Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; Jennifer Kadlowec

Session 1898 ROBOTS! – Freshman Clinic in Mechanical Engineering Hong Zhang Jennifer Kadlowec College of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028 zhang, kadlowec@rowan.edu 1. Introduction The integration of both hands-on experience and minds-on thinking in engineeringeducation is the hallmark of Rowan Engineering. The Engineering Clinic 1,2 sequence wasdeveloped to promote project-based learning. As a unique component of the Rowanengineering curriculum, engineering clinic is a framework that includes the topics fromintroduction of

Conference Session

CAD Applications in MET Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

SurfCAM files. These files were sent to a CNCmachine and the parts were machined. This was a very good experience for the students to learnabout CIM in an industrial setting. Students also learned the basics of CIM by sending the MDTfiles electronically to the department’s rapid prototyping machine and producing physicalmodels. Besides AutoCAD and MDT, Dr. Sridhara also teaches other solid modeling softwaresuch as Pro-Engineer and SolidWorks in CADD II and Advanced CAD classes. Students will doat least one project using these software. A group of students worked with a local industry thatmanufactures kitchen equipment for hospitals and restaurants and designed some parts usingSolidWorks. They visited the industry several times and learned about

Conference Session

Freshman Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

assistant meet one evening a week. In the first five weeks, students learn to soldertogether a utility board and breadboard a series of combinational and sequential digitalelectronics projects. Once they are comfortable with the design of digital circuits, they learnabout building logic gates from Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) CMOStransistors and laying out CMOS transistors. They use the Electric CAD tool to designschematics, layout their circuits, simulate, and verify the chip as a team before sending it to theMOSIS service for fabrication. The chips have been used as components in industry sponsoredresearch projects carried out by senior engineering students. Very Large Scale Integration(VLSI) design historically has been offered

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

adopted by the author for hisEngineering Graphics lectures, using some features of Microsoft PowerPoint software.Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be used to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and Descriptive Geometry concepts, in an easy and affordable way.From hand-drawing geometric shapes such as ellipses, to hand-solving DescriptiveGeometry problems such as piercing points, students’ comprehension of subject matter aswell as their problem solving ability are greatly enhanced through the “show-and-tell-and-let-apply” (SATALA) approach in lecturing

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

William Evans

experience in single axis motion control, askill needed in industrial automation. The first attempt never worked.It had previously been found that the Siemens S7-1200 could output a stepper motor pulse signalcapable of driving a stepper motor controller. The board-level attempt was never successful.However, an evaluation board was found that drove the stepper successfully.This effort included trying to turn the two axes of an etch-a-sketch. While the etch-a-sketchfailed to produce a good x-y picture, the stepper was kept and is still in use as a single-axis labfor students studying single-axis motion control [5]. See Fig. 1. Fig.1. First lab, stepper controller turning as shaft.A second early project was first observed at the

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Daniel Fisher, The George Washington University; James P Ferguson, The George Washington University; Esha Niraj Patel, The George Washington University; Gujri Ahluwalia, The George Washington University; Joseph Anthony Barbera M.D., The George Washington University; Joost R. Santos, The George Washington University

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Diversity

procedures for their injuries and illnesses. Severalother constraints may need to be considered—such as patient criticality, medical specialtyavailability at an HCF, and transportation resource availability—when pairing a patient to anHCF and to resources for safe medical transportation. A stronger, standardized methodologycould increase system efficiency and decrease system delay times, since a range of factors shouldbe considered in determining an adequate HCF, transport mode and safe transport medicalcapability. As in other types of complex decision-making, a decision support system (DSS) toolcan promote rapid but disciplined and effective decision-making for this issue.Background:The planning scenario projects that approximately 35 wounded or

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910

Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1998. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Conversion of Capstone Senior Design to a Two-Semester FormatAbstractThis paper illustrates the conversion of capstone senior design from a one-semester format to atwo-semester format and reveals the benefits of such conversion. In the past, a senior designproject was completed in either a fall semester or a spring semester course. Since fall 2019, asenior design project was completed in a sequence of two courses, Mechanical EngineeringDesign I in the fall and Mechanical Engineering Design II in the spring. The one-semesterformat enables the students to adjust their

