Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

can be applied directly to electronics engineering technology,the uniqueness of the students and the program requires special effort to make it work. This paper discusses the challenge of incorporating statistics in the curriculum of electronicsengineering technology program at Texas A&M University.Incorporating statistics into electronics engineering technology curriculum Statistics is an important tool for robustness analysis, measurement system error analysis, testdata analysis, probabilistic risk assessing, and many other fields in the engineering world. Thekey to the success of teaching and learning statistics for engineering students is to make itrelevant to the engineering problems they face26. Using real-world data5, 15 and

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet; Gregory Neff, Purdue University, Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University, Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

programs are in an ideal position to support the packaging industry. This paperdescribes the first Mechatronics Engineering Technology bachelor program specifically designedto serve the packaging industry. The paper describes the program’s development process, thefinalized curriculum, industry partners, and laboratory development efforts.I. IntroductionWith global economy, consumer, industrial and commercial goods need to be packaged andshipped to different locations. The package must protect the content, deliver proper informationabout the content and in certain applications be appealing to customers. Packaging industries areunder continuous challenges as the cost of energy and material increases. More efficientpackages with less material are

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

expected need for design, operation andmaintenance personnel in the power industry, in particular for those in the State of Texas. ThePower ET program has been partially funded by the Texas Workforce Commission and iscurrently developing a new curriculum that can effectively provide the students with knowledgein power generation, power transmission, instrumentation and control, and thermodynamics asrequired by engineering positions in the power industry. The new curriculum has an emphasis inthree technical areas17: • Electronics Engineering Technology, with a focus in the areas of power, instrumentation, and control. • Mechanical Engineering Technology, with a focus in the areas of materials

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Fang, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

densities (darkness). Figure 14 shows a CR image of a high pressure steam pipe used in nuclear power plants. It can be seen that the pipe was wrapped with a thick layer of thermal insulation material which is typical for steam pipes. The main goal for this pipe CR inspection is to monitor and detect the flow-accelerated corrosion on the pipe walls. Flow-accelerated corrosion has been a major engineering and maintenance issue for the nuclear power plant which can be effectively detected with CR without the need to remove the insulation.≠ With today’s amazingly powerful image processing software as an integral part of the CR system, CR users can easily change the image density, enhance the contrast, zoom a selected region

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

, adapting to the change hascaused many programs to become increasingly aware of what similar programs are doing inother parts of the country or even other parts of the world. A part of all strategic planningincludes comparing oneself to one’s competitors. In the educational world, we are notnecessarily so concerned with competition but with improving and serving students. Hence,institutions frequently collaborate, so the term benchmarking is used for the initial comparisonbetween programs. This paper benchmarks two urban Mechanical Engineering Technologyprograms and compares their background, objectives and outcomes, curriculum, and laboratories.It is hoped that this benchmark will encourage other programs to perform similar comparisons inan effort

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Akram abu-aisheh, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Nasir Ali Ahmady, Herat University, Afghanistan; Devdas Shetty, Lawrence Technological University

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International

of Hartford Dr. M. Saleh Keshawarz is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, USA. He has been involved in engineering curriculum issues both in the US and Afghanistan for many years. He has assisted Kabul and Herat universities in Afghanistan in revising their engineeing curricula. Dr. Keshawarz mat be contacted at keshawarz@hartford.eduAkram abu-aisheh, University of Hartford Dr. Akram Abu-aisheh is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford. He is currently the assistant chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and director of the electronic and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; David Henry Feldman, Tufts University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the process of integration of Engineering and Technology in cthe urriculumframeworks.Data CollectionParticipants were contacted via e-mail with a request to schedule an interview. Interview timesvaried, ranging from 30 to 60 minutes. Variations were primarily a result of some participantsgiving brief answers, focused primarily on their direct involvement with the process, and someparticipants giving more detailed explanations providing a broader overview of the standardsdevelopment and inclusion in the curriculum frameworks. Due to their work schedules, two outof five participants preferred to have an interview via phone. The other three participants agreedto meet at their work places. Interviews were audiotaped and subsequently transcribed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

