inputs. The Bluetooth adaptor creates awireless serial port and the Android app retrieves the desired sensor information, formats thedata into a byte stream, and transmits it via the Bluetooth link. The app development is done inthe App Inventor platform, which is based on a visual programming environment and can bequickly learned. Students can easily develop basic, functional apps and create a customized I/Omodule that can be incorporated into microcontroller, digital systems, or embedded systemsprojects.1. Introduction1.1 Motivation The input devices of a computer system are peripherals to take user command, such asswitches and keypad, and sensors to measure environmental conditions, such a barometer and anaccelerometer. In the computer
engineering program has augmented this infrastructure to provide our facultymembers with additional options for recording and editing their own content. Several facultymembers have made extensive use of this infrastructure produce their own material for lecturetopics, laboratory activities and supplemental activities such as worked examples, exam reviewsand student projects. We have built a small studio with video and audio recording technologyintegrated with full editing capability. This allows the integration of animations, simulations,CAD software, web-based content and laboratory experiences into the course videos. Weproduce videos with real-time hand-annotation of dynamic power-point slides as can be seen inthe screen captures below (Figures 1
convolution oftwo signals using a computer program might not excite them.To solve the issues mentioned before, we would like to develop a laboratory course that helpsstudents to comprehend the fundamental theory of signal processing. The laboratory exercise forthis course needs to (1) be directly related to real-world applications (2) allow students to processcontinuous-time signals (3) allow students to start working on laboratory exercises with limitedsignal processing background and gain more insights about signal processing theory throughoutthe course. One of the major applications of signal processing is wireless communications and therapid advance of SDR, both hardware and software, significantly reduces the complexity ofbuilding a SDR project
a Communication Tracking Survey and to complete an anonymous exit surveyregarding their experience. We received a 95% response rate in the Communication TrackingSurvey (Figure 1) and a 70% response rate to the exit survey. The mentee’s completed a similarexit survey with a 41% response rate. 5.0% In person mentor-mentee meeting 28.4% Emails exchanged between mentee and mentor 50.0% Mentee did not respond to the mentor Mentor did not respond to survey 16.5% Figure 1: Results of mentor and mentee
given p Superheated Vapor USE properties from superheated tables Figure 1: Class Handout for Fixing the State and Finding Property Data. Properties Table AssignmentUsing Water, fill in the missing information in the table below. Also show the first 6 rows on p-v and T-v diagrams, include the vapordome, isobars and/or isotherms, and all appropriate labeling. T, oC p, bar x (%)* v, m3/kg h, kJ/kg Phase** 1 50 7.72 2 4
Engineering of the National Academies.Challenge 1- Provide access to clean wateri.Desert environments such as the Sonoran desert where the large city of Phoenix is settled haswater challenges. Phoenix is primarily served by the Salt River Project from the Salt and Verdewater sheds and Central Arizona Project canal system which draws from the Colorado River.Engineers have a challenge to make water access viable and sustainable to a continuing growingmegapolis in the desert.Challenge 2- Engineer better medicinesii.Pathogens become resistant to therapeutic drugs from natural selection. Drug resistant strainssurvive to infect the host and can become resistant to multiple kinds of drugs. Novel solutionssuch as personalized medicine which target the DNA of
, newsletters, andmagazines, as they attempt to attract new members, retain existing members, and draw membersinto taking an active role in the society. As an example, a President’s Message in the IEEEMicrowave Magazine set out both tangible and non-tangible benefits of IEEE membership, withtangible benefits including the society’s magazine, discounts on journals, standards, andconference registration, career-related resources, and group life insurance.1 Non-tangible benefitsincluded the ability to hold office, professional development and networking opportunities, andthe ability to influence the direction taken by the society.1 One of IEEE’s divisions, the ControlSystems Society, published a similar President’s Message in the IEEE Control
limited [1]. Tibbetts notes that FIGprograms engage resident students who register for the program and live in the dormitories, but do not engage students livingoutside of the dorms [1]. Carrell cites the exclusion of non-resident students as a downfall of residence-based programs andsuggests that significant retention improvement requires the formation of a cohort inclusive of all students [2]. The PSU-ErieFIG consists of dormitory residents who select the program, and therefore does not engage the significant number of studentswho live with their parents or in other off-campus housing. The second program, FastStart, focuses on cultural and social events. FastStart is a campus-wide program that groups afreshman student with a faculty mentor
