2006-2644: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS CAPSTONEEXPERIENCE TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES: A CASE STUDYRobert Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC Dr. Robert L. Long, Nuclear Engineering Technology Faculty, Excelsior College, holds the Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University. He is owner of Nuclear Stewardship, LLC and a Past President of the American Nuclear Society.Altaf Memon, Excelsior College Dr. Altaf A. Memon holds MSCE, MPW, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. He is currently serving as the Interim Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College, Albany, NY.Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College Dr. Li
2006-2645: TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED SCIENCE, ENGINEERING ANDMATHEMATICS (TASEM) EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS USING K-PH.D.CONCEPTDean Aslam, Michigan State University Page 11.1240.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics Education at all Levels using K-Ph.D. ConceptIntroduction Although United States is the world leader in a number of technological innovations, othercountries are increasingly challenging this leadership by introducing science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM) education with greater depth of knowledge at the grass root level (elementaryand middle schools). For example
2006-1900: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICSTALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM: AN ANALYSIS OF A PILOT PROGRAMTaryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Taryn Bayles, Ph.D. is a Professor the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC. She has spent half of her career working in industry and the other half in academia, and has received over $3M of NSF funding in Engineering Education & Outreach over the last three years. She has been recognized with several teaching and mentoring awards and the USM Regents' Faculty Award for Collaboration in Public Service.Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
2006-2105: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTER-UNIVERSITY ADVANCEDINSTRUMENTATION COURSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGYMark Rajai, Northern Kentucky UniversityHank Javan, University of MemphisSeyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky UniversityHorold Wiebe, Northern Kentucky University Page 11.471.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Advanced Instrumentation for Graduate Students in Engineering TechnologyAbstractInstrumentation is one of the most important courses of engineering curriculum. Almost allprograms in engineering technology at undergraduate level offer labs and instrumentation.Also, most of the textbooks on instrumentation
applications of the electromagnetic field. Mr. Daniel regulary volunteers as a tutor for junior undergraduates studying electromagnetics. Page 11.628.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Extending electrical engineering research to undergraduate students through a multi-media technology internship programAbstractA means by which electrical engineering research can be effectively extended to undergraduatestudents through the use of a university-wide multi-media technology internship program isdescribed. A group of ten full time students participated in the program over a period of tenweeks during the
2006-1519: DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY ON-LINE COURSES: THE EXCELSIOR COLLEGEEXPERIENCEAltaf Memon, Excelsior College Interim Dean, School of Business and Technology, Excelsior College, 7 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203-5159Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College Director, Online Course Management, School of Business and Technology, Excelsior College, 7 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203-5159Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant Senior Nuclear Generation Engineer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Avila Beach, CA 93424 Page 11.447.1© American
The Faraday Flashlight: A Unique Freshman Hands-on Experiment for both Engineering and Technology Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Pathickal Poulose, PhD, Associate Professor, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe continuum of knowledge: how do Engineering, Technology and Science fit together? Arethey really separate and (un)equal realms? Do we “live” in one? Or do we operate in them all,but “sleep” with one? We live and work in a complex world. A
Preliminary Results of Assessing Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) for Associate Degree ElectromechanicalEngineering Technology Students.Seymour Blank*, John Hudesman**, Robert Armstrong*, Ed Morton*, Adam Moylan**, Neisha White*** Department of Computer Engineering Technology, NYCCT ** SRL Program, Education Psychology, CUNY Graduate CenterNationally, students who are academically under-prepared for the rigors of two-year engineeringtechnology programs, have a poor level of academic achievement and a high attrition rate. The problemsreported at a national level are also true at New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), which is thebi-level technical college of the City University of New York (CUNY). NYCCT has an enrollment ofgreater than
2006-1908: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION INELECTRICAL (AND RELATED) ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES BETWEEN THECOLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE FACULTY OFENGINEERING, DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYRichard Hayes, Dublin Institute of TechnologyRobert Herrick, Purdue University Page 11.472.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Development of an International Collaboration in Electrical (and related)Engineering Disciplines between the College of Technology, PurdueUniversity and the Faculty of Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology.IntroductionThe College of Technology at Purdue University in the United States of America and the Facultyof
2006-655: A SOLAR-POWERED DECORATIVE WATER FOUNTAIN HANDS-ONBUILD TO EXPOSE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS TO NON-MAJORSCamille George, University of St. Thomas Camille George is an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and a fuel cell technology class. She is interested in technology literacy, engineering ethics and the internationalization of the engineering program. She has been instrumental in adding a humanitarian service-oriented engineering project option to the senior design curriculum and also in exploring ways of adding engineering content into classes for non-science and
