STUDENT CHAPTERS”, 2008 Annual Conference.8. Rogers, R., Ringenberg, J., and Lachawiec, A. 2008. “To Sink or Swim: Effective Strategies for Maintaining and Nurturing an ASEE Student Chapter”, 2008 Annual Conference.9. Oakes, W., Jones, James D., Boyd, D., Mulkay, E., and Kiesow, R. 1998. “Lessons learned from the First Five Years”, 1998 Annual Conference.10. Haldar, A and Mahadevan, S. 2000. “Probability, Reliabiolity and statistical Methods ihn Engineering Design”, John Wiley and sons,New York.11. Kuebler R. and Smith, 1976. “Statistics”, John Wiley and sons, Inc. New York
to the increased sensitivity to nonnormality of the Shapiro-Wilk test as sample size is increased. Noting that the sum of two Poisson distributions, X 1 and X 2 , is distributedY = X 1 + X 2 and keeping in mind that such a Poisson distribution, Y , with a smalllambda parameter is positively skewed with a small variance, it would not be suprising tosee all the data massed at but two points which would have a S-W p-value well below the0.01 significance level implying departure from normality as can be seen in the followingplot of an empirical density of random Poisson sample with λ =0.50. This is evident in the data-pairs with small λ1 and λ2 . This data tended to haveproportionately small p-values from the Shapiro-Wilk test
STUDENT CHAPTERS”, 2008 Annual Conference.8. Rogers, R., Ringenberg, J., and Lachawiec, A. 2008. “To Sink or Swim: Effective Strategies for Maintaining and Nurturing an ASEE Student Chapter”, 2008 Annual Conference.9. Oakes, W., Jones, James D., Boyd, D., Mulkay, E., and Kiesow, R. 1998. “Lessons learned from the First Five Years”, 1998 Annual Conference.10. Haldar, A and Mahadevan, S. 2000. “Probability, Reliabiolity and statistical Methods ihn Engineering Design”, John Wiley and sons,New York.11. Kuebler R. and Smith, 1976. “Statistics”, John Wiley and sons, Inc. New York
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lecturers Provide field trip for immersion learning at industrial sight Design assessments Page 14.55.4 Timeline for developmentTable 1 shows the template of the team teaching course outline, where the weekly topicsare tabulated. This template can be modified based upon the instructor’s course and typeof project. It is best geared for use in courses beyond the freshman year when the studentshave enough background for more sophisticated team projects.Table 1 Template of Team Teaching Course OutlineWeek First class period Second class period1 Introduction to class with prof(s) Overview of
feedback received from thestudents with an IRB-approved survey instrument will be reported in this paper. This paper willprovide new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of remote access environments for boththe design/manufacturing technology and distance education communities.Background and Participating InstitutionsThe Rapid Prototyping Laboratory was established in Fall 2003 and funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF)-Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) 0311586 grant andTennessee Tech University (TTU) matching support. Since that time, many high school studentsand student(s) studying computer aided design/computer numerical control have practiced withthis technology. In order to further extend a remote access capability to
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. Albuquerque, NM., pp. 106-109. 6. Anderson, R., 2008, “The WMSR robotic response: the tale of the “M2” robot,” Conference proceedings of the 2nd international joint topical meeting on emergency preparedness and response and robotic and remote systems conference. Albuquerque, NM., pp. 365-372. 7. Kapoor, C., and Tesar, D., 2006, “Integrated teleoperation and automation for nuclear facility cleanup,” Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 33(6) pp. 469-484. 8. Koenig, N., 2007, “Toward real-time human detection and tracking in diverse environments,” Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Development and Learning, London, UK, pp. 94-98. 9. Gulati, S., Jung, H., and Kapoor, C., 2007
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0 5 10 15 20 Time (s) Time (s) (a) (b)Figure 8. Experimental data collected with force and displacement sensor in different tissues: (a) Joint cavityand (b) Tendon.Being able to prove the concept of indicating needle tip location was what’s required by the client so thatthey can show potential manufactures with data about the feasibility of the invention. Although no large-scale evaluation was conducted for the
system states and territories are given power toregulate by the United States Consitution’s 5th Amendment1 police power through the 14thAmendment2. Also, each of the states govern their citizenry through their respective stateconstitutions3 which virtually mimic the federal constitution. Through their exercise of the policepower they enact legislation to protect the welfare of the public: "The Constitution devotes thedomain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty.4"One of the ways to protect the public is officially recognize that a profession is distinct from avocation and then regulate the profession through regulatory agencies such as registrationboards. It was not until the early 1990’s that Florida courts distinguished
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colleges anduniversities offering engineering or engineering technology programs. It enhances the studentslearning process as well as the public’s perception of how engineers improve people’s livesthrough the products they design.The project will be expanded in the future to include all student designs. As a result, studentswill be exposed to the concepts of Universal Design throughout their engineering curriculum.The goal of this service learning focus is to train engineers that are better prepared to serve theentire population as a whole and not just one segment or another.Bibliography1. Burgstahler, S. (2008). Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, and Examples. Retrieved from http://www.washington.edu/doit
