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Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Arif Sirinterlikci

Integration of Virtual Instrumentation into a Compressed Electricity and Electronic Curriculum Arif Sirinterlikci Ohio Northern UniversityBackgroundOhio Northern University Technological Studies Department has a Technology Program thatoffers Industrial Technology curriculum under its Industry Track. Students in this track, takeonly two technology courses (TECH 261: Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics,TECH 362: Digital Electronics: Concepts and Applications) relating to electricity andelectronics before taking higher-level courses with automation and robotics emphasis. Thecurriculum is very compressed and it is a challenge for the

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael E. Hay; Recayi Pecen

Session Number: 1648 Design and Implementation of Solar Electric Boats for Cleaner U.S. Waters Recayi Pecen Michael E. Hay Electrical and Information Engineering Technology Program Department of Industrial Technology, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IowaAbstractSolar electric powered boats may promote zero-emission aquatic transportation and recreationnot only for Iowa lakes and rivers, but for all US and world waters. For three years theUniversity of Northern Iowa (UNI) solar electric boat project has recruited

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gene Harding

A Jitter Education: Finding a Place for Jitter Analysis in the EET Curriculum Gene L. Harding Purdue UniversityAbstractTiming jitter has become a major issue in the high-speed electronics industry during the pastseveral years. It is the phenomenon seen when the rising or falling edge of a digital waveformappears before or after the expected time. This paper describes the basics of timing jitter, how tomeasure and display it, and proposes where and how to incorporate various jitter topics into afour-year electrical engineering technology (EET) curriculum.IntroductionTiming jitter is the phenomenon seen when a

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

Session 1347 The Administration of Senior Design Projects In a Distance Learning Environment Isaac L. Flory IV, John R. Hackworth Old Dominion UniversityI. AbstractA method for administering a senior level capstone design course in Electrical EngineeringTechnology in a distance learning environment is described. Several avenues are explored thathelp the students successfully conceive, develop, and present their design projects from off-campus locations that are consistent with the requirements placed upon their on-campus peers.Several

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

Session 1347 Managing Senior Design Projects to Maximize Success: The TAT Team J.A. Morgan, G. Wright, J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Introduction The typical engineering technology curriculum culminates in a capstone senior designcourse or sequence. The goal of this course/sequence is to have students demonstrate theirmastery of the concepts they have learned throughout their degree program. While manydifferent approaches to senior design courses exist, most

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Lehman; Chung-Ling Huang; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

the techniques for interfacing and programming the PIC18 microcontroller. This course is intended for the students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology who are taking the course to learn about the PIC 18 microcontroller and use it in a design project. This course provides several complicated examples to explore the functions and applications of the PIC 18 microcontroller. On the software side the students are encouraged to write C language programs to implement their applications to gain the productivity advantage and flexibility provided by the C language. The microcontroller laboratory provides the necessary hands-on experience with the PIC 18 microcontroller, which is highly desirable in industry. Bibliography 1

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Nutter

Virtual Simulation Curriculum Integration Paul Nutter Ohio Northern University Department of Technological StudiesAbstractManufacturing simulation is being used extensively to model, analyze, and optimize complexmanufacturing operations by many major corporations, including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin,Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota. Companies are utilizing these advanced 3D digital manufacturingtools as a component of their product life-cycle management. In many cases a simulation ismandatory prior to any significant new operation, project or process implementation.Manufacturing technologists and engineers will

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Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Richter

used to assemble a jigsaw puzzle. Page 10.1337.6Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationLessons LearnedAfter using the new laboratory curriculum for three years, numerous lessons have been learnedfrom studying the project demonstrations and student evaluations of the course.Students really like the idea of designing their own projects. They spend time in their teamsdetermining what they can do with the limitations and strengths of the particular type of robotwith which they are currently working. The students

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Clifford Mirman

well as to trackprogress and give the teams any needed push. The faculty advisors also provide a key role inthe grading of the projects. The final piece which was needed for the development of this course was a model forthe typical project. Based upon discussions between all of the ET faculty members, it wasdecided that each project should include the following components, Page 10.160.2 • Clear components from Manufacturing and Electrical Engineering Technology Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Andrew Vavreck; Rebecca Strzelec

3.18 Polycarbonate 340 5.08 100.4 76.3 1.46 52.6 1.96 3.6 FDM ABS Injection - - 133.4 62.1 2.21 30.3 1.86 50-95 Molded Polycarbonate - - 640.5 93.1 2.31 65.5 2.48 120 Injection MoldedExample Capstone Design Project ApplicationsThe capstone Electromechanical Engineering Technology design course, EMET 440, requiresstudents to design and construct a device that draws on both their electrical and mechanicalbackgrounds, and involves some form of computer control. The course is offered in the lastsemester, and typically involves teams of two, who develop a project proposal, plan and track

