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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; Hani Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-371: USING A LIVING-BUILDING LABORATORY (BUILDING AS ALABORATORY) AS A THERMODYNAMICS PROJECT IN THE ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY 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.Hani Saad, Eastern Washington University Dr. Saad received his high school education in Lebanon, his native country. He received his BS and MS degrees

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

a natural frequency of 1000 Hz. The FFT results showed a well-defined peakconsistently at the same but lower than the calculated value for all cases. This means thesoftware is reliable and that some damping was present in the resonator. The damping could bedue to the viscosity of air or the fabrication techniques used. We wanted to investigate thismatter further. In the fall of 2009 each student team was asked to design three resonators torespond at 1000 Hz, for consistency and comparison with the earlier results, using differentmetals. The students learned to use SpectraPlus as part of the laboratory activity. They wereable to obtain several time domain data and generate the frequency response and 3-D surfaceplots. Each team submitted a

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1540: A LABORATORY/DESIGN BASED, PROBLEM SOLVINGCAPSTONE HELPS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS HIT THE JOB MARKET!John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Applied Automation Engineering, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 15.44.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Laboratory/Design Based, Problem Solving Capstone

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1975: EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NSF WEB-BASEDTECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN CURRICULUM, COURSE, AND LABORATORYDEVELOPMENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW ABET ACCREDITATIONRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityWilliam Danley, Drexel University Page 15.550.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experience in Implementation of NSF Web-based Technology Projects in Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Development for First Time ABET AccreditationAbstractThe new Applied Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University received a first-timeprogram accreditation from the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of theAccreditation Board for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

department, a basic electrical engineering course is offered for sophomore studentsmajoring in mechanical and electrical engineering technology. The course is usually taught in thefall and is meant to be an introductory course for EET students but also serves as a survey ofelectrical engineering for MET students. Because of this duality, the course has to be carefullydesigned, especially the laboratory component, to keep students interested and engagedthroughout the semester. Topics covered include dc and ac circuits, Wheatstone bridge, electricmachines, resonance circuits, RLC transient response, basic operation of electronics and digitalcircuits including diodes, transistors, power supplies, amplifiers, and logic gates.In this paper, we describe

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Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

a laboratory environment. The laboratoryexercises would certainly enhance experiential learning of the students. However, choosing asuitable platform to accommodate the laboratory exercises is challenging as it needs to satisfypeculiar needs of different types of designs. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide aflexible hardware platform to accommodate digital systems. FPGAs, such as the ones providedby Xilinx, are quite useful in applications requiring hardware changes to accommodate systembehavior. As such, these devices offer the opportunity to implement different computer systemcomponents conveniently in hardware using VHDL (Very high speed integrated circuitHardware Description Language). FPGAs can be easily reconfigured to

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Ram Prasad Diwakaran, Texas A&M University; Justin Zsiros, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-996: CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURINGPROCESS DESIGN USING SIMULATION RESULTS AND EMPIRICAL DATAMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of

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Newly Developed Engineering Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

; analysis and design of heat exchangers; and cooling towers. The course also consists ofa laboratory component where specific emphasis is given to thermal system hardware design andselection, and analysis and performance optimization of thermal systems through computationalactivities. The course laboratory activities also include hands-on exercises where students learnto characterize the performance of a commercial pump system, a convective heat transfer device,a lab-scale Rankine cycle, and lab-scale ground source heat pump. In the course, students alsolearn about the importance of component integration and how it affects the overall performanceof a conventional thermal system.IntroductionRecent studies and statistics1 have shown that there will

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Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

Fanuc Robotics. The developmentincludes course material in industrial Robotics and establishing robotic automation lab inpartnership with Fanuc Robotics CERT program.IntroductionRecent advances in robotics have revolutionized our personal and business lives. Today,commercial and industrial robots are in widespread use, performing jobs more cheaply and insome cases with greater accuracy and reliability than humans. They are also employed for jobswhich are too dirty, dangerous, or dull to be suitable for humans. Robots are widely used inmanufacturing, assembly and packing, transport, earth and space exploration, surgery, weaponry,laboratory research, safety, and mass production of consumer and industrial goods. Robots playsignificant roles in our

