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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

Session 2533 Using a DSP Controller to Control A Three-Phase Induction Motor Richard E. Pfile, Maher Rizkalla Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisAbstract A new course was developed jointly by EE and EET departments at IUPUI toteach power systems that are used in electric vehicles. The course content includes anoverview of electric vehicles and has modules that cover batteries, power electronics,motors, and three-phase induction motor control in detail. It has weekly laboratories anda required laboratory project that extends for several weeks. This paper concentrates onthe

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Seattle, WA, 28 June - 1 July 1998ABSTRACTThe primary goal of Rowan University's freshmen engineering course is to immerse students inmultidisciplinary projects that teach engineering principles using the theme of engineering meas-urements in both laboratory and real-world settings. Currently, many freshman programs focuseither on a design project or discipline specific experiments that may not be cohesively inte-grated. At Rowan, freshman engineers are introduced to industrial problems through a series of 4modules and a interrelated-interactive lectures on problem solving, safety and ethics. In this pa-per a the process engineering module using the vehicle of a cogeneration plant is presented.INTRODUCTIONThe Rowan engineering faculty are taking

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

energyworkforce by providing relevant education at the AAS, certificate program, and the BS degreelevels both in the state of Arizona and Texas. The consortium partners of this project arecurrently serving a large percentage of underserved minorities and will further assist and nurturethese minority groups by preparing them for STEM careers in high technology industries. Page 15.192.2 The energy field is becoming a major economic driving force in the State of Arizona [4],the nation, and the world. The Department of Electronic Systems has academic programs in thisemerging field supported by a unique set of laboratories that facilitate hands-on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

contextprovides indication of the historical and intellectual developments prior to the current,most modern device; the content explains the operation and principles underlying thedevice’s performance, and the laboratory forces confrontation of device utilization anddissection with device explanation. Devices visited, one per week, in the correspondingweekly laboratory period are bar code scanner, compact disc player and burner, FAXmachine, electric and acoustic guitar, electric drill, bicycle, internal combustion engine,optical fibers, photocopy and scanner, digital and video cameras, cell phones, and(model) airplanes.Introduction The author created, in 1992, a device dissection laboratory for incoming first yearengineering students. As “It seemed

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

high-levelbehavior of networks, including their architectures, protocols and performance 1–5.Laboratory work associated with such courses concentrates on software, using eitheravailable network cards as part of a physical network or simulating the behavior of anetwork 6–17. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department currently offers anetworking course that emphasizes the lower-level operation of a network, including thephysical medium, the packet format, and simplified protocols for Token Ring andEthernet networks. In the laboratory component of the course, students realize each typeof network using a microcontroller in conjunction with peripheral hardware. The

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Tanjina Afrin, Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Rebekah L Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute

content.This study highlights the positive outcomes and challenges observed in the restructuring from theperspectives of the department, faculty, and students.KeywordsCivil Engineering, Laboratory restructuring, Experiential learning, Enhanced understanding,Continuous improvement, SchedulingIntroductionExperiential learning through laboratory (lab) experiences has been a common practice inengineering programs for many years. A previous study demonstrated that most institutions stillvalue the labs in civil engineering programs [1]. In addition, most universities also include labsin their science courses. The problem with labs is they take up a significant amount of time forboth the students and professors and have a cost due to their resource demand

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

that we havedeveloped to help supplement traditional vector learning practices, which allows students to becreative, work together as a team, and accomplish a goal through the understanding of basicvector concepts.KeywordsFirst-Year Undergraduate, Vectors, Physics Education, Laboratory Instruction, InteractiveLearning, Physics PedagogyIntroductionAt the heart of any physics education is the study of vectors. Typically in a given STEMcurriculum, it is an objective of the first year physics courses to provide a sound understandingof vectors that will carry the student through future science, engineering and computer sciencecourses. In recent years, studies have shown the positive effects of using project based interactivelearning to allow

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David Lanning; Jim Helbling; Wahyu Lestari

-on laboratory demonstrations and projects. Topics include aerospace propulsion, astrodynamics,aerodynamics, stability and control of aircraft and spacecraft, structures and materials, and computer-aided design (CAD). Each of these topics includes either computer or traditional laboratory componentsto keep the students engaged. Some examples of the accompanying hands-on work include the designand construction of balsa wood gliders following the lecture on aerodynamics, and the designing of trussbridges using CAD tools, which are subsequently formed from ABS plastic using a rapid-prototypingprinter. These particular activities end with a friendly competition between students using both their balsaglider, flown for maximum glide distance, and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Siben Dasgupta

