curriculum and pedagogy are to enhance the appeal of electrical andcomputer engineering to a wider spectrum of potential students, instill skills to encourage life-long learning, develop improved communication abilities, better prepare our graduates for a vari-ety of job opportunities, enhance their creative aptitudes, and promote the meaning and impor-tance of research to a wider segment of our graduates.This paper discusses in more detail our rationale for changing a traditional approach to the earlysystems-area courses (Circuits I & II followed by Linear Systems Theory) to the new format us-ing the Georgia-Tech approach that introduces signal processing as the first course, followed byadditional circuits and systems course(s). We also give
University of Central Florida. Dr. Ahmad has diverse expertise in human-computer interaction, quality engineering, and simulating man- ufacturing systems. Ali worked on projects related to transfer of training, user-centered design, process improvement, and virtual environments. Dr. Ahmad is a Certified Simulation Analyst and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Use of Minitab Statistical Analysis Software in Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Engineering Technology curriculum provides wide spread knowledge in problem solving,management of resources, and process planning. Statistical decision-making is a key skillrequired by Engineering Technologists, and
methods focus on the functionality of systemblocks to improve students’ understanding of system performance parameters. Positive resultshave been observed in strengthening students knowledge development on certain subjects.The systems approach has been applied to the development of engineering algorithms. In theSpring semester of 2005, we initiated a project in a Digital Signal Processing class toimplement a Matlab R algorithm that would produce lossless decomposition and reconstructionof a digital image using wavelets. The reason we chose this topic is twofold. First, the projectallows the student to subdivide two complicated processes into managable system blocks. Thistraining will be helpful when the ECET student graduates and takes on the
areas of interest include Databases, Programming Languages, Data mining, and Web Design, and e-Commerce Systems.Amajd Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville Dr. A T Zaim is an Assistant Professor and the director of the VIB (Vision, Intelligence and Bioinformatics) research group at University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toledo, Ohio and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Having worked on multidisciplinary projects in 3D image-guided surgery early in his PhD years, he developed a special research interest in medical image processing
80 256 65,536 1024 512 262,144 2304ConclusionDigital signal processing is a challenging course to teach to engineering technology students dueto the level of mathematics involved. Students have access to FFT functions and blocks throughMATLAB and SIMULINK as well as FFT algorithms already developed for the TI DSKevaluation boards used in lab. They could easily use these tools with little or no understandingof the FFT algorithm. However, I feel it is important for them to understand the tools they are Page 11.1365.10using to develop
Page 14.1034.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Robotics Engineering: A New Discipline for a New CenturyAbstractIn the spring of 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute introduced a BS degree program inRobotics Engineering. The motivation for the program was two-fold: it addresses the needs ofthe rapidly growing robotics industry and provides a professional career path matched togrowing student interest as demonstrated by numerous high school robotics competitions. Theprogram is a collaborative effort between the departments of Computer Science, Electrical andComputer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and relies in part on already existingcourses. The core curriculum, however, consists of five new “unified
been discussed by engineering professors and practicing engineers since theadvent of computer software used to solve engineering problems is this: should the user of thissoftware understand the mathematics, the assumptions, and the algorithms which are utilizedwithin the software? As the software evolves to higher and higher order, this question becomesmore important. Within our undergraduate Mechanical Engineering curriculum it is certainlynecessary that our students be introduced to such software and reach a certain degree ofcompetency in its use because their future employers expect this. Further, such softwareallows the solution of more and more complex problems, such as non-linear problems, forexample, which leads to more realistic, more
case studies. We have recently introduced a senior technical elective whichintroduces graphics processing from the perspective of the software developer, hardwarearchitect, and system integrator. Towards this end, lecture topics are designed for students with nocomputer graphics background, and focus on solving specific computing problems using skillslearned from a variety of computer engineering courses (e.g. digital logic, computer architecture,software design, embedded systems). As part of the laboratory component, students are presentedwith a series of bi-weekly design challenges that are geared towards implementing a particularmodule in the 3D graphics pipeline (with both hardware and software support) using anFPGA-based hardware
