AC 2010-1674: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A Q-MATRIX FOR THE CONCEPTASSESSMENT TOOL FOR STATICSAidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Aidsa I. Santiago Román is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Materials and the Director of the Strategic Engineering Education Development (SEED) Office at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). Dr. Santiago earned a BA (1996) and MS (2000) in Industrial Engineering from UPRM, and Ph.D. (2009) in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her primary research interest is investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in engineering science with underrepresented populations. She also
angular velocity and rotation about a fixedaxis, the military tank shows even more value illustrating rotating reference frames and theconcepts of relative motion. For planar motion, the military tank can be thought of as twodistinct reference frames – the chassis reference frame and the turret/barrel reference frame.Students can relate to these two distinct reference frames because they already know theindependent motion of the turret with respect to the chassis. If the chassis (reference frame N)remains fixed to the ground and does not rotate but the turret (reference frame T) is free to rotate,the relative motion of two points, P and Q on the turret can be discussed (Figure 4). By fixingthe chassis of the tank to the ground, we can establish a
] matrixis typically denoted as the [Q] stiffness matrix for loading that coincides with the fiber direction ] _(i.e., 0° angle) and is denoted as Q for loading at a non-zero angle with respect to the fiberdirection.The first example modeled by the students in this course is for an isotropic material in loaded inplane stress at a 0° angle where the material properties are given as E11 := 207·GPa, E22 :=207·GPa, ν12 := 0.33 and G12 :? E11 ? 77.82 GPa . Using these material property 2 * ∗1 − π 12 +values, the students determine the values of the [Q] matrix elements: 232.297 76.658 0
.Bar Structure Stochastic Static Analysis8Before doing any computer solutions, let us discuss a simple one element baranalysis without making any reference to any computer programs or results.Figure 4 shows a cantilever bar of length L, cross sectional area A, the materialmodulus of elasticity E, and the bar is subject random axial load Q. In addition,let us assume that one of the parameters of A, L E and Q is random at a time. Page 15.922.8 7 EA Q L qFigure 4: Cantilever Bar
theexpression for predicting the range of acceptable sample frequencies for such a bandpass signal is Q Q−1 2B ≤ Fs ≤ 2B (1) n n−1 Page 15.1328.1where Q = fU /B, and n is an integer such that 1 ≤ n ≤ ⌊Q⌋. In most real-world examples, thesignal’s frequency content is already specified, leaving n as the first choice the students must learn to Valid sampling frequencies for BP sampling
. Page 15.305.2 Figure 1: Illustration of Public-key Encryption and Decryption4Students have always been curious to this feature. At this point, we use an instructional example,as listed in Table 1, to involve students into a public-key cryptosystem including key generation,encryption and decryption. Table 1: Public-key Algorithm Step Description Example Step 1 Randomly select two prime numbers, denoted by P and Q i.e., P=11, Q=17 Step 2 Compute the modulus M=P*Q, M is made publicly available M=11*17=187 Step 3 Compute the Euler totient as T= (P-1)* (Q-1) T=(11-1)*(17-1)=160 Step 4
. Collect team answer sheet 7. Provide correct responses 8. Students self grading- compare individual average scores and team based average scores 9. Team reflection and reworking the incorrect responses 10. Collect all remaining materials and end the sessionAnalysisIn this section, we present a description and analysis of selected episodes from the recordedobservational data of the two teams working on the rocket configuration quest. These episodeswere selected as they relate to our research goals to determine the major events teamstransitioned through to select a shared team answer. Our unit of analysis is at the team level.Team A spent a bulk of their time in negotiating a response to Q.1., and team B had extensiveinteraction negotiating
modifications have been made on a regular basis.Table 4. Mentor evaluation of students in a team6 Draft Average grade Q. 2. Q. 3. Q. 4. Q. 6. score from Q. 1. Work Do Informed Q. 5. Listened out of 5 mentorStudent Meeting before team team if Contributed to team from (NG toname attendance meetings tasks absent in meetings mates Q 1-6 A+) AverageFigure 2 shows the 2008/2009 winners of the prize for the top team in the module along
being negligible the 1st law of thermodynamics Page 15.1073.12during the heating process is: dE dU du & & = =m = Q −W dt dt dtc). Heat is transferred in via the radiant solar energy collected. Using the data collected,find an average value for Q& in during the heating process: Heat is transferred from the pot due to free convection which depends on thetemperature difference between the water and the surroundings. A theoretical estimate ofthis transfer can be determined to be
