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Harvey Lyons

Engineering Technology Program Development for Industry Harvey Lyons, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Mechanical Engineering Technology School of Engineering Technology Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 48197 734-487-2040 hlyons@emich.edu 472 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Program Development for IndustryIn the mid-eighties at Alfred University and in the early nineties at the Indiana Institute ofTechnology 9, the writer implemented freshmen programs in the curriculum to address the lackof connectivity between the topics in basic science

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Pawan Tyagi; Christine Newman

datastudents utilized Microsoft Excel® software to develop model for representing bending and bucking loadas a function of length and diameter of the mechanical testing samples. Students also used this softwareto do error analysis and engineering calculations. Table 3 enlists the percentage improvement in variousengineering related skills due to the EI program. Table 3: Percentage of students who could perform skills before and after 2011 EI program. Skill % pre % post Change from 648 pre to pastUse of Boolean logic 20 58 38Write assembly

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Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

seminar. This seminar is designed to enhance students’ learning outcomes related to communication and problem solving. Given the rapid pace of technological change, the industry connection seminar is intended to assist the students in developing a mind-set that changes in technology are constant and that lifelong learning is necessary to meet future professional challenges. We invite guest speakers to the College to discuss a topic related to engineering and technology. • Robotics Club: Robotics club has been established to motivate students’ innovative mind and enhance their hands-on experiences in mechanical and mechatronics engineering programs. The 534 club

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Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

A Model University Program to Inspire Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Cecelia Wright Brown, D.Eng. University of Baltimore 1420 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 USA cwrightbrown@ubalt.edu Kofi Nyarko, D.Eng. Morgan State University 5200 Perring Parkway Baltimore, MD 21251 USA kofi.nyarko@morgan.edu Kevin Peters, PhD Morgan State University 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane

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Valerie Lundy-Wagner; IRAJ KALKHORAN; MELINDA PARHAM; Yona Jean-Pierre; HAANG FUNG; LINDSEY VANWAGENEN

Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) is a relatively small STEM-focusedinstitution with fewer than 2,000 undergraduates. Among all undergraduates, approximately 80%are enrolled in engineering programs; the remainder matriculates into other STEM-related fields(e.g., Computer Science, Construction Management, Integrated Digital Media, Business andTechnology Management). Despite NYU-Poly having a low proportion of femaleundergraduates on campus (approximately 20%), it is one of the most diverse institutionsethnically/racially. According to IPEDS, in 2010 the student body was comprised of 30%Asian/Pacific Islander, 26% White, 13% International, 12% Latina/o, and 10% African-American students [9]. In addition, NYU-Poly enrolls a large proportion

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Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

move to solving advanced models thatdescribe how the world works. A recent model has been implemented in the college ofengineering at Tennessee Tech (TTU) to base the initial programming experience onhardware in the loop approach where the programming target is a micro-controller. Thiscourse has been offered in both C/C++ and Matlab programming language. From multiple previous implementations, we see that the students that engaged in thehands-on, hardware-based programming activities reported a more positive earlyexperience with programming and its relation to the engineering curriculum relative totheir comparison-group peers. The students participating in the project also reportedimproved confidence in their ability to learn and use

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Sunghoon Jang; Peter Spellane; Mohammad Razani

problems in initiating research with freshman students who 398lack adequate theoretical and experimental knowledge and skills in manipulating highlyelaborate equipment and materials. Since The NYC-LSAMP Summer Fellowship Program isdesigned to complete student’s project within a period of 10 weeks during the summer, webegan with a series of lectures to help students to gain depth of knowledge in Electrical andBiomedical engineering principles and project - related theoretical and experimental backgroundinformation, along with problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.Plan of StudyElevated tear glucose levels during hyperglycemia were first demonstrated by Michail and hiscoresearchers [9]. According

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Raymond Addabbo

Integration of Matlab in Engineering and Engineering Technology Curriculum Raymond Addabbo Professor Arts and Sciences Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology 86-01 23rd Ave. East Elmhurst NY 11369 718-429-6600 (261) raymond.addabbo@vaughn.edu 18 Integration of Matlab in Engineering and Engineering Technology CurriculumThis paper presents the course content of Introduction to Programming (CSC 215) andits importance in the engineering and engineering technology curriculum. Specific studentoutcomes, such

