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
he served as Program Area Coordinator and Interim Division Director. With over 21 years of teaching experience in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Engineering Technology, he currently teaches in the areas of networking, communication systems, biomedical instrumentation, digital signal processing, and analog and digital electronics. He has worked in industry in the areas of telephony, networking, switching and transmission systems, and RF and MMIC circuits and system design. Dr. Asgill also has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Florida State University. He is a member of the IEEE, the ASEE and is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida
Automation, Machine vision, ISO 9000 and Lean Six Sigma. He has published several papers, in these areas, in various national & international conferences and journals. He has won several teaching awards including the recent academic excellence award, NISOD 2008, from the University of Texas at Austin.Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville Jesus Martinez has received his Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Electronics Engineering Technology at The University of Texas at Brownsville, in May 2007. Currently he is working at The University of Texas at Brownsville, as an Audiovisual Equipment Maintenance Technician. He has successfully completed several projects involving Mechatronics
of Statistics Education Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002.21. Montgomery, D. C., Design and Analysis of Experiments, 5th ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001.22. Mosteller, F., "Teaching of Statistics," The American Statistician, 34, pp. 11-17, 1980.23. Petruccelli, J.D. and Nandram, B. and Chen, M-H, “Implementation of a modular laboratory and project-based statistics curriculum,” ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education: 165-170, 1995.24. Pong, C. and Le, T., “Development of hands-on experimentation experience for civil engineering design courses at San Francisco State University,” ASEE Annual Conference, 2006.25. Prudich, M., Ridgway, D., Young, V., “Integration of Statistics Throughout the Undergraduate
received his M.S. and Ph.D. from SIUC in 1991 and 2002 respectively. He teaches courses in electric power and machinery, industrial automation, and electric circuits. His research interests include power systems economics, power markets, and electric energy management. Page 14.748.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrated Simulation and Assessment Software for Programmable Logic Controller Laboratory InstructionAbstractProviding students with engaging laboratory experiences in sequential process control ischallenging. Simple training devices that use lights and switches to
manufacturing processesin industries as diverse as microelectronics, automotive, aerospace, materials processing, biomedical,and energy conversion.8,9There is already a significant amount of course, curricular, and laboratory development workoccurring at U.S. universities and community colleges in an effort to introduce science, engineering,and technology students to nanotechnology concepts and applications. Also, there are currentlyprograms to teach engineering technology students various nanoscale research tools, such as atomicforce microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), and optical characterization, as used in R&D laboratories.10 However, very little in the wayof nanomanufacturing principles
in combination with their impact on students, teachers, researchers,and the curriculum.Virtual Laboratories have taken on many forms and delivery methods over the years. Theinternet is the new medium of choice for (VL) delivery but the introduction of new technologieshas provided educators many avenues to creatively develop content and teaching methods. Alongwith the various methods of delivery and forms, the VL has been defined in many ways. Thebalance of this article is divided into the following sections. The second section describes themethodology of the literature review. Section three provides a brief perspective of VL and theirimplementation outside academia. Section four examines case studies of the implementation anddesign of VL
AC 2009-2087: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ASSESS TEACHINGINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICSYouakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Page 14.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Effective Approach to Assess Teaching Industrial ElectronicsAbstractIn this paper, we describe an effective approach to assess teaching of industrial electronics in amodern engineering technology program. Several active learning techniques were used toreinforce student learning of power electronics theory and applications, including motor variablespeed drives, solid-state converters, and the energy conversion in electrodynamics systems. Theeducational merit of this approach is discussed
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 2009-900: 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
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
our department’s website,http://engineering.tsu.edu. It is worth mentioning that our students have shown greatinterest in this virtual lab design which was assigned as a final project in the Javaprogramming course. A well designed final project with a graphic user interface willmotivate students to learn and better understand Java. The Java teaching methodologywas published in the ASEE 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition14. Usually, virtuallabs can be used to train students in the use of equipment prior to hands-on experiences.Resistor Color Code – A Virtual Laboratory Developed with FlashFlash is a multimedia platform created by Macromedia and released in 1996. Currently, itis developed and distributed by Adobe Systems15. Because of
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 2009-854: 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
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
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 2009-1001: TEACHING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES USINGDESIRE2LEARN (D2L)B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education
