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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

withvaluable skills that they will need in industry.Despite the fact that many engineering programs have altogether dropped teaching computerprogramming to their non-ECE majors, other programs have continued to require an introductoryprogramming course at the freshman level for all engineering majors1,2,3,4,5. A variety ofplatforms are used in these courses, from the traditional general-purpose programming languageslike C, C++, or Java to programmable engineering tools such as MATLAB, Mathcad, and evenExcel. We present our case for keeping programming as a key introductory course in anengineering curriculum. Our program utilizes a common course thread for the first two years ofstudy. Having a student population already programming-literate enables us

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

cooperativelyhave involved supporting the educational mission of our institution. In fact, some of our moreresearch-oriented projects have their roots in teaching techniques and instructional problems.And more importunately, successful and meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration cumulativelybenefits students in the classroom. A second key component of interdisciplinary collaboration isto let go of rigidity of thought and process and find common ground. Lastly, a key component isinstitutional support. Institutional leadership should not only recognize but encourageinterdisciplinary cooperation.In this paper, the authors review the strategies and rationales they have used in interdisciplinaryactivities. With creativity and a disciplined focus, the authors

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

problem rather than the actual solution found 3. Considering that concept,students are really solving problem, not performing problem solving. Page 10.1067.1Several papers 4,5 and texts6-7 have addressed the concepts of teaching problem solvingtechniques in the classroom. However, these concepts need to be reinforced in everything the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationstudent does, and one of the areas that traditionally are not addressed is reinforcing theseconcepts during exams. .New Jersey

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

design. Decliningenrollments forced universities to reduce program length. In order to accomplish this,many programs reduced application oriented courses and laboratories.1 This shift hasresulted in an increasing gap between what engineers are expected to know and how theyare to perform in industry, and what universities are teaching.2 Engineers in industryspend much time working on complex system integration, yet few engineering graduatesunderstand this process.3 Reference 2 adds “the state of education in this country,especially in science, engineering and technology, has become a matter of increasingconcern to many of us in American industry.”In order to meet the professional needs of industry, engineering educators must place arenewed

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

increased emphasis on developing the professional skills of ourgraduates.Curriculum modifications include a greater focus on microprocessor based systems, interfacing,signal processing, and material science. Core electrical engineering topics are introduced duringthe freshman year and include both lecture and laboratory experiences. The curriculum hasretained its broad range of content topics and its traditional strong design and laboratory focus.The curriculum changes are intended to provide the breadth and depth of technical knowledgeand the professional skills that will enable our graduates to: enter industry with immediateproductivity, pursue changing career opportunities, adjust to life-long technological changes, andpursue graduate school

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Morrow

teams arerequired to prepare a written contract detailing the members’ responsibilities (rotation of respon-sibilities is required), weekly meeting arrangements, and how disputes will be resolved. The teammaintains a lab notebook throughout the course, and meets weekly with the course instructorand/or teaching assistant.The course is structured to contain both a lecture component ( three 50 minute periods per week)and an intense laboratory/project component (one 3 hour period per week). The lecture compo-nent initially focuses on giving the students the required background to successfully implementa design using the course’s hardware and software platforms. The focus then shifts to a sam-pling of more pragmatic design issues that most students

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

design and manufacturing for students in Mechanical Engineering, ManufacturingTechnology, and Industrial Design. The prototype work for this project was funded by a San JoseState University (SJSU) curriculum grant, a seed grant of $20,000 from Hewlett Packard forcomputer equipment, and Unigraphics software donated by UGS. The project team developed athree-course sequence using solid modeling as a medium to teach design, materials andmanufacturing technology constraints through innovative design case studies. Students learn byfacing design challenges while being instructed about the constraints of manufacturabilityincluding properties of materials and modern manufacturing methods. In each course, studentsdevelop three to four products. All

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

Session 3255 Design in Engineering Education and Practice Janis P. Terpenny and Richard M. Goff Department of Engineering Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061AbstractThis paper reports on a new core graduate course that has been developed for the recentlyestablished Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity (Virginia Tech). The course is focused on preparing future engineering facultymembers and practitioners to teach

