Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

signal processing, etc. The current paradigm in the course instructionbuilds on a lecture prerequisite structure but ignores the need for a laboratory prerequisitestructure and integration. The laboratory for each individual course is designed to reinforcebasic concepts but typically has no larger purpose in the curriculum such as logically connectingto laboratory works completed in earlier or future courses. Since laboratory time is short andnew concepts must be emphasized, instructors are forced to use oversimplified set-ups forexperiments. As a result, students complete laboratory exercises in these courses withoutrealizing that they are all contributing to the development of truly integrated systems used in themodern industrial environment

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

forshifting the focus from microelectronics and discrete design to designing with integrated circuitsand design issues at system-level. Furthermore, new developments and design techniques inelectronics must be incorporated in the undergraduate electronics courses. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.162.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Course SequenceThe new approach is top-down instruction starting from system level and then getting deeper intocomponent level understanding. We present a sequence of two courses

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

Session 3247 Is Six-Sigma Certification Appropriate for the Classroom? David W. Gore, P.E. Middle Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionAs part of a Malcolm Baldrige self assessment of the Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) Engineering Technology (ET) program, it became clear that there was a lack ofconsensus among the faculty on the definition of ET itself. A more focused direction wasneeded for the department. Subsequently, the department chair developed a proposal to "defineour product and market." Part of this proposal involved the roles and definitions of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Jones; Robert Wright

participation in curricula development. Industry beta test site for small/medium sized businesses. Corporate seminars and demonstrations. • Magnet for wider variety of industries. Availability of a wider offering of sophisticated custom courses. Timely and real-world preparation of students.II. Curricula EnhancementThe convergence lab is still in its nascent phase of development, but the efficacy of aneducational tool of this scope is already being discovered in our ET curricula design. The labdirectly enhances the instruction of several courses in our telecommunications, electronics andcomputer networking programs. A partial listing of the disciplines and course offeringsexperiencing

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps

Session 1470 On-line Authentic Instruction for Embedded Systems Applications and Processor Selection C. Richard G. Helps, Michael Bailey Information Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah.AbstractThe Internet has become an important professional and educational resource. We teach its usewhile introducing students to embedded systems. Embedded systems are important for ourgraduates because of the current growth in the field of pervasive computing as well as the billionsof embedded computer chips currently used in a huge variety of products1. BYU has developed

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

Session xxxx INTRODUCTION OF PLM CONCEPTS IN A GRADUATE INSTRUMENTATION COURSE Vijay Vaidyanathan, Roman Stemprok, Preethi Nagarajan University of North TexasAbstractProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a vital component of a company’s function as it goesthrough various rites in passage from idea conception to development and finally to producttransition. The Electronics Engineering Technology program at UNT offers undergraduate as wellas graduate degrees in electronics. A graduate course in instrumentation design is offered as partof the core curriculum. It was decided

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg

Session 3548 PLC Laboratories – The Next Generation James A. Rehg, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) were a novelty in the automotive industry aftertheir introduction in the early 1970s. Thirty years after their debut, PLCs are the defaultindustrial controller used in a broad range of control applications from simple machinesto entire production facilities. In the last ten years, PLC development followed thecomputer industry trend toward networked devices and shared databases. In the last threeyears, however, vendor

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

and the use of data management systems. These levels ofthe engineering graphics curriculum closely correspond to the stages of the engineering design Page 7.324.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprocess that already exist, namely concept, development, and implementation.Industry SurveysDuring December 2001, several companies in the Raleigh, North Carolina area were surveyed todetermine the types of skills that applicants would need to secure a position doing constraint-based modeling

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

Session 2208 Interactive Classroom for Experiential and Collaborative Learning Bruce L. Upchurch, Chi N. Thai University of Georgia, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department Athens, GA 30602-4435Introduction. A major task to develop a new teaching laboratory for the Electrical andElectronic Systems (EES) was undertaken during Spring 2000. This laboratory is used by fourcourses in the Electrical and Electronic Systems area: Circuit Analysis, Electronics, Sensors andTransducers and Motors and Power Distribution. Each of these courses has a laboratorycomponent. The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

philosophy whichfocuses on building students’ learning skills” (in all domains) and developing “self-growers.”(1)A “self-grower” is an individual that develops the ability to learn beyond the presented materialand actively seek a higher level of understanding.(1) The graphics faculty at Penn State Erie hasadopted this philosophy for all graphics classes, and has begun applying process educationtechniques in 1st, 2nd, and 5th semester engineering technology graphic courses. This paper willdetail the implementation of these techniques and discuss the outcomes and effectiveness of thisteaching approach. For example, to encourage reading, open notebook quizzes were given foreach reading assignment. This method reinforces the study and cognitive skills

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sreenivas Sathyanarayana; Saravanan Rajendran; Robert Bolton

