ETD Business Meeting Minutes 26 June 2018 The Executive Board Meeting of the ETD was called to order at 5:01 p.m. on June 26, 2018 by Rob Weissbach, Chair of ETD, in Salt Lake City, UT. The following persons were present: Clay Gloster, Scott Dunning, Ron Land, Ilya Grinberg, Scott Segalewitz, Carol Lamb, Ken Burbank, Tim Brower, Gary Steffen, Susan Scachitti, David Goodman, Ken Rennels, Keith Johnson, Moin Uddin, Kevin Cook, Michael Johnson, John Tixier, Jinmyun Jo, Philip Regalbuto, Jay Porter, Jafar F. Al-Sharab, Marilyn Dyrud, Lane Elien, Marty Gordon, Scott Danielson, and Nassar Alaraje OFFICER and ETD COMMITTEE REPORTS: Minutes of the previous meeting were distributed electronically prior to the meeting. Hardcopies were reviewed by meeting attendees. Clay Gloster made a motion to accept the ETD business meeting minutes of February 8, 2018 as presented. The motion was seconded by Ken Rennels. The motion passed unanimously. Reports were presented in the order designated by the ETD chair. Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was given by David Goodman. He reported that there was approximately $72,000.00 available in the BASS account. He also stated there was about $15K available in our CIEC account. We spent about $3K for mini grants and about $2K for CIEC this year. A significant amount will be spent this year toward an ETD award for teaching. A plan is being developed on how to spend our funds to reduce the large BASS account balance. He mentioned to the membership if anyone had any ideas, to submit them via email. A copy of the report is attached to minutes. Membership: Scott Segalewitz gave the report. He mentioned that a full report is attached.

ETD Individual Members: 450 (From ASEE member directory) The peak was in 2001 with more than 800 ETD members. ASEE institutional members: 380 (from Website) ETC institutional members (acad): 69 (from Website) Dual E/ET: 47 (from Website) ET 4yr only: 12 (from Website) ET 2yr only 10 (from Website) College Affiliate*: 21 (from Website; may be represented on the ETC) ASEE members at ETC institutions: 1516 (from Website; excludes College Affiliate)

ETD members at ETC institutions: 190 (from Website; excludes College Affiliate) Of all of the ETD Session Chairs, only about half of them are ETD members. Scott stated that he would ask them to join next year if they are not ETD members. Tau Alpha Pi: The report was presented by Michael Johnson. He started by mentioning that the new president Michael Strange was elected in their most recent meeting. One new board member was also elected. They also voted to develop a new online system for chapters to upload their list of members. The TAP board also voted to eliminate chapter dues. The society will be offering 5 outreach awards for $1K each for advisors or students to attend professional meetings, i.e. CIEC, ETLI, the annual TAP meeting, or to perform service projects. A copy of the TAP annual report is attached. Vice Chair Communications: Jay Porter gave the report. The Engineering Technology Division page is still operational and can be found at http://www.engtech.org. It contains information about ETD, including minutes and any other information, information about JET and other organizations connected to ETD. It is a clearing house for information on engineering technology. Please send comments, feedback and suggestions about the ETD website to Jay Porter at jporter@tamu.edu. ETC Report: The report was given by Scott Dunning. He reported on the ASEE 125th anniversary Gala to be held in Washington, DC. He mentioned that ETD and ETC will split the costs of a table at this event. Carol Lamb reported on ETLI to be held in October in Washington, DC. She mentioned that Lockheed Martin was providing funds to support first-time attendees. Funding in the amount of $1,000 will be provided to cover the costs of registration and travel. During the institute, attendees will go to Capitol Hill to meet with members of congress to obtain their support of ET programs/graduates. She also discussed that representatives from NCES and NSPE will discuss a resolution for graduates of ET programs to sit for the PE examination with members of professional societies. More states are allowing ET graduates to sit for the PE examination. She reported that this discussion has been going on for a long time, but we have made considerable progress in the last 2-3 years. ETAC of ABET Report: The report was given by Scott Danielson. He reported there is a massive change in the Program Criteria. All societies have been asked to update the Program Criteria to remove all language pertaining to outcomes. Items included under Program Criteria will pertain to curriculum requirements, curriculum topics, and faculty. Thirty-three of thirty-three societies have reported. There are two categories of changes to be made: non-substantive which can begin in Fall 2018 and substantive changes which will begin later.

The other changes are to Criterion 3 and 5. Changes to these criterion are finishing a year of public comment. We expect to finalize these changes in the fall. However, we don’t know the implementation schedule for these changes. They could begin Fall 2019 or Fall 2020. 2019 CIEC Report: Ken Rennels, ETD Program Chair, provided the following report on the CIEC 2019 conference. The conference will be held on January 30 – February 1, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He described how this conference includes several other divisions, but it is important to ETD as it enables the division to make a profit. He shared a copy of the “Program-At-A-Glance” document with meeting attendees. He reported that the ETD program included 11 sessions, 2 workshops, 5 meetings, and a hospitality event. The conference will be held at Hotel Monteleone. This hotel is about one block away from Bourbon Street. Ken encouraged attendees to stay in the main hotel as we get penalized if we do not meet the predicted number of rooms for the conference which was set several years ago. JET: The report was presented by Susan Scachitti. She reported that the journal continues to publish two issues per year and that the journal is financially sound. At the February board meeting, JET voted to partner with ETD to co-fund a National Teaching Award. Susan reported that the journal had a goal of getting the review cycle down to 12 months. In 2014 the review cycle was 24 months. Over the past two years the review cycle has been 14 months on average, hence the journal is making steady progress towards reaching its goal. Susan also reported that the journal had been experiencing problems with “Predator Journals”. These are journals that pretend to be JET and take advantage of their customers. She mentioned JET has received calls from persons asking when a paper they submitted was going to be published. However, these papers were not submitted to JET. To combat this issue JET recently filed paperwork to trademark its name. The JET name is now officially trademarked. ASEE Program Conference Chair: Marilyn Dyrud gave the report. Vital Statistics Abstracts submitted: 92 Abstracts rejected: 3 Abstracts withdrawn: 11 Missed draft deadline: 20 Draft papers submitted: 61 Draft papers rejected: 10 Final drafts published: 51 Number of reviewers: 74 (3 non-responsive)

