Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

the teachershelp learners to direct their own learning in ways that suit their individual learning styles.This manuscript describes the development and implementation of a Web CT-based coursewhich requires the nuclear engineering technology students at Excelsior College to developonline portfolios reflecting technical competencies acquired by them during their academicstudies and through practical experience. It is a capstone requirement in which studentsdocument their ability to integrate knowledge from technology areas, general education, andpractical experience in order that program outcomes are achieved.The manuscript provides a complete description of the ITA process at Excelsior College. Detailsregarding the use of information

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Paul Johnson, University of Texas-Austin; Sean O'Kelly, University of Texas-Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

provide anindication of the ease and usefulness of this new technology for viewing the ME337C lecture.Survey on the Spot software, developed and made available by the UT College of Engineering,was used to design, collect, and report the podcasting survey. Additionally, the students took the Page 12.1161.2Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire online test to determine their learning styles.2 This test isoffered by North Carolina State University at www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html anddetermines where students’ abilities lie on four different learning style continuums:active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Elmira Popova, University of Texas; Kendra Foltz-Biegalski, University of Texas; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas at Austin; Michael Krause, University of Texas

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Nuclear and Radiological

, radiation engineering, research reactor beam port experiments, radioactive wastemanagement and reactor and computational nuclear engineering, homeland security and non-proliferation. As a result of the ever broadening educational and research needs, ten years agothe nuclear program changed its name to Nuclear and Radiation Engineering to better reflect itsnew directions. In spring 2007, we were funded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission toimplement at new undergraduate technical option in the Nuclear and Radiation EngineeringProgram at The University of Texas at Austin The overall objective is to to provide: (1) aNuclear Certificate geared towards undergraduate students in engineering and individuals in thenuclear industry consisting of courses in

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryndol A. Sones, United States Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

series ofJournal Articles to articulate contemporary issues related to the capstone projectABET Student Outcomes j. Students have a strong awareness of the StudentOutcomes since the SOs are published in all of the NE course syllabi for theprevious two years and are used for assessment data in each of these earliercourses.Student Outcome Essays The Student Outcome Essay is an announced, in-class reflective writing Page 26.18.3assignment during which students are asked to write two essays that are 500-1000words on their laptops. Students are asked to develop a convincing argument thatidentifies the Student Outcomes for which they have attained the highest

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider, University of Texas at Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

discrete ordinates equations in slab geometry subjectto reflecting boundary conditions. Figure 1 shows how an animation helps explain the conceptsof iterating on the scattering source, assembling the angular fluxes ψi,ng for each mesh point i,ordinate n and group g via successive left-to-right and right-to-left sweeps, and banking scatteredand reflected neutrons for use in the next iteration.In the animation, of which only a snapshot can be depicted in this paper, a source of reflectedneutrons is present at the left-hand edge of the slab of transporting material (yellow). Theanimation shows how the reflected neutron field is used to determine the ordinate fluxes for therightward-directed ordinates at the first mesh boundary point x1/2. The

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia; Matthew L. Watermann, NSEI - University of Missouri; Denis Alexander Wisniewski; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Charles Lyndell Weaver III, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Nuclear and Radiological

with the reactant have beenpublished for lasers and chemical processing, however, in addition to the transport inefficiency,this technique also contaminates any reactant which comes in direct contact with the fuel [5, 6].Surface sources could be used in an energy focus application [8] because the source material canbe coated by a reflecting surface. This point will be discussed in section 2. Volume sources can produce a much a greater energy release because half the chargedparticle energy is not lost in a wall and the volume is not constrained to the charged particlerange. Until 1981, UF6 was the only available volume fission source. UF6 vapor howeverproduces strong quenching of the chemical kinetics of most systems [3-6] and cannot be

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

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Nuclear and Radiological

interest. A faculty mentor evaluates the body of information in theportfolios and provides students with feedback throughout the process, and ultimately aqualitative grade.The ITA is a primary assessment tool with several important functions. The ITA processrequires the student to reflect on past academic and professional experiences and to usethe information gained from this reflective exercise to demonstrate they have met thedegree program Learning Objectives. [6] It completes the picture of students who theschool may know only from dialog at a distance to this point. It serves as quality checkon the student evaluations performed by the advisors. It also demonstrates to the facultyand staffs the efficacy of the student body’s achievement of the

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shripad Revankar, Purdue University

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Nuclear and Radiological

students participated in various chemicalengineering related projects in the past three years along with eight nuclear engineering students.At conclusion of the research projects the students were asked to give feedback on their overallexperience in nuclear engineering department and on the particular projects. Here some ofstudent’s feedbacks are summarized that reflect the need to integrate some of the chemistry,chemical engineering and nuclear engineering topics in undergraduate education (1) The nuclear engineering undergraduates expressed strong interest in taking advanced chemistry courses in reaction kinetics as it helps them understand the chemical reactions and models. The current curriculum lacks higher chemistry

