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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thyagarajan Srinivasan

are surveyed at the end of the course to assess how thecourse objectives are met. In addition, specific course outcomes developed using theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Criteria 2000 program outcomes(a through k) were assessed. Based on one year of data, it appears that students would like moreexamples using the discipline specific software (PSpice, ANSYS). However, results indicate thatstudents did not see the need to learn software from disciplines other than their own. Whenintroducing software, we plan to provide more emphasis to how the software would be useful forall engineering disciplines. In addition, the results are mixed for the desire to have assignmentsusing MS Word and Excel. Some students thought more

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

Session 2242 A Design Project Management Course at RIT E. C. Hensel, P. H. Stiebitz Mechanical Engineering / Industrial and Systems Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623-5604Abstract Rochester Institute of Technology is currently implementing a college-wide initiative toincorporate multi-disciplinary design as a central theme for all students in the capstone designsequence. For several years, the Kate Gleason College of Engineering has supported a number ofmulti-disciplinary design teams

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Hamilton

profession have had the advantage oflearning the craft either directly from those who created it, or by reading articles by those sameindividuals. Current faculty are seeing students without an understanding of who we are andwhere the profession came from. It has recently been proposed by EdAC (the EducationActivities Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers) that the ABET (the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) requirements for civil engineering in particular beamended to include the history and heritage of civil engineering, adding this to an alreadyovercrowded curriculum. Another problem facing programs today is the retention of students, especially in the firsttwo years of their college education. It is in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carol Mullenax

data for males at Caltech, to provide more complete and relevant comparison.REFERENCES1. “California Institute of Technology – Detailed Description” http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=1&inunld=54962. “Earned bachelor’s degrees, by field and sex: 1975-98 (selected years)” http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind02/append/c2/at02-16.pdf3. “Graduation rates and S&E completion rates of 1992 freshmen intending S&E major, by sex and race/ethnicity” http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind02/c2/fig02-09.htmCAROL MULLENAX. P.E.Carol Mullenax is a Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans while onleave of absence from The Boeing Company. She received her BS in Engineering and Applied Science

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

slowly, it does change. Shortcomings in the previous accreditationmethods became apparent, and this, coupled with an industry interest in continuousimprovement, precipitated changes in engineering and technology accreditation to the currentoutcomes based assessment. The now familiar TAC/ABET a-k criteria2 will not be repeated here,but they, as part of the new accreditation method require a paradigm shift – a complete change inhow educators view the presentation and management of a curriculum. Finding and teachingmaterial to satisfy externally imposed student outcomes requires substantial adjustment for mosteducators. Even more difficult to cope with is the requirement to demonstrate (prove) to aTAC/ABET program evaluator that students have

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Nuclear Waste and the Environment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Efrat Strassberg; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

AC 2003-211: ANIMATION OF NUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRY PROCESSESEfrat Strassberg,Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at AustinSheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin Page 8.225.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session 2377 Animation of Nuclear and Radiochemistry Processes S. Landsberger, E. Strassberg Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab University of Texas at Austin and

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

learn the designprocess and build engineering projects in diverse topics such as assistive technology, RubeGoldberg contraptions and robots. The projects have real world relevance and are interesting tothe students who work on them in small, multidisciplinary teams. Within teams, students areencouraged to learn new skills, such as computer-aided drawing, hands-on machining andassembly, engineering analysis, and communications skills, which will benefit them throughouttheir college experience. Another FYEP course goal is to provide a context for first-yearengineering students to evaluate their decision to pursue engineering, as many students have beenadvised to become engineers without knowing what an engineer does, and about 30% of the first

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Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai

response tothese changes in industry, engineering schools have also reevaluated and realized theircurriculum particularly in area of collaborative design projects. The objectives of this paper are(1) to review the existing software/tools and methodologies used in design processes, (2) tointroduce innovative approaches to collaborative design environment, then (3) present severalfunded case studies employing new cutting-edge technologies.IntroductionThe field of collaborative design (CD) has enjoyed considerable attention and success over thelast decade as rapid changes in technology and a global economic recession have promptedmany leading manufacturing companies to reevaluate and upgrade their design andmanufacturing process. An increasing number

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Student Interaction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robin Qiu; Ying Tang

: tang@rowan.eduAbstract -- A class for professionals could be quite different from one for college students due to a varietyof backgrounds and work experience. Some of them want to make a career change; some of them want tocatch up with the state-of-the-art technologies. In class, concepts, principles, and equations might be tooabstract when there are no good real life examples. Object relationship modeling in object-orientedsoftware engineering course is a good example. This article briefly shows a few cases of how real lifeexamples can help professional students understand the covered contents, which have been experimentedin class using the Rational Rose enterprise suite. Issues on how examples get picked and how theyshould be explained and

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Butt; Sam Ramrattan; Alamgir Choudhury

Page 8.983.2monitoring and control class and the use of the data for online process analysis and control.Since the course does not have a formal laboratory, the idea is to monitor a live process from theProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationclassroom using web based wireless technology and utilize online process analysis techniques tocorrect an out of control process. As a result, not only the validity of learning will be establishedwithin the short time frame of a class hour, but also the reality of the subject matter andassociated technology will come alive in the classroom. To accommodate with requirement, weplan to use

