refine the systemspecifications. Table 1 shows the finalized PVEPS system requirements. Table 1 PV emergency power system requirements ID Requirements 1 Power generated by solar panel(s) shall be stored in lead-acid AGM batteries 2 The batteries shall be able to power the following devices for two consecutive days: 1. Two White LED lights (continuous) 2. The suction machine (used 3 hrs. each day) 3. Two “car-charging sockets” for charging 12VDC appliances (used 3 hrs. each day) 4. One 5V DC USB charger for charging cell phones and tablets 3 The system shall contain on/off switches to individually control each appliance
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, I’ll be like,alright, I’m never doing this again. Like I try it, I mess up, and you know what, forget it, I quit.But like I just learned to just stick with something all the way through, try a little harder. Itshows result[s].”Cyrus’s claim here is that the experience helped to develop persistence, broadly. He elaboratedon this by giving an example from school, where he persisted on a difficult presentationassignment that normally would have prompted to quit:“I was doing it, I kept getting stuck, you know. So I just took a break really fast because mybrain was fried from irritation and stress. And you know, I finished it, and I’m glad I did, and atfirst I was like, ‘Look, dude [to his partner], you’re going to have to do it.’ But you know
problems, and but also achieve personalized,real-time, economic production utilizing additive manufacturing technology, in particular, 3Dprinting technology, and ultimately to produce the real products which can actually be soldand used. The lab is a typical cyber-physical-social system (CPSS) that enables students tohand on and experience the entire social manufacturing process.Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61533019 and 71232006).References[1] E. F. Crawley. Creating the CDIO syllabus, a universal template for engineering education, Frontiers in Education Conference, 2002, 2:8-12.[2] E. F. Crawley, J. Malmqvist, S. Östlund, D. R. Brodeur. Rethinking
Altera Cyclone FPGA, 64 MS/s dual ADC, 128 MS/s dualDAC, and USB 2.0 connectivity. The USRP1 platform can support two complete RFdaughter boards and can operate from DC to 6 GHz. The daughter board we used on eachmotherboard is RFX400, which has 2 quadrature frontends for transmitting and receiving,and the bandwidth is 40MHz for both frontends (see Figure 1). Figure 1: A USRP1 Motherboard with RFX400 Daughter Board2.2. Software SetupIn order to improve undergraduate students' understanding and learning, the followingstep-by-step laboratory modules were developed:I) Ubuntu/Windows duel operating system installation. Many SDR development tools,including GNU Radio, only officially support Linux operating system. However
external rewards, and others,briefly reviewed below.During the 60’s and 70’s, a deviance hypothesis found some support in studies of work values.Career oriented women “stressed intrinsic features of the work including the kind of people in agiven occupation, the high prestige of the occupation, the opportunity to use special abilities, andwhether the work left enough time to spend with family.”7 By comparison, non-career orientedwomen preferred “more feminine values including working with people rather than things, livingup to their parents' ideas of success, a stable secure future, and helping others.”8Other research at the time, however, showed limited support for a ‘deviance hypothesis’. In afour year longitudinal study of 110 college women (a
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. Page 26.826.4The class will act as a consulting group representing various interests: the community, the city ofGoodyear and the state of Phoenix. The City of Goodyear has strategic action plan found in thislink: http://www.goodyearaz.gov/government/city-manager-s-office/strategic-plan-goals whichcan be used a starting point.The class will be divided into three groups to advocate for three sectors: community citizens, cityadministrators and state officials. The groups will represent the transportation needs, plans andbudgets of their representative sector. Using a brainstorming visualization map (suggestion:Power Point Smart Art Graphics) brainstorm the elements of your group’s vision statement forthe City of Goodyear, Arizona. This vision
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separated are coded A (Achievers), S (SupportSeekers), P (Purpose Seekers) and P&S (Purpose & Support Seekers). The overall JMP analysisis shown in Figure 6. It is important to note that previous iterations of the regression utilized afull factorial method and generated biased results and very weak correlations for all but the two- Page 26.1142.8dimensional and single variables shown below. The results below were achieved after reducingthe regressed variables by eliminating the three-dimensional analysis and the cross of timing andlevel. Neither of these two analyses provided explanatory value. Summary of Fit RSquare
Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Dr. Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University Gloria Townsend, Professor of Computer Science, has taught at DePauw University for thirty-four years. She was the PI for both NSF-BPC project, the Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, and NSF-S-STEM project, Julian Scholars. Gloria is a member of ACM-W’s Women’s Council, where she founded the concept of small celebrations for women in computing and where she now serves as project leader
the results indicated in Figures 4 and 5, above, are illustrative of thestudents’ perceptions of the other disciplines throughout the competition. After working togetherfor two weeks, there were slight changes between the perceived strengths and actual strengthsreported at the end of the collaboration. Although it is difficult to discern the reason(s) for theslight changes, one possible explanation may be the fact that nearly 80% of the students hadprior interdisciplinary experience, and therefore already had some understanding of the strengthsand weaknesses of the other disciplines. The slight changes from the initial to the final surveysmay result from the students working with the other disciplines in a new context that ischallenging
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bridge program was1.8 on a 4.0 scale, compared with a 1.55 from the general Calculus 1 classes. However thechance that a random sample of 16 students from Calculus 1 had a GPA of 1.8 or higher is 26%,so again we cannot conclude that this change was statistically significant.Figure 3 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who successfully completed thesummer bridge program versus the time they spent on task in the summer program. Again wefind little to no correlation, however it is interesting that there is a cluster of “B”s at the upperend of the time scale. Figure 4 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who
traineesprogressed through iFEAT and gained information about the application process, we noted shiftsin perception of the most challenging and most important components of the application process.We also monitored any changes in trainee career aspirations, including candidates’ preferredtype(s) of institutions and academic positions, plans to conduct postdoctoral research, andanticipated application timeline. Data analysis involved looking at trends across survey questions. All questions had eithera numbered rating system or distinct multiples choices for participants to select. Trends weredetermined via either an average of all participant ratings or a percentage of participants whochose that answer. For some questions, participants chose more than
experiences in the laboratory session activities: As a result of the team based laboratory exercises, Q1. My understanding of the environmental relevance of the subject matter is: Q2. My interest in environmental engineering discipline and confidence in the subject matter is: Q3. My analytical and experimental skills are: Q4. My leadership and management skills are: Response options: A. Worse (W); B. The same (T); C. Better (B); D. Significantly better (S); E. N/A no opinion (N)Fig.1. Civil and environmental engineering students performing water treatment experiment: A.coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation-filtration techniques; B. sludge volume measurements
%), and Work (13%). The TCI was used as a pretest and posttest in the Fall 2012 and Fall 2014 as described in this paper. The pretest was administered during the first week of classes and the posttest was given in the last week of class. One common way to look at the pretest and posttest data on concept inventories is to calculate a G ain, G, from the pretest to the posttest as: Spost− Spre G= 100% − Spre (1) Where post S and S
the public who have allowed theengineering profession to get by working quietly and diligently, but not putting all their skills tothe best use of humanity.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1. National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. (National Academies Press, 2004).2. National Academy of Engineering. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding
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