design component. Review of presentprograms at the eight government-run colleges, referred to in Table 1; supplemented with feedback from colleagues, and comments made by some recent graduates, have lead the author toarrive at the following apparent short comings and/or deficiencies in the present program(s).First, the program as a whole has become increasingly fragmented into what appears to thestudent as almost independent parts. Most programs are comprised of isolated individual courses Page 15.918.8or group of courses. Students seem to be indifferent and probably satisfied, regardless of thefragmentation, so long as they graduate. The
education of our youth. Not only are minoritiesin need of assistance in mathematics and science, but females also. A recent article by Dr.Pamela S. Clute, professor of mathematics and education at the University of California,Riverside, again highlights this long known fact. She states that: “While it is true that women[now] represent 57 percent of the nation’s college population, less than one-third major inscience, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Research shows they [females] have theability, but lack the interest.” [3].Staff research further produced more alarming facts: California ranked last among 40 statesaccording to the results of the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) [4]tests; US students in the final year of
, petroleum, and pulp and paper industries prior to joining the OSU faculty. A member of APICS, ASQ, IIE, INFORMS, and NSPE, his professional interests include economic analysis, manufacturing systems design, and production planning and control. Page 15.924.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 On the Differences among “Equivalent” Loan Payment PlansAbstractThroughout its many editions, Principles of Engineering Economy, by Eugene L. Grant and,subsequently, in partnership with W. Grant Ireson and Richard S. Leavenworth, provides anexample in which a loan can be repaid using one of four different
long string ofenergy transfers, like the “Mousetrap Game”. The main purpose is to show them that inreal life, something will probably go wrong, since real components follow Murphy’sLaw. Simply explained, Murphy’s Law says that” if anything can go wrong, it probablywill.” Page 15.1367.33. Mathematics and EconomicsThere are some misleading concepts that fuzzies may hold regarding mathematicalprinciples. One example is “Fibber McGee’s law of probability”, which is, “the less youwin, the more you gotta.” The radio show, “Fibber McGee and Molly” was popular inthe 1940’s. This misconception, that the more often you lose in a game of chance, thehigher the
AC 2010-941: COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL PRACTITIONERS TO LEAD ACAPSTONE CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEGregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University Gregg L. Fiegel is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California, and he serves as the ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor. Dr. Fiegel received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly in 1990. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Davis in 1992 and 1995, respectively.Jay DeNatale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jay S
of the feedback from the write-in questions of the semester evaluations iscompiled below.Question 1: “As I, the instructor, prepare to teach this class again, what aspect(s) of thiscourse should I preserve that effectively furthered learning?”Sampling of Student Responses: ≠ “This class has a friendly and open classroom atmosphere [that] helps students relax around the professor and ask necessary questions.” ≠ “You are always enthusiastic about what you teach, even if it is really boring material. You also make time to help students whenever needed. You are also really easy to talk to and can always offer help when needed.” ≠ “I thought she was a very good teacher mostly because I wanted to come to class, she made
method that employs this tactic, and has been used toadvance our understanding of the cognitive processes of engineering students during a design task,is Verbal Protocol Analysis (VPA). During VPA data collection, subjects are asked to think aloudwhile performing a task [19]. This form of data collection does not assume that subjects have accessto their cognitive processes, but they are able to report the contents of short-term memory. Fromthese verbal reports, we can gain insights into how subjects generate and transform informationabout the problem, and how they go about developing a solution.Verbal Protocol Analysis has been used extensively since the 1970’s to study the cognitiveprocesses of engineering students [20- 23] as well as
, “The researchers have observed students entering the Professional Pilotprogram at Kansas State University at Salina lack the necessary prerequisite mathematics skillsfor success in subsequent higher mathematics courses. Using an introductory appliedmathematics course coupled with applied aviation exercises and engaging pedagogical methodsin mathematics courses could engage students and enhance their mathematics learning skills.” Afall 2009 Kansas State University at Salina (KSU-S) aviation faculty survey, albeit small,supports this hypothesis.The researchers’ observed presumption is that present day students possess more technologyunderstanding and rely on audio/visual feedback stimuli. One approach modifies methods ofinstruction to
