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Anthony J. Marchese; Shreekanth A. Mandayam; T. R. Chandrupatla; John L. Schmalzel

Rowan Uni-versity. This partnership brings together technology students from a 2-year community collegewith engineering students from a 4-year engineering program.Prototype Design and ConstructionThe key to a successful invention is to determine the potential market as early as possible. In thecase of the Hurricane Roof Vent, the students had to decide whether the product would be:• an "after market" item that could be retrofitted into any existing residential roof, or• a product that could only be installed in new home constructions. Figure 4. Hurricane roof vent test bed. As a first approach, the students chose the former embodiment. Accordingly, for their de-sign to be seriously considered, it would

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Session 2548 THE SMARTE ENRICHMENT PROJECTS: SUMMER ACADEMY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS Mulchand S. Rathod Joella H. Gipson Division of Engineering Technology College of Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202SUMMARY INTRODUCTION The Southeast Michigan Alliance forReinvestment in Technological Education Based on the 1986 report, A Nation

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Sohail Anwar; Frances Winsor

Session 2548 Internship Development for a New Baccalaureate Degree Program: Student Preparation, Sponsor Development, and Internship Follow-Up Sohail Anwar, Frances Winsor The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona CollegeAbstractPenn State Altoona College is in its third year of offering a Bachelor of Science program inElectro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (BSEMET) which is a 2+2 engineering technologyprogram. Students matriculate to the BSEMET program from the ABET-accredited associatedegree program in either electrical or mechanical engineering

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

this project, several educational objectives are met: to develop creative andcritical thinking, to introduce design principles, to provide hands on experience, to developteamwork and communication skills, and to stimulate enthusiasm for engineering.IntroductionRowan University is pioneering a progressive and innovative Engineering program that usesinnovative methods of teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing andhighly competitive marketplace, as recommended by ASEE [1]. Key features of the programinclude: (i) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (ii)teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologies

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Sohail Anwar; Frances Winsor

Session 2548 Internship Development for a New Baccalaureate Degree Program: Student Preparation, Sponsor Development, and Internship Follow-Up Sohail Anwar, Frances Winsor The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona CollegeAbstractPenn State Altoona College is in its third year of offering a Bachelor of Science program inElectro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (BSEMET) which is a 2+2 engineeringtechnology program. Students matriculate to the BSEMET program from the ABET-accreditedassociate degree program in either electrical or mechanical engineering

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George Tjilos; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Session 2647 DIGITAL LABORATORY ENHANCEMENT Ece Yaprak George Tjilos Lisa Anneberg Engineering Technology Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202AbstractThis paper describes the implementation of a digital laboratory enhancement usingAltera’s state-of-the-art laboratory equipment at Wayne State University (WSU). Theunique collaboration among the WSU, the Altera Corporation and the National ScienceFoundation in improving the undergraduate

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Matthew Dettman

Session 1421 Professors As Practitioners: Is This Important to Students? Assistant Professor Matthew A. Dettman Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractIt seems like every recent education conference has a significant amount of discussion on theneed for tying together educators and practitioners by either educators practicing or practitionerseducating. The value of incorporating practical application is clear to both educators andpractitioners, but is it clear to the students? The purpose of this study was to question studentsin the application-oriented field of Civil Engineering Technology

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William F. Reeve

, ananalog circuit, a digital circuit, etc. A typical text repeats a large amount of basic fundamentalsand provides tips on how to fix the item in question. These books describe various methods orstrategies employed in troubleshooting, such as signal injection, signal tracing, the strategy of“split in half,” bridging, substitution, applying heat, applying cold, etc., and indicate the normalfailure mode for specific devices and components. All but a few of the tests start at the unit level,progress to the board level, and end the process at the component level. Since its inception in the mid 1960s, the Electrical Engineering Technology Department ofPurdue University has had a sophomore-level course with “hands-on experience in

