Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla; Albert McHenry

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Engineering Technology

Branding of Engineering Technology Programs Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus Mesa, ArizonaAbstract The paper focuses on pros and cons related to the branding of EngineeringTechnology (ET) Programs. Two frequent topics among leaders of ET programsare how to educate others (prospective students, prospective employers of ETgraduates, and the community) about what engineering technology is all aboutand how to differentiate between engineering technology programs and traditionalengineering programs. Engineering Technology faculty and students face thesechallenges on a regular basis. This paper seeks to address the question can thispaper initiate a dialogue among the

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harvey Lyons, Eastern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

Page 11.1292.3introduced at the freshman level.Dr. Baum invited an alumnus, Dr. Clive Dym of Harvey Mudd College, to discuss ‘TheEvolution of Engineering Curricula’.(5) Dr. Dym noted that his college has a common corein their curriculum that emphasizes engineering design and practice, and that “…designshould be the backbone of engineering education and should be highly present in thecurricula.” Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President of Georgia Tech, was invited to discuss ‘TheEngineer of 2020’.(6) Dr. Clough noted that China graduates more engineers than anycountry in the world (about four-times as many as the U.S.) and that it is no longer truethat the U.S. can attract the brightest minds from other countries into our engineeringschools. He stated

Conference Session

Professional Development/Scholarship & Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Hall, Northwestern State University; Steve Schneiderman, Murray State University

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Engineering Technology

members. And so in thepromotion evaluation process without excruciating and unlikely effort unless the ETapplicant looks just like science faculty, engineers and liberal artists regarding research, Page 11.1030.3the promotion application can be snubbed.Observe Figure 2.9Nearly all observers see either a young or an old woman. And seeing either makes itdifficult to see the other. “The human mind has difficulty coping with complicatedprobabilistic relationships, so people tend to employ simple rules of thumb that reducethe burden of processing such information.”10 Clearly, the mind-set of traditional liberalarts promotion criteria cannot be easily amended

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

typicallyfollowed by site visits and interviews. It is a tedious process that many institutions simply avoid.Since there are few awards and few possibilities for success additional institutions arediscouraged and simply don’t apply. With this in mind the faculty of the Engineering & DesignDepartment wasn’t discouraged and actually considered their chances quite good.Once again an investigation was undertaken seeking a match between the Department’s needsand the prospect for support. The search revealed a number of potential partners meeting bothcriteria. Then the specifics of the proposal had to be established. Through planning sessions allof the details were discussed and finalized. Proposals were then drafted, revised, and lastlysubmitted. Throughout

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University; Walter E. Thain Jr.

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Engineering Technology

2006-2160: DEVELOPING A CAPSTONE COURSE FORTELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYAustin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. He is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). Prior to joining the faculty at SPSU, he was an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he served as Program

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Stuart, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

OITIndustry Advisory Council which meets at least twice a year to discuss how OIT can better serveindustry’s needs.The suggestions expressed were these: • Maintain articulation agreements with community colleges so that transfer students could ‘mesh’ smoothly into higher level MMET degrees. • Offer course work that can be easily taken by full time workers so they can advance their learning skills with a minimum impact to their jobs. • Keep the education process for engineering students as practical as possible so that new hires in the MMET arena would be ‘plug and play’, that is, productive from day one on the job. • Generate a mind set with the students that creates both a requirement and a desire to be ‘life

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

2006-2029: CAN ASSESSMENT BE A MARKETING TOOL FOR YOURPROGRAM? THE ROLES OF ASSESSMENT, STUDENT SUCCESS ANDFACULTY IN PROGRAM SUCCESSKim Nankivell, Purdue University-CalumetJana Whittington, Purdue University-CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet Page 11.303.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Can Assessment be a Marketing Tool for Your Program? The Roles of Assessment, Student Success and Faculty in Program SuccessAbstractThe growth of technology in the last fifteen years has not only restructured existing degreeoptions but has also created new avenues for a quality education. Institutions have recognized theneed for marketing and promoting, but

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana; Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

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Engineering Technology

2006-805: PARTNERING WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO BRINGTECHNOLOGY TO AT-RISK URBAN STUDENTSMargaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana Margaret Ratcliff is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University College of Technology in Columbus, Indiana and has been there since January 2005. Before joining Purdue University at Columbus, she spent 11 years in industry working mostly as a Product Design Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, and Structural Analyst. She earned a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus/SE

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

Page 11.1299.3comments show, they consider working in the service industries an interesting challenge.I am glad you have issued this survey. This topic has been on my mind for thelongest time and I hope some provisions can be made to create this class.I have often sat in my ET classes and had to ask myself, how would I apply this tothe non-traditional engineering jobs that I will most likely consider? What jobdoes this class qualify me for in the service industry, government, logistic, bank orhospital?Yes, although I currently have a job in the semiconductor industry, I’m fullyaware that many jobs are leaving the U.S. for China and India. My company hasopened a facility in Suzhou, China even. Therefore, the U.S. is likely to becomeeven more

