Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guoqing Zhou, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the remotely students to immediatelyinteract with instructors, the major shortcoming from the instructor’s perspective is the lack ofvisible body language and eye contact from students. This means that instructors used totraditional in-class teaching cannot use these immediate non-verbal cues to make adjustmentswhile teaching. Thus, the student evaluations often reflect the position that conventionalinstruction is perceived to be better organized and more clearly presented than the distanceeducation. Thus we always maintain eye contact with the camera, are willing to repeat questions,and possess a sense of humor. 3. Web-based Lab: The students conducted their laboratory via Citrix software in theGIS laboratory class before 2004

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

demonstrated by the rest of theworld from the 1950s into the 1990s (Figure 1) correlate to convergence of the per capita GDPgap through the mid 1990s (Figure 2). Higher U.S. productivity since the 1990s, however, hasrestored some of the GDP advantages the U.S. enjoyed through most of the 20th century relativeto Japan and Germany. Page 12.606.7 Figure 2. GDP at current prices and exchange rates per employee, comparison U.S., FRG, and Japan.Acceleration of U.S. productivity in the 1990s reflects many engineering and technologyenhancements that go beyond improvements exclusive to the manufacturing process. SelectedU.S

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Anna Dollar, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. could again show just after release. Fig. 6 Simulation which allows student to explore the roles of force magnitude and direction in causing rotation about a fixed point.The theme of building student intuition regarding equilibrium through observing motion iscarried further when we study what combinations of multiple forces result in equilibrium.Through the dynamic potential of the interactive medium, we can simultaneously allow studentsto adjust forces, to see how they combine in terms of total force and moment (with equationsautomatically adjusted to reflect the students chosen forces), and to see the net motion of thebody

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Clifford Bruell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Yexin Yin, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Praveen Jayaradu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mark Hines, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in the bubble that best reflects your opinion. Strongly Neither Agree Strongly Disagree Disagree nor Disagree Agree AgreeI have a better understanding of nanotechnology aftercompleting this course.I would like to experience additional nanotechnologymodules in other courses.My interest in science (and/or engineering) hasincreased as a result of this course.I will enroll in other courses that have nanotechnologymodules in them. Please answer the following questions. If you need additional space, please use the back of this survey.1. What did you like about this module?2. What was most

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

modelthat can be consistently applied for resolution.Do what’s best for the greatest good reflects the ends-based philosophy. This approach isa form of consequentialism because when we attempt to determine the greatest good weare also guessing at what the future consequences might be. Rule-based thinking centerson what will happen if everyone in the world follows the rule I am about to apply? Thistrain of thought challenges the idea that we can never know what the outcomes of ouractions will be; however we believe that we must follow our principles and let thingshappen as they may. The Golden Rule or care-based principle asks us to put ourselves inanother’s shoes. Also called the rule of reversibility, it calls us to imagine how therecipient will

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and other concerns as determined from theassessment data.Program revision, curriculum and course revisions are to be approved by the ComputerElectronics and Graphics Technology Department faculty before being submittedaccording to School of Technology and University procedures to the UniversityCurriculum Committee, Faculty Senate and appropriate administrators for approval.Student’s Evaluation of Learning OutcomesCourse evaluation is a continuous process and should include a feedback from studentsabout their learning experience. Traditionally, student evaluations focus on the learningoutcome measured by the instructor through quizzes or other tools, as summarized above.However, these measures do not reflect the individual learning experience

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

variety of ESLcourses. Many students require no placement at all after testing. It is a matter of historicalinterest that in the many years that most of the authors of this paper have been at NJIT, we haveseen a marked improvement in the English language communications skills of our newinternational students. This reflects the experiences of those of us who have traveled overseasand particularly to locations in Asia.The ESL courses that are recommended to students are generally at the intermediate level orhigher. There are courses on accent reduction and on technical writing which may be requiredby some academic programs. Most courses are graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory but count as ifthey are credit-bearing classes for the purpose of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

