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Raymond Addabbo

experiment and theory. Many diversephenomena in engineering and science are too expensive or dangerous to study in alaboratory and can only be studied using numerical simulations.The course Introduction to Programming using Matlab (CSC 215) taught a Vaughn Collegeserves to address several issues. The fundamental goal of the course is to teachprogramming by integrating different parts of the engineering curriculum. Theory taught inother courses can be verified or questioned using numerical simulations. In order toaccomplish this goals, several skill sets need to be developed. This paper addresses theseskill sets and how they are developed.2 Outline of CSC 215CSC 215 is a three credit required course for engineering students and an elective in

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Barrie Jackson

women who wish to become professional engineers. On the basis of my professional experience and my years as an adjunct associateprofessor at Queen’s it is interesting to look at how engineering education has changed, and theimpact these changes have had on undergraduate education. The Engineering Literature over theyears that I have been involved has had many articles calling for change. I personally found thedefinition of required change by John Prados (1991-92) ABET (1) president most significant. A new engineering education paradigm is required built around active, project-basedlearning, horizontal and vertical integration of subject matter , the introduction of mathematicaland scientific concepts in the context of application

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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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Radian Belu

into the EE or EET curriculum. It is argued in this paper that it is best toteach EMC as an integrated element within almost all undergraduate courses because of itsgenerality. Any reluctance on the part of students to tackle additional electromagnetics is therebycountered while at the same time a wealth of practical examples exists to reinforce fundamentaltheory. While this paper advocates the needs to introduce EMC/EMI topics all over thecurriculum, through course assignments and projects, and in the same time argued on thenecessity of a future course on EMC at undergraduate level in any EE or EET programs. Inaddition, it discusses and outlines the essential contents of such a course, which can be taken byEE and EET students with very basic

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

School ofEngineering Mathematics and Science (SEMS) energy curriculum. In the fall semester of the2010 school year at Robert Morris University, SEMS began laying the groundwork for whatis now an alternative energy minor. This is an interdisciplinary minor that was developedthrough the combined efforts of engineering and science faculty. The curriculum was basedon the currently available expertise in environmental science and engineering. Theinitiative began as a collaborative effort and after multiple meetings and the consent of theuniversity registrar; the minor was offered to the students and has achieved a verypromising enrollment in the first semester of its offering. The alternative energy minor iscomprised of three capstone courses and two

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Bhavna Sharma; Birdy Reynolds

), an internal classroomsource, is tasked with translating and communicating the developed curriculum to the students(audience). The LRDC/SOE RET model integrates the role of developer and user through teacherexperience. Teachers develop curricular material, which translates their own engineering experienceinto classroom learning. In this way the teacher assumes a dual role of developer and user for theirstudents who remain in the role of audience (Table 1). The student as developer approach, as shown inTable 1, explores how shifting the role of a student impacts student learning. The primary step in thisapproach places the student in the role of developer while the teacher and student peers remain in thetraditional role of user and audience

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

Expanding access to engineering, science, and technology with an online pre-matriculation program VALERIE LUNDY-WAGNER New York University IRAJ KALKHORAN MELINDA PARHAM YONA JEAN-PIERRE HAANG FUNG LINDSEY VANWAGENEN Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityVALERIE LUNDY-WAGNERDr. Valerie Lundy-Wagner is an Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow in the HigherEducation Program at New York University. Her research focuses on student- andinstitution

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Paul G. Ranky

industrial engineering,engineering quality management, project management, concurrent / simultaneous greenproduct / process design, visual lean factory management, and continuous professionaleducation. 557IntroductionMillennial generation students are interested in an integrated, simultaneously analytical,computational, interactive, as well as practical, real-world-focused, customized education.They expect a large number of choices, because they understand the power of simulation.They are very visually focused, because this is the video gaming generation. They wantpersonalized, customized products, processes and service, and their education process isnot an exception. They look for technical details, and want