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

and central place in engineering education and their future.The following topics will be explored: An analysis of identified needs, cultural diversity and values; The role of international students in cultural understanding; and Future needs.An analysis of identified needs, cultural diversity and values:The new millennium introduces challenging experiences for all students and educatorsincluding those in engineering. The multicultural environments of the global marketplace,continuing development of advanced technology, and communication systems will promptmore demanding and rewarding opportunities where industries and businesses are in need ofgraduates who could ensure economic development and enhanced competitiveness

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Michael D. Murphy; Daniel Jensen

CAD inclusion can be extensive andextremely complimentary without sacrificing instructor time, program requirements, or criticaltopic coverage.1.0 IntroductionPacking Engineering curricula with more and more courses is one way to satisfy the demands ofABET 13 as well as incorporate new technology to keep pace with industry advances 11,16,22.Certainly, the “Just-In-Time” approach has been used – new engineers learning softwarepackages “independently” or through training classes after graduation 16,22. This approach hasproven less than desirable for students as well as employers – taking extra time and money awayfrom production, and, many times learning tools out of the useful integration of knowledgecontext 10. In particular, different options

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Jianping Yue

Session 2548 Teaching Techniques in Computer-Aided Design Jianping Yue Department of Engineering Technology & Computer Science Essex County College Newark, New JerseyAbstractThis paper discusses common concerns about and various techniques for the teaching ofComputer-Aided Design (CAD). One of the concerns raised will be related to how engineeringtechnology students can acquire the necessary CAD skills for use in their design projects. Alsodiscussed will be the relative advantages of different approaches, such as having

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Francisco Ruiz; Michael E. Gorman; Phil Weilerstein

andentrepreneurship). An E-Team is a group of students, faculty and mentoringprofessionals who together pursue the development of an idea, product or invention, orsolve an open ended problem in a way that is likely to result in the licensing of newproducts or technologies or the startup of entrepreneurial ventures. The E-Team servesas an interdisciplinary bridge crossing over barriers between traditional disciplines (suchas engineering, business and liberal arts) and between the business and academiccommunities. It is intended to serve as a flexible, open model and a source of new ideasrather than a doctrine. The pursuit of solutions to the problem creates a “need” fortechnical knowledge that informs and enriches the students’ learning experience in

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Jeffrey A. Griffin; Rick L. Homkes

allow, but topromote these external activities. Quite simply, those of us interested in teaching engineeringand technology have to continually be refreshed by doing engineering and technology. Sincemany of us are tenured, and not required to go out and continually re-skill, our deans anddepartment heads have to ask, “What might be done to enhance the vitality of existing faculty inwhom resources have been invested and to whom institutional commitments have beenmade?”[1]. Some older research suggests that encouraging faculty to return to industry for payhelps the university in several ways including: Page 4.262.1

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Kathy Bearden; Donald D. Harter; Jerry W. Samples

long standingprofessors, and the departure of young scholars to seek their fortunes in the competitiveindustrial environment. This paper describes faculty transition problems and offers solutions thatlead to better stability within engineering technology programs.BackgroundImagine a three-year period in which the following events occur. One faulty member fails toreceive tenure and suddenly departs for a new position. A newly tenured professor decides thatteaching just isn’t as enjoyable as it should be and leaves for industry. Five faculty membersdecide to take the University’s retirement offer that includes a healthy incentive. One faultymember is hired from graduate school and has just slightly over the minimum industrialexperience, and

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Norman L. Fortenberry

Session 2230 AN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SMET HIGHER EDUCATION Norman L. Fortenberry Director, Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation*AbstractThis paper identifies the National Science Foundation as the major sponsor of educationalresearch in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. It identifies keyquestions which constitute the basis for an educational research agenda. Gaps in the pursuit ofthat agenda within engineering education are identified by

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Melissa S. Tooley; Kevin Hall

graduates (the cake), but engineering departments that are well-prepared for the inevitable ABET 2000 review (the icing).Bibliography1. “Engineering Criteria 2000, Third Edition,” Engineering Accreditation Commission of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, December 1997MELISSA S. TOOLEY, PH.D., P.E.Melissa S. Tooley earned her Ph.D. in civil engineering at the University of Arkansas in 1997 and joined the facultyat the University of Florida for one year. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at theUniversity of Arkansas. A former Arkansas Young Engineer of the Year, she had 8 years of consulting experienceprior to returning to academia. Her graduate studies were supported by an Eisenhower Fellowship