= Evopterate: Remember that designs Evolve and are optimized as designers iterate through successive attempts; and S = “Satisfice:”16 Remember that in general final designs will not be perfect but will involve compromises, and will become close to optimal by satisfying some goals while sacrificing others.We are encouraged by our first semester’s efforts, and will continue to make modifications tothese courses while keeping our underlying theme, so that we can continue to improve our futureengineers’ education.17 Page 15.91.13Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the National Science Foundation for funding ourcourse
engineers shouldembrace and utilize systems thinking. Likewise, systems thinking should be applied to theacademic and professional process of Systems Engineering itself. The emergence and status ofSE as a profession, among the engineering professions, is worthy of continuous examination.The author affirms that most of the ideas and priorities for SE advancement in this paper are his. Page 15.1162.13Accordingly, he invites academicians and practicing professionals to apply their systemsthinking about how best to advance the emerging attributes of Systems Engineering; fab@vt.edu References1) Blanchard, B. S
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American automobile industry of the 1970’sand ‘80’s to appreciate how such innovations may have slipped beneath the radar of industry.While the “Big Three” automakers comfortably gauged their competitiveness based on industrystandards and the performance of their peers, foreign automakers explored product and processdesign from a systems perspective. By embracing a systems engineering approach and thephilosophies of Deming, Japanese automakers challenged American automakers with anapproach that was incompatible with the established industry paradigms (5). The result has putAmerican automakers, and the manufacturers who supply them, on their heels for more than 25years.It has been a long, hard struggle for automobile manufacturers to apply the
n A − n B − nC − n D − n F − nW / 2 To compare either a class GPA or instructor GPA with the average for the course (overother classes and other instructors), one uses the pooled error: S12 n1 − S 22 n2 n1 − n2PE ? n1 − n2 / 1 n1n2Here, n1 is the total number of students in the class being evaluated and n2 is the totalnumber of students having taking the course in the past 5 years excluding those who tookthe course with the same instructor. A number of different ways were evaluated beforedeciding to exclude the same instructor from the course average. One instructor couldpossibly dominate the average if they taught the class more times with more studentscompared with other
10 to 15 years there have also been significant amounts of resources spent in theUS in innovating engineering curricula (the most prominent initiatives being the mid 90’s NSF-funded Engineering Coalitions; for example: www.gatewaycoalition.com; www.synthesis.org ;www.succeed.ufl.edu) . These have focused primarily on innovating the engineering curricula,integrating assessment, using complementary technology and implementing new learningstrategies. One of the authors of this paper - together with colleagues from Penn State University,the University of Washington and Sandia National Labs - also participated in a somewhatsmaller but successful partnership called the Learning Factory, which received the US NAEGordon Prize in 2006 for innovation
is in the high 4’s, and none of the students have ever selected lowerthen 4 (“Agree”) on this question, indicating that the students did not find the use of referencematerial to be a detriment. Page 15.993.5 4Content of LecturesThe exact timing and content of the semesters varied widely between each of the three semestersand from course to course. The F/TD class, since the students had been exposed to the thermalfluids curriculum, was able to start into applied material early in the semester. The T-HX class,being the first formal introduction to the topics needed to start at more of the
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images of both hand-drawn and digital drawings that will be distributed to both educators and practitioners. The datawill be analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis methods. In order to conduct this qualitativeanalysis, a series of transformed drawings are needed. Therefore, this preliminary study was thefirst step for further investigations. It provided a demonstration for generating transformeddigital drawings with Photoshop and a preliminary summary of the characteristic comparison ofboth type of drawings.ReferenceDiekman, N. & Pile, J. (1990) Sketching Interior Architecture, NY: Book SalesDing, S. (2011) Sketching Interiors: From Traditional to Digital, Fairchild Publications, New York (to bepublished in 2011)Laseau, P. (2004
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certificate program for non-tenured faulty.Jeffrey Pribyl, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jeffrey R. Pribyl is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Geology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. His research interests currently include the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) methodology. His primary teaching duties include introductory chemistry, general chemistry, and a methods course in physical science. He holds a BS, chemistry — St. John s University, an MS in chemistry Purdue; and PhD in science (chemistry) education Purdue. Page 15.606.1© American Society for
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