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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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Sam Geonetta

primaryspecialization from one of three “tracks”, including Software Development, Networking, or WebTechnologies. BS learners also choose at least one secondary track specialization from one offive tracks, including Software Development, Networking, Web Technologies, Database orDigital Media. Co-op experience is a vital part of the curriculum; all learners work in alternatingquarters starting in their second year of study. BS learners co-op five quarters and AS learnerstwo quarters.1 In addition to co-op, learners at the College of Applied Science learn byexperience through the integration of intensive, hands-on activities built into the courses andthrough the Senior Design project completed in the final year of study.2 In the IT program, Senior Design

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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Robert Mueller

the necessary temperatures with less lower power as compared to heating atatmospheric pressure. This paper presents the design and implementation of a vacuum furnaceautomation project that was done as an Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology capstonesenior design project. The automation was designed for a vacuum furnace that previously hadonly manual controls. The upgrade included additional instrumentation and a LabVIEW HMIfor process monitoring and control, data collection, and recipe entry. This project wassupervised by the Electro-Optics Center of Penn State University’s Applied ResearchLaboratory.Senior Project CourseThe senior project is a capstone project course taken in the final term of the 4-year Bachelor ofScience in

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

. Eachstudent is required to submit individual lab reports. This combination of hands-on lab work withcourse lectures strengthens the students’ knowledge in basic digital logic circuits.Changes in Digital Logic LabThe most significant changes to the Digital Logic Lab were the introduction of both designprojects and design assignments. In the fall of 2004, two design projects were given in thesemester. The process of deductive learning was implemented by introducing a specific designproject. Over the course of the semester, various experiments were studied and then used as Page 10.480.1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

Improver Continuous Inspection & Capacity Innovative of a Builder Learner Course on Team Construction Participation Project Skills Work with Real Technical Property on Course or Easement Seminar AcquisitionFigure 2 Checklist Reflecting Sarasota County’s Core Competencies Page 9.1016.7 “Proceedings of the 2004

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Thomas Erekson

to deliver high qualityengineering content and analytical design methods at the high school level. In fact, several stateeducation agencies have taken steps to include engineering content as part of technologyeducation at the secondary level (e.g., Massachusetts, Utah, Wisconsin). Curriculum projectslike Project Lead the Way (PLTW) are examples of high school level engineering programs. The release of the National Standards for Technological Literacy4 by the InternationalTechnology Education Association in the spring of 2000 places technology education in astrategic position with regards to teaching engineering content and analytical methods at themiddle and high school levels. These Standards were developed under a grant from the

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Warren Hill

of the things that make theprogram successful, the history of PLTW, and how colleges and universities can get involvedwith the program. The pre-engineering courses that make up the pre-engineering curriculum inthe high schools are project based and as a result, the students get to immediately apply what theyare learning. The courses that make up the program will be presented and additionally, some ofthe reasons a high school would want to get involved in the program will be discussed.What is Project Lead the Way?Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a high school pre-engineering program that has as its main focusgetting high school students to enroll in engineering and engineering technology programs incollege and to succeed in those programs. To

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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Joseph Reagan; Aldo Morales; Sedig Agili

Session 1460 Real Time Implementation of a Tuning Device Using a Digital Signal Processor Joseph Reagan, Sedig Agili and Aldo Morales E E/ E E T Programs Penn State University at Harrisburg Middletown, PA 17057AbstractIn this paper, an example of the use of a digital signal processing (DSP) board forteaching purposes and project implementation is demonstrated. Project implementation iscarried out through the design of a guitar tuner using a digital signal processor (DSP)platform. The goal of the design is to

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Ronald Rockland; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Howard Kimmel

the Center forPre-College Programs, the university has been working with students, teachers, guidancecounselors, administrators and parents over the past thirty years to strengthen their skills andknowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Currently, theCenter serves four thousand school-aged students annually. In 2002, NJIT became the sixthuniversity affiliate of a national pre-engineering program, called Project Lead The Way(PLTW), as one of their pre-college thrusts to increase the pool of New Jersey secondaryschool students interested and prepared to enroll and graduate from undergraduate programsin engineering-related programs.About Project Lead The WayIn 1997, Project Lead The Way, a not-for-profit

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Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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Naomi Gomez; Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

Session 2550 Enrichment Experiences in Engineering (E3) For Teachers Summer Research Program Angie Hill Price, Karen Butler-Purry, Robin Autenrieth, Jan Rinehart, Naomi Gomez Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityAbstractWith funding from NSF, faculty from Texas A&M University have developed an outreachprogram aimed at providing secondary school teachers with laboratory experiences with facultyresearchers. The overall mission of the project is to excite, empower, and educate public schoolteachers about engineering so they in turn will excite, empower, and educate young people theycome in contact with

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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Karen Horton

