thicknesses and coefficients of friction. • HVAC/Mechanical Systems – Determine the number and size of various components of a distributed HVAC system including as air handling fans, heaters and air conditioners given the loading and the characteristics of the individual system components.Walnut Street BridgeThe first lecture was by a professional engineer involved with the initial design of the bridge andits approach viaducts in the mid 1980’s. He presented an overview of the project including theconstraints imposed by replacing an existing structure in a physically limited urban environment,utilities, and the reuse of existing components such as piers and abutments. The bridge and
found high correlations between the two items about intelligence (0.74) and between the twoitems about programming (0.84). There was a low to negligible correlations among othercombinations, with the strongest (up to 0.3) being between attitudes about intelligence andprogramming items. We assessed the correlations between ratings on each LSI dimension andagreement with the six statements. We found most of the correlations were small. The highestcorrelation was between SEN/INT dimension and the first statement about programming skills.The more strongly a student scores as a “sensor”, the more s/he believes that her/hisprogramming aptitude cannot be changed.We did not uncover any clear evidence that students with different learning styles
availablespots. All indicators point to a successful educational model. Senior Design Interest 30 25 20 Quantity 15 Projects 10 Proposals 5 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YearBibliography 1. Howe, S. and Wilbarger, J.”National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
aresult, a follow-up study is needed to expand the results of this study onto the entire populationof electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science freshmen involved inintroductory programming courses.References1. Carlisle, M. C. Welcome to the Raptor home page. Retrieved November 19, 2007 fromhttp://raptor.martincarlisle.com/2. Carlisle, M. C., T. A. Wilson, J. W. Humphries, and S. M. Hadfield, “RAPTOR: A Visual ProgrammingEnvironment For Teaching Algorithmic Problem Solving,” Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposiumon Computer Science Education, ACM Press, 2005, 176-180.3. Carnegie Mellon University, Alice: An Educational Software that Teaches Students ComputerProgramming in a 3D Environment
converted to grade point averages on a 4.0 scale. The block(s) of instruction each mid-termexamination covered is/are in parenthesis. The differences between the mid-term scores and the population CGPAsfrom Table 1 are also shown. Mid-Term 1 Difference Mid-Term 2 Difference Population GPA from GPA from (Block I) CGPA (Blocks II/III) CGPA Raising Hands
U.S.A. The primary avenue of getting a job in the U.S.A. for a person who is not a citizen or a permanent resident is the H1-B visa (work visa).2 Due to immigration policies, it is easier to get the F-1 (student) visa and convert the status into H1-B after completion of the degree than directly getting the H1-B1 . Anecdotes tell that in the flourishing dot-com era of late 1990’s, many post-bachelor’s Ph.D. students would belured away by the companies. That may be the reason that in some schools it is difficult, de jure or de facto, for afunded post-bachelor’s student to get an M.S. diploma even after completing the equivalent course works.2 Obtaining employment based permanent residency (the “green card”) for getting a
the PLC and switching functions, making the operation of turning the fan on safer.(5) Next, flip the toggle switch “1” of the 1796 SIM1500 Input Simulator to the up position. Note that theblinking red light turns on. This occurs because output 0 (O:0/0) of the PLC is activated from 0, OFF to1, ON. Referencing rung 2 of the ladder logic diagram in Appendix A, it is seen that O:0/0 (portrayed asa load on the right side of rung 1 of the ladder logic diagram) is activated when input 5 (I:0/5, a ladderlogic switch) is activated to 1, ON. This is done by physically moving toggle switch 1 of the 1796SIM1500 Input Simulator in the up position, completing the 24 VDC circuit. The ladder logic also showsa time base switch, or timing delay, S:4/13, in
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sheet. It is recommended that the project assignment sheet(s) be used as a cover. The report must include inorder the following ten sections; some sections include subsections.1. Project Drawings, Parts List and Bill of Materials (15%). These summarize and communicate your design and must be sufficient to fabricate the design. Drawings must be roughly to scale and must include (1) a rendering of your design, (2) an isometric assembly with components ‘called-out’ and correlated by number or part name with the parts list, (3) details to clarify component connections and joints and (4) other details as necessary. Use professional conventions. Include all dimensions. Do not draw details of standard ‘off-the- shelf’ hardware
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Page 13.349.921 This author has requested anonymity.Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 8Copyright 2008, American Society for Engineering Education students are pretty much done at the end of class time. It also forces me to really focus on what I 22 want to test them over without asking redundant questions.If you solve an exam ahead of time, you can also pass out solutions to students as theyleave. Wayne Wells23 tells of one instructor who did this: [A]s each student completed the work and turned it in, she handed them a copy of the solutions with the rule
faculty, documentation of professional development activities, or other teaching related items. ‚ Is participation compulsory or voluntarily? Participation requirements vary widely. ‚ Who is/are the target group(s)? While some countries focus on professional development for junior faculty, others address all those teaching in technical, engineering-related domains. ‚ What is the professional development program duration? There may be multiple sequential levels of professional development activities and/or achievement, and programs vary from short courses to continuous development. ‚ What is the professional development