engineering. The curriculum consists of (1) a course text, (2)integrated laboratory exercises with real-time signal processing hardware, (3) summerteacher training institutes, and (4) a web community portal for information sharing(www.infinity-project.org). Started in 1999, the Infinity Project is in over 150 highschools across twenty-five states and is garnering some interest in other countries acrossthe world as an innovative educational intervention to promote and increase awareness ofengineering and technology education in young people today.While careful assessment and tracking of pre-college student populations on a large scaleis challenging – see the comments in Section 4 of this paper – the Infinity Project attractsboth students and teachers
2006-1120: A VALID AND RELIABLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURINGK-12 TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND NEEDS ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING,AND TECHNOLOGYSenay Yasar, Arizona State University Senay Yasar is a Ph.D. student in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU. She earned her MA degree in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics Education. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and science and technology education. She teaches an elementary science methods course for undergraduate students.Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at
2006-1793: TEACHING A COMMON ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE TOFIRST YEAR ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS:A CASE STUDYSohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College Dr. Sohail Anwar is currently serving as an associate professor of engineering and the Program Coordinator of Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State University. Altoona College. Since 1996, he has also served as an invited professor of Electrical Engineering at IUT Bethune, France. Dr. Anwar is serving as the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Modern Engineering and as the Production Editor of the Journal of Engineering Technology.JANICE McCLURE, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College
2006-1321: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ENGINEERINGMECHANICS-STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSE IN THE ENGINEERING,AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AT PENN STATELucas Passmore, Pennsylvania State UniversityAiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette Page 11.26.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Comparison Between the Engineering Mechanics-Strength of Materials Course in the Engineering, and Engineering Technology Programs at The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractStrength of materials is a critical and essential course for both engineering and engineeringtechnology students with a mechanical focus such as those in the mechanical
Engineering Systems: 9th International Conference (KES 2005), Proceeding, Part I, volume 3681 of Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, pages 744–750. Springer Verlag, September 2005.9. Gerald Friedland, Lars Knipping, Raúl Rojas, Joachim Schulte, and Christian Zick. Evaluationsergebnisse zum Einsatz des E-Kreide Systems im Wintersemester 2003/2004. Technical Report B-04-06, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin, June 2004.10. Gerald Friedland, Lars Knipping, Joachim Schulte, and Ernesto Tapia. E-Chalk: A lecture recording system using the chalkboard metaphor. Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 1(1):9–20, February 2004.11. Gerald Friedland, Lars Knipping, and Ernesto Tapia. Web based lectures
2006-2500: PREPARING FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: A GRASS-ROOTSAPPROACH TO ENHANCING K-12 EDUCATIONKenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University Kenneth Hunter is currently Associate Professor of Basic Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. He has over 30 years of engineering experience, including positions in academia, industry, the United States Army, a government laboratory, and his own consulting business. He is a licensed P.E. in the State of Tennessee.Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University Jessica Matson is currently Professor and Chair of the Industrial and
auditory system. Page 11.567.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering for Everyone: Charging Students with the Task of Designing Creative Solutions to the Problem of Technology LiteracyIntroductionThe first year Introduction to Engineering course at Smith College, “EGR100: Engineering forEveryone,” is designed to be accessible to all students, regardless of background, yet it alsoserves as the foundation for students who choose to major in Engineering Science. In this course,students are introduced to the engineering design process via “mini-projects” that
theemerging global competition of the production of engineers. The use of multimedia andinformation technologies has provided a tool for learning delivery in engineeringeducation, and this project provides a methodology to incorporate real-world experiencewith decision making in an academic setting. The use of a multimedia case study is usedfor an engineering design course to encourage team work, improve presentation skills,and simulate real world decision making. An evaluation of the project suggests thatstudents are susceptible to this pedagogy for engineering instruction, and that it canpromote critical thinking and team work in an academic environment.IntroductionThe industry foghorn continues to resonate across the engineering academy on the
in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Engineering and science students from ClarksonUniversity work in partnership with area teachers to develop and teach modules that requirestudents to learn and apply standards-based mathematics and science content and process skillsas they work to solve a real-world problem that is relevant to their school or community. Acombination of quantitative and qualitative assessment results demonstrate that the programsuccessfully enhances student interest and confidence in STEM, and contributes to measuredimprovements in mathematics and science achievement scores.IntroductionWhile today’s science instructors struggle to meet the demands of increasingly complex learningstandards [1-4] and
