Teaching project development methodology to engineering technology students

Summary form only given. Today's competitive need to develop high quality products has redefined the development role of engineering technologists. Today, engineers and engineering technologists assume much broader responsibilities. Responsibility for achieving specific technical performance requirements is now coupled with achieving requirements for project management, concurrent engineering, interdisciplinary problem solving, and teamwork. In effect, a technologist assumes two development roles; project designer and project manager. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Engineering Technology (ET) department has implemented a senior project course which is responsive to the changing role of engineering technologists. Specifically, the senior project course for NJIT's Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program emphasizes two aspects of project development: project design; and the development process associated with design and implementation.