Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

develop appropriate corrective measures and describe these measures quantitativelyand qualitatively in detail. The teams will explain how these measures will be implemented andjustify their effectiveness and expected costs. Each team will present findings in class or developa web page to reflect on the findings. This assignment will be carried out in collaboration withthe Engineering Design Course ED&G-100 to help students potentially in future policyinfluencing positions to interact with students who may be in future positions of influencing suchsocietal-based designs and infrastructure as roadways, bridges, mines, communication systems,levees, transportation systems, etc.”Problems that Arose in the Dispatch of the AssignmentUnfortunately

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

or former ITP students and composed awide variety of technical and non-technical backgrounds. Nearly 80% of these individuals havetechnical backgrounds (meaning undergraduate degrees in engineering, science or mathematics)and 70% have two or more years professional work experience. ITP has a strong internationalstudent body and the survey reflects this with 36% of the respondents being from abroad.Finally, the majority of those surveyed attended the SFTP events in the last 18 months. 5.2. Survey ResultsThe main body of the survey contained a long series of questions employing a seven-point Likertscale to measure students’ attitudes on a broad range of topics concerning the SFTP events. Wenow present some of the more interesting findings.In

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

at least 4 hours long. Students were permitted to pick one of the projectsprovided by the instructor or they could find a service learning project themselves. All servicelearning projects not provided by the instructor required instructor approval prior to the start ofthe project. At the completion of the service learning project students were required to submit a2-3 page reflection on the service learning experience.At the end of the semester, a list of the different activities was compiled for future reference.The agencies that benefited from the service-learning project can be found in Table 3.Table 3. Service-learning agencies for Hypatia program Big Sisters- Southwest Virginia

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Charlene Yauch, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

differences, which aresummarized in Table 5. Both authors feel that the project worked best in a multi-weekvenue with freshman-level students taking the orientation course. Reflecting on thedifferences between the two offerings, the authors think that five of the dimensionscontributed to the varying outcomes observed. First, the orientation class was moresuccessful because of the greater maturity level of the students. The REACH studentswere typically one to two years younger than the college students in the orientation class.Second, the smaller class size made it easier to manage the class and to generatediscussion. Third, the smaller teams helped to get all students on the team engaged in theactivity. There were some students in the summer academy

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

semesters. However, we invited and facilitatedparticipants to actually take the courses along with distance education students during thesemesters the courses are offered. This gives them access to student chats and other informationin real-time so that faculty participants can experience the range of issues that arise during thesemester that are not reflected in printed material.Workshop curriculumThe workshop curriculum is delivered over an intense two full day period. We rely on the factthat participants are already accomplished faculty in a related discipline, which allows us tofocus on pedagogy, advanced security topics, and the logistics of building a program. We viewthe workshop as the start of the process; participants see a “proof of

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalkowski, Knowledge Consultants; Gilbert Laware, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

implementation plan.The ImplicationsThe bottom line in this approach is that it provides an agile and essential Business ProcessManagement (BPM) analysis that is useful to sort out the processes for improvement. As in thisexample consider capturing the context envelope about who, what, where, when, how, and whysomething is needed with sufficient detail so that it can be engineered. This is the data about theorganization and this is referred to as the organization’s metadata. It is always part of thefundamental requirements. (Laware, 1993) These descriptive statements reflect the current ordesired needs by providing specific organizational data about who, what, where, when, how, andwhy something is needed. We can see that this information (location

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roth Elliot, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Phillip Jacob, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

11.892.7 Figure 1. The One handed egg CrackerIn another case on the RIC-recreation side, the wheelchair softball project was met withskepticism when it was first offered in winter 2004 . The objective there was to devise away for a wheelchair athlete to stabilize the chair while at bat but allow for instant egressupon hitting the ball. Students devised various prototypes and models, but because teammembers were disperse and rarely available most features were difficult to validate.Upon further reflection, the project was presented in the spring while the sport is inseason and the team members are available for observation and user feedback. So aftertwo years of spring quarter projects the result was a refined and field

