allow for greatersurface area coverage. This characteristic is very beneficial in the field of medicine.Another technique used to produce fibers from macromolecules is known as forced drawingunder heat. This technique has been used since the early 1900’s in the production of cottoncandy. It is a process by which macromolecules in a solution or melt are converted into fiberswith the help of mechanical force. In heating, molecules become mobile. The mobility of themolecules and the contact with air causes the macromolecules to become fibers.The process of turning macromolecules into fibers has many benefits. Medical uses, materialproduction, energy, and pleasurable foods are all areas that highlight the profound uses ofmacromolecules turned into
relevant course(s). A separate request was sent to the instructors ofrecord for the MEB course during the 2010-2011 academic year when that information waspublically available. From that population, 76 usable surveys representing 67 institutions in theUnited States were received.This 42% institutional response rate represents a continued improvement from the results of the2009 survey4 (31%) and 2010 survey5 (38%), but still falls short of the response rates in 1990(78%) and 1999 (51%). No response data is available for the 1972 survey. Page 25.703.2The complete survey in print form is provided as Appendix A.Quantity of InstructionOf the sixty-three
meetings which took placeduring Fall 2011, the first semester of the pilot year. Of the 9 groups with mentors, only onefailed to schedule and complete a meeting. Group# Student Group Major Mentor Major Meeting(s) 1a Mechanical Mechanical Dessert night; Dinner/bonfire at mentor's home 1b Mechanical (no mentor) 1c Mechanical (no mentor) 2a Civil Civil Group Meeting 2b Civil Civil Café Dinner
in relation to Strategy, Design, Transition, Operation, Autonomous Graduate, Business G8,G9,G11,G12,G13,G14, information systems CSI, ISO 20000, ISO 27000, CMDB Basic learning training or Self training G15 Document explained and presented information about the various aspects involved in the IT Service Management, IT Governance, Undergraduate, I3, I5, I16, I18, S Slides DEVELOPED
Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S). Schwartz has authored or co-authored 25 papers and conferences including one Best Student Paper (ANTEM/URSI), and co-authored one book chapter on Optoelectronic VLSI. His expertise spans a broad variety of topics including photonics, analog and integrated circuits, microwave and mm- wave technology, and recently, sensing applications.Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET Ashley Ater Kranov is ABET’s Managing Director of Professional Services. Her department is responsi- ble for ensuring the quality training of program evaluators, partnering with faculty and industry to conduct robust and innovative technical education research, and providing educational opportunities on sustainable
AC 2012-3973: INVOLVING STUDENTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL TECH-NOLOGY EXCHANGEDr. Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University Clifton Farnsworth received B.S. and M..S degrees in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a geotechnical engineer for eight years with the Utah Department of Transportation, spent three years as an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas, Tyler, and has a current appointment as an Assistant Professor of construction management at Brigham Young University.Prof. Mark Owen Lords, Brigham Young University Mark Lords received B.S. and M.Acc. degrees in accounting from Brigham Young
in EVEN and another major; these students were counted fully as EVEN majors. Datafrom 2005 and 2008 has been omitted since the course had a different instructor.In addition to student major, the sub-disciplinary focus of the students is an additional variable.EVEN majors select among six sub-disciplines (W = water resources and treatment, En =energy, Ec = ecology, R = remediation, A = air, C = chemical processing; S = special optioncreated by student via petition). They generally would prefer to have a project that engages theirstrength and interest area. CVEN majors specialize in water resources and treatment whileCHEN majors specialize in chemical processing. The distribution of these sub-disciplinesamong the EVEN majors in the course
, procurement, and/or regulation thatthe government provides”. Myers 20 includes in the definition “decisions”, “commitments” and“actions”. In addition, it includes not only the government but also the interpretation of the Page 25.383.4government’s positions of authority interpreted by “various stakeholders” 20 . Myers also addsthat a public policy “affect[s] the daily lives of the government citizens” 20, “our lives including,but not limited to, federal, state and local governments. Public universities, its utilities, andNGOs may also be included.”14.History and role of engineers in Public PolicyIt is also helpful for engineering students
program: Strategies and experiences,” Huffman, S., Albritton, S., Wilmes, B. (editors). Hershey, Penn.: IGI Global. She maintains research and publishing tracks in nascent interdisciplinary trust concepts, eLearning, and innovative teaching, learning in fields of statistics and research methods, engineering, medical fields, and assessment methods.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech C. T. Amelink is currently serving as the Research Analyst and Assessment Specialist for the Dean’s Office, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. Previously, she worked on assessment initiatives with the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning, Division of Student Affairs, and the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate
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layout using EagleCad design tools.Schematics – One of the major design considerations was the testing and expansion capabilitiesof the E-Clock™ project. E-Clock™’s primary purpose, of course, is to keep and display timethrough the use of LEDs. As shown in Figure 3, the LEDs were arranged in a row and columnmatrix so that only 15 digital signals (12 X and 3 Y) are needed to control the state (ON/OFF) ofup to 36 different LEDs. To create the effect of up to three LEDs being on at the same time, thecontrol software strobes the Y signals for a short period of time. Each light is turned on for aduty cycle (that can be varied) at a frequency of approximately 250 Hz. By varying the dutycycle of the Y signals, the intensity of the LEDs can also be