culturallyimmersive China context. It is these experiences, skills, and opportunities that have beendeemed necessary to prepare graduates for the rapidly globalizing and highly technicalworld they are entering according to industry and the Accreditation Board forEngineering & Technology (ABET). Success factors include: • The transition to an experiential learning curriculum that cross-cultural, multidisciplinary student teams employ in assessing new ventures and internal growth opportunities presented by startup or established firms, • The inclusion of an executive education style workshop attended by sponsor firm personnel, and Page

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Scott Johnson, University of Illinois

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-478: STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE SELF-APPRAISAL ANDSELF-MANAGEMENT, AND THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF ANENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT: ARE THEY RELATED?Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, M.S.E.E. from University of Dayton, and Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Utah State University, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at the Universitas Surabaya in Indonesia. His long years of teaching experiences in the area of electrical engineering have offered him new

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Codersindependently and blindly identified examples of explicit mathematics integration. Theindependent coding of these examples by two researchers was then compared with what we hadscored for the training, planning, activities and assessments for each curriculum. This provided ameans of creating an inter-rater reliability measure. Examples where there were opportunities forintegration with mathematics concepts, but no evidence of explicit integration were identifiedseparately. In our discussion, we review some of these examples and point out how an implicitlyembedded example can be modified slightly to include explicit integration of math andengineering concepts.ResultsOverall, we found that the explicit integration of math concepts with regards to

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Jeffrey Saucerman, University of Virginia; Jason Papin, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

AC 2009-2019: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL SYSTEMSBIOENGINEERING COURSE INTEGRATING MODELING ANDEXPERIMENTATIONTimothy Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen's teaching activities include coordinating the undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests are in the fields of computational systems biology and

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Adam Kirsch, Crescent Valley High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-830: ENGAGING HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING,SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY USING VIRTUAL LABORATORIESMilo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jamie Tills, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Steven Swanson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Architectural

. According to Bernard Gordon, the founder andCEO of Analogic Corporation, “Engineering is an unforgiving and demandingenvironment and for students to succeed as engineers, they must go far beyond theories,simulations, and exam-taking.” By introducing active learning and teamwork to theclassroom environment, students will have the skills they need to transition fromuniversity to the real world.3.1.1 – Active LearningActive learning may be defined as any instructional method that engages students in thelearning process. Integrating activity and engagement to the traditional lecture allowsactive students the opportunity to use their unique set of learning skills while stillimpacting reflective students who typically respond well to passive lectures2,7

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Li, Florida A&M University; G. Thomas Bellarmine, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Leon Prosper, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1946: ENHANCING STUDENTS? LEARNING IN ELECTRONICENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES BY USING MOBILE TABLET PCTECHNOLOGYChao Li, Florida A&M University Dr. Chao Li is currently working at Florida A&M University as an assistant professor in Electronic Engineering Technology. He is currently teaching Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology Courses. He obtained his BSEE degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University and MSEE degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He received his PHD in EE from Florida International University. He is currently an IEEE Member and a Member in ASEE. His research interests include signal processing, embedded microcontroller

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

modeling of semiconductor devices and sensors, and electronic instrumentation and measurement. Page 14.888.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 MOSIS Fabricated CMOS Operational Amplifier Designs as Class Projects in an Analog I.C. Design Course AbstractThe paper describes use of MOSIS fabricated CMOS Operational Amplifiers as a realworld design experience in senior level Analog Integrated Circuit Courses in ElectricalEngineering. In the one-semester course on CMOS Analog I.C. Design offered at ourdepartment, design of a CMOS Operational Amplifier is

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron St. Leger, United States Military Academy; Anthony Deese, Drexel University; Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, Drexel University