. Taken as a whole, these systemcharacteristics provide an ideal modern laboratory setup for instruction in the use ofpositioning controllers and the development of supporting control methodologies.The development of several novel undergraduate laboratory modules devoted to the useand understanding of this modern servopneumatic system and implementation of fuzzybased control methods is presented. These modules include an introduction toservopneumatic systems, position control using a standard industry controller, NumericalControl (NC) programming, calibration of proportional flow control valve, results of animplementation of position control using proportional plus integral and derivative (PID)control and alternative control algorithms. The PID

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen

local area networking can be taught using Linux with Samba asMicrosoft at a fraction of the cost.SambaSamba is an Open Source Software (OSS) project first developed by Andrew Tridgell in 1991 atthe Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. It is designed as a suite of programswhich work together to allow workstations to access a server's filespace and printers via the SMB(Server Message Block) protocol. Initially written for UNIX, Samba runs on a variety of othernetwork operating systems (NOS).Samba, which comes packaged with most brands of the Linux Operating System (OS), is opensource code just like Linux. The source code for both, written in C, is always available todownload, test and change. There is no cost for these products

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

students to work in small groups, while different groups worked simultaneously ondifferent test stands.The goal was to obtain a simple test stand, different than the existing equipment, tocomplement the pre-existing experiments. The workstation was developed based on anovel idea, without considering “off-the-shelf” equipment. In retrospect, after buildingthe new workstation, research was conducted to see if a similar workstation wascommercially available. The investigation yielded six manufacturers of mechanicaltraining equipment,1,2,3,4,5,6 but their equipment was beyond the current needs for thiscourse. Although one of these vendors2 markets workstations for static structuralanalysis, none of these vendors provide a comparable

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

performextensive tests of mixes every semester. Reinforced Concrete Design is a course where studentsdesign and build actual beams, columns and slabs that are tested to failure. The principles ofreinforced concrete design are presented based on the results of these tests3.Self-compacting concrete is one of the newest technologies developed in Japan to reduce thelabor cost of cast in place concrete. The design involves careful selection of the mix proportionsand requires additives such as superplastisizers. The water-cement ratio has to be controlled withgreat precision to obtain the required results. In the fall of 2001 students and faculty of thestructural program designed and built a self-compacting concrete beam

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Olsen; Jeffrey Peterson; Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

after the initial configuration.The Windows installation of DHCP was easier than RedHat because the user did not haveto manually modify the configuration file. Even though RedHat required manualconfiguration, the changes needed where simple.Web ServicesIn the Linux domain, the dominant web server is Apache. Apache is developed andmaintained as an open-source HTTP server. Statistics report that Apache powers over60% of the web sites on the Internet. Apache was easily installed using an RPM from theApache website. Apache can also be installed as part of the operating system. Manualinstallation allows for the most recent release of the software. Microsoft’s InternetInformation Service (IIS) was installed by default with the Windows 2000 OS and

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Walker; Chang Kim; Caye Drapcho

. Bioprocess and food processengineers often deal with complex heterogeneous system characterized by non-Newtonianbehavior. Solutions to partial differential equations that describe these complex systems aredifficult to obtain. Advantages of using Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) prototyping infood and bioprocess development (Datta 1998; Baker et al. 1999) and application to mechanicsof materials (Hillsman 1994) have been previously addressed They include: 1) quick andinexpensive testing of alternative scenarios that can result in reduced costs and increased profits,2) clear understanding of the interactions between the physical processes and their sensitivity tovarious operational parameters, and 3) front-end engineering before prototyping, making

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

). In line with ABET criteria, itwas decided to develop programming courses which address the unique, specific needs ofET students. Unlike Information Technology or Computer Science students, ET studentsneed to understand hardware and interface issues associated with programming andsoftware development. In addition, it was planned that these courses be structured tobetter prepare RIT’s ET students for success in courses taken later in their programsequence.In June of 2000, the author was assigned responsibility for the development and initialteaching of a three-course C++ technical programming sequence. The courses were to beinitially presented in the classroom environment but that distance learning versions wouldsubsequently be offered.At

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg

Session 3547 Non-Portable C-Language for Microcontroller Applications Stephanie Goldberg Department of Technology Buffalo State CollegeAbstractA previous goal of the microprocessor/microcontroller class in the Buffalo State CollegeEngineering Technology Program was to develop proficiency with an assembly language inorder that students could write assembly language code for various microprocessors andmicrocontrollers. The goal has been modified such that students become familiar with assemblylanguage programming as well as

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Torres

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdzislaw Pawlowski; Krzysztof Zaremba; Roman Morawski

characterized; then a detailed specification of programrequirements follows. The flexibility of the system of study is emphasized, as well as theadaptability of the program in biomedical engineering to the changing extra-academicenvironment. Conclusions are drawn from the program-related experience acquired in the 90s.1. IntroductionThe program of study in biomedical engineering has been offered – under varying names – at theFaculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, since1951. Fifty years ago, it was probably the first such a program in Europe and – maybe – in theworld. At the very beginning it was called Medical Electrotechnics, but very quickly – due tospectacular developments in nuclear science – it was

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dean Smith; Jeffrey Franzone; Thomas Slack; Alan Proffitt

