Innovations
The Department of Aviation & Technology is continually innovating the study of aviation, electronics, and manufacturing. Listed below are some examples of innovative instruction and/or teaching by faculty in this department.
Faculty Member |
Project |
| Patricia Backer | Dr. Backer is the Principal Investigator for the SJSU/HP Mobility Project. The HP Mobility/Web Services Project at SJSU aims to transform the learning environment at SJSU through a cross-disciplinary, problem-based learning (PBL) instructional initiative using mobile technologies. This initiative brings together faculty and upper division students from the Colleges of Engineering and Business to collaborate in cross-functional, entrepreneurial teams to develop mobile computing applications for clients from business or non-profit organizations in our local community. The complete web site for this project is located at http://hp.sjsu.edu |
| Patricia Backer | Self-paced WWW tutorial on the History of
Technology. This module is used in all sections on Tech 198, Technology
and Civilization. It has three main sections: Technology
and China, Technology and Islam, and Medieval Technology in Europe.
The tutorial is available at http://www.mastep.sjsu.edu/history_of_tech or http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/history/ |
| Patricia Backer | WWW Web Resources for Science, Math and Engineering Teachers. Dr. Backer developed and maintains this site as part of the NSF MASTEP Project. |
| Seth Bates | Curriculum
on Silicon Wafer Processing New proposed concentration in Sustainable Manufacturing New articulated and integrated programs with Mission College. |
| Samuel Obi | New proposed concentration in BioTech Manufacturing |
| Julio Garcia | WWW-based lectures for Tech 163: ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/jgarcia/Tech163/Index.html
Under development: On line delivery for the
Master of Science in Quality Assurance. |