Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

project of theirchoosing, the students in CE300 write a one-page summary and assessment of the presentation.The short writing assignments (memoranda) are not directly linked to the reading assignmentsabout technical writing. They do, however, increase in detail and scope over the course of thesemester as students learn about various aspects of technical writing. Each assignment is gradedfor technical content but, with the exception of the lab report, the majority of points are allottedto the writing itself. The memos are graded for format, organization of thought, grammar andspelling, word choice, and overall effectiveness of communication. Some may argue that

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damien Bretall, NSWC; Deborah Furey, NSWC

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

recognizingpotential shortcomings the NEST engineers can encourage the team to take corrective action. Forexample, although it is quite possible for a team of entirely electrical engineering majors tosucceed, it would behoove them to seek out some more diverse members. The team could beimproved by recruiting mechanical engineers to design the hull, finance and business majors tospearhead the fundraising, English majors to polish the technical documents and computerscience majors to assist in the software programming and website development. Some tips forachieving this are also relayed, such as talking to the school to make the AUV competition countfor class credit. This encourages more students to join, and allows them to devote more time tothe project. At

Conference Session

Materials in Design and Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Hu, University of Missouri - Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

sustain a research-supportivecurriculum by introducing rigorous, hands-on lab sections of the courses, and (2) to integratelearning materials in current introductory courses. Page 13.1128.4To develop and sustain a research-supportive curriculum, emphasis was placed on team-basedefforts and the integration of research and education. By collecting and disseminating multipleexamples of undergraduate research projects, we can promote learning through research andimprove the quality of learning via training our students in more creative and meaningful ways.A few of the environmental nanotechnology research modules were developed for

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

lecture. Active learning can help reenergize a classroom.• By offering a variety of active learning, different learning styles may be targeted.Identifying Kinesthetic LearnersMarilee Sprenger has compiled a list of characteristics may help identify students whowill be most deeply impacted by kinesthetic activities:• Sit comfortably, slouching or fidgeting. Leans back in chair or taps pencils• Distracted by comfort variations such as temperature, light or movement• Accesses memories by recreating the movements associated with those memories• Says things like, “Can you give me a concrete example?”• Enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together again, working on projects• Don’t like to read manuals but rather like to “figure it out

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Crago, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

example, for use in “enumerating various attributes” forthe ABET Criterion 3 outcomes5. In that project, each of the ABET outcomes [i.e., the Criterion3 (a) through (k)] was broken into a larger number of component parts, and each component part Page 13.658.2of an outcome was described as it might be addressed by a student operating at the various levelsof Bloom’s taxonomy. Verbs from their list 4 were used here in the writing of the performancecriteria because these verbs accurately describe levels of learning as described by Bloom’staxonomy.Taken together, the several performance criteria comprising a particular outcome indicate therequired or

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Do not place your name on this sheetAnswer the questions below on the basis of your current beliefs as to how a professionalengineer may ethically act.The SituationYou are a young engineer employed by the State Transportation Department. You have beenplaced in charge of inspecting a highway bridge project which is being built by a privatecontractor. Because of your education and extensive field engineering experience, you are ableto suggest techniques and procedures that save the contractor both time and money. The work,however, is done strictly according to the plans and specifications.Scenario No. 1It is quitting time on a hot summer Friday afternoon. The contractor comes to the site and offersa can of soda to each of his employees. He

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joel Bloom, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

experience in research, engineering, marketing and sales management with several high technology corporations.Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the past thirty years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first-year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin - Marathon County; Christa James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin - Barboo/Sauk County; Luis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. & Yoshida, M., Lesson study: A Japanese approach to improving mathematics teaching andlearning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2004.2. Lewis, C., Lesson study: A handbook of teacher-led instructional improvement. Philadelphia: Research forBetter Schools, 2002.3. Cerbin, Bill and Kopp, Bryan, “University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Lesson Study Project,”http://www.uwlax.edu/sotl/lsp/ (Accessed January 2008) Page 13.847.9