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Electrical and Computer

engineering curriculums, are encapsulated in a laboratory based on ananalog power system emulator. An overview of the EE curriculum at the United States MilitaryAcademy is shown in Table 2.Table 2. United States Military Academy Electrical Engineering Curriculum Sophomore Junior Senior 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester Intro to EE Intro to Electronics Electronic Design EE System Design I EE System Design II Electromagnetic Digital Logic Signals and Systems Power Engineering

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

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Engineering Technology

series and parallel. Basic relay logic can be applied to the control of an electrical system.2.1.5 Miscellaneous Part: Electrical Engineering Technology Profession and Electrical Systems Early in the course outline the various fields in Electrical Engineering Technology Profession such as power, electronics, computers, robotics, and automation. It can be shown how the curriculum introduces students to the fundamentals of each. After graduation, students will be able to pursue their interests in greater detail by continuing the education toward a BS degree, or choosing employment in a company that specializes

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

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Electrical and Computer

with hardwareand instrumentation helps students to deeper understand the physics behind theengineering problems and to acquire skills required in industry. Further, a workingknowledge of visualization and simulation tools used during the laboratory providessupport for creative circuit analysis, evaluation and synthesis. A simulator is a powerfulway to test new ideas without difficulties associated with circuit implementation andbuilding. The laboratory complements and supplements the lecture course, whichcurrently follows the text by Mohan [4]. This text does a particularly good job ofexamining the principles of power electronics from an integrated and top-downviewpoint. The many examples and problems provided in the book are an

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

. The IAB reported that a seniorengineer with between 6 – 10 years of experience would be termed a systems engineerwithin their companies. The question becomes how can undergraduate students exitacademia without a formal systems engineering degree and still have an appreciation forsystems engineering concepts that are integral to industry?A Template for Teaching Systems Engineering using APP-B LearningOregon Institute of Technology has used a project-based education model for many yearsin their manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology programs. Projects areused to supplement the theory behind important engineering concepts used in industry. Aliberal mix of projects utilized throughout the “applied engineering” curriculum alwaystended

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research in ET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

and the technical currency of academic programs. Faculty professionaldevelopment activities and technical currency play an important role in promotingstudent learning and success. Especially for non-research (purely teaching) institutionsthat offer technology driven programs, one of the most important factors determiningstudent success is the professional and technical currency of faculty members. The nature, demands, and vocabulary of scholarship are also evolving. ErnestBoyer, in his 1990 Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, suggestedfour interrelated dimensions of scholarship; discovery, integration, application andteaching (see Table 1).2Table 1. Dimensions of Scholarship according to Ernest Boyer (1990)2

Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

sources and sinks for projects at the institution. These include thecapstone design courses that are an integral part of each departmental curriculum, the seniorproject and thesis requirements for students, and the individual interests and efforts of bothstudents and faculty. In the current nascent stage of the PBLI there are a range of activitiesacross the spectrum of departments. Unit requirements for the capstone design experience rangefrom 4 to 9 quarter units, senior projects are occasionally integrated with capstone design, butmany are stand-alone classes or individual study experiences. Single student experiences are thenorm, with a few departments offering “interdisciplinary” experiences. Projects range frominstructor selected activities

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Jackson Sherion, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1174: EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYING DISTANCE-EDUCATION (DE)LABORATORY COMPONENTS IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SET UPRanjeet Agarwala, East Carolina UniversityAndrew Jackson, East Carolina UniversityJackson Sherion, East Carolina University Page 14.519.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Effectively Deploying Distance Education (DE) Laboratory Components in an Engineering Technology EnvironmentAbstractThe goal of the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University is to supportthe economic development requirements of Eastern North Carolina by creating professionalsto meet the general engineering and technology needs of its private and

