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Marilyn Barger; Richard Gilbert

ETD 415 Industry 4.0 Technology Skill Expectation Integration into Engineering Technology Technical Workforce Marilyn Barger and Richard Gilbert FloridaMakes and FLATE; University of South FloridaAbstractThere are many approaches to identifying Industry 4.0 Technology driven skills that need to beintegrated into Engineering Technology education. This presentation will review a manufacturerand faculty Caucus method. Once the skill needs are identified there are challenges associatedwith the delivery of appropriate level and intensity of the skill instruction in the

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Gregory Lyman; Jeffrey Wilcox

ETD 365 Implementing Renovated Robotics Platforms in Engineering Technology Laboratories Gregory Lyman and Jeffery Wilcox Central Washington UniversityAbstractAs an update to the introductory paper submitted at the 2019 CIEC conference [1], data will bepresented as to the implementation of the retrofit project regarding acceptance within thecurriculum. In 2018, the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) team at Central WashingtonUniversity (CWU) started a renovation project on seven ATLAS robotics platforms built in the1980s. From consultation with

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Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang

ETD 335Developing an Advanced Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology B.S. Programs Mauricio Torres and Ying Shang Indiana Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper discusses the development of a contemporary advanced manufacturing course to beoffered into the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) and the B.S. in MechanicalEngineering Technology (BSMET) programs to meet the needs of Northeast Indiana industry.Details will be provided on the curriculum design, indicating how this new course will providestudents with basic understanding

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Mohsen Azizi

ETD 545 Industry Informed Curriculum Development in Engineering Technology: Solar PV Planning and Installation Mohsen Azizi New Jersey Institute of TechnologyIntroductionThe power generation industry has been gradually switching from traditional fossil generators torenewable energy systems (RESs), which are more efficient and environmentally friendly, in thepast two decades. This trend has given rise to the job market demand for a new generation ofengineers and technicians from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)fields, who are

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Gary Mullett

ETD 415 Modifying Engineering Technology Curriculum to Adapt to the Demands of Industry 4.0 Gary Mullett Springfield Technical Community CollegeAbstractThe world is poised to undergo a rapid transition to the next generation of the industrialrevolution, commonly known as Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Thereare several developing technology drivers of this ongoing industrial progression that areinterrelated and will require a rethinking of how we educate the technologists of the future. Theuse of new smart and

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David Satterwhite; Keir Moorhead

ETD 355Influence of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) standards on Marine Engineering Technology Curriculum David Satterwhite and Keir Moorhead California State University Maritime AcademyAbstractMarine Engineering Technology (MET) and Mechanical Engineering License Track (ME-L)graduates at the California State University Maritime Academy (CSUM) are mandated to pass aUnited States Coast Guard (USCG) licensure exam to achieve a 3rd assistant engineering licensein diesel, steam, and gas turbine, and earn a bachelor’s degree. To qualify for the USCG 3rdAssistant

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Kim Gaines; Caleb Allen; Johnica Mitchell; Shirley Walker-Herrington

ETD 515 VARiETy: Using Virtual and Augmented Reality in Engineering Technology to Improve Academic Success of African American Males and Females in Engineering Technology Programs at Augusta Technical College Kim Gaines, Caleb Allen, Johnica Mitchell, Shirley Walker-Herrington Augusta Technical CollegeAbstractVARiETy work-in-progress explores Augusta Technical College’s U. S. Department of EducationPredominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Formula grant initiative to incorporate the immersive technology ofvirtual and augmented reality into introductory

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Mert Bal; Reza Abrishambaf

ETD 465Real-Time Interactive Virtual Reality Simulation System to Enhance Remote Delivery of Laboratory Courses in Engineering Technology Mert Bal and Reza Abrishambaf Miami University RegionalsAbstractThis paper presents a WebGL (Web-based graphics library)-based interactive virtual reality (VR)simulation system which has been designed and developed by the authors to provide an abilityfor engineering technology students to apply the real-time embedded computation skills intocontrolling industrial automation systems through VR simulations.The presented system in this paper is

