain various material properties and to reinforce students’ understanding tograsp the course objectives. As we are on a quarter system, this course becomes very aggressiveand challenging to complete the intended course syllabus in a satisfactory manner within thelimited time. It leaves very little time for students and instructor to incorporate thorough studyany additional items such as composite materials. Therefore, the authors propose to provide basicconcepts on composite materials through successive laboratory performances besides the regularclassroom lectures. The learning process starts with a
and currently serving the School of Nuclear Engineering as Nuclear Electronics Technician, Senior Reactor Operator for Purdue University Reactor 1, and Radiation Detection and Measurement Laboratory Instructor. Page 22.1502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Defining a Role for a College of Technology in Nuclear EducationAbstractEver-increasing energy demands, concerns over climate change, and an elusive chase fornational energy independence are driving a quiet resurgence for increasing the use of nuclearpower. Experts maintain however, that any nuclear power expansion
Columbus Laboratories, Rockwell International, and Claspan Corporation. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1985.Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati Xuefu Zhou received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 2002 and 2006, respectively, both from the University of Cincinnati where he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in September 2005 and became an associate professor in September 2010. From July 1995 to August 2000, he worked as a R&D Engineer, then Senior Engineer and Project Manager in the industry designing and developing distributed computer control systems, real-time embedded systems for various process controls. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE
bench. • The impedance curve data for the housing is well within the test capabilities of the flow bench. • The fan can be easily removed from or replaced in the power supply housing which facilitates data collection. • Mounting hardware is simple. • Power supplies are readily available and inexpensive. The one used here was salvaged from a computer destined to be scraped. Pedagogical Basis: Many laboratory exercises tend to follow a “cookbook” approach in which the equipment functions essentially the same way and the data is
with just use of the software, but rather also to the risks and hazards associated with an industrial laboratory environment when completing hands-on practical activities. 2. Persons or groups affected In this case, the persons or groups affected, as defined by Penn State, specifically included any person with a visual disability who relies on alternative text to perceive images or graphical content, and any person who relies solely on the keyboard to operate their machine. Among the most highly impacted users will be users who are blind and use screen readers and assistive technologies to interact with their computers, and users with physical issues who rely on keyboard-based input
being applied in avariety of processes in business, design, manufacturing, service delivery, laboratory,maintenance, distribution and supply chain. Lean and Six Sigma were developed separately.Lean is sometimes understood to be the Toyota Production System4 described by Taiichi Ohno5.When introducing Japanese lean philosophy and techniques to the United States, Womack andJones described a lean philosophy that focuses on customer value and extends beyond theelimination of waste6. In 1993, the Lean Aircraft Initiative (now renamed Lean AdvancementInitiative) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began to formalize and study the effectsof lean throughout the aerospace industry and have numerous publications7. Six Sigma wasdeveloped at
classroom and laboratory setting, enhance thelearning process7,8.In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at FSC the digital design education is accomplished by a sequence of three courses: EET 105-Introduction to Digital Electronics, EET 223-Digital Electronics and EET 316-Digital Design.Each course is taught by various instructors, both from academia and industry. Annual meetingswith the Industrial Advisory Board provide continuous feedback regarding the curriculum andthe content of the EET and CET courses, including the digital design sequence of three courses.The first digital course in the sequence, Introduction to Digital Electronics, presents fundamentalconcepts of digital electronics, specifically
get advice and training. Thedepartment chair spent a summer at WPI studying fire dynamics, the curriculum of fireprotection and conducting numerous interviews with the director of the program and othermembers of the WPI faculty. The cooperation and advice of WPI was critical for thedevelopment of the fire protection program at UHD.Engineering technology programs are laboratory work intensive in order to provide students withpractical experience. Developing fire laboratories that are called “burning houses” is close toimpossible in an urban university such as UHD. Under the guidance and experience of WPI acritical decision was made: to develop a fire protection program based on computer simulation.There were several factors that contributed to
instruction.TECH208 Survey of Electricity - is a traditional first lecture/lab course in electronics andelectrical circuit analysis. The attendance is taken with a daily sign-in sheet. The course has atwo-hour weekly laboratory.TECH 393 Technology in World Civilization - is a traditional lecture-nonmathematical course.Attendance is taken through the use of a daily roll call. This is necessitated because the class istaught in one location and broadcast by simultaneous interactive television to three additionalremote locations. This class is structured as four hours of lecture per week. Page 23.43.4TECH 320 Non-Metallics - is a lecture/laboratory mode of
