NYSETA SPRING 2008
CONFERENCE
Hosted by
Fulton Montgomery CC
(Last Update 0715 hrs 3 April 08)
Conference Dates, Thursday & Friday
April 17 - 18, 2008
Coordinators:
Richard
J. Prestopnik
Professor
- Electrical and Computer Technology
Fulton-Montgomery
Community College
Email: rprestop@fmcc.suny.edu
, Phone: 518/762-4651 x3481
ETA Exec Committee: etaexec@list.sunyit.edu
The
Exec Committee is helping Rich out since he is a one man operation.
Schedule
Thursday April 17, 2008
Thursday morning and
afternoon events will all take place on the Fulton Montgomery Campus in the
College Union and Visual Arts Building.
Thursday evening
and Friday Breakfast/Business Meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn, 308
Comrie Avenue, Johnstown , NY 12095-1095
8:30 am 10:30 am ........ Breakfast FMCC
College Union: Mohawk Room
Registration FMCC College Union: Large
Lounge
Scrambled
eggs, sausage, pancakes, home fries, fruit cup, muffins, pastries, coffee, tea,
juice
10:30
am 11:30 am ........ Main Plenary Mike Mandina, Chair, FAME,
Finger
Lakes Advanced Manufacturers' Enterprise
Communications
and Visual Arts Building: College Theater
Lunch will be served during the Exhibit
Breakout sessions in the Mohawk Room. Vendors and Exhibits are located nearby
in the Large Lounge.
Turkey,
beef, ham, cheeses, lettuce, tomatoes, assorted breads/rolls, pickles, chips,
pasta salad, cookies, beverages
Group Breakout
................MET/AUTO
...CIV/Arch
..EET/CPTR
12:00 pm 1:00 pm
.........Session 1* ........Exhibits .............Session 1*
1:00 pm 2:00 pm .,..........Exhibits
..........Session
1 .........Session 2
2:00 pm 3:00 pm. ...........Session 2
.Session 2 ..........Exhibits
3:00 pm 4:00 pm ............Session 3** ......Session 3**.......Session 3**
*Combined
Session
**Combined
Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ...........Attitude
Adjustment Hour Holiday Inn
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm............Dinner Holiday Inn
Hot Buffet
Hand carved Roast
beef and Turkey
Chicken Drummers,
Rotini Pasta, Mixed Veggies, Italian Style Red Roasted Potatoes, Penne pasta
Alfredo, sliced cheese, tomatoes, green salad, and more.
Vegetarian
available upon request
(Order off the
menu: Vegetable Lasagna or Eggplant Parmesan or Stuffed Peppers or Tortellini
with sauce or order from the menu.)
Desert
8:00 pm
.....................Banquet Presentation - TBA
Friday April 18, 2008
8:00 am - 10:00
am...........Breakfast/Business Meeting Holiday Inn
Scrambled eggs
Bacon, Sausage
Homefries
Danish, Fruit Cup,
Cinnamon Rolls, Toast your own Bagel,
Chilled Juice,
Coffee, Tea, Milk.
10:00
- 12:00 .......Tours More info at bottom of this web page.
Callaway Golf Ball Plant
Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater
Treatment Facilities.
Conference Lodging
Holiday Inn
308 Comrie Avenue
Johnstown , NY 12095-1095
$75 per night.
518-762-4686
Fax:
1-518-762-4034
The directions to the hotel are as follows: Get off the NYS Thruway
at exit 28 (Fonda/Fultonville). Go left after the toll booth. Follow Route 30A
to Johnstown (about 5 miles). Route 30A is called Comrie Ave in Johnstown. The
Holiday Inn is located on the right shortly after passing the mall/restaurant
area.
(Be sure to tell them that
you are eligible for the Special NYSETA conference rate!)
Directions to Fulton-Montgomery CC and Parking Information
Directions to FMCC click: http://fmcc.suny.edu/about/directionstocampus.cfm
The campus map is located at: http://fmcc.suny.edu/about/campusmap.cfm
No parking permit is needed, see
campus map for Visitor Parking location.
Conference Fees
Please FAX (516-572-7471) or send Registration Form and an appropriate check or money order made out to "NYSETA"
to:
Kathleen Gallagher, Treasurer
NYSETA
PO BOX 7203
Garden City, NY 11530
Don't forget to
sign up for your Friday Tour when you register.
Plenary Session Keynote Speaker
Mike Mandina (Chair)
Finger Lakes Advanced Manufacturers' Enterprise, FAME.