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Michael Norris

ETD 435 Building an Operating Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Organization: The Lyondell/Basell Journey toward a More Secure Manufacturing Network Michael Norris LyondellBasellAbstractBusiness executives, regulators, customers and the general public now understand companieswithindustrial facilities face significant cyber risk. In response, executives and boards are requiringimproved Operating Technology (OT) cyber risk visibility to avoid safety and financialimpacts.They also want data that proves how an OT security program investments have reduced

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Mohammad Moin Uddin; Keith Johnson; Craig Leendert

ETD 455 CAD OER – Equity in Access for Engineering/Engineering Tech Students Mohammad Moin Uddin, Keith Johnson, Craig Leendert East Tennessee State UniversityAbstractComputer-aided design (CAD) is the use of specialized computer hardware and software togenerate drawings used in the architectural, civil, mechanical and other engineering disciplines.Virtually everything that is constructed or built today is first designed on a CAD system. As aresult, a CAD course is a required course in almost all engineering programs around the world.The Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying at

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Maged Mikhail; Hassan Hayajneh

, companies, and businesses, becomes anecessity to enhance engineering education. Technology education, on the other hand, is verydynamic and changes daily. At the technology education level, establishing a partnership andcollaboration with industry can help to address some of these challenges. The advantages ofuniversity-industry partnerships (UIP) are both incredible and numerous. The strength of anyuniversity's program depends on staying relevant to innovative technologies used and currentmarket trends, not only regionally but globally as well. The collaboration between PurdueUniversity Northwest (PNW) and LinMot USA is a great example of a successful university-industry partnership. Through a donation of hardware and software to the university

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Marilyn Dyrud

respects, building designersfailed to meet code: the fire escape ended at the second floor, over a skylight, and a major exitdoor swung inward [43].But building codes are minimal expectations, and history is littered with examples of regulationloitering behind technology. Titanic sank the year after Triangle burned, and it too met minimal Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 445expectations; in fact, the Titanic had more lifeboats than required by the British Board of Trade,which calculated lifeboat numbers by vessel

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Enrique Barbieri; Burak Basaran; Driss Benhaddou; Navdeep Singh; Vassilios Tzouanas; Balan Venkatesh; Weihang Zhu

lack-of-belonging as the key issue. University remedies range from social eventsand student organization activities to academic-related growth opportunities and curriculumimprovements down to an individual course level. Mathematics skill building, particularly inengineering and engineering technology majors, is of paramount importance but often left to thestandard mathematics course sequence. This article presents a course-level approach that engagesstudents through solving engineering problems using mathematics in a more practical way. Theapproach is to (i) reveal common mathematical challenges arising in science and engineeringproblems from various fields; (ii) present the problem solution leading to a common mathematicsformulation (e.g., a

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Saeed Foroudastan

succeed inthe competition by helping them learn about 3D design technology. Team members whoparticipate in the Solar Boat design and construction gain several advantages when entering theworkforce due to their experience with engineering mechanics, teamwork, and interdisciplinaryskills.1. IntroductionThis exciting, teamwork -oriented summer challenge has been an educational event since 1994[1]. The Solar Boat participants at MTSU have received over thirty awards, such as 1st PlaceOutstanding Workmanship (2019), 1st Place Outstanding Drive Award (2019), DesignAchievement Award (2012), Teamwork Award (2011) and the Outstanding Drivetrain DesignAward (2006) [2]. The Solar Boat constructed by 2019 team is powered by the use ofphotovoltaic panels and

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Marilyn Dyrud; Hadi Alasti; Maurizio Manzo; T. Sean Tavares; Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips

ETD 315 Mini-Grants Revealed Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology (retired); Hadi Alasti, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Maurizio Manzo, University of North Texas; T. Sean Tavares, University of New Hampshire; Paul McPherson, and Margaret Phillips Purdue UniversityAbstractEvery two years, the Engineering Technology Division solicits proposals for mini-grants,matching grants that help fund projects beneficial to the larger engineering technologyeducational community. This session features a brief explanation of the grant process(application, evaluation, and

