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Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

Session # 2549 Project-Based Freshmen Engineering Courses in Civil Engineering Technology Vernon W. Lewis, Jr., Carol L. Considine Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529AbstractOld Dominion University (ODU) has developed two fundamental courses for freshmenengineering students. The first course introduces the fundamentals of the practice of engineeringincluding innovation, creativity, design and manufacturing, commercialization, teaming

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Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

Session 3615 LEADERSHIP 101 DEVELOPING THE LEADER IN ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS Robert Martinazzi, Andrew T. Rose, Jerry Samples University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown“The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is leadership.” General Dwight EisenhowerAbstractConventional wisdom defines leadership as a skill and as such it can be learned. The questionbecomes one of where to begin when teaching leadership skills? Researching the voluminousamount of leadership material

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

Session # 2150-737 A 30 Year Survey of Rochester Institute of Technology Engineering Technology Graduates Carol Richardson, John Stratton, and Maureen Valentine Rochester Institute of Technology AbstractRochester Institute of Technology (RIT) surveyed the alumni of its seven engineering technology(ET) programs in 1997 and again in 2002. RIT, along with three other universities with ETprograms, published a paper on the results of the 1997 survey in the 1998 ASEE ConferenceProceedings. This paper presents and analyzes the RIT

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch

Connecticut College of Technology: Creating Collaborations between Educators and Industry; The Key to Building a Technological WorkforceHistory of the College of Technology The CT College of Technology is a state-wide, technology and engineeringseamless pathway between Connecticut’s 12 community colleges and six four-year institutions of higher education that was implemented statewide in 1995. In2002, a system to system statewide articulation agreement was signed betweenthe COT and the 17 vocational-technical high schools, creating a 2 + 2 + 2pathway in engineering and technology disciplines. The COT is much more thana series of articulation agreements filed in a file cabinet but includes

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

Session 1692 You Can Be Anything – Women and Technology Video Claudia Morrell, Anne Spence, Taryn Bayles, Bill Shewbridge University of Maryland Baltimore County All things are first apprehended in the senses. Dr. Maria MontessoriIntroductionComputer software engineering is expected to be the fastest growing occupation through 2010and computer hardware engineers are expected to have favorable job opportunities with strongexpected growth.1,2 And while in 2004 the short-term market may still

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Knecht

”hurricanes and storm activity. These issues, indirectly related to the culture of these people,challenge the engineering interests of the students. Determining the impact of flooding associatedwith storms, students gain an appreciation for howfragile the ecology can be and how technology cansupport the island at a time when the culture gets inthe way. Since the land offers such great potential, itis essential that the government reduces the damagecaused by the hurricanes. Teams propose usingrecycled tires in the form of tire bales as a means toreduce soil erosion. They recommend building balewalls, schematically represented in Figure 4, to formdamns that capture and slow the flow of water.Sediment settles from the water restoring the soil in

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

AC 2004-1305: USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATESTUDENT LEARNINGAkram Al-Rawi, McKendree UniversityAzzedine Lansari,Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval Page 9.1376.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 3260 Using Technology to Facilitate Student Learning in Information Systems Azzedine Lansari, Akram Al-Rawi, and Faouzi Bouslama College of Information Systems, Zayed University P. O. Box 4783, Abu Dhabi, UAEAbstractThe use of technology in education has

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Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andre Sayles

Session 3470 Diversity: An Engineering Process Andre H. Sayles United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996AbstractEngineers often prefer to work with processes, particularly those that allow for assumptions,inputs, and outputs. Unfortunately, engineers seldom pursue diversity management as perhaps asecondary career field. In this paper, organizational diversity is represented by an engineering-like process having three primary phases and a supporting phase. The Leading Diversity ProcessModel (LDPM) is

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Session 1661 Project-Based Introduction to Engineering - a University Core Course Jean Nocito-Gobel, Samuel Daniels, Michael Collura, Bouzid Aliane School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of New HavenAbstractThis paper describes a first year engineering course that is taken by both engineering and non-engineering students. The project-based Introduction to Engineering course, EAS107P, fulfills auniversity core curriculum elective. Although engineering students take the course during theirfirst year, students from other majors typically elect to take the course later in their curriculum.The focus of EAS107P is

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ying Sun; Robert Comerford; Musa Jouaneh

Assistive Technology Devices: A Multidisciplinary Course Musa Jouaneh, Ying Sun, Robert Comerford University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881Abstract This paper reports on a team-based, project-oriented engineering and business course atthe University of Rhode Island. The class is a two-semester course sequence that emphasizesinvention, innovation and entrepreneurship with focus on the marketing, design, anddevelopment of assistive technology devices. Faculty from the Colleges of Engineering andBusiness Administration guide multi-disciplinary teams through innovative product-orienteddesign projects in the field of