Comments The ETD program includes 11 technical sessions, 9 business meetings, and 1 social event (the McGraw Banquet). Of the abstracts submitted, 55.4% resulted in accepted papers, which is slightly less than the ASEE average of 60%. As noted earlier, this is a significant decrease from the 2017 conference, with 133 abstracts submitted and 15 technical sessions, and continues a downward trend for the division. Recommendations: The first suggestion for the 2019 conference is to ensure that the conference maintains a high quality of papers while trying to grow the number of papers published. All meeting attendees were encouraged to submit papers. A second suggestion is to continue the procedure of having the assistant vice-chair handle the draft paper review process, as this provides invaluable experience for assuming the chair position the subsequent year. ETNF Report: The report was given by Ron Land, the chair of the ET National Forum. The national forum is a subcommittee of the Engineering Technology Council with a charter to look for issues and opportunities that can advance ET in the national community. Recently, ETNF has been involved in a discussion with NCES, NSPE, and the community on the issue of licensing ET graduates. ETNF will be involved in a session on this issue to be held at ETLI. Another recent activity of ETNF is a project at Purdue to determine factors which make ET more attractive to students from underrepresented and minority groups. If we are able to find out these factors, then we can increase the number of ET students from these groups. Another activity of ETNF was a discussion similar to a survey Ron published in JET in 2012 where he surveyed 200 companies across the country about the capabilities of ET graduates hired as engineers and engineering graduates hired as engineers. Seven out of ten companies said they see no difference between the ET and engineering graduates. They treated them all as engineers. More recently he sent out a survey and had 207 respondents from supervisors who had ET graduates working as engineers in their companies. Eighty-seven percent of the respondents said they saw no reason why the ET graduates should not be able to sit for the PE licensing examination. Mini-grants: Marilyn Dyrud gave the report. She will manage the mini-grants program in the coming year. Members of the ET community can submit proposals to receive up to $12,500 for the next year for small projects. In September she will send out email announcing the competition. Proposals are due in January as winners will be announced at CIEC.

Engineering Technology Division Membership Report June 2018 ETD Individual Members: 450 (From ASEE member directory) ASEE institutional members: 380 (from Website) ETC institutional members (acad): 69 (from Website) Dual E/ET: 47 (from Website) ET 4yr only: 12 (from Website) ET 2yr only 10 (from Website) College Affiliate*: 21 (from Website; may be represented on the ETC) ASEE members at ETC institutions: 1516 (from Website; excludes College Affiliate) ETD members at ETC institutions: 190 (from Website; excludes College Affiliate) * College Affiliate membership is offered to schools in the United States and Canada that offer engineering or engineering technology programs that are not accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) or the National Council of Deans of Technology (NDOT). This includes community colleges and technical schools that wish to become more involved in engineering and engineering technology education, as well as colleges that offer pre-engineering courses as part of a 3/2 or dual-degree program. ETD Membership Benefits

1. Receive the Journal of Engineering Technology (JET). JET is a refereed journal published semi-annually by the Engineering Technology Division. The journal is one of the major publication venues of refereed scholarly works for engineering technology educators.

2. Eligibility to participate in the annual Mini-Grant program, which provides members of the division an opportunity for partial funding on projects that will benefit ETD or a segment of the engineering technology community.

3. Have a voice in advancing engineering technology education through the Engineering Technology National Forum (ETNF).

4. Opportunities to take a leadership role in advancing engineering technology education. 5. Access to professional development opportunities for engineering technology faculty, staff, and

administrators through conferences such as the Engineering Technology Leadership Institute (ETLI), the ASEE Conference on Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC), and the ASEE National Conference.

6. Network with peer engineering technology educators and sharing of best practices. 7. Support the efforts of the Engineering Technology Division – the voice of engineering technology

