Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

addition, we found that students in thecapstone courses were more likely to support their decisions with evidence. In the figure below,we show the results of the previous study8.Figure 1 (a): Average number of decisions (b): The percentage of decisions supportedmade per team report for capstone BME (nine with evidence, broken down by whetherteams) and ME (four teams) courses and the evidence is created by student team, orEDC (ten teams) first year course. Average sought by team from other sources, such asnumber of decisions supported with evidence, literature, patents, or experts in the field.including CADEX specific evidence, for eachcourse.When looking specifically at the type of

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

(ABET) is“The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical or physical sciences gained by study,experience and practice is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, thematerials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind ”.1 The American Society forEngineering Education’s (ASEE) Engineering Technology Council has defined EngineeringTechnology as "… the profession in which knowledge of the applied mathematical and naturalsciences gained by higher education, experience, and practice is devoted to application ofengineering principles and the implementation of technological advances for the benefit ofhumanity. Engineering Technology education for the professional focuses primarily onanalyzing, applying

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

both microstructureand composition. The third author researched creep strength in alloys with particular interest inwhether there were significant differences in creep performance between a lever arm apparatusand a direct load apparatus.As a result of the RET experience, we each developed a Legacy Cycle module (curriculum unit)that engaged our high school students in (1) a study of metals and ways to increase those metals’ability to withstand high ambient temperatures (in the context of an airplane crash investigation),and (2) a study of creep, stress, and strain tests and how to apply these tests to investigate theproperties of aluminum foil. These modules placed students in the role of an investigator andrequired them to become researchers

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Lawrence Carter, University of Auckland; Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Technology Sydney; Bernard Guillemin, The University of Auckland; Mark Andrews, University of Auckland; Waleed Abdulla, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students identified and thenumber of Foundation tutorial sessions run are presented in Table 1. Course Year Class Size Number of Number of at-risk Foundation students tutorials Circ. & Sys 2008 149 42 6 Circ. & Sys 2009 133 63 13 Electromag. 2008 148 35 6 Electromag. 2009 131 42 5 Electronics 2009 131 38

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Instrumentation

Engineering and Mechanical Engineering havedesignated options (concentrations) in which students take a prescribed cluster of courses. Theirfinal diploma then designates both the engineering major and the option specialty. ElectricalEngineering students can select from a prescribed set of courses that comprise a Digital,Robotics, Mechanical, Vehicle Systems or General Option. All five options require 11 credits.The Vehicle Systems Option is outlined below in Figure 1: Electrical Engineering VehicleSystems Option. Electrical Engineering majors are not required to take dynamics as part of theircore graduation requirements, but it is required for the Vehicle Systems Option

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

project course around powerelectronics to expose current students to power electronics, and to motivate student interest inpower electronics prior to a future course offering. The project course could thus serve as avehicle to augment the program curriculum by exposing students (some of whom would havegraduated prior to the offering of the power electronics course) to the important area of powerelectronics.The purpose of this paper is three-fold: (1) To describe the re-organization of the first seniorproject course to ensure that students were exposed to a comprehensive design experience priorto embarking on a more complex design project in the second senior project course. (2) Todescribe the mechanisms and opportunities used to foster the

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, University of Michigan; Seda Yilmaz, University of Michigan; Colleen Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to a design problem totake the designer to a different part of this space of potential design solutions.Evidence for Design HeuristicsIn a previous study, the application of heuristics that transformed previous concepts wasobserved within an expert designer’s ideation process18. For example, in one design concept, theexpert combined three structural heuristics: (1) changing the configuration of the identical designelements utilized in the previous concept in order to repeatedly use a swiveling motion around acommon base, while (2) changing the physical interaction of the user with the system, and (3)adding multiple functionalities to the same component. In a set of designs that were quite varied,several specific heuristics were observed

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Rebecca Payne, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

GRE are made as with the SAT and ACT exams. For many test takers,scores are shown to improve after being familiarized with test taking strategies.MAT. In addition to the GRE many social science and educational graduate programs use theMiller Analogies Test (MAT) created by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Research has shown thatperformance on analogies involves multiple levels of cognition and that makes it a superbmeasure of g, verbal comprehension, and analytical thinking.1, 18 Kuncel et. al. 200414 showedthat the MAT and GRE measure abilities shared with other cognitive ability instruments, and thatthese abilities are generally valid predictors of both academic and vocational criteria

