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Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Kozak

Session 1348 Technology and Women (Social & Behavioral Sciences Course Content): Taught by Engineering Technology Faculty Michael R. Kozak University of North TexasAccording to Hollis MacLean, Director of Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering &Mathematics, 34% of high school girls do not take senior math on the advice of a teacher orcounselor.1 The United States Census Bureau (2000) and the National Science Board (2000)reported that while women constitute 51% of the United States population and 46% of the laborforce,2 of 1,397,100 engineers

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano

SESSION 1147 Scholarship in Engineering Technology: Personal experiences and thoughts Albert Lozano-Nieto, PhD The Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth College Wilkes-Barre Campus P.O. Box PSU Lehman, PA 18627 Phone: (570) 675-9245 FAX: (570): 675-7713 email

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Watkins

Session 3449 Numerical Methods for Engineering Technology Students Gregory K. Watkins William States Lee College of Engineering The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223AbstractNumerical methods is defined as techniques by which mathematical problems are formulated sothey may be solved with arithmetic operations. Many of these techniques have great importancein the development of finite element theory and other advanced topics, but are of questionableimportance for Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Satyajit Verma

Session number : 1449 Process Bench for Engineering Technology Laboratory Satyajit Verma Texas A&M University - Corpus ChristiThis paper is a report on work in progress. It describes student involvement in designing aprocess bench. The Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi has recently established four yeardegree programs in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Control Systems EngineeringTechnology. Laboratory equipment are being purchased and laboratory exercises are beingdeveloped. Many courses e.g. Fluid Mechanics, Principles of Measurements, Control Systems,Digital Logic

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

Session 1150: Serving Needs of Engineering Technology and Engineering Educators NATIONAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CLEARINGHOUSE ASEE 2004 Annual Conference Sponsor: Engineering Technology Division By: Jack Waintraub, Lance Miller NJCATE: A National Center for Advanced Technological EducationAbstractNJCATE, a National Center for Advanced Technological Education dedicated to advancing thestate of Engineering Technology education, has been a catalyst and a resource for technologicaleducation since its inception in 1995. Most recently it was funded by the National ScienceFoundation Advanced

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Leann Yoder; Stephen Kuyath

Session: 1793 Diversity in Engineering Technology: Competitions Stephen J. Kuyath, Leann Yoder UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology, Charlotte, NC / Acting Executive Director, Junior Engineering Technical SocietyAbstract:The United States will face a serious shortage of scientists, engineers, technologists, andmathematicians because high school students are losing interest in science and math, especiallythose students from underrepresented groups. The Diversity in Engineering Technology projectis

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

Session 2463 Manufacturing Engineering Technology Capstone Sequence Mr. Philip Rufe, Dr. Tracy Tillman, Dr. Bob Lahidji Eastern Michigan UniversityAbstractA hallmark of engineering technology education is the "hands on" learning styleintegrated with close industrial involvement. In following with that excellent tradition,the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program and Manufacturing Technologyprograms at Eastern Michigan University require a "hands on" capstone course sequencein cooperation with industrial sponsors."Hands on" learning and industrial integration are not new concepts. Most people agreethat working with industry while in college

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

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Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

Session xxxx IT as Information Technology in CE and Instructional Technology in Education Neil S. Grigg, Marvin E. Criswell, Darrell G. Fontane, and Thomas J. Siller, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372AbstractThe fast-moving world of information technology is greatly changing the practice of civilengineering. Thus, it is generating changing needs and opportunities in education. These neededchanges are both in program content and in delivery. The authors have conducted a NSFDepartment-Level Reform

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Predecki; Albert Rosa; George Edwards

Session 1661 Technology 21 – A Course on Technology for Non-Technologists Albert J. Rosa, Paul K. Predecki, George Edwards University of Denver, Department of EngineeringAbstractThere is a need to prepare non-technologists to assume senior management, political and otherleadership roles in a highly technological world. Many non-technical college students have afear and distrust of learning things mathematical, scientific or technical. At the University ofDenver we have created a successful three-quarter long course called Technology 21 that hasbeen offered for fourteen years to non-engineering and non-science students as a means to meettheir

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

today’s technology, utilizing and integratingcomputers within the control loop is essential. An innovative feedback control laboratory has been developed in the department ofengineering technology at University of Central Florida to fill this need. The laboratory isequipped with some of the most frequently used control systems in engineering and industry. It isdesigned to bridge the gap between theory and real-life problems, and to give the studentsvaluable hands-on experience to help them better prepared for their careers. A number ofpractical feedback control system experiments are being developed that will allow students anopportunity to develop appropriate transfer functions and control programs for closed-loopsystem with a computer in