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

at the associate (A.S.) degree level 1,3. Clearly, there is a real need for more BiomedicalEngineering Technology programs, particularly at the B.S. degree level. With this in mind, theECET faculty at SPSU set about examining the possibility of developing a new B.S. degreeprogram in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BSBMET).II. Motivation and BackgroundThe main motivation for developing the program came from solicitations from incoming andtransfer students who were interested in getting a degree in the Biomedical Engineering area.Many of these students had been made aware of the potential opportunities in the BiomedicalEngineering field prior to attending SPSU. Another source of motivation was the approach madeto the ECET department by a

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1138: SENIOR CAPSTONE: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY,STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACHMindy Breen, Eastern Washington University MINDY BREEN received her undergraduate degree in Graphic Design from the University of Notre Dame and her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design from the University of Idaho. She is currently Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design at Eastern Washington University.Jason 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

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana; JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

2006-813: INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAREERS ANDLEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLSMargaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana Margaret Ratcliff is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University College of Technology in Columbus, Indiana and has been there since January 2005. Before joining Purdue University at Columbus, she spent 11 years in industry working mostly as a Product Design Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, and Structural Analyst. She earned a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.JoDell Steuver, Purdue University JoDell K

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; michael anderton, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1794: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY ATMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYSaeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed D. Foroudastan is the Associate Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Professor of Engineering technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1980), his M.S. in Civil Engineering (1982), and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1987) from Tennessee Technological University. Professor Foroudastan's employment vitae includes: Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering for Tennessee Technological University, Senior Engineer, Advanced Development Department, Textron

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Technology

attend school part time. In these cases it oftentakes many more years to complete the various 4-year degree programs. The laser programcourses are listed on the college website (www.qcc.cuny.edu).Our experience shows that the initial advisement and high school preparation is rather importantin order to properly place the transferring student into the correct program. Some students dochange their minds on their courses of study and join our programs later on. We have devisedplans to accommodate those students. The ABET accredited laser technology program containsa simplified calculus course that is not suitable for engineering programs. Fortunately, our laser

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

engineer, manufacturing engineer, manager, and consultant. His research interests are improving manufacturing productivity through lean principles and the pursuit of quality and variation control through six-sigma principles. He is a senior member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) & Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME), and is a member of the National Association for Industrial Technology (NAIT), American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), and American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer through SME, and is an ASQ Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt. Page

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. David Dvorak, University of Maine-Orono; Ronald Fulle, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

2006-2050: ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND GLOBAL AWARENESS INTHE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMS. David Dvorak, University of Maine-Orono David Dvorak is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Director of the School of Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. He joined the UMaine faculty in 1988. From 1982 to 1988 he worked at GE aircraft engines in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Dvorak received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and 1982 respectively, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maine in 1998. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maine and Ohio. Dr. Dvorak is active in ASME

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

education.Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University DR. RADHA BALAMURALIKRISHNA joined the Department of Technology at NIU in August 1997. His undergraduate degree is in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding from Cochin University, India. Dr. Bala has worked in a shipyard for three years and has taught engineering design graphics and CAD at the University level for over 10 years. He received his M. S. Eng. from Florida Atlantic University and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Page 11.126.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A STUDENT PROJECT EMERGING FROM A TRIPARTITE

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1920: TRIANGULATING TC2K ASSESSMENT RESULTS BY USINGSTUDENT SURVEYSTimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Dr. Skvarenina received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, in a variety of engineering and teaching positions. In the fall of 1991, he joined the faculty of the College of Technology at Purdue University where he currently holds the rank of Professor and teaches undergraduate courses in electrical machines and power systems and serves as the department assessment coordinator. He has authored or coauthored over 30 papers in the areas of power

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

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Engineering Technology

.” • An accounting student: “The engineering and electronics students won’t give me any numbers.” • A business student: “The electronics and CAD students had their minds already made up about what they’re going to do. They wouldn’t listen to us.” • An engineering student: “Those business students are hard to work with. Marketing students said we’d never be able to sell it. Two days later our instructor found something like it selling for 40 bucks. The accountants said our idea was no good – too complicated. We worked okay with the electronics guys.” • An electronics student: “I kind of understand the CAD students, but I don’t know what those business students are thinking with. Instead of

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

the high schoolyears, followed by a university education in engineering or technology, has nearly disappeared, itcan be restored. Students must be given opportunities to participate in interesting andentertaining construction projects, and a support system must be of like-minded students must bedeveloped. Instructors and more advanced students must be willing and able to offer advice andregarding design and construction techniques. Amateur radio projects and demonstrations ofamateur radio can be an important and useful way to do this.ResourcesHere is a list of useful resources for those who are interested in incorporating similar projectsinto their courses:The American Radio Relay League Inc. (ARRL), the national association for Amateur Radio