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

acceptance to the program, students are invited to participate in the following menu ofoptions: EGR 100, Advising, Transfer Planning and grad Planner, Social network, Peer MentorInteraction, APP ad Transfer Recruitment Events, VEISHA Transfer Event, Engineering CareerFair, Connections with PWISE, Scholarships (ETEC & E2020).Research questions Page 15.553.3 1) What are the community college and university experiences of engineering transfer students? 2) What are the transfer and university adjustment experiences of engineering transfer students? 3) What advice would current community college transfer students in Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Christina White, Columbia University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy

. Participantsgenerated exemplar active learning products for their classrooms. Participants also designedassessment instruments for active learning products and methods for the classroom. As a tool forassisting in ALPs development and evaluation, the PHLiPS method was also presented.PHLiPS MethodThe PHLIpS Method3 is a tool to guide professors in the efficient creation of ALPs. Figure 1shows a summary of the method used to guide the development of ALPs. The method beginswith understanding the educational goals, generating ideas, systematic selection of ideas, andfinally implementation and evaluation of the newly-created ALPs (Figure 1). This method alsoseeks to relate student personality types and learning styles to active learning. This is done aspart of the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University; Ada Cheng, Kettering University; Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

immediately and accurately apply these centralprinciples means that students will find that the impact of these knowledge gaps is recurring.While coping skills may enable a student to pass a class or “get through” a topic, if they chooseto repair their knowledge gaps they may find themselves re-learning these concepts/skills whileat the same time learning advanced concepts that depend upon these skills.A simplified example of a trajectory essential to mechanical engineering is the concept of the dotproduct, also known as the scalar inner product. Figure 1 shows a representative program ofstudy in Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University with the intersections of the dot producttrajectory with various classes highlighted. Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

participants, and to help the students prepare presentations and papers as needed.At the close of the program, students present their research as an oral presentation, which isevaluated by mentor scientists as well as other scientists, graduate students and guests.2009 ProgramThe 2009 REU program had eight participants, two of which were Peer Mentors. Althoughfunded late in the cycle of applications, BE@SLU received over 50 applications for the 8positions. We deemed this to be very successful as the target population of entering freshmanand sophomores are not necessarily seeking research experiences through the REU programs.Two (of the 8) students were from primarily undergraduate institutions, 6/8 were women, and 1/8was a self-identified

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

educate engineering literate citizens, who can make informeddecisions about technology use 1. From an individual standpoint, engineering literateindividuals can get benefits at home and work, such as operating systems correctly andchoosing the best consumer products. “Engineering literacy” relates to understanding issuesinvolving conceiving, building, maintaining and designing objects or processes in theman-made world. It is synonymous with “technology literacy” used in the national sciencestandards 2. In this paper, we will use the term design, engineering, and technology (DET) tocapture the broader meaning of engineering education. In comparison to science andmathematics education, engineering education at the K-12 level is underdeveloped 3

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Will Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

project to help students learn estimation.The project is also used to have students work a scaling problem.The students are asked to estimate the amount of paint that would be required to paint the tubularsteel supports of the Jumbotron (Figure 1). The Jumbotron is within easy walking distance of theclassroom, so students are able to walk around to estimate diameters of members, heights, etc.Getting the students out of the classroom and actively collecting data is an important part of thisproject. Teams are required to make a quick two-minute initial estimate. They turn this estimatein to the teaching assistant, who records it. The students work together in their teams to make amore detailed estimate of the amount of paint required, approximating

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Seung Ki Moon, Pennsylvania State University

different course curricula and studentlearning outcomes. To address these two issues, an online course development site isbeing established. Development is based on four course models that address NAErecommendations in a consistent manner. These four types of courses are (1) technologysurvey courses that provide a broad overview of technological topics, (2) technologicalfocus courses that address a more specific area such as the hydrogen economy or energy,(3) courses that emphasize the engineering design process, and (4) technologyconnections courses that explore the connections between technology and other areas ofsociety and culture. The online resource will allow engineering faculty to obtainmaterials from the database of existing

