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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTo protect the rights and maintain the trust of honest students and support appropriatebehavior, reasonable steps to anticipate and deter acts of dishonesty in all assignments.WebCT-based Course TeachingFor a successful on-line teaching experience, it is essential that student-faculty interactionoccurs regularly and in a timely fashion. The Excelsior College on-line teaching faculty isencouraged to include practices such as weekly activities, a variety of assessment tools,announcements, feedback, relevant discussion topics, and timely posting of grades in theon-line course design.For an on-line course, all course work must be

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Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

and yourdiscipline, job, hobby, or courses completed later Identify the specific scientificprinciples usedSample Learning Statements: • As a Field Engineer at ACME Company, I need to have a good comprehension of natural sciences and physics to understand, troubleshoot, and teach others how the given equipment is designed to function and if it is not functioning as designed, explain why the equipment is performing differently. I am attaching copies of several failure reports that describe the problems and their resolution. • I studied the principle of harmonics in the General Physics course at University College and later applied that concept to the creation and application of band

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Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Podlasek

Page 10.1191.1be translated into educational paradigms, particularly for the engineering senior design classes. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition” Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering EducationIntroductionFor almost a millennium, the role of the university as a place to create and disseminateknowledge has evolved constantly, but slowly. Initially, the university examined topics ofgrammar, rhetoric, history, theology and science. In the 20th century, the combination teaching-research university developed under a model established by Wilhelm Humboldt of the Universityof Berlin. This model has worked well, but it tends to encourage individual

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Willette; Larry White; Garry White

students for industry and may help develop theirskills in communicating technical issues.IntroductionI, the lead author, am a chemical engineer with 31 years of industrial experience. Whilepreparing to teach thermodynamics and heat transfer, I found striking differences between thetextbook problems and working world engineering problems. I also noticed that the students hadlittle or no exposure to the communication needs of industry and businesses. As noted byS. Dillon(13), businesses are spending as much as 3.1 billion dollars annually to improve thewriting style of their employees.In response to these observations, this paper looks at these differences and introduces a methodto bring working world engineering problems and e-mail communication

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Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Amrine; Caroline Kayser; James Swanson

to focus on quantity instead of quality, enabling three“chalkboard lectures” to be crowded into a single PowerPoint presentation. Oppenheimersuggests that computers should be used to supplement current pedagogies instead of replacingthem.Although skeptics of a high-technology approach to teaching at the university level certainlyexist, Arnold4 stated, “A less hyperbolic and more measured position simply suggests that newmodes of communication, new forms of interactive media, and new forms of informationrepresentation and information manipulation have not only altered the environment in whichuniversities are situated, but also offer possibilities for improved teaching and learning thatacademics should not ignore.”2.1 The University of

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

they participate in a series of laboratory activities provided by studentsand faculty in the departments of Electrical, Industrial and Systems, Mechanical, andMicroelectronics Engineering. The young women also spend the night on campus with RITstudents. Attendance has grown in recent years, and RIT hosted over 40 girls for the 2004 SWESleepover.Colleges and Careers DayColleges and Careers Day is an annual summer event targeting high school students betweentheir 11th and 12th grade years. It is an institute-wide recruitment event designed for male andfemale students. Students interested in engineering are able to participate in hands-on activities

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

technologies are taught, one may findstudents from different levels such as undergraduates in senior level, graduates with no ability totake electrical and/or mechanical measurements, and students from industry with little or noexposure to newer measuring instrument and techniques.This paper introduces several laboratory activities that could be replicated to teach students howto take accurate measurements of electrical, light, air flow, and heat flow parameters beforeconducting energy audits. The focus of these labs is not to introduce how to save energy but tointroduce many aspects of the energy management. For example, predictive maintenance is anintegral part of energy management. Ultrasonic and power quality measurements may not beused directly

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

, multimedia now provides greaterflexibility in teaching and learning. Although prior short-term experimental programs conclude strongly that VR can enhancelearning, educators still must overcome several technological and educational challenges to bringVR into regular classroom use: • When, where, and how should we introduce VR into existing curricula? • How can VR be used as a communication tool, rather than just a visual aid, in the classroom? • How should we teach students to use VR tools? Introducing new technology into classrooms also brings in the requirement for coursereformation. This paper describes a teaching and learning experience in which VR tools wereintroduced into design and technical graphics courses at three

