Technologies Division Annual Report Highlights July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003

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1 Technologies Division Annual Report Highlights July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT The Engineering and Technology Department conducts programs in Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, and Computer Aided Drafting and Design, and Networking. ENGINEERING The engineering program has a joint admission agreement with NJIT. During the year, many enhancements to the courses were made including extensive on-line tutorials and two new course web sites in ENGI 241 and ENGI 242. In addition, the department offered ENGI 101 through ITV. New modules and course projects were developed and revised during each of the long semesters, and incorporated into the curriculum. These revisions will better align the BCC curriculum with that of NJIT and provide better enrollment and retention of engineering students by introducing them to hands-on engineering concept-based projects early in the program. Work continues to convert much of the remaining traditional lecture material into to PowerPoint, and a laptop computer with LCD projector continues to be integrated into the instruction. The PowerPoint presentations are also converted to Adobe Acrobat format, which may then be downloaded from the course website for use by the student. The Engineering and Technology Department course websites are: Additional web based tutorials and on-line course offerings in engineering, engineering technology, and CADD continue to be developed and explored. ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY The Department has completed training faculty the second year of the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification training. The first courses were offered during Spring 2003, and the final two courses will be offered in Fall A lab has been identified and renovations are scheduled for this summer. In addition to offering course at the Lincroft campus, 1 section of the CCNA program was conducted at the New Jersey Coastal Communiversity (NJCC) during the Spring 2003 semester. Training for one faculty member on UNIX Network Administration will be completed during May 2003, and incorporated in new courses during the next academic year. The Cisco and MCSE curriculum were incorporated into a new AAS degree program in Network Engineering Technology and Administration, which has completed the approval process and will be implemented beginning Fall In addition to the two options in the program, there are 3 currently three certificate programs: A+ COMPUTER REPAIR TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE CISCO COMPUTER LAN/WAN TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE COMPUTER NETWORKING ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE Page 1

2 Technologies Division Annual Report Highlights July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003 In addition, the department is working on the final stages of NSF grant application to fund program development and program improvement in Information. Specific focus will be on creating programs in Wireless Communications. We have developed relationships and partners with twelve colleges across the country, and we anticipate receiving information about the grant application shortly. CADD The CADD program continued integration of advanced 3D CADD software into the program. Pro/Engineer and AutoDesk Inventor was adopted to incorporate parametric 3D-modeling concepts into the CADD program. This software also provides manufacturing and engineering analysis tools that will be integrated into the CADD and ENGI programs. Pro/Engineer has been incorporated into the curriculum as a new module in the existing 3D modeling course (CADD 214) and, work is underway to create a series of 3D modeling courses that will exclusively utilize this software. This course will form a mini-certificate and will include concepts from manufacturing and engineering design and analysis. Working with the ARCH and INTD programs, an experimental course using ArchiCAD was offered twice (ARCH/CADD/INTD 00E). The new course proposal paperwork has been completed, and is currently waiting approval. This course introduces parametric 3D architecture into both the CADD and ARCH programs. Work continued to revise the CADD program to aid the transition from manual/board drafting to CADD. All of the courses have been revised in some fashion to include the concepts of manual/board drafting. In addition to the course revisions, the course sequence and offerings have also been modified, and will continue to be finetuned. Specifically, Lisa Hailey revised CADD 121 (Engineering Graphics with CAD) to include sketching assignments. Other course revisions dealt with implementing core competencies, and updating the courses after the new software adoption. The CADD and Architecture faculty are working to develop a joint certificate to provide training for an Architectural CADD Technician. This would fill a major need in many architectural firms, providing a technician capable of producing drawings using a CADD system, with an underlying understand of basic architectural construction. One last initiative, that the department is investigating, is creating online versions of CADD course and offering them via the web. Page 2

3 Technologies Division Annual Report Highlights July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003 COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The Computer Science Department offers an AS and AAS in Computer Science, as well as a Webmaster Certificate and a Network Administration Certificate jointly with the Engineering and Technology Department. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT The Computer Science Department continues to develop new courses and resign current courses. All course syllabi have been upgraded for the new Windows XP platform. The Department is currently in the process of the resign of the AAS and AS Programs. These revised programs will be implemented in Spring The department has completed the implementation of the Web Master Certificate Program. This involves four new web courses; two (Comp 166/167), which were implemented in the Spring 2002, and two (Comp 165/168) for Fall We have our first students graduating from this program in May In addition, many of the current courses were revised for the Fall These include COMP 105, COMP 126, COMP 129, COMP 140, and COMP 145. Current plan for courses revisions this summer are COMP 116, COMP 126, COMP 129, COMP 132, COMP 145, COMP 185, COMP 225 COMP 233 and COMP 245. NEW HARDWARE INSTALLATION During the Summer 2002 we installed removable hard drives in ATC 020 for the new COMP 165 course. During the Summer 2002 we installed additional memory in the Network lab ATC 018. NEW SOFTWARE INSTALLATION During the Summer 2002 all the labs in the department were converted to Windows XP and Office XP. This upgrade is required for the COMP 129 course and other related micro base applications and languages. TRAINING Faculty members James Lawaich, Thomas Setaro, John Mensing, Mark Lynn and Dr. Thomas Doll have attended various training courses in New York City during the year. Page 3