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Atlanta University Center Consortiu Letia Wyatt Atlanta, GA Dual Degree Engineering Program College Affiliate Member x 1 0Aurora University Marie Dahleh Aurora, IL College of Arts and Sciences College Affiliate Member x 1 0Austin Community College Linda Smarzik Austin, TX Engineering Design Graphics DepartCollege Affiliate Member x 1 0Brigham Young University Michael Jensen Provo, UT Col. of Eng. and Technology US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 27 2Brookdale Community College Lisa Hailey Lincroft, NJ Engineering and Technologies DepaCollege Affiliate Member x 2 0Butler Community College Mel Whiteside Andover, KS Science, Technology, Engineering a US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 4 0California State Polytechnic Univers Joseph Rencis Pomona, CA Pomona College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 27 0Camosun College Eric Sehn Victoria, BC School of Trades and Technologies US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 5 0Campbell University Jenna Carpenter Buies Creek, NC Office of the Dean of Engineering College Affiliate Member x 9 0Canada College Amelito Enriquez Redwood City, CA Engineering College Affiliate Member x 2 0Central Connecticut State Universit Faris Malhas New Britain, CT Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 10 0Central Ohio Technical College No dean/head on record College Affiliate Member x 4 0Chattanooga State Community Colle Lyn Potter Chattanooga, TN US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 4 2Colorado State University, Pueblo Sylvester KalevelaPueblo, CO Col. of Edu., Engr. and Professional US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 12 3Columbus State Community College Mark Gerko Columbus, OH Engineering Technology US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 6 1Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech Giuseppe PalmesePhiladelphia, PA College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 34 2Dutchess Community College Daniel Barbuto Poughkeepsie, NY Technology College Affiliate Member x 1 0East Tennessee State University Keith Johnson Johnson City, TN School of Applied Sci & Tech. US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 8 3Eastern Michigan University No dean/head on Ypsilanti, MI US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 8 1Grand Canyon University Michael Sheller Phoenix, AZ College of Science, Engineering & TCollege Affiliate Member x 3 2Grantham University Nancy Miller Lenexa, KS College of Engineering and Comput US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 3 0Greenville College Hyung Choi Greenville, IL School of Engineering College Affiliate Member x 3 0Humber College Farzad Rayegani Toronto, ON School of Applied Technology US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 1 0Indian River State College Chrysanthos Panay Ft. Pierce, FL Electronics Engineering TechnologyCollege Affiliate Member x 1 1Indiana University Purdue Universit Manoochehr ZoghFort Wayne, IN College of Engineering, Technology US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 17 4Indiana University Purdue Universit David RussomannoIndianapolis, IN School of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 54 18Indiana University Geoffrey Fox Bloomington, IN School of Informatics, Computing & College Affiliate Member x 2 0Kansas State University - Polytechn Verna Fitzsimmon Salina, KS Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 7 3Kennesaw State University Thomas Currin Marietta, GA School of Engineering Technology & US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 24 7Lake Superior State University David Finley/Jame Sault Ste. Marie, MI School of Engineering & TechnologyUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 10 0Louisiana Tech University Hisham Hegab Ruston, LA College of Engineering & Science US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 25 0Loyola University Chicago Gail Baura Chicago, IL Engineering Science College Affiliate Member x 4 0Marygrove College Jacqueline El-Saye Detroit, MI Science and Math Division College Affiliate Member x 1 0Metropolitan State University of De Sandra Haynes Denver, CO School of Professional Studies US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 10 1Michigan Technological University Janet Callahan/Na Houghton, MI College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 75 3Middlesex County College Thom Sabol Edison, NJ Engineering Technologies Departm US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 3 1Midlands Technical College Benjamin Gaston Columbia, SC Engineering Technologies and Eng. US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 5 0Montana State University Brett Gunnink Bozeman, MT College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 31 1New Jersey Institute of Technology Moshe Kam/Robe Newark, NJ Newark College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 76 3New Mexico State University Lakshmi Reddi Las Cruces, NM College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 26 0New York Institute of Technology Babak Beheshti Old Westbury, NY School of Engineering and Computi US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 7 1Northampton Community College Denise Francois-Se Bethlehem, PA Science, Math and Engineering College Affiliate Member x 1 0Northwestern State University of Lo Jafar Al-Sharab Natchitoches, LA Science & Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 6 2NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred U John Williams Alfred, NY Engineering Technolog US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 6 2Oklahoma State University Paul Tikalsky Stillwater, OK College of Engrg, Arch & Tech US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 38 7Old Dominion University Stephanie Adams/ Norfolk, VA Frank Batten College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 37 8Oregon Institute of Technology Hallie Neupert Klamath Falls, OR School of Engineering, Technology & US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 26 2Penn State Erie, The Behrend Colleg Edward Evans Erie, PA School of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 22 3Penn State Harrisburg Rafic Bachnak Middletown, PA School of Science, Engineering & TeUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 13 1Pennsylvania State University, Univ Justin Schwartz/Iv University Park, PA College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 84 1Pittsburg State University Tim Dawsey Pittsburg, KS College of Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 13 8Prairie View A&M University Shield Lin Prairie View, TX Roy G. Perry College of EngineeringUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 12 1Purdue Polytechnic Institute Ken Burbank West Lafayette, IN Electrical Engineering Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 40 14Purdue University Northwest Kenneth Holford/ Hammond, IN College of Engineering and Science US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 32 10Queensborough Community Colleg Hamid Namdar Bayside, NY Engineering Technology US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 9 1Quinnipiac University Justin Kile Hamden, CT Department of Engineering College Affiliate Member x 17 0Richland College Martha Hogan Dallas, TX School of Engineering & TechnologyCollege Affiliate Member x 4 0Rochester Institute of Technology ( S. Manian Ramkum Rochester, NY College of Engineering Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 21 12Saint Louis Comm. College-Florissa Thomas McGovern St. Louis, MO Engineering and Technology US/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 5 1Seminole State College of Florida Michael Staley Sanford, FL School of Engineering, Design and CCollege Affiliate Member x 1 0Southern New Hampshire Universit Yan Xiang Manchester , NH College of Engineering, Technology College Affiliate Member x 6 0Southern University and A&M Colle Habib MohamadiaBaton Rouge, LA College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 5 0Springfield Technical Community Co Adrienne Smith Springfield, MA Springfield Technical Community CoUS/Canadian Technology 2 Year Member x 3 0State University of New York Polyte Frederick Wolfe Utica , NY College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 3 1Temple University Keyanoush Sadegh Philadelphia, PA College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 19 1Texas A&M University M. Banks/Reza LanCollege Station, TX Dwight Look College of EngineeringUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 129 7University of Akron Ali Dhinojwala/Ma Akron, OH College of Polymer Science and Pol US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 37 3University of Arkansas, Little Rock Lawrence WhitmaLittle Rock, AR Donaghey College of Engineering & US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 6 0University of Cincinnati Paul Orkwis Cincinnati, OH College of Engineering & Applied ScUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 47 1University of Dayton Eddy Rojas/Scott SDayton, OH School of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 47 6University of Hartford Louis Manzione West Hartford, CT College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 19 1University of Houston (CoE & CoT) Joseph Tedesco/A Houston, TX Cullen College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 28 4University of Houston, Downtown Kenneth Oberhoff Houston, TX College of Sciences & Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 4 1University of Maine Dana Humphrey/S Orono, ME College of Engineering & Tech US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 26 6University of Massachusetts, Lowel Joseph Hartman Lowell, MA James B. Francis College of EngineeUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 18 0University of New Hampshire Wayne Jones Durham, NH College of Engineering and Physica US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 12 2University of North Carolina, Charlo Robert Johnson Charlotte, NC William States Lee College of EnginUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 40 3University of North Texas Costas Tsatsoulis/ Denton, TX College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 14 2University of Tennessee at Chattano Daniel Pack Chattanooga, TN School of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 11 0University of Toledo T. Michael Toole/L Toledo, OH College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 17 1Utah Valley University Saeed Moaveni Orem, UT College of Technology & ComputingCollege Affiliate Member x 7 2Virginia State University Dawit Haile Petersburg, VA College of Engineering and Enginee US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 8 2Washburn University Keith Mazachek Topeka, KS College Affiliate Member x 1 0Wayne State University Farshad Fotouhi/M Detroit, MI College of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 14 5Weber State University David Ferro Ogden, UT College of Applied Sci. & TechnologUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 10 2Wentworth Institute of Technology Fred Driscoll Boston, MA College of Engineering & TechnologUS/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 25 1Western Carolina University Jeffrey Ray Cullowhee, NC Kimmel School -- Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 22 8Western Michigan University Houssam Toutanji Kalamazoo, MI Col. of Engin. and Appl. Sci. US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 42 0Western Washington University Brad Johnson Bellingham, WA College of Sciences & Technology US/Canadian Technology 4 Year Member x 13 2Youngstown State University Wim Steelant Youngstown, OH Rayen School of Engineering US/Canadian Engineering & Technology Member x 14 2

Institutional

2Beginning BASS Balance 9/30/2017 75,962.20$ Ending BASS Balance 12/31/2017 76,829.62$ Projected BASS Balance 1/31/2018 72,593.62$

Beginning Op Balance 9/30/2017 $0.00Ending OpBalance 1/31/2018 -$

Reported Balance as of 12/31/2017 76,829.62$ Projected Balance as of 1/31/2018 72,593.62$

Footnotes1Bass is the acronym for Banking and Accounting Services System.2Based on audited Financial Report dated 9/30/17 (final) dated 11/28/2017.

ETD Operating Account (3624000)

ETD Total

American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Technology Division

2Treasurer's Report - ETD Business MeetingJune 24, 2018

ETD 1BASS Account (3224000)

2Beginning Balance 09/30/2017 75,962.20$

30-Jan-2017 ETD Dues Allocation - Q1-FY17 990.00$ 31-Oct-2017 Returned funds from Mini Grant 170.00$ 30-Jan-2017 Interest Revenue 4.42$

1,164.42$

30-Jan-2017 Administrative Fee on Income 297.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$

(297.00)$

Ending Balance 12/31/2017 76,829.62$

31-Jan-2018 Mini Grant for $2112 - Purdue - Lucietto (Initial) 1,056.00$ 14-Feb-2018 CIEC planning for Dyrud (split with Op Acct) 38.00$ 2-Mar-2018 CIEC travel for Uddin 500.00$ 2-Mar-2018 Mini Grant for - Iowa St - Mosher (Final) 2,142.00$

19-Mar-2018 CIEC travel for Rennels 500.00$ -$

(4,236.00)

Projected Balance as of 5/29/2018 72,593.62$

Beginning Balance 9/30/2017 $0.00

1-Oct-17 Allocation 462.00$ 462.00$

14-Feb-18 CIEC planning for Dyrud 462.00$ (462.00)$

Ending Balance 12/28/2018 $0.00

Reported Balance as of 12/31/2017 76,829.62$ Projected Balance as of 5/29/2018 72,593.62$

Footnotes1Bass is the acronym for Banking and Accounting Services System.2Based on audited Financial Report dated 9/30/17 (final) dated 11/28/2017.