DominionUniversity found increased retention of students within the college, and more studentstransferred from engineering to engineering technology12. It is possible that students that maynormally be averse to the traditionally reflective math and science course work of engineering,may be attracted to the more active and applied classes offered in engineering technology. If theloss of these students was due to the desire for more experiential learning, the implementation ofthese techniques within engineering classes could increase retention.Another introduction to engineering course at the University of Virginia focused on teaching Page 12.1073.8engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and poster presentation that will occur in a class time slot at semester’s end. Your poster must incorporate a number of elements that reflect the skills we are developing this semester in EGN1008C, including: information searching, professionally written summaries of information, use of the engineering design process, and use of Excel®, MATLAB®, and AutoCAD® to convey engineering information and to solve problems. Most homework in the remaining portion of this course will be related to this project. Some in-class exercise time slots will also be devoted to developing components of your project and poster

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

mathematical procedures taught in a typical Numerical Methods course. Coupledwith other improvements, the effect of the problem-centered approach improved studentsatisfaction and student examination performance in the course.Acknowledgments - This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation under Grant#0341468, and the Research for Undergraduates Program in the USFCollege of Engineering. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The research problem used in the paper was funded at University of SouthFlorida by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) under contract#B-C008 (1998

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

%), exams (25%)and final group presentation and report (21%).Traditionally exams are used as the main assessment tool to evaluate a student’s progress.However, since most of, if not all, students tend to prepare for an exam seriously only a few daysbefore the exam, their learning usually is sporadic and the hastily acquired knowledge may beeasily forgotten after the exam. Hence, two exams, each counts as 12.5% toward the coursegrade, are held in the course to test students’ accumulated knowledge in the middle and at the Page 12.216.4end of the semester. On the other hand, in order to reflect the new grade distribution system, thecurrent course

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

understand the principles of leadership.Engineers will need to exhibit high ethical standards and a strong sense of professionalism, andthey need to be lifelong learners. The NAE also recognizes that engineers will need somethingthat cannot be described in a single word or phase but involves dynamism, agility, resilience, andflexibility.As for the second NAE report which focuses on preparing the future engineer for entry into theprofession, the first recommendation states that “The baccalaureate degree should be recognizedas the “pre-engineering” degree or “bachelor of arts” in engineering degree, depending on thecourse content and reflecting the career aspirations of the student.”The common theme and mutual support communicated through ASCE Policy

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

graphing into a single, easily mastered environment. The program displaysmathematical symbols in standard form on the screen, so developed documents are similar to aprinted book except that any change in a numerical value will reflect throughout the document.This makes the format ideal for exploring cause and effect relationships between problemvariables and solutions2,3. The electronic book was developed using Version 2001 and isupwardly compatible with newer releases and is intended for student use.A Mathcad electronic book is a collection of hyperlinked Mathcad documents which open in aseparate window from the main program. A table of contents links the user to topics andcalculations. Electronic book users can cut and paste solution templates

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

major barrier to completing their engineering degree 10. Women who leaveengineering consistently express less confidence in their abilities than the men and women whostay, regardless of the fact that their actual performance is the same or better than their peers whodo not leave 8,11. The discouraging nature of low-self confidence is reflected in the fact thatwomen faced with actually failing a course are likely to leave the engineering programaltogether, while their male peers are more likely to repeat the course and continue to pursuetheir engineering degree.While gender differences in “confidence” are often reported 7, studies that examine genderdifferences in self-efficacy of students already enrolled in engineering programs show

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

when assigning final grades. Graded assignments and final grades differ fromassessment because assessment is similar to a distributed parameter model while assignmentsand final grades are similar to a lumped parameter model. Program assessment is focused onproviding demonstration of student knowledge or skill directly linked to a specific programoutcome.4 Grades depend on a faculty member’s expectations for a course, course objectives,and the particular grading policy. Grades are often norm-based and reflect a student’s standingrelative to others within a class or on a test. Assessment is based on a student’s absoluteperformance on a specific measurable aspect of an outcome For example, on an exam, the average might be 80%, but it is

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

begsthe question of why there should be public hearings at all. Nietzsche, in his responsev to von Hartmann’s manipulation of Hegel’s “world-process,”agreed that ethics could not be based on any chimerical allusion to Natural Rights. But whileRousseau, Kant and Hegel posited a moral foundation in man’s historic (social) nature, and theinevitable movement toward global freedom, Nietzsche felt that an optimistic allusion to historyand “world-process” would prove similarly fruitless. He agreed that his supra-historical viewwas nihilistic, and morally debilitating, but none-the-less felt his to be the inevitable conclusionof adequate reflection (and that the inevitable chaos would be embraced by “great” men—whowould thus become noble, blonde

