continuing efforts to improve the freshmen engineering sequence.The impact of retention efforts that began in 2002 with the TWD grants and continue through2005 for Baylor’s engineering and computer science programs are readily discernable from table3. The two-year freshman retention rate increase of 46% for engineering and 38% for computerscience is evidence that the School’s retention efforts have been particularly effective.Recently, two of the authors received a 5-year NSF S-STEM grant to fund scholarships andmentoring activities for transfer students. These funds will provide scholarships for up tofourteen transfer students per year and mentoring activities to increase the probability that theywill graduate with a degree in engineering or
large base of users of these systems could transfer text, dataand e-mail over phone-lines by a variety of services. 2. Early Web Browser. Mosaic, later named Netscape, was introduced in the early1990’s and Netscape (the company) went public in 1995. Netscape was free toindividuals and schools and was low-cost to business users. It brought graphics, images,music and video to PCs over telephone lines. Netscape also allowed experiments andsimulations to be viewed or controlled over the web in real time or near real-time.One of the earliest applications of this real-time use of browsers was a camera thatwatched a coffee pot at Cambridge University2. Some of the earliest controlledexperiments were introduced in 1994 at UC San Diego, in
helpful for students. 4.7 3. I think I helped my interviewee(s). 4.3 4. Use the same assignment again. It worked well. 4.4 5. Use a different assignment. 1.9 6. The student contacted me in a manner that showed 4.3 respect for my time. 7. The student/alumni phone contact was beneficial 4.2 and provided students a good networking opportunity. 8. Sufficient time was allotted for the assignment and 4.5 my response. 9. I have had additional communication with one or 1.9 more of my
the bottle on the right contains Page 12.1095.4only hydroxyapatite.Bibliography1. Hogg R, Healy TW, , Fuerstenau DW, Mutual coagulation of colloidal dispersions, Trans Farad Soc, 62, 1638(1992).2. Kim S, Zukoski CF, A model of growth by hetero-coagulation in seeded colloidal suspensions, J Colloid InterfaceSci, 139, 198 (1990).3. Borum L, Wilson, Jr. OC, Surface modification of hydroxyapatite. Part II. Silica. Biomaterials 24, 3681 (2003). Page 12.1095.5
AC 2008-3: INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERPROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE INTO CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSESThomas Cavicchi, Grove City College Thomas J. Cavicchi received the B. S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1982, and the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Grove City College, Grove City, PA, where he teaches year-long courses on digital communication systems, digital and analog control systems, and the senior labs (including co-teaching the senior capstone design projects). He also has recently taught
AC 2008-46: ASCE POLICY 465 – PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPSJeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison Gerry Galloway University of Maryland Thomas Lenox ASCE James O'Brien ASCEGerry Galloway, University of MarylandThomas Lenox, ASCEJames J. O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers Page 13.223.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008ASCE Policy 465 - Progress and Next StepsRussell, Galloway, Lenox and O’Brien ASCE Policy 465 – Progress and Next Steps Jeffrey S. Russell, Gerald E. Galloway, Thomas A. Lenox, and James J. O’BrienAbstractFor several decades, educators
SystemsENGR 1480 Occupational Safety TechniquesENGR 2407 Surveying with GIS-GPSENGR 2410 Analysis of Engineering Networks Page 13.612.10Upper DivisionET 3307 Applied ThermodynamicsET 3308 Materials ScienceENGR 3311 Structural AnalysisENGR 3308 Fluid Mechanics IMGT 3301 Management of OrganizationsENGR 3302 Engineering EconomicsENGR 4370 Human Factors in Safety and FireENGR 4410 Industrial Hygiene InstrumentationENGR 4420 Fire DynamicsENGR 4450 Industrial SafetyENGR 4380 Security of Computing SystemsET 4323 Technology SeminarElectives (9 hours)ENG 3302 and ET 4323 satisfy the W (writing) and S (to use of the skills learned in core coursesto solve
Transactions, Vol. 80, May, 1958, pp. 929-940.5. Malkin, S. and Anderson, R.B., "Thermal Aspects of Grinding," Journal of Engineering for Industry, Vol. 96, No. 4, Nov 1974, pp 1177-1183.6. Malkin, S., "Surface Temperatures and Workpiece Burn," Journal of Engineering for Industry, Vol. 96, No. 4, Nov. 1974, pp. 1184-1197.7. Yonetani, S. and Notoya, H., "Grinding Residual Stress in Heat Treated High Hardness Steels," Journal of Japan Institute of Metals, June 1984.8. EL-Helieby, S.O. and Rowe, G.W ., "Influence of Surface Roughness and Residual Stress on Fatigue Life of Ground Steel Components," Metals Technology, Vol. 7, June, 1980, pp. 221-225.9. Leskovar, P., "Investigations of Surface Integrity of W orkpieces and Tools
Boardclassroom (exhibited in the top panes of (100KS/s version) and Hardware/Software Environmentfigure 1). This Mobile StudioInstrumentation Board (I/O Board) technology replicates the functionality of an oscilloscope,function generator, multimeter, power supplies and additionally allows users to control externaldevices with 16 reconfigurable digital I/O ports. With the advent of a Mobile Studio lab, manyinstrumentation-based course offerings could be held in normal classrooms rather than in speciallyoutfitted studio facilities. In addition, students will be able to perform hands-on experimentsoutside of the classroom anywhere/anytime, thus facilitating new opportunities for them toexplore/tinker and gain insight through practical experience
