Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  Materials Science  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE   4400  Probability , Statistics  and Risk  3  EECE   3210  Electromagnetic Theory  3  Analysis  Total  16  Total  16  Fall Semester  Cr  Spring Semester  Cr ENGR    4500  Capstone Design Project I**  1  ENGR  4510  Capstone Design Project  II*  1 EECE    4000  Control Systems  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE    4600  System Engineering Analysis  3  EECE

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Glenn Blackwell, Purdue University

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International

formal technical proposal for a project, 8 - write a formal technicalreport on the results of the project, 9 - define a problem, and propose a solution to be carriedthrough in their capstone senior design course. At the end of the team project course, thestudents took the information learned through the prototypes they developed and then proceededto carry out a full project implementation in their individual capstone senior design course.System Integration:The overall system integration occurred in a two week period at the end of May, 2009, inSwitzerland, at the beginning of which the Purdue students and one of the faculty coachestraveled to Lucerne. It should be noted that the Purdue University students were promised at thebeginning of the

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

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Design in Engineering Education

at Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Page 15.1312.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using a Design Course to Augment Program Curriculum and Foster Development of Professional SkillsAbstractThis paper describes the structure of a recently reorganized senior design project coursesequence in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of the Pacific.The paper focuses on the first course in a two course senior project sequence, a course that wasrecently reorganized with a view to improve student design and professional skills. Previously

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

both better ask and answerquestions and have prototyping skills and Design Thinking as part of their repertoire. Byobserving student engineers learning a design process in the safe environs of a master’s levelcourse, we can more easily follow and analyze their design activities than might be possible in anindustry setting.For mechanical engineering students, especially the cohort of master’s students observed in thecourse of this study, their prior exposure to Design Thinking was mostly limited. They mighthave been exposed to Design Thinking and design activity through a capstone mechanicalengineering course or had summer internship experiences in industry. Projects, though, oftentimes were focused on mechanical engineering optimization and

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1609: IMPROVING INNOVATION BY ENHANCING CREATIVECAPABILITIES IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJeffrey Richardson, Purdue UniversityLeslie Reed, Reed Environmental Page 15.698.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Innovation by Enhancing Creative Capabilities in Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyAbstractThis project evolved from an existing research effort in electrical and computer engineeringtechnology in which the gap between the creative capabilities students brought to bear whensolving technological problems, and the level of creativity demonstrated in a capstone designproject, was explored

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

changingschedules of individual students during both the academic year and during the summer. Third,due to the limited technical background of undergraduate students, a significant amount ofsupport and supervision is required of the faculty member. Fourth, there is little opportunity forresearch during the senior year unless it falls within the parameters of the capstone design courseor other required courses, since the capstone project demands a great deal of the students’ time.Finally, faculty members in a teaching university have extremely heavy loading in teaching andacademic advising, and can only commit a limited amount of time supervising undergraduateresearch.Since undergraduate students have a learning curve of engineering knowledge from freshman

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

students can and do receive this type of educational experience through acompetitive capstone design project, it is arguably better that this is not the first time they areexposed to integrating and applying the material covered in an aeronautical engineering coursesequence. This paper details how to make use of an inexpensive hands-on glider design projectthat can be integrated across a short undergraduate aeronautical engineering course sequenceeffectively educating students on the practical application of aircraft design. Through theindividual design and construction of multiple balsa wood gliders over a two course sequence,each student can apply and correlate the various aspects of aircraft design with tangible,measureable results better

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Facciol, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Jason Foster, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

methodologies and expectations within specific engineeringdisciplines is an important first step in developing a curriculum that enables engineers to workacross those disciplines. An instrument that supports the analysis of a Faculty’s progressiontowards this end is a valuable addition to the engineering design educator’s toolbox.Introduction and MotivationThe goal of this project was to design an instrument to assess the student perception ofengineering design and how it evolves through courses and over time. The instrument design wasinformed by examining four capstone design courses from across the Faculty of Applied Scienceand Engineering at the University of Toronto; more specifically, from the disciplines ofChemical, Electrical & Computer

