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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

Session 1379 Innovative Technologies in the ET Curriculum Alireza Rahrooh, Farhad Kaffashi, Bahman Motlagh, Walter Buchanan Univ. of Central Florida/Case Western Reserve Univ./ Univ. of Central Florida/ Northeastern UniversityAbstract Closed-loop feedback control system is an important component of a well-roundedengineering technology program. However, since feedback control systems tends to be a rathercomplex topic, students react positively to hands-on experiments that assist them visualizecontrol systems in practical situations, and, in

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session No: 3550 Electrical And Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum From The System Design’s Perspective Omer Farook, Chandra R. Sekhar, Jai P. Agrawal, Essaid Bouktache, Ashfaq Ahmed Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323 Mohamed Zainulabeddin Electronics Corporation of India Limited, ECIL Post, Hyderabad - 500 062, IndiaAbstractTraditionally Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) curriculum startwith two courses in digital switching theory, one addresses combinational logic and theother

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

development of Vasilius and how we incorporated the “human” theme throughout Page 9.249.1the design. This report is divided into sections of focus. The sections of focus are: Design Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering EducationProcess, Mechanical System, Electrical System, Software Design, Analysis/PredictedPerformance, and Other Design Considerations.2. Design ProcessTo achieve creative and innovative solutions to any engineering project requires both asystematic and organized design process. In the

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

facilities. Butin recent years there has been a decrease in resource allocation making it increasingly difficult tomodernize the laboratories to provide adequate levels of laboratory and course work.This calls for an alternative cost-effective method of modernizing laboratory resources and oneway to do this is through the introduction of the virtual instruments concept to existing laboratoryand courses. This paper describes an on going process: the integration of virtual instruments intovarious Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) lecture and laboratory courses so that ourgraduates can be well trained with the latest technology.I. IntroductionThe ET programs are designed with laboratory exercises and computer usage as an integral part.The

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elaine Craft

©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationimplementation, assistance with soliciting grants, and project evaluation. A project website alsoposts an up-to-date listing of professional development events being provided by other ATE-funded projects. These activities are generally subsidized by the grantee and thus are veryaffordable. Check www.scate.org routinely for new listings on the bulletin board.CurriculumSC ATE has taken a research-based, faculty-lead approach to curriculum development. Theresult is the Technology Gateway, a pre-engineering technology curriculum, and an ET Corecurriculum, a general education/introduction-to-technology curriculum for all engineeringtechnology majors. By embedding improved teaching methodologies and

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

a curriculum redesign in the late 1990’s, the Purdue Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology department incorporated into the curriculum four required projectcourses: • ECET 196, a 2 credit hour first semester freshman course that required students to build an already-designed 3-output power supply, and use basic time plan techniques to maintain control of the project work. • ECET 296, a 2 credit hour sophomore course that required the students to design and construct an audio power amplifier while closely following both performance and hardware/circuit specifications. • ECET 396, a 4 credit hour junior course that required teams of 3-4 students to design and build a project based primarily on

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

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Biswajit Ray

et al., “Undergraduate Research Projects for Engineering Technology Students,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2003.9. J. S. Dalton et al., “Mini-Lab Projects in the Undergraduate Classical Controls Course,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2003.10. R. Bachnak et al., “Data Acquisition for Process Monitoring and Control,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2003.11. T. Rutar et al., “Short-term course assessment, improvement, and verification feedback loop,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2001.12. “Peltier”, www.naijiw.com/peltier/peltier.htmlBISWAJIT RAYBiswajit Ray is currently with the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Technology program at the BloomsburgUniversity of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was with

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

, and use those principles to test a basic power supply circuit board and assembly. • Describe basic assembly procedures for surface mount parts. • Describe basic procedures of IC fabrication. • Apply basic project planning principles to the class project. • Understand the EET department, culture, and appropriate decorum. • Describe EET as a career. • Develop their plan of study for their EET degree. • Describe university resources as they apply to student welfare.Course AssignmentsThe teaching and laboratory presentation topics are: • Orientation to Purdue, the EET Department and curriculum (2 class hrs.) • Orientation to EET career opportunities at the AS and BS levels (2 class hrs.) • Introduction to Purdue

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

. This type of “isolated learning” is no longer acceptable asnowadays the industry demands engineers not only with a broad set of technical skills, but also acomprehension of the diverse practical applications of engineering concepts. Engineering andEngineering Technology education must provide integrated experience at the undergraduate levelto fulfill the expectations of the industry1-3. This paper describes an on-going project to develop a multipurpose laboratory that can beused for multiple Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) courses in the Division ofEngineering Technology (DET) at Wayne State University (WSU). The development aims toprovide an integrative experience at the undergraduate level to help students better

