scholarly journals Analysis of Engineering Accreditation Process and Outcomes: Lessons Learned for Successful First Time Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 281-300
Author(s):  
Tahar Ayadat ◽  
Andi Asiz
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Program Compliance ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
First Time

The aims of the paper are to share and analyze engineering accreditation experience starting from the preparation through the outcome, and to discuss lessons learned particularly for first-time applicants. Securing accreditation from a well-recognized international body, such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) can indicate quality of an engineering program. To qualify for an accreditation up to six- to seven-year period, an engineering program must meet a set of accreditation standards or criteria. The article is not limited only for new engineering programs outside the United States who are willing to pursue engineering accreditation from ABET, but it is applicable for an existing accredited program who will undergo next accreditation cycle. The authors presented and analyzed detail accreditation experience for a new established Civil Engineering (CE) Program at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU) in Saudi Arabia. Although the ABET website provides detail procedure for the accreditation steps, the detail cases experienced by the PMU CE program will enrich knowledge on how to prepare and handle successful international accreditation. The authors also discussed issues raised during the accreditation activities, including program compliance with the nine ABET criteria, and presented key lessons to prepare for a smooth accreditation process. The main significant result of the accreditation exercise about continuous improvement was summarized in term of the curriculum upgrade, including adding another semester for senior design course and offering new sustainability engineering course, and adding computer aided design course at the early semester.

scholarly journals Digital design and parameters optimization for plasmonic circuits

2019 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 03025
Author(s):  
Alexander Shesterikov ◽  
Andrey Leksin ◽  
Alexei Prokhorov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Parameters Optimization ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Plasmonic Waveguides ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Graphene Layers ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
First Time

The mathematical models for the CAD-platform of plasmonic circuits design have been developed. This platform provides the efficient framework for computer-aided design of semiconductor quantum dots and full-field electromagnetic simulation of surface plasmon-polariton propagation in plasmonic waveguides. The topology of an all-plasmonic devices based on graphene layers and quantum dots is proposed for the first time.

scholarly journals Exacting Standards

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (12) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Research Triangle ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
First Time ◽  
Model Digitizing ◽  
Polygonal Model

This article discusses integration of handcrafted parts into computer-aided design (CAD)-designed bikes. The digital duplication process started when Harley Davidson sent Schaefer an assembly-ready Dyna Wide gas tank. It took two days of work to prepare the tank and scan it with an ATOS white-light 3D scanner, made by GOM mbH (for Gesellschaft fur Optische Messtechnik) in Braunschweig, Germany. Using Geomagic Studio, the software from Raindrop Geomagic, Advanced Design Concepts first converted the point cloud to a polygonal model. The 3D point cloud data were brought into Geomagic Studio, software from Raindrop Geomagic of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Using Geomagic, ADC first converted the point cloud to a polygonal model. The next step of processing created a non-uniform rational b–spline (NURBS) model. Digitizing the Dyna Wide gas tank represented the first time that Advanced Design Concepts had used Geomagic Studio on a Harley-Davidson job. According to an expert, the company now has three people devoted to working with the program.

scholarly journals Integrating CAD/CAE/CAM in Engineering Curricula: A Project-Based Learning Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Fábio A. O. Fernandes ◽  
Nilo Fuchter Júnior ◽  
Anderson Daleffe ◽  
Daniel Fritzen ◽  
Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Technical Success ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Aided Design

Problem-based learning (PBL) approaches are well-accepted and disseminated and have been intensively employed in several engineering programs. This article aims to present a teaching experience in which PBL was applied in one course of a mechanical engineering graduation program. The PBL approach applied is described step-by-step as well as the goals and constraints related to Computer-Aided Design, Engineering and Manufacturing (CAD/CAE/CAM) technologies employed in this particular case. The evaluation process is described, as well as the quantitative results, and also the results obtained from questionnaires answered by the students at the end of the PBL experience. Additionally, the team’s technical success in solving the proposed CAD/CAE/CAM problems was also taken into account. This PBL approach provided the students with the required autonomy to develop their argumentative skills within the team, defending their ideas, and at the same time, promoting self-criticism and ethical and impartial judgment among the other team members.