developments have shown VoIP applications for emergencycommunications4 such as in Next Generation-9-1-1 (NG-9-1-1). Additionally, this VoIPinitiative has the potential for undergraduate research5, by allowing undergraduate students toreplicate research paper’s experiments in the laboratory. Data (IP- Voice based) Figure 2 - Changing the emphasis of the telecommunications program.Now, from a student’s perspective, would the teaching of VoIP make the lectures andlaboratories more engaging? We do not know the answer yet
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
AC 2009-222: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ANINTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICALENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYJungHun Choi, Ohio UniversityWieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, HazletonKenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Page 14.1200.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of Teaching Materials for an Introductory Freshman Courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbstract This paper describes the content of two new introductory freshman courses used both theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs at Penn State. These
AC 2009-957: INTEGRATION OF MOTION-CONTROL TEACHINGCOMPONENTS INTO THE PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER COURSEShiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Page 14.776.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integration of Motion Control Teaching Components into the Programmable Logic Controller CourseAbstractMotion control is an essential portion of industry automation. The integration of motion controlteaching components into a programmable logic controller (PLC) course is described in thispaper. The programming practice with a PLC trainer provides a limited range of real worldexperiences which usually involve various motion control
educational materials, teaching laboratories, andfaculty expertise. This project, funded through a grant from the National ScienceFoundation, addresses these barriers to providing training in plasma-aidedmanufacturing for students at our nation’s community colleges. To date thisproject has developed eight instructional modules ranging in topics from anintroduction to plasma physics, to RF power delivery, to plasma-basedmanufacturing processes, e.g. sputtering of metals and non-metals. In addition,the project has enabled Normandale Community College (NCC) to implement a Page 14.1165.2plasma-aided manufacturing teaching laboratory. This laboratory is not only beused by
couple of issues that needed to be addressed. First,teaching AC before DC in ENTC 210 was confusing for the students since the textbook coversthe DC material first. Second, the review of circuit analysis techniques scheduled for thebeginning of the second course took much longer than anticipated since there was a substantialamount of material to review. Student feedback also indicated a need for more problem solvingexamples and experience before they were ready to apply the circuit analysis techniques taughtin the first course to the more complex topics introduced in the follow-on course. Third, thearrangement for laboratories became an issue: the students did the DC experiments, but did notfinish all of the AC experiments in the first course
years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.Howard Evans, National University, San Diego Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, National University, in October, 2003. He received B.S. degrees in Physics and Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and
departmental laboratory space for teaching laboratory-rich ET subject matter.≠ Recruitment of faculty who can contribute to a general ET program when hiring decisions are based primarily on the ability of a potential tenure-track faculty member to support the research mission of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources – a mission that does not specifically include research related to ET.≠ Recruitment of faculty in a department with no doctoral program and only a fledgling master’s program.The role of adjunct faculty, future evolution of the ET program at UD, and implications forprograms in more conventional settings are also discussed.Introduction:The history of the general ET program at the University of Delaware (UD) goes
programs. “Differentiated instruction, oftenreferred to as universal design, is a teaching and learning style that is the result of neuroscienceresearch on how the human brain processes and retains new information”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any given agearen’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In a differentiatedclassroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches tocontent, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness,interest, and learning needs. According to Tomlinson
class, excused absences will not be counted. This class is structured as fourhours of lecture per week. Professor 2 teaches the same class with attendance is taken with adaily sign-in sheet. The attendance policy includes a penalty for missing class. The policy asstated in the course syllabus is: “Missing class will have a very negative impact on your finalgrade for the course. Three to five unexcused absences will reduce your course point total by10% and six or more unexcused absences will reduce your course point total by 25%.” From this,you will notice that a significant harmful outcome on the student’s final course grade resultsfrom repeatedly missing class.TECH 320 Non-Metallics, uses a lecture/laboratory mode of instruction. Professor 4
the faculty members. SOTalso provided graduate teaching assistants at both locations to help the faculty members with theSDD pertaining to laboratory work and assignments. The teaching assistants helped with thecourse delivery in content area and related laboratories including the collection of hard copies ofthe assignments. The graduate assistants also helped with communication between the facultymembers and the students.To improve the quality of visual presentation at the remote locations, two Polycom cameras wereinstalled at the remote location (Figure 1b). The Document Camera and the Tablet PC were usedto show or demonstrate supplemental instructional and laboratory materials. One faculty memberextensively used the text book. The document
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