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

studio type of instruction and collegesand universities nationwide are being encouraged by funding agencies and common perceptionto incorporate these teaching methods throughout science, math, engineering and technologycurricula. In an ideal studio classroom, students are presented with engineering concepts duringshort lecture periods. Students then engage in activity geared toward demonstrating thisinformation by participating in hands-on laboratory activities that utilize computers andcomputer-interfaced laboratory equipment. Students work in teams of two-to-three under theguidance of an instructor. The studio approach allows for immediate application of theory,thereby creating a more effective learning environment for students.”A second grant

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Gally; Steve Chadwick; Randy Shaffer; Milton Cone; Jim Helbling

Interdisciplinary Freshman Experience Chuck Cone, Steve Chadwick, Tom Gally, Jim Helbling, and Randall Shaffer College of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott, ArizonaAbstractThis paper summarizes a cooperative effort undertaken by the Aeronautical, Electrical, andComputer Engineering Departments at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University that led to thedevelopment of a team-taught interdisciplinary engineering course offered to incomingfreshmen. The authors discuss the inception of the project, the development of the coursecontent, and the lessons learned from the first year of teaching the

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

, ERAU’s focus is on technical/technology-relateddisciplines such as engineering.All engineering programs at ERAU require students to take a Technical Report Writing course asa prerequisite for advanced engineering courses; however, many students who have passedTechnical Report Writing still exhibit difficulty adequately completing written assignments, asthe majority of their courses in engineering almost exclusively require such skills as mathematicsand engineering problem-solving. The lab report has proven particularly challenging. In order tobetter serve the students of the COE, then, the HU/COM and COE faculty decided to engage in aprogrammatic modification to the teaching of engineering writing derived from best practices inwriting education

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Board; April Brown; Joseph Holmes; Hisham Massoud; Steven Cummer; Jungsang Kim; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel; Gary Ybarra

each of 15EBI-based questions since both types of data provide useful and different information [2].Analysis of the resulting data suggested that students were generally pleased with theireducational experience, and that the three curricular areas the respondents felt neededsome improvement were teaching, laboratory facilities and relationship between lab andcourse, and design experiences. These results support our faculty’s assessment of areasneeding curricular reform and improvement.The second component of this follow-up study was a student focus group that wasdesigned to elicit detailed input about the current curriculum and to discern reactions tothe planned curriculum. The results from the focus group validated the results of theinitial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Jenny Lo; Bevlee Watford

curricula has proven to be challenging. This paper presents the initial phase of anexperiment in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech to address this problem by means of aresearch option in the traditional technical communication course. In this research option,students have the opportunity to prepare for and to document a summer research experience. Tothat end, the research option of the course is divided into two segments: (1) a spring segment toprepare students for a summer research experience, and (2) a fall segment to teach students tohow document that research experience. This research option culminates in an undergraduateresearch symposium that is to show other undergraduates the benefits of and opportunities for aresearch experience

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Cutbirth; Brett Hughes; Sundararajan Madihally

Paper # 854Introducing Biomedical Engineering Using Creatinine Based Time-in-Dialysis Experiment Daniel Cutbirth, Brett Hughes and Sundararajan V. Madihally School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State UniversityAuthor for correspondence – Sundar Madihally email address: sundar.madihally@okstate.eduIn the emerging field of biomedical engineering, there is a need for experiments which canillustrate the importance of engineering concepts in medicine. One of the laboratory exerciseused in demonstrating the fundamental concepts is hemodialysis device. Typically it is usedunder simulated conditions via salt solutions

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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sucharit Koontanakulvong; Direk Lavansiri

produced 102 Because the system had to dealprocedures covering all operations at with more than 600 staff members andthe departmental level and the Faculty 5,000 students among 12 departments,(Central Administration) levels such as the implementation was divided intostrategic planning, budgeting, two phases; Phase 1 on system setupcurriculum development, teaching and (2001-2002), and Phase 2 on selfevaluation, laboratory maintenance, quality assessment (2003). Theresearch management, etc. [3, 4]. implementation of quality system setup The assessment based on the started at the Central AdministrativeUniversity criteria (34 indexes) can be units and followed with thegrouped into 5