ETD Total

Income

American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Technology Division

2Treasurer's Report - ETD Executive Committee MeetingJune 24, 2018

ETD 1BASS Account (3224000)

Income

ETD Operating Account (3624000)

Expenses

Outstanding Encumberances

Expenses

Beginning Balance 9/06/2016 803.37$

25-Jun-2017 CIEC Div. Guarantee 1,000.00$ 25-Jun-2017 % of CIEC 2017 profit 13,829.97$

14,829.97$

25-Jun-2017 Hospitality (shared with CEED) 776.63$

(776.63)$

Ending Balance 06/25/2017 14,856.71$

-$

Projected Balance as of 1/31/2018 14,856.71$

Footnotes1CIEC has a separate account for conference expenses. (Administered via Linda Krute)2Based on audited Financial Report email dated 06/25/17 from Linda Krute CIEC Treasurer

Income

Outstanding Encumberances

American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Technology Division

2Treasurer's Report - ETD Executive Committee Special ReportJune 24, 2018

ETD 1CIEC Account

Expenses

Engineering Technology Council (ETC) Annual Report

2017-18

The Engineering Technology Council (ETC) achieved the following during the 2017-2018 year.

ETC Executive Board 2017-18

Pat Fox psfox@iupui.edu; Chair

Enrique Barbieri enrique.barbieri@unt.edu; Chair Elect

James Otter jlotter@pittstate.edu; Secretary/Treasurer

Gary Stefffan steffen@ipfw.edu; Director Exp 2018

Alok Verma averma@odu.edu; Director Exp 2018

Ken Burbank kburbank@purdue.edu; Past Chair

Vassilios Tzouanas tzouanasv@uhd.edu Director Exp 2019

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; Director Exp 2019

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu Director Exp 2019

Rob Weissbach rweissba@iupui.edu; ETD Chair

Ron Land rel9@psu.edu; ETNF Chair

Ohla Samoilenko O.samoilenko@asee.org;

ASEE

Representatives

Ashok Agrawal A.Agrawal@asee.org;

ASEE

Representatives

Aisha Lawrey lawreya@asme.org; CMC Representative

ETC Chair served as the Vice President for Institutional Councils during 2017-18,

serving on the ASEE Executive Board and the Oversight Committee. Discussions with

Institutional Councils may lead to working closer with EDC on public policy, diversity

statement, and hopefully more! Greg Washington, Chair of EDI, wants to understand the

the barriers for ETC to work with EDC. All councils will try to work on a project that

will probably come together by next year, we will have quarterly conference calls, first

one will be in April 2018.

ETC Executive Board met almost every month after the annual meeting at ASEE in

June via phone conference call during the 2017-2018. September 13, October 7 (ETLI –

in person meeting ), November 8, January 30, February 21, March 28, and May 22.

Engineering Technology Leaders Institute (ETLI) was held October 5 and 6, 2017 in

Arlington, VA at the Hyatt Hotel. At the Institute, (See attached report of ETLI 2017).

The Engineering Technology Leaders Institute’s (ETLI) purpose is to bring engineering

technology educators, industry leaders, and government officials together to discuss

topics of importance for future engineers. Engineering Technology Leaders Institute

(ETLI) has been held for 42 years. The Institutes’ purpose is to bring engineering

technology educators, industry leaders, and government officials together to discuss

topics of importance for future engineers. The 2017 ETLI convened ET leaders at Hyatt

Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, VA on October 5-6, 2017. It was sponsored by

the ASEE Engineering Technology Council. The 2018 year’s ETLI theme was “Looking

Towards the Future: The Next 50 Years” – in recognition of the first four-year Bachelor

of Science program in Engineering Technology, which was accredited in 1967, as

mentioned in the recent National Academy of Engineering publication, Engineering

Technology Education in the United States. This NAE report has many

recommendations, some of which we explored during the session, “Engineering

Technology National Issues: What’s Next?” There were also two sessions about ABET.

The first was a listening session were the attendees shared suggestions on how to

streamline the ABET accreditation process for schools. Another (lunch) session informed

us about proposed ETAC criteria changes designed to reduce the assessment burden for

engineering technology programs, better align the criteria with the Sydney and Dublin

Accords, and eliminate the confusion over assessment of Program Criteria. In the final

session we discussed how to effectively craft messages and engage elected officials and

staffers. In addition to the major sessions, we had special two guest speakers,

Congressman Timothy Ryan from Ohio, Major General Jocelyn Seng (retired), and a

keynote address by the President of ASEE, Bevlee Watford.

ETC Executive Board approved ETC bylaws. The new bylaws were approved by

ASEE Board of Directors at the February 2018 meeting.

ETC Board wrote letters to the heads NSPE and NCEES April 17, 2018 asking them

to voluntariliy remove their organizations from ABET ETAC and ETAD because of their

stated postions on engineering technology. Further discussions on these issues will be

explored with ABET, NSPE, and NCEES.

ETC, ETD and JET worked this year together to draft a new ASEE national ET

Teaching award funded by the three organizations. The proposal was submitted in April

2018 to the Awards Committee of ASEE for approval.

Starting 2017-18, the ETC Past Chair will be the author of the Prism “Another Angle”

published twice a year (on various topics related to engineering technology) – this

suggestion came out of ASEE Executive Board Meeting in October 2017. Ken Burbank

wrote two article this year.

Chair Elect, Ken Burbank serves on the ASEE Data Task Force and the Special

Committee for the Diversity Initiative.

ETC/Engineering Technology National Forum (ETNF) is actively pursuing several

activities aimed at increasing the public profile of ABET BS-ET graduates in the

engineering professions, and removing barriers that these graduates face in pursuing

careers as engineers in industry. One of our efforts is aimed at reducing, and hopefully

eliminating, the barriers to professional registration that exist in almost half of the states

in the U.S for our graduates. In pursuit of this effort, ETNF has done another poll of

industry asking their opinion regarding licensure of BS-ET graduates. Results of that poll

are now available and will be reported at the annual ASEE conference. In addition

ETC/ETNF continues to work on getting support from various groups on our ASEE ETC

Position Statement re. BS-ET Access to Professional Licensure and ASEE ETC Position

Statement re. Modification of GS-0800 Engineering Qualification Standard Maintained

by the U.S. OPM.

ETC/Engineering Technology Division (ETD) purchased a table of 8 at the ASEE 125th

Gala –Thursday, October 4th in Washington, DC.

Engineering Technology Leaders Institute (ETLI) - Dates for 2018 – October 11-13

Hyatt Regency, Crystal CityETC/ETLI will receive $20K grant from Lockheed Martin

to increase the participants at ETLI for 2018 and beyond. ABET is also sponsoring ETLI

for $5K.

ETC Diversity Letter was sent to ETC members on February 22, 2018. We are still

actively pursuing signatures for the letter from the ETC membership.

Elections were held in May 2018 and the new ETC Executive Board for 2018-2019:

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu; Chair

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; Chair Elect

Ken Burbank kburbank@purdue.edu; Secretary/Treasurer

Hugh Jack hughjack@wcu.edu; Director Exp 2019

James Otter jlotter@pittstate.edu; Director Exp 2019

Vassilios Tzouanas tzouanasv@uhd.edu Director Exp 2019

Gary Stefffan steffen@ipfw.edu; Director Exp 2020

Marty Gordon megite@rit.edu; Director Exp 2020

Pat Fox psfox@iupui.edu Past Chair

Rob Weissbach rweissba@iupui.edu; ETD Chair

Ron Land rel9@psu.edu; ETNF Chair

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; ETLI Co-Chair

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu; ETLI Co-Chair

Enrique Barbeiri was slated to be the Chair of ETC in 2018-19, however, he is starting a

new job, which did not allow him to be the institutional representative for ETC. Therefore,

Scott Dunning the elected Chair Elect will become the Chair of ETC (vacating his Director

position early). Hugh Jack will replace Scott Dunning director position for one year. Carol

Lamb is appointed by Pat Fox to be the Chair Elect, vacating her director position. James

Otter appointed to replace Carol Lamb as Director for one year.

