availability of the course instructor in helping the students withthe project is critical. The post-project test and informal interaction with the students at the endof the semester revealed that the project had played a vital role in integrating course concepts. Our overall conclusion is that with a carefully planned syllabus, course projects, and theavailability of student support resources, introducing reconfigurable computing to undergraduatecomputer engineering students can be a useful vehicle for teaching topics on parallel hardwareand parallel algorithms. We plan to make available online all the course materials developed forthe new course.Bibliography1. Douglass, S., “Introducing the Virtex-5 FPGA family”, Xcell Journal, pp. 8 -11
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Manufacturing Engineering Department at Wichita State University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in modeling and simulation, neural networks, sustainability, and probability and statistics. Dr. Twomey’s current research is in sustainable systems.Barbara Chaparro, Wichita State University Barbara S. Chaparro has a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Texas Tech University and a B.S. in Psychology from University of Richmond, VA. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Software Usability Research Lab at Wichita State University. Her research interests include human-computer interaction, usability evaluation methods, and onscreen
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS = XX 1 2 3 4 . . . . . . . . . .THE CRITICAL THINKING RUBRICRUBRIC COURTESY OF W. S. U.WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYPULLMAN, WA. 99164.LIKERT SCALE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION :(1 : Strongly Disagree; 5 : Strongly Agree)Kinesthetic 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4Reading 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 5 1 4 2 3 4Aural 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 4 2 4 2 3 2Visual
W.S.U. Rubric 4 Analyze Data 3 Collected Page 14.255.7APPENDIX B: (Rubrics courtesy of W S U, Pullman, WA) Rubrics based on Likert Scale5 Has demonstrated excellence. Has analyzed important data precisely. Has provided documentation. Has answered key questions correctly. Evidence of critical thinking ability. Has addressed problems effectively. Very good performance
exchange about the challenges of working on diverse studentteams and about how to resolve these challenges, faculty can go a long way to helping Page 14.1312.7engineering students develop the skills, knowledge, and awareness they will need upongraduation.References1. Gurin, P., Dey, E. L., Hurtado, S., & Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), 330-366.2. Hong, L., & Page, S. E. (2004). Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers. PNAS, 101(46), 16385-16389.3. Kaplan, M., Cook, C. E., Steiger, J
consistent in continuousdiscounting of future costs while using discrete discounting of future positive cash flows. Theengineering economy literature is not consistent.The use of discrete or continuous interest rates can have a significant effect on the value of theoption, and the choice of compounding method can change the decision outcome. This is not ameaningless topic. We recommend ensuring that consistent assumptions about compoundingand effective interest rate values be made.References1. Amram, M. and Kulatilaka, N. (1999) Real Options, Harvard Business School Press, Boston.2. Black, F. and Scholes, M. (1973) “The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities,” Journal of PoliticalEconomy, 81(3), 637-654.3. Block, S. (2007) “Are ‘Real Options
. One busy intersection on campus is the crossing of Fifth Ave. in front of the bookstore. Dangers at this intersection include heavy traffic and busses which run against the general traffic flow (see diagram below). The University would like to design a cost effective method for students to cross Fifth Ave. which would reduce the possibility of accidents at this intersection. You have been assigned to design a solution to this problem for presentation to the University Traffic Committee. In the process of designing your solution you have been asked to respond to the set of questions on the following pages. The interviewer has more paper if you need it. 1. What is the problem as you see it? 2. List potential solution(s) for this
(1), 33 Lesniak, R. J., & Hodes, C. L. (2000). Social relationships: learner perceptions of interactions indistance learning, The Journal of General Education, 49(1), 34-43.4 Gray, G. L., Evans, D., Cornwell, P., Contanzo, F., and Self B., (2003). Toward aNationwide Dynamics Concept Inventory Assessment Test, Proceedings of the2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Vol Sessions 1168, Nashville,TN: ASEE.5 Timoshenko, S. P., (1983) History of Strengths of Materials, New York: DoverPublications, pp 67-70.6 About the Ecole Polytechnique (2008) Retrieved July 28 2008from: http://www.polytechnique.edu/page.php?MID=177 More Than 75 Years of Quality Assurance in Technical Education, Retrieved 28 July2008 from
. Ed., Apr. 2006.4. Ohland, M.W., Fillman, S.A., Zhang, G., and Miller, T.K., “NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program in theContext of US Entrepreneurship Programs,” Education that Works: The NCIIA 8th Annual Meeting, March 18-20,2004.5. High, K., and Damron, R. "Are Freshman Engineering Students Able to Think and Write Critically?" ASEE PaperAC 2007-1744.6. Ohland, M.W. "The Effect of an Entrepreneurship Program on GPA and Retention," Journal of EngineeringEducation, Oct 2004.7. Georgi, G., Doucette, D., and Folan, L. "Entrepreneurship in Freshman Engineering," Proc. 2002ASEE/SEFI/TUB Colloquium, 2002.8. Wang, E., and Kleppe, J. "Teaching Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Engineering," J. Engr. Ed.,Oct. 2001.9. Bilen, S
