Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kragh; Jeffrey Reed; Carl Dietrich; Donna Miller

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Electrical and Computer

systemsengineering methodologies, design architecture, and hardware issues. The SoftwareCommunications Architecture (SCA), a military SDR design standard, is used as anillustrative example of smart systems engineering through establishment of a well-definedarchitecture. Software topics include software architectures, object oriented programming,the SCA and other relevant software standards, multi-rate signal processing, and softwareengineering. Hardware topics include the radio frequency front end, analog-to-digital anddigital-to-analog converters, microprocessors, digital signal processors, and fieldprogrammable gate arrays. Hands-on SDR laboratories undergird project-based learning.Laboratories include development of SCA-based modular signal processing

Conference Session

Applying What We Teach to IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Janet Twomey, Wichita State University; Barbara Chaparro, Wichita State University; Veronica Hinkle, Wichita State University

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Industrial Engineering

factory can impactthe environment. Understanding these cause-and-effect relationships is key to evaluating anddesigning a production system. This paper presents a short overview of a simulation-basedproject useful for Production Systems/Operations Management courses. The simulation isflexible to cover basic course content as well as recent industry trends involving sustainabilityissues and the lean enterprise. It proves challenging for instructors to present these topics in aconvincing manner to students, because many of these concepts, such as one-piece flow andreusable containers, are counterintuitive to traditional manufacturing logic. This paper presentsthe project itself, describes the application of modern production systems and the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Arion, Carthage College; Matt Wagner, Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation; Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Alliance (NCIIA). Part of this expansion involves a web-based system including asearchable database and document management system containing over 300 industrial patentsavailable for licensing. The system enables faculty and students to request and receiveauthorization to pursue projects using specific IP. It also enables them to contribute and searchstudent project documents such as marketing studies, financial models, and design documentsthat could be utilized by other students and student teams, or by entrepreneurs under appropriatelicenses. This expansion also includes a user manual for student teams, and workshops to helpfaculty at other institutions integrate InovaED into their courses. The InovaED model anddatabase are now being used by

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Geraldine B. Milano; Richard Parker; George Pincus

besuccessful in their studies. Involving the students in their learning process through enhanced active learningmethods has resulted in improved interest and participation in their engineering education. A change in curriculum has introduced a new course into the freshman year, Fundamentals ofEngineering Design, FED 101. The course introduces the new engineering student at NJIT to the variousengineering disciplines and the design process that engineers experience in industry. The course is taughtby a team of professors representing the various traditional engineering departments who direct projectsrelated to their areas of expertise. Freshman students work through these projects in teams of three or fourwith an emphasis on active learning

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark A. Pagano; Christine L. Corum

. The North Central Assessment Committee, as the school level committee is known, hasmet regularly throughout the school year.An important ongoing effort of this committee has been to facilitate communication betweendepartments and share information about assessment or other improvement projects beingdeveloped. For example, the MET representative has provided the school committee with a copyof a planning calendar and an example of a learning outcome model (see Specific DepartmentEfforts below). Each department should be able to learn from the success or failures of the otherdepartments. This committee serves as a vehicle for this exchange of information. Oneadditional project that the committee has undertaken is to revise a school wide survey

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

other partneringinstitutions to enhance the program are discussed. Also included in this paper are themajor curriculum development and outreach activities, including an interdisciplinarycapstone design project to provide opportunities for students to design, manufacture, andactually market a product, which can stimulate students’ interest in real-world productrealization, the summer manufacturing workshop for high-school teachers and students,and research programs to develop laboratory facilities and support graduate programs.IntroductionTo live well, a nation must produce well. U.S. manufacturing is a critical area that cannotafford to be lost, but it is facing a great challenge. When the industry’s manufacturingjobs are out-sourced

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder; Diana Shannon, University of Colorado-Denver; Jay Shah, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Jim Ruttenber, University of Colorado

