validated “best” set hadbeen stored on behalf of all.Background and Literature ReviewThe University of California (UC) is comprised of ten universities located in Berkeley (N), Davis(N), Irvine (S), Los Angeles (S), Merced (N), Riverside (S), San Diego (S), San Francisco (N),Santa Barbara (S) and Santa Cruz (N), nicely divided into five Northern (N) and Southern (S)campuses. Two Regional Storage Facilities (RLFs), north and south, located near Berkeley andin Los Angeles, have provided storage space for older and lesser-used materials for about threedecades. For a conceptual description of the roles of the RLFs, see Schottlaender1. Recentpolicy changes have led to them being managed as persistent shared collections. This changeguarantees that
, T(r | p) T(p | p) for all r p andT(r* | p) T(p | p) when r* = p. [1-4] Many strictly proper scoring rules have been developed.Three of the most popular are given below.Quadratic (Q): Qi (r ) 2 ri r r [1,1] (2)Spherical (S): Si (r) ri / (r r)1/2 [0,1] (3)Logarithmic (L): L i (r ) ln( ri ) ( ,0] (4)The range of possible scores differs considerably. For example, logarithmic scoring holds thepossibility of an infinitely negative score. While this may seem like a defect, we will argue thatthis feature is a benefit of log scoring. Any linear
projects; rather it directs you to these resources and how onecan initiate working on projects. Although the goal of this paper is to address educators on how to promoteengineering education through NXT, but not to focus too much on the building andprogramming instructions or procedural steps involved in a robot design, as the NXT kitcomes with very clear and user friendly instructions[2][5][6]. However, the author(s)would like to cite one specific “Multi –NXT robot design” that students at University ofNorth Dakota built and programmed, because it is definitely worth mentioning. The author (s) would like to address this project in particular in two differentPhases:Phase I – To get to know the NXT kit and its programming blocks by
and Techniques for et al. Residential Buildings 4. Consequence of Climate R. H. Chaudhary Texas Section ASCE 2008 Change on the Infrastructure 5. Green Buildings – Y. R. Kanapuram ASEE Gulf 2008 Sustainable Construction Southwest 6. Sustainable Building Design S. R. Yardimalla ASEE Gulf 2008 Southwest 7. Overview of Adaptive A. P. Pakalpati Texas Section ASCE 2007 Techniques and Materials used in Sustainable Buildings 8. Effective Municipal Solid D. Siringi
Promote Growth. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 4, 279, 2004.8. D. Tolfree. Commercializing Nanotechnology. Concepts–products–markets. Int. J. Nanomanufacturing, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 117-133, 2006.9. S. Fonash et al. Nanotechnology Education: The Pennsylvania Approach. MRS Symposia, Vol. 931, Section E, 2006.10. A. K. Lyton-Jean, H. S. Han, and C. A. Mirkin. Microarray Detection of Duplex and Triplex DNA Binders with DNA-Midified Gold Nanoparticles. Analytical Chem., Vol. 79, pp. 6037-6041, 2007.11. J. S. Lee, S. I. Stoeva, C. A. Mirkin. DNA-Induced Size-Selective Separation of Mixtures of Gold Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 128, pp. 8899-8903, 2006.12. J.R. von Ehr, “Zyvex Corporation: Providing Nanotechnology
AC 2009-233: TEACHING SHIP STRUCTURES WITH SHEET METALWilliam Simpson, United States Coast Guard Academy Dr. William M. Simpson, Jr. is a faculty member in the Engineering Department at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He has a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, a Masters in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut. He served on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1965 to 1992 and had assignments in Marine Safety, Naval Engineering, Acquisition, and Research and Development
: dI (t ) 1 R 1 = ea (t ) − I (t ) − eb (t ) dt L L L Tm (t ) = K i I (t ) eb (t ) = Kω (t ) d ω (t ) 1 1 = Tm (t ) − TL (t ) Page 14.321.7 dt J Jwhere • Ki is the torque constant (Nm/A); • K is the back emf constant (V/(rad/s)); • I(t) is the armature current (A); • R is the
by supervisors and chosen by students, while many projects were integrated into thecommunity making them service learning challenges. Furthermore, most projects were funded byindustry partners and thus, the University incurred little or no research costs. Anecdotal feedbackfrom students indicated that most were inspired in their project selection by a particular pre-requisite course (and/or associated faculty member). Usually, students demonstrated a strongaptitude in the research discipline of their project indicating that they perform better in topicswith which they enjoy. We are unsure how students chose their team mate(s) as some of thegroup members had very different aptitudes, work styles and attitudes. We speculated thatstudents
to best fulfill the assignment’s outcomes within the given timeframe, while teaching students about the writing process and self-help strategies. It is also wellcited in the literature that since the 1980’s, US undergraduate writing centers have been serving agrowing population of ESL graduate students, which is the case at UI as well.77 This isproblematic because most peer tutors are undergraduates trained to meet undergraduate writingneeds and so graduate students who visit writing centers may not receive the kind of targetedassistance they need. In this study, GA’s generally rated a graduate writing center’seffectiveness in addressing the identified challenges lower than faculty did. Although notspecifically mentioned, perhaps GA’s who
