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Engineering and Mathematics Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach

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Mathematics

AC 2009-1120: TEACHING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS TODEVELOP GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR THE DESIGN OF ENERGY SYSTEMSMurray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach Page 14.1133.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Engineering and Technology Students to Develop Genetic Algorithms for the Design of Energy SystemsIntroduction Delivering the energy required by industry and the consumer at a reasonable price is a majorproblem facing the United States and the international community. The United States needs acomprehensive plan to meet its energy needs for the next 50 years. Popular goals are focused onlimiting energy consumption

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn Brown, East Carolina University; Heather Ries, East Carolina University

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Mathematics

existence. Over thecourse of several meetings in the spring of 2007, it was decided that the students should takethree courses in calculus (3 hours each), a course combining differential equations and linearalgebra (4 hours), and one course in statistics (3 hours). Many of the faculty members that hadoriginally met were now on the EMC and decided to pursue designing a new three coursesequence of calculus classes to replace the traditional Calculus I and II classes that theengineering students were currently taking. The plan was for these new courses to emphasizeengineering applications and to be three credit hours each instead of the previous four. Therewas an existing course in the math department in differential equations and linear algebra that

Conference Session

Mathematics: Recruitment and Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Chris Parkinson, University of Central Florida; Alison Morrison-Shetlar, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Paula Krist, University of Central Florida; Pat Lancey, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Pat Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Dahlia Forde, University of Central Florida; Anna Koufakou, University of Central Florida

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Mathematics

paper.The organization of this paper is as follows: Section 2 provides a comprehensive literaturereview that supports the strategies that the EXCEL program has chosen to increase retention inSTEM disciplines. Section 3 discusses the management structure of the EXCEL program.Section 4, emphasizes EXCEL’s educational plan, while sections 5 and 6 provide an overview ofthe EXCEL recruiting and retention activities, respectively. Section 7, one of the most criticalsections of this paper provides evidence that the EXCEL recruiting and retention strategies arebearing fruit. Section 8, outlines the efforts to recruit EXCEL students and faculty to participatein the EXCEL sophomore research experiences; this effort is not aggressively assessed, becauseit was

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Reba, Clemson University

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Mathematics

bring up a discussion of what went wrong at this point. As a recipients of a three-year 2008 NSF-CCLI-II grant, we hope to collect thousands ofsamples of student pen-based submissions on a variety of Calculus problem. From the results ofthis “data-mining,” our goal is to create effective group activities that are scientifically-basedteaching tools. We plan also to involve our local community college (Tri-County TechnicalCollege). We will collect these students’ pen-based submissions in Calculus and compare thetypes of errors these students make. We hope to share experiences and new materials, and tostrengthen the bridge to Engineering and Science careers for Tri-County students as they moveinto Clemson and other 4-year

Conference Session

Engineering and Mathematics Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Athanasios Tsalatsanis, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Mathematics

; modeling analysis and control of discrete event dynamic systems.Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida Prof. Ali Yalcin received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey in 1995, 1997 and 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, and an Associate Faculty member of the Center for Urban Transportation Research His research interests include modeling, analysis and control of discrete event systems, production planning and control, industrial information systems, data analysis and knowledge discovery, and

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

Page 14.1382.7 more materials and bring in examples and samples to class when explaining instead of just saying it orally would make a big difference to my learning. (B. Al-M.)Another student with a mixed-right, visual superlink not only analyzed why she liked fractals butalso planned to use them in a project she was working on: . . . I think these fractals above are very beautiful in many ways. The shape and color. The movement of these fractals are very beautiful as if it is dancing in slow motion, and very romantic feeling to it. These shapes can be very inspiring, in color schemes and shap [sic]. Personally, I love spiral shapes and the effect

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eduardo Chappa, Texas A&M International University; Terutake Abe, Texas A&M International University; Fethi Belkhouche, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University; Qingwen Ni, Texas A&M International University; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University

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Mathematics

, University Administration required departments to develop programoutcomes. This would be general objectives for each program that would be assessed each year. Thisrepresents a paradigm shift in assessment, since in previous cycles, assessed outcomes were directlylinked to the university strategic plan, and now assessed outcomes are linked to the needs of a program.Each program must develop a list of three to five program outcomes and choose one to three of these, tobe assessed each year. At the time of this task the department offered six degree programs, so potentiallythere could be thirty program outcomes and eighteen of them to be assessed each year. Therefore, in orderto simplify the job of assessing program outcomes, the Assessment Committee

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Akiko Kato, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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Mathematics

Problems in Matlab”. He has been working in several eLearning projects at the TU Berlin, beginning as a student assistant in the Mumie project - a platform using new pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the TU Berlin in 2001, as a research assistant at SFB609 in Dresden from 2002-2004, and is now part of the Team of the MuLF (Center for Multimedia in Education and Research) at the TU Berlin). In the past three years, Olivier Pfeiffer focused on the organization and coordination of the involved teams and contributed to several other eLTR related projects. He is also involved in the planning and application of

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hassan Moore, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Mathematics

intent of the new course is to implement more project- and inquiry-based study in order tofoster deeper understanding of the fundamental theorems in multivariable calculus anddifferential equations. The new course (see Appendix A for content) was team taught by aProfessor from the Mathematics Department, Dr. Gunter Stolz, and an Assistant Professor fromwithin the School of Engineering, first author of this paper. Both instructors were involved inthe initial planning of the course and all phases in between, along with members from theMathematics Department and the School of Engineering. Thus, there was true collaboration inall aspects of the course. The need for calculus and differential equations reform withinengineering has been noted for quite

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

to: ≠ Identify students with both the interest and academic qualifications to pursue advanced calculus while still in high school; ≠ Provide a pedagogically sound distance delivered program to these high school students; and, ≠ Track and support the students in the program to be sure that they were successful.The planning team identified a variety of issues that needed to be addressed, including: ≠ Admissions requirements, and student status for high school distance education students; ≠ Pedagogical requirements for effective mathematics instruction and student support, including help sessions; ≠ Technology infrastructure requirements and related costs; ≠ Available communication infrastructures including

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Kendra Bridges, Boise State University; Joanna Guild, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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Mathematics

. Resource 12. Time and study Scheduling, planning, and management environment managing one’s study time, and strategies setting places to do class work. 13. Effort regulation Students’ ability to control their effort and attention in the face of distractions and uninteresting tasks. 14. Peer learning Dialoguing and collaborating with