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

activity. A frustrating learning environment can be created unexpectedly, in whichsome students will be negatively influenced. As observed by the author, at the end of eachindividual-based programming lab, there was always 10% - 15% of the class who got reallyfrustrated. They either asked for extra time to finish the assignment or quit further working onthe unfinished work.Secondly, due to lack of enough guidance, it is hard for the students to capture the majorproblem solving skills. This can be reflected by the insufficient confidence of the students intheir programming capabilities. As experienced by the author, even after taking the programmingclass, the students would often provide feedback like: • “[I] need more labs.” • “[I] need

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal

Rose Float Design Course Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768AbstractDesign competitions provide a rich learning experience by combining both theory and practice.More and more engineering schools are taking part in student competitions such as FormulaSAE, Mini Baja and autonomous vehicle projects as a way to provide team-based, hands-ondesign experience to their students. These design competitions offer an excellent opportunity forstudents to reflect on the world around them and develop practical solutions.Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Teruni Lamberg

development is effective on an ongoing basiscan lead to more effective professional development. We used this approach in the NortheasternNevada mathematics project and discovered that were able to communicate better, capitalize oneach other’s expertise and learn from each other.References1 Ball. D. L. (1997). Developing mathematics reform: What don’t we know about Teacher learning—but would make good working hypotheses. In S.N. Friel & G.W. Bright (Ed.), Reflecting on our work: NSF teacher enhancement in K-5 mathematics. Lanham, NY: University Press of America.2 Kelly, A. (2003). Research as Design. Educational Researcher, 32 (1), 3-4.3 Cobb, P., Confrey, J., diSessa, A., Lehrer, R. and Schauble, L. (2003

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Wolf-Dieter Otte

introduced a radical teaching paradigmshift from the traditional “teacher-lectures-class” methodology to a student-driven approach.The single intention of this change was to get students involved in the class as much as possible.The paper presented reflects on the results of this successful experiment. It describes how tocreate a “conversational environment” using a combination of techniques that foster discussion,thinking and understanding.Important roles in creating a conversational environment play modern technologies likevideotaping, podcasting and wikis, which are discussed in detail.“Tell me and I will forget.Show me and I will remember.Involve me and I will understand.” Chinese proverbThe frustrations of everyday teachingIn the

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Justin Reginato

companies, can quickly translate to entrepreneurship education because they have experience working with corporate resources.• Entrepreneurship need not be presented solely as a subject regarding creating businesses. Entrepreneurship can be taught from an engineering perspective of resource allocation, and thus fulfill ABET standards.• There is no dominant design for engineering entrepreneurship courses. Most courses seem to reflect the interest of students and/or the expertise of the faculty providing the courses.• For small universities, it is important to solicit feedback from multiple professors and industrial partners. If engineering entrepreneurship is going to be taught from the perspective of intelligent

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kevin R. Lewelling; Kevin S. Woolverton; Michael C. Reynolds

student’s score is reflected with the top quartile receiving a full 30%,the second quartile receiving 25%, the third quartile receiving 20%, and the bottom quartilereceiving 15%.6.0 Discussion and summaryThe largest and most pervasive problem with the Light Show Project was communication. Eventhough each student was given tasks and the time for completion, the difficulty of dealing withless motivated individuals and communication failures regarding delays began to appear.Careful explanation of the importance of timely, well-written reports was also critical. Thesecond most apparent problem was personal execution. Just as in the real world, taskaccomplishment was delayed by various factors, pushing the whole project back in time due tothe linearity

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ken Barnard; Greg Stephens; Raju Dandu

affected. Many aspects of technology haveplayed major roles associated with the discovery, extraction, and the consumption of energy aswell as bringing efficiencies throughout the process. The problem now being recognized is that Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2the cheap fossil fuel era of the past cannot be sustained into the future. McDonough & Braungart(2002) stated, “The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the IndustrialRevolution reflected the sprit of the day- and yielded a host of unintended yet tragicconsequences”. Kerry & Kerry (2007

