2015 Certification Status Report 2015 Certification Status Report Dr. John R. Wright, Jr., CSTM Millersville University Certified Controls Engineer (CCE) Certified Senior Controls Engineer (CSCE) 2015 EECT Division Membership Meeting

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2014 Body of Knowledge Draft Revised Proposal 1.Electronics Fundamentals 2.Electrical/Power Systems 3.Mechanical Advantage 4.Fluidics/Fluid Power 5.Controls (Open and Closed Loop Systems) 6.Automation/Robotics Automated Systems 7.Instrumentation 8.Programming Fundamentals 9.Networking Fundamentals 10.Energy Management/Alternative Energy 11.Financial Justification 12.Safety/Industrial Maintenance Robotic Systems 14.Safety Systems

EECT’s CCE Volunteer Panel Bill Clyburn, Indiana State University o Electronics o Robotics (Industrial) o Automation / Controls (PLCs) o Networking / System Security o RFID GH Massina, The University of Louisiana – Lafayette o Electronics o Robotics (Industrial) o Automation / Controls (PLCs) o Networking Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa o Electronics o Controls (Embedded Systems) o Networking John Haughery, Iowa State University o Electronics o Robotics (Industrial) o Automation / Controls (PLCs) o Networking o Alternative Energy Philip Weinsier, Bowling Green State University – Firelands o Electronics o Automation / Controls (PLCs) John Wright, Millersville University of Pennsylvania o Electronics o Robotics (Mobile, Humanoid & Industrial) o Automation / Controls (Microcontrollers & PLCs)

CCE BoK Survey Developed and Executed by John Haughery at Iowa State University o April 2015 Results Distributed to EECT’s BoK Panel o May 6 th 2015 via from J. Wright Overall Response Rate (N=24) = 19.7% o Total Number of Current Members in EECT Group = 122 Academics = 64, Response Rate (N=12) = 18.8% Industry = 18, Response Rate (N=5) = 27.8% Student = 40, Response Rate (N=7) = 17.5%

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BoK Overall Survey Results

Additional Comments (3)

BoK Survey Results Communication from Dr. Mark Miller, ATMAE Certification Board Chair April 23 rd, 2015 “The question before us now is whether to keep all of the areas based on the survey. I feel we definitely need to keep content areas >3.0, but could use your advice about the areas with scores below this. We did not see any content areas with a score <2.0 – what do you think?” -- John Wright “I hate to exclude anything so you just have fewer questions on the content that scored less. That is your validation for having more questions in certain categories than others.” – Mark Miller

BoK Proposed Weighting of Topics Overall Means from BoK Survey to drive # questions 155 Total CCE Exam Questions = 20 questions * 4 = 80 questions Automated Systems (3.79) Electronics Fundamentals (3.58) Controls (Open Loop/Closed Loop Systems) (3.58) Instrumentation (3.5) = 10 questions * 5 = 50 questions Programming Fundamentals (3.46) Robotic Systems (3.42) Electrical Power Systems (3.33) Safety Systems (3.25) Networking Fundamentals (3.13) = 5 questions * 5 = 25 questions Fluidics/Fluid Power (2.79) Financial Justification (2.67) Industrial Maintenance (2.67) Mechanical Advantage (2.63) Energy Management/Alt Energy (2.58)

What’s Next? Develop Expanded Definitions for each BoK Topic Survey Industry Step 4 Secure Industry Endorsement Ex: - BoK Topic #14 Financial Justification A CCE shall posses competency in determining the payback period, total cost and return-on-investment for the purchase of any automated equipment that may be recommended. CCEs may use discounted cash flow, net present worth, process capability, and future value of money concepts to refine their financial recommendations.

Certification Development Process

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