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Education, 2009Experiments with Computer Password Cracking and Shielding TechniquesAbstractInternet is dominating almost every aspect of our life. Internet applications are too manyin today’s business world. It is hard to imagine any office or home without a computernetwork. All kinds of money transactions are possible today because of the fast changesin computer technology. As a result, everyone with an online account can buy or sellanything over the Internet in a secured environment. Therefore, it is important to securethe computer with the easy username and an unbreakable password. This topic can beintegrated into anyone of the Computer Networks or Network Security courses forundergraduate students majoring in Computer

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-512: A COMPARISON OF THE ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATION OFSTUDENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY TECHNICAL GRAPHICS COURSEJeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University Jeremy V. Ernst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. He currently teaches a variety of courses and supervises student teachers in the Technology Education Program. Jeremy specializes in research involving instruction, learning, and visualization for university students, students with disabilities and other at-risk populations in Career and Technical Education. He also has curriculum research and development experiences in technology, trade and

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1374: TAKING ACTION: ENHANCING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYLABORATORIES WITH LABVIEW-BASED GRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENTTOOLSYongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yongpeng Zhang received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston (2003), and then joined Texas Instruments DSP Solutions Lab of CECSTR, Prairie View A&M University as a post-doctor research fellow. Currently he is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology Department, Prairie View A&M University, Texas. His research interests are control system, power electronics, mechatronics, and real-time DSP solutions. As the 3M non-tenured faculty award recipient, his research has been funded by Army

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central; Bryan Marshall, Georgia College and State University

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Information Systems

AC 2009-1819: EXAMINING THE IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES INCLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDYNipul Patel, Purdue University, North CentralBryan Marshall, Georgia College and State University Page 14.599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 EXAMINING THE IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDYAbstractCommercial enterprises are increasingly utilizing cloud computing as a solution tofluctuating capacity challenges. Cloud computing offers the possibility of on-demandcapacity, allowing commercial enterprises to “tweak” their network infrastructure basedon increased or decreased

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-717: CHILDREN'S CONCEPTIONS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OFTECHNOLOGY BEFORE AND AFTER PARTICIPATING IN AN INFORMALENGINEERING CLUBPamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, wrote curriculum and was a master teacher for Project Lead the Way, and led two Project FIRST robotics teams. As a science teacher educator, she has added engineering content and pedagogy to her science methods courses for prospective elementary teachers. She teaches engineering to

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zulfa Zakaria, IIUM

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

examine the current state-of-practice with respect toteaching Software Verification and Validation (V&V) in the accredited Bachelor of SoftwareEngineering (BSE) programs offered in Australian universities. An online survey was conductedto obtain the required data from these universities. The same online survey was used to obtaindata from the Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP) program. Nine universities respondedand the data obtained are compared to the data relating to the CSTP program. Consequently, thispaper reports on the differences between the two programs by focusing on the methods ofteaching and the coverage of those topics specified within the area of Software V&V Knowledgeas it is stated in the ACM Curriculum Guidelines

Conference Session

Applying What We Teach to IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Ben Cranor, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

evaluations. Thisfeedback indicated the program needed to provide the senior-level students with a more realisticindustry experience. Currently, the IE internship course, IE 471, and Industrial Systems Design(IE capstone course), IE 495, are in the IE program curriculum to introduce and provide thesenior engineering student an insight into the industrial world. These two courses wereevaluated according to the continuous improvement plan for the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) and changes were recommended.The IE 471 Internship is offered to give students an occupational experience in an industrialfacility. Students and faculty have experienced several disappointing obstacles in executing thisIE 471 internship course, including

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Phil Centonze, Positive Impact; Richard Gilbert, USF; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Bradley Jenkins, Saint Petersburg College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Connecticut College of Technology

AC 2009-59: EVALUATING AN NSF ATE CENTER USING BALDRIGE CRITERIAMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College MARILYN BARGER is the Principle Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center for Advanced Technological Education funded by NSF and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Florida since 2004. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from the University of South Florida, where her research focused on membrane separation science and technology for water purification. She has over 20 years of experience in developing curriculum for