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) by changing the grading,complexity and time duration of the projects and assignments.Step 4: Compare design requirements with existing curriculumTo ensure that the design requirements capture and address all the existing shortcomingsin the curriculum, the team compared the teaching depth in the existing design-stemsequence (denoted by lower cases i,t,u) with the proposed teaching depth (denoted byupper case I,T,U), and identified broken links and weaknesses. As indicated in Table 2a-2d, many SKA’s, shown with lower case i,t,u are not currently addressed, and in manycases, students are expected to have a certain SKA for utilization but this SKA either wasonly introduced, or was not introduced or taught in previous year(s). Some of the
requires the student to apply the knowledge of the three laboratory assignments to a realworld application. These applications include generating functional elements and libraries thatcan be used as building blocks in a larger VLSI implementation. The project is reviewed by thecourse instructor(s).Course 2 - Advanced VLSI DesignThe second course focuses on the “Early Design Planning” of complex SoC platforms andfeasibility analysis of critical circuits in the design. The students are required to do a class projectin lieu of individual lab assignments. The class project is designed to be as “real-world” aspossible utilizing a synthesizable open source Verilog model of a SoC as the design platform.The design platform undergoes detailed power and
instructor-centered to a student-centered teaching philosophy.One of the most important tools for implementing this philosophy is use of innovativetechnology. Gradually, although controversy does exists (some senior faculty members choose tostay with their traditional in-class lecture delivery), web-based online teaching becomes anintegrated part of the program. Research showed that the online teaching is one of mostinteresting teaching methods that is growing rapidly.1, 2, 3Based on the previously noted issues, NDSU has recently launched a fully online M. S. degree inConstruction Management. Meanwhile, some undergraduate courses were selected, as well, foronline lecture delivery in order to best utilize the online teaching resources in conjunction
resource was being destroyed by toomany people demanding too much from a declining resource.By the early 1990’s, a newer term, industrial ecology evolved, wherein theinterrelationships among industry, environment and society were recognized. The termgained substantial credence when the text Industrial Ecology was published first in 1995 3followed by a second edition eight years later. Subsequently, the International Societyfor Industrial Ecology sponsored the publication of a new scientific periodical entitled theJournal of Industrial Ecology, starting in 1997. Selected applications of industrialecology appeared in a special issue of a companion periodical, the Journal of Cleaner
students identify their own misconceptions.* Acknowledgement and Disclaimer: Page 14.1103.2“This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0525484. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the National Science Foundation.”The pedagogical challenge for physics instructors is clear. Students come with pervasive deep-rooted misconceptions about how the most foundational physics principles work. Traditionalapproaches to moving students beyond these misconceptions
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twosemesters. The course integrated a number of lectures on specific nanoscale and biotechnologyconcepts, included fairly inexpensive “NanoLab” modules that required limited resources withadditional reading and homework material. The students also worked in teams to address someof engineering and/or design challenges facing bionanotechnology in the areas of nanomedicine,diagnostics, and other areas of their interest. The course with its flexible structure can be easilyadopted by other biomedical or bioengineering programs.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the National Science Foundation though the Nanotechnology UndergraduateEducation Award (award # EEC-0634230) for the support.References1. Irvine DJ, Stachowiak A, Jain S. “Engineering biomaterials
AC 2009-505: LIFE AFTER TENURE: LEADERSHIP ROLES IN ACADEMIADonna Reese, Mississippi State University Donna S. Reese. Professor Reese is currently the Associate Dean for Academics and Administration for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University and a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. She has been on the faculty at MSU since 1989. She may be reached via email at dreese@engr.msstate.edu.Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Priscilla Nelson. Dr. Nelson is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and International Program Director, and former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, at the New
formatting of media renderingbased on required features.Literature ReviewComputer assisted instructions appeared as early as in the 1980’s. In 1987, in the paper titled“Computers and Training: Allies or Enemies?” 4, Patricia Galagan stated that technologiesremained in the developing stage at that time. Although some people had realized that computertechnologies would have positive impact on providing learning services, it took time to improvesoftware packages such as the human-machine interface and response time, so that users couldcontrol them easily and become more productive. With technology constantly advancing, articlesdiscussing library web instruction design began emerging. In 1999, in the paper “TransportingGood Library Instruction Practices