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applications. In EAS222, students develop an understanding of the basicprinciples and applications of engineering mechanics including the behavior of structures undervarious loads, bending and Mohr’s circle.This paper discusses how the mechanics topics are threaded through this sequence of courses andhow mastery of these topics is being assessed at the disciplinary level in the junior year.Assessment of students’ understanding of mechanics topics includes the following instruments:data drawn from quiz/exam grades and/or particular question(s) on exams/quizzes related tospecific concepts; and faculty observations gathered using a survey tool. Our current dataevaluates the first group of students to reach the junior level in the new curriculum that
Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press. pg.ES-2.2. Jackson, S. A. (2002). The Quiet Crisis: Falling Short of Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent [Electronic Version]. Retrieved October 23, 2006.3. National Science Board. (2004). Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 Two volumes. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation (volume 1, NSB 04-1; volume 2, NSB 04-1A).4. Pearson, G. (2004). Collaboration conundrum (Editorial). Journal of Technology Education, 15(2), 66-76.5. National Academies of Engineering. (2004). Ninth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Science.6. Pearson, G., & Young, T. (2002). Technically speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about
curricula.AcknowledgementsThe authors extend their gratitude to Erik Luther, Academic Resources Engineer at NationalInstruments Inc., for providing access to the hardware and software that were essential indemonstrating the RASCL concept. Additional thanks goes to Matt Spexarth (former NationalInstruments campus representative for KSU, 2006 KSU graduate, and current NationalInstruments employee) for providing the StudentScope VI utilized with the RASCL prototype.Finally, the authors acknowledge the KSU Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering forsupplying (1) funds to purchase RASCL equipment and materials and (2) faculty feedbackregarding the requirements list for this learning tool.References[1] D. W. Knight, J. F. Sullivan, S. J. Poole, and L. E
AC 2007-2261: ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING AND ITS RETENTION IN THEENGINEERING DESIGN CLASSROOMGül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Page 12.287.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessment of Learning and its Retention in the Engineering Design Classroom Part A: Instrument Development Okudan, G., Ogot, M., Zappe, S. and Gupta, S.AbstractThis paper describes the development of an engineering design knowledge assessmentinstrument. While, our ultimate goal is to prepare the environment and conditions that are mostconducive for our students in teaching engineering design concepts, we often are unable todetermine
Scale Days – weeks Weeks - months Months – years Situational expertise Product expertise Discipline(s) Knowledge Base expertise Journals, Vendor information, Archival literature, newspapers, personal patents, CAD/CAM, computer modeling, Resources networking design of data analysis, theory experiments Identify a problem Recognize a need Awareness of Engage/Motivate Needs analysis knowledge gap Common Define
undergraduate major. This student faced a number of challenges including having totake additional undergraduate courses to meet deficiencies. In addition, (s)he was not as familiarwith the faculty in the department, which meant that (s)he changed advisors twice in the courseof their graduate program.In discussing the students with the advisors, it was clear that all of the advisors cared about theirstudents. The advisors often considered themselves to be mentors, which connoted a strongercommitment in their minds than “advisor.” The advisors were well aware of personal challengesthe students faced and how cultural forces might have a differential impact upon their students.As shown in Table 1 and reflected in discussions with the students, there were
conflicting class schedules made it very difficult for students to meet outside of class; and • creating groups where women and minorities are not isolated, when possible.Based on the number of comments suggesting that they be able to choose their own groups,students were allowed in Fall ’06 to specifically request if they wished to work with anindividual or group of students. One request was received from the entire class. Students arealways given the option to suggest students with whom they would rather not work based on pastrelationships. No student has ever taken this option. Table 1 – Individual Student Survey Results F 05 S 06
projects for senior design, i.e. they have a feeling for theamount of work required for a project. Another benefit to the students is their ability to practicethe complete design process in a safe environment where a “less than exceptional” designsolution is not devastating to the student. Since all student teams are working on solutions to acommon problem, the demonstration of multiple feasible solutions to an open-ended problem isencouraging to many students. A benefit to the instructors in the senior design sequence is theability of the students to “hit the ground running” with their projects in the subsequent quarter.Bibliography1. Sheppard, S., and R. Jenison. 1997. Examples of Freshman Design Education. International Journal of
