AC 2011-1246: COMMUNICATING WITH HYPER-TWEETSJohn M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus John Robertson, PhD, is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Arizona State Univer- sity Polytechnic where he specializes in semiconductor technology. His research interests include process control and its application to educational development. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium. Page 22.342.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
AC 2011-559: COMPUTER DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING IN QUAL-ITY INSPECTION- REVERSE ENGINEERING APPROACHAkbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Akbar Eslami is a professor and Engineering Technology coordinator in the Department of Tech- nology at Elizabeth City State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are in computer aided manufacturing and design, Finite Ele- ment Analysis, and automation. Page 22.362.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Computer Digital Image Processing in
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Creating Green Thinking Engineers Through the Creation and Use of an Industrial Energy Management CourseAbstractTeaching engineering and engineering technology students to think "green" and to recognizeenergy saving opportunities in industrial facilities is an important way to reduce our nation'senergy footprint. Engineers need to be able to identify and quantify the energy savingsopportunity in the industrial setting. This paper discusses the creation and implementation of anIndustrial Energy Management course to introduce the skills needed to perform energy audits inindustrial facilities. The paper will discuss the philosophy and curriculum developed to allow thestudent
AC 2011-1317: CRITICAL ISSUES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN ESTAB-LISHING CONCURRENT INTERNATIONAL MS DEGREE PROGRAMSIN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYMichael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dyrenfurth is professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation, in the Col- lege of Technology at Purdue University. He is co-PI of the DETECT project. He collaborates frequently with ProSTAR to deliver industry-oriented graduate programs to professionals in the field. Active in in- ternational aspects of the profession, he teaches and researches in the areas of technological innovation, technological literacy, and international dimensions of technological education.Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of
AC 2011-119: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR A CAD/CAM OP-TION IN A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PRO-GRAMDerek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Derek Yip-Hoi has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has broad experience in CAD/CAM and geometric and solid modeling from research and teaching experiences at UM and the University of British Columbia. Currently he coordinates the CAD/CAM instruction in the Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University. Page 22.411.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Curriculum
AC 2011-712: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A COST-EFFECTIVE WIRE-LESS COMMUNICATION PROJECT ON ASteve Hsiung, Old Dominion University Steve Hsiung is an associate professor of electrical engineering technology at Old Dominion University. Prior to his current position, Dr. Hsiung had worked for Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Seagate Tech- nology, Inc., and Lam Research Corp., all in Silicon Valley, CA. Dr. Hsiung also taught at Utah State University and California University of Pennsylvania. He earned his BS degree from National Kauhsi- ung Normal University in 1980, MS degrees from University of North Dakota in 1986 and Kansas State University in 1988, and PhD degree from Iowa State University in 1992. Steve can be reached
AC 2011-1754: DEVELOPING AN APPLICATION TO MANAGE AND VIEWABET COURSE MATERIALScott J. Schneider, University of Dayton SCOTT J. SCHNEIDER is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Schneider has extensive industrial experience in the areas of software devel- opment, embedded real-time system design, and automotive technologies. He also performs research in the areas of computer and software engineering pedagogy. Page 22.453.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing an
AC 2011-1218: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL SYSTEMSTESTING COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICU-LUMMuhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He received the Master of Electronic Engineering from Eind- hoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06. He
AC 2011-2119: DEVELOPING DIGITAL/ANALOG TELECOMMUNICA-TION LABORATORYDr. Yuhong Zhang, Texas Southern University Yuhong Zhang is an assistant professor at Texas Southern UniversityXuemin Chen, Texas Southern UniversityProf. Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Texas Southern University Page 22.457.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing Digital/Analog Telecommunication LaboratoryAbstractBased on many years of teaching in Engineering Technology (ET), we found that many ET studentsexperience a disconnection between theory and application of concepts. In addition, it is a challenge ofkeeping a student’s
AC 2011-1038: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSEIN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (EET) PROGRAMChao Li, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Dr. Chao Li is currently working at Florida A&M University as an assistant professor in Electronic En- gineering Technology. He is teaching Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology Courses. He ob- tained his BSEE degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University and MSEE degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He received his PHD in EE from Florida International University. He is an IEEE Member and a Member in ASEE. His research interests include signal processing, biometrics, embedded microcontroller design, application of