, developed CAD projects of equal interest to girls and boys, anddeveloped appropriate classroom techniques to support girls’ and boys’ learning. Of the thirty-six campers attending, nine were girls. Several of the girls planned to enter technical fields butothers had no prior interest in technical careers. The directors were particularly pleased that allthe girls were enthusiastic about the camp and wanted to recruit other girls to the planned 2003CAD Camps. Page 8.636.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”This camp

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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Craig Gunn

Tools: EES.Powerpoint ME 391 – Mechanical Engineering Analysis ME 412 – Heat Transfer Reading, thinking, and teamwork Design Project Documentation: Formal Report (1 @ 10 pp. + App., Individual) Memo Report Tools: Matlab ( X @ 2 - 5 pages App., Individual) Tools: MS Word, ExcelSenior ME 451 – Controls ME 461 – VibrationsYear Laboratory and Project Reports: Laboratory and Project Reports: Laboratory

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Steven Harper; David Meyer

interdisciplinary team ofengineering technology students at Sinclair Community College has collaborated to manufacturea scale replica for the launch. Sinclair's Aviation Technology (AVT) and Industrial Engineering Technology (IET)departments have led this project. The leadership team for the project was created from threeSinclair student organizations affiliated with the IET and AVT departments. These include theSinclair Aviation Club, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the Society of PlasticsEngineers. These student groups gained support from local industry partners and others in thecommunity. A partnership was established with the Dayton Air Show Education Committee toinvolve High School students and the Dayton Challenger Center provided

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Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nasir Bilal; Harold Kess; Douglas Adams

Session 1368 Development of a Roving Laboratory in Vibrations for Undergraduate Engineering Students Nasir Bilal, Harold R. Kess, and Douglas E. Adams Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering 585 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040AbstractDetails on the development of a roving laboratory for undergraduate students in a new vibrationscourse including the instrumentation, laboratory format and several laboratory projects arediscussed in addition to the inquiry-based, observational instructional approach that is beingdeveloped to complement the

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Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Per Andersson

. There is also a lack of guidance and teachingmaterial in the K-6 schools.With the aid of the project described in this paper the participating schools and municipalitiescan get access to thematic visits, ideas, hands-on experiments, pedagogical support and net-working. The overall objective is to secure the future supply of skilled manpower in technicaland engineering positions in the region. We aim to go beyond the traditional external con-tacts with science and technology at primary school level such as visiting science centers andpresentations by researchers. The project prioritizes:o spending more time in the classroom with the pupils – at least one week per class,o adapting activities to each individual class; its curriculum, prerequisites

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session XX60 “Let’s Go Folks!”: A K-12 Special Program Beyond Social Parameters Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstract“Let’s go Folks!” This is the appealing name of a project which main goal is to help students ofK-12 to develop the necessary skills to choose careers like engineering that for many reasons isso necessary for the development of a country. São Vicente City Hall present administration hasdecided to implement a special program for K-12 in public schools of the city, which resulted inthis

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sharon DeReamer; Nick Safai

Engineeringfrom Princeton University in 1977, and MSE in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in 1974, MSE in CivilEngineering in 1975, and MSE in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering in 1975 all from Princeton University. He holdsa B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan in 1972. Prior to joining the academics, Dr. Safai worked inindustry, where he served as Director of the Reservoir Engineering Division at Chevron Oil Corporation inCalifornia. He has taught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels in engineering science. He has performedresearch projects for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National ScienceFoundation (NSF) and the Oil Industry. He had authored over 45 technical publications in technical journals

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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David Chesney

demonstrate six different areas of engineering over an academic year, suchas launching rockets (Aerospace Engineering) and building bridges (Civil Engineering). A typicalclassroom session was comprised of a 10-15 minute introduction of the topic, 60 minutes ofstudents constructing and testing a project, and 10-15 minutes discussing the results. Theapproach was applied to a fourth grade class of twenty students in Brighton, Michigan and wasjudged a success by faculty and students.Introduction“I never knew engineering could be so fun. When I grow up, I’m either going to be an engineeror an actor. Sincerely, Maddy”The motivations for the project include recent statistical trends in math, science, and engineeringeducation. Recent studies have shown that

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Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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David Hall; Kelly Crittenden

dowels as a function of length. Armed with this information,student teams evaluate potential truss designs and optimize their chosen configuration tosupport the maximum load or maximum load divided by truss weight. These trusses,which weigh less than 10 lbs and sometimes support over 3,000 lbs, are built using simpletools and require minimal faculty supervision during construction. This paper will describeall aspects of the project, including truss design rules, the method of fabrication,associated experiments, testing fixtures, testing equipment, and testing procedures.I. IntroductionA constant challenge for engineering educators is to incorporate hands-on laboratory anddesign projects into their courses that appropriately reinforce engineering

