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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

important and expandingrole in this exciting field, yet undergraduate chemical engineering students are rarely exposed todrug delivery through their coursework. To provide students with the skills directly relevant tothe evolving needs of the pharmaceutical industry, this project will develop and integrate applieddrug delivery coursework and experiments throughout the Rowan Engineering curriculum.To design and produce a new drug delivery system, an engineer must fully understand the drugand material properties and the processing variables that affect the release of the drug from thesystem. This requires a solid grasp of the fundamentals of mass transfer, reaction kinetics,thermodynamics and transport phenomena. The engineer must also be skilled in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn; Ron Madler

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcampus.II. Spacecraft Design CoursesThe spacecraft preliminary and detail design courses that we developed gave us the firstopportunity to work with the student teams as well as team-teach. The preliminary design courseconsists of having the students do a paper design of a spacecraft or spacecraft system. Thestudents choose a project and are held to the requirements thereafter. Our role has been toshepherd them through the design process and to help them learn about subsystems they may notbe sufficiently familiar with. The authors met for a minimum of four hours per week to discusswhere we were heading and to prepare documents

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

assignments and acarefully crafted project complement and enhance the students’ learning experience.I. Course IdeaThe second author (A. Ghaly, an engineer) approached the first author (S. Sargent, anhistorian) and explained his idea of a combined course which would explore the engineeringand humanistic side of structures throughout history. Sargent was very enthusiastic aboutthe course, because he recognized immediately its potential for real interdisciplinarycooperation. Both authors agreed on the basic course outline after a few hours of intensediscussion. After that it was all implementation. Sargent believes that engineering studentsshould consider the historical, social, and cultural aspects of buildings, because engineeringdoesn’t happen in a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

Session 1313 The Inclusion of Design Content in the Unit Operations Laboratory Darin Ridgway, Valerie L. Young. Michael E. Prudich Ohio UniversityAbstractThere has been an emphasis to include design throughout the chemical engineering curriculum.Open-ended projects with design content are commonly included in core courses. The unitoperations lab offers another opportunity through the use and extension of experimental data.The range of student learning goals in the typical unit operations laboratory, including theplanning and execution of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Ho; Jack Hopper; David Cocke; Daniel Chen; Carl Yaws; Kuyen Li; John Gossage

provides tools to help students conceptualizedproblems, explore the influence of relevant parameters, and test fundamental engineeringprinciples. The aim of our Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement project is to meldthe problem-based learning pedagogy with CAMS to produce students with an in-depthunderstanding of the fundamentals of chemical engineering as well as the ability to use computersimulation packages effectively in the workplace. The approach used here is to integrate the useof CAMS throughout the entire chemical engineering curriculum. The Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology’s Engineering Criteria 2000 framework will be followed to evaluatethe outcome of this project. This reform process will beneficially affect

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Napoles

projects with an interdisciplinary character, where the student can solve professionalproblems about projection, exploitation and construction.Taking into account the experience of different universities the integration can be grouped inthree directions: • The integration to achieve the professional skills from the freshman year • The integration of different courses (about basic sciences, sciences of engineering, social sciences and others ) in different years. • The integration throughout the solution of professional problemsIII. The integration of the design in the engineering curriculumOne of the most generalized trends in the university is the integration of design in the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Xueshu Song; Philip Pilcher; Charles Billman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

Session Number 2793 Internet-Based Training System for Preparing Professionals in Aviation Maintenance Xueshu Song, Radha Balamuralikrishna, Philip Pilcher & Charles Billman Northern Illinois University/Northern Illinois University/Rockford Abilities Center/Rock Valley CollegeAbstractThis paper presents a new integrated media on-line training system designed to train aviationmaintenance professionals. The rationale for this NSF sponsored project is to enable aviationmaintenance instructors and learners derive maximum benefits from state-of-art computertechnologies through the creation of a

