course also involves completion of a simple projectwhich involves real-time simulation of a MATLAB/Simulink-based speech codingalgorithm for coding speech [9]. Page 25.960.4Analog telephone systems have mostly been replaced by digital telephone systems. Butwith the advent of digital systems, the speech can be coded and has more flexibility, easeof regeneration and security than analog systems. But the disadvantage of digital systemsis it requires larger bandwidth. The speech coding technology has gone through a numberof phases starting with the development and deployment of PCM and ADPCM systems.The 64 kb/s Log-PCM and 32 kb/s ADPCM systems which have
themean Treasure Hunt grade has remained fairly constant with a slightly positive slope. 100 95 90 Mean Project Grade 85 80100 75 90 70 6580 6070 55 60 50 50 S '00 S '01 F '02 S '03 F '04 F '05 S '06 F '06 F '07 S '07 S '08 S '09 S '00 S '01 F '02 S '03 F '04 F '05 F '06 F '06 F '07 S '07 S '08 S '09 SemesterFigure 1. Average grades for the Treasure Hunt from Spring semester 2000 -- Spring semester2009. S = Spring semester , F = Fall semester. Data was unavailable for earlier semesters and forsome semesters during this timespan.Evolution of the Project: Anecdotal Observations
Equation 1. volume of swollen gel Q= (1) volume of dry polymerThe tensile modulus is related to the tensile stress and the equilibrium polymer volume fractionas given by Equation 2 = G v2,s-1/3 (2)where G is the tensile modulus, α is the elongation, τ is the tensile stress, and v2,s is the Page 24.797.16equilibrium polymer volume fraction in the gel (1/Q). G can be found from the slope of a plot
withquestions and comments about the assigned readings, and a significant portion of the day’s classwas devoted to discussion of the article(s). Most of the undergraduate students and many of thegraduate students did not have much experience with reading technical literature prior to thiscourse.All three courses ask students to complete a project in which they either apply a range ofconcepts from the course or investigate one topic in depth. At Georgia Tech and Lafayette,students were encouraged to select a local municipality, investigate the condition of a type ofinfrastructure and the municipality’s current management practices, and make recommendationsfor improving those practices, including the development of a conceptual plan of an
(s) in C, C++, Visual Basic, or Java, runningcommercial software supporting courses in circuit simulation/design or circuit board layout, andacting as a workstation to gain access to the Internet or LAN networks. In most EngineeringTechnology curricula there is a limited amount of linkage between those PC applications. Theactual effort to merge the hard-gained knowledge of hardware & software concepts togetherthrough a useful project implementation is also rare. This article is aimed at using the PC in ETupper-level courses as a focal point to help to reinforce knowledge between different fields ofinterest, such as communication, automation control, microprocessor, software programming,and system integration.I. Introduction If the
analysis and CAE. He is a member of ASME, ASEE andSEM.RAM S. CHANDRAN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University in Flint. Hereceived his B.E., and M. Tech degrees from India and his Ph. D., from Monash University, Australia. He activelypursues research in the areas of fluid power servo systems, modeling, simulation and controls.Richard Lundstrom is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. inDynamic Systems Engineering from the Oakland University in 1984. He specializes in dynamic systems withapplications in automotive chassis, powertrains and advanced machinery. His current work relates to vehicledynamics and vehicle dynamics CAE and objective measurements. He is a
Tsystem was servingg a wirelesss communiccation class with 25 students.3.2 Graaphical Useer Interfacee (GUI)The seccond generaation of the eComLab e iss an advancced system with w a user friendly GU UI [9].The sysstem can be accessed by using anyy regular Weeb browser,, which makkes third partsoftwarres on user machines m unnnecessary. The remotee experimen nt room in ssecond geneerationeComL Lab is shownn in Figure 4. 4 Page 25.1116.6The eCoomLab GUI provides several s
that presents eight steps in developing an assessment plan4. But regardless ofhow the assessment plan is developed, an effective plan must start with the identification ofspecific goals and objectives, definition of performance criteria, followed by the data collection1 Penn State University, University of Washington, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in collaboration with SandiaNational Laboratories. Project sponsored by the Technology Reinvestment Project. (TRP Project #3018, NSF Award #DMI- Page 3.500.19413880)2 John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, and José L. Zayas, The Learning Factory – A New
prep weeks. Week 4's preparationconsisted of Paige and Gabby splitting up the work of creating a new set of slides and theirinstructor notes. Like the prior weeks, the expectation was to use AUT 2020's slides but not evenwatching the Zoom recording for AUT 2020's Data Visualization lecture helped the team feelconfident in delivering the content. The data does not provide information as to why the videowas unhelpful. As a result, Paige and Gabby did research on the topic to understand datavisualization (data type/measurement scale, nominal/ordinal/quantitative, etc.). This led to Paigeand Gabby updating the visualization examples using postcards from previous students. All threeeducators acknowledged the amount of work required for week 4 and
