2006-1966: NAIT OR ABET? HOW DIFFERENT IS DIFFERENT?Rasha Morsi, Norfolk State University RASHA MORSI is an Assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at Norfolk State University. She has a B.Eng. degree from King’s College, University of London (1991), an M.E. in Computer Engineering (1996), and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2002) from Old Dominion University. Her research interests include Digital Cellular Mobile Communication Networks and Protocols, Object Oriented Modeling and Simulation, and Technology Based Engineering Education.Wael Ibrahim, ECPI College of Technology Wael Ibrahim, is the Associate Dean for Computer Electronics Technology at ECPI College
2006-1967: INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A NEEDS-DRIVEN COURSE ONCALCULATION METHODS AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJohn Blake, Austin Peay State University JOHN W. BLAKE is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. He served as the chair of the department from 1994 to 2005. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee. Page 11.764.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
2006-1999: TC2K: A SUCCESSFUL WORKING MODEL FOR CONTINUOUSIMPROVEMENTDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction
2006-2068: A UNIQUE CAPSTONE PROJECT: BUILDING AN AIRPLANEVenkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale Page 11.137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Unique Capstone Project: Building an AircraftIntroductionCapstone courses in engineering and technology provide the means for the graduatingstudents to demonstrate their comprehensive skills and knowledge and their ability toapply those to real world problems. They serve as an important tool in the accreditationprocess by enabling programs to provide evidence in producing graduates with thefollowing characteristics: 1) strong background in the concepts, tools and techniquesassociated
Education, 2006 STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FACULTY TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR THEIR LEARNING/ SUCCESS IN A TECHNOLOGY BASED BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMAbstractThe primary objective of this study was to explore the relationships between students’perceptions of the importance of faculty teaching techniques and their learning/success,expressed in terms of self-reported technical competencies and GPA in a technology-based baccalaureate electronics engineering technology (EET) program at a teachinguniversity.The sample (N=225) was composed of seniors of the BSEET program from 13geographically diverse campuses of a teaching university. Regression analyses revealedsignificant and direct relationships between faculty teaching techniques (FTT
2006-2368: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO A CLASSIC DESIGN PROJECTJames Penrod, University of Dayton James P. Penrod, P.E., is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Dayton. He is a member of the ASME, SAE, and ASEE. Page 11.189.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Innovative Approach to a Classic Design ProjectAbstractEach year many gear reducers are designed by students of mechanical engineering
. Page 11.1372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Use of Rubrics for Assessment of a Senior Project Design CourseAbstractRubrics are becoming an essential link between instruction and assessment. This paperdescribes the application of rubrics to gauge the performance, skills, and competencies ofstudents as they complete their senior projects in the EET and CET programs at DeVryUniversity, Addison, IL.ABET’s requirement for accredited programs to implement outcomes-based models hasstimulated the growth of formalized assessment programs within the engineering andengineering technology communities.The use of rubrics as an assessment tool allows faculty to: (a) Improve studentperformance by collecting data on student skills and
2006-2431: INTRODUCING THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSTO ALL INCOMING FRESHMEN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTS – THE RESULT IS BETTER FOR ALLGary Crossman, Old Dominion University Gary R. Crossman is Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Professor Crossman received his B.S. degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1964 and his M.E. degree in 1970 from Old Dominion University, where he has served on the faculty for over 34 years. Professor Crossman is a Fellow of ASEE and the recipient of the James H. McGraw Award for leadership in engineering technology education. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in VirginiaAnthony
2006-2224: UTILIZING INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATESUCCESSFUL GRANT PROPOSALSDonald Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.JEFFREY DONNERBERG , Eastern Washington University JEFFREY L. DONNERBERG obtained his B. Sc. in Industrial Education and Technology from Bowling Green State
2006-2187: A HYBRID COURSE IN FUNDAMENTALS OF BUILDINGCONSTRUCTION USING A COMBINATION OF ARCHIVED VIDEO AND LIVESESSION DISTANCE LEARNINGVernon Lewis, Old Dominion University Vernon W. Lewis, JR. P.E., Senior Lecturer, is Program Director of Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. He joined the faculty of Old Dominion University in January 1994. He has 30 years of professional experience in consulting, industry and forensic engineering and is registered in four states. His areas of expertise include structural design, contract documents and materials testing.June Ritchie, Old Dominion University June Ritchie is a Senior Instructional Designer and Instructor for the Center for