overhaul.During the summer of 2004, the authors rewrote the course, creating a new course that focuseson technology’s impact on society. By removing circuits and machines, the course now covers abroader range of electrical engineering fields such as image and signal processing, datacompression, electronic navigation, communications, and computer networks and security. Thecourse examines current trends; with a focus on how the Coast Guard and Homeland Securityuse technology and discusses the ethical issues that arise with the potential misuse of technology.The authors developed several innovative lesson plans, laboratories and even a series of debatesto improve the students’ understanding of technological trade-offs, while developing their
Page 12.1204.5improvement are all important objectives in a program that meets ABET/TAC standards. Again,although not included in the course objective grid, GE225 sets the stage for the development of“Objective k” in their core course work. k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Unexpected benefits:An unexpected benefit of the curriculum design is students’ discovery of the potential forcreating a product from a solid piece of steel. For some, the course cements an interest inmanufacturing and mechanical engineering. Many traditional aged students have not workedwith machining processes. For some, their high schools experiences focused on mathematics andsciences without exposure to technical classes. The
Plotkowski, P.D., 2011, “Stimulating K-12 Student Interest Through Industry, Engineering College and K-12 School Partnerships,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[2] Rushton, E., Cyr, M., Gravel, B., and Prouty, L., 2002, “Infusing Engineering into Public Schools,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.[3] Kolb, D., 1984, Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.[4] Ruchkin, D.S., Grafman, J., Cameron, K., and Berndt, R.S., 2003, “Working Memory Retention Systems: A State of Activated Long-Term Memory
. Understanding the audience and courseplanning are extremely important in developing an effective blended course10. It is not theblending of the classroom and the Web that makes a course effective; it is the right blend for thegoals and objectives of the course11. The emphasis is on the learning and not the technology.Benefits of a blended courseThe popularity of blended courses is only going to increase. Seaman12 conducted a survey in2002 of over fifty institutions and found that 7% of the students were enrolled in a blendedcourse and that growth is expected to increase to 20% by 2005. The intent of this paper is not tosay that a blended classroom is the best class format, but to simply describe an additional classformat that universities might
Technology (ECET 325) at PurdueUniversity will provide students with learning experience of introductory computerarchitecture designs and theories with a required laboratory experiment each week. Thegoal of these laboratory experiments will be to reinforce the lecture topics of computerarchitecture for technology students. Students in technology curriculums need toestablish proper methodologies for understanding computer performance with statisticalanalysis using software tools for benchmarking and analyzing computer systemconfigurations. This will be accomplished as a part of the laboratory experience.These performance measurements include properly analyzing the CPU, memory, bus andoperating system in terms of similarities and differences
addressed is “What material should be removed from the old curriculum in order tomake way for new material?” One possible method for addressing this question is to comparewhat is taught in academia versus what is needed by a practicing engineer. Faculty in theCollege of Engineering at Idaho State University have developed, administered, and analyzed asurvey asking practicing engineers their usage and required conceptual understanding of certainmath topics to perform their job functions. It was decided at this time to focus only on the mathtopics and leave the remainder of the engineering programs for future efforts. Although thesurvey participants are centered on the geographic area of Idaho State University (south-easternIdaho), the topics covered
was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM grant to improve diversity at Rose-Hulman.Dr. Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Edward Wheeler is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman In- stitute of Technology. His teaching and research interests include electromagnetics, signal integrity, mi- crowave devices, MEMS and the electrical and magnetic
Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching GIS with Intergraph GeoMedia In a Civil Engineering Technology Program.Author: Dr William H. SprinskyAffiliation: Pennsylvania College of TechnologyAddress: 1 College Avenue, Williamsport, Pa, 17701Email: wsprinsk@pct.eduTelephone: (570) 326-3761, Extension 7365AbstractAt the Pennsylvania College of Technology, we feel that the tools of project design andmanagement, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), should be taught along with themore usual subjects in a Civil Engineering Technology curriculum. With an NSF(ILI) grant,Pennsylvania College of Technology purchased the Intergraph MGE software suite for use instudying and teaching the
students that take them. Studentscome to believe that the disciplines (analog, power, digital, communication, etc.) within EEThave little in common or are remotely related. A FM receiver project for a junior level EETcourse in electronic communication has created a curricular linkage to two sophomore courses,one in RF and power electronics and the other in digital microcontrollers.Introduction The traditional model for teaching is comprised of curriculum course sequences that createvertical ‘silos’ where each topic is fully developed before going on to the next topic. Thiscompartmentalized sequence of courses builds a solid conceptual foundation for the students 1, 2.However, each course is treated as a separate body of knowledge creating an
introduce different specialization areas in electrical and computer engineering. The need forsuch a course came about as a result of a new ECE curriculum, which emphasized junior andsenior level elective courses to achieve depth in at least one of the ECE specialization areas. Thenew course was intended as a catalyst encouraging the students to consider their interests indifferent ECE specializations as early as possible to help them in choosing their elective courses.At the time, the ECE faculty participating in the development effort for this course was stronglyagainst creating just a survey course, which would most likely lack the rigor of a typicalintroductory course. A consensus was reached to create a course with a strong hardwarelaboratory
Hispanicengineers and scientists (under 0.5%) at ERDC over the past three decades, now 5% andrising.BackgroundA review of literature regarding university and federal partnerships yielded someinteresting observations. A large group of partnership literature focused on federalagency funded partnership initiatives to promote partnerships between Minority ServingInstitutions and Carnegie RU(VH), Research University with Very High activity,universities, industries and universities in specific curriculum focused areas of interest tothe industry or industry/university partnerships dealing with senior design projects[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Two other papers involved university and national laboratoryresearch cooperation and academic development of education and
. Until Jan. 2007, Estes was the Director of the Civil En- gineering Program at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Estes received a B.S. degree from USMA in 1978, M.S. degrees in structural engineering and in construction management from Stanford University in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1997.Dr. Paul Francis Mlakar, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Paul F. Mlakar is the Army’s Chief Scientist for Weapons Effects and Structural Dynamics at the Engineer Research and Development Center. He is currently on sabbatical as the Class of 1953 Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering at West Point
. 3Figure 1: SME Four Pillars [1]Since the Four Pillars was introduced in 2011, several manufacturing educationresearchers, [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15] [16] and [17] haveused the Four Pillars to describe curriculum development processes. Since its conception,the Four Pillars have been utilized across the country and internationally as a model forcurriculum development for manufacturing engineering and manufacturing engineeringtechnology degree programs.The SME Manufacturing Education and Research Community and the SME Center forEducation were combined into one entity in approximately 2010. The combined group ofmanufacturing educators and industry representatives is named the SME ManufacturingEducation and
theirprototypes. Taking photographs also enabled students to cherish memoriesfrom the maker club with their peers or as they developed their projects. Manystudents transitioning from middle school took pictures of their friends andteachers to make memories.At the end of this work-in-progress project, we intend to disseminate theresults and equip our teachers with resources to continue using Polaroidcameras so students can continue collecting photographs of their projects. Wealso intend to share our curriculum and dissemination products on the website,including presentations, accepted journal articles, and student photographs.Please note: DisclaimerThis paper will use the identity-first language, for example, terminologies like“autistic individuals.” This