AC 2010-116: CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS FORAPPLIED ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT DREXELUNIVERSITYWilliam Danley, Drexel University William Danley, Drexel University Dr. William Danley, Clinical Assistant Professor Applied Engineering Technology in the Goodwin College, Drexel University, taught and developed undergraduates courses in thermodynamics, thermal system design, fluid mechanics, thermal, pneumatics and hydraulics laboratories, materials engineering, analytical chemistry and engineering economics. Prior to returning to academia, he worked in industry for a number of Fortune 500 companies and was granted four patents relating to spectrometers and electrochemical
/laboratory mode of instruction. Attendance is takenthrough the use of a daily sign-in sheet. This class is structured as two hours of lecture and sevenhours of lab per week.TECH 341 Strength of Materials - is a lecture and mathematically intense course. Attendance istaken daily by distributing a roll to the students requiring their signature to be marked as present.METC 102 Introduction to Engineering Graphics - serves as a pre-college skills course forstudents that come to the department without any previous high school or employmentexperience in technical drawings. The class is a lecture format. This class is unique in the studyin that the grading is Pass/Fail. Attendance is taken daily by distributing a roll to the studentsrequiring their
particular community college. The transfer students can also takeclasses on a full- or part-time basis. Since the majority of courses in the AET program are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience, the transfer students participate in hands-onlaboratory activities using Drexel’s state-of-the-art laboratories. These laboratories also utilizedduring the nine-credit, three-term Senior Design Project sequence.IntroductionThere are more than 1,500 higher education institutions in the United States that offerengineering programs.1, 2 The demand for engineers and engineering technologists continues togrow while the percentage of U.S. undergraduates studying the profession is remaining low.3, 4, 5In 2000, American higher education
Technology Students Kevin Zender, Corey Blankenship, Tyson Bethke, Nathir Rawashdeh Department of Applied Computing, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MIAbstractThis paper details the design of a levitating ball portable training system for in-depth learning ofProportional Integral Derivative (PID) control theory. This system can be incorporated into theElectrical Engineering Technology bachelor degree curriculum laboratories at our university.Based on the prevalence of PID control applications in industry, and it being a relativelyadvanced concept in traditional, theory heavy, control system courses, it is important to addressthis topic with a practical system. This has inspired the idea of designing a PID training labcourse
introduced in the first class, examples on project “Shapes” are demonstrated;and examples are used to explain the very important concepts – Object and Class. Thereafter, ahands-on laboratory task follows. With this simplified and virtualized IDE, it is expected thatmost students will understand the concepts of object and class in Java programming structurewithin the first few weeks.In order to comply with the laid-down objective of the course, and that is ensuring that studentscan program in Java at an intermediate level after course completion, the examination method for Page 13.1166.4the course has been greatly modified. The first exam is closed book
another aspect to be reviewed by the project.TECH208 Survey of Electricity, a lecture/lab course is offered by professor 2. This course is atraditional first course in electronics and electrical circuit analysis. The attendance is taken with adaily sign-in sheet. The course has a two-hour weekly laboratory. The attendance policy for thiscourse includes a penalty for missing class. The policy as stated in the course syllabus is:“Missing class will have a very negative impact on your final grade for the course. Three to fiveunexcused absences will reduce your course point total by 10% and six or more unexcused Page 14.1194.3absences will reduce
courses will be added in 3rd and 4th semesters of the curriculum. Also, these newcourses will either replace the existing courses or new content will be integrated into existing courses.In the following sections, the proposed new curriculum’s salient features, how the proposedcurriculum is different from existing traditional curriculum and the laboratory equipment selection forthe new three courses are explained. All proposed courses will have integrated Labs. They will beflexible so that content can move across the courses; same lab equipment can be used or combined inany course; the focus is system integration of Robots and Training Systems with PLCs & HMI & putthem on network to mimic real time industry factory floor; same equipment
determining deflection of the beams,especially statically indeterminate beams, are always hard for students to understand andrequire substantial effort in and out of class. To improve learning efficacy, enhancecontent understanding, and increase structural learning interest, a laboratory group projectfocusing on beam deflections has been designed for strength of materials students.The project spans design, analysis, construction, and validation testing of a metal bridge.Students design, construct, and test their bridges and do corresponding beam deflectioncalculations to verify the beam deflection type. Each group provides a technicalexperimental project report presenting their design idea, sketches, data analysis, andresults discussion. Pre-project
and laboratory materialdevelopment, 3) Establishment of an open development community environment. This paperprovides an overview of the MISL partnership, the educational and research activities that havebeen successfully conducted to date, the lessons learned, and the move forward plans for thespace qualified rack-and-stack hardware development platform. IntroductionThe rapid product development demands on hardware prototyping tools continue to increase.These tools need to accommodate a diverse selection of embedded intelligence, sensors,actuators, communications and data storage technologies to create fully functional prototypesquickly and with higher levels of integration. In addition, the turn