scholarly journals A WORKSHOP ON LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY MEMBERS

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Romkey ◽  
Susan McCahan
Keyword(s):  
Educational Practice ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

As an initial step in preparing faculty members for the new outcomes-based accreditation process introduced by the CEAB, a pilot workshop on creating learning objectives was developed for engineering professors at the University of Toronto. As the Graduate Attributes will be mapped to individual courses within engineering programs, the need for course-based learning objectives is even more critical; although research already supports the development and use of learning objectives as an effective educational practice. . This paper will describe the process of developing the workshop, facilitating it for the first time, and the lessons learned that were used in developing a second iteration of the workshop.

Performance Comparison of InAs Based DG-MOSFET with Respect to SiO2 and Gate Stack Configuration

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-424
Author(s):  
Sanjit K. Swain ◽  
Sudhansu M. Biswal ◽  
Satish K. Das ◽  
Sarosij Adak ◽  
Biswajit Baral
Keyword(s):  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Cutoff Frequency ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Oxide Material ◽  
Gate Stack ◽  
Time Gate ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
First Time ◽  
Tcad Simulations

Objective:: In this proposed work, the Analog, RF and Linearity performances of a DGMOSFET have been analyzed by considering InAs as a channel material. Methods: For the very first time, gate stack techniques in this device have been incorporated and a comparative analysis is conducted with respect to SiO2 oxide layer. The variations in different patterns of oxide layer and their comparison have been thoroughly investigated to have a better understanding of various performance parameters. A thorough analysis of the key figure-of-merits such as trans-conductance factor, transconductance generation factor (TGF), gate capacitance, cutoff frequency (fT), maximum frequency of oscillation (fmax), GBW and various linearity parameters such as gm2, gm3,VIP2, VIP3, IIP3, has been studied with respect to SiO2 oxide material and gate stack technology. Result:: The simulation results revealed that the performances of the device are sensitive to both the oxide materials and it was also inferred that gate stack technology gave a better performance over SiO2 oxide layer. Conclusion:: These results have significant effects in analog, RF and linearity operations. In this work, computer aided design (TCAD) simulations by 2D ATLAS, Silvaco International have been used.

Being Educated in a New Nuclear Engineering Program: A Graduate Student Perspective

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hector Medina
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Virginia Commonwealth University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Phd Program

Due to the advent of a dramatic increase in the demand for nuclear professionals, a number of universities are either strengthening their existing nuclear engineering programs or starting them for the first time. Following this trend, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia, in 2009 began to offer a program in Nuclear Engineering within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. As a student within the PhD program, the author presents his perspective — as well as observations from some undergraduate students — of being educated in a new Nuclear Engineering program. From his perspective, the author presents some mechanisms that have made this new program evolve. Additionally, herein are included some ideas applied by the author in order to carry out successful research — while overcoming the limitations of a new program: spontaneous and embedded innovation, networking, and creativity. It is hoped that the present paper will provide positive feedback to faculty members and motivate students, in any new educational program, particularly, in this renaissance of education, in the nuclear engineering field.

Study on mechanisms of InGaP/GaAs HBT safe operating area using TCAD simulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick G.M. Tao ◽  
Bo-Rong Lin ◽  
Chien-Ping Lee ◽  
Tim Henderson ◽  
Barry J.F. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Impact Ionization ◽  
Failure Mechanisms ◽  
Bipolar Transistors ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
First Time ◽  
Safe Operating ◽  
Tcad Simulations

The safe operating area (SOA) of InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors has been studied using two-dimensional Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD) tool. Comprehensive physical models, including hydrodynamic transport-based impact ionization and self-heating models were implemented. The simulations for two DC modes (constant Iband Vbmodes) captured all the SOA features observed in measurements and some failure mechanisms were revealed for the first time by TCAD simulations. The simulated results are also in agreement with analytical modeling. The simulation not only gives us insight to the detailed failure mechanisms, but also provides guidance for the design of devices with better ruggedness and improved SOA performances.

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