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Jerry Gintz

ELECTRICAL COMPUTER Fluid power concepts and Reading and developing Microcomputer set-up and applications electrical schematics configuration Component identification DC circuit analysis Software installation and and function configuration Selection and application of Electrical wiring applications Cable and software driver automation components selection Project development Electrical component Logic development and identification and function programming

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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B. Sridhara

Session 1150 Teaching Engineering Fundamentals with a Project-Based Learning Approach B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract Recruiting and retaining students in the Engineering Technology area has been a majorchallenge to many of us in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies (ETIS)Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). In the Fall of 2004 the authoroffered ET 1840 – Engineering Fundamentals and teaching this class was a lot of fun. Topicssuch as total quality, engineering design

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

sponsored by the Engineering Technology Department have become anextremely useful supplement to the standard ET curriculum. By encouraging freshmen METstudents to become involved with these projects, the MET professors at MTSU are giving theirstudents an opportunity to enhance their education with a hands-on experience.Student projects, and in particular the Experimental Vehicles Program, present students with aunique opportunity to apply the techniques they are taught in class, and to expand theirknowledge of mechanical engineering in a controlled setting.The projects also teach MET students skills they would not ordinarily learn in a traditionalcurriculum. Students who participate in these projects learn to work as a team, communicateeffectively

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Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wm Evans

the PLC student to have a working knowledgeof networks and network protocols. Setting up a network of PLCs and accompanyingHMI computers should be the responsibility of the electrical engineer or engineeringtechnologist. The establishment of a stable network is critical to the success of a projectand should be addressed in a course such as this. Network security, while not necessarily Page 10.1029.7a part of this course, should be addressed in the curriculum at some point.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

2148 Teaching Instrumentation for MET and EET using LabVIEW™ software with Vernier® and National Instruments® hardware Desrochers, M., Powers, M. Michigan Technological UniversityAbstract:Measurement, data collection and interfacing are a critical part of the everyday manufacturingand engineering world. It is important that today’s technology students are exposed tomeasurement and data acquisition. This paper summarizes two courses, one from theMechanical Engineering Technology curriculum and one from the Electrical EngineeringTechnology curriculum, where LabVIEW

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ronald Krahe

2005-2548-1119 Software Engineering Standards in the ECET curriculum Ron Krahe Penn State Erie, Behrend CollegeAbstractThis paper introduces the need for including software engineering standards in the ECET(Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology) curriculum today, and discusses the desireddepth of coverage. ECET comprises a broad array of topics, including both hardware andsoftware design and development. Many current electrical and computer systems containembedded controls of one sort or another, and in nearly all of them, the control affects the safetyof the

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Miller; Joyce Pittman; Virginia Elkins; Max Rabiee; Eugene Rutz

Technology-Enabled Content in Engineering Science Curriculum Eugene Rutz, Virginia Elkins, Joyce Pittman, Max Rabiee, and Richard Miller University of CincinnatiAbstractEngineering technology technical courses often have both lecture and accompanying laboratorysessions. The laboratory assignments reinforce the understanding of the topics studied during thelecture sessions. A planning grant was awarded from the National Science Foundation throughtheir Bridges for Engineering Education Program to develop technology-enabled content inengineering science courses. Content was developed to appeal to a variety of learning styles andto support student-centered learning. This paper will describe the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Stier

study were to: a) investigate to what extent small and mid-sized Illinoismanufacturing companies feel it is important for newly hired manufacturing engineering ortechnology graduates to possess specified basic personal skills, technical skills and businessprofessional skills, b) compare the skills identified as important in this study with the SMEcompetency gaps listing, and c) use the results of this study as one criteria to revise curriculumand update a laboratory in the IMS Sequence at ISU. According to Teitelbaum, there is a need to encourage objective appraisals of currentmanufacturing curriculum and career paths to provide more agile adjustments to inevitablechanges required by this dynamic field.[17] This project was intended to

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafic Bachnak

the quality of the projects being completed by students. This paperdescribes the changes and briefly presents the progress that has been made since 2004Spring Semester.IntroductionAn engineering capstone design experience has been defined as “the crowningachievement in a student’s academic curriculum, and integrates the principles, concepts,and techniques explored in earlier engineering courses” [1]. Today, most engineeringand engineering technology curricula include a senior capstone course [2-8]. Two majorsources that led to this status are the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) and industry [9]. While the process for conducting capstone projectsvaries between programs and disciplines, such projects normally take two

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

Session Number: 1147Design and Construction of a Hydro -Wind Hybrid Renewable Power Station in Iowa Hickory Hills State Park Recayi Pecen Mohammed Fahmy Fanis Chalkiadakis Electrical and Information Engineering Technology Program Department of Industrial Technology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IowaAbstractThe objective of this applied research project is to design and construct a small-scale hydro-electric and wind power station for generating zero-emission electricity for cabins and RVoutlets in Hickory Hills park located in La Porte City, Iowa. The project consists of three