, properties, processing, and applications of polymers, composites, andemerging/alternate materials commonly used in industry. Problem solving skills are developedin the areas of selection, testing, and evaluation of materials and processes. Through ongoinginteractions in the laboratory, a group project, and in-class activities, communication skills areenhanced to prepare for industrial and professional expectations. To inculcate understanding ofthe need for self-directed lifelong learning into these primarily fresh high school graduates, asmall number of student-selected Professional Development Activities (PDAs) are embeddedinto the course. The purposes for implementing instructional innovations in this course areimproving students learning outcomes
student is introduced to the types oftransformers commonly used in power distribution networks. Standard configurations,construction and auxiliary equipment are introduced, along with typical maintenance procedures.A course in AC analysis (ET-113) is required before taking this course. Generally, the studentshave also taken an introduction to electrical power systems course (ET-180). The objective of thecourse is to provide the student with a solid foundation in the power and auxiliary transformersused in the electrical power industry today. State of the art testing equipment is used on donatedthree-phase and single-phase power transformers, voltage regulators, and instrumenttransformers. This equipment is either in the laboratory or in a mock
. These efforts have led to the emergence of nanotechnology dealing with a widerange of engineering applications at the nano scale. Nanotechnology has future impacts in theapplication markets such as medicine, healthcare, biotechnology, communications, andelectronics. Due to rapid development and broad impact of nanotechnology, education andtraining of a new generation of workforce skilled in this field will play an important role in thedevelopment and applications of nanotechnology. It is a challenge for educators, especially forengineering technology educators, to provide an appropriate curriculum and effective learningenvironment including state-of-the-art laboratories for students who want to enter the nano fieldafter their graduation. This
examines some of the challenges presented inoffering a predominantly laboratory-intensive curriculum at a distance. Some preliminaryenrollment data is also presented that provides an early indication as to the future viability of thearticulated programs.I. IntroductionSouthern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) is a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) focused university located in Marietta, Georgia. It is an urban institution with apopulation of approximately 5,400 students. For many years since its inception, the university Page 25.352.2offered a number of Engineering Technology programs in Civil CET), Computer (CpET),Electrical
frequency demodulation. Generally, the study of phaselock loops focuses on their implementation in communication systems using an LM565 chip orequivalent. However, phase lock loops can also be analyzed as a control systems problem. Thispaper presents the theory and analysis of phase lock loops and provides a description forshowing how the frequency signal can lock into the reference signal. Simulation andexperimental results validate the theoretical development, which allows for other instructors ofcontrol systems courses to incorporate a laboratory experiment in phase lock loops.IntroductionThe phase lock loop (PLL) is used extensively in electronic systems. For example, digital signalcontrollers use a PLL with an external oscillator to achieve a
, Excelsior College DR. JANE LECLAIR is currently the Dean of the school of Business and Technology at Excelsior College in Albany, New York. Following a 20 year career in the nuclear industry in various management positions with Constellation Energy, in addition to her position at Excelsior College, she continues to consult in the nuclear industry.Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College Arnold Peskin is retired from Brookhaven National Laboratory where he was a Senior Scientist and Head of the Information Technology Division. He also served on the Faculty of Columbia University and Stony Brook University and is currently on the Engineering Technology Faculty of Excelsior College. He is a Fellow of
doped amplifiers, wireless security, and nanotech- nology for wireless communications. He is a member of ASEE and a Senior Life Member of IEEE.Mr. Robert C. Decker, Mohawk Valley Community College Robert Decker is a professor in the Center for Math, Physical Science, Engineering, and Applied Tech- nology at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and is a member of IEEE. Decker was a Co-principal Investigator in the NSF-CCLI project ”Instructional Laboratory for Visualization & Manipulation of Nanoscale Components for Engineering Technology Students” with Professor Salahuddin Qazi of the SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica-Rome
Director of Accreditation and Assessment Services for the College of Technology. His primary focus is the practical application of assessment and evaluation strategies to enhance educational quality in the college and university. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Ramos worked as a researcher for the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, and as an Evaluator for Boston Connects. He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College in 2004.William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston WILLIAM FITZGIBBON, III earned his PhD degree from Vanderbilt University. He is serving as Dean of the College of Technology and holds professorial rank in