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Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University; David L. Batts, East Carolina University; Sandra Lee Friend, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparation for Online Teaching and Actual Practices for Technology-Oriented CoursesIntroduction East Carolina University received a University of North Carolina System GeneralAdministration grant that focused on the development of a delivery model for large onlinecourses. “A Pilot Project for Scalability of On-Line Classes in Technology Systems” wasdeveloped to meet the growing demands of online courses in the Bachelor of Science inIndustrial Technology (BSIT) program. Enrollment in this degree completion program forAssociates of Applied Science (AAS) graduates has grown from 170 students in 2005 to 451students in the fall of 2008 with a

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Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Joseph Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 25.386.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design and Computational Analysis of Diaphragm Based Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors for Integration into Undergraduate Curriculum1.0 Abstract In order to expand undergraduate education in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),and nanotechnology, a series of sensors were designed with the intent of integrating the designprocess into the project portion of a micro/nano systems course. The majority of the design workwas focused around piezoresistive, diaphragm-based pressure sensors, utilizing multiplediaphragm sizes and geometries. These sensors were chosen for their geometrical

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hirak C. Patangia, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4909: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PV ENGINEERINGCOURSE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCEDr. Hirak C. Patangia, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Hirak Patangia is a professor of electronics and computers in the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He has served the University in various admin- istrative positions including Interim Dean, Associate Dean, and Department Chair before returning to full-time teaching and research. He is a strong proponent of undergraduate research and STEM education in high schools. With NSF funding, he developed a project-based freshman engineering course for en- gineering and other university students who want to explore

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Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soma Chakrabarti, University of Kansas; Kimberly Anne Hunsinger, University of Kansas

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Continuing Professional Development

of these modules have been formulated. The present modules address the needs ofnon-English speaking participants, the different learning styles of culturally diverse audience andthe technical limitations encountered in participating countries.Introduction and BackgroundAerospace Short Course Program at the University of Kansas Continuing Education has beendelivering non-credit professional development courses on aircraft design, aircraft structures,flight control and avionic systems, aerospace compliance and aerospace project and processmanagement for past 35 years. These short courses have been presented as face-to-face deliverymode in public and in-house offerings, the latter often customized to the needs of a client. Theprogram

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K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering isElementary and Project Lead the Way to identify diverse ways engineering is currently beingtaught in classrooms across the country. In addition, published and validated classroomobservation protocols such as Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) are used asmodels. In its current form, SEcLO is a theory-driven protocol with sufficient content validity.Future research is needed to evaluate inter-rater reliability and establish its concurrent validity bycomparing the observation scores and student learning outcomes.Introduction Despite the continuous efforts, increasing K-12 students’ access to and performance inSTEM subjects is still a challenge. K-12 engineering education brings a new perspective toteaching STEM subjects

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Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

that the course content can be updatedin the future with new technologies as they emerge or as instructor sees a fit.The broader objective of the course is to expose students to new green technologies and electronicsindustry through an interdisciplinary approach combining team projects, individual research, case studyanalysis, and interaction with industry executives. Students taking this course will be able to □ Identify new trends/products in the electronic industry. □ Identify various electronics components regarding new technologies. □ Determine factors affecting the adoption of new technologies □ Analyze the various challenges specific to green electronics products □ Create marketing plans for new product

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Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

- entrepreneurship 1 6 -5 Project management - 1 3 -2 Overall systems perspective 1 1 0 Technical fundamentals – new ME 0 0 0 applications (bio, nano, info, multi...) Leadership 0 0 0 Experiments - laboratory procedures 0 0 0Table 2 indicates that strong attributes of BSMET graduates were computer modeling andknowledge of how devices are made and work. Major weaknesses were technical fundamentalsand oral/written communication. Moderate

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Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony P. Dalessio, Erie Community College; Elena V. Brewer, Erie Community College

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

are also two dayevents, some of which require only one night of hotel stay and registration is usually kept closeto $100.The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds many projects each year that conduct partial orfully funded workshops as part of the project. We have heard about many such opportunities in avariety of fields via the ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD) listserv. The applicationis usually several pages long, includes any information about workshop objectives and anydeliverables from attendees, and level of support. Some of the activities are fully funded toinclude airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, and registration costs, while other may includeonly some of these costs. Stipends may be offered as well. We have

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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council