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

% Type 4: 10%Given this seeming imbalance, one might be tempted to assert that the overallinstructional method should reflect the preferences of the largest constituency (i.e. lecturealone). This opinion can be offset, however, by examining the learning modes thatstudents will use throughout their careers, not just in an academic setting. Practicallearning most often occurs with concrete experience and active experimentation, ratherthan abstract conceptualization. It is, therefore, important that students gain experiencewith all learning modes to better prepare them for their future learning environments. Given the importance of each learning mode to the overall educational health of thestudent, Harb et. al. suggest a practice of cycling

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William M. Baer

a brief lecture in one of the classes, but after reflecting upon theconversation I determined that I could do more to meet their needs. Some faculty mentioned thatthey didn’t have a lecture period to spare for information literacy, but would still like some sortof lecture on plagiarism to be available for the students. The final product is a series of shortvideos which can be inserted into a class’s BlackBoard site. The videos explain why informationshould be used ethically, the basics of copyright law, what plagiarism is, and how to cite sourcesproperly. A link to Plagiarism: A Student's Guide to Recognizing It and Avoiding It26 by CeciliaBarnbaum is also included. Barnbaum’s document gives several examples of commonplagiarism mistakes and

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

enoscope is a very simple device, it is a mirrormounted in a box at a 45 degrees angle, positioned so that you can see the reflection of a vehicle whenit passes the box, which signals you to start the stop watch. It is good to have the students “wrestle”with this problem before the instructor suggests alternate solutions to this problem. Once the test siteis established (considering the grade of the roadway, presence of traffic signals, etc.) the team is readyto collect data. Since this is fieldwork you may want to cover safe practices on the collection of datanear a roadway and the possibility of the students’ presence influencing the results (drivers slow downwhen they see persons on the side of the road observing the operation of their car

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tom M. Warms; Renee Drobish

= sqrt(sumOfSquares); return hyp;} 4Tracing functions with reference parametersWhen a formal parameter is a reference parameter, any change in its value is reflected in a change in thevalue of the corresponding actual parameter. The tracing system uses a double arrow to indicate thisrelationship between actual and reference parameter. In the following program, a function namedgetAnswers calculates the sum and product of two input numbers. When control is transferred togetAnswers, value parameters num1 and num2 take on the values of the corresponding actual parametersx1 and x2. Reference parameters total and prod also take on the values of the corresponding actualparameters, sum and

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adriana Popescu

Princeton University reflects the national trend and the figures reportedover the past five years show a consistent increase in the percentage of undergraduate internationalenrollment, from 7.5% in academic year 2002/03 to 9.2% in 2006/077. The international graduate studentenrollment has decreased following the events of September 11, 2001, but the 2006/07 data shows thatthis decrease is stabilizing as the percentage of international graduate students remained at same level asfor the academic year 2005/06, 38.6%. Historically, engineering departments have been hosts to largenumbers of international students, especially in graduate programs. The School of Engineering andApplied Science (SEAS) at Princeton is not any different, as its graduate

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Michelle Albanese; Richard J. Puerzer

to and experience with using learning journals should increase their effectiveness. In order to succeed in the modern world, engineers must be conscious of the world around them.This need for global awareness is reflected in ABET outcome “h,” “that…students attain the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context.” Learning journals and rubric assessment provide one way to helpstudents develop and demonstrate deeper understanding of course content in relation to this desiredoutcome. Sources Cited and Referenced1. “The Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

sample of research papers produced: 1. Alicandú-Thurman, M. G., “Anti-reflecting (thin film) Materials & Nanotechnology” 2. Almeida, T. A., “The Cleaning of In Situ LPCVD Polysilicon and Silicon Nitride Tubes Using High Purity Nitrogen Trifluoride.” 3. Berquist, S., and Pritom, R. (u-g’s), “Electronic Entertainment Technology, Systems and Manufacturing.” 4. Brooks, J., “Lithium Ion Batteries and Ultra Capacitors.” 5. Carre, K., “Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Technical Challenges and Limitations - Advantages/Disadvantages.” 6. Gomez, J. R., “Investigation and Deposition of Low Stress Silicon Nitride Thin Films.” 7. Hughes, R. “Silver Nanotechnology (Nano-Silver) - A Medical Approach.” 8. Lenio