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; Steve Hsiung

standard Engineering Technology (ET) curricula, especially in the Electrical andElectronic areas were examined, the first complication usually noted is how wide a span of fieldsthe typical curriculum covers. There are: analog hardware circuit theories & designs, digitalhardware circuit theories & designs, microprocessor/microcontroller designs, applications &programming, high-level software programming, communication related issues in designs &networking, and senior project designs. Along with the breadth of the programs they usuallyhave little overlap between these various fields of interest. When the graduate ET students get in the real work place, they are usually confrontedwith tasks which are usually a combination of

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein; Pete Hylton

Session 3649 Improving Retention in a Thermodynamics Curriculum Maurice Bluestein and Pete Hylton Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract Much attention is now being paid to assessment of learning in engineering technology.Current techniques usually focus on the individual course to see if desired outcomes have beenmet. These methods typically ignore the question of whether the student has retained theinformation and can recall it at a later date. The establishment of a prerequisite for a given courseassumes retention based on the student’s grade in the

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chong Chen

Computer Assisted Drafting and Design (CADD), machine shop, strength andmaterials, electrical circuit analysis, electronics, electrical machines, and instrumentation andcontrols.Introduction At Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), engineering technology students must take aproject course in their senior year. In this course, engineering situations are solved byexperimental means. Student must have experimental approach, gather data, interpret results, andprepare a formal technical written report and an oral presentation. For the electro-mechanical engineering technology students at MTSU, most of their seniorprojects involve both electrical/electronics work and mechanical work. In the past years, manyexcellent projects were completed

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eric Leonhardt

developed the Ekranoplanvehicle project during a Technology Education course. An Ekranoplan or Wing-In-GroundEffect vehicle flies very close to a water surface. The vehicle uses design elements of bothairplanes and marine craft. Ground-effect flight enables a vehicle to carry either a larger payloador operate with greater fuel efficiency than a conventional airplane. The candidates testedseveral vehicle configurations, power sources and construction techniques. Vehicle constructionguidelines and curriculum outlines were developed to disseminate to other technology educators.The project has been used to teach the engineering design process to freshman students inWestern Washington University’s Engineering Technology Design Graphics

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

complexity to theoverall project absent from the design using an adapted mobile platform. The remaining milestones in the above list involve tasks that are either electrical in nature orinvolve programming the controller. To complete these tasks students are called upon to applythe technical skills they have learned throughout the EET program curriculum. Working on therobot controller, for example, builds on their knowledge of microprocessors and board-levelprogramming. Written and oral reports are scheduled throughout the semester. Each student writes a weeklystatus report, about one-half page, detailing the progress, failures, and frustrations incurred on theproject. These reports, which represent a weekly log of the project status, are

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Everly

detail, clean solder joints, use of IC sockets, proper capacitor polarity; these are all must be enforced by the builder of the radio. Shortcuts in any of these areas are immediately evidenced as output that differs from expectations. As a capstone laboratory project, the receiver construction required circuit analysis skills, understanding of basic communications theory, and the ability to troubleshoot potentially non-working systems. More satisfying than any lab period up to this point in the curriculum, the radio, for lack of better terms, ‘did something.’ From the dc voltage for input, to the networking blocks of mixing, filtering and amplifying, to the clean audio output, the overall

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Litwhiler

beupgraded and modified by simply changing the software (or firmware). Planning ahead forinevitable system change is an important lesson for engineering technology students.LabVIEW software is popular in engineering technology curriculum and students are oftenfamiliar with at least using LabVIEW applications. The ease of use, low cost and functionalityof the student version of LabVIEW helps to make it a natural first choice as the software forstudent design projects.2 Even students that are not familiar with structured programming canquickly be creating LabVIEW code.3 The student version also runs on either IBM-compatible(PC) or Apple Macintosh (Mac) computers which makes it ideal for home use by the students.This capability allows the students to

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter E. Thain Jr.

to run the first time, since the instructor wascreating course notes and constructing the transceiver himself, sometimes completing steps onlya week or so before the students. The first offering was to graduate students, who did not havetoo much difficulty in the classroom but a number struggled in the laboratory. It was clear thatfor some this was their first construction project, and quite a few were not too comfortablesetting up and executing the measurements. Students with an Electrical Engineering Technologybackground or industry experience had a distinct advantage in the laboratory. It should be notedthat there were some graduate students for whom communications systems and RF circuits werenot their primary areas of interest. Due to

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Zhang

Telecommunications Program at Western Car-olina University. Dr. Zhang’s research interests include Communications Theory, Wireless Networks, BandwidthEfficient Modulation Schemes, Signal Design and Information Coding, and Digital Signal Processing Techniquesfor Communications. Dr. Zhang is a member of IEEE and ASEE. KEN BURBANK is an Associate Professor and Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technologyat Western Carolina University. Dr. Burbank is active with IEEE, SME, and TAC of ABET, and strives to bringpractical engineering activities into the classroom. His current project is the development of a photonics programwithin the Electrical Engineering curriculum. ROBERT ADAMS is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Ciezki; Brian Jenkins; Samara Firebaugh

in the electricalengineering curriculum. It introduces the students to MATLAB, which is used extensively in theupper level signals and DSP courses,5 and the digital output requirement ties it to the digitalsystems course that the students are taking concurrently. Furthermore, the project introducesstudents to a simple diode circuit (a peak detector), which prepares them for the material they Page 9.21.4will study the following semester in electronics. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society of

