Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anthony Metzinger, DePuy Orthopaedics; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

AC 2003-1163: LEAN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES REDUCE LEAD TIMEFOR IMPLANT PRODUCTIONAnthony Metzinger, DePuy OrthopaedicsNiaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet Page 8.808.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session 2163 Lean Manufacturing Techniques Reduce Lead Time for Implant Production Anthony Metzinger, Niaz Latif DePuyACE, Purdue UniversityIntroduction The industry project described here was completed as a part of a graduate student’s workin the Master’s Degree program in the School of Technology

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Candice Stefanou; Karen Marosi; Margot Vigeant

positive and we hope to be able to show progress within the next twoyears.Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the General Electric Faculty for theFuture program.BibliographyEngineering workforce commission, Engineering and Technology Enrollments. American Association ofEngineering Societies, Washington D. C, 1998. As cited on: http://www.engr.psu.edu/wep/nationalstats1199.htmlBiographical InformationMargot A-S. Vigeant is a graduate of Cornell University (BS) and The University of Virginia (MS, PhD) and aprofessor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University. Her interest in women’s issues in engineering stemsfrom personal experience.Karen T. Marosi is a graduate of Lafayette College (BS) The Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sang Ha Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

contacted at tal2@psu.edu.JOHN WISEJohn Wise is Director of Engineering Instructional Services at Penn State. In this capacity, he provides assistanceto faculty members and teaching assistants in the areas of teaching, learning, and instructional technology. Hereceived his B.A. in Liberal Arts from The University of the State of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. inInstructional Systems from Penn State. He may be reached at jwise@psu.edu.SANGHA LEESangHa Lee is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology at Penn State. He earned his M. Ed. and B.S. in Page 8.240.9Mathematics Education from the Korea National University of

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

, technology, engineering and math.Students presented their ideas on everything from new building strategies to sophisticatedmathematics in robotics. They gave a variety of papers including: • Barry Kline's Quick Release Battery System • On the Application of Artificial Intelligence Theories: Improving Robotic Navigation, Cognizance, and Adaptivity • Summation Architecture and Pipe Mazes Page 8.1150.3 • Robotics – An application to real-life situations Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rahul Kulkarni; Wajiha Shireen

simplified functional simulation model for three-phase voltage- source inverter using switching function concept”, IEEE trans. on Ind. Electronics, v 48,n 2, April 2001, p309-321.VII. BIOGRAPHYWajiha Shireen is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department atUniversity of Houston, Houston, Texas. She obtained her B.S degree in Electrical Engineeringfrom Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1987. She completed her M.S andPhD degrees in 1991 and 1993, both from Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Shejoined University of Houston in 1993. Her research interests are in the area of power electronicswhich includes advanced PWM methods, active power filtering, soft switching inverters

Conference Session

Industrial Sponsored Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerry Hatfield

Session 3525 “Robot Phone Home” Jerry. M. Hatfield Northern Arizona UniversityAbstract:The College of Engineering and Technology at Northern Arizona University employs a sequenceof four courses, known as Design4Practice, to provide increasing levels of design experience asstudents progress from freshmen to seniors. The sophomore level course in this sequence is basedon a semester-long project to design, build, and test a computer-controlled electro-mechanicalrobot that performs some useful function, frequently with an environmental application

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

Education 1access, retrieve, evaluate, use and communicate information will be critical in a global informationsociety characterized by rapid technological change. Engineers who possess a more thoroughknowledge of information retrieval strategies and information resources will be more effective ineducating themselves.” [1]. Thus begins an abstract for a 1994 conference paper. The need forinformation literacy has not decreased since that time. While students arrive on campus verycomfortable with the World Wide Web, they are not trained in efficient use of electronic ortraditional resources, nor are they necessarily able to evaluate resources for