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Environmental Engineering

through an emphasis on their application in developingcommunities worldwide. The course emphasizes sustainable approaches for improving publichealth and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between practitioners of publichealth, the environmental sciences, and engineering. The course was piloted for the first time inSpring 2005 to eight graduate students. Semester-long team projects were associated withexisting Engineers Without Borders (EWB) - CU projects in Peru, Mali, and Rwanda. Thestudents identified the major health problems in the community, indicated engineering solutionsthat would improve these, and prioritized the health problems and solutions with regards to costsand benefits. Feedback from the students and instructors was

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola College in Maryland; robert pond, Loyola College; william karasz, Loyola College; kyle bates, Loyola College; ryan christopher, Loyola College

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Materials

Automotive Lighting SystemsThis paper is a summary and demonstration of an innovative senior design project. Theprimary impetus for this project was to reduce the Cu content in recycled steel fromautomobiles. Although recycling steel from automobiles is a large business and growingglobally, there is little incentive to separate out the copper wiring before recycling theautomotive chassis. The slow but inevitable increase in copper content with eachgeneration of recycled steel can lead to too much variability in the mechanical andwelding properties of the steel.The project team decided to focus on redesigning the electrical power distribution systemto allow for easy retrieval of the copper. Three senior students at Loyola College inMaryland worked as

Conference Session

Research in Faculty Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Paper ID #21662Forming Strategic Partnerships: New Results from the Revolutionizing Engi-neering and Computer Science Departments Participatory Action ResearchDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is Senior Research Associate at the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara serves as project manager for program evaluation on several NSF- and NIH-funded projects focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion within STEM higher education. Her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, faculty development, peer mentoring, and institutional change.Kerice

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

-changes cases. The final project is an extensivereport on a fictitious experiment the students have designed and supposedlyexecuted. The idea is not to have them execute the experiment, but write effectivelyabout it. Grading is done without the grader knowing whether the student is from aclass where these changes were implemented or not. The assessment was doneusing six criteria that include: (a) document structure (b) objectives and conclusion,(c) grammar and spelling, (d) quality of writing, (e) depth of analysis and (f)scientific integrity. The results obtained show increases of 8% for categories (a),(c) and (d) , 14% for category (b), 7% for category (f) and a decrease of 3% forcategory (e). These results suggest that the changes implemented

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

professional activity. In line with this, prompting students to reflect ontheir problem solving is a means of scaffolding them to solve complex problems. In the presentwork, we continue our ongoing study of scaffolding students in completing open-endedbioengineering laboratory projects, but with a focus on students’ reflections on the experiencesgained during the scaffolding. These open-ended projects involved conducting virtualexperiments using MATLAB to analyze unknown systems using time and frequency-domainanalysis techniques. The systems were both biological (e.g., human balance simulation) as wellas non-biological. Students’ experiences included decomposition of the problem, in-class activelearning with instructor guidance and interaction

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Education, 2016 Developing Flexibly Adaptive Skills through Progressive Design ChallengesABSTRACTThis research study explores the potential of using a progression of design challenges in a studiosetting to develop students’ ability to adapt to solving complex challenges. Engineering designblended with challenge-based instructions (a model of project based instruction) provides anexcellent model of instruction for obtaining multiple learning outcomes associated withdeveloping content knowledge, innovation skills, project management strategies, professionalskills (communicating, teaming, leadership) and disposition for sustained inquiry. Many firstyear engineering programs provide design challenges for teams to work on during the term (forexample

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University ; Mohsin Mohammad Taufiq, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 26.518.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development of a Ball-and-Plate SystemAbstractThis paper presents the development of a dynamic ball-and-plate system successfully completedfor a one-semester Senior Capstone Design project. A group of five undergraduate studentsdeveloped the project concept and constructed a prototype within a semester, integrating majormechatronics engineering concepts learned in classes. The three-degree-of-freedom systemconsists of sensors, actuators, and controls to keep a free rolling ball in a desired position on aflat plate, accounting for any possible external disturbances. Due to its complexity, multiple stepswere taken to solve the

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Max Kross, Engineering Education Innovation Center

