Innovations In Curriculum Integration, Delivery, And Assessment For Engineering And Technology Education

The current paper outlines an innovative approach to curriculum integration, development, and delivery that improve engineering and technology education and revive student interests in pursuing these programs. This is one of the objectives of the three-year NSF-funded grant titled “The South-East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium is a collaborative effort of five different teams across Tennessee. Each team includes multidisciplinary faculties from two-year technical college, industry partners, four-year engineering technology university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers. A brief account of the grant’s activities is described here and a sample case targeted for introductory courses in electrical circuit analysis is presented.