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Finelli, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 11.590.3content categories based on explicit rules of coding4,5. In order to allow for replication, thetechnique can only be applied to data that are durable in nature.In general, content analysis is used to examine trends and patterns or monitor shifts indocuments6. It can be conducted simply by doing a word-frequency count. The assumptionmade is that the words that are mentioned most often are the words that reflect the greatestimportance. However, during the word count usage of synonyms should be taken into account5.Content analysis results in data categorization. A category can be described as “a group ofwords with similar meaning or connotations"5.Content analysis can be completed in two ways: 1) emergent coding, and 2) a priori

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley; Sarah Zappe; Meng-Fen Hsieh, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

they already feltconfident in the lab setting. Many students (50.8%) felt that they would rather have an in-classdemonstration than a take-home experiment. Reasons listed that students would rather have anin-class demonstration mostly reflected a negativity towards having to do additional workoutside of the classroom.Most of the students felt that the lab did not pose any difficulties with the equipment or withworking as a team. An overwhelming majority of the students (90.2%) agreed that theinstructions were easy to follow for the lab. Approximately 77% felt that they did not havedifficulties in using the equipment. A total of 85% felt that their team worked well together. Theopen-ended comments corroborated these results. The only potential

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

De'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

and major. At theculmination of the program, students were required to create a poster to be judged by university Page 11.1333.4faculty, give an oral presentation, or write a final report.Procedure An online qualitative/quantitative survey was emailed to all students in the program.Students were given the opportunity to participate in the study on a voluntary basis and wereinformed that their survey responses were completely confidential and would not be linked totheir individual identities. The survey was made available approximately two weeks before theend of the program, allowing participants to accurately reflect on their work and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Stanfield, North Carolina A&T State University; Caroline Moineau, North Carolina A&T State University; Shona Morgan, North Carolina A&T State University; Silvanus Udoka, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Cherrington, B., “An Integrated Approach to Graduate Education in Manufacturing Systems--The U.T. Dallas Model”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 1993.8. Pardue, M.D., “Architecture for a Successful Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Program in a 4-year College or University”, Journal of Engineering Education, Janruary 1993.9. Lamancusa, J.S., Jorgensen,J.E., and Zayas-Castro, J.L., “The Learning Factory— A New Approach to Page 11.1344.11 Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Engineering Education, April 1997.10. Shields, M. A. “Collaborative Teaching: Reflections on a

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

from alumni as well as employers about ‘special understanding’ gained throughcapstone design prototyping.We recognize that the demanding task of mentoring senior design teams takes leadership,management, and proficiency with state-of-the-art tools. In order to better cultivate these skillsin design team mentors, a semester long graduate seminar has been created. This seminar allowsIEW members to share and reflect on actions taken with individual teams to find collectivesolutions for common problems. Page 11.895.4Despite extensive mentor development, experience has shown that seniors often need substantialshop training in order to complete their

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

). Page 11.957.7As we can see in table 5, the investments in Science and technology are not so low. It is a largeCountry with deep differences among the regions, which makes it more interesting under thepoint of view of development. It is a Country with different stages of development among itsunits. It reflects in the Education too.Comparing with other smaller Countries like Japan it has a small attention to the development ofScience and technology. There are other variables that are subject for another paper and that willnot be discussed in this one.5. Engineering in Science and TechnologyBrazil is five hundreds years old with a history of races meeting to the construction of a peoples’identity marked by the diversity and cultural richness

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Support

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Duggins, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the course as well as student performance for specific programoutcomes that are identified as being supported by that course. Additionally it containsmodifications made to the course, instructor reflections about the effectiveness of the course, andsuggestions for future improvement. Thirdly, it assists in program outcome assessment byincorporating the raw data in the FCARs, which are then grouped together by program outcomesand the relevant sections can be evaluated. This allows program-level assessment to be done byevaluating relevant sections of groups of FCARS rather than processing raw student performancedata. Fourthly, it gives immediate feedback to the next professor teaching a particular courseabout prior offerings of the course and

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

International

involves the calculator or thecalibrator, it is a facile leap to a black and white worldview that allows little room for diversityand no quarter for deviancy.With little disruption and no damage to the integrity of the transfer of technical knowledge fromprofessor to student, an environment can be encouraged wherein a 50/50 (at least) worldviewmay be nurtured in an 80/20 framework. Posing questions about the environmental impact oftechnology consumes very little time or energy but may open a window of positive reflection to astudent trained to look only at efficiency of heat transference. A faculty member does not have Page 11.366.5to join Green