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Salman Adam, Montana State University; Darla Goeres, Montana State University; Steven Anderson, Montana State University; Diane Walker, Montana State University; Alfred Cunningham, Montana State University

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Engineering Technology

. She has extensive experience researching biofilm bacteria in industrial systems. Currently, Dr. Goeres leads the Standardized Biofilm Methods Laboratory at the Center for Biofilm Engineering. The mission of this laboratory is the development and validation of quantitative standard methods for growing, treating, sampling and analyzing biofilm bacteria. Her goal is to promote collaboration among the various entities interested in biofilm methods.Diane Walker, Montana State University Diane Walker is a Research Engineer with the Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University. One of her responsibilities is to mentor student interns within the Standardized Biofilm Methods

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Udaya Bhanu Prakash Sunku, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-308: A PLATFORM INDEPENDENT METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHINGSTUDENTS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF PARAMETRIC DESIGN TOOLSMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and

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Innovation in ECET Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

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Engineering Technology

labs. Each developed lab requires bothMATLAB simulations and real-time DSP using a floating-point digital signal processor,TX320TMS67C13 DSK. In addition, students are required to develop comprehensive real-timeDSP projects and demonstrate their working projects in class.We will outline our course learning outcomes and DSP laboratories with both MATLABsimulations and hands-on real-time DSP. Then, we will focus on describing real-time DSPpedagogies for our laboratory implementations. We will also examine the course assessmentaccording to our collected data from course evaluation, student surveys and student course work,and finally we will address improvement of the course based on our assessment.I. IntroductionThe application and use of digital

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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N.M. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

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

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Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

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Engineering Technology

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

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Danley, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

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

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerry Marekova, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College

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Engineering Technology

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

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

, 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

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Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

School of Technology to develop thisgraduate certificate. GE and the EET program industrial advisory board wereheavily involved in curriculum development for the graduate certificate. Page 15.382.3Learning OutcomesTest Engineering is the process of verifying that a product performs withinspecified parameters4. Test Engineers should have a mastery of circuit analysisand the ability to design and troubleshoot hardware using laboratory equipment aswell as Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). The test engineer should also haveknowledge of programming skills such as C++, MATLAB, and LabVIEW todesign testing scripts for ATE equipment. Test Engineers should have

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories, Rockwell International, and Claspan Corporation. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1985.Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati Delmer W. Nicholson Jr is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSES and MSCS from The University of Cincinnati in 1982 and 2009, respectively. He has held several research and development positions in industry working for such companies as Cincinnati Milacron, Delco Electronics and Nicholson Computer Consulting. He has taught as an adjunct instructor in the Mathematics and also the Engineering

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Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tianyi Li, Northwestern University; Walter E. Thain Jr., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

simulations as a teaching aid is very useful, perhaps even more so in a distancelearning environment. Southern Polytechnic State University’s (SPSU) Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology (ECET) program is engaged in converting its curriculum to a distanceor hybrid distance format. Since all but two of the ECET courses have a laboratory component,this creates a significant challenge in providing a similar laboratory experience for the off-campus students. An obvious choice is to require distance students to visit the campusperiodically to perform hands-on lab exercises. This can be difficult for some students to do andwill limit enrollment to students who can.The laboratory for the department’s Telecommunications Engineering Technology (TCET

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

feedbacks. For the project technicalaspect, the instructor provides assistance as students need.7. ImplementationThe Digital Logic course combines lecture and laboratory projects. In the classroom, instructorensures that students acquire both the subject and SRL strategy knowledge. To help studentsbecome self-regulated learners, instructor has adopted systematic instructional approaches basedon the SRL Model (presented in the above section), which are exemplified in following: • Guide students’ self-beliefs, goal setting, and expectations. • Help students focus on behavior. • Provide timely corrective feedbacks that are positive about the learning task and use of strategy.For the laboratory component, the projects are developed

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1022: FACULTY'S USE OF TABLET-PC TO ENHANCE LEARNING FORTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an assistant professor in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks from the fall of 2007. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science. He has also worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