4 Technologies Division Annual Report Highlights July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003 AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT The Automotive Technology Department offers an AAS in Automotive Technology with three areas of specialization, and a number of Certificate programs. They have a strong relationship with General Motors and Toyota, and have developed a training partnership with STS. Last June, the Department received notification that it received NATEF recertification for five years. This accomplishment was due to a major investment of time and resources by the college and all members of the department. During the fall term, Automotive Technology Department conducted an Open house. The program was attended by over 450 students from nineteen high schools. The department also conducted a combined T-TEN and GMASEP meeting to review the plans and agree on levels of participation for the High School Guidance Counselor Conference. The conference, originally scheduled for December, was postponed due to bad weather, and held in March. The conference was attended by guidance counselors from twenty-nine high schools, and three different presentations were conducted. Articulation agreements with the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and SUNY Farmingdale have begun and discussions are ongoing. During the year, the department hosted a meeting with Volvo to investigate and develop a training relationship. Page 4

5 Technologies Division Summary of the 5Cs Completed: Curriculum Development New Networking Administration AAS Degree Program New CCNP Program o CCNP Training for 1 Faculty o Network Administration Training for 1 Faculty o 3D Parametric Architecture Training for 3 Faculty and Staff New Courses o 4 Experimental NETW Courses CCNP Sequence o 2 NETW Courses in Network Administration approved ENGI 105 (Introduction to Engineering) new modules/projects developed during long semesters, and incorporated into course CADD courses revised to include concepts of manual/board drafting CADD 121 (Engineering Graphics with CAD) revised to include sketching assignments all courses revised to implement core competencies, and software updates Pro/Engineer incorporated into curriculum as new module in CADD 214 CADD course sequence and offerings modified, and fine-tuned Develop Web Master Certification Install Additional memory in ATC 018 Lab Install (18) removable hard drives in ATC 020 Lab Upgrade to Windows XP in all Computer Science computer labs Upgrade Office XP in all Computer Science computer labs Planning and Implementation of Parts and Service Curriculum Upgraded and Improved Automotive Lab Equipment Page 5

6 Technologies Division Summary of the 5Cs Competing: Approved to purchase 3D printer and introduce rapid-prototyping into CADD curriculum Began CCNP program where appropriate, incorporation of so-called soft-skills in curriculum working to increase visibility of programs provide better enrollment and retention of engineering students introduce hands-on concept-based projects early in the ENGI program new degree program (A.A.S. Unix Network Administration) investigating online versions of CADD courses ENGI 101 (Engineering Mechanics I) offered as ITV course- in conjunction with NJIT offering, for the third time, in Fall 2002 ENGI 102 (Engineering Mechanics II) offered smart classroom in Spring 2003 semester exploring web-based offerings for a number of the second-year engineering courses Page 6

7 Technologies Division Summary of the 5Cs Continuing: revision of CADD program to include rapid-prototyping continued revision of ENGI 105 conversion of traditional lecture material into to PowerPoint integration of laptop computer with LCD projector into instruction sent 3 faculty and staff for training during the summer of 2003 revision of CADD program to aid transition from manual/board drafting continued integration of advanced 3D CADD software into the program Pro/Engineer and AutoDesk Inventor adopted, incorporating parametric 3Dmodeling into CADD program manufacturing and engineering analysis to be integrated into CADD and ENGI programs creating series of 3D modeling courses forming a mini-certificate for 3D CADD, manufacturing and engineering design and analysis Articulation Agreements Joint Admissions Agreement with NJIT o Engineering o Electronics Technology Discussions with DeVry o Electronics Technology Discussions with Kean University Electronics Technology CADD Tech Prep with high schools Course Revision- COMP 105 Course Revision- COMP 126 Course Revision- COMP 129 Course Revision- COMP 140 Course Revision- COMP 145 Course Revision- COMP 116 Course Revision- COMP 132 Course Revision- COMP 185 Course Revision- COMP 225 Course Revision- COMP 233 Course Revision- COMP 245 Update Department Website Participation on a Wide Range of College Committees Develop Computer Science Department Website Offer Transfer Program Option Members of Wide Range of Committees on campus Articulation and joint admission agreements with four year colleges and univesities. NATEF Certification GMASEP Program Toyota T-10 Program STS Tech Prep with High Schools Page 7