AC 2010-613: PREPARING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYPROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW: WHAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYPROGRAMS CAN DO TO ENSURE THEIR GRADUATES ARE EMPLOYABLEKim Nankivell, Purdue University, CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University, CalumetJana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet Page 15.976.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Preparing the Information Technology Professionals of Tomorrow: What Information Technology Programs Can Do to Ensure Their Graduates Are EmployableAbstractIt is well understood that technical graduates need more than technical skills to be professionallyemployed; they also need the so-called “soft skills
AC 2010-619: TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN LEADERSHIP FORADMINISTRATORS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSKim Nankivell, Purdue University, CalumetJana Whittington, Purdue University, CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet Page 15.1281.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Trends and Best Practices in Leadership for Administrators of Information Technology ProgramsAbstractThe stereotypical Information Technology (IT) professional has a very distinct set of personalitytraits which are often characterized as presenting leadership challenges for managers. Researchsuggests that to lead IT professionals, a unique set of characteristics
operation, the air caneven be supplied by a bellow foot-air pump through a foot pedal, which can also be acted as thesingle actuating button. When an operator hits the foot pedal, the cover will be opened andremain in the opening position until the food pedal is hit the second time. The operation can berepeated.IntroductionThe course of Automation and Controls offered in the Mechanical Engineering TechnologyProgram of the Department of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University has theobjective of teaching students: (1) Pneumatic components and pneumatic circuit designs. (2) Feedbacks from electrical sensors and related ladder diagrams. (3) Introduction to Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC) and PLC1,2 programs. (4) Integration of
AC 2010-771: CONTROLLING A POWER SUPPLY VIA THE INTERNETPROVIDES A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN TOPICS OF APPLIEDDESIGNJames Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is currently a member of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in
-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics) major students. It was also assumed that somestudents take College Algebra as their terminal mathematics course for their graduation degrees,thus more, eliminating the need for formulaic algebraic techniques for the advanced mathematicsclass. Nevertheless, each CCA class actually contains STEM majors in a certain ratio; much likein the traditional one because there is no specific administrative restriction on STEM majors’enrollment into CCA sections. Consequently, students in the program were drawn from the samepool and with the same conditions as those who were in the traditional class. Such data is shownbelow in the Table 1.The present study first aims to introduce the contemporary College Algebra course at
AC 2010-791: DESIGNING AN ONLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFOR A GROWING STUDENT POPULATION: THE URBAN, COMMUTERSTUDENTJulie Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette PhD Student in Organizational Leadership and Supervision, Purdue College of Technology, West LafayetteStephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Programs, Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisErich Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Instructional Technology Consultant, IUPUI - Center for Teaching
only engineering and sciencestudents, but also engineering technology students in the general fields of computing,networking, communications and information technology.This paper describes an approach to teaching public-key cryptography to electrical and computerengineering technology students utilizing three computer projects designed to provide hands-onexperience with public-key cryptography. These projects introduce students JAVA BigIntegerclass and its built-in methods and open source cryptography libraries such as crypto++ allowingstudents develop public-key cryptographic applications. Instead of using a small modulus forsolely instructional demonstration, these projects allow student’s natural curiosity to bestimulated and result in a
Processing Industries. Williams holds an M. S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue University and is certified as a Vibration Analyst Category III from the Vibration Institute.Joseph Kmec, Purdue University Joseph F. Kmec is currently Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. His teaching areas of concentration are energy-based and include Applied Thermodynamics, Internal Combustion Engines, Motorsports, and Power Plant Systems. His recent activities involving student projects include engine simulation, power plant performance analysis, and nuclear technology. He may be reached at: kmecjf@purdue.edu
AC 2010-901: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION AND RESEARCHINVOLVING RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE PLATFORMMuhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He received the Master of Electronic Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06. He is
AC 2010-198: NEW APPROACH FOR TEACHING A MICROCONTROLLERSSYSTEM DESIGN COURSE FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYFernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University Page 15.913.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 New Approach for Teaching a Microcontrollers Systems Design Course for Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at our University (XXX) offers aMicrocontrollers System Design course which is a four-credit course that all students arerequired to take for the EET program. The main goal of this course is for the students to learnbasic programming techniques (in assembly language) and practice their
