Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, Navy; John Fishell, STEP

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. The Business Roundtable Education & the Workforce TaskForce believes the United States must take the steps to begin to close America’s growing talentgap, and they [the steps] all focus on improving education. First, we need to benchmark U.S.performance against the best in the world and learn from these best practices to strengthen mathand science education programs in kindergarten through 12th grade. We must also recruit andretain outstanding math and science teachers.”7 William D. Green continues on to discuss theneed to actively address the problem. However, the call for a program like STEP along withnationwide efforts has continually been at the forefront of the need to halt the erosion ofAmerica’s scientific base. The earlier studies

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MURAT OKCAY; BILGEHAN UYGAR OZTEKIN

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

particularfluid mechanics theory - for example the concept of convective acceleration - flow in convergingnozzle can be measured experimentally, and this can be correlated to the theory. In addition thePIV system can be used in senior design classes to visualize the actual flow in a prototype. It willprovide a physical grasp of the theory, and a real appreciation of how the theory is applied indaily life situations. Correlations between the theory and actual flow visualization helps studentsand educators to fully understand the issues and benefits of fluid mechanics in a wide range ofapplications spanning from the fluid machinery to emerging applications, such as environmental,biological and micro-scale flows.Design optimization is a common practice in

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards & Technology; Christopher Grachanen, Hewlett Packard Company

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and has given presentations at national and international conferences. She served as Section Coordinator for the Twin Cities Section (1988-1989) and has been a Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Division (1994), Measurement Science and Technology (1995 to 1997), Publications (2001), Operations (2002-2004) and now Learning & Development (2005-present) where she is involved in developing long term objectives in metrology Education and Training. She has received the following awards for her work in metrology • NCSLI Best Paper Award (co-author), Applied Category (2007)• Arthur S. Flemming Award (2004); • Algie Lance “Best Paper” Award (tied