NAE report released report -Engineering Technology Education in the United States

(Feb 15, 2017) After two years of work by a National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

committee, the report Engineering Technology Education in the United States has been

released. Report can be purchase or download a copy for free

at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23402/engineering-technology-education-in-the-united-

states. ETC is still actively working on the recommendations of this report.

Submitted by:

Pat Fox

ETC Chair

June 2018

Engineering Technology Council (ETC) Annual Report

2017-18

The Engineering Technology Council (ETC) achieved the following during the 2017-2018 year.

ETC Executive Board 2017-18

Pat Fox psfox@iupui.edu; Chair

Enrique Barbieri enrique.barbieri@unt.edu; Chair Elect

James Otter jlotter@pittstate.edu; Secretary/Treasurer

Gary Stefffan steffen@ipfw.edu; Director Exp 2018

Alok Verma averma@odu.edu; Director Exp 2018

Ken Burbank kburbank@purdue.edu; Past Chair

Vassilios Tzouanas tzouanasv@uhd.edu Director Exp 2019

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; Director Exp 2019

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu Director Exp 2019

Rob Weissbach rweissba@iupui.edu; ETD Chair

Ron Land rel9@psu.edu; ETNF Chair

Ohla Samoilenko O.samoilenko@asee.org;

ASEE

Representatives

Ashok Agrawal A.Agrawal@asee.org;

ASEE

Representatives

Aisha Lawrey lawreya@asme.org; CMC Representative

ETC Chair served as the Vice President for Institutional Councils during 2017-18,

serving on the ASEE Executive Board and the Oversight Committee. Discussions with

Institutional Councils may lead to working closer with EDC on public policy, diversity

statement, and hopefully more! Greg Washington, Chair of EDI, wants to understand the

the barriers for ETC to work with EDC. All councils will try to work on a project that

will probably come together by next year, we will have quarterly conference calls, first

one will be in April 2018.

ETC Executive Board met almost every month after the annual meeting at ASEE in

June via phone conference call during the 2017-2018. September 13, October 7 (ETLI –

in person meeting ), November 8, January 30, February 21, March 28, and May 22.

Engineering Technology Leaders Institute (ETLI) was held October 5 and 6, 2017 in

Arlington, VA at the Hyatt Hotel. At the Institute, (See attached report of ETLI 2017).

The Engineering Technology Leaders Institute’s (ETLI) purpose is to bring engineering

technology educators, industry leaders, and government officials together to discuss

topics of importance for future engineers. Engineering Technology Leaders Institute

(ETLI) has been held for 42 years. The Institutes’ purpose is to bring engineering

technology educators, industry leaders, and government officials together to discuss

topics of importance for future engineers. The 2017 ETLI convened ET leaders at Hyatt

Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, VA on October 5-6, 2017. It was sponsored by

the ASEE Engineering Technology Council. The 2018 year’s ETLI theme was “Looking

Towards the Future: The Next 50 Years” – in recognition of the first four-year Bachelor

of Science program in Engineering Technology, which was accredited in 1967, as

mentioned in the recent National Academy of Engineering publication, Engineering

Technology Education in the United States. This NAE report has many

recommendations, some of which we explored during the session, “Engineering

Technology National Issues: What’s Next?” There were also two sessions about ABET.

The first was a listening session were the attendees shared suggestions on how to

streamline the ABET accreditation process for schools. Another (lunch) session informed

us about proposed ETAC criteria changes designed to reduce the assessment burden for

engineering technology programs, better align the criteria with the Sydney and Dublin

Accords, and eliminate the confusion over assessment of Program Criteria. In the final

session we discussed how to effectively craft messages and engage elected officials and

staffers. In addition to the major sessions, we had special two guest speakers,

Congressman Timothy Ryan from Ohio, Major General Jocelyn Seng (retired), and a

keynote address by the President of ASEE, Bevlee Watford.

ETC Executive Board approved ETC bylaws. The new bylaws were approved by

ASEE Board of Directors at the February 2018 meeting.

ETC Board wrote letters to the heads NSPE and NCEES April 17, 2018 asking them

to voluntariliy remove their organizations from ABET ETAC and ETAD because of their

stated postions on engineering technology. Further discussions on these issues will be

explored with ABET, NSPE, and NCEES.

ETC, ETD and JET worked this year together to draft a new ASEE national ET

Teaching award funded by the three organizations. The proposal was submitted in April

2018 to the Awards Committee of ASEE for approval.

Starting 2017-18, the ETC Past Chair will be the author of the Prism “Another Angle”

published twice a year (on various topics related to engineering technology) – this

suggestion came out of ASEE Executive Board Meeting in October 2017. Ken Burbank

wrote two article this year.

Chair Elect, Ken Burbank serves on the ASEE Data Task Force and the Special

Committee for the Diversity Initiative.

ETC/Engineering Technology National Forum (ETNF) is actively pursuing several

activities aimed at increasing the public profile of ABET BS-ET graduates in the

engineering professions, and removing barriers that these graduates face in pursuing

careers as engineers in industry. One of our efforts is aimed at reducing, and hopefully

eliminating, the barriers to professional registration that exist in almost half of the states

in the U.S for our graduates. In pursuit of this effort, ETNF has done another poll of

industry asking their opinion regarding licensure of BS-ET graduates. Results of that poll

are now available and will be reported at the annual ASEE conference. In addition

ETC/ETNF continues to work on getting support from various groups on our ASEE ETC

Position Statement re. BS-ET Access to Professional Licensure and ASEE ETC Position

Statement re. Modification of GS-0800 Engineering Qualification Standard Maintained

by the U.S. OPM.

ETC/Engineering Technology Division (ETD) purchased a table of 8 at the ASEE 125th

Gala –Thursday, October 4th in Washington, DC.

Engineering Technology Leaders Institute (ETLI) - Dates for 2018 – October 11-13

Hyatt Regency, Crystal CityETC/ETLI will receive $20K grant from Lockheed Martin

to increase the participants at ETLI for 2018 and beyond. ABET is also sponsoring ETLI

for $5K.

ETC Diversity Letter was sent to ETC members on February 22, 2018. We are still

actively pursuing signatures for the letter from the ETC membership.

