Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli PE, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Moustafa R. Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

for Engineering Education, 2014 Implementing Mechatronics Design Methodology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Design Projects at Old Dominion UniversityIn recent years, the nature of engineering design has changed due to advances in embedded systemdesign and computer technologies. It is rare to engineer a purely mechanical design that does notincorporate electrical and electronic components. Mechanical engineers and mechanicalengineering technologists must possess a multi-disciplinary knowledge with the understanding ofboth mechanical and electrical systems. For this purpose, undergraduate programs in engineeringtechnology have added mechatronics courses to their curriculum. Mechatronics is a design processthat is

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kragh; Jeffrey Reed; Carl Dietrich; Donna Miller

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Electrical and Computer

et al15. A list of potential projects is provided to the students, but they are encouraged to generate theirown project ideas. In a recent course offering the provided list included the following topics: Afrequency modulation (FM) SDR, a software defined oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer, abinary frequency shift keying (BFSK) SDR transceiver, a QPSK transceiver, an 802.11b bandpacket detector, etc. Each team must submit a proposal before commencing work. This gives the instructor anopportunity to stop projects that are too easy or (more commonly) scope down projects that aretoo aggressive, and to make early recommendations about methods and skills needed.E. Assessments The assessments in the course include quizzes, laboratory reports, and

Conference Session

Best Paper Presentations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle II, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #12073Towards a T Shaped Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum: aVertical and Horizontally Integrated Laboratory/Lecture ApproachDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bach- elor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques, holding 16 patents in these

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

of their discipline, butalso should provide opportunities to develop a sense of awareness regarding the social andeconomic implications of a variety of civil engineering projects. ABET1 recognizes this need andrequires engineering technology programs to include such issues in the curriculum.Professional issues can be incorporated into the engineering technology curriculum. One examplewould be to include social and economic impacts as part of new or revised courses dealing withsustainable development. 2 Another possibility exists in programs offering courses utilizing service-learning with community-based design projects.3 To fully realize the benefits of service-learning,a structured reflection component should be used to consider the social

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zeran Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Ujjal K. Bhowmik, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Yue Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Zuofu Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #33020Having it All: Infusing Parallel Computational Thinking in theLower-level Computer Engineering Curriculum Using Extended LearningModulesMr. Zeran Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignDr. Ujjal K. Bhowmik, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignMs. Yue Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Graduate research assistant, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UIUC Master student, School of Labor and Employment Relations, UIUCDr. Zuofu Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignProf. Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Dr. Yuting W. Chen received the B.S. degree from

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Joseph L Petrosky, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

systems and signal processing. His current research interests are in electric drive vehicle technology and advanced energy storage, including advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Dr. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and professional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and co-PI of several federal and state funded projects for course, curriculum and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Dr. Gene Liao is currently Director of Electric Transportation Technology Program and Associate Pro- fessor at Wayne State

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Friauf, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

and patterns of expression, we find the gaps and lack of force that thinking alone oftenfails to identify. Writing has tremendous potential variety, each format serving specificpurposes. Yet the ultimate intent is to convey a message, ranging from precise clarity tointentional ambiguity.A central intent of the MSOE Electrical Engineering program and curriculum is to instill theimportance of professional skills, in addition to the normally expected technical skills.Communication, with an emphasis on writing, culminates in the capstone senior designexperience. While the nominal purpose of the three quarter course sequence is to teach theprocess of design, the project itself is the vehicle used to bring “to life” the design process and todevelop

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); David English; Michael Naceri Hazm

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Manufacturing

experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. David English David English received and Associate in Electrical Technology Degree from New England Institute of Technology, presently David is about to complete his Electrical Engineering in Technology Degree from Drexel University. David has been employed in the power generation field for the past 10 years. The facility where David is presently

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley W. Hsu, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; andre knoesen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U C Davis

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Electrical and Computer

. ENG6 is a required lower division course that teaches basic programmingconcepts to electrical, biomedical, mechanical, aeronautical, and civil engineering students.Because computer science and computer engineering students are not required to take thiscourse, most students have little familiarity with programming. Some are also not motivated tomaster programming concepts, since they view software design as being outside the corecompetencies required for their chosen disciplines. Increasing student engagement was anothermotivation for developing the new curriculum, including the creation of hardware-basedexercises and projects described in the sections below.The course utilizes MATLAB programming exercises and projects to teach engineering

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-400: RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED CAPSTONE SENIOR DE-SIGN PROJECTS FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TECH-NOLOGY CURRICULUMRadian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Re- search Institute, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

project. As wireless devices and networks continue tobecome more prevalent, it is more critical that electrical engineers of all sub-disciplines have aworking knowledge of RF concepts and devices. Many courses on RF design require asignificant prior knowledge of electromagnetics, however, limiting student access. To counterthis trend a one semester course was developed designed explore ideas of teaching RF conceptsas a “technological enabler” in order to give students who specialize in non-RF disciplines abasic understanding of RF system design. The participating faculty identified three critical areasthat needed to be addressed sequentially to meet the goal of serving as a technological enabler:the ability to perform and understand RF