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International

Page 25.1199.2experience as one of the most important skills in the formation of the new engineer. Theenvironmental consciousness, the willing to work in teams, and etc, it is a long list but the mostimportant aspect of engineering formation is the strong knowledge of basic sciences and basicsciences of engineering because these are the tools that will enable the future engineer to performsuccessfully and more over it will give them the self confidence necessary to win. However thisis one aspect in the formation of engineers. Others are being examined and discussed and manyactions have been taking place in many institutions in order to form the engineer for the newwork environment [1].Among many projects in education field COPEC develops also

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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Jane A. Petrus, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

schools during the 2011-12 academic year. In 2007, NSF funding wasawarded for the further development of LaTechSTEP (#062462). Over 300 students and over 50teachers from 17 high schools have participated in this program since its inception.The mechanics of the LaTechSTEP program have been presented in previous publications 1-5;therefore, only a brief overview of the program logistics will be presented in this paper. Instead,this paper will focus on the outcomes of the project and will quantify the effect of LaTechSTEPon STEM enrollment and on university faculty/high school teacher collaboration.Data will be presented to show the effect of LaTechSTEP on STEM enrollment at LouisianaTech University. Additionally, the performance of students who

Conference Session

Lessons learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering education in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (http://www.stompnetwork.org/), and http://www.LEGOengineering.com/.Ms. Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University Page 25.1228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Systemic intervention: Connecting formal and informal education experiences for engaging female students in elementary school in engineeringAbstract This paper describes a project that is a work in progress on engaging female

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Bonnie Osif; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

approaches.I. Learning strategies and their use in engineering coursesCase-based learning uses previously solved problems to understand and investigate the decisionsand methodologies that were employed to arrive at the solution. For engineering courses, casesmay come from industrial projects or previous design projects. They include enough details aboutthe problem statement and the variety of solutions under consideration so that advantages anddisadvantages can be discussed. Depending on the course and topic, the case may draw attentionto the technical issues, economical aspects, and societal impact.Consider an introductory engineering design course, where students get their first exposure to thedesign process by solving an industrial problem. Prior

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Bronack; Horace Moo-Young

have been included in otherventures, such as Project CIRCLE. Project CIRCLE is a “collaborative project betweenthe University of Texas at Austin College of Education, the Austin Independent SchoolDistrict (AISD) and the Eanes Independent School District (EISD)” 7. The objective ofthis project is to create collaborative knowledge-building communities in high schoolsand universities that take the constructivist approach to technology integration 7. It isimperative that students are challenged not to succumb to this understanding. One way todo this is to encourage computer support for collaborative learning (CSCL). The resultsof using this learning approach were shown in a study done as part of Project CIRCLE.The research looked at two high

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim M. El-Dash

). This paper introduces one approach for integrating educational model currently being Page 5.277.1implemented in the Construction Management program at Zagazig University. In this approach,an integrated course has been developed at the undergraduate level that vertically integratesbasic construction management needs. Also, it presents openings to strengthen and exploitcommunication skills to prepare engineers for interdisciplinary projects and industry integratedneeds. This paper describes the primary constituents of this approach including the integrationof course, the cooperation required to support the communication emphasis, and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Kiriakos Kiriakidis; Jennifer Waters; George Piper

array capable of driving a water pump. They also design alight tracking system for the array. The tracking system uses small solar panels as its sensors.The final design must be able to track a light source and pump water from a lower reservoir to ahigher reservoir. The stored water offers a source of potential energy which is then taped uponcall to run a water wheel. The wheel can then rotate a coil winding to reconvert the storedenergy to a more useful electrical formAnother interesting project has the students designing an energy package involving solar arraysand storage batteries to be used on a camping trip. Various specifications are made by theerstwhile camper (boom boxes, TV, etc.). The students are tasked to design a transportable