Communications and Networking, 2nd Ed [3] was chosen for thiscourse. The presentations and homework problems available on line for this book from thepublisher make the teacher’s task relatively easy.III. Allowing a choice of a hardware course or a software courseAt about the same time that 4281 was introduced, another course (CETH 4241, InternetTechnology) with a software emphasis instead of a hardware emphasis was also introduced.Both courses were placed as an option in the curriculum, so that only one need be taken.Having both courses made them both more popular than they would have been alone. Studentslike choices.The classes are being offered in the pattern as described in Table 1. Boxes with contentindicate that the class was offered

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chen Lin

the file. (2) They may copy a file directly from their classmates without fully understanding the designing procedures. .To overcome such drawbacks, students are asked to develop their own programs forhomework after several examples are given. Quizzes and tests are given to evaluatestudents’ performance in the class. When including questions of design procedures in thetests and quizzes, students will soon figure out that they need to develop their ownprograms and cannot rely on using the programs completely developed by other people.The following procedures are proposed to successfully implement the teaching scheme:(1) file management, (2) capability description of the program, (3) inputs, (4) designequations, (5) iteration of the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Combs; Ahmad Zargari

. Computer interface and control applications are common practicenot exceptions in the workplace. The knowledge of how to manage processes with computercontrol can be developed by working with basic tools of microprocessor interfacing. An interfacecard placed in a microcomputer can provide practitioners with the skills they need to becompetitive. The Intel 82C55A programmable peripheral interface IC can be used to interfaceexternal hardware with a microcomputer.The interface card being built and used at Morehead State University is based on the Intel82C55A programmable peripheral I/O device. With minimal support circuitry the 82C55A canbe interfaced with a microcomputer. The 82C55A contains three 8-bit ports providing 24 lines ofdigital I/O. Several

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

“scientific method” since grade school, many of these studentsreach their senior year in college surprised to find out that a “design method” also exists. Designis characterized by an iterative sequence of steps that involve identifying a need, defining theproblem, developing solutions, evaluating solutions, and communicating results. Exiting seniors,via surveys, consistently request introduction to design earlier in their academic experience.Earlier introduction to design has also recently been recognized as a retention tool of engineeringstudents1 because they are able to understand the dynamic and creative nature of engineering, atopic often lost in the first two years of engineering curriculum that is heavy on basics such asmathematics and

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amy E. Monte, Michigan Technological University; Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 25.211.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Assessing a Unique Engineering Undergraduate Degree ProgramAbstractThe ABET accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) degree program at MichiganTechnological University allows students to customize their degree curriculum. With guidancestudents are allowed to select up to 40% of their degree requirements to meet their career goals.Due to the flexible nature of this degree, it is challenging to determine if Program Outcomes(ABET a-k) are being met because each degree may be different. To supplement our currentassessment of student learning outcomes we have implemented a core competency exam whichBSE students must complete before

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

have tremendousadvantages. The key is the proper design of activities that provide as much ownership of theresearch to the participant as possible. Major advantages are described below:Personal Growth: Participants will enhance their interpersonal skills and time as well as projectmanagement.  Team skills: Participants generally work in teams consisting of peers or graduate student assistants under the supervision of the faculty mentor. The close engagement and supervision allow the participants to develop a sense of worth and learn evaluating the effects of orders, criticism or suggestions in their own research, rather than just accepting the orders.  Time management: Properly designed programs require one or more

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

funded by the National Science Foundation that provides resources for the research and development of distributed medical monitoring technologies and learning tools that support biomedical contexts. His research focuses on plug-and-play, point-of-care medical mon- itoring systems that utilize interoperability standards; wearable sensors and signal processing techniques for the determination of human and animal physiological status; and educational tools and techniques that maximize learning and student interest. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #42989Assessing Sophomore Cornerstone Courses in Electrical and Computer EngineeringProf. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Professor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. He has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. He was awarded the best paper award by the ECE division of ASEE in 2017 for his work on freshman engineering course

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Scarleth Vanessa Vasconcelos, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. This may discourage broader participation and negatively affect retentionin electrical engineering. Clearly, additional research is needed to better understand therelationship between HE engagement and retention and recruitment within different engineeringdisciplines. Such a study is beyond the scope of this paper.Instead, we focus on electrical engineering faculty and other stakeholders that have alreadyembraced HE, explicitly within the sub-field of Electricity Access (EA). EA refers to providingelectricity access to populations that are not served by the electric grid, most often–but notalways–in rural settings in developing countries. Worldwide, over 700 million people do not haveaccess to electricity, including approximately 100,000

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kais Abdulmawjood, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Muhammad S. Zilany, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Muna Sheet, Lusail University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, and psychophysical studies. Dr. Zilany developed a computational model of the responses in the auditory nerve for testing our understanding of the underlying mechanical and physiological processes in the auditory periphery, which has been utilized extensively by the prominent auditory neuroscience labs in the field. Dr. Zilany is currently the chair of the ABET and Curriculum committee in the Electrical & Computer program. His commitment to nurturing the next generation of engineers and researchers underscores his role as a mentor and educator. Dr. Zilany is currently a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the UK, and he is also a member of the Association for Research