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University-Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, which in turn translates into Continuous Improvement of Outcome Based Education. Page 11.978.8IV. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Program’sContinuous Improvement PlanIV- a. The Teaching PhilosophyThe ECET department’s Teaching Philosophy is the reflection and commitment tostudent centered, Outcome Based Process Education.The Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology Department draws its teachingphilosophy from the secular scientific tradition of free inquiry leading to the unhamperedgrowth of knowledge.The Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology Faculty addresses the holistic needsof the society at large

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

with respectto understanding sustainability, global perspective, and the process design. The focus ontwo of the many realistic constraints considered throughout IE 441 was made to comparestudent knowledge across courses, as well as classes. Data from Fall 2005 was compiledand average score and standard deviation was calculated. Rubric assessment has beenadjusted as necessary to provide an accurate reflection of student abilities. Gradingrubrics in IE 441 have been modified to help the students know what is expected and toallow the instructor to better evaluate the students’ abilities to consider realisticconstraints as they impact the design process

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

course descriptions included the following topics: • Magnetic circuits (7/8), • Three Phase (3/8), • Transformers (7/8), • Energy Conversion (8/8) • DC & AC Machines (8/8), and • Motor Drives (4/8).This small sample reflects the traditional cross section of an introductory course in the area ofenergy conversion in electrical engineering. The heart of transformer and motor instructioninvolves developing an electrical circuit model, and then using the model to perform loading Page 11.1131.3analysis. Fortunately, the topic areas listed above are suitable for computer-based modeling,simulation, and model validation.The School of

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

approach that was chosen was to initiate teams at multiple schools thatcould collaborate on a common set of tools.Initial project planning has been conducted with phone calls, emails and instant messages. OpenSource software such as WordPress15 and MediaWiki16 has been used to share projectdocumentation between teams. WordPress is an authoring tool that allows users to publishweblogs containing frequently updated commentary. Team members update their personalweblogs to reflect their current commitments and ideas, including links to relevant articles ordiscussions. MediaWiki is software that allows users to create wikis, which are collaborativewebsites editable by any user. All information in each team member’s personal weblog and theproject wiki

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Mountain, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

”, which would accommodate a 1N4001 diode lead, but was slightly oversizedfor most chip carriers and component leads. The oversized holes made component insertioneasy, but the soldering process more difficult due to the larger voids around most components.The ability to avoid the data-isolation and file-translation steps, while gaining the ability to drillholes of various diameters in a single step using the laser seemed worth investigating. Althougha CO2 laser in this power range does not appear to be capable of piercing standard one-ouncecopper cladding (presumably due to its high thermal conductivity and reflectivity), it wasdiscovered experimentally that sufficient heat could be concentrated on the unclad side of thePCB to burn through the PCB

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

response to evolving U.S. Air Force requirements, the five departments that make up theEngineering Division at the U.S. Air Force Academy have shifted their emphasis from individualprojects to multidisciplinary team projects for their senior-level, two-semester capstone designcourses. Design teams consist of students from a variety of engineering disciplines and, in someinstances, a student majoring in systems engineering management. The roles of the differentstudents on each project team reflect their disciplines. This approach has been providing ourstudents with real world engineering experiences. These experiences include, in addition to thetraditional engineering design activities, learning to work with other students from outside theirown

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Loui, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Longino, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students during the fall semester of 2005; each interview lasted about onehour and was videotaped. Student volunteers were identified through three rounds of emailsolicitation. In the first round, we contacted students who had taken ECE290 and CS231 duringthe Summer 2005 session, and only students with A grades responded. To achieve a diversity ofachievement levels in our interview subjects, we contacted students who had taken these coursesduring the Spring 2005 semester and received course grades of “C and lower” and “B/B-” in thesecond and third solicitations, respectively. Of the eight students whom we interviewed, threehad taken CS231 and five had taken ECE290. Two students were women.Students were first asked to reflect on their experiences