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

. o Recommitment to engineering issue. Engineering students can take this course but right now, it will not transfer to the engineering institution. However, one engineering student is serving as a volunteer Teaching Assistant in order to keep her interest in engineering alive. o Engineering advising issue. Advising can never start too early in a student’s education. In addition to introducing students to engineering earlier, the education majors who teach will be able to give their students sound advice on how to prepare for success in engineering. • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) minor currently supported by

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Grash; Andrew Rose

starting point for the collaboration. Theopportunity to collaborate took several years to develop since the Frank Lloyd Wright course istaught every other year and Dr. Rose only began teaching the reinforced concrete design coursein the spring 2004 semester. This created the first opportunity for the interaction. Collaborationand interaction between the arts and engineering is supported by ABET,1 ASCE Policy 465 andits Body of Knowledge document,2 and UPJ GenEd program.3 ABET1 requires engineeringprograms prepare well-educated graduates able to interact with other professionals in anincreasingly complex and diverse world. In the Body of Knowledge document,2 ASCE is strivingto raise the professional practice of civil engineering to a higher level

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gregg

-disciplinary support for the fledgling program.This program was established with a part-time director and a seven-member steering committee.Funding for the part-time directors position was secured from the University’s annual programsupport. Members of the steering committee serve as unpaid “volunteers”, contributing their timeand effort in support of the overall mission of the college. Although the director’s “home”department continued to fund his/her full salary, the Green Engineering Program reimbursed thatdepartment by providing whatever funding was required to hire a teaching replacement.Green engineering is, inherently, inter- and cross-disciplinary in nature. Each department withinthe College of Engineering includes this information to a

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New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

management, business, and leadership principles. 2. Faculty The program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education and design experience. The program must demonstrate that it is not critically dependent on one individual.These criteria use the terms recognition, understanding, and ability to describe three specificlevels of competence. These terms are used, but not defined, in the ABET General Criteria. Toenhance clarity and to promote shared understanding, the authors of Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century formally defined the three levels of

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

concepts applied in the Clinic projects have just been introduced in other courses, so that thematerial is still fresh in the students’ mind5. The sophomore clinic teams with the College ofCommunication to integrate the teaching of a common core of communication skills to allstudents. Faculty engage in reflexive pedagogy, continually assessing and revising the program.In addition to these curricular and pedagogical innovations, the College has a student-to-facultyratio of approximately 17:1 and class sizes not exceeding 35, facilitating personal student-facultyinteraction both within and outside of class The tightly structured curriculum results in strongcohort solidarity among students who take most of their courses together throughout the

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Christine Masters; Judith Todd

everygraduate student must pass before admission to doctoral candidacy. The ECT has oral as well aswritten components. Although US graduate students generally pass the ECT easily at the firstattempt, a large majority of international students from non-English-speaking countries had beenrequired to take remedial courses in writing and presentational skills. During the Fall 2004semester, all graduate students, passed the ECT to the examiners’ satisfaction.Multidisciplinary Informal Engineering Education Seminar (MIEES) CourseA new 1-credit seminar course was started in Fall 2003 semester, under the aegis of the NSF-funded multi-university Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning(CIRTL).3 Penn State and Michigan State Universities

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kofi Nyamekye; Yildirim Omurtag

to address some of these issues will be described.2.0 Traditional Ph.D. Engineering ProgramsThe traditional Ph.D. programs are narrowly focused and discipline-defined dissertationresearch. A typical discipline normally requires a graduate student to take certain number ofcourses beyond those already taken to fulfill the Master of Science (MS) degree within the samediscipline. The idea here is to ensure that when the student completes the Ph.D. program he orshe will be prepared to teach graduate level courses in that discipline at a university. This ideaassumes that upon completion of his or her Ph.D. dissertation, those courses will be sufficient toprepare the students to teach courses in new emerging areas that do not have any

