Session
1A: Engineering Technology and Design
Motorsports
1: Introduction to Motorsports
Joseph P. Howard and Joseph F. Kmec
Developing
an Integrated Curriculum for Ergonomics, Plant Layout, and Material
Handling Laboratory Experiences
Kurt A. Rosentrater and Earl E. Hansen
Infusing
Manufacturing Analysis in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Curriculum Using CAD
Radha Balamuralikrishna and Clifford R. Mirman
The
Impact of Dynamic Simulation and Experiment Within the Engineering
and Technology
Education
Abul K. M. Azad and Youakim Al-Kalaani
Session
1B: Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Soul
of an Engineer,” Using a Non-Fiction Book to Improve Communication
Skills and Identify
Career Goals
Eric
W. Johnson
Use
of CircuitMaker as a Digital Simulation Tool in Freshmen EET Courses
Gerard
Foster
An
Integrated Approach To Instruction In Debugging Computer Programs: Preliminary
Report
Ryan
Chmiel and Michael C. Loui
Efficiency
of a Photovoltaic Power System
William
Hutzel and Patrick Webber
Session
1C: Novel Instruction Techniques
Critical
Thinking and Engineering Education
Tamer Ceylan and Lang Wah Lee
First-Year
Seminars in Engineering Excitement
Robert Montgomery, Deborah Follman, and Heidi Diefes-Dux
Interactive
3-D Models for Enhanced Classroom Instruction
Paul Kellner, and Sarah Leach
Session
2A: National Design Competitions
Sponsoring
a FIRST Robotics Team
Douglas Tougaw, Jeffrey D. Will, Peter Weiss, and Carmine Polito
Changing
Lives with Mobility: The Basic Utility Vehicle Project
Douglas C. Acheson
Utilizing
Data Mining to Establish Key Specifications for a Mechanical
Engineering Technology
Robot Design Project
William Szaroletta and Stephen A. Laaper
Session
2B: Recruitment and Retention
The
Recruiting Efforts of an Engineering Technology Program Extension
Location
Michael J. Kozak, Michael Q. Swain, and Frank K. Brattain
Engineering
Outreach To Grade School Children: The Apple Pie Factory
Barbara Engerer
Recruiting
And Retaining Today’s Engineering Student: An Integrated Approach at
Valparaiso University
Laura L. Sanders
Diversity:
The Challenges for Engineering and Technical Education
David L. Stanley, Ronald Sterkenburg, and Brian Dillman
Jump
Starting Kids in Computer Graphics
Diana Stewart
Session
2C: Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
Data
Acquisition Implementation in a Heat Transfer Laboratory
Ryan J. Hagan, Josh P. Headley, and Heather L. Cooper
Introducing
State-of-the-Art Technology into Fluid Power Laboratory
Jan T. Lugowski
Demonstration
of Pump Performance
William Hutzel
An
Experiment Subjecting a Cylindrical Cooling Fin to Forced Air
Convection
Michael J. Kozak
The
Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research in Turbulence (MURT)
Program
at
Valparaiso University
Michael J. Barrett
Session
3B: Accreditation and Assessment
Curriculum
Assessment and Enhancement at Purdue University Calumet Based
on ABET 2000
Nasser Houshangi
Programmatic
Assessment within an Engineering Technology Program
Cliff Mirman and Promod Vohra
Using
the Nationally Normed SME Fundamentals of Manufacturing Examination
as a
Program
Outcomes Indicator
Gregory Neff
How
Workplace and Academic Engineering Written Communication Abilities
Differ: A
Foundation for Communication Assessment
Marjorie Rush Hovde
Session
3C: Interdisciplinary Student Projects
Development
of a Microcontroller Laboratory Facility for Directing Students
Towards Application
Oriented Projects
Abul K. M. Azad and Vamshi Krishna Lakkaraju
Interdisciplinary
Student Projects Towards Simultaneous Engineering: Learning and Issues Brought Forward
Abul K. M. Azad Andrew Otieno and Radha Balamuralikrishna
Teaching
Mechanical Engineers About Embedded Programming
Peter H. Meckl
A
Case Study of a Collaborative Push-Pull Manufacturing Learning
Experience for Industrial Engineering and Engineering Technology
Majors
Radha Balamuralikrishna and Nipa Phojanamongkolkij