2006-1115: RESEARCH OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAY (PLTW) CURRICULA,PEDAGOGY, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ACTIVITIESREGARDING INCREASING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGICALLITERACY OF K-12 STUDENTS IN THE PLTW NETWORKPam Newberry, Project Lead The Way Pam B. Newberry is the Director of Curriculum for Project Lead The Way®. PLTW is a non-profit organization that provides pre-engineering curricula for schools in 45 states and the District of Columbia with approximately 1300 schools and 26 affiliated universities and colleges. Prior to joining PLTW in July 2002, she served as the Associate Director for the International Technology Education Association’s Technology for All Americans Project for five years. She taught
so that the secondary students can be effectively engaged in STEM learning.Furthermore the fellows help students relate science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) knowledge to the world in which they live. The Fellows have Page 11.352.2been and continue to be exemplary in enhancing and reinforcing basic scientific andmathematical concepts by integrating inquiry-based, open-ended problems pertinentto the student's community.The second goal is to design, develop, and implement hands-on activities andtechnology-driven inquiry-based projects, which relate to the students' communityissues, as vehicles to authentically teach STEM skills. The
2006-2076: ENHANCING LEARNING OF LOW ABILITY STUDENTS INMULTI-SECTION FRESHMAN LECTURE/LABORATORY CLASSESJon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He has a strong research record in knowledge-based systems. His main contributions have been in the theory and application of task specific approaches and in model-based reasoning. Dr. Sticklen has led the effort to rejuvenate the MSU College of Engineering freshman gateway course in computational tools.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is Director of Instructional Technology Research and
2006-426: FROM "HOW STUFF WORKS" TO "HOW STUFF WORKS": ASYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF STS AND"TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY"Kathryn Neeley, University of Virginia Kathryn Neeley is a Virginia Engineering Foundation Faculty Fellow and an associate professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She is a former chair of the Liberal Education Division of ASEE. Page 11.652.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 From “How Stuff Works” to “How STUFF Works”: A Systems
2006-191: ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGYJason Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, and alternative energy through the AFE enterprise.Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University Michael Miller is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. His research interest is in heat transfer in polymer composites.Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University Michael Miller is a MS student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan
2006-1098: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ENGINEERING ACROSS ACADEMICBORDERSKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityLinda Phillips, Michigan Technological UniversityDavid Watkins, Michigan Technological UniversityJames Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University Page 11.822.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 International Service Engineering Across Academic BordersMotivationThe National Academy of Engineering’s recent report, The Engineer of 20201, clearlyspells out the challenges and opportunities confronting the profession, and futureengineering graduates in particular: globalization, sustainability, complexity, andadaptability. Coupled with this vision
A New Two-Year Interdisciplinary Program in Industrial Design Technology Sidi Berri Andy S.J. Zhang sberri@citytech.cuny.edu azhang@citytech.cun.edu Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology New York City College of Technology of CUNY 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Abstract: The Mechanical Engineering Technology Department of the New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) used to offer two associate degree programs in Applied Science, one in Mechanical Engineering
Parametric Cost Estimation for NASA’s Space Technology- 5 Micro-Satellite Mission Ricky Whittington, Graduate Student Guangming Chen, Associate Professor Morgan State University Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Information Engineering Baltimore, MD 21251Abstract Morgan State University (MSU) Industrial, Manufacturing, and Information EngineeringDepartment has collaborated with the Space Technology 5 (ST-5) Project Team of the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Goddard Space Flight Center in an effort tostudy the expenditures of creating
Attracting Girls to Technology: Reach Them Before High School Frank Lanzer Anne Arundel Community CollegeAbstractToday, a technology company may “feel good” if 30% of their employees are women butmost will not be engineers. This reflects the facts provided by the National ScienceFoundation showing 35% of the undergraduates in science and math majors are women,while only 10% are in engineering. It’s no wonder that many girls and young womenperceive these fields as “for men”. Recent research shows attitudes and perceptions beingdeveloped early in the secondary education process.During this discussion, current statistics and research with
"Advanced Technology: Bringing Today’s Standards to the Industrial Laboratory" Warren Lewis, MS Oklahoma State UniversityIn order to save lives, doctors stay current with the latest medical developments and technology.In order to build the best houses, contractors keep abreast of the most current standards, methods,and equipment. And so it must be in engineering education. Faculty must be knowledgeable ofthe latest processes and equipment used in the engineering world. ABET recognizes this as seenin its program outcomes (Criterion 2: a-k).1 To the best of our ability, we must teach currentmethodologies in our classroom along with
2006-1424: LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT FOR ROBOTICS ANDAUTOMATION EDUCATION USING INTERNET BASED TECHNOLOGYRichard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is currently Associate Professor of Applied Engineering Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Dr. Chiou received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995. His areas of education and research emphasis include machining, mechatronics, and Internet based robotics and automation. Dr. Chiou incorporates real-world problems into his research and teaching. He has secured many research and education grants from the NSF, the SME Education Foundation, and industries.Yongjin Kwon, Drexel