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2008-767: DEVELOPING A MANUFACTURING PLANT LAYOUT UTILIZINGBEST-IN-CLASS CONCEPTS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING AND THEORY OFCONSTRAINTS OF OPTIMAL MACRO-FLOWMerwan Mehta, East Carolina University Page 13.386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing a Manufacturing Plant Layout Utilizing Best-in-class Concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints of Optimal Macro-FlowAbstractDeveloping a plant layout for a manufacturing facility is a project that utilizes a combination ofart and science. Although creating plant layouts has been an activity that has been performed bymanufacturing and industrial engineers

Conference Session

Accreditation Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student performance in a particular outcome whereas the final letter gradegiven to a student is an indication of his cumulative achievement which is computed using somesort of a weighted average (30% HW grade, 20% exam grade, 10% project grade, etc.).There are three basic requirements to implement this approach: (1) At the beginning of thesemester make a course plan including assessment, (2) Break down grading along courseoutcomes on the assignments/exams using a grade box, and (3) Enter scores into gradespreadsheet for each course outcome.For faculty who have teaching assistant support, most likely items 2 and 3 would be done bytheir assistant. The most critical thing is to have a good course plan at the beginning toimplement this approach

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Tuffner, University of Wyoming; Andrew Catellier, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; John Pierre, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, and QAM. Non-idealities such as I/Q gain mismatch are alsoexplored. Any undergraduate lab with workbenches outfitted with standard PC and dataacquisition equipment will be able to make use of this VSA.The paper is organized into the following sections. Section 2 describes the theory of operation ofthe low-cost vector signal analyzer. Section 3 gives examples of how the VSA can be used inundergraduate communication laboratory exercises. The final section concludes the paper.2. VSA theory of operationThe vector signal analyzer is implemented using National Instruments’ LabVIEW andMathworks’ MATLAB. The combination of the two software packages allows easy dataacquisition as well as an easily modifiable processing code. The entire project could

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

,consisting of 50% juniors and 50% seniors, were successful in completing both the pre– and post – assessments. Page 12.1221.10 Page 9Hypothesis This engineering education research project is related to the first author’sdissertation topic: Critical Thinking Instruction and Minority Engineering Students at aPublic Urban Higher Education Institution. Since this critical thinking course was a pilotstudy, only one hypothesis statement is applicable from the original dissertationresearch study design.Hypothesis H01 – There is no significant difference in critical thinking test scores after the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Bardy, Grove City College; Erik Anderson, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

ofinstitutions have built experiments for various heat transfer experiments.[1-6] In some casesstudents have built heat transfer experiments as part of a design project and then used theexperiment in a thermal fluids laboratory course.[7, 8].We have developed an experiment in free convection for MECE 352 adapted from one used inthe Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The State University of New Yorkat Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) (with permission). In the experiment, students take directtemperature readings from a vertical heated plate using thermocouples and a LabVIEW DAQinterface. The convective heat transfer coefficient can be calculated from the temperature profilenear the vertical plate and compared to analytically determined values. In

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria; A.Y. Al-Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology; Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria Danilo Garbi Zutin obtained his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering form the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) in Brazil. As a student, he has developed undergraduate research during three years at the university and has joined an internship program at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria, where he has worked within the Remote Electronic Laboratory project. The work was focused in developing a system for testing and designing ASICs as a part of the tele-learning system of the institution. The work has resulted in a system that allows designing and testing ASICs by means of an online platform. His areas of interest are

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dampier, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

the field of digital forensics that encouragesinnovation and creativity, and embraces life-long learning. Academia is able to help inthe digital forensics field by providing more sophisticated tools and equipment. Evencommercially available equipment has addressed the need but further innovation could bespurred from the academic community. For example, a research project at MississippiState University using Field Programmable Gate Arrays was able to produce a tool thatwill image a hard drive, nearly, twice as fast as any commercial hard drive duplicator,and will perform some limited analysis as it images.7 Academia’s vast instructional andresearch resources should be used in any way possible to combat digital crime.Justification of

Conference Session

Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

technical classroom knowledge to the next level of expertise.With respect to Bloom’s Taxonomy, 5 students appear to engage at higher learning levels, fromBloom’s level 1-5 knowledge of a good quality engineering education program to Bloom’s level4- 6, since co op students in a corporate environment learn through integrating Bloom’scategories of Level 4: Analysis, Level 5: Synthesis and Level 6: Evaluation. Co op students learncommunication, team collaboration, program and project management, leadership ofimplementation, and achieving through consequences, accountability and evaluation, as well asmany other skills.In order to be able to document these educational advantages, one must have a vision of thedesired result. Only then can a methodology be