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

so that the students were able to meet nearly all of the projectrequirements.NASA Faculty Fellow ProgramIn early 2009, NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) solicited involvementfor a summer 2009 higher education opportunity for faculty. The purpose of their program was toprepare faculty to enable their students to complete senior design projects with the potential forcontribution to NASA ESMD objectives. The goal of this program was to select five faculty whowould work for several weeks at a NASA field center on a specific ESMD project andincorporate the ESMD project into an existing senior design course or capstone course at theiruniversity in the 2009/2010 academic year. The course could have all students involved in

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

robotics platform while enrolled in an Introduction to Robotics course.The Introduction to Robotics course, a senior level elective, included 9 students, 7 of whom werealso enrolled in a preparation course for the Senior Capstone Design Project, entitled SeniorThesis Proposal. The Senior Thesis Proposal course guided students through the planning stagesof the capstone design project, including topic selection and project plan creation. Assessmenttools were designed to assess whether the project-based experiences with the mobile roboticsplatform positively impacted the senior students who were enrolled in Senior Thesis Proposaland Introduction to Robotics compared to the group of senior students enrolled only in SeniorThesis Proposal and not

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Dakota School of Mines and Technology revamped the designcurriculum. The design curriculum consisted of MET 351—Engineering Design I and 352—Engineering Design II for juniors and MET 464—Engineering Design III and MET 465—Engineering Design IV for seniors2. The purpose and objectives of these classes can be Page 15.904.2summarized by the following Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) self-study description3. This is a two-course sequence in Interdisciplinary Senior Capstone Design Project (ISCDP) that involves both lecture and design practice sessions. The course integrates vertically and horizontally

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Nespoli, University of Waterloo; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 15.480.3The case study development method is depicted in Figure 1, while the source identification anddevelopment methods are depicted in Figures 2 to 6 below. The case study development methodis described first, and the source material development methods described thereafter.Case sources used by WCDE are: i. Co-op student experiences and work-term reports ii. Capstone design project experiences and reports iii. Master of Engineering (MEng) design project experiences and design case study reports iv. Industry partner direct experiences and interaction with facultyCase Study Development ProcessThe case study development process begins with the intent to develop decision by the casedeveloper, student, faculty member and

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College; Paulo Ribeiro, Calvin College; Robert Medema, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

weaved the topics of thecourse into the development of the business plan. Since most of the students concurrently aretaking their capstone design course, the business plans are required to tie into their senior designprojects. Such a linking of the business and senior design courses drives home the importance ofthe business side of engineering. Students are required to view their design projects from anenterprise perspective. The necessity of producing, pricing and marketing products and serviceswith a profit objective for sustainability is emphasized. Students are also instructed in the basicsof organization financing, capital budgeting and interpretation of financial statements.Management principles are taught from the perspective of servant

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, every factor in the life cycle of the product should be taken into account. Aspart of a Capstone Design Project, and with the goal of illustrating complete engineering designprocesses where factors besides the technical ones need to be taken into account, industry-sponsored projects are undertaken by teams of students. The project presented here deals with anautomotive subassembly that needed to be redesigned and evaluated. The system is a powerslider assembly which is installed in the rear of current-model trucks and powers the rearwindow. The current design is bulky, expensive, and takes too much time to install. Theobjective of the project was to introduce a new design for the power slider which would be moreefficient in terms of operation

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston, Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

indicates that the project leads to an excellent compliance of thecourse outcomes.IntroductionSenior Steel Design is one of the capstone courses of the Structural Analysis and Designprogram at the University of Houston Downtown. Students taking this course are in their Senioryear and they were previously introduced to classes of Structural Analysis and Steel Design. Thecourse is taught every other semester, and typically there are between 25 and 30 studentsenrolled.One of the outcomes defined for this capstone course is the evaluation of existing structures, forwhich this project is selected. It consists in the structural evaluation of an existing pedestrianbridge in order to determine if it is able to withstand the loads indicated in current