AC 2009-1157: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHPROGRAMS ON ENGINEERING STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDGRADUATE STUDIESLinda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology Linda S. Hirsch is the Program Evaluator in the Center for Pre-College programs. She has a doctoral degree in educational psychology with a specialty in psychometrics and a Masters degree in statistics. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for 15 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research studies and is proficient in database management, experimental design, instrument development, psychometrics and statistical programming.John Carpinelli, New
Congress. 14. 395.10. Weinberg, J. B., Engel, G. L., Gu, K., Karacal, C. S., Smith, S. R., White, W. W., Yu, X. W. (2001). AMultidisciplinary Model for Using Robotics in Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Page 14.428.11Conference & Exposition.11. Ahlgren, D., Verner, I. M. (2008). Building Self-Efficacy in Robotics Education. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition.12. Ciaraldi, M., Cobb, E., Cyganski, D., Gennert, M., Demetriou, M., Looft, F., Michalson, W., Miller, B., Rong,Y., Schachterle, L., Stafford, K., Trygvasson, G., Van de Ven, J. (2008). The New Engineering BS Program at
AC 2009-717: CHILDREN'S CONCEPTIONS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OFTECHNOLOGY BEFORE AND AFTER PARTICIPATING IN AN INFORMALENGINEERING CLUBPamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, wrote curriculum and was a master teacher for Project Lead the Way, and led two Project FIRST robotics teams. As a science teacher educator, she has added engineering content and pedagogy to her science methods courses for prospective elementary teachers. She teaches engineering to
program and provide a means for undergraduate andgraduate multidisciplinary research and senior design projects. In addition, the formative andsummative assessment will continue and be used to provide feedback on areas for programimprovement. An outreach and dissemination component of the program will also beimplemented so that the students can participate in university recruitment efforts and to publicizethe successes of the program.Bibliography1. FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, http://www.usfirst.org/, accessed 3/15/2009.2. Botball Educational Robotics Program, http://www.botball.org/, accessed 3/15/2009.3. Matson, E. and DeLoach, S., “Using Robots to Increase Interest of Technical Disciplines in
Influencing Students Attitudes, Knowledge, and Interest in the Field of Engineering and Recommendations for Improvement: A Study of Inquiry-Based Middle School Engineering Teaching Kits. Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Charlottesville VA.12. IFT. 2008. Food Science Activity Guide. Institute of Food Technologists. Chicago.13. Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T. and Smith, K.A. 2006. Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom. 3rd Ed. Interaction Book Company, Edina MN.14. LeCompte, M. and Schensul, J.J. 1999. Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research. Ethnographer’s Toolkit. Vol.1. AltaMira Press, Lanham MD.15. Lyon, J., Addison, V. and Thompson, S. 2007. GK-12 Engineering Workshop for Science
an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks from 2002 to 2006 and he is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the Neural Networks journal. He has served as the General Chair of the S+SSPR 2008 Workshops, a satellite event of ICPR 2008.Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida Cynthia Young received her B.A. in Mathematics Education from the University of North Carolina, and her M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington. She is currently a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Central Florida. She is the recipient of an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and is a Fellow of
the general relationships between the structure oforganic materials and their physical properties, including melting point, boilingpoint, and solubility.Objective 4: Identify the important chemical reactions that organic materialsundergo, including addition, elimination, substitution, oxidation and reduction.Objective 5: Understand the origins and uses of important feedstock chemicalsused for industrial syntheses of fuels, lubricants, consumer products andpolymers.Objective 6: Be familiar with chemical, physical and instrumental methods usedto analyze and identify organic materials. The pedagogy of each module will include a classroom component,laboratory exercise(s), and a networking opportunity as detailed below. Theclass is taught in
illustrate what is described in the text and not be included simply for visual appeal. Page 14.391.5Figure 1: A screenshot of simple heat transfer concepts demonstrated withcommon everyday examples.The remainder of the unit is designed to introduce the fundamentals of heattransfer by illustrating these concepts through cooking, a daily experience of thechildren in the region. Figures depicting the typical cooking practices of theregion are presented to the student. In Uganda, food often cools and is reheated toprevent disease-causing bacteria from spoiling the food. This results in wastedfuel (wood).In the developed on-line unit, principles such as Newton‟s