, thus contributing to the future workforce development. Finally, theproject has provided enough feedback as a sound starting point for the next picosatelliteproject at Saint Louis University, where the students utilize all the experience gainedfrom the PASSat project.References1. The Future of University Space Research, USRA, 2006.2. Hands-on Training for Tomorrow’s Space Researchers, USRA, 2007.3. The Space Workforce: A Shared Dependency, USRA, 2008.4. NASA: The Vision for Space Exploration, NASA, 2004.5. Space Studies Board: Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting theWorkforce Needs for National Vision for Space Exploration, National AcademicPress, 2007.6. S. Jayaram, Billikensat 1 – Saint Louis University’s First Cubesat, ASEEConference
Response to Survey Question About Active Learning Effectiveness Winter 2008 Summer 2008 Response Rating Acceptable Acceptable Average 2.14 2.60 Responding Good or Better 42.9% 65.7% Responding Less Than Acceptable 31.4% 14.3%Based on the evidence presented above combined with the student performance especially on theHW but also on the tests and the final examination the answer is yes. The survey used is in thedocumentation binder(s). The survey response for acceptable was: Participating in the class sessions
controllers, hardware in the loop techniques, power system monitoring andcontrol as well as power electronics applications utilizing other hardware in the researchlaboratories. This paper summarizes the use of Real Time Modeling and Simulation (RTMS) toimprove teaching and research activities contributing towards improved learning for powerengineering students.Role of RTMS in Teaching ActivitiesWith advancements in computational power, signal processing and physical electronics, thepotential of modeling and simulation has been well recognized. The AC network analyzer wasone of the first power system simulator in 1960’s and was improved several times utilizing bettermodeling techniques and science advancements8.Development of a real-time digital
Page 14.83.10appropriate comprehensive map, this method does provide a much clearer insight into thefundamental understanding students gain based upon their enrollment in assorted courses.References[1] National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice., J. Bransford, J. W. Pellegrino, S. Donovan, and NetLibrary Inc., "How people learn bridging research and practice," Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999, pp. x, 78 p.[2] J. R. Anderson and C. Lebiere, The atomic components of thought. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.[3] J. D. Novak, Learning, creating, and using knowledge: Concept maps as facilitative tools in schools and corporations
h S im S im am old S C G Test Functions Project #8 Project #10 Project #7 Figure 3. Examples of AAMU RAMS project results. Page 14.1025.7RAMS program is
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reports, exams and quizzes)to evaluate students’ growth, a number of questionnaires were administered during the semester.The quantitative metrics as well as students’ feedback indicated overall student growth duringthe semester. Students reported that changing teaching approaches kept them motivated andengaged in the activities associated with the lab. These findings entice the authors to consider thethree-way approach in future semesters and to refine it by building on its strengths. Page 14.133.9Bibliography1. Fink, L., Ambrose, S., and Wheeler, D., “Becoming a Professional Engineering Educator: A New Role for a New Era,” Journal of
identifiesexpected outcomes, assesses the extent to which it achieves these outcomes, and providesevidence of improvement based on analysis of the results in each of the following areas: 3.3.1.1educational programs, to include student learning outcomes . . .”6Within the Mercer School of Engineering this assessment is conducted by an evaluation ofstudent work from one open-ended experiment assignment. All reports for this lab assignmentare assessed by a team of three faculty members [usually including the course instructor(s)]. Thefaculty members assess each of four tasks separately7,8: design of experiment, conduct ofexperiment, analysis of data, and interpretation of data. Each lab group’s performance withrespect to each task is scored on a 1 to 5 scale
graduate on time. This support indicates the university’s enthusiasm, a firmcommitment of service to our EET students, and an endorsement of the goals and objectives ofthe ET2 program.The paper describes how the ET2 program: (i) addresses a national concern by helping to expandand diversify the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) will develop linkages andarticulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM programs, (iii) identifies a clear potential toincrease the participation and graduation of female and minority students from engineering andtechnology degree programs, (iv) serves as a model for other selective universities to providetransfer students the access to the baccalaureate, (v) gives scholars hands-on experience in
earned a B. S. Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech University, and taught high school physics for six years. He implemented an International Baccalaureate physics program and a Project Lead the Way pre-engineering program, and is a National Board Certified teacher. His current research focuses on human motion biomechanics, and the application of biomechanics in high school and undergraduate curricula to teach fundamental concepts in physics and engineering.Carol Wade, Clemson University Carol Wade is a second year Ph.D. student at Clemson University in Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction. She is a National Board Certified mathematics teacher in the area of Adolescent Young Adult