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

teachingstrategy were rewarding: (1) students were motivated in learning about the subjects,chemistry and various engineering technology areas, (2) students connected theirpersonal areas of interests to academic majors programs and daily lives, and (3) manystudents in engineering technology programs incorporated kinesthetic learning styles forthis assignment. In course portfolios and survey, students indicated that theseassignments became enjoyable and valuable learning projects they were attached to in apersonal way. This non-traditional teaching strategy has increased my enthusiasm toknow my students on a personal level through observations of their unique talents andways of connecting chemistry with engineering technology program courses.Introduction

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Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

, and has led an NSF supported effort to integrate Mathematica laboratory sessions intothe freshman calculus sequence at Wright State University.KULDIP S. RATTAN is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Wright State University. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1975. Professor Rattan conductsresearch in the area of electrical control systems, and is active in engineering education reform. He has been therecipient of the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University in both 1985 and 1992, and of theCECS Excellence in Service Award in 1991, 1996 and 2003.MICHAEL L. RAYMER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarangi Parikh; Joel Esposito; Robert DeMoyer; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

andmathematical concepts of modeling physical systems, it is much more difficult to give students anunderstanding of the artful aspects of the modeling process outlined above. In this paper wedescribe a series of laboratory and homework exercises designed to help students hone these skills,discuss how to assess their performance on the exercises and share the results of student opinionsurveys.1 IntroductionIn the Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy all students arerequired to take a junior level course on mathematical modeling. During their senior year allstudents in the department form teams of two or three to design and build a device. Many of theseprojects contain some type of basic automatic control system. Most

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

on Teamwork (NSF Grant #9972758)8, and from Southern Illi-nois University Edwardsville’s Laboratory Experience for Teaching Participatory Design (NSFCCLI Grant #9981088).17This paper presents the outcome of the first offering of the course. The course is cross-listed forcredit to students in each of these areas. It incorporates team-based robotics projects in which theteams are cross-functional and composed of one student from each area. For the first year, thecourse was taught by a team of faculty members from all of the represented areas. Emphasis wasplaced on cross-functional teamwork aspects, including the development of materials in eacharea as applied to robotics that was accessible to all of the students regardless of their majors

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

inthe current user interface and navigation components.The interactive drawing and response tool portion of the tutorial was presented separately toapproximately eighty students in an introductory engineering graphics course at PurdueUniversity. These students had some basic experience with multiview drawing and had completedseveral simple problems of this nature in course laboratory exercises. The students were asked tocomplete ten problems in the interactive drawing and response module and were asked tocomplete a short survey regarding the interactive tool. From these responses, the followingoverall opinions were noted: • The students consistently found the tool to be easy to use. • The error messages were not clear or were somewhat

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark French

outside speaker – an engineer from a racing team – discussed his duties andresponsibilities on an actual team, both in preparation for and during a race. He brieflytouched on tire pressure, recording, adjusting wing angles, ambient conditions and theireffects on the car.12. Develop an understanding of the role of the “factory” in the manufacture of the engine, chassis, tires, etc.No activity in initial course offering. We are seeking a guest lecturer for the next courseoffering.Dynamics ModuleIt is not possible to present details on from all the modules in this paper, so we will usethe vehicle dynamics module and the engine module, as representative examples.Approximately three weeks of lecture and four weeks in the laboratory were devoted

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

, critical thinking, constructing new knowledge based on these answers, and problemsolving.5, 6 Studies conducted with science students found that inquiry-based science activitieshave positive effects on students’ science achievement, cognitive development, laboratory skillsand understanding of science content as a whole when compared with more traditional teachingapproaches.7, 8 Students participatingin hands-on activities, performingtheir own science experiments learnmore than those who do not.9, 10 Ahands-on inquiry-based approach isparticularly appealing to studentswith disabilities (special education),teaching them to use kinestheticmodalities, verbal modalities,pictorial representations andcreativity.11 Other studies have shownthat students in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Bazzoli; Blair Rowley

, four-hourcredit course required of all freshmen students. It is offered each quarter. Instruction manpowerconsists of the program director and four graduate teaching assistants (GTA). One assistant deanmanages the budget, ordering materials, hiring, and unusual student problems.MethodologyEach quarter there are two lecture sections, five computer laboratory sections, and fiveinstrumentation sections. The lecture sections are limited to 50 students each and the laboratorysections are limited to 20 students each. The lecture sections are two hours long. The laboratorysections are two hours long. Each student is required to enroll in a lecture section, a computerlaboratory section, and an instrumentation laboratory section. In addition to

