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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Martha Pieper; Shih-Feng Chou

simple We have that, M = Nand unnecessary topic. However, the understanding of principles in If M = N, then M ⊆ N and N ⊆ M andset theory and its derived concepts are essential to engineering If M ⊆ N and N ⊆ M, then M = Nstudents so they can improve their problem-solving skills when Universal set: U = {2, 3, 4,5,6} Set A = {2, 6} Set A is subsetapproaching a more complex problem using mathematics. Set of set U: A ⊆ U The complement of set A: all the objects that doTheory is a vast field of study which includes: Operations and not belong to set A, Ac = {3,4,5}algebra with sets, power sets, product sets, relations, functions,quantifiers, family of sets, index sets, just to name a

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel; Amir Karimi

student first attempts at the follow-on courses Prerequisite Course Grades with Student Performance”,was not successful. Overall, this is considered extremely ASEE Annual Conference, AC2013-7246, Atlanta, GA,high. Some students needed more than 2 attempts at June 23-26, (2013)thermos2 before they passed. Overall the correlation on theorder of R2 = 25% are common for these types of data, [9]. Manteufel, R.D. and A. Karimi, “Grade-Basedshowing that student initiative and perseverance strongly Correlation Metric to Identify Effective Staticsimpact academic success and the effectiveness of Instructors” AC 2010-2189, ASEE Annual Conference,instructors teaching prerequisite courses is limited

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Heather S. Rose; Charles R. Upshaw; Joshua D. Rhodes; Yuval Edrey; Michael E. Webber

becomemanagement for structural additions, power, and internet inoperable in 2010 and, for lack of funds, had not beenconnection for instruments. repaired.With the Bird’s eye view of UT Austin campus, this unique Supported by funding from the Department of Energy andlaboratory offers a new perspective and dimension to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Pecan Street Inc.,applied student research projects at UT Austin. an Austin-based public-private partnership that created a smart grid demonstration project provided funding for1. Introduction architectural