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James Stice

Science Foundation, and it currently isinterested in improving both undergraduate science and engineering education. And it now haspeople who know something about technological education and about the problems in highereducation today. One such is Norm Fortenberry, the Director of the Division of UndergraduateEducation at NSF. He is going to give us a peek at the future, and tell us about some studiesand projects the NSF would like to encourage. So here are some more descriptions of the hot ideas of the past 30 years in engineeringeducation, together with a look at where we might be going in the near future. It seems a fittingway for us to provide closure for an exciting century in engineering education.JAMES E. STICEJim Stice is Bob R

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Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

Session 2548 Creating Relationships with Industry to Advance New Programs Donald J. Fournier, Jr., Cyndi Gaudet The University of Southern MississippiAbstractThe University of Southern Mississippi created the Workforce Training and DevelopmentProgram within the School of Engineering Technology at the request of the State WorkforceDevelopment Council. In parallel, the School of Engineering Technology also expanded itsMasters Degree program to include emphasis areas in Workforce Training and Development andin Environmental Safety. From inception, faculty members working to develop these

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Daniel Davis

sound and practical solutions for facultygrowth. Moreover, using industry to meet the professional development needs of faculty is ahighly viable solution.5I. IntroductionThe half-life of an engineer’s technical skills - how long it takes for half of everything anengineer knows about his or her field to become obsolete - is strikingly short. According to theNational University Continuing Education Association, for mechanical engineers it is 7.5 years;for electrical engineers it is 5 years; for software engineers, a mere 2.5 years.6 Keeping in mindthe pace of change and growth since these estimates were developed almost 10 years ago, thesehalf-life figures are undoubtedly even shorter today. So as technological changes gain

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Alexander N. Cartwright

Session 2632 Design and Collaborative-learning in Lasers and Photonics Courses Alexander N. Cartwright Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York at BuffaloAbstractThe growth of photonics technology (light emission and detection technology) continues at aterrific rate and is expected to be as high as 20% this year. At the same time, this increase inmarket demand for photonics equipment leads to a demand for skilled workers with hands-onexperience. However, traditionally, Lasers and Opto-electronics have been taught as theoreticalcourses

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Michael A. Kriss

opportunities forundergraduates. These educational and exploration opportunities will bring the latest researchand technology in Electronic Imaging Systems to undergraduate and graduate students inComputer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Optics. The educational programsdeveloped under this initiative will act as a model for other universities and institutes around thecountry. 1. Imaging In the Information Age Images have become the single most important communication medium in theInformation Age. There is no aspect of private or professional life that is not affected by the useof sophisticated imagery. Commercial, consumer, medical and scientific imaging systems willconstitute one of the largest growing sectors of the

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Michael Lee; Charles Sampson; Ingrid St. Omer

thereby increase the number of international professionals with engineering,computer or other high technology skills over the next few years, have served to underscorewithin the engineering community, the loss symbolized by this vast underutilized talent pool.Early initiatives designed to address recruitment, enrollment and degree production ofunderrepresented minority students have met more success in the former two than the latter.2Any serious discussion of the factors that contribute to high attrition rates highlights a broadarray of characteristics that are both student centered and institutional in nature. Given thatapproximately seventy percent of all underrepresented engineering students attendpredominantly white institutions, ethnic

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William M. Maalouf; Fazil Najafi

Conference &Exposition (1998).7. Christensen, Kenneth J. & Barnett, Andrew J. Using the Internet to Enhance Off-campus EngineeringEducation. Marietta, GA: 1997 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting (1997).8. Eastmond, Daniel V. Alone But Together: Adult Distance Study Through Computer Conferencing. Cresskil,NJ: Hampton Press (1995).9. Minoli, Daniel. Distance Learning Technology and Applications. Boston, MA: Artech House (1996).10. University of Florida. Florida Engineering Education Delivery System (FEEDS). Gainesville, FL: Page 4.217.7University of Florida (1998).FAZIL NAJAFIFazil Najafi is an Associate Professor at the University of