Elections were held in May 2018 and the new ETC Executive Board for 2018-2019:

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu; Chair

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; Chair Elect

Ken Burbank kburbank@purdue.edu; Secretary/Treasurer

Hugh Jack hughjack@wcu.edu; Director Exp 2019

James Otter jlotter@pittstate.edu; Director Exp 2019

Vassilios Tzouanas tzouanasv@uhd.edu Director Exp 2019

Gary Stefffan steffen@ipfw.edu; Director Exp 2020

Marty Gordon megite@rit.edu; Director Exp 2020

Pat Fox psfox@iupui.edu Past Chair

Rob Weissbach rweissba@iupui.edu; ETD Chair

Ron Land rel9@psu.edu; ETNF Chair

Carol Lamb cmlamb@ysu.edu; ETLI Co-Chair

Scott Dunning dunning@maine.edu; ETLI Co-Chair

Enrique Barbeiri was slated to be the Chair of ETC in 2018-19, however, he is starting a

new job, which did not allow him to be the institutional representative for ETC. Therefore,

Scott Dunning the elected Chair Elect will become the Chair of ETC (vacating his Director

position early). Hugh Jack will replace Scott Dunning director position for one year. Carol

Lamb is appointed by Pat Fox to be the Chair Elect, vacating her director position. James

Otter appointed to replace Carol Lamb as Director for one year.

NAE report released report -Engineering Technology Education in the United States

(Feb 15, 2017) After two years of work by a National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

committee, the report Engineering Technology Education in the United States has been

released. Report can be purchase or download a copy for free

at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23402/engineering-technology-education-in-the-united-

states. ETC is still actively working on the recommendations of this report.

Submitted by:

Pat Fox

ETC Chair

June 2018

Engineering Technology Division

American Society for Engineering Education

June 24-27, 2018 Salt Lake City, Utah

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Session Time Title Location

W123 8:00-9:30 MET and Mechatronics 151C W123B 8:00-9:30 ET Peripherals 150E W423A 1:30-3:00 Electrical/Electronic 151C ET Issues W423B 1:30-3:00 A Technology Potpourri II 151A W523A 3:15-4:45 ETD Strategic Planning 250B W523B 3:15-4:45 Computer-Related 151B Issues

Join us next year!

Tampa, Florida

June 16-19, 2019

Visit the ETD website:

http://www.engtech.org/index.php

Session Time Title Location

U104 1:15-2:45 ET National Forum 251B*

U5104 3:00-4:30 ETLI Planning 251B

U523 3:00-4:30 Pedagogy I 150G

U696B 4:00-5:45 Division Mixer Grand Ballroom

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

* All sessions are in the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwise noted

Monday, June 25 , 2018

M323 11:30-1:00 ECET Dept. Heads 250C

M423 1:30-3:00 MET Dept. Heads 250E

M5112A** 3:15-4:45 Impacts of Sexual 255F Harassment M523 3:15-4:45 ETD Executive Board 250E M523B 3:15-4:45 A Technology Potpourri 253A M534 3:15-4:45 Interdivisional Ballrooms I/J Town Hall Meeting M104 7:00-9:00 McGraw/Berger Awards Salon H, Marriott Banquet

** Co-sponsored session

Sunday, June 24, 2018

T123 8:00-9:30 JET Board Meeting 251A

T123B 8:00-9:30 ET Administrative Issues 253A

T4104 1:30-3:00 ETC Business Meeting 250B

T423 1:30-3:00 Tau Alpha Phi Meeting 250F

T423B 1:30-3:00 Alternative Teaching 253A Methods T496B** 1:30-3:00 LGBTQIA+ Leadership Salon A, Marriott Roundtable T496C** 1:30-3:00 1st Generation/SES Leadership Roundtable Salon B, Marriott T496D** 1:30-3:00 Persons with Disabilities Leadership Roundtable Salon C, Marriott T496E** 1:30-3:00 Military Veterans Salon G, Marriott Leadership Roundtable T523 3:15-4:45 ET Projects 253A T523B 3:15-4:45 ET Pedagogy II 151C T596A** 3:15-4:45 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Salon C, Marriott Leadership Roundtable T596B** 3:15-4:45 Graduate Students Salon B, Marriott Leadership Roundtable T623 5:00-6:00 ETD Business Meeting 150D

Journal of Engineering Technology® Report

For ETD Executive Board Meeting

ASEE 2018 Submitted by Susan Scachitti

1. JET continues to publish semiannual issues in high quality print media. All ETD members

continue to receive a copy free with membership.

2. JET continues to be financially sound through the support of advertisers, subscriptions and

manuscript page publication fees.

3. At the JET board meeting held in February 2018 at CIEC, the JET board approved to partner

equally with ETD and ETC to endow a national teaching award.

4. The JET editorial board had a vacant position for several months this past year. The JET editorial

board welcomes Jyhwen Wang as JET Production Editor as of March 2018.

5. JET continues to work to reduce its submission to publication lead time. In 2014 lead time was on

average 24 months. As of the Spring 2018 publication lead time has been reduced to an average

of 14 month. The JET board understands the need to get high quality manuscripts published

quickly. The JET goal is to get under 12 months. Dr. Wang, JET’s newest board member, will

be focusing on reviewers to develop a pool that can adequately cover this need and help us

achieve our goal.

6. In March 2018 ASEE successfully registered for the Journal of Engineering Technology®

trademark as a preemptive action to stop predatory journals from inappropriately using our name.

Predatory on-line journals using the Journal of Engineering Technology® ISSN from outside of

the US have been creating difficulty for authors, mostly international, who then contact our JET

board members and ASEE in search of answers to issues with their manuscripts. ASEE and the

JET editorial board have worked to get the word out and stop authors from paying fake sites only

to find their work is not published in the reputable journal they thought they were publishing in.

In the past two years JET has been the target of several such sites. Various actions have been

taken such as contacting the FBI, domain registries such as GoDaddy, publication sites such as

Research Gate, Paypal and others that are linked to this issue but little action has resulted. The

one exception was when we contacted Research Gate, they removed over 100 articles that

claimed they were published in JET but were not. ASEE published an article in the February

2017 Prisim explaining the traps of predatory journals. JET highlighted the issue on their website

home page. Inquiries from authors about the predatory sites were at their peak last fall with JET

editors receiving daily inquiries. With only 3 inquires in May 2018 and none so far in June we

are hopeful that authors are becoming more educated.

Tau Alpha Pi Fostering Excellence in the Engineering Technology Education Engineering Technology's Highly Respected Undergraduate Honors Organization 1818 N Street NW, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20036 | (202) 350-5764 | tap@asee.org

2018 Annual Report

A summary of the society’s status including mid-year 2018 activities is outlined below. Please

feel free to contact Ashok Agrawal (a.agrawal@asee.org) or Tom Walker (t.walker@asee.org)

should you have any questions.

Chapter and Membership Status

Following a review of records kept by ASEE, it would appear previous reports have overstated

the number of active chapters and under-reported new members. The historically reported

figures are presented below, followed by the revised figures. Staff turnover and variable

systems of record-keeping make it hard to confidently ascertain whether records are complete.

That said, we have confidence in the records from 2007. Those prior are not reported here.

A note on ‘active’ chapters: The society’s constitution, while providing a mechanism for

disestablishing inactive chapters, provides no definition for what constitutes an ‘active’ chapter.

In compiling this data, 120 chapters were identified as active at some point. An arbitrary, but

reasonable, definition of ‘active’ would be having inducted new members in the past three

years. 43 chapters meet this criterion since 2016; 50 if 2015 figures are included. Given this

vagueness, the revised figures note how many chapters inducted new members in the given

year, rather than attempt a guess at a figure.