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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Construction

of the course but served as supplementary instruments. The tools thatwere implemented for this course included online quizzes and exams, instructor led digitaldiscussion boards, and student led group sign-up and digital discussions. Blackboard platformwas used to establish the digital content which facilitated a self-paced study of the coursematerials while maintaining an interactive environment. The group projects were designed toaddress the implementation of the rating systems which was discussed in course lectures. A real-life project was used to analyze the design and construction alternatives including theachievement of rating system points. A simple survey was conducted at the end of the course tomeasure the effectiveness of the online

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

to excite these students about structures and integrate structure into their owndisciplines in a meaningful way. This paper reports on one means of accomplishing thisin ARCE 316 using K’nex toys to illustrate the entire design - construction sequence andrelate how structure fits into the process during this final large scale structures course.The project was made possible by a generous $10,000 donation of 48,400 K’nex piecesfrom the K’nex Corporation.Project DescriptionIn addition to the lectures, homework and examinations required to attain the ARCE 316course objectives, a course project was developed to illustrate the entiredesign/construction process. For the ten-week 2013 winter quarter, the course projectrequirements were to design and

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Anthony Tessari; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John E Lawler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Civil Engineering

centered around building amodel consisting of a shallow foundation on a sand deposit utilizing the Network for EarthquakeEngineering Simulation (NEES) centrifuge facility. The project provides students at threedifferent engineering universities with new educational tools for improving their understandingof various geotechnical engineering concepts. The main goals of this project are: to develop andpilot test educational models utilizing the centrifuge facility at one of these universities; toprovide visual observation of the response of soil and soil-foundation systems; and to promotestudent-based use of instrumentation, interpretation of acquired data, and utilization of the NEES3D data viewer in order to analyze the measured response. Students

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and Circuit Analysis.Prof. Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

beneficial to all electricaltechnology students.Since teaching advanced DSP topics within the engineering technology program has therequirement of being at a hands-on and engineering technology level, adopting the traditionalteaching approaches and using textbooks dealing with complicated mathematics and theoriesused in the four-year engineering program may not be appropriate. Hence, in this paper, we willpresent our innovative pedagogies and experiences from teaching the subjects of advanced DSPin the engineering technology curricula.The paper is organized as follows. We will explain the course prerequisites and describe ourclass content first, and then we will introduce real-time signal processing hands-on project usinga DAQ (Data Acquisition

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adityen Sudhakaran; Toure Cort; Shankar Krishnan

DESIGN OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH Adityen Sudhakaran Toure Cort Shankar Krishnan, Ph.D. sudhakarana@wit.edu cortt2@wit.edu krishnans@wit.edu Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA 02115 Abstract: Undertaking research projects, applying the theory learnt and working on design

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

2024Abstract In this paper, we present preliminary research findings regarding the impact of theMaking Academic Change Happen (MACH) curriculum. Engineering education graduatestudents who were enrolled in different doctoral programs were exposed to the MACHcurriculum in one of three settings: the MACH workshop in 2017 that included severalgraduate students among the attendees (faculty, administrators, etc.); the Emerging EngineeringEducators MACH workshop that was designed specifically for early career faculty and graduatestudents in 2019; and the National Science Foundation Revolutionizing EngineeringDepartments (RED) project change community monthly Zoom calls that occurred from 2015 to2023. In this paper, we focus on graduate student

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nishchal Thapa Magar, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg; Marco Brizzolara, George Mason University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

is part of a larger project that aims to transform the culture in STEM departments at alarge, regional, R1 institution to one that values and prioritizes active and inquiry-based learning.The project leverages course-based communities of transformation (CCTs) which includeinstructors, GTAs, and undergraduate learning assistants. The CCTs aim to make active learningthe default method of instruction in highly enrolled gateway courses in the participatingdepartments (physics, math, and computer science). Early in the project it became clear thatGTAs play a significant role in introductory courses, largely because of their responsibilities asinstructors in recitations and labs. To prepare and support GTAs in their role, the project hasdeveloped

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 12

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Danxu Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Emma Regentova, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Venkatesan Muthukumar, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; SJ Kim, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jonathan Hilpert, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