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Camille George, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 15.1073.3The project was open-ended and the performance of the design was minimally weightedin the grading to allow students to be as creative as they liked. The instructor wasavailable for questions and to help recognize potential issues but refrained from offeringsuggestions during the design phase. As the students had yet to take a heat transfercourse the project was not intended to be a capstone, but did provide a qualitativeintroduction to the different forms of heat transfer and how they occur. The finalproducts can be seen in Figure 1; note the use of shaded glasses for protection from thebrightness of the collected and focused light. Figure 1. Solar cookers in actionUpon completion, the solar cookers

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton; Wayne Jones, State University of New York, Binghamton; Susannah Gal, State University of New York, Binghamton; Andy Cavagnetto, State University of New York, Binghamton; Dan Brennan, Broome Community College - SUNY; Thomas O'Brien, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

fieldtrips and guest speakers related to the contentarea instruction. Examples of fieldtrips from the pilot program include: a solar installationcompany, Broome County landfill, BU Nature Preserve and Recycling Centers, BAE Systems,and a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority “Energy Bike.” Sessions on days 2-9 and on the morning of day 10 are devoted to student team projectwork. The team projects serve as the capstone research experience of the Go Green Institute.Working in groups of four, students explore student-selected projects focused around the issue ofenvironmental sustainability. Each group has a Go Green Institute staff mentor. Projects selected by students during the summer 2008 pilot program included: How

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

effectively analyze a complex problem arising from a variety of application fields. e. The student will learn how to work collaboratively and productively on complex projects that arise in current research. These projects will provide a capstone experience for Page 15.160.3 students in this degree. f. The student, upon completion of this program, will be able to find employment in a large number of industries including aviation and aerospace industries, or the student, upon completion of this program, will be able to pursue graduate work in either an applied mathematics program or a computational science program

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara; Clare Olsen; Laura Steinberg, Syracuse University; Samuel Clemence, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

presentations to provide students with the creative andtechnical skills to address a wide range of design problems. In engineering education atSyracuse University (and in many Civil Engineering programs throughout the country),the design studio is viewed as a capstone course for seniors in the Civil Engineeringprogram and for many students, it is the first exposure to an individual design project.While both the architecture and civil engineering courses emphasize design, they differ inseveral ways: the architecture studio spends more time on conceptual designs andinnovative solutions that do not necessarily bring the projects to a level of technicalresolution beyond the schematic; whereas the engineering design course is necessarilyfocused on the full

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Richard Dippery, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the power and speed limits ofthe system are specified, leaving everything else open-ended. Students are expected to start withan application in mind that uses a similar subsystem, and justify all the subsequent assumed data,including the safety factors. This produced several alternative designs, which can be used by theinstructor for future classes. Each design report can serve as a case study that includes the mathand CAE tools that the students used for the project. Conventionally, many capstone designclasses use this approach. However, to a smaller scale, this idea serves the same purpose as acapstone course. Several other alternative inputs may be specified rather than input power and

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

faculty-wide review is triggered. Table 4 – Capstone Project Assessment SummaryAs can be seen in Table 4, the rubric average dealing with continuous improvement fell belowthe 2.5 benchmark. The course instructor completed a CIE report which documented a strategyfor instructional improvement and submitted it to the program coordinator. A copy of the actualCIE report is shown in Table 5 below. Continuous Improvement Efforts (CIE) Report Course/Activity Measured: TEET 4620- Senior Project Semester: Spring 2008 Prepared by: Dr. K What issue was triggered that prompted change? Course Outcome

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

systems that not only sense, but perform autonomous or semi-autonomousinference, decision-making, and control or actuation. They directly incorporate almost everysubdiscipline in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science, fromtransducer technology to human interface design.The first year of this project was devoted primarily to developing a capstone course that couldserve as a model for constructing portable course content [7]. We have successfullyimplemented an inverted classroom paradigm [8,9] where students watch video lecture moduleson the web, and class time is devoted to discussion and open-ended exploration of relevant,related topics. As we will describe later, all course content is available on the project web