Conference Session

New Directions for ET

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Rios Santiago, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Engineering Technology

the designprocess, including the different construction phases, provides a system for proper buildingmaintenance and operations.Factors such as the growing electricity usage and the increase of environmental regulations areopening a different market to innovative solutions on the improvement of the built environment.An example of this is the need to improve the overall efficiency of electronic devices [14]typically used in building automation projects.The first series of developed projects has started using the principles of the 7-level designapproach in order to achieve a sustainable outcome (environmentally, economically and sociallyconscious), following the sensor network technique, which is described as “an environment thatenables

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering, California Baptist University, Class of 2020, gibsonfleming@outlook.com c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Electronics Lab Project—Tutorial and Design of Printed Circuit Board “big_blinky”Abstract - Laboratory projects can be strategically used to improve the Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) curriculum across all four years, according to National Science Foundation(NSF) research in which we participated. In this “spiral model” approach, lab component themesare introduced in the freshman year and revisited with increased sophistication andinterconnection in the following years. Labs are thus used as a “cohesive framework” thatconnects and

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

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Electrical and Computer

diodes, lasers, and display systems. Inaddition, it has been essential in the development of new imaging techniques for biomedicalresearch, as well as in the development of new fabrication methodologies for electronics. Todate, these remarkable contributions to engineering have largely been ignored in theundergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering.Here, we present our efforts to develop educational modules for nanophotonics with an emphasison how the resulting technologies apply to sustainability and quality of life via devices based onnanostructures: e.g., solar cells, high efficiency lighting, environmental sensing, and other lowerpower optoelectronic devices. Specifically, in this project, we are developing nanophotonicsKnowledge

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

. McLellan et al., “Using multimedia to teach the theory of digital multimedia signals,” IEEE Trans.Education, pp. 336–341, Aug. 1996.4. C. C. Munson, “Elements of a new Electrical Engineering curriculum at Illinois: A shift from circuits to signalprocessing,” in Proc. 1995 IEEE Symp. Circuits and Systems, vol. 2, 1995, pp. 1–4Sf.5. B. Masi, “The impact of faculty-mentored versus web-guided engineering design experience on freshmanskills,” in Proc. 2003 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education, 2003. Page 12.718.14

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

Session 1447 Mechanical Engineering Technology Division: “Integrating Culture as well as Engineering Instruction in Capstone Project and Machine Design Courses” Francis A. Di Bella, PE (617 373 5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu) Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Technology Northeastern University; Boston, MAC.P. Snow’s famous 1959 Rede Lecture on the clash of the “Two Cultures”: Art andScience continues to reverberate in the halls of science and engineering education. Snow’slecture brought to the surface what seemed apparent to most

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

the lecture. Thisgave the authors encouragement to continue to develop subsequent demonstrations.There is also evidence to support the claim that the demonstrations increased student interest incommunications as a field of study among undergraduate electrical engineering students. Of the16 undergraduate students in this course, all but two continued on to the digital communicationscourse offered the following semester. Generally less than 5 undergraduate students continue onto this second level course.Because of their increased interest in the field of communications, a large number of studentsexpressed a desire to complete their senior design projects in the area. As a result, this semesterthe authors are supervising 12 undergraduates on

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #17946Project Activities in Electronics to Spark Interest in STEM from PK-12 throughLifeDr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Sundaram is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon Univer- sity. His areas of research include computational architectures for signal and image processing as well as novel methods to improve engineering education pedagogy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work-in-Progress: Project Activities in Electronics to Spark Interest in STEM from PK-12 through LifeIntroductionThis paper

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to teach jitter analysis a little at a time, in several courses, as students progress through their undergraduate curriculum. Given that approach, several topics are appropriate to work into one or more first-year courses, in order to lay a foundation for a more in-depth treatment in later years. The basis for this discussion will be the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) curriculum at Purdue’s College of Technology. Jitter analysis fits within Purdue’s ECET program objective outcome 3.1: Analyze, design, and implement electronic systems using control, communication, computer, or power systems.” 2 Page

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory and SoC Developments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Justin Kleiber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

achievable capstone projectaligned with the university’s ECE curriculum revision that expands the range of disciplinaryexperiences for students. The foundational knowledge students will be required to integrate intotheir design are a simple controls system, microcontroller programming, Bluetoothcommunication, and circuit design. Following Prince and Felder’s findings that it is more likelythat students can connect their learning to existing cognitive models when engineering work isrelated to a local context, we chose to situate technological design in autonomous farmingbecause the university is in a rural area [2]. The effectiveness of this project in terms ofencouraging student engagement, the alignment of skills to course goals, and