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

physicsmajors. The implementation of this website could play a positive role in helping nuclearengineering and health physics students to locate useful and relevant learning materials for theircourses more proficiently. We envision our website as a Nuclear-pedia of the future! Page 26.682.6AcknowledgementThe authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) for funding this project at FVSU. The comments, opinions, findings, andconclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theviews of NRC.References1. Said Hadjerrouit, "A Conceptual Framework for Using and

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor J. Echeverria, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth Scott Allen P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

Cross-disciplinary (18) Non-MSE only (6) 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 Figure 2: Breakdown of survey respondents’ results to the question, “To what extent did you learn something as a result of this project?” 1=I did not learn anything, 2=I learned very little, 3=I learned somewhat, 4=I learned very much. Page 24.8.7The quality of work from each of the 17 design teams, as reflected in their assigned grades, isgiven in figure 3. Once again, the results show that the quality of work improved as a functionof the percentage of

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaël-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, Elyape Consulting, LLLP; University of Tennessee

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Nuclear and Radiological

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY2. BackgroundWhen a learner is presented the opportunity to complete or visualize the work, there are portionsof the brain engaged that allows for the user to be more receptive to retention. In order to tap intothe more active learning areas of one’s mind, it is important to revitalize the method of delivery.In Figure 1, the study reflects that the retention curve excels what can be expected by onlyproviding one method of implementation. Figure 1 Students Remember [3]Information from the study shows the act of reading about vs. the act of seeing an actionrespectively is far less than hearing about an action. The percentage of information retainedincreases by approximately 40% if you physically

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

student enrollment for the minor programsignificantly increases during the second and third year of the project with aggressiverecruitment and better planning for course scheduling.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) for funding this project at Fort Valley State University. The comments,opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NRC.References1 http://www.nei.org/Master-Document-Folder/Backgrounders/Fact-Sheets/Nuclear-Industry-s-Comprehensive- Approach-Develops2 http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/the-aging-nuclear-workforce3 http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/grants.html4 http

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade R. Marcum, Oregon State University; Steve Reese, Oregon State University; Robert A. Schickler

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Nuclear and Radiological

order to havesatisfied completion of said activity. In reflection, this log book provided additional benefit to thecourse structure by documenting the activities necessary to supplement the reactor operatorlicense application request submitted to the USNRC. Fig. 1: Example page from Activity LogAs the ROT-II course progressed, the OSTR staff made a conscious effort to create a moreautonomous role for each trainee during their control panel activities. The final exam for theROT-II course was intended to follow the structure and content of a USNRC proctored exam as Page 24.387.6closely as possible. Each student was

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel A. Heider, U.S. Military Academy; Bryndol A. Sones, U.S. Military Academy; Brian E. Moretti, Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering

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Nuclear and Radiological

communicate effectively’(ABET criterion 3d and 3g).2 However, assessing a student’s ability to work on a team and tocommunicate effectively is often difficult in traditional classroom settings. Collaborative learning, for the purpose of this paper will mirror those of Göl and Nafalskias written in their award winning paper “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education”;“Collaborative learning is increasingly recognised as giving students an opportunity to engage indiscussion and to exercise a positive influence on the group’s learning outcomes by assumingresponsibility for their own learning. Critical thinking and reflective evaluation are implicit in theapproach.”3 While many tout the advantages of collaborative learning: “Results

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor D. McLaughlin, U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

thistask. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed herein are that of the author and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Military Academy or U.S. Army.REFERENCES: ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. 2005. Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, Baltimore,MD: ABET, Inc. Aldridge, M.D., “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 83, no. 3, July 1994, pp. 231-236. Borrego, M. and Newswander, L.K., “Characteristics of Successful Cross-Disciplinary Engineering EducationCollaborations,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, no. 2, April 2008, pp 123-134. Raju, P.K., and C.S. Sankar, ”Teaching Real-World Issues Through Case Studies

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Rose Stiffin, Flroida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Michael elliott, Flroida Memorial University; Ayivi Huisso, Florida Memorial Univeristy

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Nuclear and Radiological

, homeland security and non-proliferation. As a result of the ever broadening educational and research needs, ten years agothe nuclear program changed its name to Nuclear and Radiation Engineering to better reflect itsnew directions. In spring 2007, we were funded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission toimplement at new undergraduate technical option in the Nuclear and Radiation EngineeringProgram at The University of Texas at AustinObjective The overall objective is to provide: (1) a Nuclear Certificate geared towardsundergraduate students in engineering and individuals in the nuclear industry consisting ofcourses in nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear environmental protection, and reactoroperations including 15 overall credits with 3