Contents
Spring 2009

Planning for Flexible Manufacturing

Jihad Albayyari and Ramesh Narang


Applied Lean Thinking: General Usage Principles

Christopher Stacks and Jeffrey M. Ulmer


Evolving Trends: An Environmental Scan on Design For Manufacturing Techniques

Jeffrey Ulmer


Pressure Response of a Pneumatic System

Richard A. Beier


Repeatability and Accuracy of an Industrial Robot: Laboratory Experience for a Design of Experiments Course

Arif Sirinterliki, Murat Tiryakioglu, Adam Bird, Amie Harris, Kevin Kweder


Design and Pressure Loss Reduction in the Hydrogen Flow Heat Exchanger with Tube Bundles

Ahmad Sleiti


Embedded Controller Development for Closed-Loop Process Controls Learning

Athula Kulatunga and Ryan Muir


Real-Time Frequency Tracking Using Novel Adaptive Harmonic IIR Notch Filter

Li Tan and Jean Jiang


A Dilemma in Engineering Class Design Project

Ruinian Jiang and Sonya Cooper


Problem Solving Approach of Technology Students

Sophia Scott and Doug Koch


Industry and Academia Collaborate for Student Success in Industrial and Engineering Technology Education

Sophia Scott and Greg Boyd


Use of E-PORTFOLIOS in an Engineering Technology Undergraduate Degree Program

Sohail Anwar


Teaching Design for Assembly Using Simulation of an Industry Case

Y. Gene Liao


Online Degree Program Development

Raj Desai


A Tool to Simplify Course, Program, and ABET Assessment Activities

Gene Harding


A Multi-Disciplinary Summer Camp: LEGO Mindstorms for Students and Teachers

Joseph Fuehne and Kate Baird


Teaching Cost Analysis with a Bicycle Business Startup Project

Frances Fager, Ronald Simmons, Cody Godfrey, Timothy Nelson, and Richard L. LeBoeuf


Transmission Characteristics of Plastic Optical Fiber

Mostafa A. El-Aasser and Sarhan M. Musa


Using Student Incepted Projects to Retain Student Interest in Software Engineering

Sushil Acharya, David Burke, Shaun Findlay, and Mike Brown


Book Review: Digital Signal Processing

Yonghui Wang and Suxia Cui


Development and Field Testing of a Hybrid Water Heating and Dehumidification Appliance

Aaron K. Ball, Chip Ferguson, and William McDaniel


Development of a Global Web-Based Industrial Process Control Laboratory for Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Technology Education

Mohammad Al-Khedher, Dale B. McDonald


Minority Influence on Engineering Technology in Shaping Industrial Education Policy

John Kugler


Filling the Void in Computer Education: Establishing and Developing a Responsive Computer Network Engineering and Security Program

Guy C. Hembroff, Yu Cai, Danny L. Miller


WIP: Utilizing Webcam Technology to Bring Students Into the Field

Mark Shaurette and Daphene Koch


Educating Engineers and Technologists for Innovation

Raj L. Desai


Solar Airport

Serdar Z. Elgun, Kamal Shahrabi


A Remote Control Project to Enhance Undergraduate Students’ Interest and Knowledge in Industrial Automation

Akbar Eslami, Aliza Williams, Loella Lapat, Kerry Krauss and Ali R. Osareh


Study of Electrical Power Systems Using LabVIEW Virtual Instruments (VI) Modules

Nikunja K. Swain, James A. Anderson, and Raghu B. Korrapati


A Comparison of Instructional Methods for Improving the Spatial-Visualization Ability of Freshman Technology Seminar Students

Chip Ferguson, Aaron Ball, William McDaniel, and Robert Anderson


High School and University Collaborative Engineering Technology Project

Asad Yousuf, William Lehman, Casey Smith, and Elisha Dotson


How IMS Cross Different Technologies

Babak Ahsant, Abdulrahman Yarali, Mark Rajai, and Alireza Valadmomen


Transformational Paradigm for Engineering and Engineering Technology Education

Enrique Barbieri and William Fitzgibbon


Engineering Technology Education: A National Picture

Philip Weinsier and David J. Brown