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

AC 2007-1856: COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION IN UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTS: THE INFLUENCE OF PERFORMING ARTSPARTICIPATIONWilliam Lee, University of South FloridaDouglas Lunsford, University of South Florida Douglas Lunsford is a PhD student in educational methods and has worked on a number of engineering educational research projects. Page 12.372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Communication apprehension in undergraduate students: The influence of performing arts participationAbstractEngineering students often display varying levels of communication apprehension (CA) when itcomes to

Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Acheson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Lingma Acheson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the ______ School of ____________ was the original architect of the database-driven system. Her pioneering efforts in the infancy of this project are due credit as the system was deemed feasible at this point. Having the blueprint and a prototype of the initial system, the Nominations Chair discussed the vision of an automated system with the incoming and current Database Administrator, _______ _______. Upon gaining an understanding of the intended capabilities of the envisioned system, the new Database Administrator dissected and explored the structure of the existing database. With a clear Page 12.835.4 understanding of the objectives

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

themaximum key transmission rate at these distances? Do the experiments confirm thesecalculations or are there other real-world effects that we didn’t account for? The students alsowill do readings in (the more applied) technical journals to keep abreast of progress in siliconphotonics – what are the projections? How does detector cost play a roll in making choicesamong the current states-of-the-art, etc.? Thus, even within this seemingly esoteric application,the interplay of: industry; cost; technology; and materials, becomes an important part of thelaboratory component.Regarding sources: in order for QKD to work, within each pulse (of chosen polarization) thereshould only be one photon – otherwise Eve could steal one! So single-photon sources

Conference Session

Academic Boot Camp

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

to provide an opportunity for mentors,mentees, and mentoring facilitators to educate each other and have fun doing so. The second goal isa deliverable: we intend to produce a Proceedings of the workshop including summaries of the talksand discussions, a document distilling the best practices, resources, and other important issues.(2) General Electric (GE) funded the web site for the Faculty for the Future [3].FacultyForTheFuture.org is a website dedicated to linking a diverse pool of women andunderrepresented minority candidates from engineering, science and business with faculty andresearch positions across the country. The major components of the website are describedincluding lessons learned and the project evaluation

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

International

served as centers for the exchange ofrelated knowledge. These types of exchanges foster more focused research on the part ofthe university, and most importantly, create environments suitable for educating scientists,engineers and other graduates that have a competitive edge in the world market.Working with multinational companies will help further the university’sinternationalization tremendously. Working on joint projects abroad would provide theopportunity to educate faculty and staff and stem new connections and ideas in theprocess. A cohesive effort also needs to be made to provide opportunities for faculty and Page 12.349.4staff to work with

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Steffen, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Iskandar Hack, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

high speed access, many households and small businesses wish to share theirInternet connection with everyone on the premises. This can be done by purchasing a smallrouter or wireless access point. A router is a networking device that connects multiple networkstogether, for example, your home network and the Internet2. The router allows each of yourcomputers to share the same cable or DSL Internet connections. Similarly, a wireless accesspoint allows the sharing of a cable or DSL Internet connection without a physical wire beingconnected to your computer. Both of these devices can be purchased for as little as $59.00 at anylocal electronics store.The projected growth in both cable and DSL subscribers will go from a combined 24

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Luntz, E. Almeiada, D. Tilbury, J. Moyne and K. Hargrove, “The distributed reconfigurable factory testbed(DRFT): A collaborative cross-university manufacturing system testbed,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference,2006.[10] R, Bartz, S. Engell, C. Schmid, H. Roth, N. Becker and H. M. Schaedel, “Project-oriented internet-basedlearning in the field of control engineering,” Proceedings of ASEE/SEFI/TUB Annual Colloquium, 2002.[11] J. Rehg and B. Muller, “Teaching PLCs with the IEC 61131 standard languages,” Proceedings of ASEE AnnualConference, 2005.[12] D. Wang, and H. Peddle, “System approach for design and construction of PLC training laboratory,”Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.[13] K. H. Johansson, et al. (2005). “Vehicle