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JIM SHIH-JIUN CHEN; ALANI INTINTOLO

cooling, melt spinning,and wind energy. In education, he has advised students winning national and internationalcompetitions in designing energy efficient systems. Dr. Chen received the DistinguishedFaculty Award from the College of Engineering at Temple University in 1996. He has been amember of ASME since 1986. Since Fall 2007, he has taught over 300 students in ten (10)sections of Engineering Statics.ALANI INTINTOLOAlani Intintolo was a junior in the mechanical engineer program when she worked as aDiamond Peer Teacher (DPT) during the Spring 2011 semester. She once consideredchanging her major to secondary education. This DPT program fulfills her wish to be bothan engineer and a teacher. She has helped many students in the Engineering Statics

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Keith M. Gardiner

“softskills.” This is not unlike some of the acknowledged deficiencies in the engineeringworkforce in the late seventies and early eighties. Here the issues were defined by manytask forces as requiring a broadening of the engineering curricula to includecommunication, business knowledge, teamwork abilities and IT competencies.11Subsequently this ‘laundry list’ has been augmented as result of competitive pressuresglobally to include consideration of cultural and international factors. Many degreeprograms have developed compensatory ‘minors,’ cross- or inter-disciplinary options andgraduate programs; these are exemplified at Lehigh with the cross-disciplinary graduateprogram leading to an MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering that first

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PAUL FAGETTE; SHIH-JIUN CHEN; GEORGE R. BARAN; SOLOMON P. SAMUEL; MOHAMMAD F. KIANI

, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA MOHAMMAD F. KIANI Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia ENGINEERING FOR ALL 90 The Temple University Department of Mechanical Engineering General Education CoursesAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University has crafted two courses forthe General Education Program that expand the alternatives for students to fulfill theirgeneral science credits. The courses are designed for non-engineering, lower divisionstudents complete with lectures, labs, demonstrations, exams, extensive

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KENNETH WADE JACKSON

the prospect for exciting engineering work such as thespace program provided. The nation’s new problems will require undergraduateengineers to acquire complementary skills and perspectives of multiple disciplinesthat more explicitly recognize the practical importance of the human element andtechnical innovation. Engineers in the 21st century will face unprecedented globalchange and rate of change in technology, economics and social institutions. To meetthese challenges, recently referred to by the NAE as a gathering storm, engineeringeducation will need to embed more technology and soft skills into traditionalscience-based engineering courses without reducing practical STEM content andrigor. Engineering faculty will need also to create and

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Ted E. Batchman

and most of allwhat went into manufacturing a mechanical product. Do we worry about manufacturability in mostof our programs today? No! Especially not in electrical engineering. There are only 21 accreditedmanufacturing engineering programs in the U.S. today. Is it any wonder that most of ourmanufacturing is done elsewhere? As electrical engineers we had 10 credit hours in passive circuitsso that we had a good understanding (foundation) in basic electrical circuits and components. Thatsound foundation in passive electrical circuits has been reduced to 3 credit hours or less and we 30wonder why the students don’t understand many of the fundamentals. We practiced solving almostevery passive

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Radian Belu

%. However, it is interesting to mention that wind andsolar energy are the fastest growing energy source, with grew more than five-fold in the pastdecade. Due to the rapid development of the technologies of the renewable energy becomes moreand more important. This development and implementation of the technologies for the futureenergy supply in United States and abroad is also supported by the governments2,5,.Engineering and engineering technology programs must offer a relevant and validatedcurriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success3,4. Courses that cover traditionalsubject matter in mathematics, the sciences, materials, engineering economics and related topicsprovide the foundation of knowledge upon which specific skill sets are

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RUBA A. AMARIN; Issa Batarseh

eTutor – An Interactive Module for Electrical Engineering Curriculum RUBA A. AMARIN University of Central Florida: Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Orlando, United States ramarin@knights.ucf.edu ISSA BATARSEH* Princess Sumaya University for Technology Amman, JordanRUBA A. AMARINRuba A. Amarin is with the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 USA. Rubareceived the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Princess Sumaya University forTechnology, Amman

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Daniel Schmalzel

the industry. Areas of work this semesterinclude, but are not limited to, novel racking design, increased by-pass diode implementation toreduce the effects of shading, and possible novel ballasting systems to lower installation costs andreduce work related injuries. This diverse and broad ranging project will be tackled by an equallydiverse team of engineers from all four of the College of Engineering’s Disciplines (Chemical, Civiland Environmental, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical).Clinic DescriptionAt Rowan University every undergraduate engineering student is required to participate in fouryears of the Engineering Clinic. This educational approach borrows from the Medical SchoolModel, where students spend the early part of their