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Engineering Technology

experiments in a disciplined manner (use and connect standard laboratory instruments, electronic devices and equipment), analyze, interpret, troubleshoot and apply experimental results to improve processes using sound engineering principles. (d) An ability to apply creativity in the practical, cost effective and reliable design of systems, components or processes in the areas such as electronics, or electrical power and machinery. (e) An ability to function effectively in laboratory groups and/or on design teams with members and tasks sometimes separated in time and space. (f) An ability to identify, design, test, analyze, and solve technical problems using knowledge gained from a

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology

finished product meets contractualspecifications. The fees for these engineering services are typically seven percent of the cost ofthe contract2.This paper describes some of the assessment aspects that have developed in engineeringtechnology departments. Engineering technology departments are considered high costdepartments due to several factors: Laboratories for educational practices, relatively high facultysalaries, and low enrollments that are in most cases limited by the available facilities.Considering this cost environment, it is necessary to implement new activities with detailedconsideration of the full cost of the activity. This is the case for assessment. Assessment isnecessary but its satisfactory implementation also requires

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Shawn Racz, Lockheed Martin, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has three U.S. patents. From July 2003 to July 2005, as a team facilitator, he worked on the development of the curriculum for the “Partnership for Innovation in Nanobiotechnology Education” program in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and several Community Colleges.William Danley, Drexel University Dr. William Danley, Assistant Clinical Professor of 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

Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central

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Engineering Technology

making capabilities. While the top studentstoday would have been top students twenty, thirty, etc. years ago, it seems that the “average”student has seen a decline in their skills. Teaching a course in Materials Testing for twenty years Page 15.1006.2has been a source of great pleasure and searing frustration. The course itself is wonderful in that itreinforces the theoretical background that the students have been taught in the prerequisite courses,while simultaneously exposing the students to hands on testing with real world applications. Thegoal of the class is for the students to take data derived from laboratory tests and put the raw

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Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

K, A K K, A K, A K, A K K, A continuous improvement. Means the student is required to pass written quizzes orK exams. Refers to an application in which a student is evaluated onA the success and quality of a project, laboratory activity, written report of an experiment etc. Symbolizes synthesis or higher level of achievement whereS a student is required to solve a new problem with little or no help from the instructor.Figure 2. An example of the curriculum map.Identifying Assessment Measures and the Source of AssessmentAssessment measures were identified for each performance criteria. According to Rogers, anassessment method refers to

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Santiago; Hazem Tawfik; Yeong Ryu; Kamel El-Khatib; Devinder Mahajan

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Engineering Technology

Laboratory and FarmingdaleState College supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) the Faculty and Student Teams(FaST) Program. It is expected that this lab setup will be used in future undergraduate seniorprojects for students in the departments of mechanical engineering technology. In addition,interdisciplinary courses in alternate forms of energy, fuel cells, solar energy systems, andcontrol mechanisms could be developed in the future as outgrowth of these experimental setupsand activities. Parts of the algorithms developed have also been used as examples in existingcourses.The performance of the fuel cell is influenced by many different parameters. In this paper weanalyzed the optimal performance of direct methanol fuel cell. Temperature is an

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Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

motor – are introduced. The characteristics of these motors and applicationmethods are emphasized in the classes and labs.Programming with an industrial control trainer (ICT) from Bytronic Inc. is the second exercise.The purpose of this exercise is to become familiar with various motion control components suchas the permanent magnet dc motor (PMDC) and linear and rotary solenoids3. The experiments Page 15.400.2with the proximity sensors, both capacitive and inductive types, and the photo sensors are alsoincluded in this laboratory exercise. The ICT lab provides numerous topics that students couldapply to real world problem solving. The topics

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Ford, Western Carolina University; Robert Anderson, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

sciences that support program objectives. This component must include laboratory experiences which develop expertise in experimentation, observation, measurement and documentation. e. Social Sciences and Humanities: The social sciences and humanities content must support technical education by broadening student perspective and imparting an understanding of diversity and the global and societal impacts of technology. f. Technical Content: The technical content of a program must focus on the applied aspects of science and engineering in that portion of the technological spectrum closest to product improvement, manufacturing, construction and engineering operational