Engineering collection.AcknowledgmentThe Center for Sustainable Engineering is funded by NSF Grant DUE-0442618, and by EPAGrant Agreement X3-83235101. Although work in the Center has been funded in part by the Page 14.1183.4EPA, this paper has not been subjected to the Agency’s peer and policy review and thereforedoes not necessarily reflect the views of the agency, and no official endorsement should beinferred.Literature Cited:1. C.I. Davidson; C.T. Hendrickson; H.S. Matthews; M.W. Bridges; B.R. Allenby; J.C. Crittenden; Y. Chen;E. Williams; D.T. Allen; C.F. Murphy, S. Austin, Adding Sustainability to the Engineer’s Toolbox: A Challenge
successful strategies employed to overcome challenges and obstaclesare included. Each partnership's description includes sample student product(s) and conveyshow other partnerships may emulate the project.One proposal winner was chosen by a panel of reviewers at each of the following levels: pre-school or elementary school; middle school; high school. The three winning abstracts have beenused to create a conference paper for this session. PRE-SCHOOL / ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNERPartnership to Improve Student Achievement through Real World Learning inEngineering, Science, Mathematics and TechnologyDan Fagan, Wallace Primary School, Hoboken, NJCarol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJProgram Overview & Partnership
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manufacturer. Thefinal phase linked the first two by requiring the students to construct an assembly line for theirassembly kits based upon principles they observed during the factory tours.In this paper, the design concept for the program is detailed and results gathered from pre andpost program surveys are presented.IntroductionOver the last two decades, the United States economy has transformed from one based onmanufacturing to one based on service. Manufacturing companies and jobs have beenoutsourced beginning with an exodus to Mexico in the 1980’s and China since. Numerous mediasources have proclaimed that manufacturing in the United States is dead and nearingextinction[2,5].The supposition that manufacturing will soon be extinct in the United
Equations of regions 8. Classic examples of visualizations and Euler’s constant 9. ConclusionAll the operations described in the paper can be verified easily by using a graphing utility. Theword curve will be used to mean the graphs of piece-wise differentiable functions includingstraight lines and also finitely multi-valued functions.1. IntroductionIn engineering colleges during the 1950’s, a student had to become acquainted with all kinds ofvisual constructs that were needed to solve problems of design. Oscilloscopes displayed voltagetime signals; spectrum analyzers displayed signal Fourier components and curve tracersdisplayed diode and transistor characteristics. In addition, students contemplated such wonderfulmathematical
or ECET programs, courseassessment is well established. The program faculty will be working with ASME and PMMI inhopes that program criteria for Mechatronics Engineering Technology can be established,although the program can be accredited under the general criteria until then.Bibliography1. Package Printing website, http://www.packageprinting.com/article/41000-41999/41602.html, December 1, 20062. Brad Kelly, “Keeping a Lid on Costs: Container industry seeks efficiency amid rising energy, supply prices,” Investor’s Business Daily, March 10, 2008 Monday National Edition Page 14.82.63. Reilly, S. “Pick 6, US Packaging Shipments
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vibration modes for the systems, and the effects of system parametersand input selections on output responses, two degrees of freedom mechanical systems, and theprinciples of vibration absorbers. Student response was very strong concerning the need of theGUIs to help foster a deeper understanding of course materials.Bibliography1. Avitabile, P., Pennell, S., and White, J., “Developing a Multisemester Interwoven Dynamic Systems Project to Foster Learning and Retention of STEM Material”, 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Mechanical Engineering Education – Innovative Approaches to Teaching Fundamental Topics, ASME, Anaheim, CA, November 20042. J.H. Matthews, Using MATLAB to Obtain Both Numerical and Graphical
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performance,… technology, or discipline(s), must be much more highlyintegrated than in the past” [1] Students partaking in the engineering exercise are forcedto confront concepts outside of their normal field of expertise in the short span of asemester and make decisions on a cost and design schedule.ENGAGING STUDENTS WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PRINCIPLESStudents in the Spring 2008 Engineering Design course were given a written designproblem statement and presentations by two of the Aviation Sciences faculty in theirDepartment. Students were asked to design and build a deployable parachute system fora model aircraft. The initial meeting included a question and answer period wherestudent could ask key design questions to the faculty members playing
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, assignments and outcomes should be developed based on the assumption that alternative 3D – to 2D operations will be required.3. In order to accommodate course objectives similar to those outlined in the class documented in this paper, faculty will need to adjust course content to accommodate this inclusion of .stl file analysis and repair applications is essential for assignments requiring complex volume to 3D printing processes.4. Plug-ins (externally developed 3rd-party applications that extend the original application’s functionality) proved to be an important asset for most students’ projects. Therefore, faculty investigation into the available plug-ins for the application(s) used in the class may be necessary in order to allocate