8 Technologies Division Summary of the 5Cs Connecting: Partnerships developed or strengthened through NSF grant: National Center for Telecommunications Technologies (NCTT) Springfield, MA New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (NJCATE) Edison, NJ National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) Bellevue, WA Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC) Washington, DC NJIT Stevens Institute of Technology Penn Sate University Wilkes-Barre Cuyamaca CC - San Diego, CA; Los Rios CC District - Sacramento, CA; Collin County CC - Dallas, TX; Midlands Technical College - Midlands, SC STCC - Springfield, MA Align BCC curriculum with NJIT Maintain Joint Admission Agreement Offer Mechanics Courses through ITV ENGI 101 Engineering Mechanics Statics jointly with NJIT Exploring web-based offerings Partnerships with Arch, Interior Design to infuse rapid-prototyping across the curriculum Hosted meeting with Volvo Cars to develop training partnership Exploring Articulations with Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and SUNY Farmingdale Page 8

9 Technologies Division Summary of the 5Cs Constructing: incorporation of rapid-prototyping into CADD program incorporation of so-called soft-skills into ENGI program investigating online versions of CADD courses exploring web-based offerings for a number of the second-year engineering courses experimental course in parametric 3D architecture using ArchiCAD was approved as (ARCH/CADD/INTD 225) CADD and ARCH faculty working to develop joint certificate for an Architectural CADD Technician new courses in UNIX Network Administration Options in Cisco Networking and MCSE NSF grant for program development and improvement in Information Technology and to create programs in Wireless Communications Revision of the AS Program in Computer Science Revision of the AAS Program in Computer Science Implementing On Line Testing in COMP 129 Revised Parts and Service Recruitment Materials Course revisions to reflect changes in Technology Page 9

10 Technologies Division Action Plans for ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ACTION PLAN GOALS/OBJECTIVES METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE Integrate technology into curriculum and undertake program of continuous improvement. New program development and integration. Improve recruitment and retention. Evaluate software, hardware, and available technology Review and revise curriculum as needed Develop CCNP and Networking program. Integrate MCSE into program. Funds for training and certification. Funds for required hardware and software. Acquire lab space for new programs. Explore other new program possibilities. Participate in open houses. Work with placement services. Work with marketing. Continued development of web pages. Explore online and ITV offerings. Implement continuous improvement plan. # of faculty using technology # of courses with a technology component Networking & CCNP programs developed. Take over management of MCSE courses by July 1, Budget requests approved. Lab space acquired. New program feasibility report. Degree/ certificate completion rates 2 nd level course enrollment # of open house attendees. # of students successfully placed. New marketing tools. Updated web page. Report on online and ITV offerings exploration. ESMP II-B-5 II-C- 2,3,4,5 II-A- 1,4 I-A- 2,5,6 II-A- 1,4 III-3 ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE 80% of faculty using technology virtually all courses have a technology component Networking & CCNP programs developed. 6 new NETW courses Management of MCSE MCSE course become NETW Lab space acquired for CCNP.. Web pages updated. Working on report on online and ITV offerings exploration. Page 10

11 Technologies Division Action Plans for ENGINEERING ACTION PLAN GOALS/OBJECTIVES METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE Integrate technology into curriculum and undertake program of continuous improvement. Ensure successful transfer of students to 4-year programs. Evaluate software, hardware, and available technology, make appropriate budget request Review and revise curriculum as needed Continue alignment of curriculum with typical 4-year programs Work with articulation to ensure continued ease of transfer Foster relationships with 4-year faculty and staff Seek and implement feedback from program graduates # of faculty using technology # of courses with a technology component Budget approval. # of new/revised articulation agreements # of successful transfer students # of relationships formed Report on graduate feedback and implementation ESMP II-B-5 II-C- 2,3,4,5 I-A- 2,5,6 ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE 80% of faculty using technology virtually all courses have a technology component 3 new/revised articulation agreements 12 relationships formed Report on graduate feedback and implementation Improve recruitment and retention. Participate in open houses Work with placement services Work with marketing Continued development of web pages. Explore online and ITV offerings Implement continuous improvement plan Degree/ certificate completion rates 2 nd level course enrollment # of open house attendees #of students successfully placed New marketing tools Updated web page. Report online and ITV offerings exploration I-A- 2,5,6 II-A- 1,4 III-3 Web page updated. Upcoming report online and ITV offerings exploration Page 11