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DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

Self-Replicating Open Source Rapid Prototyping in the Engineering ClassroomDAVID B. SAINT JOHN,Ph.D. Candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania StateUniversity. In addition to reprap-related efforts, his primary research is currently focused on theuse of spectroscopic ellipsometry and transmission electron microscopy for characterization ofamorphous hydrogenated germanium thin films.ERIC M. FURJANICGraduate of the Department of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University, Eric is a co-founder of the State College Reprap Users Group and Intercollegiate Future Society. He recentlyfinished work as a contributing editor for Philip K. Dick’s posthumous

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

J. Herrick is Purdue University’s Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor of ElectricalEngineering Technology and former Purdue Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyDepartment Head. He received his MSEE from Purdue University under the Bell TelephoneLaboratory fellowship program, and his BSEE from Michigan State University. He has served inacademic, professional society, and engineering leadership for over 30 years. 6 Engineering Technology and Future of the Profession, Opportunities and Challenges Walter W. Buchanan and Robert J. Herrick Texas A&M University, Purdue

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Fani Zlatarova; Pavel Azalov

exchange operations,represented through data flows, and describe corresponding process details at different levels. Whendocumenting project aspects related to the object-oriented approach, UML, which is accepted to be aworld standard, is very helpful for the development of a variety of useful diagrams. UML is not related toa specific programming language, and this offers flexibility in drawing diagrams such as: class diagrams, object diagrams, use case diagrams, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, collaboration diagrams, component diagrams, deployment diagrams, and other features accompanying them (packages, notes, and stereotypes).Engineers work with people representing different groups participating in the project

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Carol Siri Johnson

steelindustries as well as other, related industries, but now are largely a record of the past. Thegradual decline in mining and in the steel industry in the United States gradually broughtthis intensive publishing process to an end.Works Cited 4201. Alford, Joe B. “History of the Institute: One Hundred Years of AIME,” Centennial Volume American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 1871- 1970, New York: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1971. p. 256-257.2. Williams, Peter N. “David Thomas: Father of the American Anthracite Industry,” Historical Metallurgy, 28(1), 1994.3. This paper is an extract from a longer published work.4. Hutton, Charles

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Radian Belu

introduction EMC topics in the student projects,we have been received positive feedback from the student who completed the projects. They notonly have achieved good results from study, but also can present some innovative idea on EMC.Thus, it is a promising way for EMC education at the undergraduate level in university.References1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,"http://www.abet.org/criteria.html. (2002).2. U.S. Code of Federal Regulation, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC.3. “On the approximation of laws of member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility,” Official J. Eur.Communities, May 1989.4. EMC Education Manual,, Education Committee, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility

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Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia; Iem Heng

research work was related to the applications of neural networksand fuzzy logic in controlling non-linear dynamic systems. His current research activities includeapplications of neural networks and fuzzy logic in industrial control systems and robotics.IEM HENGProfessor Iem Heng earned his bachelor’s degree from Providence College (Providence, RI) withdouble majors in Pre-Engineering Program and mathematics. In addition, he earned anotherbachelor’s degree from Columbia University (New York, NY) in mechanical engineering andmaster’s in applied mathematics from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI); his Ph.D. incomputational and applied mathematics from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA). Beforejoining the EMT/CET department at City Tech in

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PATRICA A. S. RALSTON; JEFFREY L. HIEB

participated in most engineering outreach experiencesand those who did not. The only formal programs that produced significant differences in student self-efficacy were the semester-long, academically challenging, technology and pre-engineering courses. If itis true that participating in these classes can increase a student’s self-efficacy, engineering collegesinterested in increasing the level of preparation of students in the engineering pipeline may benefit frombeing involved in formal K-12 technology and pre-engineering programs. In regard to informalexperiences, significant differences in self-efficacy were found between students who had engineering-related hobbies and the students who did not. In particular, students who had the hobbies

