AC 2009-963: REMOTE LABORATORY COLLABORATIONIsmail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University Ismail Fidan is a Professor of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology at Tennessee Tech University. His teaching and research interests are in the field of rapid prototyping, electronics manufacturing, CAD/CAM and engineering education.Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Faruk Yildiz is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Technology at Sam Houston State University. His teaching and research interests are in the field of potential alternative energy sources, CAD/CAM, electronics, and industrial technology education.Emre Bahadir, Murray State University Emre Bahadir is a Lecturer at the
. Page 14.454.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory Exercises for Engineering TechnologyAbstractWith the rapid growth of the Biomedical Engineering field in recent years, many academicinstitutions have developed Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Technologyprograms to address this growth trend. However, the number of Biomedical EngineeringTechnology programs that have been developed to address the need for qualified technologists inthis filed have been few and far between1. The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)program at Southern Polytechnic State University was recently approved to offer an option inBiomedical Engineering Technology
technology. He is planning for a career in engineering industry. Page 14.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Web Based Control for Mechatronics Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractMechatronics programs all over the country are gaining popularity and the student base isincreasing everyday. This field of engineering brings a multi disciplinary approach toengineering education reflecting the complex nature of common products that we come across indaily life such as cell phones, airbags and myriad of appliances. In other words, mechatronicproducts are the fusion of mechanical devices, sensors, actuators and
AC 2009-989: THE ROLE OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIES INTECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONKim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet Page 14.1251.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 What are the effects of virtual laboratory technologies in education?AbstractThe rapid growth of the internet and digital technology has provided educators and researchersnew avenues to be explored in the Virtual world. This article examines the recent developmentsin Virtual Laboratories as an alternative to the traditional physical laboratories. This literaturereview considers the various definitions used to describe the Virtual Laboratory and how thesedefinitions effect there
AC 2009-2000: A LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN IMPEDANCE MATCHINGUSING TRANSMISSION LINE STUBSGrant Richards, Purdue University Grant Richards is a doctoral candidate in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He currently serves as a graduate instructor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department. His research interests include pedagogy supporting math\physics constructs, visualization tools and RF electronics.John Denton, Purdue University John Denton is an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology in the Purdue University, College of Technology in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue
AC 2009-77: A LABORATORY- AND PROJECT-BASED COURSE IN LEAN SIXSIGMA NANOMANUFACTURINGVladimir Genis, Drexel University Dr. Vladimir Genis is an Associate Professor and Applied Engineering Technology Program Director in Goodwin College, Drexel University received Ph. D. in Physics and Mathematics. Dr. Genis taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, biomedical engineering, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. Results of his research work were published in scientific journals and presented at the
AC 2009-108: INTEGRATED SIMULATION AND ASSESSMENT SOFTWAREFOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He
AC 2009-900: TESTING COMMERCIAL-GRADE THREADED FASTENERS AS ACULMINATING LABORATORY PROJECT IN MATERIAL SCIENCE FOR THEENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason Durfee, Eastern Washington University JASON DURFEE 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, professional ethics and piano technology.N.M. HOSSAIN, Eastern Washington University Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology,B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering
mechanics, heat transfer, applications of numerical analysis, and in improving undergraduate engineering education. Page 14.1058.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 1 Simple Experiments for the Thermal and Fluid SciencesAbstract:An NSF funded project called The Engineering of Everyday Things (EET) uses simple, everydaydevices to help teach core concepts in the thermal and fluid sciences. Exercises are beingdeveloped which can be used for laboratory classes, in-class demonstrations, or as supplementalinstruction
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
AC 2009-732: A SOLAR-POWERED ART PROJECT PROVIDES A REMOTEGREEN ENERGY LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTSDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Sys-tems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer.Frances Jallu, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Frances Jallu is an Electromechanical
AC 2009-1350: TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL ANDREMOTE LABORATORIES: A CASE STUDYXuemin Chen, Texas Southern UniversityLei Jiang, Donghua UniversityDarayan Shahryar, Texas Southern UniversityLawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern UniversityDavid Olowokere, Texas Southern University Page 14.1168.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Technologies for Development of Virtual and Remote Laboratories – A Case StudyAbstractWith the rapid development of computer and Internet technologies, the virtual and remotelaboratories have become an important part of the educational process. To developinteractive virtual and remote laboratories
. degree in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute, Bengbu, China. From 2000 to 2003, he was a research assistant with the Visualization, Analysis, and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL), the GeoResources Institute (GRI), Mississippi State. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. His research interests include image and signal processing, and image and video coding.Cajetan Akujuobi
AC 2009-336: A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION MODEL FOR EDUCATORSAND INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT ANDENHANCEMENTJorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University Dr. Jorge Alvarado is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado’s research interests are in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, solid and liquid desiccant regeneration, energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. He received his BS degree in mechanical engineering (1991
AC 2009-2278: DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE NETWORK SECURITYLABS WITH OPEN-SOURCE TOOLSArif Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology Arif Selcuk Uluagac is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA as a member of the Communications Systems Center Laboratory. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Turkish Naval Academy and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in PA, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and ASEE. He is currently teaching the undergraduate level network security class as an adjunct instructor at Southern Polytechnic