AC 2007-206: A LABORATORY EXERCISE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TOEXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINE THE OPERATING POINT FOR A FANRobert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie Robert Edwards is currently a Lecturer in Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at Erie where he teaches Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid and Thermal Science courses. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University. Page 12.55.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Laboratory Exercise to Demonstrate How to Experimentally
AC 2007-208: UTILIZING PROCESS VALUE MAPPING IN LIEU OF VALUESTREAM MAPPING FOR ELIMINATION OF WASTE IN BUSINESS ANDINFORMATION PROCESSESMerwan Mehta, East Carolina UniversityAndrew Jackson, East Carolina University Page 12.1578.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Utilizing Process Value Mapping in Lieu of Value Stream Mapping for Elimination of Waste in Business and Information ProcessesAbstract:An ex-Toyota internal consultant has expressed an opinion that companies are achieving only10% of their potential for process improvement. In the consultant’s words, “most manufacturingseems to be focused on
AC 2007-212: A SIX-YEAR REVIEW OF NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT INELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AT NORTHEASTERNUNIVERSITY IN THE AREA OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS REVEALSSUCCESSES AND FAILURES ? A CASE HISTORYJerome Tapper, Northeastern University Professor Tapper is an Associate Academic Specialist in EET at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a BSEE and an MSIS both from Northeastern University. Jerry is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with over twenty-five years of industrial experience. He is also the author of a tool-kit based text for electrical engineering technology students, Electtonics for Engineering Technology and has authored
AC 2007-227: ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-MEDIA & WEB-BASED INSTRUCTIONIN A SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY COURSEPatricia Backer, San Jose State University Patricia Backer is a Professor and chair of the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering at SJSU. She holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University, a MA and MS degree from Tennessee Temple University, and a MA and PhD from Ohio State. Her research interests are in the integration of multimedia and web-based learning into technology instruction. Page 12.288.1© American Society for Engineering
AC 2007-251: DEVELOPMENT OF NDE LABORATORY FOR AET STUDENTSAND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMVladimir Genis, Drexel University Dr. Vladimir Genis, Associate Professor and Program Director of Applied Engineering Technology in the Goodwin College, Drexel University, taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, biomedical engineering, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. He serves as a member of the Drexel’s Faculty Senate.David Spang, Burlington County College Dr. David I. Spang, the Dean of Science
AC 2007-276: INDUSTRIAL PARTNERING RESULTS IN A PROBLEM-SOLVINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND A PROJECT-BASED CAPSTONE COURSEJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine JOHN MARSHALL received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Electronic Control Systems, and Automation. Page 12.887.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Industrial Partnering Results in a Problem
Engineers,1995.3. R. Clark, “Bonus Tolerances for GD&T”, Tooling and Production, v71, n2, Feb. 2005.4. K. Rennels, “Current Methodologies for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing”, ElectricalInsulation Conference and Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Conference and Exhibition, 2003.5. P. Chiabert, F. Lombardi, and M. Orlando,“Benefits of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing”,Journal of Materials Processing Technology, v 78, n 1-3, 1998.6. ANSI Y14.5M, “Dimensioning and Tolerancing.”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1994.7. A. Krulikowski, “FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING”, Delmar, 1998. Page
AC 2007-348: INTEGRATING TEAMWORK ACROSS THE CURRICULUMCharlie Edmonson, University of Dayton Charlie P. Edmonson is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he retired from the U. S. Air Force after 30 years of engineering design, industrial engineering, and experience at various levels of management.Donna Summers, University of Dayton DONNA C.S. SUMMERS, Ph.D. is a Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Her major areas of concentration are Quality Assurance and Human Factors. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the
AC 2007-397: USE OF SPREADSHEETS WITH SCALED GRAPHICS TO TEACHSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGJorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-DowntownAlberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown Alberto Gomez-Rivas is Professor of Structural Analysis and Chair of Engineering Technology. Dr. Gomez-Rivas received Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, in Civil Engineering and from Rice University, Houston, Texas, in Economics. He received the Ingeniero Civil degree, with Honors, from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. He also served as Chief of Colombia’s Department of Transportation Highway Bridge Division
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
. Then a process wasdescribed which allows an institution to weight the various factors used in the evaluation processto better match the institution's mission and goals along with the faculty members being allowedto set the weights used in their own reviews. Finally some points were presented as to whatmakes for an effective system of faculty evaluation. Page 12.38.7AcknowledgementThe author would like to acknowledge Dr. Ray Sisson, former dean of the College of AppliedScience and Engineering Technology at the University of Southern Colorado (now ColoradoState University at Pueblo) for much of the development of the rating system described in