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

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William O. Jolley; Hartley T. Grandin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

application of the method. Modern finiteelement developments have become very sophisticated, and the available softwaredeveloped for the user has become very easy to use. It has become more important thanever to insure that the analyst, in his/her search for the best modeling method, correctlyuses the tools available.What Type of Education is Required to Carry Out a Proper Element Analysis?When FEM first appeared in the 1960's it was introduced into the engineering curriculumat the graduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM wasintroduced at the undergraduate level in engineering and engineering technologyprograms, even in some two-year technology programs. Graphical user-friendlyinterfaces (GUI) have significantly reduced the

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theresa McGarry; Edward Young; Elisabeth Alford

students to improve their communicative skill as well as theirperformance on the writing assignments in the course. In the mechanical engineering curriculum atthis university, technical writing is not a required course; the students receive all their technicalwriting instruction in three laboratory courses.The faculty for the course and the staff of the Professional Communications Center in the Collegeof Engineering and Information Technology have worked together to strengthen the students’communications abilities. In addition to fundamental skills such as the basics of lab reports, thetarget outcomes from the communication emphasis in this course include the following that relateto writing. We aim to increase the students’ ability to:• organize

Conference Session

Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

. Students have the experience described, and faculty members are able toassess the related outcomes. Suggestions have been made for other experiences that would givestudents similar experiences while permitting assessment of these outcomes.Bibliography1. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, http://www.abet.org.2. Shaeiwitz, J. A., Whiting, W. B., and Velegol, D., “A Large-Group Senior Design Experience: Teaching Responsibility and Life-Long Learning,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 30, no. 1, 1996, pp. 70-75.3. http://www2.cemr.wvu.edu/~wwwche/publications/projects/index.html4. http://www.nd.edu/~enviro/design/design.html5. http://www.che.cemr.wvu.edu/ugrad/outcomesJOSEPH A

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Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Baratuci; Angela Linse

Streaming Video Software. Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91, no. 3, pp.267- 274.4 - Novak, G.M. (editor), Patterson, E.T., Gavrin, and A.D., Christian, W. (1999), Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning With Web Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.5 - Baratuci, W. B., Linse, A., (2002), Heat Transfer On-Line. Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE Conference, Montreal. New York: American Society for Engineering Education.6 - Linse, A., Denton, D. and Adams, R. (2002), Making Assessment Projects Sustainable: Using Mid-Term Class Interviews to Gather Student Feedback. Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston. American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

., Thorne, S., and Collins, W. "Internet Application of LabVIEW in Computer Based Learning." European Journal of Open and Distance Learning. 2000.9. Travis, J. Internet Applications in LabVIEW, Prentice Hall, 2000.10. MATLAB Student Version Release 13, including the Control Systems Toolbox, The MathWorks, http://www.mathworks.com/products/studentversion/index.shtml.11. National Instrument: Getting Started with NI-IMAQ for IEEE-1394 Cameras Available at http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/322885a.pdf12. National Instrument: NI-IMAQ for IEEE-1394 Cameras User Manual Available at http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/370362a.pdfBiographyRAFIC BACHNAKRafic (Ray) Bachnak is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Texas A&MUniversity

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Wherley; David DiBiase; Eric Spielvogel; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

. The project relied upon the provision andmaintenance of an enterprise course management system (ANGEL, created by CyberLearningLabs) by the University’s Office of Information Technology Services. The benefits of such anendeavor was: increased student enrollment, and increased exposure of the environmental andenergy issues facing the engineering disciplines of the department (Mining, Petroleum & NaturalGas Engineering, Environmental System Engineering, and Geo-Environmental Engineering). Itwas also envisioned that with the technological advantage of a computer for every student thatthe class can be presented with greater student interaction with the material, and perhapsincreased opportunities to promote the thought process than an in

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

Session 3515 Client-Based Projects for Every Senior – A Mark of Excellence for Any Program Ronald W. Welch, Allen C. Estes United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a unique senior project capstone course used successfully by the ABET-Accredited Civil Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy (USMA) to greatlyenhance the academic program. The three general project classifications available within thissenior project course are service-based (i.e., USMA, the Army, local community), competition-based (i.e., steel

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marcus Huggans; Steve Watkins; Halvard E. Nystrom