Paper ID #43077Board 188: A Legacy of Success: The High Achievers in STEMDr. Rahman Tashakkori, Appalachian State University Rahman Tashakkori received his PhD in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in 2001. He serves as the Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of CS and director for LSAMP and S-STEM programs at Appalachian State University.Dr. Jennifer R. McGee, Appalachian State UniversityDr. Cindy Norris, Appalachian State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Legacy of Success: The High Achievers in STEM Abstract - There are well-known and widespread
’ Understanding of Electromagnetism,” Int. J. Sci. Educ., vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 543–566, Apr. 2006, doi: 10.1080/09500690500339613. [3] B. T. Christensen and C. D. Schunn, “The role and impact of mental simulation in design,” Appl. Cogn. Psychol., vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 327–344, Apr. 2009, doi: 10.1002/acp.1464. [4] Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2006, p. 11019. doi: 10.17226/11019. [5] N. S. Newcombe and T. F. Shipley, “Thinking About Spatial Thinking: New Typology, New Assessments,” in Studying Visual and Spatial Reasoning for Design Creativity, J. S. Gero, Ed., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015, pp. 179–192. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9297
program. {problem_description} Buggy Program: ```{buggy_program} ``` Can you fix the above buggy program?” Instructors may find theseprompts useful to share with students to model using LLMs responsibly.Moving away from programming, Arndt [38] delves into the application of LLMs in explainingconcepts from system thinking and system dynamics, in addition to creating visualizations suchas causal loop diagrams (a model showing causal relationships between variables with +'s and –'sto denote the direction of the relationship). Leveraging the ability of tools like ChatGPT to writescripts in Python (and other languages), it was found that creating such visualizations waspossible by running the output outside of the LLM's interface – albeit with
components ofspatial ability which may aid in the creation of more complete training.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation underGrant No. 1712887. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] K. S. McGrew, “CHC theory and the human cognitive abilities project: Standing on the shoulders of the giants of psychometric intelligence research,” Intelligence, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 1–10, Jan. 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.08.004.[2] D. F. Lohman, “Spatial Ability and G.” 1993.[3] A. Ramful, T. Lowrie, and T. Logan, “Measurement of Spatial
America‟s energyproduction; not only because of the region‟s market liberalization, governments push for clean energy andinvestment in new sustainable technologies, but also because of the enormous untapped solar, wind, andbiomass (among other renewable energy sources) potential in the area. Even though there exists largedisparities in terms of availability of conventional sources, Latin America is endowed with abundantrenewable energy resources, which until now are grossly underutilized [10] (See Fig. 1, 2, and 3). A key aspect in explaining the fast evolution of DG sources is the development of promotion programs,subsidies and compensation mechanisms, points which countries in Latin America are beginning topromote and implement in order to
education, and they can be easily replicated with a budget of $400 atother institutions.The first project was to create ten distinct flow visualization photographs using safe householdfluids and simple setups. In the second project, an interactive device was developed with whichgranular (sand) flow is demonstrated in a fun and mesmerizing manner. For the third project, aseries of modified Hele-Shaw cells were developed that exhibit the interaction between airbubbles and a viscous liquid (olive oil) in a museum-quality display.IntroductionThis paper is a documentation of an undergraduate research course S. Shakerin designed for R.A. Nariyoshi, who was a senior mechanical engineering student in the Spring Semester 2010when she took the course. Both
. Louisville, KY.4. Howe, S., "Where are we now? Statistics on Capstone Courses Nationwide." Advances in Engineering Education, 2010. 2(1): p. 1-27.5. Trevisan, M., et al. "A Review of Literature on Assessment Practices in Capstone Engineering Design Courses: Implications for Formative Assessment." in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2006. Chicago, IL.6. Howe, S. and J. Wilbarger, "2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses," in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2006: Chicago, IL. p. 21 pp.7. McKenzie, L.J., et al. "Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: A National Study." in American Society for
be reasonable for all the laboratory measurements without any formal justification. The specified relationship for the standard deviation of the mean, σ X , is defined in terms of the sample’s standard deviation, S, or measurement accuracy where S σ X ≈ Maximum , 1 (smallest measuring instrument division ) (2) n 12 and S= 1 n
of structural engineering, fresh graduates often producecomputational models of a building structure that bear little resemblance to reality.Unfortunately, the construction of a computational model is typically one of the first tasks ayoung engineer is asked to perform. An understanding of the phenomenon being modeled aswell as the limitations of the software is necessary to accurately model the behavior of abuilding. In order to address this issue, the authors are constructing a series of experimental andanalytical laboratory exercises which challenge the student‟s confidence in computer results.Last year, the authors presented a paper6 comparing student computational modeling before andafter a simple ambient vibration test7 to determine
b) Oscillating Disk Figure 1. Disk SchematicsPrior to performing these experiments, students are asked to estimate the maximum probableerrors,sID, for each of these methods 14. These assessments are based upon the measuringaccuracies of the available instrumentation and the following simple statistical relationships: 2 2 é ¶I ù é ¶I ù (s ) ID 2 »ê D ê ¶x1 × s x1 ú