AC 2010-208: A GUIDED INQUIRY APPROACH TO TEACHING FANSELECTIONRobert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeGerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Page 15.37.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching Fan SelectionAbstract:The selection of a fan for sufficient airflow for a particular system involves much more thandetermining the flow requirements and selecting a fan out of a catalog. A designer mustunderstand that the flow rate of a fan is dependent on the amount of backpressure in the systemwhile the backpressure depends on the flow rate. The characteristic curve for a fan and theimpedance curve for a system
AC 2010-212: PROGRAM ASSESSMENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTPLAN FOR MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TECHNOLOGYBimal Nepal, Texas A&M UniversityJaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu DhabiJihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue UniversityPaul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 15.991.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Program Assessment and Continuous Improvement Plan for Master of Science in TechnologyIntroductionUndergraduate programs in Engineering and Engineering Technology are required to have anassessment and continuous improvement plan in place for obtaining accreditation from theAccreditation Board for Engineering and
AC 2010-216: DEVELOPMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY AND POWERSYSTEMS OPTIONS FOR AN ON-LINE BSEET DEGREESohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College Dr. Sohail Anwar is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Altoona College of The Pennsylvania State University. In addition, he is a Professional Associate of the Management Development Programs and Services at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He is also serving as the Chair of the Electronics Engineering Technology Consulting Faculty Committee of Excelsior College, Albany, NY. Also, since 2009, he has been serving as an Invited Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Shanghai Normal University, China. Dr
AC 2010-229: TEACHING RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH HANDS-ONPROJECT-BASED LEARNING FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRongrong Chen, IUPUIDavid Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI)Afshin Izadian, IUPUIElaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 15.1186.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Renewable Energy through Hands-on Project-Based Learning for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractToday we are facing an urgent need to prepare our undergraduate and graduate students withmultidisciplinary skills to meet the challenges of the fast-growing energy economy. Theobjective
AC 2010-268: ON THE USE OF VIRTUALIZATION FOR ROUTER NETWORKSIMULATIONTianyi Li, Northwestern University Tianyi Li is currently a graduate student pursuing his Masters degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University. He received his two B.S. degrees in Telecommunications Engineering Technology and Communications Engineering from Southern Polytechnic State University and North China University of Technology in 2009. He is now in the division of Signals & Systems concentrating on networks, communication and control. His research interests include resource allocation for wireless networks, congestion control for TCP/IP
AC 2010-308: A PLATFORM INDEPENDENT METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHINGSTUDENTS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF PARAMETRIC DESIGN TOOLSMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and
AC 2010-359: SUCCESSFUL USE OF RUBRICS TO ASSESS STUDENTPERFORMANCE IN CAPSTONE PROJECTSDaniel Jones, State University of New York, Institute of Tech, U Daniel K. Jones, Ph.D., P.E., is associate professor and chair of mechanical engineering technology at SUNYIT. Dr. Jones has actively participated in national and regional ASEE conferences for the past ten years. He has also successfully lead TAC/ABET accreditation efforts at SUNYIT.Anglo Tadros, SUNYIT Page 15.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Successful Use of Rubrics to Assess Student Performance in
in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. His doctorate was awarded by Washington State University in Pullman, WA also in the field of mechanical engineering. His areas of interests are Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics. Page 15.1314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using a Living-Building Laboratory (Building as a Laboratory) as a Thermodynamics Project in the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractThis paper is written as a follow-up to a paper presented at the 2007 ASEE Annual Conferenceand Exposition. In that previous paper
mindthroughout the re-design process: a) improve appearance, b) maintain performance, c) decreasepart complexity, and d) reduce cost.A team of three students from different majors (i.e., Engineering Design Technology,Manufacturing Technology, and Engineering Management Technology) was assigned to thisproject because it was their first choice. The fact that it was a multidisciplinary team, as opposeto the more typical situation of teams of students from the same major, was as well an excellentopportunity to illustrate real-life settings to the students. The project was to be completed andturned over to the sponsors by the end of the Senior Design class. Recommendations were to begiven as well as advice regarding other options that might exist for the
AC 2010-451: ENHANCING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYCAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN COURSE EXPERIENCE THROUGHINDUSTRY-BASED PROJECTSFernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern UniversityYouakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Page 15.508.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancing Electrical Engineering Technology Capstone Senior Design Course Experience Through Industry-Based ProjectsAbstractThe College of Science and Technology (COST) at our university (XXX) offers degrees inMechanical (MET), Civil (CET) and Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). All theEngineering Technology programs are ABET accredited and have been successful in