implementing a change, or when dealing with a complicated medicalcondition, such as sepsis, the clinician can help guide and inform the engineering team’sapproach. The clinician, in-turn, also learns how systems engineers approach problems anddevelop solutions. Clinicians embedded on the engineering team can interact with the cliniciansat the healthcare site to more fully understand the specific clinical implications of engineeringdecisions so we make most effective solutions early on in the iterative process Figure 1 provides an overview of the center and a visual representation of itsrelationship with the healthcare industry. The center takes what is learned in the academicsetting and sets out to apply it in healthcare systems. While great
we need to push these opportunities more diligently for our Page 26.942.8students. As we continue this program, we hope to collect more firm data that supports theanecdotal evidence that we have gathered thus far about benefits to our students and how thework will ultimately support their success in future career plans. Whether through open-endeddesign projects, embedded research, or full-semester research endeavors, students come awayfrom the experience with an enriched background that will ultimately serve them well as theycontinue on to their transfer institution and on to graduate school.Bibliography 1. Bahr, D. F., & Norton, M
quote him, if it was "theModified Bernoulli Equation, then is was no longer the Bernoulli Equation.") Learning in ascientific manner is commonly represented as extensions of already understood knowledge.An example of radical change occurred in the 16th century when Galileo worked to consolidatethe understanding of solid mechanics2. In one case prior to his involvement there was more thana little controversy about whether the bending stresses of cantilevered beams caused tension atthe top of the beam, or compression at the bottom as illustrated in Figure 1. It was during thistime that the two concepts were consolidated and explained. In this way, two previouslydisparate explanations for observed forces or loadings were replaced by a single
partnership as well as this paper (see Figure 1). Thegraphic allows one to see the components of the effort. In the case of the high school/two-yearcollege interface, one sees that curricular alignment is a key with clear articulation. The collegeinputs Technical Dual Credit classes into the high school to make sure that the curriculumalignment loop is closed successfully. As shown on the chart, trusted articulation pathways mustbe aligned in terms of curriculum between the two-year and four-year institutions. Importantly,industry’s needs in terms of workers output from the pipeline must be accounted for throughengagement in many ways with all three institutional levels. Finally, the financial implications ofpathway choice for the student must be
adoption of BIM by large healthcare systems will create a need for uniquely trainedindividuals. Healthcare facility BIM management is an area that could attract more females andminorities to this STEM oriented field.Figure 1. Identification of the training gap and opportunities for AEC graduates in the next 10 years.The paradigm shift that is presently taking place calls for specialized staff trained in both thearchitectural arts and computer sciences. Interior design, architecture and engineering educationshould be preparing a workforce for BIM technology in the healthcare sector. Talented andtechnically trained AEC designers will shape the visual 3D world using new tools that will helpthem to leverage the data found within the model. As part of
organization. Our study supports aposition that not only can students and employees be screened for these fundamentalcharacteristics, but also that this ability can be developed, grown, and reinforced. This studyfurther reinforces a hypothesis that seminal entrepreneurship and innovation skills canactually be learned.1. Introduction:The comfort zone is a behavioral state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutralcondition, using a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usuallywithout a sense of risk (White 2008). It is a type of mental conditioning that causes people tocreate and maneuver mental boundaries. These boundaries differ from person to person basedon varying methods of processing uncertainty. For some
performance in an engineering Statics courseIntroductionIn science classrooms at both the high school and college level, it is becoming increasinglycommonplace to use writing to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding of the coursecontent. Since the 1980s, studies of student writing in science classes have shown thatconceptual knowledge is increased and concretized through multiple modalities of writing, suchas journaling, summary or explanation, laboratory reports, and news articles.1, 2, 3, 4.What is less clear is the relationship between integration of writing and increased competency innon-conceptual areas of science, or in areas where concept and application (quantitative) are bothrequired. In these