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Dick

been addressed.In addition to the technical goals above, the primary pedagogical goal was to increasestudent interest, motivation and learning by demonstrating the relevance of C languageprogramming to Electrical Engineering. This is addressed in the following section. Page 10.1091.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAssessment.In order to assess the effectiveness of this project, two surveys were administered tostudents during the fall term of 2004. The first was administered after the BeowulfVending

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Peter Goodmann

more theoretically-oriented engineering curriculum. Ideally, a technologyDSP course would include laboratory exercises which allow the student to experience the resultsof various digital signal processing functions by seeing or hearing them. Furthermore, some ofthe lab exercises should require the student to develop code which executes in realtime, to buildan awareness of hardware limitations and the need to write efficient code. These objectivessuggest the use of DSP hardware, such as the DSP evaluation modules which are available fromDSP manufacturers (Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, etc.). That approach means buyingmultiple copies of hardware which can only be used for the DSP class, and which may representa significant investment. The

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Hata

grantthrough their Advanced Technological Education Program. This paper describes theproducts and results of this three-year project. Page 10.774.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Educational Materials DevelopmentPlasma-aided manufacturing is a muti-disciplinary discipline. Prerequisite knowledgeincludes topics from general chemistry and general physics, mathematics, electronics,vacuum technology, and materials processing.Educational materials development efforts focused on three areas: basic plasma

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Bilodeau

students can gain insight intoFaraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction, measurement techniques for AC magneticfields and EMI shielding techniques . The key impact of MaFEL on the education of EET students is that it enablesthe students to gain insight into several critical aspects of electromagnetism ( i.e. fieldmeasurements and low frequency magnetic flux shielding ) that are not discussed in any othercourse in the EET curriculum. The practical experience derived from MaFEL can bereadily applied by the EET students at SUNY Canton to many of the laboratorymeasurements they perform in their two semester course on Electrical Power andMachinery . The procedures carried out in the execution of the MaFEL laboratory includethe use of

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Resnick

solve problems found the course to be too difficult. Those in the middle said the course helped with their understanding in other Computer Engineering Technology courses, which in and of itself is an important success.Bibliography[1] Computer Society of the Institiute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. Computing Curricula. 14 Dec. 2001. 17 Nov. 2004 [2] Hankley, William. “Software Engineering Emphasis for Engineering Computing Courses: An Open Letter to Engineering Educators”. 2004 ASEE Conference. Paper 2305 on Conference CD.[3] Piper, Ian et al. “A Hybrid Approach to the Core Curriculum”. 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Session F3G

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

emergencyrepair of ruptured natural gas pipelines. University application of this interest includes instruction in thefollowing courses: Machine Design, Statics and Dynamics, Intro. to Design and Intro. to Product Design aswell as student Capstone Design Projects. He is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student’s Mini-Bajavehicle competition. He and his colleagues have instituted a Capstone Senior Design Project course forengineering technology students that includes an integrated group of Computer, Electrical and MechanicalEngineering Technology students. He has also structured an Intro. to Product Design course for non-engineering majors as part of the University’s new School of Technological Entrepreneurship .In 2002 Prof. Di Bella was awarded the

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Charles Feldhaus; Kenneth Reid

base for improving the quality, methodology, and reach of K-12 engineering education (1).One program that seems related to nearly all of the aforementioned recommendations isProject Lead the Way (PLTW). PLTW is a high school curriculum in which students areintroduced to engineering and engineering technology through a series of rigorousacademic courses. Curriculum, textbooks, software and labs are standardized throughoutthe experience regardless of geographic location, and all PLTW teachers undergoextensive training in curriculum, pedagogy and delivery of the program. Project Lead theWay is a hands-on, contextual curriculum that uses an interdisciplinary approach and isbased on national, state and local Science, Technology, Engineering and

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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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 Through K-12 Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Martin Waffle; Donald Martel; Peggie Weeks

Educationteacher/leaders and college experts from each of the five regions) participated in a two-dayplanning meeting. The secondary school teachers are NYSTEA association leaders, and thecollege faculty have content expertise in the areas of materials/manufacturing and informationtechnologies. In the summer of 2003, the project management team and additional consultantsconducted an intensive, seven-day workshop at Fulton-Montgomery Community College for thePDC leadership teams. NSF-developed instructional materials were used to ensure thatexemplary, pedagogically sound curriculum is at the core of instruction. Classroom-testedmaterials in materials/manufacturing and information technologies, developed as part of apreviously funded NSF project, New York

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Colwell; Richard Warren; Rich Warren

verify its functionality. For the next two to three weeks, the students are givenprescribed labs to perform with their trainers. These labs get the students to use the pushbuttons,the PWM module, the A/D module, the EEPROM, and the LCD. The remainder of the semester(about four weeks) the students are allowed to develop their own projects that must meet somebasic criteria. While the entire experience with the PIC microcontroller was exciting for thestudents, this phase brought out the most enthusiasm amongst the students. Students who hadshown little interest in the labs prior to working with the PIC showed great excitement andmotivation when allowed to create their own project. Having the seniors show their projects toother underclassmen also