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NEIT
Says Goodbye to a Great Man
 Domenic
DiLuglio, NEIT's first special assistant to the President,
passed away on October 9 after a lengthy illness. He was well
liked, admired, and respected. The NEIT community will feel
his absence for quite some time.
Dom had been an educator in the Warwick school system for
many years. He had been a teacher, football coach, vice principal,
and assistant superintendent. He also served as superintendent
of the Warwick School Department for 12 years. Dom is remembered
for his leadership in a time of great enrollment growth and
change in Warwick, and for building Toll Gate High School.
Upon his retirement as Superintendent, Dom came to NEIT in
1981 as Special Assistant to the President, and became a friend,
advisor and mentor to everyone with whom he worked.
Dom had been drafted by the Detroit Lions football team in
1941, but instead enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was accepted
to Officer Candidate School in Quantico, VA, and served as
a lieutenant commanding a rifle company in the First Marine
Division. Dom was the recipient of two Bronze Stars, two Purple
Hearts, and a Presidential Unit Citation for meritorious service
in combat. He served until 1947, attaining the rank of major.
Dom counted the experiences in the Marine Corps, and the friendships
he established, as among the most significant of his life.
Dom had a master's degree in education from RIC, completed
advanced graduate studies at the University of Connecticut,
and was awarded an honorary doctorate in public education
from URI, and an honorary doctorate from NEIT in 1997.
He served on the boards of Kent County Memorial Hospital,
the Community College of Rhode Island Foundation, Junior Achievement,
the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the New
England and RI association of superintendents, and the Warwick
Rotary.
Dom's commitment to education, and to the students who attended
NEIT is legendary. He had a unique ability to engage students
in conversation and learn about the students' reasons for
wanting to better their education and their lives by attending
NEIT.
We are honored that Dom, long recognized as one of the most
respected people in education in Rhode Island, was part of
our college community.
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Dr.
E. Foster Wiggins
Dr.
Wiggins Retires
After Twenty-Six Years
After
twenty-six years of distinguished service to New England
Institute of Technology, Dr. E. Foster Wiggins, Dean Emeritus,
has retired from the college. Since joining New England
Tech as its first Dean of Academic Affairs in 1977, he oversaw
the development of numerous technical programs, assisted
the college through several accreditations, and after leaving
the Dean's Office, served as a Professor of Mathematics.
The entire college community wishes Dr. "Foster"
Wiggins a long, happy retirement.
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Electronics
Engineering Technology (EET) Program Receives ABET Re-Accreditation
Through 2009
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Vincent
Scotto, Department Chair of
the bachelor's degree program in Electronics Engineering
Technology (EET) has announced that the college's EET
program has been granted re-accreditation by the Technology
Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology. ABET is recognized by the
US Department of Education as the sole agency responsible
for professional accreditation of educational programs
leading to associate and baccalaureate degrees in engineering
technology. NEIT's first ABET accreditation was in 1995.
Since its beginning in 1983, the EET program has undertaken
repeated curricular review to ensure that the program
remains current with trends in the field. The program
employs a hands-on, practical approach to the mastery
of electronics engineering technology. The courses are
structured to combine background theory and laboratory
experience. This approach is characterized by increasing
levels of electronic theory, applied mathematics through
differential and integral calculus, and technology courses
that emphasize the application of technical knowledge
and methods to the solution of current day-to-day problems
associated with the industry. |
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current focus of the EET program is to give students the
practical skills that will be useful and in demand in
industry. Among the many skills that students will learn
are a core of process control skills that include:
* How to create visual computer screens using Visual
Basic to control digital and analog devices (Inputs/Outputs),
using a computer and digital and analog I/O card.
* How to design a microcontroller based system
for machine control, and learn assembly code and digital
and analog interfacing.
* How to do analog and digital signal conditioning
for sensor and actuator interface and control.
* How to design a PLC (SLC 500) control system
for industrial control, and learn to handle digital I/O
and analog I/O, discreet process control, and Proportional,
Integral Derivative control (PID).
* The use of software packages to solve technical
problems. These include Assembly code, AHDL (Altera Hardware
Description Language), PSpice, RsLogix, Visual Basic,
C++, and LabView.
* Design, build, debug, document and present a
Senior Project of the student's choice. |
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Glenn
Defusco, EET student, shows his senior project - a
scaled model of an Automated Sheetrock Lift. |
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NEIT
Wishes Luck to Two Instructors
Al Genest, former Electrical Technology
instructor, has retired after 30 years of service
to the college. He was an integral part of the
Electrical program, as he was one of the original
faculty who developed the program. During his
career here at NEIT he also served as the Assistant
Dean and the Chair of the Electrical Technology,
Electronics Technology and Electronics Engineering
Technology degree programs. The college wishes
Al the best in his future endeavors and thanks
him for his three decades of service to the
college.
Paul Perry, Video and Radio Production
Technology and Digital Recording Arts Technology
instructor, has accepted a position as Morning
Drive Personality at Chicago's premier Oldies
station, WJMK Ñ FM. Paul established
the radio program at NEIT in 1992 and has developed
the curriculum into the bachelors program. "Not
only will he be missed by the students, but
he will be greatly missed by his colleagues,"states
John Cormier, Department Chair. When you're
in Chicago, be sure to tune him in!
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