written in s fashion that relates the objective is a specific and measurable fashion. This section of the paper investigates how the learning objectives relate to the published course goals. Tables 5, 6, and 7 are matrix tabulations of the learning objectives provided mapped to Page 13.333.11 the corresponding course objective at the appropriate level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The
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(s) that will becovered in that day’s readings and lesson, by adding lesson objectives the students gain insightabove and beyond the topic to be covered. As a primary example, consider one of the lessons inthe Biomaterials course that focuses on corrosion. Instead of telling the students that today’slesson will cover concepts simply related to corrosion, and that they should study the assignedreading prior to the lesson, the following lesson objectives are also listed: a. Explain the thermodynamic reason for corrosion and develop the Nernst Equation. b. Analyze Evans plots and polarization curves to better understand corrosion rates. c. Discuss the various types of corrosion, and understand the differences between them.Hopefully it is
AC 2008-1155: U.S.-INDIA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, ANDINDUSTRY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN ACOUSTICS ANDNON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONChetan Sankar, Auburn University Dr. Chetan S. Sankar, Thomas Walter Professor in the Department of Management is an expert on IT and telecommunications management. He is also an expert on case study development and has developed more than 30 case studies, many of which have won awards for their ability to motivate and challenge students. He works closely with industries to write research-based case studies for use by engineering and business students. He has published more than 150 refereed papers in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.P K
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theirselection of projects. Consistently and overwhelmingly, the most important aspect to students isthe subdiscipline(s) of civil engineering that the project emphasizes. One concern of the facultywas that an international project would be more work for the student team compared withdomestic projects. The responses to Questions 6 and 7 show that on average, all students feelthey work slightly harder on their project compared to the other groups. Therefore, there isprobably no difference in time spent by teams on an international project compared with teamson a domestic project. Page 13.791.6Table 1. Results of surveys conducted during week 7 of the
activities an assessment method is, the lesslikely the tendency for students to find it to be annoying or useless, and hence more useful theassessment tool.Acknowledgements:This work has been supported through the Mathematics, Science and Technology Partnershipproject; funded by the National Science Foundation, award number EHR0314910.Bibliography/References:1 Bandura, A. Self-efficacy. In V. S. Ramachaudran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human behavior, vol. 4, pp. 71-81. NewYork: Academic Press (1994)2 Furnham, A., T. Chamorro-Premuzic, and F. MacDougall, Learning and Individual Differences, vol. 14, pp. 49–66(2003).3 Allen, D.E., B.J. Duch, and S.E. Groh, “The power of problem-based learning in teaching introductory sciencecourses”, New Directions
in need of modification, and educators who find themselves with theopportunity to start a capstone program from the ground up.Olin College BackgroundFranklin W. Olin College of Engineering is a new, four-year engineering school in Needham,Massachusetts. The college was started and funded by the New York-based Olin Foundation,which has awarded grants totaling more than $300 million to construct and fully equip 72buildings on 57 independent college campuses. Starting in the late 1980's, the National ScienceFoundation and engineering community at large started calling for reform in engineeringeducation. In order to serve the needs of the growing global economy, it was clear that engineersneeded to have business and entrepreneurship skills
and a Q/A session with camp staff and Department faculty, parents metwith counselors from Admission and a local high school. The meeting’s objective was tointroduce the parents to the plan(s) of study that would best prepare their child for successfulstudies in the STEM disciplines at a major research university. The Associate Dean forUndergraduate Studies was also available for questions and comments. The campers made theirfinal preparations for the Challenge while their parents attended this meeting. Reunited in thelargest of the classrooms for the Challenge, families cheered on their campers as the teamscompeted. Media coverage, both print6 and TV7, of Challenge activities in the second sessionadded to the excitement. An awards and
significantinfrastructure challenge. Brazil has struggled to provide adequate water, electricity, roads andhighways services for its burgeoning population. Today, many areas of Brazil have madepromising advances in infrastructure but demand outpaces the rate of advance. For instance,while water treatment facilities grew by 80% in the 1990’s, demand for treated water grew by450%. The regions of greatest growth during this time period were the heavily urbanized Page 13.190.8Northeast and the Southeast [2].Water treatment is a process that is as significant to a population, as it is delicate and unstable. Ifany one of the functional components, shown in Figure 1, is
school,but working in groups in college is a complete different experience. In high school, working in agroup for me would usually mean that I did all the research and then (would) tell everyone elsewhat I needed them to do for the completion of the project. A complete turn around from highschool was college. Now, working in a group means that we all do our individual research andmeet and discuss thing(s) together as a real team.” Hopefully these students will continue to bein good teams throughout college.Only a few students said that they expected to get close to the grades that they had predicted.Several students said that getting a 3.25 or 3.5 so they could keep their scholarships was a goodenough goal. Several students admitted that they
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