seven years post-graduation experience, 4. have spent at least two years in significant engineering practice 5. are maintaining relevant continuing professional development at a satisfactory levelThe second requirement greatly limits Latin American and Caribbean engineers from beingplayers globally and decrease their mobility and opportunities.Having an accredited or international recognized engineering degree is critical for engineers andengineering institutions in order to compete in today´s global economy. This paper outlines theprogress made, particular the Americas, and proposes an alternative model for the region.MotivationTable 1 lists national accrediting bodies for engineering programs. The Latin American andCaribbean Consortium
are prepared for each course in the BLC Table as well as for relevantelective and support courses. These syllabi are standardized; for each course the followinginformation is provided, at a minimum: • Department, number, and title of course • Designation as a ‘Required’ or ‘Elective’ course • Course (catalog) description • Prerequisite(s) • Textbook(s) and/or other required material • Course objectives • Topics covered • Class/laboratory schedule, i.e., number of sessions each week and duration of each session • Contribution of course to meeting the professional component • Relationship of course to program outcomes • Person(s) who prepared this description and date of preparationFor the
Constructs”, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 9-11, Dallas, TX: 1021-1027, 2002.6. Elam, J., K. Murphy, I. Becerra-Fernandez, and S. Simon, “ERP as an Enabler of Curriculum Integration”, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual SAP Asia Pacific Institute of Higher Learning Forum, Singapore:13-20, 1999. Page 11.783.117. Gist, M. E., “Self-efficacy: Implications for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management”, Academy of Management Review, 12(3): 474-485, 1987.8. Gujarathi, M., “Effect of the Use of ERP software on the Development of the Conceptual Understanding of Accounting”, Presented at the American
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science students would lead in addition to the project time with the students. REFERENCES1. National Science and Technology Council, Ensuring a Strong U.S. Scientific, Technical and Page 11.1410.12Engineering Workforce in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, April 2000.2. Bordonaro, M., A Borg, G. Campbell, B. Clewell, M. Duncan, J. Johnson, K. Johnson, R.Matthews, G. May, E. Mendoza, J. Dineman, S. Winters and C. Vela (2000) “Land of Plenty:Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology”, Report ofthe Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in
, almost 25 percent of the U.S.’s counties had low per-capitaincomes below one half of the national average or less, high unemployment, low laborforce participation, and a high dependency on government transfer payments, all of whichare measures of economic distress. The problem of persistent poverty is a complex one thatincludes communities and individuals who through no fault of their own, find themselvesunable to make ends meet in this globalizing, information-intensive world. People at riskare women, children, the elderly, people of color and single-parent families. Large numbersof the nation’s citizens live at or below the poverty threshold, struggling to pay bills andprovide the basics of food, clothing and shelter. Health care and simple
. This is especially important in the interpretationof the effect of thermal treatment on phase behavior and the correlation of the resultantmicrostructure to materials’ properties.References 1. Donovan, M. S., Bransford, J. D. & Pellegrino, J. W. (Eds.) (1999). How people learn: Bridging research and practice. National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 2. Hestenes, David, Wells, Malcolm, Swackhamer, and Gregg (1992). “Force concept inventory.” The Physics Teacher, 30(3): 141-151 3. Hestenes, David, Wells, and Malcolm (1992). “A mechanics baseline test.” The Physics Teacher, 30:159- 166 4. Hake, R.R. (1998). “Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand survey of mechanics test
µ 2 u( x , y ) = Uf ' ( η ), v(x, y) = U [ηf ' ( η ) − f ( η )] (14) 4 ρUx where η is defined in relation (10). Velocity profiles for various locations x are illustrated inFigure 6 showing the development of the boundary layer from the uniform flow for variablesρU/µ = 1x105m-1 and U = 0.1m/s. The boundary layer thickness δ is the locus of points wherethe horizontal velocity is 99% of the freestream velocity U and is µx δ =5 (15) Page 12.58.7
education.Mr. Ali Bouabid, Piedmont Virginia Community College Page 23.545.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Establishing A Community College Pathway to Baccalaureate Systems Engineering ProgramsAbstractA fundamental principle guiding engineering course schedules and student advisement atPiedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is to offer courses a student would take inhis/her second year at target universities to minimize the chance that s/he would be on the “five(plus) year plan” after transfer. We describe how the model is implemented with respect
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