provide effective training Supply the lab curriculum materials and plans, including parts lists and free software to reproduce the trainingBelow are some pictures of the training equipment, PLC programs, and SCADA displaysdeveloped in the Lab modules.Figure 1 This picture shows some of the equipment developed in-house for alternative energySCADA training. The large roller platform in the center housed an inverter and a weather stationthat was monitored wirelessly. On the side of the roller platform PLC training cards could bemounted for monitoring the inverter voltage and current and passing information to a SCADAsystem. Page
collaboration Page 26.974.2 agreements and support for each other’s research and grant proposals, 17 distinctive projectswith these community partners, and four spinoff research projects.Background21st century jobs require a new set of skills, many of which are connected to the science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.1 Colleges and universities seek topromote academic excellence but are also responsible for developing students as active citizens.To meet future needs and to grow knowledge capital, there must be investment in technology andsupport for programs that promote innovation and spur leadership. Colleges and universities
. Page 26.980.2 One vantage point in which adoption can be viewed from is that of the instructor.Specifically, CBAM’s Stages of Concern (SoC) can be utilized as it focuses on how instructors’beliefs and attitudes change as they progress through the implementation process6. Concerns arethe elements that construct the different SoC’s as summarized in Table 1. Self Concerns Stage 0 Participant is not concerned or involved with the innovation Awareness Stage 1 Participant is generally aware of the innovation but has not Informational considered the demands or requirements of its use. Stage 2 Participant is unsure about their ability to meet the demands of the Personal
skills, necessitates establishing interdisciplinary 1learning environments . To respond to this need, the Washington State University Institute for Sustainable Design (WSU ISD) – a collaboration between a civil and environmental engineering department, a design and construction school, and a material science and engineering research center in the WSU Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture – developed the Integrated Design Experience (IDX) undergraduate capstone and graduate course in 2009. IDX is a teaching, research, and outreach vehicle for students, faculty, clients and mentors to analyze complex natural and built environment problems and design innovative solutions in interdisciplinary teams. In the
affiliates. A list of advantages and disadvantages of theproposed solution, and a cost estimate for the construction of the project was presented.Each course session began with specific topics to be applied in project design. The topicsare summarized as follows:1. Civil Engineering in today's world2. Civil Engineering Specialty Fields3. The Design Process4. Contour Lines5. Topographic Maps6. Topographic Surveying7. Introduction to water demand analysis8. Introduction to water storage reservoir design9. Horizontal and Vertical Alignments10. Longitudinal Profiles11. Cross Sections12. Area and Volumes Page 26.1035.713. Site Investigations14. Design
such as “engage” funded bythe NSF [1] provide several lesson plans and solutions that guide the instructors to readily bringthose for use in their classrooms. All lesson plans and examples in “engage” are organized undereach department and by course areas such as:Mathematics (Calculus and Differential Equations), Chemistry, Mechanical and ElectricalEngineering (Circuits, Control Systems, Dynamics, Elasticity and Plasticity, Engineering Design,Engineering Graphics, Fluids, Introduction to Engineering, Manufacturing, Material Failure,Mechanics, Statics, Stress and Strain, Thermodynamics), Physics, Properties of Materials, andother Examples & Activities for Pre-College Students.If one were to go through their website and the list of lessons
the design of an experiment • Understanding of various types of sensors and how they work • Team work, presentation of results and technical writing • Integration of probability and statistical analysis into design projects through data analysis • Problem solving with Matlab (solving a system of equations)The general outcome for the course is to better prepare the students for their follow-on courses inthe Department. As this is a new course, we do not yet have the data set to show that we havemet this requirement in their advanced courses that will be taken their junior year. The specificoutcomes for the course that we list on the syllabus are listed below. 1) Provide an introduction of the breadth of mechanical
the experiments,which present students with a range of practical challenges requiring them to analyze, measure,design, and fabricate gears and gear systems. Activities in the experiments include: (1) identify-ing gear types (spur, helical, bevel, etc.) and appropriate applications (transmissions, differen-tials, gearmotors, etc.). (2) Disassembling and reassembling an automotive HVAC bafflesubassembly (with measurement of train ratios, and design and manufacturing questions relatedto its gears). (3) Disassembling and reassembling a kitchen mixer (with design and manufactur-ing questions related to its gears). (4) Designing the gear mechanism for driving the hands of aclock given an input speed, fabricating the gears of the clock via rapid
