Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #11324A Guided Approach to Technical Report Writing for Undergraduate Engi-neering StudentsDr. Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University Lindsay Corneal is an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, a M.B.A. from Lawrence Technological University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Materials Science and Engineering. Page 26.51.1

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute; Sami Ainane, The Petroleum Institute

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

sustainable and/or green design principles typically have higher design costs (9.4%) e) The people I study with are increasingly interested in sustainable and/or green design principles in mechanical systems (4.7%)16. How does your school provide opportunities for learning about sustainable design principlesand/or technologies? (Check all that apply.) a) It doesn't (8%) b) Extracurricular projects and/or competitions (24%) c) Whole major / minors devoted to sustainable Engineering (20%) d) Special assignments on sustainable engineering (40%) Page 26.681.8 e) Special elective classes on

Conference Session

ECE-related Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Retz, California Polytechic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

producedmicrocontrollers such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi that provide robust capabilities for sensing,control and communication. These tools are useful for both teaching and research in fieldsoutside of ECE, but require the traditional understanding of basic electrical circuits andprogramming methodology in order to be effective. This dilemma led to development of a coursefor non-engineers to allow such technologies to be used effectively. Students participated from adiverse array of fields, including agriculture, animal science, biology, finance, fine arts, physicsand statistics. The pedagogical approach used was a combination of traditional short lectures,hands-on small lab projects performed in two-person student teams, and a team-selected specialproject

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Backens, Christopher Newport University; Anton Riedl, Christopher Newport University; C. Gerousis, Christopher Newport University; Dali Wang, Christopher Newport University

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering. Over the past 12 years he has taught a wide range of courses in computer engineering as well as computer science, includ- ing, among others, Engineering Design, Data Communications, and Cryptography/Network Security. His research interests are in computer and communication networking, as well as in unmanned autonomous systems. Dr. Riedl received the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and the Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from Munich University of Technol- ogy, Germany.Dr. C. Gerousis, Christopher Newport University Costa Gerousis received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1994, 1996

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Girma Tewolde, Kettering University

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Electrical and Computer

through the institute’s KEEN Internal Topical Grant program.I. IntroductionIntroduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering courses are common in many institutesacross the country for freshman or sophomore students1,2. The goal of such courses is to providegeneral introduction to the field of ECE and talk about the main areas of applications, problemsolving, professional career opportunities, technology, ethics, and other related topics.Instead of providing just theoretical presentation about the field, this proposed course offers amore practical approach for effective ways of achieving the same objective, with the additionalbenefit of enhancing student engagement and their learning experience in the process. To thisend, the main strength of

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Jorge Americo Acosta Feliz

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

may not have a lot of discretionary time to devoteto formal out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs,which foster the subsequent pursuit of STEM careers.1 Moreover, working youth may not haveextra disposable income to devote to many STEM activities such as attendance at sciencemuseums or the purchase of STEM magazines and materials, which also foster the pursuit ofSTEM careers.2, 3 High school students’ workplaces may thus be promising sites for fosteringequitable STEM learning because they are sites inhabited by many youth who do not have thesame access to formal STEM learning opportunities as youth from more affluent families.The purpose of this study was to identify the types of engineering-related

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

career path. And still others conjure up the image of adirty, dull, dangerous, and demeaning factory floor and run (not walk) in the otherdirection.What is needed to turn these impressions around are exciting exposures to technicaltopics in existing high school curriculums such as technology education, science, mathand physics. The purpose of this paper is to identify exactly one such exciting modulethat has been successfully used to build bridges that link high school students to industrialtechnology and engineering technology career paths.This presentation will identify specific outcomes that resulted from an extremely cost-efficient program. The success and simplicity of the program encourages it’scontinuance with existing high schools and

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Prince Anyalebechi

the local industry around the school and theacademic and industrial backgrounds and experiences of the faculty. The depth, breadth, andtechnical rigor is usually determined by whether it is a traditional engineering or anengineering technology program and whether it is an ABET approved course. Traditionally,courses on manufacturing processes in many engineering departments emphasize just designand/or metal machining processes and little of anything else. Often the courses are devoid oftwo important elements namely the: (i) the interactions between design and manufacturingprocesses, and (ii) interaction between materials and process variables. This approachusually produces graduates who are limited in their ability to solve non-machine

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4505: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ HABITS OF MIND AND AC-TION IN ENGINEERING DESIGNDr. Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University Matthew D. Lammi is Assistant Professor of STEM Education.Dr. Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University Theodore Branoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. A member of ASEE since 1987, he has served as Chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE and as Associate Editor in charge of paper reviews for the Engineering Design Graphics Journal. He is currently President of the International Society for Ge- ometry and Graphics. Branoff’s research interests include