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

Evaluation: C. J. Quill & Associates, Inc. was hired to evaluate the project. The head of the firm, Joy Quill, who has prior experience evaluating NASA STEM-related programs, is serving as the evaluator. Ms. Quill played a major role in the IRB approval process to conduct surveys in both campuses. IRB approval was secured in May 2011, allowing for the conduct of an online survey of City Tech and Hostos engineering and pre-engineering students before the end of the academic year. The purpose of the survey was to obtain baseline information on students’ knowledge of and interest in NASA-related engineering education and careers. Demographic information was also requested. The evaluator is also

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Singli Garcia-Otero; E. Sheybani; Eduardo Garcia-Otero

is to involve students in NASA-related researchthrough summer internships at NASA research centers such as GSFC (Goddard Space FlightCenter).In Spring of 2011, we invited a NASA scientist/engineer/mentor to give a talk to thestudents at VSU about NASA-GSFC. More than thirty VSU engineering students wereinterested in the internship. The five VSU students selected to participate in the internship.Internship in GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center)During summer 2011, 5 VSU and 3 LC students spent 8 weeks at GSFC and conducted 5different research projects: Radar Signal Processing, FPGA Programming, Test Antenna inThe Antenna Anechoic Chamber, Characterize a Compact Superconducting ChannelizingBand-Pass Filter, and monitor the health of the riparian

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Bryan Dallas; Parsaoran Hutapea

Company, Edina, MN, 199111 Ledlow, Susan, “Cooperative Learning in Higher Education,” Center for learning and Teaching Excellence, http://clte.asu.edu/active/clinhighed.pdf12 Kohn, Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards. The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes” (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993 / 199913 Aronson, Elliot, History of Jigsaw, Social Psychology Network, http://www.jigsaw.org/history.htm14 Mel Silberman, Active Learning to Teach Any Subject, P 111, Allyn and Bacon199615 Criteria for Evaluating Engineering Technology Programs, ABET, 2011-2012 http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/T001%2010-11%20TAC%20Criteria%2011-3-09.pdf16 Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work

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Richard Y. Chiou; Michael G. Mauk; M. Eric Carr; Bret Davis

Engineering Technology School of Technology and Professional Studies Goodwin College Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104AbstractEngineering Technology (ET) is an undergraduate degree program at Drexel University(DU). Several innovative laboratory components are integrated in MET 205 Robotics andMechatronics (a 10-week upper-level undergraduate course) to achieve maximumeffectiveness in teaching multi-disciplinary concepts in emerging fields. The primaryeducational objective of the course is to introduce students to the multidisciplinary theoryand practice of robotics science and technology, integrating the fields

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David Hergert

with ten community colleges. Students complete a two yearengineering technology degree at the community college, then complete the bachelors primarilythrough live videoconferencing. One of the most challenging aspects of this program is thestudent laboratory experience. The focus of this paper is on a bottling process that allows forremote monitoring and control.Comments on Engineering Laboratory InstructionIn the last thirty years there has been “major paradigm shift in technology, starting from analogto digital, macro to micro, from fixed (or wired) communication to mobile (or wireless)communication, etc.”1. Tiwari also notes that there is a lag in traditional engineering laboratoryexperiences, especially with regards to remote monitoring

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Ravi Shankar; Francis X McAfee; Michael Harris; Norman Silva; Georgiana Carvalho

group of faculty members drawn from engineering, arts/graphics, business,and/or an application domain come together to teach and mentor a group of about 20 to 30 undergraduateengineering students. These students take on the roles of a programmer, graphic designer, or projectmanager, in groups of three students. By semester end, seven to ten Android smart phone applicationplatforms are developed. As can be appreciated, these are code-intensive projects, and it is expected thatall the students will contribute to the programming effort, in addition to the effort pertinent to their roles.During the ensuing summer semester, we teach a three-week course to 30 high school students; they willtake these application platforms and use their creativity and

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Wael Mokhtar

CFDundergraduate course.For a Heat Transfer course, Newell et al. 6 and Fleischmann et al. 7 used design projects tosupport the material of the course for upper level engineering students. Leifer 8 also used projects 500in junior level Kinematics and Dynamics courses. Crone 9 used projects in three courses in theMechanics sequence. Mokhtar et al. 10 presented several approaches of using projects in aMachine Design course. In Thermo-Fluid, Mokhtar et al.11 discussed the integration of designprojects in several level of the engineering program. Mokhtar 12 and Hadim 13 expanded theusing of Project-Based-Learning (PBL) in several levels of the engineering program startingfrom the freshman year to the completion