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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alok Verma

3648AN AIR-FILTER SENSOR FOR HOME-USED AIR CONDITIONERS Cheng Y. Lin, Gary R. Crossman, Alok K. Verma Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VirginiaAbstract This paper presents a successful senior project of instrumentation developed in aMechanical Engineering Technology senior capstone course. Students were encouraged toapproach the problem of designing an air-filter sensor and to propose an optimum

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TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gary Goff; Hugh Rogers, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

throughout the state to articulate various A.S. degrees to appropriate B.S.programs. This paper will review some of the new and innovative approaches variousinstitutions are taking to developing new A.S. to B.S. articulation agreements.State-Wide-ActivitiesUnder the new criteria, all Florida A.S. degree programs can develop their own articulationagreements with appropriate upper division programs throughout the state. However to furtherpromote this initiative; the state designated twelve Associate of Science degrees to beautomatically articulated to specific university programs. To date, only five AS degree programshave been approved for articulation to a Bachelor of Science degree. These programs areElectronic Engineering Technology, Radiography

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Manuel Toledo-Quinones; Jose Colom

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, the third largest campus of the state-owneduniversity system of Puerto Rico, homes the daily activities of about 765 faculty and almost15,000 students. According to the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) 2000edition of Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges UPRM ranks 14th in theU.S. in terms of undergraduate engineering enrollment, 18th in awarded engineering degrees and3rd in engineering degrees awarded to women. It is also the largest Hispanic engineering schoolsin the country, and has been fully accredited by the Middle State Association of Schools andColleges since 1946.The student population of the ECE department consists of about 1500 fulltime undergraduates(11% of

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Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Donald Merino

improvement werecollected, considered and the tutorials were modified and improved accordingly. The upgradedtutorials were then pilot tested with one hundred and forty seven, fourth and fifth yearengineering students in the spring of 2001. This pilot test indicated the computer tutorials wereeffective (See Merino and Abel 2002), so the authors augmented the sample by addingapproximately 325 additional fourth and fifth year students who participated in the spring,summer and fall of 2002. This gave a total population of 474 possible responses. All studentswere enrolled in an Engineering Economy class that is a required core course for all StevensInstitute of Technology engineering students, regardless of discipline. All tests were distributedin the lab

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Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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K Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; Dee Fink; Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Carolyn Ahern; Kurt Gramoll

theeducational community.Selected Educational Awards to Members of the Project Team: • 3 NSF CAREER Awards (integrating research and education) • 3 ASEE Dow Outstanding New Faculty Awards • 4 OU teaching and research awardsAwards for the Sooner City Project • NSF Course and Curriculum Development Award (seed money for concept) • NSF Action Agenda for Systemic Engineering Education Reform (major funding source) • Oklahoma Regents Instructional Technology Excellence Award (1999) • Oklahoma's Williams Faculty Innovator Award (2000)Other Project/Individual Recognition • 5 Invited Presentations at National Conferences (1998 and 1999 ASEE/NSF Project Showcase, 1998 and 2002 ASCE

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sivakum Venkatanarayanan; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

AC 2003-1050: HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT SIMULATIONJohn Robertson, Arizona State UniversityLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State UniversitySivakum Venkatanarayanan, Page 8.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session #1447 High-tech equipment simulation John Robertson, Sivakumar Venkatanarayanan College of Technology & Applied Sciences Arizona State University 7001 E Williams Field Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractTools used to fabricate integrated circuits have now reached a level of cost

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

. Page 8.218.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Dekker, Don L, "Design/Build/Test Projects Are Not All Created Equal", Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2225, Charlotte, NC, June 1999.2. “Improving Engineering Design: Designing for Competitive Advantage”, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1991.3. Dahir, M. (1993). Educating engineers for the real world, in Technology Review, Aug./Sept. 1993, pp. 14-16.4. Engineering Deans Council and ASEE (1994). Engineering education for a changing world, report of the Engineering Deans Council and

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kelly Adams; J. Filatovs; B. Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

tolerances becoming almost an afterthought.Although most engineering students are taught materials science as a fundamental science course,the curriculum downstream does not foster the incorporation of these principles into thesystematic selection of the most appropriate material for a certain shape and function, or thecriterion-based selection of the optimal manufacturing process. Tighter integration between theintroductory materials courses and the downstream design and manufacturing courses is just partof the solution. With the advances in materials and manufacturing technology, a plethora ofmaterials and processes has evolved. Undergraduate courses in design and manufacturing cannotprovide detailed coverage of all materials and processes, and

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Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Holcombe

in communicationsskills and meeting deadlines.Studies done at the University of Houston [1] show that the declining enrollment in theirprogram was directly linked to the student’s awareness that the program offerings did notmeet the local needs. The program was built on a “me too” philosophy, that is, itparalleled other successful programs of the “80”s. The market for their graduatesaturated after a few years because the area is mainly concerned with the petrochemicalindustries and process control. There is limited need for graduates whose knowledgebase is RF and other electronic fields.In addition to technical knowledge and skills, engineering technology graduates areexpected to have significant communication and persuasion skills (both