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

construction engineering specialty field • understanding of legal and professional practice issues related to the construction industry • understanding of construction processes, communications, methods, materials, systems, equipment, planning, scheduling, safety, cost analysis, and cost control • understanding of management topics such as economics, business, accounting, law, statistics, ethics, leadership, decision and optimization methods, process analysis and design, engineering economics, engineering management, safety, and cost engineering.10Baccalaureate degree programs in construction engineering technology accredited by ABETTAC must demonstrate that graduates are capable of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Dr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is the recipient of three NSF awards for research in engineering education and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of En- trepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing a Minor Program in Nuclear Science and EngineeringAbstractThe Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fort Valley State University (FVSU)has recently developed an academic minor program in Nuclear Science and Engineering forstudents majoring in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM).The minor program is structured around four courses that will feature progressively moreadvanced topics, and hands-on laboratory-based projects and experimental analysis. Thesecourses are: a two-course sequence in Nuclear Science and Engineering with laboratorycomponents, a course in nuclear radiation, and an introductory course in health physics.This paper describes

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, King Saud University

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Women in Engineering

University), why it is almost absent, as well as the different academic, job-related, and cultural justifications for this phenomenon. It also subjectively compares it with similar models existing in nearby gulf countries, as evidenced by the superior performance of female engineers in recent GCC engineering competitions. This paper finally proposes a plan of action possibly utilizing current education technologies that could be taken to promote engineering education in Saudi Arabia. Key words: Engineering, Education, Saudi Arabia, GCCIntroductionSaudi Arabian higher education currently holds in its 25 public universities1 one of the largestnumber of students in the Middle East, now exceeding an impressive

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. IntroductionResearch in engineering education over the past 15 years has shown that US undergraduateengineering student enrollment in decline while the demand for qualified engineering graduatesis expected to increase1. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts a 22% growth injobs for fields related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) between2004 and 2014 (U. S. Department of Labor, 2005)2. It revealed that fewer than 40 % of studentswho enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete college with a STEM degreetoday3. The engineering graduation rate is even lower for Texas Higher Education institutions4.Research by ACT indicates that fewer than one in five 12th graders have both high interest inSTEM and high

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mindy Hart, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in En- Page 24.826.1 gineering and Technology Education and the recipient of the ASEE Chester Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education. He is a fellow of ASEE and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Investigation of High School Pathways into Engineering (work in progress)AbstractA significant effort has

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Morrow

Session 1532Creating a Realistic Embedded Systems Design Experience for Computer Engineers Michael G. Morrow Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Abstract This paper chronicles the author’s experiences in designing and implementing a capstone computer engineering design course to incorporate state of the art technology. Often, these design courses are forced to one of two extremes - one, using simpler technologies to facili- tate

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Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Taylor; Jacqueline Mozrall

Session #2457 An Integrated First Year Curriculum in Industrial and Systems Engineering James B. Taylor and Jacqueline R. Mozrall Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623AbstractA new, integrated first year curriculum has been developed in Industrial & Systems Engineering(ISE) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) that possesses increased practical content,additional active learning opportunities, and a stronger sense of identity among first yearIndustrial Engineering

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

Learning – To facilitate the transition from student toward engineer, we decided to provide students with the means to conduct experiments outside the Page 9.1071.1 laboratory proper. Each team now purchases a PICkitTM 1 Flash Start Kit Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition CopyrightÀ 2004, American Society for engineering Education programmer/evaluation board from Microchip Technology, Inc., shown in Figure 114. At only $36.00, it is an economical solution that can be used to program microcontrollers via a USB port and conduct

Conference Session

Sustainability and the Environment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Domenico Grasso

last 4 milliseconds of the day.“To overcome today’s environmental problems we will need both understanding andmoral fortitude to compensate for our genetically endowed predilection for short-termgain” i. The understanding that is needed is in part technological, in part economic, and inpart an understanding of the human condition. Engineers must play a pivotal role in thesolution of these problems – just as they did in their creation. However, for engineers toplay this role, a major paradigm shift is needed. In the words of Albert Einstein, “Theworld we have created has problems that cannot be solved thinking the way we used tothink when we created them”. Unfortunately, notwithstanding new ABET criteria,engineering programs rarely, if ever

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watson; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

Session 2793 Internet Based Class Presentations to Enhance Distance Engineering Degree Programs Hossein Salehfar, John Watson, Arnold Johnson School of Engineering and Mines University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202 U.S.AAbstractIn this time of rapidly changing technology, the delivery mechanisms for educational programsare constantly evolving. Distance education has become more readily available, and the non-traditional student now has enhanced opportunities in many academic fields. In 1989

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

Engineering and Aviation has seven departments with elevenbaccalaureate degree programs. The programs under the engineering branch include:Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, MechanicalEngineering, Computer Science, and Physics. The programs under the aviation branchinclude: Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technology, Aircraft MaintenanceManagement, Avionics Engineering, Aviation Science/Professional Pilot, and AviationManagement. To develop and coordinate an assessment system and processes for allthese programs, an assessment council (Parks Assessment Council) has been created.The council includes the Associate Dean of Engineering and one faculty member fromeach program/department.Building Blocks of College