, A.,“Students' Experiences with PDAs for Reading Course Materials”, Personal Ubiquitous Computing, July 2003. 2. Derby, M., and Timms, G., NSF IIP Award #0422158, STTR Phase II: Location-Based PDA Bird Field Page 14.286.11 Guide, 2004-2008.3. Bollen, L., Juarez, G., et al, “PDAs as Input Devices in Brainstorming and Creative Discussions”, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education, 2006.4. MIT PDA Participatory Simulations Site, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teacher Education Program, http://education.mit.edu/pda, 2005.5. Bull, S
. There is a chance of writinga mail to the instructor to verify if the proposed strategy looks coherent.If the student chooses the first option, then the next screen (Level 3) offers five possibilities: ≠ Meet the engineer(s) in charge of the plant to request information and documentation on the tank. ≠ Visit the failed structure. ≠ Identify possible scenarios that could explain the failure. ≠ Carry out structural computations. ≠ Read technical literature on the failure of this class of structures.Associated with each option, there is a link to seek for expert advice. In each expert advice link,a pop-up opens in which a short explanation is given regarding advantages and disadvantages(pros and cons) of following the
Page 14.1024.2the obligation of professional engineers to attain competence in their discipline of practice—andto subsequently maintain and grow their knowledge to keep pace with advances in mathematics,science, technology, and engineering.Many in the engineering profession believe that this is about the very survival of engineering as alearned profession. The professional engineer is in jeopardy of being categorized as atechnologist or technician—led and managed by individuals external to the engineeringprofession. Several decades ago, almost all state DOT directors were P.E.’s. Now, only aboutone-third are P.E.’s. This is a continuing trend, and it is a trend that is contrary to the interest ofthe public health, safety, and welfare—as public
toresearch. Graduate mentors also benefit from the opportunity to gain teaching and mentoringexperience as well as assistance with their research. As program ownership shifts from thefounding undergraduate students to the department, PURE remains committed to providing earlyundergraduate research opportunities.Bibliography1. D. Lapatto, "Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First findings," Cell Biol Educ 3, 270–277,2004.2. B. A. Nagda, S. R. Gregerman, J. Jonides, W. von Hippel and J. S Lerner, "Undergraduate student–facultyresearch partnerships affect student retention," The Review of Higher Education, 22(1), 55–72, 1998.3. E. Seymour, A. Hunter, S.L. Laursen and T. DeAntoni, "Establishing the benefits of research experiences
a combination of several factors,including competition for international students among U.S. institutions, lack of financial aid orscholarships for international students, and potential students' negative perceptions of the visaand entry process3. This perception is supported by data. The number of I-20’s issued by the U.S. StateDepartment to potential international students in fall 2002 decreased by 3% compared with fall2001, while visa denials rose by 0.7% in fall 2002 compared to fall 20014. This perception issupported by the data, which clearly shows the stricter and rigorous visa regulations postSeptember 11. N. P. Sharma provided a valuable insight into the cause of the phenomena of declininggraduate student applications
, Division of Science Resources Statistics, reported that the totalnumber of bachelor’s degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents in Science andEngineering fields in 2006 was 473,533 [3]. Where 8.3% of the S&E students were Black, 7.7%Hispanic, .7% American Indian/Alaska Native, 9.3% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 64.7% were White.In 1997, the total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents inScience and Engineering fields was 388,482 [3]. Where 7.7% were Black, 6.3% Hispanic, .59%American Indian/ Alaska Native, 8.4% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 70.7% were White. This trend inthe increasing minority representation in S&E graduates leads to a major socio-technologicalchange in the United States
andthe Steel Erectors Association of America that identifies the specific decisions structuralengineers can make to improve the safety constructability of their designs.21 Page 14.489.11 10Bibliography1. Cosman, M. and Pfahlert, J. 2006. Safety in Design in Construction Research Report. April, 2006. New Zealand Construction Industry Council.2. ORC WorldwideTM (ORC) EH&S Executive Business Issues Forum [Personal communication, April 12, 2007]. The ORC EH&S Business Issues Forum is a network for executives or directors with overall authority for environmental, health, and safety
of group discussionversus lectures in orthopaedic undergraduate teaching. Med Educ. 2007, 41(2).3. Beers GW, Bowden S. The effect of teaching method on long-term knowledge retention. J Nurs Educ. 2005,44(11).4. Sundblad G, Sigrell B, John LK, Lindkvist C. Students' evaluation of a learning method: A comparison betweenproblem-based learning and more traditional methods in a specialist university training programme inpsychotherapy. Med Teach. 2002, 24(3).5. Smits PBA, Verbeek JHAM, de Buisonje CD. Problem based learning in continuing medical education: A reviewof controlled evaluation studies. Br Med J. 2002, 324(7330).6. Teshima DY. Outcome measurement of problem-based learning. Clin Lab Sci. 2001, 14(2).7. Nesbit JC, Adesope OO. Learning