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

Session 2615 Using Information Technology for Nationwide Engineering Outreach to Middle-School and High-School Students: Assessing the Outcomes Stephen Ressler, Eugene Ressler, Jay Daly, Michael Edmondson, Stephen A. Marionneaux, Matthew McDaniel United States Military Academy/Newtown High School/ Northside High School/ Lexington Traditional Magnet School/Douglas MacArthur High SchoolIntroductionThis paper presents a description and comprehensive assessment of the West Point BridgeDesign Contest—a nationwide, Internet-based competition that has

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rex Fisher

Session 1793 Learning by Teaching in Engineering Technology Education Rex N. Fisher Brigham Young University – IdahoAbstractEngineering technology professors usually receive little or no training in effective teachingmethods. Most of them teach the same, ineffective way they were taught—by lecturing. Thispaper examines a method that can be used to actively engage students in their own learning:“learning by teaching.” A sophomore-level electronics engineering technology course wasconducted so that most of the material was taught by the students themselves. They presentedthe material and evaluated each other’s mastery

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

Session 2566 Introducing Emerging Technology into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Gangbing Song, Jafet Lopez, Kairy Otero, Jason Ruby, Adam Shepherd, Jacob Salinas, Ross Kastor, and Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering Josh Blankenship, Akbar Ng, Ben Stembridge and Paul Ruchhoeft Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Houston AbstractIn the one semester, three engineering department, capstone design course taught in theCullen College of Engineering at the

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Venkitaswamy Raju

2650 Doctoral Level Studies for Engineering Technology Faculty V. Raju, Professor and Dean School of Engineering Technologies Farmingdale State University of New York, Farmingdale, NY 11735AbstractThis paper reviews the growth of graduate level programs in engineering technology, identifiesthe need for doctoral level education for engineering technology faculty, and presents themechanisms available for such an education. The paper presents case studies on three doctoralprograms that are currently available for engineering technology educators. It discusses

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

Session 1526 Using Case Studies to Teach Engineering Technology Ann Beheler, Wayne A. Jones Division of Engineering Technology Collin County Community College District 9700 Wade Boulevard, Frisco, TX 75035AbstractEmployers have often communicated to the educational community the need for graduatesentering the workforce who have a thorough understanding of how to integrate technologies andsolve real-world problems. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are required essentialsand are not optional. Currently, the

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

Session Number: 1348 Building Ethics and Project Management into Engineering Technology Programs Authors: Ron Fulle, Carol Richardson, George Zion Affiliation of All: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)AbstractOur Industry Advisory Board (IAB) strongly suggested that we include more managerial skills inthe Engineering Technology curriculum. Revised ABET criteria now require such skills. Ourprograms were already so long that they adversely impact student retention. The dilemma washow to implement more so called “soft skills” without adding more hours to the

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daniel Chen; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

Session 3249 Attitude of Students Entering Engineering Technology Programs Daniel Chen1, Albert Peng1, Daniel Jones2 Central Michigan University1/SUNY Institute of Technology2IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to learn more about the attitudes of engineering technology freshmenin terms of their educational backgrounds, orientations and experiences in ET programs. Asurvey was designed and conducted to carry out this study. It was used to measure attitudinaldifferences among engineering technology freshmen in the following areas: • Career goals and elements for career decision

Conference Session

Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Kuyath

Session: 1148 Diversity in Engineering Technology: An NSF Project Stephen J. Kuyath UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThere is mounting evidence that a nationwide shortage of qualified high-tech workers willjeopardize the country’s economic future unless the United States takes more effective action tonurture the intellectual development of underrepresented groups so that the pool of scientists andengineers expands to include more women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. This paperwill provide a global description of the Diversity in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgil Cox; Stephen Kuyath

Session: 1793 Diversity in Engineering Technology: The Community College Perspective Stephen J. Kuyath, Virgil Cox UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology, Charlotte, NC / Dean, Engineering Technology, Gaston College, Dallas, NCAbstractWomen and minorities are less likely to choose careers in science, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) as noted in a report from the National Science Foundation (NSF). An NSFsponsored consortium including Gaston College, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte(UNC Charlotte) and

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

Collaborative Efforts in Engineering and Technology Education R. Sterkenburg, D.L. Stanley & J. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - Over the last two years, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Aviation Technology (AT)students at Purdue University have been collaborating and competing in several aviation relateddesign-build projects. This paper will describe three such projects: The Personal lifting vehicle(PLV), the lighter than air vehicle (Blimp), and the Hovercraft. Elements of collaboration,competition, and design-build strategies were utilized in an effort to increase student motivation.In the first project students of ME and AT worked together to design and