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Sandra J. Miller; Paul Yock; Mark C. Tsai; Kenneth L. Melmon; Christopher T. Shen; Larry Leifer

of technologies that it wishes to develop. The diverseknowledge requirements of this industry include basic data that applies to biomedicalengineering. Such data usually is not delivered in schools of engineering and constantly changes Page 4.399.1in the world of medicine as more is learned about various diseases, their management andcomplications. If such knowledge is deficient in the process of building a device, the creativityof the responsible engineers is stilted. The void in knowledge usually can be attributed either tocommunication barriers or lack of access to valid and understandable information about thedisease for which a device is

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York. He teaches in the areas of linear systems, digitalcommunication, and computer networks, and does research on fault-tolerant communication protocols. Hereceived the B.E. degree (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union, New York,in 1983, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,Massachusetts, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. Page 4.339.5

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a progressive gelling that is proportional to field strength.With no field present, the fluid flows as freely as hydraulic oil (Korane,1991).Magneto-rheological fluids represent a technology that has the potential towiden the performance range of automated electromechanical andelectrohydraulic equipment. Research and ongoing developments arerefining this technology and experts predict an important future for thesefluids. Page 4.383.1 Importance of Magneto-rheological Fluids:Current automation capabilities are not advanced enough to build a robotthat could play tennis. Even though cameras and computers could directthe robot towards a ball, robot’s move in an

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J. Bredeson; M. E. Parten

objectives and assessment process that we have settled on are presented.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is recognized in theUnited States as the sole agency responsible for accreditation of educational programsleading to degrees in engineering. To be considered for accreditation, engineering programsmust prepare graduates for the practice of engineering at a professional level.The major changes in ABET 2000 from previous ABET requirements is contained in theBasic Level Accreditation Criteria1, specifically the first 3 criterion, which are given below Criterion 1. Students The quality and performance of the students and graduates is an important consideration in the evaluation of an engineering

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Nagy N. Bengiamin

a moderate size electrical engineering program. Each of thedetermined learning outcomes is assessed via multiple tools to improve confidence inassessment findings. Although challenging to develop, the presented assessment program in thispaper proved successful in enhancing the assessed educational program.I. IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Criteria 2000 emphasizesdemonstrating that educational program outcomes have been accomplished and that graduateshave attained the desired educational attributes. Of paramount significance is to demonstratethat the mission of the department and its program objectives have been determined based oninput from the department’s constituencies. Multiple assessment

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Robert Vance; Gloria Elliott; Craig W. Somerton

. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Engineering Criteria 2000, 2nd edition, AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, 1998.2. Somerton, C.W., ME 412 Heat Transfer Laboratory Manual Fall 1998, Michigan State University, 1998.3. Anderson, Barry F., The Psychology Experiment: An Introduction to the Scientific Method, Brooks/ColePublishing Company, Belmont, California, 1971.4. Technovate, Radiation and Temperature Measurement System Model 9053, 1981.CRAIG W. SOMERTONCraig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teachesin the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. Dr. Somerton hasresearch interests in computer design

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Raji Sundarajaran; Christina Sisterna; Charles A. Lipari; Robert W. Nowlin

Session 2647 VHDL Modeling and Synthesis in the Laboratory Charles. A. Lipari, Cristian Sisterna, Raji Sundarajaran and Robert W. Nowlin Arizona State University-EastABSTRACTNew industry digital design automation tools available at the Department of Electronics andComputer Engineering Technology of Arizona State University-East require special attention asto the methods and practices required to develop real-world applications. Realization in thelaboratory specifies and amplifies this knowledge to the student of digital systems design. Theaim of this paper is to detail all the necessary steps to realize