. Quizzes 1A, 2A, and3A, and after a subsequent common lecture, i.e. Quizzes 1B, 2B, and 3B. Examination 1contained a sampling of the quiz questions and all pre-test questions. Hence, the strongesteffect of the differentiated learning modules should be in Quizzes 2A and 3A.IV. Experience of the Engineering Students The participants in the study were thirty-two electrical engineering and physicsundergraduate and graduate students from the University of Missouri-Rolla who enrolledin Electrical Engineering 326: Fiber and Integrated Optics. The tutorials covered threeareas: (LM1) review of the pre-requisite electromagnetics knowledge, (LM2) overview ofoptics technology and concepts, and (LM3) presentation of fundamental mathematics andphysical

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nghia Le

8 GND g 220Ω Figure 15 – The PLD, the Decoder/Drivers, and the 7-segment DisplaysIII. ConclusionThe project produces visual indicators for the value of the coin passing in front of thedetection inductor. It consists of different analog/digital circuits that the students havelearned during the first three semesters in the Electrical Engineering Technology Programof Purdue University. This design gives the students the opportunity to put into practicethe theories and applications they possess. It also enhances their troubleshooting skills.Bibliography1. Boylestad, R. L. (1995). Introductory circuit analysis (6th ed.). Ohio: Merrill Publishing.2

Conference Session

Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

generate an appropriate solution or, perhapsmore importantly, to evaluate the solution. We have used exercises in specification developmentin both our freshman “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course and our sophomore designcourse. This paper will describe these exercises and provide an example.Preface“The mere formulation of a problem is far more often essential than its solution…” -- AlbertEinstein1“The most critical step in the solution of a problem is the problem definition or formulation.” 2, 3, 4“The starting point of most design projects is the identification by a client of a need to be met.” 5 The client’s statement of need must be refined in the problem definition in which 1) objectives areclarified, 2) user requirements are

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Session 2209 Safe Alternatives For Hands On Learning Of X-Ray Imaging Principles Rachael Shevin1, Rebecca J. Zambon1, Stacy S. Klein 1,2, Cynthia B. Paschal1,3 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1631 / 2 University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN 37212 / 3 Department of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Guerci; Douglas Baxter

Page 8.258.71 This convention is used by many courses at Rensselaer that require electronic submission. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”created and sent to the grader. This will decrease the amount of data flow and still allowfor accurate grading.PDM/Works is a trademark of DesignSource Technologies, Southborough, MA.Windows Media Player is copyright of Microsoft Corporation, Reading, WA.SolidWorks is registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation, Concord, MA.WebCT is a registered trademark of WebCT.com, Vancouver, BC.Bibliography1. Baxter, Douglas, and Bunk, Donald, Engineering

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Nelson; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

Session 1531 Using a Delphi Study to Identify the Most Difficult Concepts for Students to Master in Thermal and Transport Science Ruth A. Streveler, Barbara M. Olds, Ronald L. Miller1 Colorado School of Mines Mary A. Nelson University of Colorado, BoulderAbstractIn this paper, we describe the use of Delphi methodology to reach consensus among a group ofexperienced engineering faculty about the difficulty and importance of fundamental concepts inthe thermal and transport sciences. Our

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

/laboratory format and is designed for Electronic, Computer, Mechanical, andManufacturing Engineering Technology students organized into cross-functional teams.The outline of the paper follows the course outline described in TAC of ABET “Self-Study Questionnaire - TC2K Visits” 1IntroductionStudentThe course is an interdisciplinary course with mixed teams of Mechanical (MET),Manufacturing (MFG), Electronic (EET), and Computer (CET) Engineering Technologystudents. In general, the course is an integration of LabVIEW-based virtualinstrumentation and data acquisition techniques and a physical/mechanical measurementslab 2. Since the teams contain students from multiple majors, we cultivate a peer-learningenvironment where the EETs and CETs help the METs