AC 2007-2310: ISISHAWAII: THE POWER OF ONE PLUS ONE FOR BRINGINGGIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN INTO THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGPIPELINELynn Fujioka, isisHawaii and Women in Technology In 2002, Lynn Fujioka left the advertising industry after 25 years to launch isisHawaii, a women's online mentoring resource. Since partnering in 2003 with The Women in Technology (WIT) Project (a statewide workforce development initiative administered by The Maui Economic Development Board and funded, in part, by the U.S. Departments of Education, Agriculture and Labor), Lynn's new-found passion in educational outreach provides a rewarding outlet for her creative and business skills.Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in
3 4 In order to develop leadership skills, technical skills and other essential soft skills requestedby industry, the program requires that the students attend a team building week during the summer,go to weekly workouts, develop and join leadership workshops, read leadership books, write bookreports, practice giving presentations, participate in a summer internship, take extra classesimportant to an engineering curriculum and maintain a 3.0 GPA. The results of all those activitiesare recorded and analyzed using a powerful tool called the Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix for strategicplanning to evaluate the success of the program and to teach
researcher under Glenn Ellis at Smith College. Studying Computer Science and East Asian Languages and Literature. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Developing Transmedia Engineering Curricula using Cognitive Tools to Impact Learning and the Development of STEM Identity (RTP)I. AbstractThis paper examines the use of Imaginative Education (IE) to create an NGSS-aligned middleschool engineering curriculum that supports transfer and the development of STEM identity. InIE, cognitive tools—such as developmentally appropriate narratives, mysteries and fantasies—are used to design learning environments that both engage learners and help them organizeknowledge productively. We have combined IE with
Session 1464 Development of an Integrated Materials Engineering Course William Jordan, Norm Pumphrey Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractLouisiana Tech University’s undergraduate engineering program has been significantly modifiedduring the past two years. Emphasis has been placed on creating an integrated (college-wide)program for freshmen and sophomores. Fall quarter sophomores take statics/strength, materialsengineering, and their fourth calculus course. This paper deals with the new materialsengineering course.In the past there were three different introductions to materials
. (p.201) The concepts of faculty development deals with helping faculty members improvetheir competence as teachers and scholars.4 Furthermore, improving faculty competenceis a part of improving overall instructional quality. The efforts to increase instructionalquality depend on faculty development (focus on faculty), instructional development(focus on student, course and curriculum), and organizational development (focus onstructure and process).5 Faculty in purely teaching institutions (non-research environments), especiallythose teaching in technology-based and career-oriented programs, generally lag behindthe pace of technological change in terms of their professional development activities dueto their non-association with
and then finding a platform that would support these needs. Stakeholderswere identified as certain faculty members within the College of Engineering and all engineeringstudents, and the key needs are that the platform is easy to use and learn, free, and available afterdeparture from the university. After testing multiple platforms for efficacy, Quarto wasdetermined to be the most viable option that met all criteria. Additionally, research wasconducted to determine the most effective method of coursework development and courseimplementation. This curriculum needed to be easily implemented into courses in acomplementary manner. After researching a variety of learning models, the team determined thatindependent learning modules will be most
schoolsstill follow the traditional math curriculum with some other required coursework or integrationof needed mathematics into engineering courses. Figure 1: Math requirements in an Electrical and Computer Engineering CurriculumTo illustrate current transitions in mathematics content across engineering schools, the requiredmathematics courses in the curriculum of two well-known and well-reputed engineering schoolsare given in Table 1 where the number of course credits is converted and expressed in semesterhours. The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts is an exampleof a recently developed engineering school that has established a creative curriculum12 with
AC 2010-659: ANTELOPE VALLEY ENGINEERING PROGRAM: A CASE STUDYIN A DIVERSE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPJ. Shelley, United States Air ForceKenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno Page 15.182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Antelope Valley Engineering Program: A Case Study in a Diverse Regional PartnershipAbstract The framework for a case study on a locally-enabled ABET accredited engineering degreeobjective program is discussed. A unique partnership has developed not only to create theprogram, but also to sustain it. The case study methodology and framework will be used toelucidate the constitution, motivations, actions, and