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Alok Verma; Paul Potier; Irfan Khan; Andrew Moore; Vanicha McQueen; Sepideh Maleki

understand the more complex and sophisticated electricalsystems that are emerging [7]. Electro technical officer (ETO) is defined as a licensed member ofthe engine department of a merchant or passenger ship and is in a critical position in thetechnical hierarchy of modern vessels with automated and conventional electrical and electronicsystems [8]. Under the direction of the chief engineer, electro-technical officers are responsiblefor monitoring and repairing the ship’s electrical and electronic equipment to ensure that it isoperating as safely and efficiently as possible [8]. In view of the above factors, the MarineEngineering Technology Department at Texas A&M University has decided to develop an ETOprogram in support of the future workforce

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Sarah (Yin Yin) Tan; John Irwin

ETD 345 Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on S-STEM Financially Supported Students’ Change-Readiness and Self-Efficacy Sarah (Yin Yin) Tan and John L. Irwin Michigan Technological University1. IntroductionS-STEM financially supported students: ETS-IMPRESS (The Engineering Technology Scholars –IMProving REtention and Student Success) participate in the Honors College Pathway Program(HCPP), where they write reflections frequently. All reflections are written and follow a “What/SoWhat/Now What” format that instructors also describe as “Present, Analyze

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Athula Kulatunga; Ajith Wijenake

helping the environment. Underneathall these lies two enabling technologies - power electronics and batteries. The traditional ICEengine is replaced by a power-electronic controller and a motor while a battery pack takes theplace of a fuel tank. Higher education institutions in the United States lag way behind inpreparing the workforce because good electrical powertrain design engineer needsinterdisciplinary training over time. Soon, the marine industry will follow the automotiveindustry’s departure from the traditional.The global electric boat market is worth US$4.49 Bn in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGRof 11.9% during the forecast period from 2020 to 2027. The noteworthy advantages offered byelectric boats are noiseless, smokeless, no

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

, there is a concerted effort to ensure the student only experiences the same case study(when applicable) only once during their four-year program in the department. This approachensures students experience the full spectrum of formal ethics instruction. This paper reveals thisUniversity’s creative approach teaching ethics, using the aforementioned techniques.IntroductionAt this university, both Electrical (EE) and Computer (COE) engineering programs areaccredited through ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc). BothEE and COE (Bachelor of Science in Engineering) programs were accredited in 2018, and thenext accreditation review is in 2025-2026 academic year. Once achieved, accreditation is notpermanent—it is renewed

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Rebecca Book

” ETD 445situations/characters follow or violate the National Society of Professional Engineers Code ofEthics for Engineers.Non-Traditional MethodsOER TextbookAn excellent resource for ethics was found in a recent workshop attended by this author. Thetextbook is an Open Education Resource (OER) through OpenStax and has informationmanagement content free of charge following the loosest Creative Commons license. Eventhough the textbook is called Business Ethics [7], it has great content for both engineering andengineering technology. Chapters cover the history of ethics, culture, stakeholders, workenvironments as well as current issues. It can be easily incorporated into higher-level courses asa resource.Business Ethics can easily be imported

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Saxon Ryan

complex by defining the different tools and components of I4.0, especially for thosewho are new to the manufacturing industry. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 465Developing an understanding of what I4.0 tools and components can do and their potentialimpact in a manufacturing environment can be a daunting task. Other authors have addressed thisby describing I4.0 in through a theoretical framework. For example [4], broke the componentsdown into front-end technologies and base technologies. Front end technologies are

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James Kribs

more.MethodologyThe study covers students in an undergraduate course conducting a CURE based project in anengineering technology senior level course, at a Historically Black College or University(HBCU) . The course project had been a small group project (with groups of 3-5 students), whichthe results have been presented previously at the American Society of Engineering Education-Southeast Conference (Kribs, 2021). As part of the course changes, for the current studysemester was changed to have all of the students participating in the same project, as part of alarger group (with a course enrollment of 11 students). The topic of the CURE study was decidedby the entire class, and the students were asked to conduct early research into the topic. Inprevious

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Maged Mikhail; Hassan Hayajneh

Fig. 2. Examples of LinMot actuator applications [4].Some characteristics of LinMot actuators include the following [5]: Speeds > 200 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠/𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 High acceleration speed Forces > 600 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 Repeatability of 0.002” standard, and 0.0004” with external encoder Very long lifespan – Tested out to 2 B cycles Energy savings compared to air cylinders (high cycle rate can provide a 1 − 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 payback) Low maintenance requiredProject OverviewThe main goal of the Mechatronics Engineering Technology program at PNW and The PMMI USkills Fund grant is to help bridge the manufacturing skills gap by engaging PMMI industrymembers and educational institutions with current workforce technology