., and Prensky, M., 2007, Games and Simulations in Online Learning, Hershey:Information Science Publishing.6. Dahm, K.D., Ramachandran, R.P., Broderick, S., and Panchesine, C., 2003, “Teaching Engineering EconomicsUsing a Web-Based, Interactive Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.7. Pillutla, S., 2003, “Creating a Web-Based Simulation Gaming Exercise Using PERL and JavaScript,”Simulation & Gaming, 34(1), pp.112-130.8. Leemkuil, H., T. Jong, R. Hoog, and N. Christoph, 2003, “KM QUEST: A Collaborative Internet-BasedSimulation Game,” Simulation & Gaming, 34(1), pp.89-111.9. Raghavan, N.R.S., B.B. Shreshtha, and S.V. Rajeev, 2004, “Object Oriented Design and Implementation of aWeb-Enabled Beer Game
the authors is both a key faculty memberand one of the CATI associates, actively bridging between the two components of the program.In the first course, students are introduced to the concepts of creativity and ideation, and one or Page 14.739.4more of the CATI patents are used as the basis for in-class and team-based exercises. Studentsideate the patent(s) and identify potential products and services. It is particularly useful to usepatents that are “platform” in nature; that is, that are broadly applicable, as opposed to aparticular method of use or narrow area of applicability. When market research and marketingplans are covered, students
upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumbers 0633537 and 0648439. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.Bibliography Page 14.248.71. Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research. 2005, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.2. Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. 2006, Washington, DC
designed for agroup of students to study abroad while the DDEP relates more to an individual doctoral studentworking closely with a foreign investigator.The NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education program has solicited proposalsevery other year since 2005 and is a more comprehensive program that involves an integratedresearch and education plan between institution(s) within the US and foreign institution(s). Thisinvolves a five year plan that involves collaboration between faculty, researchers, graduatestudents and undergraduate students between the various institutions providing internationalperspectives in scholarship and education.For exchanges with researchers within the UK, there are also several programs to bring in non-UK
initially connect to the wireless network and start up a web browser, they canregister their laptop for network access (http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/network/). They also do notsupport printing from laptops. If a student needs to print, they should transfer their file(s) to aschool owned machine with student account access and print it from there. Rose-Hulman uses asimilar system in which all network devices must be capable of obtaining an IP address viaDHCP. It is additionally required that the device be registered with their IT department via thedevices MAC address. If the device has the capability of browsing the web, it can utilize theirauto registration system. To do this, a student attaches the device to the wireless network, open aweb
designmethodology and process elements include problem definition and creativity). Page 14.1229.3Outcome 23: Lifelong learning – “Plan and execute the acquisition of required expertiseappropriate for professional practice”. Civil engineering graduates must “demonstrate the abilityfor self-directed learning, and develop their own learning plan”. “Self-directed learning is amode of lifelong learning because it is the ability to learn on one’s own with the aid of formaleducation”.In addition, the BOK2’s guidance for students and engineer interns requires them able tounderstand the vision for civil engineering, develop horizontal thinking, self-direct life
(SLS), Stereolythography (SL),Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM®), and Layered Object Manufacturing (LOM) among others.Commercial RP was created in the 70's and 80's. Fused Deposition Modeling--the specific typeof process used by the RepRap and OIT RepRap Project--was developed by S. Scott Crump in1989 and commercialized in 1991 by Stratasys Inc. who owns the trademark for FDM® [2].FDM works by heating up a thermoplastic, ABS in the case of RepRap, and extruding it througha small orifice onto a platform. Layers are built up successively to create a 3D model.Topographical contour lines result. The recognized accuracy (as of 2001) for FDM on a Stratasysmachine—arguably the best FDM machine available—is .005 inches [3
addition, higher levels of retention were seen after pairprogramming was introduced. The instructor intends to continue using pair programming in thiscourse, and will attempt to improve student compliance in alternating roles.Bibliography 1. J. Bevan, L. Werner, C. McDowell, ‘Guidelines For the Use of Pair Programming In a Freshman Programming Class,’ Proceedings of IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering and Training, 2002. 2. S. F. Freeman, B. K. Jaeger, J. C. Brougham, ‘Pair Programming: More Learning and Less Anxiety in a First Programming Course,’ Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2003. 3. E. F. Gehringer, ‘Is Pair Programming an Effective Way To Teach Computer Architecture
editing this paper.Bibliography1. Parker, J., Cordes, D., and Richardson, J., “Engineering Design in the Freshman Year at The University of Alabama - Foundation Coalition Program”, Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education 25th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, November, 1995.The bibliography must begin four spaces below the body of the paper.2. Todd, R., Magleby, S., Sorensen, C., Swan, B., and Anthonya, D., “A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp 165-174, April 1995.3. Duesing, P., Baumann, D., McDonald, D., Walworth, M., and Anderson, R.,“Learning and Practicing the Design Review Process in Senior Capstone Design Classes” ASEE Annual Conference proceedings, no