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

results.IntroductionEffectively using technology in the classroom has been a concern in education for many years.1, 2While there are a variety of technologies that are used to support education (e.g., computers3,clickers4, cell phones5, etc.), we have chosen to focus our work on electronic notebooks (i.e.,website development for project documentation). We not only explain and explore the use ofthis technology in our courses, we assess its impacts comparing sections without the newtechnology to sections with the implementation.There is a body of work in education that evaluates and discusses the impacts of electronicportfolios (EPs) which in many ways are similar to electronic notebooks. EPs are digitalcollections of artifacts that provide authentic, valid, and reliable

Conference Session

Topics Related To Engineering Design Graphics Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

a professor at both Purdue University and Arizona State Univer- sity, Mary’s specialty is computer and technical graphics. Dr. Sadowski received her B.S. from Bowling Green State University, her M.S. from The Ohio State University, and her Ph.D. from Purdue University.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at The Ohio State University and was re- cently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former As

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council

 such short visits and recommendations for pursuing a similar sabbatical experience.  Introduction  Sabbatical experiences provide an opportunity for faculty to immerse themselves in current scholarship, to explore new areas of research, and/or to pursue professional development. For capstone design instructors, many of whom coordinate projects with industry sponsors, a logical option for sabbatical is to spend it in industry. This option is particularly attractive and useful for faculty members who have followed the standard academic pathway and have not previously worked as practicing engineers.  The engineering literature is surprisingly sparse on faculty sabbaticals, and what literature exists focuses more on the use of sabbaticals for

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Shamma; Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #12294Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a CreativeFreshmen Civil Engineering Design CourseMr. John E. Shamma John E. Shamma is the Facility Planning Team Manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California overseeing Metropolitan’s infrastructure reliability and vulnerability investigations. He was the Project Engineer for the Inland Feeder Water Conveyance System’s Arrowhead Tunnels project from 1993 – 2005. He was responsible for the design and construction of two 12 foot diameter tunnel seg- ments totaling approximately 11 miles in the San Bernardino Mountains

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University, Long Beach

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, international construction, project delivery systems, statistical methods for construction engineers, project management practices, and engineering educational research methods. He is an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education and American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Research Council of Construction Institute, ASCE. Page 26.352.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Closing Achievement Gaps using the Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Curriculum Jin-Lee Kim

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Connections Collaborative (CSC²) initiated andsupported a summer research opportunity for underrepresented minorities within the College ofEngineering at California State University Chico. The aim was to recruit and retain students inscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors and facilitate their academicsuccess through hands on learning. Through an application process which considered studentinterests and backgrounds, awardees were paired with a faculty mentor to work on a researchproject over the summer. Students received a stipend and nominal equipment budget to purchasesmall items to support their research projects. This paper documents the experiences of oneinterdisciplinary team, comprised of students and faculty from the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patrick John Sours, Ohio State University; Michael J Hagenberger P.E., Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #29096Engagement in Practice: Building Community Capacity and Relationshipsthrough Rainwater Harvesting Initiatives – TanzaniaPatrick John Sours, The Ohio State University Patrick is a Lecturer and PhD student in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Patrick received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University with a minor in Humanitarian Engineering. Patrick’s graduate research focus is international development through engineering. His main research project is Maji Marwa: A Sustainable and Resilient Community Project. Patrick has been involved with Humanitarian Engineering projects at Ohio

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Alpha Pi Honors Society. In addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $2 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Race, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros; Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Uriel Saul Huerta P.E., Tecnologico de Leon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

of Tamaulipas, in 2000 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Computer Research Center (CIC) of the Mex- ican National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico City, in 2006 and 2013 respectively. Since 2005, she has been a partial professor of computer science with the Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros. Dr. Pineda-Brise˜no is co-creator of the Beyond Engineering Education Pro- gram and is professor leader of Arecibo Remote Command Center (ARCC) in Mexico, both projects of engineering and sciences in cross-border collaboration with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Her current research interests are Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Positioning and Routing