Historical Figures

The table below provides comparisons since 2011 using data we are unable to replicate.

Year As of June 1 Full Year

2011 498 members/ 85 chapters 583 members/ 85 chapters

2012 483 members/ 85 chapters 521 members/ 81 chapters

2013 335 members/ 81 chapters 488 members/ 81 chapters

2014 386 members/ 77 chapters 457 members / 77 chapters

2015 426 members/ 71 chapters 426 members/ 71 chapters

2016 449 members/ 73 chapters 449 members/ 73 chapters

2017 366 members/ 72 chapters 379 members/ 72 chapters

Revised figures

Year Inductees / Chapters Inducting Members

2007 549 members / 58 chapters

2008 557 members / 53 chapters

2009 531 members / 58 chapters

2010 552 members / 53 chapters

2011 582 members / 53 chapters

2012 573 members / 53 chapters

2013 489 members / 52 chapters

2014 457 members / 42 chapters

2015 430 members / 46 chapters

2016 414 members / 37 chapters

2017 379 members / 33 chapters

2018 (YTD) 302 members / 25 chapters

Whichever data are used, Tau Alpha Pi membership is on a downward trend.

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The financial information for YTD is a 6 month report, and therefore covers the period up to

March 31, 2018.

Review of Initiatives 2017-18

Tau Alpha Pi pursued 5 initiatives this year with a goal of generating more interest in the

society.

1. 1 free membership for each 8 paid memberships of TAP

This has been consistently applied to all submitted requests. Chapter advisers are now

increasingly aware of it.

2. Free ASEE student online membership

There has been a lack of interest in this. To date, nobody has requested ASEE

membership for their inductees.

3. Tau Alpha Pi ASEE conference travel grant

There has been no interest shown in this offer.

4. Tau Alpha Pi poster contest

Tau Alpha Pi received one poster submission. As above, this has not been of interest to

our members.

5. Chapter Adviser contest

We have received no submissions for this contest.

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

The following constitutional changes are minor, and correct errors in grammar or typos:

1. “VII.1.a Membership in the Society is extended to those individuals who meet Society

standards, are elected as candidate members by the Affiliate Chapter, and are approved

by the Executive Secretary or the Board of Directors.”

2. “VII.1.f. A chapter my may elect only one honorary member every year.”

3. “VII.1.f. §6 Honorary members will not be nominated by the chapter and approved by

the Board.”

The following constitutional changes are more substantial, and designed to reflect current

practice:

4. “VII.2. No less than one monthtwo weeks before the scheduled initiation date, the

chapter chair shall forward to the Executive Secretary the names, dates of initiation,

scholastic biographical dataand contact information of the candidate members, on a

formvia a means provided by the Executive Secretary., Affiliate chapters are responsible

for collecting initiation fees for candidate members, and remitting payment in a timely

manner.along with funds covering initiation fees for candidate members.

5. Recommend removal of By-Laws, Article V (“Rules of Order. All conventions and

meetings of the Society shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order.”)

Finally, it is recommended that the board review in their entirety Article II.2 and Article III

(reproduced in full below), with a view to reconstituting the Board of Directors. Tau Alpha Pi’s

constitution specifies that 8 members of the 12 member board be drawn from Tau Alpha Pi

chapters, with 2 representatives for each ASEE zone. This is not reflective of our current

membership (see table).

Active Chapters 2018 2017 2016 2015

Zone 1 18 99 151 213 203

Zone 2 21 117 179 138 148

Zone 3 5 8 8 29 38

Zone 4 6 38 41 34 41

Total 50 262 379 414 430

Article II: Organization

Section 2. The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall consist of twelve individuals. The Board of Directors shall be

responsible for all matters of governance and policy for the Society.

Article III: Governance of the National Society

Section 1. The Board of Directors

a) Eight of the twelve members of the Board of Directors shall be elected from the four

Tau Alpha Pi Zones, defined to be the ASEE zones, two from each Zone, by the Affiliate

Chapter. The remaining four board members shall be the elected ASEE President, the

Tau Alpha Pi Treasurer, the elected ASEE Chair of the Engineering Technology Council

and the Executive Secretary (ex-officio, without vote). The Executive Secretary of the

National Society shall be the ASEE Executive Director. The Tau Alpha Pi Treasurer shall

be the elected ASEE Vice President of Finance.

b) The term of office of the Zone elected Board Members shall be two years.

c) Nominations of an individual to Board membership representing a Zone may be made

by any Affiliate Chapter in that Zone according to the provisions of that Affiliate

Chapter’s by-laws.

d) A Chapter nomination of an individual to represent a Zone on the Board of Directors

shall be submitted to the Executive Secretary by Affiliate Chapter Chairs two months in

advance of the scheduled election date. Each nomination must vouch that the nominee

is willing to serve, and include a brief biographical summary of the nominee.

e) The Executive Secretary shall notify each Affiliate Chapter of the impending election at

least one month before the date for closing nominations, and supply each Affiliate

Chapter with biographical data on each nominee at least one month prior to the

election.

f) Each Zone shall elect one Board member each year by a plurality vote of official

representatives, one per Affiliate Chapter, represented at the Tau Alpha Pi Annual

Meeting. Official representatives of each Affiliate Chapter must present certification of

their designation signed by their Affiliate Chapter Chair. For a Zone election to be final, a

majority of the Zone’s Affiliate Chapters must be represented. In the event that fewer

than a majority of Chapters in a Zone are represented, the ballot will be distributed to

each of the Affiliate Chapter Chairs in that Zone, and the winner shall be the candidate

receiving a plurality of the ballots returned. In such cases, electronic ballots are

authorized.

g) Board members-elect shall take office on January 1 after their election.

h) A Zone elected board member may serve for a maximum of two successive terms.

i) Each year, the Board of Directors shall elect the Society President from its members.

j) The Board of Directors may appoint a Director to complete the term of any Zone elected

Director vacancy which may occur or, at its discretion, may leave the vacancy unfilled

until the next regular election. At the first regular election after such a vacancy occurs,

candidates for this vacancy as well as the regular annual Zone position will be

nominated and elected.

Section 2. Duties of the Board of Directors

a) The Board of Directors shall have jurisdiction over all the affairs of the Society, subject

to the provisions of the Society’s Constitution and By-laws, but shall not interfere with

the autonomy of the individual Affiliate Chapters, except as specified by the Society’s

constitution and By-laws.

b) The Board of Directors shall have oversight of all publications of the Society.

c) The Board of Directors may levy assessments on Affiliate Chapters for purposes of the

Society’s support.

d) The Board of Directors, by means of an annual budget, shall authorize the collection of

fees, assessments and other monies and the disbursement of funds for the Society.

e) The Board of Directors shall interpret the Constitution and By-laws of the National

Society and shall serve as an advisory body to any Affiliate Chapter requesting aid.

f) The Board of Directors may amend the Constitution of the National Society by a three-

fourths majority vote, after concurrence by a three-fourths majority vote of the Affiliate

Chapters.

g) The President of the Society shall preside at all meetings of the Society and the Board of

Directors, and shall perform the other duties implied by the office.

h) Board members shall receive no compensation, and travel expenses to and from

meetings shall be paid for by the individual or that individual’s institution or Affiliate

Chapter. The Finance Committee shall have the authority to approve exceptions to this

provision.