AC 2007-119: ADDRESSING AND IMPLEMENTING A SAFETY PLAN FORINTERCOLLEGIATE DESIGN COMPETITIONSMichael Anderton, Middle Tennessee State University Michael Anderton is a second year Graduate Research Assistant at Middle Tennessee State University in Engineering Technology Department. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. Currently he is the manager of the Experimental Vehicles Program at MTSU.Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed D. Foroudastan is the Associate Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Professor of Engineering Technology. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1980), his
AC 2007-133: A STUDY OF STUDENT-REPORTED OUT-OF-CLASS TIMEDEVOTED TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSESCarmine Balascio, University of Delaware Carmine C. Balascio, Ph.D, P.E. is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Bioresources Eng. at the Univ. of DE. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Engineering Technology and Mathematics from U.D. He received a Ph.D. double major in Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University. He teaches courses in surveying, soil mechanics, and storm-water management and has research interests in urban hydrology and water resources engineering.Eric Benson, University of Delaware Eric Benson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in
bycreating a bridge to provide students access to the research and development activities involvedin space exploration, as well as to support and develop a pipeline program to encourage the nextgeneration of engineers and scientists. Of special interest is to ensure that robotics researchknowledge derived from exploration missions and programs is transferred to the educationalarena.2The current exploration vision of NASA is to develop the technology and infrastructure requiredto send humans back to the Moon and Mars.3 Some of the technologies that must be matured arethose that are needed to support combined robot/human crews for establishing a base on theMoon in a safe and cost effective manner. Addressing challenging engineering problems such
AC 2007-145: A NEW PARADIGM TO IMPROVE COMPUTER EDUCATION FORENGINEERING STUDENTS: APPLYING INDUSTRY-BASED SOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT CYCLE INTO PROGRAMMING PRACTICESWangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Wangping Sun is an assistant professor at Oregon Institute of Technology. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, a master's degree in software engineering, and a PhD degree in industrial engineering. He has ten years of work experience in industry and four years of work experience in information technology. He is a member of SME, IIE, and ASEE. Page 12.81.1© American Society for Engineering
AC 2007-152: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ? A CASE FOR PHYSICAL SIMULATIONSAlok Verma, Old Dominion University ALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory at Old Dominion University. He also serves as the Chief Technologist of the Lean Institute at ODU He received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at ODU in 1981. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certified manufacturing engineer and has certification in Lean Manufacturing
Paper ID #7675Evaluation of the Effect of Wireshark-based Laboratories on Increasing Stu-dent Understanding of Learning Outcomes in a Data Communications CourseDr. Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University Craig A. Chin received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Florida International University in 2006. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, pattern recog- nition, and active learning techniques applied to engineering education.Dr. Leigh SharmaDr. Garth V
Paper ID #5955EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE OPTIMUM HARVESTING OF SUN-LIGHT FOR AN EFFICIENT SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMDr. Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Brownsville Dr. Immanuel Edinbarough is a Professor in the department of Engineering Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He is currently holding administrative appointments such as, Associate Dean of the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology and the Director of Engineering Technology. He has a successful track record spanning over 25 years in the service oriented and challenging fields of academia, industry and military. He is a hands-on
Paper ID #5811High impact activities to improve student learningDr. Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Zhan is an Associate Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Zhan earned his D.Sc. in Systems Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 1991. From 1991 to 1995, he worked at University of California, San Diego and Wayne State University. From 1995 to 2006, he worked in the automotive industry as a system engineer. In 2006 he joined the Electronics Engineering Technology faculty at Texas A&M. His research activities include control system theory and
South Dakota State University (SDSU); both degrees are in Agricultural Engineering. He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Dr. Latif has authored/co-authored numerous refereed journal articles and peer reviewed conference proceedings articles and has made national and interna- tional conference presentations. His publication record includes articles related to academic program development and assessment of academic programs. Dr. Latif was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Technology.Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Mohammad A. Zahraee became Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at School of Technology in 2010. He holds