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

, Michael, Chairman and CEO, George Group, web archive, www.iSixSigma.com, "Ask the Expert," "Integrating Lean and Six Sigma."9. Factory Physics, 2nd edition, Hopp and Spearman, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2001.10. Womack, Jim, President and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., email newsletter, October, 2002, "The 'Right Sequence' for Implementing Lean."11. Breyfogle III, Forrest W., President of Smarter Solutions, "Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing," web archive, www.smartersolutions.com.DAVID W. GORE, PEAssistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in the Engineering Technology and IndustrialStudies Department, Manufacturing En gineering Technology and Industrial Management Technology coordinator.Prior to joining MTSU in

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

). Page 8.104.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Appendix B : PEEP Loan Agreement Contract PEEP Loan Agreement Contract Construction Management and Engineering North Dakota State University Interim Report (Due the last day of the Fall Semester) How did you learn to use the Palm m105? Give a detailed explanation concerning the learning strategies that you used (on-line help, chat rooms, paper-based manuals, peer/group learning, formal instruction at Information Technology Services

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

Session 3286 Graphic Claymation – Visualization Through Sight And Touch Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction:“Introduction to Graphics and Solids Modeling” (METBD 110) is a first semester freshmen classfor all students enrolled in the Plastics Engineering Technology (PLET) and MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) programs in both the associate and bachelors programs offeredat Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This class is a three-credit course, which meets fivehours per week for 14 weeks in a supervised lab setting. Since it is a

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Conrad; Marvin Needler

, Koldwater Technologies, LLC, PO Box 701, Mannford, OK 74044, http://www.PLCTrainer.com Page 8.969.6“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003,American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3549 8. LogixPro, The Learning Pit Dot Com, 709 King St. Whitby, Ontario L1N5A2, Canada, http://www.thelearningpit.com 9. RSLogic Emulate 500, Rockwell software, http://www.software.rockwell.com/rslogixemulate Biography. WILLIAM R. CONRAD Professor Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blace Albert; Wayne Whiteman

. Albert is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theUnited States Military Academy (USMA) where he has served for three years. He graduated from USMA in 1991with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Aero) and received a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineeringfrom the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. He has served in the United States Army for twelve years. Page 8.729.8 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

Session 3268Integrating MATLAB in Mechanics and Structural Analysis Courses M. Sathyamoorthy Office of the Dean of Engineering West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136AbstractThis paper describes the use of MATLAB in teaching mechanics and structural analysiscourses in the engineering curriculum. MATLAB is being used extensively in engineeringprograms across the nation as a tool in enhancing student learning. In using MATLAB formechanics and structural analysis courses, the author has encouraged students to solve avariety of

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz; Stephanie Adams

on institutions of higher educationto prepare students to be effective team players1,2,3,4. For this reason, accreditation institutions atthe collegiate level such as the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) and theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), are requiring higher educationinstitutions to introduce teamwork activities into their curriculums5,6. In response to thisdemand, institutions of higher education are developing methodologies for introducing teamworkin their classrooms for enhancing the process of learning. Collaborative learning, cooperative learning and other forms of active learning aremethods that are being used in classrooms as ways to promote teamwork among students andenhance their

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps

manufacturers.IntroductionIf students are to become successful technical professionals they need to be able to access and use Page 8.899.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe technical data sources used by professionals in their field. Increasingly this means accessingtechnical data from the Internet using a browser. The Internet has become the standard source forprofessional documentation for technology designers. Data books, sales literature, user’s manuals,white papers and application notes are all available

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Meyers; Robert Weissbach

throughout the year. Successes and challenges of using thesis workas a teaching methodology for education in renewable energy will be discussed.IntroductionPenn State Erie, The Behrend College offers an honors program (called the Schreyer Honorsprogram) to those students who possess high academic ability and the desire to pursue research-oriented work within their curriculum. Students are required to take 14 semester credits ofhonors classes as well as write a thesis. Honors classes are either offered within the schedule, orstudents perform additional relevant work within a non-honors class to satisfy the honors creditrequirement.One student in electrical engineering technology (EET) was accepted into the honors program atthe beginning of his junior