"Finger Lakes
Advanced Manufacturers' Enterprise: A
Collaborative Initiative for Workforce and Economic Development in
Manufacturing"
The presentation will cover the efforts of FAME, a partnership of manufacturers supported by regional workforce and economic development agencies to stimulate the economy in the Finger Lakes region. FAMEs mission is to unify regional manufacturers into a single voice that can address workforce issues and establish a strong network among themselves, various support groups, and educational institutions.
The Plenary Session will be
held in the Theater, located in the Communications and Visual Arts Building
Interest Group Sessions
There
will be three (3) 50-minute Interest Group Presentations.
o
Electrical Engineering Technology
..12:00 -
12:50 PM - Rm C- 124 - A New Approach To Laboratories For Online
Courses
John A. Stratton,
Program Chair, Electrical / Mechanical ET
Michael Parthum,
Assistant Professor, Mechanical ET
David Krispinsky,
Associate Professor, Electrical ET
RITs BS in
Electrical / Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of the few TAC of ABET
accredited engineering technology (ET) programs available in a distance
learning format. RIT believes that all students should have appropriate
laboratory experiences in ET. Until recently, RIT required students to come to
campus for weekend laboratories in up to 9 courses for a total of up to 21
days. Most students would transfer with an appropriate associate degree, and
would actually spend about half of this much time on campus.
Wanting to make the
program available to more students on a convenient schedule, RIT has
implemented a plan whereby the student will only need to be on campus for one
full week or two weekends during their entire BS program for technical courses.
Additional capability for kit based labs, as well as a bit more simulation and
web-based labs, will become available to students and faculty. The one-week
experience will include many topics, and require the student to write separate
reports for each of the laboratories completed. Science based courses may also
chosen so that the student will not need to attend on-campus labs.
........... 1:00
1:50 PM - Rm C- 124 - Novel Signal Processing Techniques for
Optimal Bandwidth Utilization
In
this talk we will discuss new signal processing techniques that we have
developed for compression of digital image, audio, and video data for the
transmission over wired and wireless channels. We will show how nonlinear
dynamical systems theory is used in the development of a dynamics based
algorithmic compression (DYNAMAC) process. We show how the DYNAMAC
process is also used for identification of images, video, and audio segments in
applications such as biomedical image analysis, video tracking, and audio
signal analysis. Finally, we discuss how a technique developed to improve
the DYNAMAC algorithm processing speed led to the development of a new modulation
technique called Fourier Series Waveform Modulation (FSWM).
Dr. Chance M.
Glenn, Sr.
Chance Glenn received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Maryland at College Park. He received his Masters
Degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore, Maryland. His primary research area is in the application of
nonlinear dynamical systems theory to the development of advanced
communications technology.
As director of the William G. McGowan Center for Telecommunications
Innovation and Collaborative Research, Dr. Glenn has developed a new signal
transform algorithm for the compression and encryption of digital audio, video,
and image data utilizing his understanding of chaotic and nonlinear
dynamics. He has developed a new digital modulation technique, called
Fourier Series Waveform Modulation, which shows significant performance
improvements over conventional techniques. He is also pioneering new
image processing technology for the translation of American Sign Language to
digital text and audio.
As a faculty member
he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in telecommunications engineering
technology and engages several students in research activities that enhance
their course curricula. He has served on several committees and was appointed
as the Faculty Associate for Scholarship Affairs for the College of Applied
Science and Technology, where he developed scholarship initiatives to support
the faculty of the college. He is also the editor-in-chief for the Journal of
Applied Science and Engineering Technology, RITs first peer-reviewed technical
journal.
........... 2:00 2:50 PM
EXHIBITS
........... 3:00 3:50
Rm C- 110 - Combined with Civil/Architecture & Mechanical Groups
Roundtable Discussion on
Transfer and Articulation Agreements
Ken Vandermark
...........EET Business
Meeting will take place in Room C- 124 - at 4:00 PM
following the third session.
o Architectural/Civil/Construction Engr Tech
........... 12:00 12:50 PM - EXHIBITS
........... 1:00 1:50 PM Rm C- 110 - Reduced Delay and Queuing Lead to Energy and Emissions Benefits
at Roundabouts versus Typical Signalized Intersections
Howard McCulloch is a 1997 graduate of the civil engineering technology
program at SUNYIT and has been the Roundabout Specialist for the New York
State Department of Transportation since 1999.
He is a member of the TRB roundabout subcommittee, has assisted with
MUTCD updates, and is a panel member for the NCHRP 3-78 on the topic of
Roundabouts and the visually impaired.
...........