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionDuring the past several years, the Purdue University School of Technology atColumbus/Southeast Indiana has joined with Columbus Regional Hospital to offer twoor three Technology in Action days for local high school students. The focus of thiseffort has been to introduce young people to careers at the hospital or in the medicalprofession that are unrelated to training in medicine. Indeed, careers in computertechnology and mechanical engineering technology are emphasized.A short presentation is given by representatives from both the hospital and PurdueUniversity

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Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven VanderLeest

Session 1761 The Built-in Bias of Technology Steven H. VanderLeest Department of Engineering, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI1. AbstractIt is widely, though not universally, accepted in the literature that technology is non-neutral, i.e.,it is partial to certain uses. However, this understanding is not widespread amongst engineeringstudents, and the perception of neutrality can have perilous societal consequences. Somepreliminary work has identified pedagogical approaches to instilling better understanding of non-neutrality in the classroom. This paper continues that

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Smith

2004-1228 Mentoring Students To Technology Careers Narayanan M. Komerath, Marilyn J. Smith School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150AbstractThis paper summarizes three years of experience from the Computer Science, Engineering andMathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) program funded at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) bythe National Science Foundation (NSF). Features of the program include a partnership betweenacademic faculty and the Financial Aid department, a strong mentoring program involvingacademic faculty, and

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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C. Wayne Unsell

Session 2549 Course Transformation Using Mobile Technology C. Wayne Unsell Indiana-Purdue University Ft. WayneAbstractA course transformation grant was awarded by the university to implement the PC Tablet,wireless access, and WebCT in a senior level soils and foundations class for the fall semester2003. The course is housed in the Department of Civil and Architectural EngineeringTechnology (CAET), the School of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS),Indiana-Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW). The grant was a university “pilot” project as afirst step in

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

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Walter E. Thain Jr.

Session 2548 A Milestone-Driven RF Electronics Course for Engineering Technology Walter E. Thain, Jr. Southern Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractA unique radio-frequency (RF) electronics course was introduced in the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology (ECET) Department at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU).The course was adapted from a two-quarter version currently taught at the California Institute ofTechnology. Significant modifications were necessary to tailor the course to a single-semesterformat. Based on the construction and extensive testing of a

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

Session 2547 Overcoming Problems in Mechanical Engineering Technology Education through Innovative Projects Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Associate Professor Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractTwo of the biggest problems facing mechanical engineering technology programs areretaining freshmen students and adequately preparing graduating seniors for the realworld. The reasons for these problems are simple. Freshmen students often becomefrustrated early in their college careers because they have to take so many classes yet

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Blanton

Session 2148 Distance Learning Opportunities for Electronic Engineering Technology Graduates of Community Colleges Wm. Hugh Blanton East Tennessee State UniversityABSTRACT A growing pool of graduates from the two-year community college technology programs hasbecome aware of the need for expanded knowledge and the B.S. degree to enhance theirprofessional opportunities. Unfortunately, many of these graduates are working and are isolatedby distance from the limited number of universities that provide the B.S. degree in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

Session 1793 An Advisor’s Perspective On The Retention Of Engineering Technology Students By Charles C. Bittle and Mitty C. Plummer University of North TexasAbstractThis paper describes retention of eight types of students entering Engineering Technology(ETEC) majors. The first type of student is the freshman entering the University straight fromhigh school. The second type is the student from the same University that changes majors. Thethird type is the high school student taking courses at the

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Warren Koontz

Session 2650 A Master of Science Program in Telecommunications Engineering Technology Warren L G Koontz Rochester Institute of TechnologyIntroductionAbout 35 years ago, Bell Telephone Laboratories, the research and development arm of the BellSystem, provided a program to train newly hired Members of Technical Staff. A new MTS, whousually joined Bell Labs just after receiving a BS degree in either electrical or mechanicalengineering, was first sent off to get a Master of Science in EE or ME. But even this was notenough. Upon completing the MS, the still

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Abi Aghayere

Session 1147Strategies for Enhancing the Scholarly Productivity of Engineering Technology Educators Abi Aghayere College of Applied Science and Technology Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractScholarship is now a requirement for promotion and tenure at most institutions with EngineeringTechnology (ET) programs. ET faculty that have previously focused only on teaching are nowrequired to demonstrate evidence of scholarly activity on an annual basis. To underscore theimportance of the scholarship issue, the Engineering Technology Council (ETC) of ASEE