AC 2009-187: TECHNICIAN EDUCATION MATERIALS IN PLASMATECHNOLOGY: A TEMPLATEDavid Hata, Portland Community CollegeJames Dockendorf, Normandale Community College Page 14.1165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 TEMPlaTe: Technician Education Materials in Plasma-Aided ManufacturingAbstractNormandale Community College (NCC) in Bloomington, MN, has developedtechnician-level, educational resources in plasma-aided manufacturing. Theseresources include instructional modules, laboratory exercises and demonstrations,and faculty-enhancement workshops. The instructional modules range from anintroduction to plasma physics to RF power delivery to sputtering
AC techniques.The new curricula combine the DC circuit analysis materials with part of the AC circuit analysismaterial to become a course covering the fundamental circuit analysis materials. The secondcourse focuses on advanced AC circuit topics and power systems. It starts with an introduction tothe power generation and transmission. The principles of motors and generators are introduced.AC power and power factor correction are discussed next, followed by resonance, filter,transformer, and polyphase systems. The laboratory classes are also redesigned to include moremotor, generator experiments. Software packages such as MultiSIM and MATLAB areintroduced to help the students better understand the theory and laboratory experiments. Whilethe
reviewed in design review sessions in which all teams voted onthe best submission, which then served as the standard for all teams. Upon determination of allcircuit designs, the project was equally divided among all teams. Each team was solelyresponsible for the layout, fabrication and testing of their project block.Course instructors facilitated project progression through comments on the advantages anddisadvantages of proposed approaches. Course lectures and laboratories were designed toprovide instruction in concepts relating to the project which were not covered in previouscourses. The project, a 915MHz, multi-channel FM audio transmitter and receiver, wassuccessfully constructed and operational by the required delivery date.This paper
. Page 14.140.2Initial results of our VoIP initiative were presented in a conference sponsored by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), and organized by the National Center for Information andCommunications Technologies (ICT)2. In addition, related work to this VoIP initiative was astudent project3 in which we combined network simulation and laboratory experiments in anetwork modeling and simulation class.In this paper, we first provide an overview of the Electronics and TelecommunicationsEngineering Technology (EET/TET) program at Texas A&M and more specifically we addressour work in one of our classes: ENTC 315, which is a class on Local and Metropolitan AreaNetworks. The following section describes the laboratory experiments including the
AC 2009-854: TEACHING AN OPERATING SYSTEM COURSE TO CET/EETSTUDENTSXuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati Page 14.1124.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching an Operating System Course to CET/EET StudentsAbstractThis paper describes the motivation for teaching an operating system course to computerengineering technology (CET) and electrical engineering technology (EET) students. It presentscourse topics and teaching approach. The accompanying laboratory exercises are also brieflydescribed.1. IntroductionAn operating system (OS) provides a well-known, convenient, and efficient interface betweenuser programs and the bare computer hardware. As a service
technologies and the current multimedia Internetapplications. It should also prepare the student for the emerging new technologies andapplications in the future.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. The course development is presented in Section 2,including the course objectives, course contents and laboratory assignments. The studentfeedback and further improvement are discussed in Section 3. Section 4 concludes the paper.2. Course Development2.1 Course ObjectivesThis multimedia networking course is introduced at the graduate and senior undergraduate level,designed for the Master program in Engineering Technology.The main objectives of this new course are: ≠ Understand the underlying principles of providing QoS for multimedia networking
engaging laboratory and continuous assessment oflearning outcomes; c) utilizing students’ pre-existing knowledge, providing examples andteaching subject matter in depth; and d) sharing ideas and materials so that projects can be builtand connected to enhance the work of each other within a group. As such any coursedevelopment activity needs to take these factors into account in order to ensure its success.Students in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering are introduced to Digital Logic asthe first course that lays the foundation for many other courses. Such courses includeMicroprocessors / Microcontrollers, Assembly Language Programming, and ComputerArchitecture to name a few. With the knowledge built through this chain of courses
past 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of Manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers
programs are in an ideal position to support the packaging industry. This paperdescribes the first Mechatronics Engineering Technology bachelor program specifically designedto serve the packaging industry. The paper describes the program’s development process, thefinalized curriculum, industry partners, and laboratory development efforts.I. IntroductionWith global economy, consumer, industrial and commercial goods need to be packaged andshipped to different locations. The package must protect the content, deliver proper informationabout the content and in certain applications be appealing to customers. Packaging industries areunder continuous challenges as the cost of energy and material increases. More efficientpackages with less material are
AC 2009-217: A LABVIEW FPGA TOOLKIT TO TEACH DIGITAL LOGICDESIGNTroy Perales, Texas A&M University Troy Perales graduated from the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) Program in 2007 and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. He is graduate assistant for teaching within the EET Program and is responsible for the development and delivery of laboratories associated with digital design and analog electronic devices.Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan has over 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecommunications systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial
learning tools for ET students. Earlyexposure and repetition is an effective approach of learning whether it is statistics25 or otherknowledge42. The critical ingredients found in the published educational research on teachingand learning of statistics that can be potentially adopted by electronics engineering technologyprograms are summarized as follows: ̇ Using real-world data and problems ̇ Active learning of students ̇ Using software and simulation ̇ Using statistics in laboratories and projects ̇ Early and frequent exposure to statistics. Based on these approaches that can work effectively for electronics engineering technologyprogram in the education of statistics, a learning-by-using method is used in
our teaching methods, which include real-time signalprocessing laboratories using low-cost DSP processors, and hands-on projects. We will alsopresent a course assessment and outcome, which will include how the students apply their gainedDSP knowledge to their capstone senior projects. Finally, we will address the possibleimprovement of the course content and associated laboratories.I. IntroductionDigital signal processing (DSP) technology and its advancements have continuously impactedthe disciplines of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering technology programs. This isdue to the fact that DSP technology plays a key role in many current applications of electronics,which include digital telephones, cellular phones, digital satellites
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
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