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Rogers, Murray State University; Steve Cobb, Murray State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

similar to problems faced by the original designers of the roversused on the Apollo missions. In order to facilitate this learning experience, two workshops areheld for the participants and the culmination of the project is a grueling endurance race oversimulated lunar terrain including craters, rocks, inclines and loose soil constructed on the campusof Murray State University.This paper includes the specifics for organizing and funding such an event including strategieson making such a large-scale event affordable for the schools. Furthermore, results of facultysurveys detail their impressions on how they and their students were impacted by this program.Given the details of this K-12 outreach program, it is the author’s hope that the readers

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghassan Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Owen Wesstrom, Keystone Communications; Chris Root, PSU/Harrisburg; Kyle Noss, Benatec Associates, PA

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technologists in this area.Within the Bloomsburg University EET program the RF effects and measurements course isidentified as one of the key courses necessary to provide the fundamental points of knowledgeand the skills required by the graduating engineering technologist in the field of RF and wirelesscommunication. For pedagogical reasons, a structured learning approach is pursued indeveloping the course through well compacted lectures that have clear objectives, supplementedby extensive laboratory sessions. Finally, a project based learning approach is utilized to bridgethe gap between the knowledge gained in class room, the skills gained in the laboratory, and real-life experiences.Development of a campus wide wireless network was one of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Robert Chalou, Michigan State University; Clark Radcliffe, Michigan State University; Gaile Griffore, Michigan State University

2006-1626: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGFRESHMAN PROGRAMTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University Timothy Hinds is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Hoadley, California Polytechnic State University; Paul Rainey, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

in a lab setting thatcontains 10 engine lathes, 5 manual/CNC vertical mills, 1 horizontal mill, 4 drill presses, 1 turretdrill press, 1 CNC lathe, and 1 CNC bed mill. Starting with measurements, students are givenlab exercises that illustrate the techniques needed to manufacture a machined part. Followingmeasuring, there is a two-week introduction to the machines, which requires individuals tooperate the lathes and teams of two to operate the mills. Next, the students are given a two-weekproject where they individually make a screwdriver using the available equipment. The finalproject consists of making an air motor in teams of five, where each team is responsible forproducing one-half of the parts of the air motor. During the two projects

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Leite, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2007-433: THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEMSTECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM WITH MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIESAND INFORMATION LITERACYPedro Leite, Kansas State University-SalinaBeverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina Page 12.1423.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Enhancement of Computer Systems Technology Curriculum with Multicultural Competencies and Information LiteracyIntroductionIn today’s world students need to be technological and information literate to find and researchinformation. This project is a work in-progress and seeks to help undergraduate ComputerSystems Technology students become both information literate and multicultural

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering background. Studio 6: Explores technical innovation and how design mediates the impact of new technologies on society and culture. This studio places emphasis on entrepreneurship and the business aspects of bringing a new idea to market. This studio is taught in collaboration with faculty from Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management. Studio 7: This is an engineering capstone design course that immerses students in a real world multidisciplinary design experience in the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory. The design projects are sponsored by either industry, non-profit, or entrepreneurial interests. The projects are very challenging. Three example

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

engineering Page 23.536.2technology and equivalent programs), they are more interested in hands-on examples than in 1theoretical stuffs. In other words, Technology students typically want to hear more about theimmediate applicability of the curriculum where as pure Engineering students may be equallyinterested in the theory behind an application. Therefore, most of the graduate courses nowadayshave a project component in it to provide the students with the exposure to real world problems.While this is certainly a key to boost their knowledge and skills of

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

presented on student profiles, graduationrate, graduate placement, and application-oriented industry projects. Furthermore, the comingchallenges of maintaining program quality with high enrollment, as well as completion rates, arealso discussed in this paper.Introduction Purdue University Calumet (PUC) started its Master of Science in Technology degreeprogram in 2008. The program has experienced rapid enrollment growth, as well as resourceconstraints, and by 2011 had the third largest enrollment in the nation. Since the inception, theprogram has produced more than a hundred graduates. The success of this program may beattributed to the large demand for an interdisciplinary program in the region, the interdisciplinarynature of the program