Conference Session

Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

Session 1150 The Engineering Technology Education Bibliography: A Retrospective Glance Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologySince 1987, the Publications Committee of ASEE=s Engineering Technology Council hassponsored the compilation of the annual AEngineering Technology Education Bibliography,@which lists the publications of the engineering technology community by calendar year andappears in the fall issue of the Journal of Engineering Technology.As information needs have grown, the bibliography has followed suit. Indeed, the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

Session 2648 Autonomous Ground Robotic Vehicles for Electrical Engineering Technology Robert N. Riggins, Bruce V. Mutter Bluefield State College bmutter@bluefieldstate.eduAbstractThis paper discusses the design and provides an analysis of the performance of an autonomousground robotic vehicle (GRV) called Vasilius. Three sections of focus are presented. First, thepaper describes the hardware and software design of Vasilius. A novel idea of modeling anautonomous vehicle after human senses and the human decision-making

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tang; Lynn Johnson

Session No. xxx Foundations of Engineering and Technology (FEST) Program Lynn E. Johnson, Michael Tang, Roxanne Byrne, Patrick Enright, Erica Johnson, Colleen Jorgenson and Terry Reeves University of Colorado at Denver Arapahoe Community College and Red Rocks Community CollegeIntroductionThe University of Colorado at Denver has teamed with Arapahoe and Red RocksCommunity Colleges to develop the Foundations of Engineering, Science andTechnology (FEST) Program. FEST intends to dramatically increase capabilities foronline and blended delivery of the core mathematics, engineering science, andinformation technology courses required for entry

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter

Session 3449 Teaching Applied Electromagnetics to Engineering Technology Students J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Abstract In a world where computer bus speeds have increased beyond 1 GHz and wirelesscommunications/connectivity are common place, electronics and telecommunication engineeringtechnology (ET) graduates require an understanding of basic applied electromagnetic concepts.To address this issue, many ET programs now offer

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Mayer

Session 3642 Engineering Management Technology Transfer in Naval Engineering Curricula Robert H. Mayer United States Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper will describe new project management opportunities within the ocean engineering andnaval architecture programs at the U.S. Naval Academy. Specifically, engineering managementskills and techniques have been adapted to naval engineering settings and included in a newproject management area of concentration.One elective course, in particular, introduces students to various inventory

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Urbani; Juan Iglesias

Session 2004-868 An Electromagnetic Structure Simulator for Innovative Engineering Technology Fabio Urbani, Juan R. Iglesias, Iram Lee, Jose F. Treviño the University of Texas at Brownsville furbani@utb.eduIntroductionThe great interest in microwave frequencies arises for a variety of reasons. Basic among these isthe ever-increasing need for more radio-frequency-spectrum space and the rather unique uses towhich microwave frequencies can be applied. In more recent years microwave frequencies havealso come into widespread use in

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Carlson; Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco; Walter Antonio Bazzo

Session 3661 Science, Technology and Society ... of Consumption A Reflection Renato Lucas Pacheco, Walter Antonio Bazzo, Renato Carlson, Lúcia Helena Martins-Pacheco Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIntroductionIn recent years, Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies have increased considerablyin Brazil, especially in engineering courses, through the publications of books and papers,and with the work of professionals who are interested in studying this subject. STS typicalapproach frequently puts together the social role of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Williams

Using New Technology to Deliver Traditional Courses – An Evolving Transformation Ronald K. Williams, P.E., Ph.D. Department of Technology Minnesota State University Moorhead As a part of the Pre-engineering curriculum at Minnesota State University Moorhead(MSUM), the author has been delivering three courses in Engineering Mechanics: Statics,Dynamics and Strengths of Materials, since 1990. The course content has not changed greatly inthat time, focusing on problem-solving for analysis and design. A typical week includes alecture highlighting and interpreting the text assignment for the week, presentation

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

AC 2004-734: TEACHING AN ONLINE TECHNOLOGY COURSE THROUGHINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIAEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State University Page 9.1161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 2147 Teaching an Online Technology Course Through Interactive Multimedia Giti Javidi, Ehsan Sheybani University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS 39406AbstractTechnology is having a dramatic effect on colleges and universities, producing what may bethe most challenging period in the history of higher education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

Session 1793 A Course Investigating Technology in World Civilization William R. Loendorf Eastern Washington University School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Department of Engineering Technology and Multimedia DesignAbstractAn interdisciplinary course has been created that explores a historical perspective of thedevelopment of technology in a global context. This junior level course traces the interconnectedevents and cultures in which technology developed. It investigates how technologies are inter-related and how cultural factors