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

design task that prompts students tocritique someone else’s design process, as it is documented in a Gantt chart with a brief verbaldescription7. In addition to administering the task to many different populations of engineeringstudents, Bailey has also administered the task to practicing engineers in order to further validatethe instrument8.We have changed the task description to ask the teachers to examine a students’ design processas depicted in Figure 1. The task description asked the teachers to “Imagine that you asked yourstudents to design a container to keep an egg safe during an egg drop contest. Now imagine thatwe were able to capture one of the students’ design process and create the following tableshowing the different activities

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

based solely on the titles of the papers since full-length papers generally donot exist.Textual analysis of the paper titles was performed using Textalyser for single and two-wordphrase frequencies. This was accomplished by cutting and pasting all the titles of the ASEE-ELDpapers from the spreadsheet into a Word document and then ultimately the Textalyser software.The most frequently used words and phrases were then identified. In a similar manner, Wordlewas used to provide a better visualization of the word frequencies.Results and DiscussionThere were 258 papers and posters presented at the ASEE-ELD sessions during ASEE AnnualConferences from 2000-2009. Of the 258, there were 170 (66%) papers and 88 (34%) posters.Figure 1 shows the annual

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University; James O'Brien, Villanova University; Kenneth Kroos, Villanova University; Amy Fleischer, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

aspects of ME and tohelp students develop general skills needed to be successful ME students and engineer. Theseobjectives are achieved through a hands-on, project-based laboratory coupled withcomplementary theory-based lectures. This class differs from typical introduction to engineeringcourses because it is offered to sophomores, which enables higher-level engineering content tobe covered. The topics addressed in this paper are the initial development of the course, theevolution of the course over the past eight years, the current state of the course, studentassessment of the course, and plans for future development.1. IntroductionIn this paper, the development and evolution of the sophomore-level introduction to MechanicalEngineering (ME

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

engineering professions, not justcomputers and information technology.1 While not yet common, some engineering departmentsoffer service courses for non-engineers.2-14 Many of these technological literacy courses havebecome successful when measured by sustained student interest and long-term sustainability.2-14Initially it may appear that these engineering courses for non-engineers have little relation to thecurriculum for an engineering degree. However, in attempting to enliven introduction toengineering courses, these successful technological literacy courses represent a potential sourceof themes or topics that capture the interest of undergraduate students

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juyeon Yun, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Yoojung Chae, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

classrooms, and, finally, behavior pertains to parents’engineering-related activities with their children in their daily life. The following are thedefinitions of the three domains used in the study: ≠ Definitions 1. Parents’ engineering knowledge: comprehension of the basic principles and concepts of engineering 2. Parents’ engineering attitudes: feelings and beliefs about engineering Page 15.423.4 3. Parents’ engineering behavior: the frequencies of activities parents do with their childrenMethodologyPrior to beginning the process of developing this instrument, the Parents’ EngineeringAwareness

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James Young, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

conditions, similar to the wayengineering departments meet the ABET a-k requirements for engineering degrees.BackgroundThe quality of life and economic prosperity of the over 300 million residents of the United Statesis dependent on the development and use of technology. This includes issues ranging fromformulation and implementation of energy policies to telecommunications. Educating the publicwith essential information about technology and technological literacy requires a fresh look atour efforts in undergraduate education. Engineering programs at all levels must acknowledgeresponsibility for educating non-engineers about technology 1–11. Engineering concepts arepervasive in decision making within industry, government, education, and health care

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Yang, Cornell University; Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Susan Daniel, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

them. The remainingstudents indicated that they were attracted to this profession because of a specific interest inchemistry and mathematics, or other specialized interests.Free response question: What career path(s) are you interested in?Table 1 summarizes the student responses to this second question. Unlike the numbers in theabstract, which were rounded off percentages for the entire class, these numbers are percentagesof the respondents whose answer included a career in the category.Table 1. Student Career Interests(Totals exceed 100% as some students listed more than one career choice) Career Interests Percent of Respondents Biology related (pharmaceutical, biomedical

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

aboutconversion from hand-drawn to digital drawings for professional practice and education. Thispaper presents a procedure of transformation from traditional sketching to digital by Photoshop.It also presents a series of transformed drawings and hand-drawn drawings. A comparison listwas created to describe the characteristics of both hand-drawn and digital drawings. This studyprovides valuable suggestions to the body of knowledge of graphic communications. It willbenefit both design education and professional practice.1. Introduction The objective of this study is to explore a method that can transform freehand sketching todigital drawing and keeps the characters of freehand sketching. The software used was Photoshop.The first of three steps