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Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sreenivas Sathyanarayana; Saravanan Rajendran; Robert Bolton

Session 1448 Position Control of a Servopneumatic Actuator using Fuzzy Compensation Saravanan Rajendran1, Robert W.Bolton2 1 Department of Industrial Engineering 2 Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843AbstractModern servopneumatic positioning technology has made significant inroads in theautomated manufacturing environment. The advantages cited by end users include

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

Session 3560 Addressing ABET 2000 Requirements for Continual Evaluation and Program Improvement Thomas G. Thomas, Mohammad S. Alam University of South Alabama, Mobile, AlabamaAbstractThe University of South Alabama (USA) College of Engineering was among the first colleges ofengineering in the southeastern United States to apply for accreditation under the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Educational Criteria 2000 (EC 2000). Inaddition, the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department was seeking first timeaccreditation of a four-year

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Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Higley

base with well established programs in mechanical engineering (ME) and mechanicaland industrial engineering technology (MET and IET), all with a long history of ABETaccreditation.The manufacturing laboratory was originally installed in 1969 with the construction of PUC’sAnderson Building. At that time, most engineering programs, including PUC’s, had removedmanufacturing processes from their curricula as engineering programs became more sciencebased as a result of the space race. Technology programs stepped in and took over most of theapplication-oriented courses, including manufacturing processes. The MET and IET programs atPUC started in 1969, and they have been the primary users of the manufacturing laboratory eversince. However, industry

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Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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B. Zoghi; Robert Bolton

Session 1448 Enhancing System Dynamics Instruction for Technologists with Simulation Robert W. Bolton and Behbood Zoghi Texas A&M University Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution College Station Texas, 77843AbstractThe Department of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University teaches“Electromechanical Systems for Technologists” to sophomore mechanical and electricaltechnology majors. The course transitions students from calculus and physics prerequisites tomore

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Materials Division Business Meeting

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer; Craig Johnson

offers publications, courses, conferences and other venues such aslocal chapters. It’s mission reads: ”ASM International is the society for materials engineers, aworldwide network dedicated to advancing industry, technology and applications of metals andmaterials. Through the efforts and involvement of our members, ASM develops and distributestimely, reliable technical information through electronic media, publications, conferences trainingprograms, and chapter activities.” ASM and TMS have recently co-sponsored some conferences.The Materials Research Society9 (MRS) is “a non-profit organization which brings togetherscientists, engineers and research managers from industry, government, academia and researchlaboratories to share findings in the

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

Session 1601 A Web based Instrumentation Platform for Use in Distance Learning Jay R. Porter and Joseph A. Morgan Electronics Engineering Technology Program Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3367IntroductionEnabling distance learning is becoming increasingly important to the mission of today’sinstitutions of higher education. Much work is being performed to offer online coursesthat make education accessible to those who do not fit the model of the traditional full-time student.1,2 Tools such as WebCT make the task of offering a typical lecturecourse via the Internet

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Swaminadham Midturi

Session Number 3159A Common Instrumentation Course for Electronics/Electrical and Other Majors Midturi, Swaminadham Professor, Department of Engineering Technology Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72204 – 1099 Email: sxmidturi@ualr.edu Abstract The design and contents of instrumentation courses in four-year colleges oftenreflect the stature of current instrumentation technology, background of the instructor,and the

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 2149 Planning and Execution: The Key to Developing a TC2K Quality Program David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes an ongoing process: the integration of the new ABETaccreditation criteria for engineering technology (TC2K) into the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.Currently three technology programs – Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and Structural Design and Construction Engineering – are implementing outcomes

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

Session 1833 Integrating Data Acquisition Tools to Accomplish An Automation Course Project Anna Shiver, Marvin Needler, Elaine Cooney Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUIAbstract This automation course introduces students to interfacing a wide-range of equipment:programmable logic controllers (PLCs), conveyors, pneumatic actuators, control relays,hardware sensors; robots, machine vision and smart-sensors; computers and data-acquisitioncards; and to diverse kinds of software: machine vision, Matlab, and PLC software, with a majoruse of

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Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

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Susan Powers

andengineers. Additional details about this program are available at http://www.clarkson.edu/k12. Page 8.935.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session ???? (paper – 2003-369)Overview of the ProgramThrough Clarkson’s Project-Based Learning Partnerships, new curricula for middle schoolscience and technology classes have been developed to expose middle school students to thesocietal impacts and mitigation of environmental problems. The concept of

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Yang

TEACHING PLC IN AUTOMATION --A Case Study Dr. George Yang, Assistant Professor And Dr. Yona Rasis, Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Technology Missouri Western State College 4525 Downs Drive St. Joseph, MO 64507 Abstract Programmable logic controllers, PLCs, have become the industry standard,replacing the hard-wired electromechanical devices, in controlling process machines anddriving the equipment of manufacturing. Varying in size and sophistication, theseelectronic devices are now