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2013 GSW

Authors

Mohammed Zubair; Cherif Aissi

Extended Abstract with Poster A Labview Project: Design of an Automated Water Heating System Mohammed Zubair Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cherif Aissi Department of Electrical Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThe task to attract students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fieldsis becoming more challenging. There is a need to introduce students to one

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2013 GSW

Authors

Melanie Sattler

job that would give me a greater sense of job satisfaction. As I am planning to be a professor in one of the universities in the future, I will make the service learning technique the main part of the curriculum that I will teach, so many services can be done for the communities from the students and it will be beneficial for both sides. The satisfying part about the project is the knowledge that the information collected by us is going to be used for the benefit of the community. Also the fact that we got the opportunity to take part and make a difference is very gratifying.Habitat for It is the duty of engineers to the customers to utilize energy

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2013 GSW

Authors

Christina K. White; Richard H. Crawford

(4) research andrecognition from the NAE for their efforts, while typically requiring (5) interdisciplinaryonly one course beyond their standard degree program. curriculum. Figure 2. Five Components of GCSPThere is a strong infrastructure at UT Austin is comprised of professors, courses, and programsthat support Scholars in facing the Grand Challenges. Because of this wide array ofopportunities, we are able to design the GCSP to be a “light footprint” and complementary to a student’s educational plan. Projects for Underserved Communities (PUC) is one of the programs at our university that connects clearly with the GCSP. It provides students with

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2013 GSW

Authors

Edward E. Anderson

, graphic representation, variables lists, and mathematicalmodel, and requires users to develop each of these mental models (graphical representation isoptional). Andes includes an equation solving tool although users can also solve the equationsoff-line. A research project conducted on some 330 students approximately one-half of whomwere in a control group, resulted in a 3% (1/3 letter grade) student performance improvement ondepartmental pencil and paper examinations by students who did Andes homework rather thantraditional homework. Anecdotal results from Andes users (Schulze, et al.18) indicate thatstudents are initially reluctant to carefully define their variables, some students ask for help onalmost every step of a problem solution, giving