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

. Networks provide the “glue” that connect each of the localizedmodules together into a functioning whole. We believe that students who take courses inmicroprocessor embedded control should have some exposure to network-connected controlsystems, and if possible they should also have experience in their implementation. This paperdescribes a project that we undertook at the U.S. Naval Academy in our computer engineeringtrack where our students used an I2C network and PIC16C84 microprocessors to construct amodel distributed shipboard damage control system.1. IntroductionThe Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy offersan ABET accredited Systems Engineering degree to about one hundred students annually. Aspart of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ribando; Gerald O'Leary; Timothy Scott

ordinary and partial-differential equations describing heat and fluidflow. Several of the modules may be considered “virtual” laboratories, that is, they allowstudents to take data from the computer screen for post-processing  much as if theywere working in a real, extremely well-equipped laboratory. Others give the option ofperforming dozens of "what if” calculations rapidly, thus inviting their use in the designprocess. Some merely replace the table and chart lookups that are so commonly used inthe study and practice of heat transfer. In the studio projects, students are exposed tomodern computational techniques while seeing them applied to fundamental problems.With the complete field solution available from the numerical model and not just a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

, and a stronger emphasis oncommunication skills. To guide the program’s implementation and evaluation, a comprehensiveassessment plan was developed to ensure that sufficient tools and methods were in place toproperly evaluate the impact of the program. The program is now in its third year, and this plancontinues to be instrumental in evaluating the program’s effectiveness. This paper presents anoverview of the plan, including its tools, methods, and outcomes.1.0 IntroductionIn the Autumn Quarter, 1998, The Ohio State University College of Engineering implemented apilot program for freshman Engineering students with the express purpose of engaging students inan interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasized hands-on laboratory projects

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William Park

Session 1532 Electronic Music Techniques Used to Enhance Introductory Circuit Analysis William Park Clemson UniversityABSTRACTTo provide not only an interesting challenge but also experience in teamwork andcommunication skills, honors students in my introductory circuit analysis course areassigned a project involving electronic music synthesis devices. The students are teamedup into pairs, with each pair having responsibility for one of several modules whichtogether compose a working voltage-controlled sound synthesis system. In addition totheir individual

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheela N. Yadav-Olney; Jill M. Clough

Animation software has been granted to each the university andhigh school. Students use this high-tech application in designing and programming a 3-Danimation video for a separate concurrent competition. Students involved in the project gainexposure to multi-disciplinary work teams, technical writing, public relations with the media, andcoordinating the logistics of a moderate-scale project. UW-Platteville has enjoyed its successfulpartnership in promoting engineering to high school students.IntroductionAs stated in their promotional publications: FIRST is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a demand for science and math learning. This effort is guided by a coalition of national leaders from business, government, education and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian R. Simpson

Page 2.260.3tutoring and a lot of hassle. Last year, a colleague of mine supervised the project of aTexas A and M student. My colleague's knowledge of English was limited, the Americanstudent's knowledge of French was non-existent! But, they went hunting together, got toknow each other and a good project was finally produced. On top of that, the Americanstudent told me that he had never seen such a feast after the hunt. He went back to theUSA at least 20 pounds heavier than when he arrived and latest reports indicate thatmy French colleague will soon be accepting an invitation to go and shoot anything thatmoves in the Houston area of Texas.iii. Student Placements AbroadAs part of our international program, all of my students have to validate a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

two subjects.In educating engineers for the 21st century, it is becoming increasingly clear that the seamlessintegration of curriculum is more important than the delineation of differences in the subjectmatter. With this in mind, it has become evident that statics and strength of materials areprobably two excellent candidates for integration in the undergraduate curriculum. The similarityin their subject matter and their consecutive scheduling in many undergraduate programssubstantially reduces the effort involved in integrating them. Furthermore, by integrating the twosubjects it becomes possible to add meaningful design projects into the curriculum.Some textbook authors have attempted to integrate the courses by simply abridging and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

E. H. Shaban

courses consist of engineering drawing, metallurgy,thermodynamics, machine tools, water pumps, and foundry. In addition, all students attendengineering mathematics courses. This particular curriculum was enforced at the time because insome cases engineers may work in projects that require more than one discipline in engineering.This allows engineers to understand and interpret one another drawing, designs, and reports.The courses that the student attends in the physics department, during the intermediate degree,expose the student to voltage, current, Ohms law, electrostatic forces, magneto-static forces,electromagnetic fields and waves, inductance, and capacitance. The background in physics andmathematics allows the student to enroll in