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Benjamin Gaston; Ramy Harik; Kuis Alva; Jesse Warren

importance for the future of industry, especially as implemented by regional industrypartners. A substantial component of this effort at MTC involves developing curriculum andhands-on experiences designed to familiarize Engineering Technologies students with Industry4.0 concepts such as monitoring, collecting data from, and interacting with both real andsimulated manufacturing processes remotely, through a cloud computing infrastructure. MTCfaculty have started working on the development and outfitting of a dedicated classroom wherestudents can learn about smart manufacturing principles of connectivity, virtualization, and datautilization [1]. In this paper, we present the work done to accomplish the objective of creating thededicated classroom and

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Zhiyuan Yu; Gary Drigel

ETD 415 Digitized Teaching Lab Development for Comprehensive Materials Testing System Zhiyuan Yu and Gary Drigel Miami UniversityAbstractEngineering materials course labs requiring tensile tester represents a challenge especiallyfor remote teaching. This project is to develop digitized teaching labs by utilizing a PASCOportable comprehensive material testing system. Three senior design students advised by twoMechanical Engineering Technology faculty members have developed digitized virtual lab.The system measures force with a max 1.6 KIP

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Hiren Gami

Engineering Technology-centric course. Inaddition, an online learning experience should not additionally impact students’ affordability,self-paced learning ability, and peer interaction on group assignments.Additionally, one must consider the student learning process and self-motivation while offeringonline courses in the Engineering domain. Several kinds of literature in past discussed theseaspects [8] - [10]. This literature discusses teamwork, group discussion, defining a goal, andcooperation. A highlight is also given to project-based Learning (PBL) – a successful methodthat fosters creativity, independent research, realizing theoretical concepts in practice,cooperative communication, and time management. The PBL can fail because that

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Sabah Abro; Ken Cook

ETD 365 Industrial-Style, Multi-Disciplined Senior Project Sabah Abro and Ken Cook Lawrence Technological University1. AbstractCapstone project courses are essential platforms for students in general and engineeringdisciplines in particular. These projects are used to build up students’ required professional skillsand prepare them for their future careers in a highly competitive global market. Programscurriculum are being reviewed, upgraded, and enhanced continuously to meet current and futurerequirements of engineering careers.Industry is rapidly leaning towards a

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Nancy Sundheim; Jungwon Ahn

will need to be working on too far in advance. Perhaps the most major challengeis the lack of time for both partners.It is helpful, therefore, to maximize all opportunities to interact with regional and local industry.This paper outlines the numerous types of contact our program has with local industry and howwe have attempted to use every morsel of input we can gain to inform our curriculum. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365Industry Advisory BoardLike most engineering technology programs, we have an advisory

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John Irwin

participants U.P. wide impacted by COVID-19 to transition to high-skill, high-wage employment and career pathways. The grant is part of a$17.8 million competitive grant awarded to Michigan Department of Labor and EconomicOpportunity (LEO) by the U.S. Department of Education. Michigan Tech, Manufacturing andMechanical Engineering Technology (MMET) Department will use the funds to support theseindividuals, resulting in industry-recognized credential attainment and reduced educational debt.Partnerships with eight local companies resulted in 40+ employees participating in fluid powertraining to date as part of this 2-year project. The introduction to fluid power components andsystems is 20 hours, run as two sessions (4) hours per day for one week to

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Susan Scachitti; Daniel Suson; Maged Mikhail

ETD 345 STEM on the Road: The Soft Side of Recruitment Susan Scachitti, University of Dayton; Daniel Suson, Maged B. Mikhail, Purdue University NorthwestAbstractThere are many types of work that fall under the STEM (science, technology, engineering, andmathematics) umbrella that students often do not consider when making career choices.Manufacturing and healthcare industries, government, and philanthropic agencies are amongthose that continually push future generations to pursue careers in STEM-related fields. Asexposure to STEM careers expands, higher education recruitment and outreach