construction is planned for the summer of 2012.Each Chase classroom is equipped with white boards, a multimedia teaching station that includesa computer, digital projector, and an overhead visualizer or camera. The stations are connectedto the internet. Two of the lecture halls also have distance education capability with a centralcontrol room, high resolution cameras, and microphones. Power is also available for studentlaptops at their desks in some of the halls. Wireless computer access (801.2n, (54 Mbit/s to 600Mbit/s)) is available to students and staff on all levels of the building. However, a recentproblem has been the saturation of bandwidth at certain times of the day due to the increasingpopularity of wireless internet. The status of the
presented. This analyzer is designed to producespectrum of low frequency signals ranging from 10 Hz to 20 kHz. This instrument is low-cost,easily implemented, offers a robust gain and high quality factor, and user friendly in comparisonto the existing spectrum analyzers. Additionally, it is suitable to be used as a student project. Thedesign lends itself nicely to increasing the number of bands in the spectrum, although forillustration purposes only 12-band was considered in this paper.References1. L Jones, and A. F. Chin, Electronic Instruments and Measurements, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1983).2. S. Celma, A. Carlosena, and P. A. Martinez, PC-Based Spectrum Analyzer, IEEE Transaction on Education, Vol. 35, No. 3 (1992).3. Hewlett Packard, The
gotten right or wrong until much later.”Based on the above observations, we are planning to develop and assess the effectiveness ofthese unlimited assessment quizzes for all topics of a typical course in Numerical Methods.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos0717624, 0836981, 0836916, 0836805, and the Research for Undergraduates Program in theUniversity of South Florida (USF) College of Engineering. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation
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listedin separate columns.Note that, with the establishment of the CAP3 Accreditation Committee in January 2004, theinitiation of BOK1-compliant criteria development effectively coincided with the publication ofthe BOK1 report. However, in the four years since the publication of the BOK2 report, CAP3has chosen not to initiate the development of new BOK2-compliant accreditation criteria. Whynot?As the timeline suggests, the publication of the BOK2 did not fully account for the inevitable Page 25.1329.10time lag associated with accreditation criteria implementation. The BOK2’s publication sevenmonths ahead of the first accreditation visits under BOK1
Thinking Skillsits components Object 3: Estimate (two-digit insertion) insertion time question,to see Object 4: Calculate total operation time and cost differentiateinterrelationship Object 5: Calculate assembly efficiency (DFA index) contrast ...s and ideasB5: Synthesis Create, design, Object 1: Design/redesign parts with self-locating features- to use creativity develop, collect, Object 2: Design/redesign parts with self-fastening featuresto compose anddesign something formulate, propose, Object 3: Design/redesign for
have identified a gap in the type of information that Congressreceives on science and technology (S&T) matters and recognize the importance of includingthose with technical expertise in the conversations surrounding science and technology policy.Policymakers have found that a lack of information is not the problem; rather, the difficulty mostlegislative branch decision-makers have in fully understanding the large amounts of informationand advice received on a daily basis and appropriately assessing the validity, credibility andusefulness of that information. The follow policy maker quotes illustrate this point: "If we want good public policy, it has to be made by those who understand the issues ... sadly, few elected officials have
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clearly distinguish between images of "engineers" and"scientists"). The paper also assesses specific character and professional attributes, stereotypes(profession-, ethnicity or gender-based) and attributes known to facilitate viewer's identificationwith on-screen characters, of engineering professionals portrayed in selected films. In particular,the key research question of “How are engineer(s) and their work portrayed in the feature films?”was broken down to more detailed sub-questions: • What types of engineering work are represented? How is creative component of that work shown? How successful (or unsuccessful) are the outcomes? • Is the distinction between science and technology, and scientist and engineers depicted? • Are
Conference, Portland, OR, Jun.8–10, 2005. 5. V.J. Harward, J.A. del Alamo, V.S. Choudhary, K. deLong, J.L. Hardison, S.R. Lerman, J. Northridge, D. Talavera, C. Varadharajan, S. Wang, K. Yehia, D. Zych., “ iLab: A scalable architecture for sharing online experiments.”, Gainesville, Fl, October 2004. ICEE. 6. O.B. Akinwale, K.P. Ayodele, A.M. Jubril, L.O. Kehinde, O. Osasona, O. Akinwunmi, A.T. Asiimwe, C. Mwikirize, P.I. Musasizi, S.T. Togboa, A. Katumba, J.Butime, J.P. Nombo, M.M. Baraka, S. Teyana, M.J. Alfred, K.M. Musa, "Online Laboratories: Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in Africa", in Proc., Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors & Presidents of African Universities (COREViP), South
AC 2012-4681: SELECTION OF EFFECTIVE GROUPS IN ENGINEER-ING PROJECTS USING MANAGEMENT THEORY PRACTICEMr. Brian Robert Dickson, University of Strathclyde Page 25.1148.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Selection of Effective Groups in Engineering Projects using Management Theory PracticeA study that is a work in progressIntroductionMany engineering courses incorporate group projects as standard. The challenge for mostacademics is selecting groups that are well balanced and will produce a fair result for allgroup members, that measure their technical abilitie,s and their