Department of Engineering Technology ET

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Department of Engineering Technology (ET)
June 27, 2006

• Dan Solarek
• Professor and Chairman

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Project Objectives

• Development of Learning Objects (LOs)
• Web based
• Modular
• Use LOs in UT courses
• Exposure in each ET discipline
• Usable by other in partnership
• Make available to anyone
• Downloadable from web portal

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Learning Objects

• Focus on a single topic
• Can be used independently
• Also form a logical progression of learning
• Support FC competencies identified by Stark for
  their FC program
• Instructors can select one or more LO as
  supplemental to their course
• Flexible, reusable

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Project Personnel

• Two instructional designers from our Division of
  Distance and eLearning
• Expertise in Flash, Java, and Web Technologies

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Project Personnel

• Four graduate students
• CS EE

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Development Web Site

• Current LOs are posted on our development Web
  site
• Will be made a portal as part of next years work

http//cset.sp.utoledo.edu/energy/home.html
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Candidate Courses for LOs

• Engineering Technology
• ARCT 2250 Building Systems
• EET 4350 Electric Power Systems
• ENGT 1000 Engineering Technology Orientation
• Engineering
• CHEE 1000 Orientation and Computing for Chemical
  Engineers
• EECS 3460 Electrical Energy Conversion
• MIME 4160 Facilities Planning and Design

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Transfer Path for AAS

• Starks MET/FC Technology Track can be
  articulated into our BSMET program
• Detailed articulation plan to be developed
• GS core can be taken at Stark
• UT is also investigating the feasibility of a
  Bachelor of Applied Technology program
• Accept transfers from any ET associate degree
  program
• upside down program

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FC Research Groups at UT

• Xunming Deng
• Department of Physics and Astronomy
• photo-electrochemical production of hydrogen
• Martin Abraham
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Converting liquid fuels into hydrogen
• Converting ethanol from food-processing waste
  into hydrogen
• Kenneth DeWitt
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• high power density solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
  for aerospace applications

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Plans for AY 2006-07

• Completion of additional LOs
• Solid Oxide (SOFC)
• Molten Carbonate (MCFC)
• Alkaline (AFC)
• Completion of Web Portal
• Additional web resources / readings
• Other LOs by other developers
• Current research

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Plans for AY 2006-07

• Other Possible FC LOs
• FC History
• Other FC Types
• FC Research
• Completion of FC Comparison LOs
• By type
• By application
• Completion of Power Resource Simulator

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Plans for AY 2006-07

• Use LOs in a variety of ET courses
• CET
• MET
• EET
• CSET
• Use by partners
• Feedback from all users

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Optional AY 2006-07 Tasks

• Expansion to other alternate energy approaches
• Wind
• Solar
• Tidal
• etc.

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Questions / Discussion
Your questions and comments are welcome.