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PATRICA A. S. RALSTON; JEFFREY L. HIEB

and capable of studying STEM fields inpost-secondary education is critical to our nation’s future success. The American Society forEngineering Education, (ASEE) published an analysis of current practices and guidelines for the future9and is involved in an ambitious effort to improve K-12 engineering education and outreach. 544A Brief Review Outreach Programs for Engineering and K-12 Engineering Curriculum The literature on outreach programs and outreach program assessment is vast. However, there islittle information on assessment of K-12 engineering outreach programs16. A review of K-12engineering outreach programs10 describes several different models. The review notes that it has

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Mira S. Olson; Patrick L. Gurian; Alisa Morss Clyne; Wan Shih; Wei-Heng Shih; Peter Lelkes

, Patrick L. Gurian, Alisa Morss Clyne, Wan Shih, Wei-Heng Shih and Peter Lelkes Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA The NUE at Drexel University introduces an integrated program focused on theenvironmental and health impacts of nanotechnology into the undergraduate curriculum. The goalof this project is to train environmentally conscious engineers, dedicated to minimizing unintendedconsequences of nanomaterial development and use to humans and ecosystems. An undergraduatecourse, “Environmental and Health Impacts of Nanotechnology”, combines weekly lectures withalternating lab sessions and topical seminars. Each week, lecture and activity, progresses throughthe life cycle of nanomaterials. Beginning with the

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Wael Mokhtar

integrating machine elements, basic Mechanics of Material concepts andclassical Statics topics. The design project serves as one of the teaching tools that support thisintegration. In the project, the students were asked to re-design an off-road vehicle for SAE Bajacompetition. One of the advantages of using SAE Baja was the detailed engineering and safetyrequirements of the competition. In addition to that, a vehicle was designed and built in theprevious year by the school team, which provides an excellent information source for thestudents during the design process. Another objective from using SAE Baja was to introduce thestudents to one of the professional organizations and help in activating the local student chapter.The instructor presented the

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Donald D. Joye

sequence we have tried to balance these often conflicting trends. Ourprogram has had and still has an orientation toward chemical engineering practice, so giving uplarge-scale equipment has been keenly felt. Integrating the computer has not always beenproductive or relevant. And because of rapid electronic obsolescence, whatever computerarrangement one has, has to be re-done in 5-7 years. This is an enormous challenge to those of uswho run the lab. For example, who does programming any more? In what follows, the evolution of lab at Villanova’s chemical engineering department isdiscussed with a view toward clarifying these issues. Some decisions need to be made, andschools will make them differently, depending on what they want lab to

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Dennis J. Fallon

engineering leaders of the future—the question become how are we going to adapt our curriculums to do this???Bibliography • Some Books on changes – Holistic Engineering Education by Grasso and Burkins – Educating the Engineer of 2020 by National Academy of Engineering – Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 by ASCE – Leadership Can Be Taught by Parks – Liberal Education in Twenty First Century By Ollis – Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century by ASCE – Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching by Seldin – Building a Scholarship of Assessment by Banta – How Student Learn—History, Mathematics and Science by National Research Council – How People Learn

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Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

around them; andthen later move to solving advanced models that describe how the world works. Based on recentadvances in microcontroller hardware, associated programming environments and manyexamples of integrating programming with hardware in the loop for upper classman engineering,the authors propose to alter the context in which programming is taught to engineering studentsat TTU. The course has been implemented as an initial programming experience based on ahardware-in-the-loop model, retaining the C or Matlab programming standard but using as aprogramming target a micro-controller (a computer designed to interface with the outside world)to interface to simple physical systems. This is intended to result in a programming experiencethat will

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Carl A. Erikson

, and civic organizations. Since 1990 Mr. Erikson has been interested in andpromoting the concept of Appropriate Technology in the Third World as well as in urbanareas around the world. He has worked in Kenya, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Guatemala. Aspart of the Collaboratory, Professor Erikson is Energy Group Advisor. The Energy Group isresponsible for solar photovoltaics, solar hot water, biofuels, and wind energy projects. 246 Global Engineering: Taking the Engineering Classroom to the Real WorldAbstractThis paper includes an update on previous papers/presentations at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter ofASEE conferences given by the author on the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) and theCollaboratory for