undergraduate students. (j) I found the book to be very useful for biomedical engineering technology. It was not so theory orientiented which I think make the book more applicable at this level.Appendix B MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT E-BOOK STUDENT SURVEY AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY In August you were given an e-book “Medical Imaging Equipment Theory” for educational purposes in your course Medical Imaging Equipment, ENTC 4390. In order to help develop this text material and assess its effectiveness please fill in the following survey and return it to your teacher. The individual students are identified by letters of the alphabet A to Q (Spelling and grammatical errors are not corrected in the responses, as
the heat exchanger. Location 4 is the cold water leaving the heat exchanger. Page 15.57.4The water in the tank is at temperature T1. The hot water enters the heat exchanger at thistemperature.From the first law of thermodynamics, the rate of heat removed from the hot water, Q, isequal to the rate of decrease of the internal energy of the hot water. d T1 Q ? / τ cV (1 ) dtwhere: Q = the rate of heat transfer ρ = density of the water in the tank c = specific heat of the water in the tank V = volume of water in the tank
ux uy uz 0 (19) t x y z x y y zHeat transfer in the flowing fluids occurs by both convection and conduction. The energybalance for the flowing fluids in the pipes is: T T T T 2T 2T 2T C p C p u x uy uz k x 2 k y 2 k z 2 Q (20) t x y z x y z After obtaining the components of the velocity vector by solving the Navier-Stokes equations,the energy balance equation can be solved and the temperature profiles can be determined.iii. Boundary ConditionsFor the Navier-Stokes equations, the
allowable values. If the user wants apictorial representation of the variable, he or she may click on the variable and a pop-upbox will provide this information.Just to the right of the INPUT values are the OUTPUT variables. The OUTPUTvariables, chosen specifically for this problem are: the gas temperature T, the cylinderpressure P, the volume & change in volume Vol & ΦVol, the initial, instantaneous, andchange in internal energy U1, U, & ΦU, the heat transfer Q, and the work W. As with theINPUT variables, the variable definition and units are displayed when the user hovers themouse over the given variable.If the user would like to add or delete OUTPUT variables, he or she can click on theOUTPUT button and a pop-up screen appears
(six per category): standard problems and inferential problems. The problems in both the categories were small and simple; they did not require complicated mathematical formulas or calculator to solve them. a. Standard problems: The standard or textbook type problems were similar to the ones covered during the course in class assignments, home assignments and exams, with minor variations in numerical values and problem setup. Students were given sufficient practice on like problems. Two typical standard problems are given below: Q#25 Find ‘Vout’, as indicated, for the following circuit: Note: A typical voltage-divider-network; students had sufficient
∀ ∀0 2u > x > ♣and represents a concentrated load of magnitude one 2 at x ? 0 . Macauley represented the Diracdelta function at x ? a as a bracket with a subscript of –1. x / a /1 ? φ ∗x / a+ ? 0 x ≈ a (2) Page 15.549.3The unit doublet, or concentrated couple or moment can be represented graphically as follows: q(x,u) 1 u2 0 u 2u x 1 / u2 Figure 2: Graphical display2 of the unit doublet function at x=0.The unit doublet function at x ? 0 is defined as: ∀0 / ♣ ∞ x ∞ 0
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learning, all examples will be first solved by the traditional method ofintegration (MoI) with the use of singularity functions then solved again by the method ofmodel formulas (MoMF). As usual, the loading function, shear force, bending moment, slope,and deflection of the beam are denoted by the symbols q, V, M, y , and y, respectively.Example 1. A cantilever beam AB with constant flexural rigidity EI and length L is acted on bya concentrated force of magnitude P at C, and two concentrated moments of magnitudes PL and2PL at A and D, respectively, as shown in Fig. 2. Determine the slope A and deflection yA atend A. Fig. 2. Cantilever beam carrying a force and two momentsSolution by MoI. Using the symbols defined earlier
CoworkersAs with managers, new engineers at every company reported varying degrees of help from thecoworkers. Many participants said that their coworkers helped them understand what is expectedof them and helped them accomplish their work. Other participants said that their coworkerswere too busy or too new to the work group to provide much help. Q: Did your [coworker] give you this assignment? A: Yes. Q: I assume he gave you background information? A: Yes and no. We both were new to this [name] system, so we pretty much were on the same page in terms of understanding the system. So it was like we both learned it at the same time. I found some information, I talked to him about it, he found some more information