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Mahmoud Hammad El Zamli, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #574Hands-On Design Projects in a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering CourseYasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Technical Laboratory Coordinator in the Mechanical En- gineering Program at Texas A&M University, Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, control and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Science and Technology (Al Ain Campus), Maintenance Engineer at AGRINCO and

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College

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Two Year College Division

needs.Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College ”Tim McGhee received his M.S. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and currently serves as the Dean of the Engineering Technology Division at Chattanooga State Community College. He has over 21 years of project engineering/management and construction experience with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with responsibilities in site drainage design, excavation, and erosion control. His primary areas of expertise now include capacity building in relation to aligning engineering technology curricula with industrial workforce development needs. Dean McGhee is deeply involved with redesigning engineering technology education with an appropriate body of knowledge

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning, and As- sistant Professor of engineering education and learning design and technology at Purdue University. NSF and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on policy of P-12 engineering, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering learning, the measurement and support of change of ”habits of mind,” particularly in regards to sustainability and the use of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning of complexity

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

LEGO RCX platform isparticularly interesting in this respect. From the electrical engineering perspective, it provides avariety of pre-constructed sensors as well as motors. From the mechanical engineeringperspective, robot bodies can be constructed from the simple building blocks of standard andspecialized LEGO parts, which include gears, axles, and hinges. Finally, from the computerscience perspective, there are a variety of programming languages available that support inputfrom sensors and output to motors, including numerous languages that require no previousprogramming background.4With the development of these inexpensive and accessible platforms, robotics projects providean opportunity to directly interact with technology, as well as an

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis; Jr., James Caffery; Jr., Fred Beyette

retention ofengineering freshmen via several avenues. First, the course allows students to become acquaintedwith their major early in the curriculum. Beyond introducing the sub-disciplines of ECE, studentsengage in a variety of activities that are designed to introduce them to the people and resourcesthat will help them succeed, including: professors in their major, academic advisors, deans,engineering librarians, national/international co-operative education advisors, ECE upperclassmen,and leaders in the engineering student organizations. Second, the course promotes freshmenretention by highlighting the skills and technologies that ECE students learn after completion ofmath and science core courses. Finally, experiments in the lab portion of the

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosemarie M. Evans; Madison Daily; Susan L. Murray

, EMail, and Chat room, and d) level ofsatisfaction related to specific tools utilized by the instructor including video lectures, EMail,and Chat room. Page 4.520.1 Course BackgroundThe Engineering Management Department’s Advanced Production graduate level course used inthis research provides an overview of such topics as decision theory, forecasting, and totalquality management. Prior to the introduction of this Internet-based course, the AdvancedProduction course was taught simultaneously via traditional on-campus classroom instructionand over satellite broadcast through the National Technological University

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida

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Continuing Professional Development

question and answerinteraction between faculty in main campus classrooms and remote learning locations in selectFlorida cities, called UF GENESYS (Graduate Engineering Education SYStem). Since 1964 theUF Engineering distance learning program has evolved through different technologies, fromsending production quality course tapes to industry sites (~mid 1970s), to shipping VHS tapes ofeach course lecture, each day to individual students (~mid 1980s), to mailing DVDs of each livecourse lecture each day to distance students (1990’s), to a conversion to online video delivery inthe late 1990’s. In 2005, the distance learning program was renamed the UF EDGE (ElectronicDelivery of Gator Engineering) Program. UF EDGE offers online course video delivery

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industrial Partnership Needs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Edward Lee Long IV, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1048: CONVERTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEVEHICLE TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLEAli Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University Dr. Eydgahi is an Associate Dean of the College of Technology, Coordinator of PhD in Technology program, and Professor of Engineering Technology at the Eastern Michigan University. Since 1986 and prior to joining Eastern Michigan University, he has been with the State University of New York, Oak- land University, Wayne County Community College, Wayne State University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Dr. Eydgahi has received a number of awards including the Dow outstanding Young Fac- ulty Award from American Society for Engineering Education in 1990, the Silver Medal for outstanding

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John G. Nee

acquired knowledgeand education in the field and obtain increased acceptance of manufacturing engineering as aprofession.In 1976, SME instituted the Manufacturing Technologies Certification program which is designedto give documentation to those individuals with less education and/or experience than is requiredfor Certified Manufacturing Engineers. Certification is peer recognition conferred by a technicaland/or professional organization. In the case of manufacturing engineering, peer recognition isgiven by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. This recognition attests to ones ability to meeta set of one or more of the many aspects of modern manufacturing engineering and technology.Departments can administer the Technology Fundamentals Exam as