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Jeon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo Amekudzi, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

achievement of others [15].The document emphasized the fact that making choices in order to provide optimum futureconditions within the Study Corridor will necessarily and properly reflect the balancing ofvarious competing values [16]. Major possible impacts taken into account in the document are1) social and economic impacts, 2) environmental impacts such as impacts on energyconsumption, air and water quality impacts, and effects on noise levels, 3) changes in travel andtraffic patterns, and 4) other impacts such as aesthetic and visual effects, parks and waterfrontaccess, displacement and relocation, etc. [16]. In terms of social and economic impacts, the EIS considers long-term benefits from theprovision of improved access to the CBD as well

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

and understanding among engineers. ABET criteria isbecoming widely considered and adopted abroad as reflected by the existing Washington Accordand the proposed Engineer of Americas initiative, both aimed at creating quality assurance inengineering education using ABET criteria to promote mobility across countries. Without 3L, apotential result of these initiatives is that engineering programs all over could end up observingsimilar outcome criteria but engineers from different countries will not understanding each other.3L minimizes this riskModify funding policies Engineering education community has become reliant on NSF funding for their curricular,programmatic, and reform activities. Hence we propose to add the CGC to the criteria

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

utility generation andtransmission (ECET 331)), an electrical distribution course,4 and two controls courses. Despitethe tradition, the power courses sometimes come into question. One way of defending the powercourses is to make sure they contribute to the program outcomes, which reflect the ABET a-kitems in Table 1. Page 11.94.3As the department prepared for its first accreditation under TC2K, we developed programoutcomes. Later, as the process continued, it was decided that every course in the curriculumshould contribute to some of the outcomes. In order to strengthen the case for ECET 331, Idecided to incorporate a multi-week

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American; Bob Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

thelearning process with engineering software. Furthermore, CBT can help students acquire andorganize knowledge by, among other things, student learning through teaching. Assessment-centered environments provide students with opportunities to revise and improve the quality oftheir thinking and understanding. Assessment must reflect the ultimate learning goals, forinstance, understanding and applicability of knowledge. CBT is a means to provide immediatefeedback and self assessment. CBT is also a practical tool to create public forums forassessment. Finally, community-centered environments promote a sense of community. Theyencourage students to learn how to use their peer students, teachers, and other members of thecommunity as a resource for their

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

effective in taking a lead in the education of ourclients on the use of the new technologies. The visit was a success beyond our most optimistic projection of what we could get donein the short time we were in Tibet. These accomplishments pale in comparison to the personalgrowth and leadership skill development experiences that the students were able to take from thistrip. Real-world problems require an ability to adapt to local constraints that could not beanticipated. How do you make a building out of rocks and mud? Are there supplies available inremote locations for liquid waste handling (PVC pipe), venting (aluminum stove pipes), lumberfor structures (hand hewn logs), mortar (concrete with sifted sand), or reflective coatings

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thompson, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

structure and document how to build it. Handing it off to another group to manufacture and test.EvaluationThere were 39 Science Bound students who attended the First-Year Engineering/Science Day2004. Following the Science Bound students' experience at Purdue, Science Bound students wereasked a series of questions in the form of surveys and open ended questions concerning the First-Year Engineering/Science Day 2004. In addition to first year students normal reflection activitiesincorporated as a part of service-learning, first year students were also interviewed about thisparticular service-learning experience.The results of these questions showed to be overwhelmingly positive for the Science Bound andthe first year students. Based off of the

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

International

. Table 4 Exploring LondonPart I.Visit a train station and record the following observations: Where do the trains go? Describe the station architecture. Describe the neighborhood around the station? What evidence do you see of privatization? Be sure to get your travel card validatedPart II.Visit a London Park What are the activities of the patrons of the park? What sort of sections is the park divided into, that reflect intended uses of the park? Do the activities taking place in the park appear to match the intended uses? How might the time of day, and day of the week, affect what an observer sees?Part III.Visit any one from each of the following categories and note your observations

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franca Trubiano, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

materials. This paper has demonstrated in a number of ways, using a varietyof scales and pedagogical questions the benefits accrued in situating material constructions at the Page 11.1303.22center of the design process.Bibliography1. Kenneth Frampton, Studies in Tectonic Culture, The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture (Cambridge, Mass; MIT Press, 1995), Introduction : Reflections on the Scope of the Tectonic, pp. 1-2.2. Ibid., p.1. Frampton attributed the privileging of the spatial to art historian and critic August Schmarsow (1853-1936).3. Ibid.4. Journal of