2:00 2:50 PM Rm C- 110 - Status of the Hudson River PCB Superfund Site
Project
David H. King is the Director of the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) Hudson River Field Office in Ft. Edward,
N.Y. Prior to
joining EPA, Mr. King served as Executive Director
of the SUNY Center
for Brownfield Studies. Mr. King has also held
several other positions,
including the Assistant Director for Solid and
Hazardous Waste at the
Department of Environmental Conservation and as the
Executive Director
of Environmental Affairs at the Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation.
Mr. King is a resident of Rensselaer County. He
holds a B.A. in Civil
Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in Troy, and is a
licensed Professional Engineer in New York, Vermont
and Mississippi.
...........
3:00 - 3:50 PM Rm C- 110 - Combined with
Electrical & Mechanical Groups
Roundtable
Discussion on Transfer and Articulation Agreements
Ken Vandermark
...........
CIV/ARCH Business Meeting will take place in Rm C- 110 - at 4:30 PM following
the third session.
o Mechanical
Engineering Technology
...........12:00 - 12:50 PM - Rm C- 124 - A New Approach To Laboratories
For Online Courses
John A. Stratton,
Program Chair, Electrical / Mechanical ET
Michael Parthum,
Assistant Professor, Mechanical ET
David Krispinsky,
Associate Professor, Electrical ET
RITs BS in
Electrical / Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of the few TAC of ABET
accredited engineering technology (ET) programs available in a distance
learning format. RIT believes that all students should have appropriate
laboratory experiences in ET. Until recently, RIT required students to come to
campus for weekend laboratories in up to 9 courses for a total of up to 21
days. Most students would transfer with an appropriate associate degree, and
would actually spend about half of this much time on campus.
Wanting to make the
program available to more students on a convenient schedule, RIT has
implemented a plan whereby the student will only need to be on campus for one
full week or two weekends during their entire BS program for technical courses.
Additional capability for kit based labs, as well as a bit more simulation and
web-based labs, will become available to students and faculty. The one-week
experience will include many topics, and require the student to write separate
reports for each of the laboratories completed. Science based courses may also
chosen so that the student will not need to attend on-campus labs.
...........1:00 1:50 PM - EXHIBITS
........... 2:00 2:50 PM - Rm C- 123 - Tolerance Design with Cost Consideration
Atlas Hsie, SUNY
Institute of Technology
SPC (Statistical Process Control) is very popular nowadays in the manufacturing industry. The widely used Cp (Potential Process Capability) and Cpk (Actual Process Capability) can be used not only to keep track of the processes as well as monitoring the manufacturing capabilities but it can also be used in dimensional tolerance design by using its statistical nature with variance computations. This presentation introduces the concept of Maximum Allowable Tolerance.
Examples are given:
- Determine the best component tolerance from a given assembly/part tolerance.
- Determine the best assembly/part tolerance from a given component tolerance.
........... 3:00 3:50 PM - Rm C- 110 - Combined
with Civil/Architecture & Electrical Groups
Roundtable Discussion on
Transfer and Articulation Agreements
Ken Vandermark
...........MET
Business Meeting will take place in Rm C- 123 - at 4:30 PM following the third
session.
Exhibitors
Click here for Exhibitor Registration Form
Technology Education Product Exhibition
Directions to FMCC click: http://fmcc.suny.edu/about/directionstocampus.cfm
The campus map is located at: http://fmcc.suny.edu/about/campusmap.cfm
No parking permit is needed, see
campus map for Visitor Parking location.
Banquet Speaker TBA
Friday Tour Events - Sign Up at Registration Desk on Thursday!!!
Two tours are planned for
Friday.
Callaway Golf Ball Plant.
If more than 20 people sign up for the Callaway Tour we will
break into two groups, one at 10 AM and one at 11 AM. Please indicate whether you are willing to
take the later tour on your registration form. Technicians Richard
"Doc" Kimball and Duane Rhodes will be your guides.
Here are some
facts-and-figures about the plant.
- They make over half a million golf
balls per day.
- They operate 24 hours/day, 5 or 6 days
per week.
- They employ about 140 people.
- Just a satellite manufacturing facility
- No product design, marketing, administration, etc.
- Main plant is in Chicopee,
Massachusetts.
- Formerly called Spalding Sports, then
Top-Flite Golf, now Callaway Golf Ball Operations.
- Owned by Callaway Golf in Carlsbad,
California.
- They make the following brands of golf
balls: Callaway, Top-Flite, Strata, and Ben Hogan.
- At this plant they make primarily
two-piece balls, some three-piece balls.
For directions to
the Calloway Plant from the Holiday Inn:
Head south on N.
Comrie Ave/Rt 30A toward Townsend Ave (0.5 mi).
Turn right on Rt 29 (0.9 mi).
Turn left on Corporate Ave (0.1 mi).
Arrive: 133 Corporate Ave, Gloversville, NY 12078