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Casey; Kevin Torres; David Loker

we are equipping them with knowledge that is applicable toequipment they interact with daily. In addition, they will have had a positive experience withengineering that will hopefully ignite an interest for further learning.1.0 IntroductionIn 2001 an outreach project was designed and implemented to provide kindergarten students withengineering technology experiences.1 In that project kindergarten students were introduced tocurrent, voltage, batteries, conductors and insulators. The project was not only a success withkindergarten students but also with 1 st grade students.The authors wanted to add another module to the kindergarten engineering curriculum. Thetopic of digital logic was decided upon. In an ASEE 2000 paper, Cooney and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Inclusive Engineering Consortium; Douglas A Mercer; Daniel D Stancil, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; John H. Booske, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Michael Devetsikiotis, University of New Mexico; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Kathy Ann Gullie; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Gregory T Byrd

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, Newman D, Gullie K, Ndoye M, Dabipi I, Graves C, Zhang L, Osareh A, Albin S, Geddis D, Andrei P, Lacy F, Majlesein H, Eldek A, Attia J, Astatke Y, Yang S, Jiang L, Oni B, Zein-Sabatto S “Experiment Centric Pedagogy – Improving the HBCU Engineering Student Learning Experience,” ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, June 2018 Project RECET - Remote ECE Teaching11. Ambrose, Susan A., et al (2010) How learning works: seven research-based principles for smart teaching, San Francisco, CA ; and Brown, Peter C. et al (2014), Make it stick : the science of successful learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.12. Bowman, R. (2003, June), Electrical

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roby Lynn; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Christopher Saldana; Thomas Marshall Tucker, Tucker Innovations; Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #18310Enhancing Undergraduate Understanding of Subtractive Manufacturabilitythrough Virtualized Simulation of CNC MachiningMr. Roby LynnDr. Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Dr. Kathryn Jablokow is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. A graduate of Ohio State University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering), Dr. Jablokow’s teaching and research interests include problem solving, invention, and creativity in science and engineer- ing, as well as robotics and manufacturing education. In addition to her membership in ASEE, she is a

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Hill

of the things that make theprogram successful, the history of PLTW, and how colleges and universities can get involvedwith the program. The pre-engineering courses that make up the pre-engineering curriculum inthe high schools are project based and as a result, the students get to immediately apply what theyare learning. The courses that make up the program will be presented and additionally, some ofthe reasons a high school would want to get involved in the program will be discussed.What is Project Lead the Way?Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a high school pre-engineering program that has as its main focusgetting high school students to enroll in engineering and engineering technology programs incollege and to succeed in those programs. To

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

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Engineering Technology

one in a suite of eight exercises being developed by the authors which are intended to helpteach core principles in the thermal and fluid sciences through the use of everyday devices.These include a hair dryer, a bicycle pump, a blender, a computer power supply, a toaster,straight and stepped tanks, and a pipe section with a change of area. The project was firstintroduced at the 2007 ASEE national convention in a paper presented in the DELOS division1.Papers are available describing some of the other exercises2,3,4. This paper focuses on thecomputer power supply exercise.The performance of a fan follows a characteristic curve, known as a fan curve, which is specificto that particular fan design. Coad5 describes fan curves as “probably the

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

career path. And still others conjure up the image of adirty, dull, dangerous, and demeaning factory floor and run (not walk) in the otherdirection.What is needed to turn these impressions around are exciting exposures to technicaltopics in existing high school curriculums such as technology education, science, mathand physics. The purpose of this paper is to identify exactly one such exciting modulethat has been successfully used to build bridges that link high school students to industrialtechnology and engineering technology career paths.This presentation will identify specific outcomes that resulted from an extremely cost-efficient program. The success and simplicity of the program encourages it’scontinuance with existing high schools and

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

. TheITE subject matter graduates will have:1. An understanding of how contemporary issues shape, and are shaped, by technology.2. An ability to teach effectively using relevant projects and technology.3. An ability to communicate effectively in oral, written, graphical, and multi-media forms.4. An ability to identify, use and design electronic curriculum that meets state education standards and national technology literacy standards.5. Knowledge of the Standards for Technological Literacy.6. An understanding of technology as the products of technology design – both hardware and software.7. An understanding of the relationships between science, math, and technology – specifically in the areas of engineering and computer science (part of

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Gomez; Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

Session 2550 Enrichment Experiences in Engineering (E3) For Teachers Summer Research Program Angie Hill Price, Karen Butler-Purry, Robin Autenrieth, Jan Rinehart, Naomi Gomez Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityAbstractWith funding from NSF, faculty from Texas A&M University have developed an outreachprogram aimed at providing secondary school teachers with laboratory experiences with facultyresearchers. The overall mission of the project is to excite, empower, and educate public schoolteachers about engineering so they in turn will excite, empower, and educate young people theycome in contact with

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Howard Kimmel

comprisesmembers from each of the key stakeholders, e.g. teachers, students, parents, guidancecounselors, administrators, local post secondary institutions and the community.Skills and Content Knowledge - PLTW CoursesThe middle and high school curricula are developed for student-centered, project-basedlearning where the teacher serves as facilitator. Six key elements are used as the guidingprinciples for curriculum development: (1) Incorporation of national standards in science, mathematics and technology; (2) Student-driven projects; (3) Student-centered, teacher-facilitated instruction; (4) Authentic assessment; (5) State-of-the-art, grade level appropriate and industry significant resources; (6) Valuing of diversity and equity.8Upon