12 Technologies Division Action Plans for GOALS/OBJECTIVES Integrate technology into curriculum and undertake program of continuous improvement. New program development and integration. COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY A.A.S ACTION PLANS METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE ESMP Evaluate software, hardware, and available technology Review and revise curriculum as needed Develop dedicated 3D modeling certificate Integrate ArchiCAD into program. Funds for training and certification Funds for required hardware and software Explore other new program possibilities Improve recruitment and retention. Participate in open houses. Work with placement services. Work with marketing. Continued development of web pages Explore online and ITV offerings. Implement continuous improvement plan # of faculty using technology # of courses with a technology component Approved 3D modeling certificates ArchiCAD component in course in program Budget approval New program feasibility report. Degree/ certificate completion rates 2 nd level course enrollment # of open house attendees # of students successfully placed. New marketing tools Updated web page Report online and ITV offerings exploration. II-B-5 II-C- 2,3,4,5 II-A- 1,4 I-A- 2,5,6 II-A- 1,4 III-3 ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE 100% of faculty using technology All courses with a technology component Draft of 3D modeling certificate Draft of updated program including ArchiCAD Updated web page Report online and ITV offerings exploration. Page 12

13 Technologies Division Action Plans for GOALS/OBJECTIVES Provide adequate full and adjunct Offer sufficient day/evening sections faculty, and sufficient classrooms and labs. Participate in Student Open House Faculty involvement. Update and maintain articulation agreements. Improve student satisfaction. Curriculum revisions on current courses. Provide new state-of-the-art courses and programs. Develop a faculty-training program consistent with industry directions. Evaluate and update facility needs, including new hardware and software. COMPUTER SCIENCE ACTION PLAN METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE Work with the Articulation Department and four-year schools. Balance enrollment, full classes and few (if any) class cancellations. ESMP V, 1 III, 2 ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE Develop and implemented new Web Master Certification Successful Open House. III, 4 Participate in all Student Open House held during the year (saw an about 200 students) High student transfer rate. I, A, 2 Develop Web Master Certification Revision of the AS Program Articulation with Kean Univ. Articulation with Monmouth Univ. Increase in student satisfaction. III, 4 Develop Website (Department) Make adjustments in response to Student Satisfaction Surveys and SOR s. Perform continuous course revisions. Up-to-date courses. IV, A, 4 Identify, develop and implement new programs and courses. Continue offering in-house and professional training to faculty and staff. Identify and request required hardware and software to support the program. Implementation of new programs and/or courses. Have a faculty and staff training program in place and documentation of number of faculty and staff attending training programs. IV, A, 4 II, B, 3 Develop Web Master Certification Revision of the AS Program Revision of the AAS Program (5) Course Revisions completed (8) Course Revisions for Fall 2003 Develop Web Master Certification Revision of the AAS Program (5) Faculty members attended various computer courses during the year. Budget approval received. V, 1 Install Additional memory in ATC 018 Lab (18 systems) Install (18) removable hard drives in ATC 020 Lab Install Windows XP in all computer labs Install (18) removable hard drives Page 13

14 Technologies Division Action Plans for COMPUTER SCIENCE ACTION PLAN GOALS/OBJECTIVES METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE Coordinate with Extension Services to ensure an up-to-date program. Timely meetings with Extension Services to review hardware and software requirements. Extension Services capable of fully supporting the Computer Science courses. ESMP ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE in ATC 020 Lab V, 1 Members of Wide Range of Committees on campus Assisted in creating computer lab in Wall site Install Windows XP in all extension services computer labs Page 14

15 Technologies Division Action Plans for GOALS/OBJECTIVES Develop new curriculum to address needs of emerging industry partners. AUTOMOTIVE ACTION PLAN METHODS/ACTIVITIES PERFORMANCE Implement Parts and Service Curriculum. Implement Ford MLRS Program Update facilities and equipment Plan new construction Update automotive equipment Upgrade learning assistant computers Based on student outcomes assessment, reexamine specified curricula to meet defined academic goals. Assess effectiveness of core competencies in 1/3 of the department s courses. Identify courses and/or goals to be assessed, develop an assessment tool and conduct the assessment. Identify courses to be assessed for primary core competencies, develop an assessment tool and conduct the assessment. ESMP ANNUAL REPORT ON GOALS AND PERFORMANCE Courses offered in Fall of 2003 I-A-1 Courses offered for 2003 Planning document for facility. Equipment obtained Computers upgraded Assessment will demonstrate student successful completion of defined academic goals. Assessment will document the fact that a successful student in the courses selected will demonstrate the primary core competencies that are identified as part of that course. I-A-5 II-A II-C-3 II II New Equipment Obtained Learning Assistants Computers on Order Assessment Meeting Planned Core Competencies under Review Page 15