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert DeHaan, Emory University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

groupsalso provided an opportunity for an in-depth discussion of traditional career paths and theperceived institutional barriers and institutional support for students’ interest in teaching careers.Additionally, surveys were used to elicit beliefs of 1) academic advisors of undergraduatestudents and 2) faculty in the three Colleges who supervise doctoral students concerning theprestige of teaching careers, the characteristics of students pursuing teaching careers, and theirperceived level of preparation for advising students about teaching careers.The results indicate that interest in teaching careers is perceived to be increasing among bothgraduate and undergraduate students in STEM fields, and that faculty and academic advisors donot feel well

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

(1), there are multiple lab sections tied to a single lecture section. This helps Page 15.1243.3to limit the number of presentations that are seen by each student and prevents the students fromtiring of the material. Once thee ppresentations have been delivered in lab, the stud tudents in eachsection vote on which presentatio tion they liked best and a winner is chosen for eac ach lab section. Inthe case of a tie in votes, the teac aching

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica Falcone, Georgia Institute of Technology; James McClellan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

quantitative means of assessment. In addition, to provide free internationalaccess, the laboratory will be disseminated on the Connexions educational website.1. IntroductionAt the Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) an introductory signal processing course isrequired for all electrical engineering, computer engineering and biomedical engineeringundergraduates. To provide this foundational material early on in the undergraduate curriculum1,the course is presented in the sophomore year for ECE students and often taken during the finaltwo years for BME students. Basic integral calculus, linear algebra, familiarity with complexnumbers, and MATLAB (MathWorks, Natick, MA) programming experience are the pre-requisites. This rigorous semester-long

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Engineering (NAE) in Changingthe Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering.1 InTechnically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More about Technology, the NAEstresses the value of being knowledgeable about technology in the twenty-first century.2Technological literacy is defined in Tech Tally3 as “an understanding of technology at a level thatenables effective functioning in a modern technological society.”Technology in this case is broadly defined as the efforts and products of the various fields of Page 15.1324.2engineering. Technology encompasses any modification of the natural world to fulfill humanneeds and

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-trained K-5 teachers and to bring valuable contextualexperiences to our future teachers, and subsequently their K-5 students, through substantialand relevant T&E content. If these goals are achievable then the MST program could have along-term beneficial impact on student outcomes in STEM and non-STEM subjects at theNational level, impacting grades K-5(8), and eventually 9-20+.Many articles have discussed the qualities of effective teachers.1-3 A list of qualities providedby Darling-Hammond is reproduced below. 4 1) strong general intelligence and verbal ability that help teachers organize and explain ideas, as well as to observe and think diagnostically; 2) strong content knowledge- up to a threshold level that relates to what is to

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, where

Tagged Divisions

International

, it was possible to identify opportunities. Some ofthe modalities for implementing those opportunities have to be developed through administrativearrangements, logistics, technology, scheduling and other means. The good thing is that it waspossible to identify possible failures before they occur.References:1. Adewale, O. S. 2002, Surveying and Geomatics Curricula in Nigerian Universities – The Professional and Educational Challenges. FIG International Conference, Washington D.C. April 19 – 26, 2002.2. Carnoy, M. 2005. Globalization Educational Trends and the Open Society. Open Society Institute Education Conference. Budapest, June 30 – July 3, 2005.3. Derby, F. W. 2000. Integration of Information Technology into Surveying

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

and skills. Likewise, instead ofpurchasing the computer board and software that accompanies the lumped mass apparatuses(which in this case was primarily developed for controls laboratory experiments), a world-classanalyzer (that includes computer software for control) was purchased so that the sensors andanalyzer can be used by students and faculty for research projects. This analyzer can also beused for acoustic measurements. A disadvantage is that the software that controls the analyzer isnot user friendly, and requires substantial setup time by the instructor. The laboratoryexperiments that were developed include the study of free vibration, forced vibration, 1 DOF,2DOF, and 3 DOF systems, dynamic absorber, modes of vibration, and the