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

College to allow the engineering students from Hostosto transfer to City Tech to get their bachelor degree in engineering technology. An articulationagreement between both colleges will enhance this transfer. This project represents the most critical,logical step in City Tech’s long-term plan to transform itself to a model institution for the educationof under-represented students in STEM majors. The project is filling a critical gap in the engineeringtechnology program offerings by making it more relevant to current industry needs (e.g., NASA) andcreating curriculum and learning experiences for students that do not currently exist. Strategically,this project is another key piece in the college’s effort to overhaul and upgrade all its science

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

Integration of Research) for a projectnamed “Establishing an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Curriculum Incorporating NASARelated Research." One of the objectives of the project is to recruit and retain youngwomen and underrepresented minorities in STEM disciplines (especially in NASA-relatedgeospatial science and technology) through the education and research components of aninterdisciplinary curriculum, and specifically to motivate and encourage Louisburg Collegestudents to pursue and complete a four-year degree in STEM degrees at VSU or otherundergraduate colleges/universities. The ultimate goal is to increase the U.S. base ofwomen and underrepresented minorities in NASA-related STEM professional level careers.One of the components of the project

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Harvey Lyons

and introductory engineering technologycourses. The entering students were exposed to a multi-dimensional course whose basic purposewas to efficiently provide not only an understanding of what is involved in the ‘design process’performed in industry but also the opportunity to employ and develop those design functions andskills at the very outset of the students’ undergraduate experience. The several components ofthe course were integrated to include:  Use of technical resources  Technical report writing and oral delivery  Research into the functions of technical societies  Comprehensive discussions of fundamental manufacturing processes followed by design projects that would employ a given process towards the redesign

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Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

is a teaching and learning methodology that connects curriculum withidentified community issues and needs. Service learning engages projects that serve thecommunity and build their social and academic capacities. Service learning was based offthe views of John Dewey, a philosopher and educator who advanced the concept that activestudent involvement in learning, insisted that this is an essential element in effectiveeducation. He viewed the community as an integral component of educational experiencesfor both enhancing a student’s education and for developing future societies. The need forengaged learning and an implementation of technology will further develop training forstudents in technological discipline, and will fulfill a societal

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Ravi Shankar; Don Ploger; Oren Masory; Francis X McAfee

these robots in an indoor arena. Thirty high school students are expected to take anintroductory engineering course next summer when they will use these robots and learn to play andmodify these games. Such a game integrates well the concepts of peer-to-peer cooperation, coordination,and communication, despite varied behaviors of robots, to achieve an overarching goal. We eventuallyhope to make these robotic kits low cost, modular, and incrementally acquirable, to enhance their 584affordability by high schools. We will utilize open source software and hardware to achieve this1. Notethat Lego sells a robotic chess system for $30,000, typically out of reach for high schools.The robots will use low

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Fani Zlatarova; Pavel Azalov

background in SE would be important for engineeringstudents.3. The Role of the Systems Analysis and Design in Engineering ProjectsEngineering activities rely heavily on implementing a variety of software systems which representspecialized ISs involving a high degree of integration, i.e. the output from an IS is accepted as the inputby another IS. ISs combine IT, people, and data to support application requirements. In particular,Engineering represents a major application area. An IS could be graphically drawn as it is shown in Fig.2. Figure 2. Components of an information systemThis simplified model suggests to a high extent why ISs are so important for engineers. In most of thecases, they use ISs to collect and store

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Kehinde Abimbola; Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott

low enrollment.ConclusionThe process of converting the digital logic course to online delivery involved integrating theelements of quality instruction with technology to enhance the learning environment for onlinestudents. Course lectures were converted to modules that could be viewed in an hour or less.Students were giving the flexibility of completing and demonstrating laboratory assignments on-or off-campus. Students have gained the flexibility of completing courses outside of day timehours.Bibliography 1. Y. Astatke, C. J. Scott, J. Ladeji-Osias, “Electric Circuits Online: Towards a Completely Online Electrical Engineering Curriculum”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2011. 2. Quality Matters