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

technique has been successful and we hope to optimize its use in thisintroductory course as well as introduce it into future biomedical engineering courses.Bibliography1. Beasley, C. A., Culkowski, P. M. and Guffner, G. E., Integration of Lecture and Laboratory in a Technology Program, Engineering Education, 433, April, 1990.DANIEL P. CAVANAGH is an associate professor of biomedical and chemical engineering at Bucknell Universityin Lewisburg, PA. In addition to currently holding the Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical Engineering, he isalso Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program. Dr. Cavanagh teaches a variety of biomedical and chemicalengineering courses in addition to researching intravascular gas embolism and dialysis.SAMANTHA J

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

andinteractive software for use in engineering Dynamics courses. In this case it was claimed thatsome improvement in student performance can be obtained by the use of these tools.In a previous paper [11] the author discussed his experiences on using simulation software(commercially available) for Dynamics teaching and improving learning. Feedback fromstudents showed that the simulations can help visualize and understand mechanical systemsdynamic behavior.However some of the approaches mentioned above can sometimes be difficult to implement.Some of the reasons for that could be software availability, difficulties integrating software andweb tools into an already long syllabus, class size and lack of laboratory time for the discipline.For these cases, a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Stephen Frempong; Willie Ofosu

The Pennsylvania Stet University are compelled to modify course content to include latestinnovations in the technology. Although it is easy to modify the lecture component of thecurricula, laboratory exercises can only be done in small scales within controlled environmentwhich does not justify the expense for some of the equipment. For example, a laboratoryexercise in digital aerial photogrammetry requires an aircraft equipped with an on-board GPSreceiver, digital aerial camera and many other accessories. It is obvious that the expensesinvolved in acquiring the equipment for this exercise far exceed the financial resource of theprogram. There is therefore a need to find innovative ways to expose students to the equipment,technology, and

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

class through the useof checklists. Students are given the chance to assess other students work products to learnhow to appreciate and reward quality. They practice continuous improvement first hand bygiving feedback on the learning process at the end of each class. They demand and expectinstructors to follow up on their feedback to see if they “walk the talk”.Management of the CourseFollowing are management issues that need to be presented to give a clear and completepicture of the course.Active LearningIn a study done by the National Training Laboratories it was found that the learner’s retentionrate is highly affected by the learning environment. To lecture is at the top of the learningpyramid and to teach is at the bottom. In conventional

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Hart

Society For Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinspired, I proposed an optional laboratory project on class-D amplifiers, and fivestudents participated. The hardware that the students used to implement their class-Damplifier projects and student opinions about the experience are described below.The HardwareClass-D amplifiers contain a triangular-waveform generator for the high-frequencycarrier signal, a comparator to compare the carrier signal with the audio signal, and powertransistors arranged in an H-bridge to switch the output voltage to either a high or lowvoltage depending on the output of the comparator. A passive Butterworth filter on

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1. Some fundamental topics in introductory circuit analysis: a critique;Davis, A.M.; Education, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 43 , Issue: 3 , Aug. 2000Pages:330 3352. A new design-oriented laboratory for the introductory circuits core course at Penn StateUniversity; Mayer, T.S.; Medunick, J.R.; Chunyu Zhang; Jackson, T.N.; Frontiers in EducationConference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'.Proceedings. , Volume: 1 , 5-8 Nov. 1997 Pages:506 - 510 vol.13. Laboratories for introductory circuits and electronics; Takach, M.D.; Heeren, R.G.; Frontiersin Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 , Volume: 2 , 1-4 Nov. 1995 Pages

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Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Session 1148 Strategies for Embedding Scholarship in the Educational Experiences of Engineering Technology Undergraduate Students Abi Aghayere College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe hallmark of Engineering Technology (ET) programs is its student-centered curriculum andhands-on approach to teaching. Many institutions with ET programs now require scholarship oftheir ET faculty in addition to their teaching duties. In many institutions that have alwaysemphasized scholarship and research