Environmental Engineering (GT EnvE) ≠ Jenny Eaton, Administrative Coordinator for GT EnvE ≠ Kuo-Jen Liao, GT AEES Dialogue for Academic Excellence Committee (DAEC) ≠ Emily Lantrip, GT AEES DAECLast, but certainly not least, the authors would like to sincerely thank the entire GT EnvE studentpopulation and the GT EnvE faculty and staff who have been supportive in understandingstudent needs and concerns. Page 14.1237.15References1. Rogers, S., Noonan, J., Baek, J., Lee, S., Tezel, U., Michalski, G., Hou, C.-H., A successful student-initiated assessment method for an environmental engineering graduate program. Proceedings from ASEE's
(hrs) * Time (one day/hrs) (4)Where, W: Overall energy stored; Joule (J) = unit of energy (5) P: Number of people a day; 1J=1N.m=1kg.m2/s2 =1V.C =1W.s E: Energy recovered from one person; Watt (W) =unit for power (6) T: Time taken to store energy; and 1W= 1J/s =V.C/s=V.A Time: Time span for one day.In order to calculate the total energy stored in a day (24hrs), it was considered that 1mJ energycould be recovered per person according to the equations 5 and 6. In this case the total energystored in a battery can be calculated for 50 people as
, phasediagrams and microstructures.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support of this work from NSF CCLI Grant #0737146.Bibliography1. Boulter, C. J., & Buckley, B. C. (2000). Constructing a typology of models in science education, in Gilbert, J. K., & Boulter, C. J. (Eds.), Developing models in science education. Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers.2. Ben-Zvi, R., Eylon, B., & Silverstein, J. (1986). Is an atom of copper malleable? Journal of Chemical Education, 63, 64–66.3. Donovan, M. S., Bransford, J. D. & Pellegrino, J. W. (Eds.) (1999). How People Learn: Bridging research and Practice. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.4. Kikas, E. (2004). Teachers' conceptions and misconceptions
improved instructors.References1. Newborn, Timothy. (2009). “National Military Academy of Afghanistan host 1st graduation ceremony.” CSTC-A News, Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, Kabul.2. Photo taken by LT. Cmdr. John Gay, CSTA-photographer, 2009.3. Hamilton, S., “NMAA Command Brief,” Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul,Afghanistan, May 2008.4. Epstein, J., Masters: Portraits of Great Teachers. New York: Basic Books, 1981, p. xiii.5. Ressler, S., Gash, R., Conley, C., Hamilton, S., Momand, F., Fekrat, Q.and Gulistani, A., (2008) “Designing aCivil Engineering Program at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan”, American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.6. Ressler, S
relationship between two randomvariables are linear, and, therefore correlated instead of random. R1’s and R2’s correlation onthe coding of McGown level sketches is statistically significant (p-value = 0.048). R1’s andR2’s correlation on the coding Yang level sketches is also statistically significant (p-value =0.006). The relationships between R1 and R2 coding with McGown and Yang sketch codingschemes are strong, 0.881 and 0.972 respectively. Page 14.1063.9The results of the coding indicate that the vast majority of the 418 sketches were coded in thelowest 2 levels of both sketch-coding schemes. The average number of sketches in level 1 forMcGown’s
Churn Cv (-) Churn 2 0.5 Dispersed Dispersed 2 0.4 Slug Slug 2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Time (s) Figure 3: Column with a Slug Flow (top left), ELVIS Digital Oscilloscope View of aSignal from the
0.032 0.337Innovation 0.010 0.087 0.744Personal Control 0.009 0.088 0.749Self-esteem 0.400 0.010 0.133 Attached to the post-test survey is a set of open ended questions which began with thequestion: Does taking the TMP course(s) change your attitude toward entrepreneurship? 88students responded while 11 did not answer any questions. 73 out of the 88 responses were yes(82.95%), punctuated with emotive remarks such as “absolutely”, “it makes me even moreinterested”, “very much so”, “a lot more excited about starting business” and “motivates me”.Four responses were
competition requires the team to design and build a medium-sized robot to autonomously traverse an outdoor obstacle course. Obstacles normally consist of colored barrels, construction netting, white lines and trees. The team uses stereovision cameras as the primary obstacle detection sensor. The team is currently exploring several algorithms for path planning. Paul recently become a member of the UMR Applied Computational Intelligence Lab. He recently spent the summer developing adaptive user-interfaces as part of a research partnership with Boeing.Donald Wunsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology Donald C. Wunsch II (S’87–M’92–SM’94–F’05) received the B.S. degree
