Conference Session

Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ken Burbank, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

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Engineering Technology

facilities, student life, career placement activities etc.), thatprovides a positive impact for the graduate program.c. Financial aid and the cost of the graduate study: Financial support is an importantfactor for incoming graduate students. Graduate students have a variety of financialneeds. A fresh graduate from Engineering Technology will look for tuition cost andadditional stipend or financial support. For a domestic graduate in EngineeringTechnology with interests in graduate study, but with a job offer in hand, the amountand duration of the financial aid becomes a critical decision making parameter. Many ofthe international students look for tuition aid (at least) and preferably, additional supportbeyond tuition aid. With the current economic

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Fisher, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indiananpolis; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

, Information, and Leadership Technology, and EngineeringTechnology.MaterialsA questionnaire was created for the purpose of this study using the Zoomerang web-based tool.The 30 question survey was intended to determine faculty and students’ current uses andfamiliarity with SNT and Web 2.0 as well as gauge the perceptions of the appropriateness ofthese technologies within an educational setting. The topics explored include personal use andcomfort with computers and social networking technologies, academic use of social networkingtechnologies, and student engagement4. The first six questions on the survey were to obtainbasic demographic information from the participant, and the 24 remaining questions were a mixof multiple choice and Likert scale

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan H. Sarapin M.A., Purdue University; Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology; Marvin I. Sarapin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

Page 25.18.3expense and uncertain outcome, then decided to directly confront Plag and request a formalapology. After a series of email exchanges, Plag amazed Kock by denying the plagiarism, notingthe similarities were “coincidental,” threatening a defamation suit, and then proposing a courseof collaborative research, since “we share some common research interests.”13A famous 2006 case at Ohio University involved at least 37 graduate students in mechanicalengineering who had plagiarized parts of their master’s theses or doctoral dissertations;accusations had been occurring over a 20-year period. One faculty member served as advisor for11 of the students and, apparently, did not notice obvious similarities between the documents.He, as well as

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin John Wagner, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Barbara L Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-3937: COMPARING FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING TECHNOL-OGY PERSISTERS AND NON-PERSISTERSMr. Martin John Wagner, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Martin J. Wagner is a graduate student in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. He is working on his master’s of science in technology. He is an IT Project Leader for Indiana University. He is also Adjunct Faculty for the IUPUI Kelley School of Business.Prof. Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Barbara Christe is an Associate Professor and Program Director for biomedical engineering technology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Prior to teaching, Christe was a Clinical Engineer at the

Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Ben Behbood Zoghi, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

more detail, the faculty hosted aone day workshop to discuss product and system development from an industry perspective.This was done by identifying key industry customers who were currently hiring engineeringtechnology graduates into product and system development positions. Each industry was askedto send a representative to the summit to present their perspectives and needs in this area.Represented companies included Texas Instruments, National Instruments and ParagonInnovations. Through this process the faculty identified several improvements that could bemade to the curriculum in order to better prepare students for their careers. To address the feedback received from industry, a number of curricular improvementsfor both the

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Michael D. Sanders, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

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Engineering Technology

into the IndianaUniversity – South Bend campus, which itself is a satellite of the main IU campus in Page 25.1080.2Bloomington, Indiana.Conference OverviewPurdue’s South Bend location hosted its 3rd annual Project Lead the Way Conference forapproximately 100 high school students in the South Bend metropolitan area. A conferencetheme is chosen each year that will engage students in a hands-on activity to explore theelectrical/electronic, mechanical, and manufacturing aspects of the conference theme. The themefor this conference was to explore a solar energy system to provide electrical power to an Indianaresidence. Ancillary to the theme was

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jackson State University; Jessica Buck Ph.D., Jackson State University; Britney M. Williams, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

toensure the successful transition of students from their undergraduate experiences to professionalpositions in the homeland security science and technology arena.3. THE EMT CURRICULUMThe current undergraduate Technology curricula at Jackson State University are designed toprepare students to work in a wide range of industries, giving them a broad base upon which theycan build, with subsequent education and training, to meet industry-specific needs. The newEmergency Management Technology Program at Jackson State University is an interdisciplinaryventure that blends the expertise and strengths of faculty from the Technology Department.Building on traditional broad-based programs in the department, the EMT program has beendesigned to prepare the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

for prototyping and debugging.Educational platforms currently available are in the form of microcontroller populated boards(hard core processors) or programmable logic device boards. In the later, students can instantiatea configurable, soft core processor comparable to the one provided in the former. This leaveseducators with two distinct options for teaching embedded systems and low level programmingcourses (Note: there can be hard core processors within a programmable logic device, howeverthis paper is referring to a hard core processor as a stand-alone component).This paper is a dialogue between two faculty members, one defending design using hardcomponents, assembly and laboratory testing, and the other using soft components