Section 3. The Treasurer

a) The Tau Alpha Pi Treasurer shall provide oversight of the finances of the Society, review

the audited financial statements, make a financial report at each meeting of the Board

of Directors and at the Tau Alpha Pi annual meeting, and present the annual budget to

Board members.

Section 4. Finance Committee

a) The Finance Committee shall be comprised of the Tau Alpha Pi President, the elected

chair of the ASEE Engineering Technology Council, the elected ASEE President, the Tau

Alpha Pi Executive Secretary and the Tau Alpha Pi Treasurer.

b) The Finance Committee must approve by majority vote any measure that substantially

impacts the finances of the Society before that measure is submitted to the full Board

for approval.

c) The Finance Committee shall meet at each Tau Alpha Pi annual meeting and at such

other times as the Treasurer may designate. The Finance Committee may also conduct

its business by mail or electronic means.

Section 5. The Executive Secretary

a) The Tau Alpha Pi Executive Secretary shall have no vote on the Board of Directors but

shall have a vote on the Finance Committee.

b) The Executive Secretary shall keep the official copies of the Constitution and By-laws

and other documents of the Society; shall take and keep the minutes of the Board of

Directors; conduct the correspondence of the National Society; and shall compile,

submit to the Board of Directors for approval, and distribute all official publications of

the Society including a Society annual report.

c) The Executive Secretary shall issue charters, membership certificates, and other relevant

materials upon approval of the Board of Directors and shall issue such documents and

periodicals as provided for in the Constitution and By-laws or as deemed necessary by

the Executive Secretary and/or the Board of Directors.

d) The Executive Secretary shall keep the financial records of the Society, have the

authority to sign contracts and hire or contract the necessary services to carry out the

functions of the Society.

e) The Executive Secretary shall collect all monies, administer all funds, and act as sole

disbursing agent for the Society, under authority granted by this Constitution and the

Board of Directors.

f) The Executive Secretary shall keep the ritual and other elements of secrecy of the

Society.

Proposed Society Initiative #1:

Create online platform to process memberships

The current process for inducting members to Tau Alpha Pi is cumbersome and requires

multiple forms of book-keeping. Generally speaking, chapter advisers must independently

request a list of student names who meet the chapter’s GPA requirements and extend

invitations to join. No society support is available for this process. The adviser then collects

student details (at this time, full name, email address, and permission for Tau Alpha Pi to

contact them) and submits them in a single spreadsheet via email to ASEE. Again, apart from

providing the spreadsheet format, Tau Alpha Pi offers little support, and already two systems of

record-keeping are required (the list of names/emails offering invitations, and a separate

spreadsheet meeting society requirements).

Having received the list of names, ASEE files the data provided and creates a new spreadsheet

which will allow batch printing of certificates. If requested, ASEE generates an invoice (the

fourth system of record-keeping). Finally, membership fees are paid by check, either by sending

individual checks from each member, or as a single check from the chapter.

An online platform for inviting and submitting nominations for induction, as well as an online

payment platform, should simplify this process. Chapter advisers and approved staff would be

able to enter names of individuals to be invited via a personalized automated email system, and

nominees could then approve or reject their nomination at will, and provide personal

information without requiring duplication of effort. Advisers could set deadlines for responses,

triggering automatic reminders, and would be free to manually add information if needed, as

well as request additional items such as honor cords. Once the inductees list is finalized, it

would be submitted to ASEE at the click of a button, and an invoice automatically generated

with online payment options built in.

We anticipate widespread adoption of this system to take some time, but are confident it

represents a significant step towards reducing the administrative burden on faculty to being a

Tau Alpha Pi adviser. Training would be offered in the form of live and recorded webinars after

the site goes live (if approved, this is expected in September/October, 2018).

Marjie shall be producing a document with more detailed specifications, including estimates of

staff time, for consideration by the Board.

Proposed Society Initiative #2.1:

Abolish Chapter Dues

Chapter dues are currently set at a fixed rate of $25 per chapter, regardless of how many

members were inducted. With 43 active chapters, the society stands to gain at most $1,075. For

many faculty, any disbursement of funds is a hassle and the staff time spent generating,

sending, chasing up and processing the dues is not insignificant. It is also unclear where the

funds to pay the dues come from: institutions often bear the cost themselves.

ASEE recommends abolishing chapter dues.

Proposed Society Initiative #2.2

Introduce Local Dues

With a long-term goal of increased chapter activity, ASEE recommends introducing the option

for chapters to levy discretionary local dues, to be no more than $15 per member and to be

used to fund chapter activities. These funds may not be used to provide wages for work, either

for student, faculty or external volunteers. The expectation is that chapters would only

introduce local dues to the extent that they were required to fund activities deemed

worthwhile by the chapter’s elected leadership. This would mean the cost of membership for

new members would increase depending on the chapter, from $35 to $35-$50. The Board of

Directors would be responsible for reviewing the maximum amount periodically.

Proposed Society Initiative #3:

Replace Travel Grants and Competitions with an Outreach Fund

Tau Alpha Pi has offered travel grants to Annual Conference for a few years now, and has held a

poster competition for the past two years. Neither initiative has seen much success. In order to

promote a more active society, ASEE recommends Tau Alpha Pi emphasize the value of service

within local communities. To that end, we also recommend the creation of a fund for chapter-

led outreach initiatives. The fund would be a pot of no more $3,000 to be disbursed annually to

support projects by our chapters that offer a service of some kind to their local community.

Chapters could apply for $100-$750 of funding, with proposals due one month in advance of

the annual board meeting. The board would consider all proposals and make their

recommendation for the allocation of monies, to be distributed in August. The maximum

amount would be subject to regular review based on the society’s funds.

Board of Directors Election

Information to be provided nearer the time.

June 23, 2018

Report from Vice-Chair Communications

Jay Porter

The Engineering Technology Division page is still operational and can be found at

http://www.engtech.org.

I have been periodically sending out reminders on the ETD listserv to join ETD. If the message being sent needs updates, please let me know.

The ETD site requires continued maintenance and I am asking the officers from the represented groups (ETD, ETC, and ECETDHA) to continue monitoring the website and sending updates to jporter@tamu.edu as needed. Please remember to send your updates to me for posting in a timely manner.

o ETD: Need most current list of officers and 2018 CIEC minutes o ETC: Need most current list of officers (2018-19) o ECETDHA: Need most current list of officers and minutes from last three

meetings o National Forum: Any updates you wish to provide o JET: Any updates you wish to provide

The following changes have been made recently: o Updated conferences section o Updated officer lists and minutes based on feedback from the 2018 CIEC

meeting o Updated the Journal of Engineering Technology (JET) page at the direction of

Susan Scachitti.

The status of the webpage and hosting site is stable. The site is still hosted through Texas A&M’s WordPress portal.

Please send comments, feedback and suggestions about the ETD website to Jay Porter at jporter@tamu.edu.