that meet specified needs with consideration of publichealth, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economicfactors.”Your group’s performance on the technical submission will be assessed based on the criteria ofengineering design as prescribed by ABET. Rubrics will be provided as appropriate throughoutthe design process with relevant performance indicators. Additionally, your group will beprovided a table to complete that shows the changes you made to your cycle throughout theiterative process of engineering design.Final Technical SubmissionThe Final Technical Submission will include a section dedicated to each of the following: • Summary – Provide a cycle device diagram, T-S diagram, operating
4 shows the snippet ofkeywords extracted from a document [21], along with their score (S). Score (S) is based onkeyword features (term casing, term position, term frequency normalization, term relatedness tocontext, term different sentence) and is computed by the YAKE! Algorithm [31]. Lower the valueof S, the more significant the keyword [31].Third. To eliminate similar keywords, we employed a de-duplication process based on similarityalgorithms such as Levenshtein similarity [35], Jaro-Winkler [36], and Hamming Distance[37, 38, 39]. We used Levenshtein similarity because it works on the principle of the minimumnumber of single-character edits required to change one word into the other [38].For example, take a group of similar keywords like
in the United States,” J. Int. Stud., vol. 4, pp. 223–235, 2014.[2] E. Duffin, International students in the U.S. 2004-2022, by academic level. Statista, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/237689/international-students-in-the-us-by-academic-leve l/[3] J. Trapani and K. Hale, Higher education in science and engineering: International S&E higher education. National Science Board, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20223/international-s-e-higher-education[4] C. Collins and A. Thompson, “International students and scholars,” Purdue University, International Students & Scholars, Enrollment & statistical report fall 2022., 2022. [Online]. Available: https
, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the NSF’s views.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityVI. References1. Driskell, J. E. & Salas, E. (1992) Collective behavior and team performance. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 34(3), 277-288.2. Alexander, P. A., Murphy, K. P., Woods, B. S., et al. (1997) College instruction and concomitant change in students’ knowledge, interest, and strategy use: A study of domain learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology 22, 125-146.3. Kulturel-Konak, S., Konak, A., Okudan Kremer, G., & Esparragoza, I. (2014
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– .47 .63 .45 .42 .41 .00 3. Perceived Usefulness .33 .42 – .66 .75 .70 .72 .12 4. Perceived Ease of Use .44 .58 .65 – .69 .70 .69 .09 5. ILTs Compatibility .23 .38 .73 .66 – .73 .79 .10 6. Attitudes toward ILT s .30 .38 .67 .71 .70 – .78 .11 7. ILTs Behavioral Intentions .22 .33 .69 .66 .77 .78 – .07 8. GPA -.04 .04 .13 .13 .11 .12 .09 – Note. Parametric (i.e., Pearson) correlations are below the primary diagonal and non
focuses on a group of five to six students discussing a complex, real-world scenario that includes current, multi-faceted, multidisciplinary engineering issues. Beforethe 30-45 minute long discussion begins, student participants all read a short scenario thatpresents some technical and non-technical details of the topic.Table 1 presents a summary of sample scenarios. As part of the EPSA, students are asked todetermine the most important problem/s and to discuss stakeholders, impacts, unknowns, andpossible solutions. Examples of the scenarios used in the EPSA are presented in Appendix A. Page 24.1349.2 Table 1. Summary of Sample ScenariosEnergy
highlighted the need for a more consistent SDL assessment inengineering education. Of the SDL assessment scales discussed, Cadorin et al.’s [21] SRSSDLwas considered suitable for the validity current study for two reasons. First, its items alignedwith the skills to be examined in engineering students as part of a larger study that explores theimpact of metacognitive learning strategies on their self-directed learning. Second, it had beenwidely used in nursing education and its validity has been confirmed in related disciplines [48,60]. Examining the SRSSDL’s validity in a different setting- engineering education, wasnecessary to ascertain its suitability for the SDL assessment of engineering students.III. MethodsA. Instrument DesignCadorin et
system users andother practitioners. For example, the LSRM may enhance the CATME system by accuratelymodeling longitudinal social relations data, and thereby improving the evaluation of teamdynamics and identifying potential areas for improvement. Ultimately, this may help instructorsbetter support their students' collaborative learning experiences and foster a more inclusivelearning environment. ReferencesAgrawal, A. K., & Harrington-Hurd, S. (2016). Preparing next generation graduates for a global engineering workforce: Insights from tomorrow's engineers. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 29(4), 5-12.Alsharif, A., Katz, A., Knight, D., & Alatwah, S. (2022). Using
Paper ID #38852Applications of Teams and Stories: Augmenting the Development ofEntrepreneurial Mindset in EngineersDr. Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedyˆa C™s research, teaching and professional activities focus on civil infrastructure decision making to promote sustainable development. She studies complex real-world sys- tems and develops infrastructure decision support systemDr. Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Chair of Undergraduate Programs, School of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDr. Robert