[6] and fill in the gap of knowledge access during thesummer [7,8]. Hands-on projects and workshops with industry experts [9] increase students’ self-confidence, and site visits to authentic examples of engineering introduce students to the socialsectors that leverage STEM knowledge [10], helping to develop self-confidence and STEMidentity formation.The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a three-week STEM summer campconducted on the university grounds by the engineering faculty and a undergraduate and graduatestudents mentors on middle school students of grades 6, 7 and 8. Participants were selected torepresent a broad range of both demographics and genders. The camp is designed to promoteSTEM identity development by

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Pierce, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

EPICS, he has developed extensive experience in the administration of community-engaged design programs. As part of the leadership team, he has led the EPICS program to be recognized with numerous awards, including the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award and Outstanding Experiential Education Program by the Society of Experiential Education.Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University Nichole Ramirez is the Assistant Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program at Purdue University. Her research focuses on experiential education and mental health in engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and M.S. in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University,Dr

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Clippinger, Behrend College; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Penn State University; Steven Nozaki, Penn State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

involved in a number of federal grants, including two NSF STEM grants, an EU-AtlantDr. Steven Nozaki, Penn State University Ph.D. Engineering Education - The Ohio State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Improving Technology Student Critical Thinking Skills Through Trained Writing Tutor InteractionsAbstractSenior projects are typically funded by industrial sponsors who pose a problem for students tosolve. All too often, students concentrate on the application of engineering concepts beforeaccurately identifying the source of the problem. The result is that the students’ solutions can anexacerbate rather than solve the real problem. This paper discusses

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

students in building and making fromthe outset, aligning with the core aspects of the engineering curriculum, such as learning CADtools and manufacturing processes, as well as analyzing built objects and understanding thebehaviors of physical phenomena. By engaging first-year students in these practical tasks earlyon, we aim to spark their excitement for their mechanical engineering major, foster collaborativeand creative problem-solving skills, and build connections that spur curiosity and deeperunderstanding. The introduction of collaborative design and making projects serve not only toenergize students but also to create an implicit link between theoretical knowledge and practicalapplication, demonstrating the relevance and enjoyment of

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2013 GSW

Authors

Xavier Mirza; Amir Ali; Thomas Reyes; Jonathan Zea

. BackgroundOur interest in energy harvesting led us to believe that we can take apart a complex device suchas a pacemaker and eliminate it’s battery as the primary power source. We introduced this idea tofew medical professionals such as Dr. Macknojia, a cardiologist, and Dr. Curran, PHD inNeurology. Their enthusiasm and inputs for this topic gave us motivation to design a completeproduct for demonstration. The main complexity of this project dealt with the piezoelectricsensors since our application needs sufficient power to work. Since we cannot use an actualhuman heart to test our theory, we created a mimic heartbeat model using Arduinomicrocontroller. This required us to create a complex C code which is listed in Appendences ofthis paper. Our

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

A. Lambert; D. J. Russomanno; P. Palazolo; S. Ivey

examples of such activities andprograms that are underway at Herff College of Engineering, The University ofMemphis, and we note specific links to the expectations of the NAE and potentialindustry and technological employers.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4Example 1: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Enhancing and Supporting UndergraduateEngineering EducationThis example involves an NSF-funded educational study titled “A Scholarship Programfor Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Students: An Industry-AcademiaPartnership Approach (CSEMS).” This project represents a

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marcus O. Durham; Robert A. Durham; Rosemary Durham

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT: A Course for SurvivalMarcus O. Durham, PhD, PE, Robert A. Durham, PE, PhD candidate 2004, Rosemary Durham University of Tulsa / D2 Tech Solutions / THEWAY Corp.Abstract: Engineering survival and success depends on many skills in addition to technicalexcellence. The class looks at topics from professionalism to ethics, from presentation to peopleskills, from project management to international cultures. These issues are more important thanever in an engineering environment that is very dynamic and involves frequent transitionsbetween employers and job functions. Numerous assessments of personality styles are addressedalong with needs and motivation assessments. Because of the changing

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

systems engineering concepts and introducing economicconcepts and business benefits through implementations such as found in Supply Chain andWarehouse Management (SCM/WHM). In addition, RFID is a natural place to introduce ethicalas well as global engineering issues. The course includes selected RFID projects incorporatingbusiness student participation on multidisciplinary teams. As a result, the department has beenable to tailor the course to specifically addresses ABET1 outcomes 3 (d), 3 (f) and 3 (h). Earlyexperience in multidisciplinary teamwork has been favorable, one example provided by a teamthat evaluated possible adoption of RFID by the college’s library. The role of assessment indeciding to adopt this course, and the assessment of the