Teaching Digital Signal Processing with MATLAB,Simulink and DSP Kits A Practical, Cohesive, and Hands-On Approach Siben Dasgupta Associate Professor, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper provides an introduction to Digital Signal Processing topics taught in the undergraduateelectronics /computer engineering programs at Wentworth Institute of Technology. This paper describeshow Wentworth Institute of Technology provides “hands on” experience with real signals by using a“laboratory” based on MATLAB and SIMULINK running on PC’s. In addition, an innovative approach isprovided in this paper for integrating DSP course in to the graduate program

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Ryan Milcarek; Ryan Falkenstein-Smith; Jeongmin Ahn

Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Developing T-Shaped Professional Energy Systems Engineers Ryan Milcarek1, Ryan Falkenstein-Smith1, and Dr. Jeongmin Ahn1 1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, 13244Abstract A fuel cell science and technology course was created to promote the development of T-shaped professional energy systems engineers. The course structure consists of lectures as wellas laboratory sections to reinforce principles discussed in class. Survey results conducted on thefirst day of class, at the midterm and on

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; David E. Perkins, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Theodore Greene, Wentworth Institute of Technology; John Peter Voccio, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

universities closed their campus and moved most or alllectures and labs online. Lab instructors were forced to convert their physical labs to online withlimited preparation time. It is important to highlight that only putting course content on the web,without using appropriate pedagogical models and principles, without appropriate means ofcommunication between participants and instructors and without the use of modern informationtechnologies to present the learning content, is not enough to fulfill educational goals [1].There are many educators that have already tried diverse ways to provide remote or virtualengineering labs [2]. All types of laboratories offer certain advantages. Engineering studentsshould be offered, through the duration of their

Conference Session

K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Andria Shyjka, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #18138Bioengineering Experience for High School Science TeachersMr. Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago Sam Dreyer is a Masters student researching ocular therapeutic hypothermia and Brain-Computer Inter- faces. He is also passionate about engineering education, teaching high school students and teachers about bioengineering concepts and methods.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Christopher LeBlanc

output stage architecture. Through a partnership and financial support of a majorinternational semiconductor company the industry standard Electronic Design Automation(EDA) Ca̅dence® Design system has been adopted for the associated laboratory exercises onschematic capture, simulation and physical design for both the digital and analog curriculum.Over a four year period enrollments in the course sequence have increased and steady placementof students in the microelectronic industry in the region has been demonstrated. This curriculumapproach makes the UNH-EET program one of only 250 American academic institutions toprovide access to the Cadence Systems through the Ca̅dence® University Program.IntroductionThe traditional method for delivering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richard Clark, Virginia Western Community College; Carl Shek, Virginia Tech

of activities with students from local high schools. He regularly teaches courses for the Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education, and Materials Science and Engineering Departments at Virginia Tech. Dr. Clark has instituted a laboratory course at VWCC based upon the Lab-in-a-Box concept and is involved in the development of the learning materials that will support the circuits and electronics courses within the Engineering and Engineering Technology degree programs offered by the Virginia Community College System.Carl Shek, Virginia Tech Page 14.828.1© American Society for Engineering

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware; Andrew Peter Borowski, University of Delaware

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Revised Undergraduate Controls Lab Featuring Exposure-based Experiences1 IntroductionMost ABET accredited undergraduate mechanical engineering programs have some sort ofcontrols course and accompanying laboratory experience [1]. The goal of most of theselaboratory courses is to give the students hands-on experience working with hardware andimplementing control algorithms while learning the theory in an accompanying lecture course.As early as 1981, Balchen et al. [2] asserted that the criteria for a good experiment is that itshould (1) demonstrate important

Conference Session

Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan; Richterica Tukiya Ford; Thomasina Jenkins

