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Afshin Zahraee; Lakshman Mapa

Session ETD 345 Leveraging Industry Partnership for Experiential Learning and Laboratory Improvement Afshin Zahraee, Lakshman Mapa Purdue University NorthwestAbstractThe College of Technology (COT) at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) has developed andimplemented several methods to collaborate with small, medium, and large size regionalcompanies over the past few years. The faculty of the Engineering Technology department havetaken advantage of these collaborations which has resulted in improved and innovativelaboratory facilities and students’ experiential

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Christopher LeBlanc

output stage architecture. Through a partnership and financial support of a majorinternational semiconductor company the industry standard Electronic Design Automation(EDA) Ca̅dence® Design system has been adopted for the associated laboratory exercises onschematic capture, simulation and physical design for both the digital and analog curriculum.Over a four year period enrollments in the course sequence have increased and steady placementof students in the microelectronic industry in the region has been demonstrated. This curriculumapproach makes the UNH-EET program one of only 250 American academic institutions toprovide access to the Cadence Systems through the Ca̅dence® University Program.IntroductionThe traditional method for delivering

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Peter Rogers; Clinton Martin

Session ETD 415 One Part Online Technology mixed with One Part Old School Instruction: How One Construction Program Enhances Student Learning through a Recipe of Blended Learning Peter Rogers, Ph.D., PE and Clinton Martin, Ed.D., MSCA Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractConcern that the larger class sizes are reducing student-instructor interaction and impactingstudent learning has motivated faculty to examine alternative teaching and classroommanagement approaches. One such approach involves the use of a “blended learning” whichcombines the convenience of online

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Gregory Lyman; Jeffery Wilcox; Rowdy Sanford

controlsystems, and programming the user interface. The result is a complete set of robots that operatevia National Instruments hardware (USB DAQmx) and the associated software (LabVIEW)eliminating the need for the original teaching pendants and cassette tapes from the 1980s. Thesesystems can now be utilized in current robotics and automation curriculum throughout theengineering technology programs to meet industry demand.IntroductionCentral Washington University offers three types of engineering technology undergraduatedegrees: Electrical Engineering Technology (EET), Industrial Engineering Technology (IET),and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET). These specialized programs provide studentswith a combination of engineering theory and application

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Sean Tavares; Shawn Banker; Christopher LeBlanc; Jonathan Ferguson

, drafters, or designers.In a recent paper (Jin et al, 2018), faculty in both the UNH Engineering Technology andComputing Technology Programs discusses lessons learned from Capstone Projects over the last25 years. The authors describe the advantages and challenges associated with projects carriedout internal to the college, and with those carried out with external partners. External partnerscould be companies or laboratories and centers within the University outside of those directlyresponsible for the undergraduate programs. Both approaches can be successful, and the paperdiscusses attributes that are beneficial to each type of project.Project Sponsor: The University Instrumentation CenterThe University Instrumentation Center (UIC) at the

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Joseph Morgan; Jay Porter

as a senior engineer to mentor thestudents as they designed and developed the prototype. ESET faculty took on this additionalacademic duty without offloading from their normal teaching requirements.The experiential learning that resulted from the ESET Capstone model provided each teammember a glimpse into the real-world and better prepared them for their entry-level position aftergraduation. Working on an open-ended project where the team had to work together to design ahardware/software-based solution and then fully implement their design, do appropriate testingand validation, and then document and deliver the solution far exceeds the typicalclassroom/laboratory learning process. In addition to applying what they have learned inprevious

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Ryan Howe; Stanley Rader; Matthew Snyder

construction trainingat the Academy’s Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL), where cadets practiceCivil Engineering principles through a plethora of hands on activities such as soil analysis,concrete construction, wood frame construction, surveying, stream flow analysis, heavyequipment operations, etc. This training is only offered to a select few non-Civil Engineeringmajors, which is where I began my Civil Engineering and bridge building involvement. Thebridge construction project required a two-semester commitment - an academic year in theclassroom prior to the construction of the bridge during one of the three, 3 week-long cadetsummer periods.Academics Traditionally, classes at the Air Force Academy are only one semester long

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Nicholas Hempenius; Te-Shun Chou; Lee Toderick

scoring was not directly mentioned, the CSCDP platform utilized the Zabbixmonitoring tool to monitor network traffic via proxy. The Zabbix tool is an enterprise class,open-source monitoring tool that can monitor the status of network services, servers andhardware. The information gathered by Zabbix in CSCDP was displayed on a central VIPdashboard server [3].Closely related to SCGs are the educational cybersecurity laboratory environments. Theseenvironments did not generally have game like features such as an ASMB. However, they didcontain management systems such as the Report tool in the Smallworld Cloud-based platform[5]. Smallworld was a software defined virtual environment that simulated large distributedsystems and could also simulate agents

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Mason Caubarreaux; Cory Franklin; Luz Arrieta-Jimenez; Linda Strauss; Jason Church; Mary Striegel; Jafar Al-Sharab; Adeal Sobhe Matuk

] Hasan, Sirwan, “XRF Theory and Application”. University of Dicle, June 01, 2015.[16] RTI Laboratories, “FTIR Analysis”, http://rtilab.com/techniques/ftir-analysis/, 2015.[17] Ahmad S., Iqbal Y., Ghani F, “Phase and Microstructure of Brick-Clay Soil and Fired Clay-Bricks From SomeAreas in Peshawar Pakistan”, J Pak Mater Soc 2008.[18] Coates, J., "Interpretation of Infrared Spectra, A Practical Approach", Coates Consulting, Newton, MA, USA.2006.[19] D. Dodoo-Arhin, D. S Konadu, E. Annan, F. P Buabeng, A. Yaya, B. Agyei-Tuffour, "Fabricationand Characterization of Ghanaian Bauxite Red Mud-Clay Composite Bricks for Construction Applications",American Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 3 No. 5, 2013, pp. 110-119.[20] calpoly.edu “Introduction to

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Raymond Floyd

continue to showin industry (4)? In one report, it was noted that in a survey of employers, poor communications Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright 2019, American Society of Engineering Education Session ETD 355represented 44% of the problems impacting an individual’s career enhancement, far in excess ofthe lack of technical skills at a value of 22% (5).DiscussionTo begin with, it is understood that degree programs cannot possibly teach the student all thenuances or report templates used in an industry or company. In most courses, the level of detailis at a cursory level

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Joseph Sanson

outlined in the paper. Currently theCCET department is implementing drones into the curriculum, faculty are being licensed tooperate the drones under the current FAA regulations, and the department has purchased two DJIPhantom 4 drones.Drones will first be implemented at the freshman and sophomore levels to introduce students tothe uses of drones in engineering and construction. The CCET department is currently workingclosely with the Mahoning County Engineer, Patrick Ginnetti, P.E., P.S. Mr. Ginnetti currentlyis an adjunct faculty member of YSU instructing the Construction Surveying course. The dronewill be used as an alternative to construction mapping and road layout. The drone will be used inthe Construction Survey laboratory, where the

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Niaz Latif; Mohammad Zahraee; Deborah Blades; Mont Handley

include specificagreements between the University and the entrepreneurs so that both entities benefit throughcommercialization.IntroductionPurdue University Northwest (PNW) took the lead to become an engaged university to serve thecommunity and help foster economic development in February 2015 with the establishment ofthe Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC). CMEC is an 18,000sqft., newly renovated facility, designed to assist local entrepreneurs with the commercialization ofnew, innovative products. CMEC provides the necessary physical facility, equipment andmachinery for functional prototype development, prototype testing, laboratory space to developproof of concept (pilot) manufacturing, and classroom space to host