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

includingmaster’s and Ph.D. programs. More and more Chinese universities have gained excellent repu-tation internationally through their high-quality teaching and outstanding research. E&T education in China has always been regarded as ”elite education” among all highereducation majors. Despite the growth of university admission rate from 4% in the early eightiesto more than 50% nowadays, there is only a mere 20% or less of those admitted by a universitycan enter into various E&T disciplines. In general, as evidenced by those who came to theUnited States for higher education, engineering students in China possess strong mathematicaland analytical capabilities. This is due to the fact that Chinese have always emphasized on thesolid foundation of

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

university classes that are unfriendly to them,impeding their learning. The absence of women faculty and mentors both within the classroomand outside of it, few women students in their classes, and the lack of supportive networks cancreate a “chilly climate” for women in non-traditional fields. It is during this critical period thatmany of them transfer into other fields.12, 5 , 13Research suggests that female students are most concerned about isolation, the perceivedirrelevance of theoretical preparatory courses, negative experiences in laboratory courses,classroom climate, and lack of role models.14 Other studies have suggested that the differentlearning styles of women may influence their desire to enter engineering or technology

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Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Sullivan

operate in an abstract 3 dimensionallandscape. In addition to supporting the material science curriculum, the inclusion ofsolid modeling exercises in the materials science class also supports the equally importantgoal of improving students’ long-term retention of solid modeling skills. In the paper thatfollows, a description of the current material science program at VMI is given, along witha summary of characteristic problem areas for student comprehension in material science.Goals for the incorporation of solid modeling tools with the materials science course arereviewed, and descriptions of solid modeling exercises are detailed. Lastly, studentreactions to the new teaching approach are discussed, as well as future plans for usingsolid modeling

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Loralee Donath; Nadia Craig; Nancy Thompson; Michael Matthews

environment for research learning to occur. The learners’ knowledgeconstruction process is aided by an environment of distributed cognition in which participants atall levels—experts, mentors, accomplished novices, and novices—teach and learn from eachother.4 The RCS addresses the development of communications abilities in a system ofdistributed cognition.Survey results of RCS participants are presented to provide an example of a way to incorporatecomplex systems study into the existing undergraduate engineering curriculum. Complexsystems study is defined as a new field of science that studies the collective behavior of a systemand how this system interacts with its environment. Complex systems study is laying thefoundation for a revolution of all

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Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

• Contractor negotiations • Project plans and specifications • Budget, bidding, estimating, planning, scheduling, and time management • Quality assurance, quality control • Dispute resolution, labor, and cost management. CE 304 Construction • Plan and specification reading Management Laboratory • Estimating • Scheduling using software (Microsoft Project) CE 316 Equipment & • Construction operations Methods • Production processes • Equipment utilization

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wasatonic; Aldo Morales; Sedig Agili

computer vision. They also have opportunity todemonstrate their knowledge through hands-on course projects and laboratory experiences, in theabove fields. In this paper, an example of an image processing application project is developed,in the context of an image-processing course. This paper presents an algorithm that uses stereoimages, obtained from two cameras mounted on the Mars Exploration Rovers, to determine therange of distant objects in the images by using correlation and triangulation. The initial valueobtained by the algorithm was not accurate because it did not take into account the fact that therange of an object beyond the camera’s focal point is non-linear in appearance, and to the non-linearity of the camera lens, thus the range

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DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

aseries of design scenarios by which we will implement stochastic methods into EngineeringDesign VI. This course is taken by mechanical engineering students in the junior year.Previously, this course was based on deterministic approaches for integrated product design,spanning the entire process from product conception to product realization, following thesyllabus outlined by Ulrich and Eppinger.1 This paper discusses how the newly developed lecturematerials based on the framework by Hazelrigg2 have been integrated into the existing coursesyllabus. Furthermore, it describes the design scenarios together with appropriate MATLAB andMS Excel analysis modules that were developed for student usage in laboratory exercises. Thepilot course is currently