design but learn more about their own thought and design processes. Figure 1: Dean Buffinton of Bucknell University’s College of Engineering testing the flat-pack cart.This program has been offered three times, and each time has had an overall theme to give coherence tothe design discussion. The winter 2015 session focused on “disaster preparedness.” An example of adesign created by one team is shown in Figure 1. Their research indicated that having ready access torobust carting would help mitigate the immediate aftermath of disasters to aid in clearing rubble,distributing food and water, and moving the injured. They created a flat-pack heavy duty cart that can beassembled rapidly, shipped easily
present an example of how instructors arecurrently using the tool in their classrooms.Team CARE scalesOur assessment tool utilizes several scales in order to evaluate how teams are functioning in eachof the four CARE dimensions (Communicate, Adapt, Relate, Educate). For an example of survey Page 26.1495.4items used for each CARE dimension please see Table 1. All scales used in the currentassessment are derived from well established measures that have demonstrated stable andpredictable relationship with several important team outcomes (e.g., team satisfaction, learning,potency, cohesion, and performance). Thus, although we have yet to
Environment (MRE) and displays live video from a digital camera connected to themicroscope’s optical path.Figure 1 shows a high level overview of the network structure of the software. The local modelrefers to the network component that communicates directly with the manipulator and receivesconnections from the GUI either on the local computer or from a remote computer. While thelocal model is running it waits for incoming connections and establishes one when requested. Ifthe connection is terminated or lost it returns to the waiting state. The local model can onlymaintain a single connection at once as to not receive two conflicting sets of control commands.When a remote connection is established, the local model receives a TCP command signal
and uncertainty. In this first project, students build their own reactiontimer. We provide a cursory overview of what an Arduino is, how to connect the circuit, and howto upload the code. While the opportunity exists to discuss concepts around circuitry, voltage,and ohms law -- these are topics that we reserve for future activities. This activity provides anintroduction and overview to using Arduino as a tool for scientific investigation. Figure 1 - Wiring Diagram for Arduino Reaction TimerIt should be noted that for simplicity, this circuit does not use a current limiting resistor for the Page 26.1205.3LED nor a
designprinciples that could not be covered effectively in a traditional classroom teaching environment.Laboratory instruction can be used as a tool to promote cooperative (team learning) learning toteach engineering design. In cooperative learning, students work in teams toward the attainmentof some superordinate goal where the labor is divided between team members, such that eachindividual takes responsibility for a different sub-goal and individual contributions are pooledinto a composite product to ensure that the goal is reached. To be successful, five factors areparamount to the cooperative learning process: 1) Positive interdependence, 2) Face-to-faceinteraction, 3) Individual accountability, 4) Small group and interpersonal skills, and 5) Groupself
thatteaching and research duties generally overlap. For example, a professor’s research discoveriesor lessons learned give him or her deeper and unique insights into the topic which then lead toupdates of lectures and classes. One also sees that a well-presented topic or class can stimulatesome of the undergraduate students to consider graduate school and research as a career path for Page 26.1287.2the first time. Embracing this overlap can lead to a professor teaching research toundergraduates as an established, long-running class. In such a situation, the topics for the class Figure 1. Post-flight photograph of Armadillo team and two payload teams
Communities ofPractice (CoPs) to provide mutual support and training, and to encourage and facilitate theorganic dissemination of best practices across courses among the members of the community ofpractice. In particular, mentorship relationships within the community have provided readyavenues for the translation of best practices. In this paper, we describe and analyze the redesignof one such course in the WIDER community, highlighting how the redesign of this course wasinformed by its involvement within this larger community of practice.1. Introduction Since the 1980s the Computer Science (CS) department at The University of Illinois(UIUC) has offered a service course, “Introduction to Computing”, that was designed to servenon-CS and non