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

HealthEducation Center to see and hear TAM explain the human reproduction system.In the original configuration, one proprietary “box” controlled not only TAM’s lights androtation, but also the audio and video tapes. The “box” could only play one program, and ithadn’t been changed since the system had been installed over 15 years ago. The health educationstaff wanted to update the content of the audio-video, but this required more than just a newvideo tape – it required new hardware. Sonar Studios agreed to work with the teachers at thecenter to develop a new script, and turn this script into digital video. But a new interfacebetween the computer sourcing the digital video and TAM was also needed. Part of the newinterface was given as a class project in

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Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

Engineering Technology curriculum, there has been little opportunityfor hands-on experimental and finite element analysis verification of overhung beam theory. Tofill that void, several experimental mechanics class projects were devised and successfullyimplemented by the author and these experiences are documented in this paper.Introduction:This paper describes a series of reproducible projects, including discussion of the major benefitsof utilizing the overhung beam: flexibly supporting multiple experiments with similar set-ups;providing a relatively simple and effective means towards achieving a repeatable, uniformdistributed loading in a laboratory environment (through gravity and beam material density); andproviding a relatively low cost platform

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

education and for outreach education to K-12 students.II. Experiments Illustrating Vibration Principles and Associated Measurement Equipment Page 7.427.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education The project was begun with the learning of basic vibration principles through literaturethat was provided to the students, and the help given by the two faculty mentors (authors of thispaper), who worked closely with the students. First the topic of strain gages was discussed, asthey

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

the modules particularly useful when the underlying theoreticalconcepts had already been taught in the class. Specifically, these modules not only furtherreinforced these concepts, but also provided an opportunity to view graphically and pictoriallyhow the results varied when the input parameters were varied with a practical range. Thus, theywere able to appreciate the sensitivity of the problem to input parameters. Overall, the studentscommented that this made the learning experience fun. These comments are quite consistentwith our goals we had set while undertaking this project. We plan to conduct a more formalsurvey when these modules are used this Spring semester (2002), and we would report the resultsof this survey in a future

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta; Nancy Denton

://www.measurementsgroup.comBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. A member ofASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12 awarded patents.He has 6 years university teaching experience, where his current applied research interests are rapid product designengineering, experimental mechanics laboratory automation, and optimization utilizing genetic algorithms.NANCY DENTON, P.E., CVS IINancy L. Denton is an associate professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. She regularlyteaches courses in design documentation, solid mechanics, controls, and machinery diagnostics. She has chaired theWomen in Engineering

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

, Tel: (973) 642-7155, Fax: (973) 642-4184, ronald.h.rockland@njit.edu / 3 Vice President for Academic and Student Services, and Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-6476, Fax: (973) 596-1528, joel.s.bloom@njit.edu / 4 Chair, Academy for Engineering and Design, Bergen Regional Academies, Bergen County Technical Schools, Hackensack, NJ 07601, Tel: 201-343-6000, Ext. 3369 Fax: 201-343-2108, geogon@bergen.orgAbstractThis paper describes a project involving a major research university and fifteen secondary andpost-secondary schools to develop and implement a career cluster program for the Research,Development and Technical

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Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sangsoo Ryu; M.H. Kim; Julian H. Kang; Spyros A. Kinnas

control their learning pace8. Aragon, et al. found that on-line learning can beas effective as face-to-face learning in many respects, even though students have differentlearning style preferences9. As an example of the trend of Web-based classes, the Society ofNaval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) offers dozens of new online graduate coursesin such the most recent fields as Project Management, Technology Management, NetworkedInformation Systems, Cyber Security, etc. in collaboration with Stevens Institute ofTechnology10.Acknowledging the trend of the Web-based learning environment, it is reasonable to utilize theeducational features of Web-based technology in order to provide students in remote places withbetter educational

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Gannod

output are reviewed as students are asked to determine the inputs given to the robot Page 8.1092.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationand the outputs produced. Algorithms are reviewed as the students determine the algorithms therobot must use to go forward, stop, turn, follow a line, etc.3.2 Second semester TEK curriculumThe second semester curriculum is meant to build on the first semester curriculum, but narrowthe focus to a single topic. The culmination of the second semester is a significant project thatallows

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip Henning

Session 1660 CLOSING THE ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK LOOP: THE USE OF A QUALITATIVE FORMATIVE EVALUATION PROCESS AND CHANGES IN A MULTI-YEAR NSF/PENN STATE GK-12 EDUCATION PROJECT. Philip H. Henning, Pennsylvania College of Technology Dan Haworth, Elizabeth Kisenwether, Robin Tallon, Oliver Finckh Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State UniversityIntroductionIn this paper 1 we describe some of the changes made as a result of informal feedback gainedthrough qualitative basement techniques in the operation of a three year science, technology, andmath education

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met211/5. MET 311 course website (January, 2002), http://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met311/6. National Instruments Incorporated website (January, 2002), http://www.ni.com.7. Vishay Measurement Group website (January, 2002), http://www.measurementsgroup.comBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. A member ofASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12 awarded patents.He has 6 years university teaching experience, where his current applied research interests are rapid product designengineering, experimental mechanics laboratory automation, and optimization