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David Hergert

Remote Wireless Control of a Bottling Process DAVID HERGERT, Ph.D. Professor, Engineering Technology Miami University-Hamilton 1601 University Blvd. Hamilton Ohio 45011 hergerd@muohio.edu 341 Remote Wireless Control of a Bottling ProcessAbstract:Over the last ten years, remote wireless monitoring and control has become an integral part ofindustrial automation systems. Remote monitoring is used in such diverse areas as automobileassembly, oil and process control, analyzing temperature in heat exchangers, deployment ofresources on a smart grid, and environmental measurements.This paper describes a remote wireless monitoring and control system used

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

UniversityAbstractThis paper gives an overview of engineering technology as an academic disciple and discusses thefuture of its graduates including their opportunities and challenges. Potential careers and examplesof high visibility alumni will also be presented.OriginsThe origins of engineering technology as an academic discipline goes back at least to the 1940swhen engineering technicians were educated in two-year schools. One of the first TechnologyAccreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET (then called the Engineers’ Council for ProfessionalDevelopment (ECPD). Later it was renamed the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology. Now it is named simply ABET, Inc. Associate degrees were awarded by the BenjaminFranklin Institute of Technology (then called

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

3. The research project aids in an understanding of Temple’s urban setting Goal 4: The homework both quantitative and qualitative, the labs, and the research project develop students ability to analyze and interpret data. Goal 5: The entire curriculum, especially the lectures, develop students’ ability to identify and solve problems. The course design also follows the format suggested in the NaturalScience/Technology guidelines. Assessment follows multiple methods with significantwriting exercises; experiential learning through labs and demonstrations. Competenciesinclude: student understanding of engineering problem formulation, the role ofquantitative measurement, inter-convertibility of

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KENNETH WADE JACKSON

develop challenging newmultidisciplinary courses that embed engineering science and technology within thecontext of experiential learning and practice. This paper examines the need for andways to integrate engineering science, information technology and multidisciplinarywork. We describe how we have used the University’s Honors Program to providestudents with experiential learning in integrating the knowledge and perspectives oftheir discipline with that of others in the design and development of a virtualproduct. 374 IntroductionIn recent years many leaders from corporate America and academia alike havecalled for undergraduate engineering curriculums that integrate moremultidisciplinary experiential

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Radian Belu

, financial or administrative constraints. Engineering education moves into the twentyfirst century charged with an environmental agenda due to response to wider changes in thesociety. Educators are regularly modifying curriculum content to embrace technological changesin the learning outcomes. In modern world where everything changes at an extremely fast pacekeeping up to date with technology is not only desirable but necessary. The renewable energy ishighly interdisciplinary and crosses over between a numbers ofresearch areas, making it quitedifficult to be covered in a single course.However, the renewable energy technologies havestrong potential for hands-on multi-disciplinary project-based learning. In particular, projectswithin sustainable

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Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). In LACCEI 2010, our students were selected as the recipients of 2 nd and 3rd place achievements award of the LACCEI poster competition.Internship programs and industry involvementInternship program is a key part of an engineering curriculum to prepare students for the workplace. Forpast several years, our students were involved with both summer and during-year internship programswith top engineering companies such as Sikorsky, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Lockheed Martin,RCM-Tech, Rockwell Collins, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and MTA. In summer 2011, twoof our Mechatronics Engineering students participated in a NASA internship program at

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Keith M. Gardiner

welcomedstudents in 1984 and is now available on-line, and an Integrated Product DevelopmentProgram with both graduate and undergraduate sections.12,13Collaborative working in teams was a feature of the IBM Manufacturing TechnologyInstitute that was established in Manhattan in 1981 to revitalize the old-style IBMmanufacturing workforce.12 During the next decade teamwork started to become a featureof the K-12 curriculum and several competitions such as FIRST (For Inspiration andRecognition of Science and Technology) for 9-12 grades in 1992, and a Future CityProgram for 6-8 grades in 1993 were inspired.14 The imaginative and innovative skills thatare unleashed in contests of these types should not be suffocated (and destroyed) byexcessively prescriptive