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

B. Samanta; Chiraag Nataraj; Sanjeev Reddy; Mark Woods; C. Nataraj

SWARM ROBOTICS: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS B. Samanta1*, Chiraag Nataraj2, Sanjeev Reddy3, Mark Woods4, C. Nataraj5 Abstract: The paper reports an exploratory project to provide research experiences on swarm robotics to high school students. A group of three simple mobile robots (Lego NXT) was used to study ‘search and rescue’ operation. A bio-inspired global optimization technique called particle swarm optimization (PSO) was used as the main algorithm. Each robot was placed in pre-defined positions with a target position corresponding to a single target. The robots would search in spirals till the target was found by any one of the

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

James Guthrie

their careersas project leaders so they can better produce efficient integrated designs and collaborateeffectively with their structural engineering consultants and therefore lead more successfulprojects. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  206 The benefits of understanding structural principles apply to both ARCH and CM students.Architects typically take a lead role in building design and so an understanding of structuralprinciples can enhance their ability to produce design concepts that are coordinated with

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

systems engineering concepts and introducing economicconcepts and business benefits through implementations such as found in Supply Chain andWarehouse Management (SCM/WHM). In addition, RFID is a natural place to introduce ethicalas well as global engineering issues. The course includes selected RFID projects incorporatingbusiness student participation on multidisciplinary teams. As a result, the department has beenable to tailor the course to specifically addresses ABET1 outcomes 3 (d), 3 (f) and 3 (h). Earlyexperience in multidisciplinary teamwork has been favorable, one example provided by a teamthat evaluated possible adoption of RFID by the college’s library. The role of assessment indeciding to adopt this course, and the assessment of the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kara Cokeley; Claire Mockler; Min Feng Zheng; James Patrick Abulencia

energyresearch as a six credit sequence. By allowing students to perform independent research,students benefit from a learning experience that allows them to think both critically andcreatively. Most importantly, these hands-on projects help increase student interest in the fieldof renewable energy, which will become important in educating the next generation of engineers.I. Introduction The search for renewable fuel is continually growing as the world’s energy demandsconstantly increase. The reserve of non-renewable fuels continues to be exhausted, and asresearch in this field intensifies, it is imperative to educate students, specifically engineeringstudents, on the importance of alternative energy. At this current pace of consumption

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

systems engineering concepts and introducing economicconcepts and business benefits through implementations such as found in Supply Chain andWarehouse Management (SCM/WHM). In addition, RFID is a natural place to introduce ethicalas well as global engineering issues. The course includes selected RFID projects incorporatingbusiness student participation on multidisciplinary teams. As a result, the department has beenable to tailor the course to specifically addresses ABET1 outcomes 3 (d), 3 (f) and 3 (h). Earlyexperience in multidisciplinary teamwork has been favorable, one example provided by a teamthat evaluated possible adoption of RFID by the college’s library. The role of assessment indeciding to adopt this course, and the assessment of the

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Finnie; Neil Fennessey

attainment ofvarious student outcomes. The objective of this paper is to show how a Communication Rubricfor grading student design projects could be used to provide some direct measurements ofattainment of student outcomes. DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT OUTCOMESThe ABET web site (WWW.ABET.ORG) provides information about accreditation, includingthe documents entitled “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs” for specificAccreditation Cycles (school years). A comparison of these criteria reveals that “directmeasures” for assessment are not specifically mentioned until 2011-2012. The definition sectionfor the 2010-2011 criteria defines Assessment as follows [1]. “Assessment is one or more processes that identify, collect, and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Paul C. King; Gerarda M. Shields

the needsof the millennial or digital generation by incorporating multimedia into our classrooms in a structured,meaningful way well before students enter the college learning environment. City Polytechnic HighSchool has embarked on this effort through their Integrated Projects course offerings.The City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CityPoly) welcomedits first cohort of freshman in fall 2009. As a five year secondary school, these students will not onlyreceive a high school diploma in three years but may also continue on to an associates degree in areassuch as architectural, civil engineering and construction management technology at New York CityCollege of Technology (CityTech), part of the City