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Bassem Alhalabi; M. K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

were fardistant from constructing real experimentations online. Such a lack of real experimentation-- over theInternet, gave birth to an authentic rise beyond the restrictions of the antiquated virtual laboratories [4-7].The birth of Remote Labs Environment (RLE) at the Centre of Advanced Distance Education Technologies(CADET), a few years ago, carries with it a world of possibilities and pioneering computing technologies.Therefore, this article conducts a survey of students’ perception of on-line (virtual) labs and in comparisonto real labs. The results are analyzed and discussed to put forth an opportunity to learn about a newtechnology that might change how students conduct experiments, virtually.Keywords: Remote Labs, Distance Lab

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Roy T.R. McGrann

. In these courses, Solid Edge 3 is used. First-year studentsare also introduced to the design process through two projects. In the first semester, they perform areverse engineering team project and, in the second semester, there is a team conceptual design project.In the curriculum of the mechanical engineering department at Binghamton University, the Computer-Aided Engineering course (ME 481) was a technical elective until 2004-5. The course is now requiredin the first semester of the third year. The prerequisites for the course are the mechanics courses(statics, dynamics and solid mechanics). This course is the initial course in an upper-division four-semester design sequence. It is followed in the second semester of the third year by the

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

(Revised 2000).[23] Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Moher, T., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., and Barnes, C. Learning and Building Together in an Immersive Virtual World. PRESENCE 8(3), pp. 247-263, MIT Press, June 1999.[24] Winn, W. A Conceptual Basis for Educational Applications of Virtual Reality, Technical Report TR 93-9: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-93-9/, 1993.[25] Zagoranski, S. and Divjak, S., Use of augmented reality in education, EUROCON 2003, 2, 339-342.[26] D.M. Aslam, “Micro- and Nano- Technologies in K through Ph.D. Education and Research”, Keynote, Second World Congress Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio (Nano-Bio 2004) Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 6-8, 2004.[27] D.M. Aslam

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

not befound in the literature, it was necessary to conduct some preliminary experiments to gather data that thestudents could use to calculate the frequency factor, k0, and activation energy, Ea, of each parallel reaction,and the overall reaction. Three independent experiments were run at different temperatures to collect thedata required for the concentration vs. time plot. These plots were then used to find reaction rate constants,k, for each temperature for each parallel reaction. The kinetic data was collected following the sameprocedures the students used in the organic chemistry laboratory earlier in the semester. To calculate the total reaction rate constant a plot of C bromopropane/Cp-xylene vs. time was constructed.To

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

physical trace in the brain through physicaldamage or aging, interference caused by inconsistencies with “known” information and new observations,or a lack of retrieval clues.11 As some clues become deeply imbedded, they develop into building blocksfor multiple memories. The ability of a human mind to reconstruct and understand ideas from individualclues long after an idea is “learned” constitutes cognitive learning. Unfortunately, much of the materialstudied in the classroom does not become deeply imbedded and falls into the category of short-termmemory. The process of cognitive learning is complex, not well understood, and varies betweenindividuals. However, there does seem to be a positive relationship between experiences requiringstudent

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Mir M. Atiqullah

temperature. High temperature causes the matrix to soften, melt, orother wise degrade beyond usability. Polyesters and vinyl esters are the most commonly used polymersas matrix. Epoxy is a better choice for matrix albeit for a higher cost. Epoxies are choice materials formatrix and have better mechanical properties and are resistant to moisture.Composite characteristicsCharacteristics4 of a composite material may differ from those predicted from the properties of theingredients. This is due to manufacturing irregularity, reaction kinetics, and thermal expansion. Basicproperties of composites include density, fiber volume fraction, voids, thermal expansion, tensileproperties, and transverse properties. The summer research students7 mostly utilized the

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Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

in the world, they also tend to perceive science andtechnology related positions as positions that do not require team work, human interaction or personalcommunication skills7. Therefore, the majority of women avoid entering these fields through their careers.Today, successful women students mostly consider law, medicine and business as their future professionwhile giving less thought about engineering, technology or computing fields8.3. STEM Gender GapThere are several reasons for the gender gap in STEM fields; even though institutional prejudice is morelikely to play a contributing role in limiting the involvement of women in assumed masculine dominantareas. Educational or not, many organizations tend to favor men even though the basis of