Conference Session

Industry-Academia Collaborations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Jim Subach, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

anongoing basis. Course content is developed based upon the following essential rubrics: Page 12.889.4 - more - • The course-design approach is competency-/outcome-based • Classroom instruction is for clarification • The laboratory is to expand on classroom instruction • A final capstone project course integrates all the components Many sources for initiation ESD Curriculum-Change Process of change, 2+ faculty

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Kurt Johnson, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

theplan of action for the day and held discussions about team issues, like the research project andteam name.After snack time, the team moved to the classroom. The coach chose to partner the youth totackle the problems of the robot performance part of the competition. By partnering the children,the amount of time each student participated on the robot was their own choice. Typically, atleast one of the partners could concentrate on the problem designated, giving them a chance towork almost one-on-one on the problem. When neither partner could focus on the problem, littlewas accomplished, creating a challenge of directing the youth into working. Usually, the coach,one or two mentors, and a parent volunteer were present to supervise and refocus the

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton; Scott Schneider, University of Dayton; Scott Segalewitz, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering, has evolved tobalance mathematics and science with critical thinking. Design scenarios involve open thinkingand decision making. Both skills have been areas where Chinese students have demonstrated lowperformance. Craft9 cited that these skills are now being addressed in China, but shortcomingsshould be expected for current Chinese students in American classrooms.Limited research has been found that documents successful teaching methods for Chinesestudents in an American school of engineering. Tate and Sriraman10 share positive experiencewith assigning design projects to a team that includes an American and a Chinese student. Theyobserved that American students showed more interest in the creative and commercial aspectsand the Chinese

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niall Seery, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick

of information appears tobe strongly rooted to the behaviourist paradigm, with student ‘mimicking’ cognitiveinvolvement. Page 12.203.2Much research suggests that the use of a problem-based or project-based learningenvironments help motivate students to learn on a deeper level3, 4. Student-canteredapproaches to learning which focuses on active and cooperative learning indicate apositive correlation between the instrumental method and the students’ engagement of a‘deep’ learning approach 5,6,7,8.The design of the practical approach to machine tool training discussed in this paper isconceptually grounded on theories of participative education. Creating a

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

/Comparison_of_virtual_machines5. Jeremy Sugerman, Ganesh Venkitachalam and Beng-Hong Lim, “Virtualizing I/O Devices on VMwareWorkstation’s Hosted Virtual Machine Monitor”, Proceedings of the 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference,2001.6. 7-Zip. http://www.7-zip.org7. Gary D. Steffen, “Teaching Local Area Networking in a Secure Virtual Environment”, Proceedings of the 2004ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2004.8. Richard Bejtlich, “The Tao of Network Security Monitoring”, Addison-Wesley, 20059. http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum Page 12.1575.10

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsEducation: No Longer an Overlooked Application of the Law.” Journal of College and University Law. Vol. 31, No.2, pp. 291-350.[6] Hollenshead, Carol S., Stacy A. Wenzel, Barbara B. Lazarus, and Indira Nair. (1996) “The Graduate Experiencesin the Sciences and Engineering: Rethinking a Gendered Institution.” In The Equity Equation; Fostering theAdvancement of Women in the Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. pp.122-162.[7] Valian, Virginia and Vita Rabinowitz. (2004) Benchmarks. How? Which? Who? Why? A presentation of theGender Equity Project. May 10, 2004. Hunter College of the City University of New York. Downloaded July 20,2005 from http://www.advance.gatech.edu

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Squeeze Lab. This lab was derivedfrom a colleague’s research and development project with a manufacturer of drug deliverydevices. A controlled-dosage device was being developed to deliver a single dose of liquidmedicine into a child’s mouth. The device was operated by manually squeezing a bulb. It wasimportant to optimize the design so that the drug is delivered as quickly as possible but withoutgagging the infant. An important parameter is the force that a person applies to the device duringsqueezing. The students were asked to characterize the force applied to the controlled-dosagedevice by considering a population of college students (i.e., find the mean squeeze). Formotivation, the students were told that their results would be used by the