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Page 15.356.11KK=A+A'-diag(diag(A))KK=KK.*area% apply boundary conditions for temperature T1=100 and T7=680K=KK;K(1,1)=1; K(1,2)=0;K(el_no+1,el_no)=0;K(el_no+1,el_no+1)=1;%apply nodal heat loadsheatload=zeros(el_no+1,1);heatload(1,1)=230; heatload(el_no+1,1)=50;%Solve for unknown nodal temperatures (t)t=inv(K)*heatload%find nodal heatq=zeros(el_no,1);for i = 1:el_no q(i)=area.*U(i).*(t(i+1)-t(i));end%q Page 15.356.12
Multidisciplinary Project:RF CMOS Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) that is capable of generating an outputfrequency near 5GHz for monitoring neural and cardiac activities. The circuit topologyhas been chosen to achieve such high frequency with high Q-factor. The team project Page 15.974.6works on the transmitter circuit and its layout with L-Edit software is given. Thisincludes the prescribed inductances and capacitances required to achieve the designspecifications. Figures 4 and 5 show the schematics of an rf amplifier that was simulatedwith PSpice, and the result is given in figure 6. The results provide the 5 GHz VCO thatmeets the design specifications. The
range of -10 to 110 °C. Asmall brushless DC fan is attached to the base to provide optional cooling (not demonstratedhere). The control input to the heater is supplied from the PWM output of the micro controllerthrough the H-Bridge amplifier on the Interface Board. The temperature is measured using the10-bit A/D converter on the micro controller. With a voltage reference of 2.5 volts for the A/D,the temperature measurement resolution is 0.244 °C. The heat output rate q from the heater isdirectly proportional to the heater voltage v: q = Kv, where K = 10/12 W/V. Page 15.1157.5 Fig. 3 Plate and heater experimental
slab. 0 < x < L, with the face at x = 0 maintained at a temperature T1 . Determine the temperature profile across the slab in terms of T1 and the heat flux q. Sketch the profiles for zero, negative and positive coefficients. Page 15.814.10 9 4. A thin computer chip is exposed to a dielectric liquid with ho = 1000 W/m2 K and T0 = 20◦ C on one side and is joined to a conductive circuit board on the other. The thermal contact resistance between the chip and the board is 10−4 m2 K/W, and the board thickness and thermal conductivity are Lb = 5 mm and kb = 1 W/m K respectively
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this lab and had the students compute conductance so that the Page 15.408.9relationships to diameter and area would be quadratic and linear instead of inverse quadratic andinverse linear. This simplified the task significantly at the expense of having to deal with anunfamiliar unit: mho. This change was a net improvement, and we plan to continue using it.Below are some student questions and the instructor’s answers, which were posted while thereports were being written. Q: How do I find the area of my Play-Doh cylinders? Would it be 10 cm times the diameter? A: The area we need to calculate is the cross sectional area of the
) and Newton’s law of cooling. Students will understand conduction and convection resistances, and be able to use3.4.2 q= ΦT / ΥRes and q= UA Φ Tlm. Students will understand q = hA∀ΦT and how h is qualitatively related to Nu, Re, 3.4.3.1 and Pr, and how to obtain a value for h - qualitative problem.3.4.3 Students will understand q= h A Φ T and how h is qualitatively related to Nu, Re, 3.4.3.2 and Pr, and how to obtain a value for h - quantitative problem. Students will understand Fick’s law and the contributions to the flux arising from a3.5.1
or science teaching experience. We examinedwhether there were differences based on teaching experience by performing one-wayANOVA. Levene’s test was performed to ensure homogeneity of variance, and q-q plot wereexamined to ensure normality. We also computed effect size w2 for significant factors. IfANOVA showed significant differences, we performed Tukey’s HSD post-hoc test tocompare between groups. We did not explore differences between groups of different gendersor grade levels because the sample was rather homogeneous in terms of these attributes.FindingsResults of the entire surveyOverall, the summer academy participants thought DET was important (M=3.47, SD=0.35)(please note that 4 was the highest possible score, and 1 was the lowest
Undergraduate Engineering Education,” J. Engineering Ed., Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 121-130.3. Kline, R., “World War II: A Watershed in Electrical Engineering Education,” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Summer 1994, pp. 17-23.4. Dutson, A. J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorensen, "A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 1, 1997, pp. 17-28.5. Howard, B. “Enough of this Science and Mathematics, Let’s Do Some Engineering,” Proc. of the Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999, Session 13d2, pp. 8-10.6. Nguyen, D. Q., “The Essential Skills and Attributes of an Engineer: A Comparative Study of Academics, Industry Personnel