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Edward Sheinberg; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

Session 3449 Meeting Community Needs: Safety and Fire Engineering Technology Program Edward R. Sheinberg, Alberto Gomez-Rivas, and George Pincus Assistant Professor/Professor and Chair/Professor and Dean Department of Engineering Technology, College of Sciences and Technology, University of Houston-DowntownAbstractThe Safety and Fire Engineering Technology program at the University of Houston-Downtown developed in response to community needs and request for technical training insafety and fire science by area fire departments. The four years

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

Session 1566 DEVELOPMENT OF FLUID POWER PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY H. W. Shawn Kim Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Youngstown State UniversityAbstractThis paper documents and presents successful efforts in developing a fluid power research andeducational program in the College of Engineering and Technology at Youngstown StateUniversity. The main incentive of this documentation is to show the engineering community howa small to mid-size state assisted university that emphasizes undergraduate

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

Session ____ Development of a Web-Based Curriculum in Architectural Engineering Technology Donald G. Bury, Bruce V. Mutter Bluefield State College dbury@bluefieldstate.edu bmutter@bluefieldstate.eduAbstractThis paper highlights the work at Bluefield State College (BSC) to develop a web-basedbaccalaureate degree program option (B.S.) in Architectural Engineering Technology (ARET)that remains TAC-ABET accredited. Capitalizing on the initial success of our web-deliveredcourses in the

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

Session 1625 Tool Design Courseware for Modular Fixturing Applications in Manufacturing Engineering Technology Veekit O’Charoen, Teresa J.K. Hall Western Washington University / South Dakota State UniversityIntroductionTool design encompasses a variety of applied technologies, engineering knowledge, andtechnical skills in the modern manufacturing engineering environment. The successful tooldesigner must be able to incorporate computer-assisted design (CAD), computer-aidedmanufacturing (CAM), traditional machining processes, ergonomics, and applied science tosolve tooling

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International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session XX60 An Overview of International Engineering and Technology Congresses Contributions in Brazil Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Vladimir G. Zakharov, Irina A. Avenarius MADI State Technical UniversityAbstractBrazil’s quick ingression into international educational communities both in North America andin Europe and growth of quality level of Brazilian engineering standards of education became anobjective reality in recent years. Its active participation

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tim McCartney; Lynette Krenelka; John Watson; Dara Faul; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

Session 2432 Using Infor mation Technology To Offer Under gr aduate Distance Engineer ing Degr ee Pr ogr ams On-Line Hossein Salehfar , J ohn Watson, Ar nold J ohnson School of Engineer ing and Mines Lynette Kr enelka, Tim McCar tney, and Dar a Faul Division of Continuing Education Univer sity of Nor th Dakota Gr and For ks, ND 58202 U.S.AAbstractAs information technology is evolving, distance education is becoming

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Baumann

Session 2147 First Year Experience Activities in an Introduction to Engineering Technology Course Peter F. Baumann Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractCentral Connecticut State University has a well-developed First Year Experience (FYE)program. The university designates certain first-year courses as containing FYE elements. Allincoming CCSU students are required to select one FYE course during their first two terms at theuniversity. Prior to these course offerings, instructors select from a list of activities aimed ateasing the

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Reiman; H. Oner Yurtseven; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

Session 2150 Charting Our Course: Strategic Planning Approaches in Engineering and Technology Stephen P. Hundley, Mary Reiman, Patricia L. Fox, H. Oner Yurtseven Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract Changes in technology, advances in the professions, complexities in the externalenvironment, and the need to continuously improve all require institutions of higher education toplan for the future. Strategic plans help provide direction and meaning to everyday activitieswithin an organization. It is guided by the vision, mission, values, goals, and the

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gordy Skattum; Clifford Mirman

Session 2148 Community College/University Articulation A Programmatic Approach in Engineering and Technology By Cliff Mirman, Chair Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, Ill. And Gordon Skattum, Director Technology Division, Rock Valley College (RVC), Rockford Ill.Abstract The educational missions of the typical Community College and University are

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Visser; Carrie Steinlicht; Teresa Hall

Session 3448 The Convergence of Creative Enterprise and Engineering Technology Education Teresa Hall, Jerry Visser, Carrie Steinlicht South Dakota State University / Great Plains Rapid Prototyping Consortium Brookings, SD 57007IntroductionAmerican industry has undergone significant change in the past decade as evidenced by theoutsourcing of manufacturing and high technology jobs due, in large part, to the globalization oftechnology. The loss of 2.6 million manufacturing jobs and, more recently, new trends inoutsourcing high-tech and service