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of this course, the students define the problem/hypothesis, and gather data from literature searches and/or client organization, if applicableSEM 610 B Capstone This continuation course may focus on methodology, dataCourse analysis, results, modeling/simulation, conclusions and recommendations related to the project selected. Students are required to present their research in both written and oral form to students and faculty and if applicable to client organization. Table 1: Description of Courses in the ProgramProgram Assessment:The assessment of this program at the course and program levels is established at

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

-spacerelationship visualization in 4D (3D+Schedule), time-space-cost relationship visualization in 5D(3D+Schedule+Cost), and Time-Space-Activity Conflict Detection using 4D Visualization inMulti-Storied Construction Project. In this paper, the author compiled his recent researchactivities in virtual construction visualization and animations that can be valuable coursecontents for graduate construction education and research. The author also believes that thesematerials can be valuable topics for senior capstone design courses for undergraduates inconstruction engineering and management.VR, 3-D animation and walkthrough: Haque7 has developed 3D models of steel, concrete andwood framed structures, and placed them in a virtual world using AutoCAD, 3ds MAX

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Lutey, Montana State University; Penny Knoll, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University.Penny Knoll, Montana State University Professor Knoll was in the commercial design-build sector of construction in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1987 to 1999 and owned her own design-build construction firm for eight years before retiring the firm to take the full time position at Montana State University in 2000. She is the program coordinator for the Construction Engineering Technology (CET) program as well as the graduate program, Master of Construction Engineering Managment. These programs are housed in the Department of Civil Engineering. Professor Knoll teaches the CET capstone course, CET 408, Construction Project Management

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

designprojects each year. The course capstone project is an eight week design challenge thatrequires students to collaborate with a social agency on developing solutions to currentsocial issues in Calgary and around the world.The topic of this paper centers on the potential for simultaneous and multiple levellearning events by placing design and communication skill development in the social andcultural arena. At the Schulich School of Engineering, the first year design andcommunication course partners with local and international agencies that welcome theopportunity to benefit from the creative abilities of over 700 students collaborating in 200teams and to participate in the creation of engineers who are able to see the broad societaland cultural

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of artistic cognition and the transformative potential of aesthetic experience as an educative event. She is exploring this topic in an interdisciplinary curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation with colleagues from engineering and creativity studies. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters, Costantino has served as the editor of the Arts & Learning Research Journal and associate editor for the International Journal for Education & the Arts.Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. An international and

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

existing MS degrees.Students will be able to enter, pursuant to a collaborative application and admissions process, viaany of the three partner universities and after completing the program successfully, they willgraduate with a Masters of Science (Technology) from Purdue University and an existingMasters degree from the European partner via which they entered the program. One jointresearch &development-based capstone Directed Project/Thesis is required of all students.Beyond the course requirements designated by each institution, students’ study will be tailored totheir specific goals by a faculty committee consisting of two Purdue and two European faculty.In addition to the two degrees awarded upon completion, each student will receive a

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering practice of sustainability in general. Furthermore, the coverage ofsustainability is not reinforced in a systematic way through readings, homework, projects, etc.such that it could be assessed as a learning objective.Of the upper level courses incorporating lessons or modules, the capstone senior design coursehas the most encompassing coverage of sustainability. A dedicated lesson on EngineeringSustainability is delivered near the beginning of the semester. The lesson includes coverage ongeneral sustainability concepts including the three spheres of sustainability, the U.S. GreenBuilding Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) professionalaccreditation and project certification programs, and ASCE initiatives and

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

director of the service learning program at Purdue University, EPICS(Engineering Projects In Community Service). In the past when Dr. Oakes would reviewstandard student capstone engineering projects, that is non-service learning, he would oftenencounter projects that didn’t work. The students could show that they worked hard on theirprojects but many aspects of their projects, and much of their understanding of the technologies,were incomplete. Dr. Oakes would contrast these experiences to his experiences reviewingservice learning projects. The service learning projects were almost always complete andworking, and the students had full and deep understanding of the technologies. The reasons forthis difference are likely twofold. First, the students