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. However, incorporating asimulator requires a substantial capital investment and consideration should be given to otherpedagogical techniques that may be used to achieve the learning objective, the financial positionof the program, and whether the simulator could serve other functions, such as a recruiting toolto generate interest in construction education.1 Caterpillar Equipment Training Solutions – Virtual Training Systems, (2008), Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria IL.2 Schneider, M., and S. Kiesler, (2005), “Calling while driving: Effects of providing remote traffic context,” Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005): Technology, Safety, Community: pp. 561–569.3 Bullough, J. D., and M. S. Rea, (2001
specific course topics”Q7. “The case study, and its activities, consistently provided sufficient background informationand data for the activities (e.g. calculations, discussions, etc.)”Q8. “The graphics or multimedia content of this case study, and its activities, consistentlyhelped me to understand these specific course topics”Q9. “Are there sections of this case study, and its activities, where your understanding of thecase material could be enhanced by adding graphics and/or multimedia?Q10. “In addition to reading this case study, what case-related activities (e.g. calculations,discussions, etc.) did your class carry out to help you understand these specific course topics?Q11.”Small group discussion(s) of the case, its activities, etc., helped
of Education 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering University of UtahThis study examines gender differences and historical trends of high school studentinterest in engineering based on ACT data on expressed interest compared with that ofstudents’ and ability. Changes have been observed in the interest in engineering fieldsover time most likely because of societal influences. These influences are especially seenin computer related fields causing speculation that both males and females wereinfluenced by the dot com era but that only male interest was piqued due to the rise ofcomputer games in the late 1990’s. Another interesting observation is the number
a turbine? Stream 1: Steam flow rate = 10 kg/s. Temp. = 200C Pressure = 2 atm Stream 2: Steam flow rate = 100 kg/s Temp = 190 C Pressure = 2 atm. Page 14.469.8 a. Stream 1 has the potential to produce more electricity b. Stream 2 has the potential to produce more electricity c. Either stream has the potential to produce the same amount of electricity d. Not enough information given Explain your reasoning.This question was somewhat easy, with 71% of students being able to answer it correctly.However, it was a poor discriminator with a discrimination index of only 0.02
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“design” is emphasized in this course. As a matter of fact the juniorelectronics courses (ELE342 and ELE343) constituting prerequisites for this course alsoemphasize design but at a smaller scale and using discrete BJT and off-the-shelf ICs rather thanat the chip level using CMOS technology. This emphasis on “design” in our electronics sequence Page 14.888.2of courses has been implemented starting with an NSF grant to establish and develop a“Computer-Integrated-Electronics” Laboratory (C.I.E. Lab) in the early 1990’s. The concept of“Computer-Integrated-Electronics Laboratory” simply brings computers into the electronics labwhere designs
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effective in teams attributes as compared to the architecturaland civil engineering students. Table 2: Rubrics for assessment of MDL dimensionsKnowledge: Pts.Level Awarded Description Student does not have an understanding of the characteristic, e.g., does not A 0 mention any of the attributes related to the characteristic. Provides a good understanding of the characteristic or provides A 1 evidence/artifact(s) that suggest a good understanding of the characteristic. Provides evidence/artifact(s) and a good understanding of the characteristic A 2 but does not connect the two together
) 6EClearly, the distortion energy per unit volume is ud= u − u vWe obtain that 1 +ν (σ 1 − σ 2 ) 2 + (σ 2 − σ 3 ) 2 + (σ 3 − σ 1 ) 2 ud = (10) 3E 2 Note that ud = 0 if σ= 1 σ= 2 σ 3 ; i.e., no distortion exists in hydrostatic state of stress.For simple tensile test of a ductile material, we have σ 1 = S y , σ= 2 σ
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this endeavor. Her experience ininterior design and with focus groups was invaluable to us.Students and faculty are very willing to tell you what they think, especially when treated withrespect.Bibliography1. Beacham, C. (2009). Evansdale library improvement study. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University.2. Bennett, S. (2006). The choice for learning. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(1), 3-13.3. Bennett, S. (2007). First questions for designing higher education learning spaces. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33(1), 14-26.4. Bennett, S. (2007). Designing for uncertainty: Three approaches. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33(2), 165-179. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&