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

skills,environmental impact, and ethics. The second course is an exploration of engineering andengineering technology disciplines with an emphasis on projects.The purpose of these courses is to engage the students in the application of engineering early intheir course of study with the hope that their interest will be reinforced and the likelihood of theirbeing retained as students will increase. The courses are divided into three five-week modulesthat are distributed among departments within the college. The Engineering Technologydepartment is responsible for two of the five-week modules in the second, projects-based course.One module is comprised of the civil, mechanical and electrical engineering technology curriculaand the other module is

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

that an engineering technologist may see on the job. Preparingthe student to use these computer based tools should be an important part of ET curricula. Anumerical methods course, with the correct focus, can meet this need for today’s student.UNC Charlotte’s course “Applied Numerical Methods” has recently been updated to includeextensive work in Microsoft Excel and Matlab, two software packages commonly used bytoday’s practicing engineers. The course teaches the basic concepts of formulating engineeringproblems for computer solution. Each topic includes computer based assignments thatdemonstrate each program’s strengths and weaknesses in that area. Emphasis is placed onengineering applications from mechanical, civil, and electrical

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

meet these intentions with anemphasis on "hands-on, can do" attributes. In addition to better hands-on laboratories and moreindustry collaborations (involving student projects), industry-sought-after certifications are beingconsidered and will be provided "if appropriate" to help achieve these intentions. In particular,the ET Department has decided that a Six-Sigma “Greenbelt” certification would be a goodcandidate to provide the desired attributes if included as part of the existing Industrial QualityTechnology course. This certification is typically part of “Continuing Studies” non-degreeprograms offered by universities outside the ET degree curriculum, which raises the question, “IsSix-Sigma certification appropriate for the college

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter

electromagnetics (EM) is considered a core course among electrical engineeringprograms, many engineering technology curriculums tend to shy away from the fundamentalconcepts, choosing instead to deal with specific applications such as antennas and/ortransmission lines using canned formulas and simple approximations. While these are some ofthe most common applications of EM concepts seen by engineering technologists, truecompetence in these areas require a deeper understanding of basic EM principles. For instance,to have an intuitive feel for coupling between wires and transmission lines requires that one beable to visualize the distribution of electric and magnetic fields. Another example is signalpropagation between antennas. To have an understanding of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

Faculty Senate in Spring of 2003 and started atfour different Commonwealth College locations in Fall of 2003. Three of these campuses(Fayette, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre) offer the 2NMT/ET option while the York Campus offersthe 2NMT/SC option. The locations where the degree is offered will be reconsidered afterproducing the first graduates. Each of these degree options will be discussed below.Engineering Technology Option (2NMT/ET)The 2NMT/ET Degree Option curriculum is identical to present 2EET (Electrical EngineeringTechnology) degree program during the first two semesters. The 2EET is well established andoffered at five Commonwealth College campuses. The uniqueness of the program becomesevident in the third semester, when students take a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

systems used in the productionof cores and molds.The purpose of this project was to develop a process control tool for measuring thermaldistortion in chemically bonded sand systems. The objectives of this study were: 1) to develop athermal distortion tester (TDT) for use with the disc transverse specimen (DTS), and 2) to definethe protocol to follow in order to acquire useful information relating to thermal distortionproperties of chemically bonded sands.BackgroundIn 1966, the British Cast Iron Research Association (BCIRA) developed a Hot Distortion Testerfor Quality Control in Production of Chemically Bonded Sands.3 The heat source for this tester isa gas burner with no direct control over heat input. The open flame interacting with

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Strong; Scott Amos; Richard Callahan

first step inaddressing these issues. For example, students could be introduced to the sampling proceduresfor inspection by variables1. They could then be assigned a project that requires thedetermination of appropriate sample size and procedure. Additional assignments might involveappropriate data collection and recording procedures for control charts as described by theAmerican National Standard for Control Charts2.Gage Repeatability and ReproducibilityWhen collecting data for analysis, assuring that accurate gages and gaging methods are used is acritical first step. Incorrect use of common measuring devices such as calipers and micrometers

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

oral and written skills was among the 10 most critical discrepancies.3To address these deficiencies, Georgia Tech is conducting a pilot study that integrates workplacecommunication tools into two Technical Communication Practices courses. The skillsemphasized are making workplace presentations and producing workplace documents. Thecourses are restricted to specific majors: one course is populated by 20 Industrial SystemsEngineering (ISyE) students and one course is populated by 20 Electrical and ComputingEngineering (ECE) students. The goal is to develop a curriculum that can be specific toindividual disciplines. This is being accomplished by employing actual documents collectedfrom the workplace as communication models and adapting skills

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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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

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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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

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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