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Engineering Technology

laboratories. One of the DHS Center of Excellence (the Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence)is also engaged to provide expertise and guidance in order to enhance EMT program’s researchcapabilities.1. I TRODUCTIOIn 2005, Hurricane Katrina [1,2] devastated the Mississippi coastal area. Hurricane Sandyslammed the eastern seaboard in 2012. Every year, many Americans face a disaster oremergency and its horrifying consequences. The need for specialists in the field of emergencymanagement has never been greater. Those in the field of emergency management must haveadequate training, experience, and education.The Department of Technology at Jackson State University has established a concentration inEmergency Management Technology to prepare our students as

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Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Andrew Phillips, The University of Glasgow

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Electrical and Computer

Glasgow College, UESTC (formerly known as the UoG-UESTC Joint School). Both institutions of higher learning are located in Chengdu, China. Thestudents were Chinese nationals who were in the process of building their knowledge oftechnical English. Three laboratory exercises and one design project were developed toprovide opportunities for hands-on learning and to allow the students to explore their ownideas on solid-state lighting applications. The labs and project assigned are described alongwith the intended learning outcomes and a summary of student evaluations. Plannedimprovements to the labs and project, which will be incorporated in the when the course isoffered again in the summer of 2016, will also be discussed. I. BackgroundThe

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Nebraska - Lincoln c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Instrumentation and Controls Instruction for Agricultural and Biological Engineering StudentsAbstractModern agricultural and biological systems use electronic sensors, instrumentation, and computersfor acquisition of scientific data and process control. Instrumentation is used for commercialproduct development, testing, and for basic research. An instrumentation and controls course foragricultural and biological engineering pre-professionals addresses sensors, measurementprinciples, software, and limitations of such systems with hands-on laboratory activities will bediscussed. This is a core course for two ABET

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Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-363: REAL-TIME, EMBEDDED-SYSTEMS NETWORKING: A NOVELWAY TO DEVELOP AN INTERACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE COURSEEce Yaprak, Wayne State University Dr. Ece Yaprak is a Professor of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University. Her areas of interest include computer networks and communications where she has published extensively. She has held engineering positions at General Electric and Ford Motor Company, and research fellowships at NASA (John Glenn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ames Research Center, and the Johnson Space Center) and the U.S. Navy (SPAWAR). She has received teaching excellence awards from her Division and the College of Engineering. She has received

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson; Esther Hughes

students’learning, but also provides them with valuable training that they will use in their futureoccupations. The authors of this paper survey three engineering courses in which they haveintroduced various active cooperative learning activities. The three courses presented are:Introduction to Engineering, Microcomputer Systems, and Automatic Controls.Each course is described including course objectives, syllabus, and grading policies. For eachcourse examples are given of the assignments, in-class activities, laboratory assignments, andprojects in which teams are used. The attitudes of the students during the course and studentevaluations of the activities as well as the course are presented. The challenges and contrastsbetween using teams in a freshman

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah E. Irvine; Teresa L. Hein

paper we focuson strategies designed to improve student learning following instruction that utilizes technology-based learning tools in the introductory physics laboratory. To address this issue, we describe aninteractive laboratory experiment designed to teach the concept of momentum and impulse tointroductory physics students. The laboratory activity makes use of a collision apparatus andcomputer interface to allow students to determine relevant data. An interactive software toolallows students to perform a series of analyses of various elastic and inelastic collisions. We willlink the discussion regarding the use of these technology-based learning tools in the physicslaboratory to specific strategies that can be used to assess student

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Praveen Malali, Old Dominion University; Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Sushil Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

a Web- Based Virtual ExperimentAbstractKey words: Web-based, Virtual Experiment, Instrument selection, Uncertainty Analysis.A methodology has been developed and successfully implemented for transforming physicalexperiments in an undergraduate thermo-fluids laboratory at Old Dominion University (ODU), adoctoral university, into web-based virtual experiments while the Mechanical Engineering (ME)faculty at Western Kentucky University (WKU), an undergraduate university, have developedand implemented a Design of Experiments (DOE) Plan to assure that graduates of their programhave acquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. This paper presents details about a web-based

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

backup system [2]. The system can be generalized as thecombination of a rectifier and inverter; two power electronic subsystems commonly covered inelectrical engineering courses. A software system to study and design ideal UPS systems forpower electronics course is featured in [3]. The ideal UPS system is fostered by the creation ofan integrated graphical interface calculating the optimal configuration of each component.Though the system has a notable visual interface, it focuses only on the construction aspect, notthe monitoring of a system that has already been assembled.Integration of custom-designed hardware into laboratory and the classroom is growing at anumber of universities. Software solutions have even been developed for robotics

