ABET TEI WORKSHOP

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ABET TEI WORKSHOP

• Trumpf, Inc., Farmington and Manchester
  Community College, CT

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Introduction

• ABET held a Technological Education Initiative
  Workshop in Connecticut on September 10, 11, and
  12, 2004.
• The theme was emerging technologies
• The purpose was to promote Continuous Quality
  Improvement in Technological Education.

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Trumpf, Inc., Farmington
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Trumpf, Inc.

• worldwide manufacturer of large CNC metal
  fabricating equipment and power tools
• ISO 9000 certification and quality control
  processes are a model for emulation in education.

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Trumpf, Inc.

• Laser Cutting cells from 250,000 to 650,00,
  feature fast changes.

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Trumpf, Inc.

• To make this CO2 laser resonator, they bought the
  company that made the mirrors they needed.
• They own many such small suppliers, whose
  products they also market to others.

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Trumpf, Inc.

• They build these lasers for their cutting
  machines, and market lasers separately as well.

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Trumpf, Inc.

• For laser cutting, assist gases are used to
  blow the molten metal out of the kerf.
• lt ¼ thick, compressed air superheats, plasma
  cuts up to 1,000 ipm.
• gt ¼ up to 1 max., oxygen gives speeds of 500
  ipm. (see sample)
• To avoid oxidizing, nitrogen is used at 300 ipm

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Trumpf, Inc.

• They employ about 50 engineers in a wide variety
  of fields from optics to manufacturing.
• They do not lay off experienced engineers and
  technologists, despite economy.
• Currently unable to hire enough U.S. engineers
  and technologists to meet rapidly increasing
  demand.

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ABET TEI

• ABET now identifies itself as a quality control
  organization for education.
• the goal is Continuous Quality Improvement in
  Technological Education
• This systematic process is used to develop the
  parts of the technological education hierarchy
  shown in Figure 1.

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ABET TEI

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ABET TEI

• The Technology Criteria 2000 (TC2K)
  (http//www.abet.org/criteria.html ) defines
  Program Educational Objectives, Program Outcomes,
  Assessment and Evaluation, and other criteria.
• The institution must gather data measuring
  outcomes and demonstrate that they are evaluating
  and analyzing the data, and that they have used
  the evaluation results to improve and further
  develop the technological education program, as
  shown in Figure 2.

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ABET TEI

• Figure 2

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ABET TEI

• The ABET TAC Criteria (2003) lists attributes
  which An engineering technology program must
  demonstrate that graduates have, such as a. an
  appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques,
  skills, and modern tools of their disciplines.
  (p. 5)

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ABET TEI

• The institution must gather data using valid
  assessment techniques.
• surveys
• questionnaires
• interviews
• commercial standardized exams
• locally developed examinations

• archival records, focus groups,
• Simulations
• Performance
• Appraisals
• External examiners
• Oral examinations
• Portfolios
• Behavioral observations
• (Prus and Johnson, 1994).

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ABET TEI

• Gloria Rogers Assessment Planning Resource
  (2004) provides a flowchart, among many other
  assessment aids, showing the steps in the process
  (Figure 3).
• For more detailed and field-tested assessment
  methods for science, engineering, and technology,
  explore the FLAG site developed by the National
  Institute for Science Educations College Level
  One Team (2004).

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Fig. 3
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ABET TEI

• ABET accreditation is key to the recognition of
  an engineering and/or engineering technology
  institution.
• National Science Foundation funding,
• US News and World Reports Top Engineering
  Colleges
• Placement of graduates in demanding, high-quality
  organizations
• Accreditation to the TC2K criteria with the
  attendant requirements for Outcomes Assessment
  will provide the structure and the process to
  assure quality education.

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ABET-TEI Workshop

• References
• ABET Technology Accreditation Commission (2003,
  November 19). Criteria for Accrediting
  Engineering Technology Programs, Effective for
  Evaluations during the 2004-2005 Accreditation
  Cycle. ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
• National Institute for Science Education's (NISE)
  College Level One (CL-1) Team, (2004).
  Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide. Retrieved
  September 28, 2004 from http//www.flaguide.org
• Prus, J. and Johnson, R. (1994). Assessment
  Testing Myths and Realities. New Directions for
  Community Colleges, 88 (Winter 94). Cited by
  Gloria Rogers in the ABET TEI Workshop materials.
• Rogers, G. (2004). Assessment Planning Resource.
  Retrieved September 28, 2004, from the
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology site at
  http//www.assessmentplan.com