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The process of identifying and validating the ISU Competencies also confirmed our contentionthat engineering experiential education programs, such as our cooperative education andinternships, present the best place to directly observe and measure students developing anddemonstrating competencies while engaged in the practice of engineering at the professionallevel. For most of the ISU Competencies, stakeholders ranked the engineering workplace as theplace to best develop and demonstrate the Competencies, followed by coop/internships. Theclassroom consistently ranked last. Other settings included laboratories, professional activities

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Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

Engineering Educationdisagree with this assessment, the result is that almost all their computer science students becomesoftware engineers anyway, and without proper grounding. In the survey responses, the authors saw substantial impatience with the slow pace ofcurriculum change. Some people expressed this as seeing a failure to recognize the need, byadministrators who were not in touch with the markets receiving their students. Some very interesting responses were along the lines that, “Faculty think softwareengineering is a subset of computer science, and that computer science people are qualified to besoftware engineers or to teach it.” The fact that only a small part of software engineering work isfirst principles casts some doubt on this

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

larger system. Since this was the only required MCUcourse in our curriculum, many of my peers justifiably did not see the importance of MCUtechnology in comparison to other digital logic.I know that my MCU experience does not apply to all engineering programs, but through talkingto various professors the majority of introductory courses seem to focus on teaching studentsassembly programming. Strangely, there must have been something about assemblyprogramming that was intriguing to me since I did register to take an elective course titled,Microcontroller Applications. This course along with the next upper division elective titled,Microcontroller Interfacing, led me to a job in the semiconductor industry. It was the hands-onexperience and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

The Static Stability Factor – A Dynamic Introduction to Engineering Thomas V. Edgar, Michael A. Urynowicz and Jerry C. Hamann University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 80271AbstractMost students want to become engineers so they can design and build things. An introductorycourse in engineering should pique those interests and provide information and activities whichshow the breadth of the field of engineering. This paper presents a series of laboratory activitiesbased on the Static Stability Factor (SSF), used in vehicle design to determine under whatconditions a vehicle will spinout or rollover.The

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

World Federation of Engineering Organizations that will focus on theneed for:• Strengthening engineering education, training and continued professional development;• Standards, quality assurance and accreditation;• Development of curricula, learning and teaching materials and methods;• Distance and interactive learning (including virtual universities and libraries);• Development of engineering ethics and codes of practice;• Promotion and public understanding of engineering and technology;• Development of indicators, information and communication systems for engineering;• Addressing women and gender issues in engineering and technology;• Inter-university and institutional cooperation, including fellowships;• Development of engineering and

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

Female Students" SIGCSE Bulletin, 25(3), 3-12.14. National Science Foundation. (2000). Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. Arlington: Author.15. National Science Foundation. (2002). Science and Engineering Indicators. Arlington: Author.16. Seymour, Elaine. and Hewitt, Nancy M. (1997). Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Colorado: Westview Press.17. Spertus, Ellen. (1991). "Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?" The MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report 1315. Available at << http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Gender/why.html>>18. U.S. Census Bureau. (1998). “American Indian Heritage Month: November 1-30” Census

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

while avoiding obstacles. The primary outcome of this exercise is a deeperunderstanding of computation for mobile robots, and a clearer view of possible alternatives toembedded processors for low-cost applications.BackgroundMobile robotics is a well-recognized motivational vehicle for engineering education. Not only isit an enjoyable topic for many students, but it has a broad appeal due to its wide scope, includingaspects of electrical, mechanical and computer engineering. Further, the design of such systemsis an excellent tool for reinforcing fundamental engineering concepts. It is important forinstructors in robotics to understand, however, that robotics is not just a tool to teach otheraspects of engineering. Rather, it is a robust and

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

, is still a bit much for engineeringtechnology students.The Marathon ApproachAnyone who has run in (or even observed) a heavily-subscribed long-distance foot race hasobserved that the burst of runners leaving the starting area in a dense pack disperses significantlyby the end of the race, especially in a full marathon. However, only those who also teach fiberoptic telecommunication may have drawn an analogy between this phenomenon and chromaticdispersion in optical fiber! And these days marathon organizers often post results on the web,making it easy to study this analogy in more detail.For example, the results of the 2004 Toronto Marathon are posted on the web [3] in a form thatcan be easily downloaded for analysis. The results data include