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Gene Gloeckner, Colorado State University; George Morgan, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

associations between students’ perception of the importance of the faculty teaching techniques [in terms of lectures, use of a variety of technological teaching tools, use of PowerPoint, use of a variety of teaching strategies, coordinating laboratory work with lecture, organization and preparation of class/laboratory activities, use of group presentations, use of individual laboratory projects, and providing timely feedback on class/laboratory projects] and student’s self-reported success/learning (expressed in terms of self-reported technical competency and GPA), as perceived by seniors in the EET program? 4. Are there associations between students’ perception of the

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2005 GSW

Authors

Tim Coppinger; Hesham Shaalan

. The teach pendant is a hand-heldterminal used for controlling the robot and peripheral equipment connected to the same robotcontroller. The teach pendant is most practical for moving the axes, recording positions, andsending the axes to recorded positions. Laboratory ExercisesThe goal of the laboratory sessions is to analyze and verify the theoretical ideas learned in theclassroom. Some experiments require written reports. In such cases, the report is always dueone week after the experiment is performed. Late reports are not normally accepted.The robot was mounted to a 30 inch square plywood base to perform the laboratory assignments.A gravity feeder and two wooden fixtures that contain holes placed in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dominik May, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia; Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Amy Ingalls, University of Georgia

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #32550Switching from Hands-on Labs to Exclusively Online Experimentation inElectrical and Computer Engineering CoursesDr. Dominik May, University of Georgia Dr. May is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute. He researches online and intercultural engineering education. His primary research focus lies on the development, in- troduction, practical use, and educational value of online laboratories (remote, virtual, and cross-reality) and online experimentation in engineering instruction. In his work, he focuses on developing broader educational strategies for the design and

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Improve information exchange by creating a centralized Internet repository for educational materials. These materials should include tutorials, exercises, case studies, examples and histories, as well as laboratory exercises, software, manuals etc. 8. Encourage the development of www-based initiatives for technical information dissemination to industrial users of control systems and encourage the transfer of practical industrial experience to the classroom.Only two of these recommendations (1 and 6) may be difficult to satisfy in ET programs. Therest can be easily implemented in any ET program. One of the fundamental strengths of ETundergraduate program is the emphasis placed on laboratory work. Recommendation # 4

Conference Session

BME Courses & Curricular Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Torres, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

D. Sweeney Department of Bioengineering, U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering Florida Gulf Coast UniversityAbstr actTeaching a first course on electrical/electronic circuits to bioengineering students with noprevious background poses a significant challenge. An integrated lecture-lab approach is beingdeveloped at Florida Gulf Coast University with the incorporation of the ELVIS (EducationalLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite) workstation from National Instruments and its virtualinstrumentation package, in addition to the traditional set of instruments. The initial experienceindicates that integrating laboratory practice and lecture can increase student motivation andinterest, particularly

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Town Hall Meeting: Supporting University Priorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Karla Andrew, Western Kentucky University; Jeffery Ballweber, Colorado State University; Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida; Rick Fowler, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies and Operations Director of the WATERS Laboratory at Western Kentucky University. Ms. Fattic’s role as Associate Director of the Center includes budget development and project coordination of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. Ms. Fattic’s responsibilities include day-to day administration, budget and personnel management, quality assurance and quality control, and maintenance of certifications. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University, and has worked in both the public sector as a regulator and private sector as an environmental consultant prior to being employed by the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Rawles, Purdue University; Anthony Smith, Purdue University; Raymond Hansen, Purdue University; Jeffrey Sprankle, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

curricula.Baccalaureate curricula were designed to allow students completing their Associate’s degrees ata satellite campus to transfer to the main campus and complete their Baccalaureate Degreecoursework.Known colloquially as the “2+2” system, this approach created a significant critical path concernin the networking degree plan of study. The satellite campuses do not have the faculty expertise,nor the space and funds to teach laboratory-based networking courses. As a result, all corelaboratory-based networking courses had to be delivered in the junior and senior years. Studentstook the majority of their non-core courses in the first two years, then took predominatelylaboratory-based core courses in their last two years.This created several curriculum design